Archive for January, 2020
18th January 2020
Steve Sailer.
Why not just arrest voters red-handed for voting Republican? Haul them out of the voting booth in handcuffs.
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18th January 2020
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17th January 2020
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If they hadn’t confiscated all of the guns, this would be an easy problem to take care of.
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17th January 2020
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It’s nice if you can afford to do that.
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17th January 2020
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Well, obviously, he can’t be Genuinely Black because he’s not Down With The Narrative.
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17th January 2020
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17th January 2020
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17th January 2020
Noah Rothman.
The American left has long regarded itself as the antidote to the prudish puritanism displayed by the moralistic right. But as “liberalism” gave way to “progressivism,” this conceit has fallen away. As economic populism becomes fused with and is often superseded by the demands of identity politics, technocratic social engineering has once again become an urgent part of the progressive project. That urgency is accompanied by a sense of moral rectitude and historical inevitability. The result is a form of progressivism that looks a lot like the progressivism of the early 20th century.
This fits with the common perception that the current proglodyte Left are a bunch of Puritans on the hunt for Heretics and Sinners to ‘cancel’.
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17th January 2020
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The same media elites are are eternally suspicious of all Trump business activities — a fair topic for investigation — have generally demonstrated a dramatic incuriosity about the Barack and Michelle Obama wealth boom. Whatever coverage bubbles up comes with a You-Go-Guys tone. They don’t care if they’re raking in hundreds of millions of dollars, and didn’t care to cover them buying a $12 million mansion on Martha’s Vineyard. Vanity Fair took a look at the new “super rich.”
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17th January 2020
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Anyone who looks seriously at the available evidence, including the evidence David has produced at PJ Media and on Power Line, will conclude that Omar is an unprecedented fraud. The Star Tribune labored mightily to find a shred of evidence supporting Omar’s story, such as it is, in its June 23 article. Read the article closely; the Star Tribune was unable to find a shred of evidence supporting Omar. We have never seen Omar’s likes before, at least not in the upper reaches of American politics.
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17th January 2020
Peter Robinson holds a discussion with two experts on what to expect.
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17th January 2020
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17th January 2020
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The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) understands this problem and has been working on a solution for the past few years. Now the USARIEM is finally engineering a new product: a device that heats your forearms to increase blood circulation to your fingertips, all without gloves.
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17th January 2020
Christopher deGroot is not sure about all this.
On Wednesday, the liberal writer Caitlin Flanagan tweeted something about the previous night’s Democratic debate that should be of immense interest to social conservatives. “Was it just me,” she asked, “or did all of the candidates seem to think that the place for Mom is at work and the place for baby is daycare?” No, it certainly wasn’t just you, close observer, nor is it surprising that those progressives took it for granted that “gender equality” must consist of “gender parity” in the workplace, even if achieving that goal results in children becoming a kind of afterthought, or anyway, secondary consideration, their care and development to be left to strangers. For the Democratic Party is the party of feminist ideology, and though women, like men, are a heterogenous group, characterized by diverse interests and values, most feminists seem to assume that if women are not “keeping up” with men in the workplace, then in some vague ultimate sense women do not matter as much as men do.
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17th January 2020
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Yeah, like that’s ever going to happen.
When I heard Hillary Clinton refer to half of Trump supporters as “deplorables” during her 2016 presidential campaign, I knew she would lose. Her comment exemplified the arrogant, elitist, dismissive attitudes that make many white working-class voters suspicious of the Democratic Party. Four years later, as Democrats try to figure out how to beat one of the least popular Republican presidents ever, they’re still trying to get over their deplorables problem.
The problem is that the new clerisy that runs the Democratic Party has no experience with, nor any sympathy for, working-class people, particularly working-class white people. This is an amazing change for the party that pretends to be the champion of ‘working families’.
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17th January 2020
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Good luck with that.
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17th January 2020
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Yesterday, some irate supporters of Sanders circulated a #NeverWarren hashtag. #WarrenIsASnake also began trending.
Warren deserves this treatment. Contrary to her angry post-debate statement to Sanders that he called her a liar on national television, Sanders’s denial that he ever said a woman can’t beat Donald Trump is just as consistent with the notion that Warren simply misunderstood his comment on the subject. Warren was not justified in going nuclear.
In any case, Warren should not have berated Sanders, and refused to shake his hand, while the cameras were still rolling and CNN was still picking up sound. Sanders was spot on when he advised her, “let’s not do this right now.”
The poor judgment Warren displayed by going nuclear over a comment with an innocent explanation, and with the cameras still rolling, is yet another reason to expect the worst from a Warren presidency.
Who could dislike Professor Umbrage?
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17th January 2020
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Dominos has started the construction on a 59,000 square foot facility in Texas that will be the source of creating pizza dough for hundreds of regional stores, and there’s one major issue: the new high-tech supply chain center will be completely automated.
The new facility, located at 900 Igloo Road in Katy, Texas, will produce enough pizza dough for 300 stores across the region. The production of the dough will be entirely completed by robots and artificial intelligence systems for maximum productivity.
Space is insufficient to record the number of government regulations thereby avoided, and I can’t count high enough to figure the resultant monetary savings.
The new facility will only create 85 jobs, as opposed to if there weren’t any robots, it would have created hundreds of jobs for the local community.
Thank you, minimum wage.
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17th January 2020
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This does not appear to be a satire.
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17th January 2020
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A sane judge. How did that happen?
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17th January 2020
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I certainly hope so.
UPDATE: Mexico to Block Hundreds of Honduran Migrants From US Say what you will about Trump, this wouldn’t have happened under a Democrat.
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17th January 2020
Steve Sailer reports on the important news.
The Theory of Intersectionality: The less you resemble Shakespeare, Newton, or Einstein demographically, the more you are a Hidden Figure with genius insights that have been marginalized since 1619.
The Reality of Intersectionality: Black women talking about their hair….
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17th January 2020
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Your reality is whatever the government decides it wants it to be.
Proto-fascist states to avoid: California, New York, Illinois, …
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17th January 2020
Ace of Spades is on the case.
In fairness, as you can see from that quote, Taibbi has noted CNN’s shabby serial lies for some time.
But still, Taibbi said “This is an unusually vile performance by CNN.”
UPDATE: The Dem debate’s biggest loser — CNN
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17th January 2020
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“We had applied for space at the library just like any other group would, and we were told for the space of approximately one week that the contract was in process and that a room was being held,” she explained.
The library told organizers the event would not proceed the day before a deposit was due, Dansky said.
“They gave us no reason,” she said, adding that “it would not be a stretch” if the event was censored because of the Women’s Liberation Front’s viewpoints.
My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
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17th January 2020
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17th January 2020
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For many of today’s children, that privilege is disappearing. American children have less independence and autonomy today than they did a few generations ago. As parents have become increasingly concerned with safety, fewer children are permitted to go exploring beyond the confines of their own backyard. Some parents have even been prosecuted or charged with neglect for letting their children walk or play unsupervised. Meanwhile, child psychologists say that too many children are being ushered from one structured activity to the next, always under adult supervision—leaving them with little time to play, experiment, and make mistakes.
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16th January 2020
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Low pay, soaring rents, and cities littered with e-scooters. Welcome to the future.
We have seen the future, and it sucks.
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16th January 2020
Where Christian evangelicals worship Trump more than Jesus – key voters stay loyal to president Which is nonsense, of course, and an absurdity that could only be committed by people who know nothing about either evangelical Christianity or Trump supporters — like the Guardian.
New book portrays Trump as erratic, ‘at times dangerously uninformed’ Washington Post. Typical anti-Trump Narrative. Loserthink: Mind-reading.
‘Unusual’ And ‘Jarring’: CNN Panel Questions Pelosi’s Souvenir Impeachment Pens
Nets Glorify Dem Impeachment Managers, Gush About Walking
Adam Schiff Was An Answer On Jeopardy — And Despite Impeachment, No One Recognized Him
CBS, NBC Downplay Trump, China Signing Phase One Trade Deal
Democrats ‘Somberly’ Celebrate Impeachment
Trump impeachment: President ‘knew exactly what was going on’ in Ukraine, says associate of Rudy Giuliani And he knows that … how? ‘I know a guy who knows a guy who knows the President, so I can definitely say….’ Yeah, right.
Rev. Joe Scarborough? Children, Grandchildren of Trump Defenders Will Be Punished!
Welcome To The Circus: Trump’s Impeachment Trial Begins Thursday With ‘Ceremony & Formality’
MSNBC Legal Expert Gave Cash to Dem Congresswoman Who Voted for Impeachment
New York Times Page One Story:‘Trump’s Iran Strategy May Cost Him in 2020 Election’ Oh, I think not.
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16th January 2020
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16th January 2020
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I think we need a wall.
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16th January 2020
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Told you they would figure out some way of blaming America for their screwup.
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16th January 2020
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Well, banning guns certainly made everybody safer, didn’t it?
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16th January 2020
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How funny it is when silly political correctness gets tangled up. The latest case has been a description of the Spanish actor Antonio Banderas (in magazines such as Vanity Fair and Deadline) as one of the few candidates “of color” nominated for an Oscar.
This same ultra-racism affects discussions of Megan Markle, who is ‘black’ only to proglodytes.
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16th January 2020
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Several days ago, National Review ran a news item about the rise in anti-Semitism in the tri-state area. It had this bizarre quality of trying to give both sides of the situation, but here’s the problem: on one side of the “issue” are Jews getting massacred and on the other, people who call those same Jews “locusts.” The piece intended to give “context” to the rise in tensions, but it operated under a false pretense: there is no excuse for anti-Semitism, Jews are not to blame for Jew-hatred.
It’s articles like this that have attracted to National Review the title of ‘cuck central’ and the reputation of being a me-too site for progressive ideology. They have taken to leaning over so far backward to avoid being lumped with Those Bad Right-Wingers that the wind up being semi-Left (at best).
ZMan develops this theme in almost every article he writes, as you will have noticed if you read his blog (which you ought to be doing).
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16th January 2020
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‘Never let a crisis go to waste.’
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16th January 2020
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A U.S. government program spends more than $15 million per year in order to help foreign students attend community college in the U.S.
According to the program’s website, students will “return home with new skills and expertise to help them contribute to the economic growth and development of their country.”
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16th January 2020
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The funds have paid for free daycare for kids too young to have been impacted by the main crisis, according to state records, and for basketball, according to a book; residents are even being paid $50 to sign up for other government benefits.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a Flint activist, said the money has enabled “the stuff progressives dream about,” and a state budget spokesman said local officials are lobbying to keep services even as the water problem fades.
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16th January 2020
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We appear to be getting (finally) actual practical applications of graphene.
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16th January 2020
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Architects, builders, and sustainability advocates are all abuzz over a new building material they say could substantially reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the building sector, slash the waste, pollution, and costs associated with construction, and create a more physically, psychologically, and aesthetically healthy built environment.
The material is known as, uh, wood.
Sometimes the old ways are best.
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16th January 2020
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Especially among rich liberals who whine to the press about how they aren’t taxed enough.
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15th January 2020
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15th January 2020
‘Too Cute’? CNN Host Lines Up Insults for Trump Tweeting Iran’s Dissenters in Farsi If Obama had done it they would have creamed their pants.
Rep. Jordan Calls on Senate to Dismiss Impeachment ‘Right Away’ Whatever the Senate calls a motion for summary judgment.
House Democrats Launch Investigation Into Trump’s ‘Remain In Mexico’ Program Good. Maybe they can pick up some tips on how to do real government.
Report: Iran Plans To Sue Trump Over Soleimani Killing Iran has been watching too mch MSNBC.
Warren, Van Hollen Ask SEC To Investigate Insider Trading By Mar-A-Lago Guests Before Soleimani Airstrike Scraaaaaaape that barrell….
‘View’ Encourages Schumer to Say Trump’s ‘Lying’ About Iran Threat I doubt that he needs any encouragement.
Daughter Of Democratic County Commissioner Arrested During Trump Rally For Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest The nuts don’t fall far from the tree.
Justin Trudeau Blames U.S-Iran ‘Escalation’ For Iran Plane Attack That Killed 176 People OK, doomer.
Joe, Mika, and Colbert ‘Hopeful’ Trump Will ‘Pay For All the Lies’ The way Obama did?
Donald Trump’s Country Party
Nancy Pelosi’s Conspiracy Theory
Nets Warn That Russia Is Trying to Steal the Election for Trump Again
Carville Rages on MSNBC: ‘Trumpism Is the Greatest Threat’ to America Since Communism
CNN Touts Biden’s ‘Chicken Soup Appeal,’ a Cure for the Trump Illness
MSNBC Hails ‘Brilliant,’ ‘Sparky,’ Debate for Warren, But Fear Trump Could Win
CNN’s Toobin Declares Trump ‘Guilty,’ Frets Biden ‘Poisoned Pill’
Van Jones: No Candidate In Democratic Debate Could ‘Take Donald Trump Out’
Media: Trump Turned College Football Championship Into MAGA Rally
‘The Senate Is On Trial’: Jerry Nadler Says The Impeachment Is No Longer Just About The President
Obama’s National Security Advisor Admits Trump “Absolutely Correct” To Kill Soleimani
CNN Conspiracy Theory: Pompeo Allowed Possible ‘Benghazi’ on U.S. Ambassador
Poll: 85 percent would vote for Trump to keep Meghan and Harry out of the US
Andrea Mitchell Spins for Obama on Iran: Droning Now Different Than Droning Then!
WEISS: Bloomberg Is Wasting His Money Attacking Teflon Don
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15th January 2020
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‘Living concrete’ which can heal its own cracks and even ‘give birth’ to new bricks, has been developed by scientists.
The new material is a mixture of sand and bacteria, which can act as both a structural, load bearing substance, but can also carry out biological functions, like reproduction.
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15th January 2020
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But that trick never works….
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15th January 2020
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When government seeks to enact laws that harm your interests, should you have a right to speak out to defend yourself?
The Seattle City Council recently voted to shut down such public dissent. Using foreign attempts to interfere with U.S. elections as an excuse, the city council passed a bill to retaliate against American companies that had opposed an onerous city tax on employers. The move is the latest in a string of attempts around the country by politicians to enact campaign finance restrictions to immunize themselves from public accountability.
That’s what you get when Democrats run your city.
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15th January 2020
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Metal parts are used in all kinds of high-performance and safety-critical applications in transportation, mining, construction and power-generation equipment such as turbine engines. Most are made using one of a small number of classical manufacturing processes that haven’t changed much in decades.
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The idea of robotic blacksmithing is to extend the blacksmith’s art with new digital capabilities. Parts are shaped by repeatedly and incrementally forming a piece of metal which is precisely positioned into a press. This powered press or hammer system will interchange tools depending on the shape needed.
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15th January 2020
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The Iran deal was never meant to stop Iran from building a bomb—it was supposed to delay it until disaster happened on someone else’s watch.
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15th January 2020
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15th January 2020
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Burn the heretic!
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