They Can Take Away Our Lives, But They'll Never Take Away Our ONT!

—WeirdDave

Other oft misunderstood concepts:

The Front Fell Off*

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 11, 2020

*It's a Clarke and Dawe reference:

How It's Done

‘Idea Laundering’ in Academia

And just like that there are 57 genders and biology is somehow “white supremacy”. Pretty neat trick.

We're In Trouble Lads

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 10, 2020

Related: The End of Chaz

Amerika

An Industry of Untruth

It's lies all the way down.

The American Soviet Mentality

Everything old is new again

It’s Not a Protest, It’s a Revolution

Why Not?

Top NFL Quarterbacks As Women

I would totally do the female Ryan Tannehill. Who do you think is the hottest?

Musical Interlude

The All-American Glory of Yacht Rock

The late 70s might have been an economic mess, but culturally...beats this mess we've got now. Quick! Name the most iconic Yacht Rock song? I'll open with:

Here's a great story about Charlie Daniels

It's the inside people that we have to worry about now. Please open your programs to the “and domestic” portion of The Oath of Allegiance of the United States.

Chinese Lung Rot

DEADLY COVER UP: Fauci Approved Hydroxychloroquine 15 Years Ago to Cure Coronaviruses; “Nobody Needed to Die”

I would say “Shocking if true” but nothing shocks me anymore.

Meanwhile, In Turkey

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 10, 2020

Just don't drop the remote

Hey Babe

Me sliding into your DMs like..

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 11, 2020

Related: Beyond Catfish: These People Discovered Terrible Things About Their Dates

Question of the night: What was your worst experience on a date? Go.

Evergreen Post

Analyzing ‘The Gods of the Copybook Headings’ by Rudyard Kipling

There is never a bad time to bring up TGOTCH. Read it at my funeral or wedding. Play a recording of it for the surgical staff when I'm getting open heart surgery. Recite it as my wife is in labor, so the first thing my kid hears is wisdom. I have it on the door to my office at home, so I see it every day of the year.

AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place. Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.

We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place,
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.

With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."

On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

Tonight's ONT brought to you by forbidden knowledge:

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Happy TGIF - Open Thread

—Misanthropic Humanitarian

Well This Is A Nice Idea! And Leftist Heads Would Explode!

—CBD

It will never happen, but it is a lovely idea on so many levels.

Clarence Thomas for Chief Justice?

The sage who really ought to be Chief Justice of the United States is looking more and more like Clarence Thomas. That's our thought as the Supreme Court concludes its term with what we reckon to be the year's most important case. That's the one on Congress's subpoenas for President Trump's tax records. Justice Thomas filed a brilliant dissent that, we predict, will come to be seen as more important than the majority opinion.

What I would like to see happen is for President Trump to get input from Justice Thomas and Justice Alito on his next picks. I think we are all losing patience with The Federalist Society, and I have to assume that the justices are familiar with the current crop of conservative legal scholars.

A Short Tutorial On The General Flynn Case Procedures [AlexTheChick]

—Open Blogger

A primer on just what is going on right now from a procedural posture in the Flynn case. Please note that this is just that, a primer, and thus significant amounts of nuance will be left out. As will the profanity I used while typing this.

Cast of characters: Department of Justice – the prosecutor. Flynn – the defendant. Sullivan – the judge. DC Circuit – the circuit court (appellate court) that oversees Sullivan’s district.

Flynn filed a writ of mandamus (do the thing) which the DC Circuit granted. That decision was made by a three judge panel. Three judge panels are how matters are heard initially on the appellate level with some very limited exceptions.

Yesterday, Sullivan asked for a rehearing en banc. That means the entire panel hears it. Requests for en banc are a possible step in the appellate process. En banc is generally denied but it is not uncommon for en banc to be requested. Why is it requested? Because that gives the entire circuit the chance to issue a ruling and thus make clear that this is what the circuit holds, not just three judges.

Today, the DC Circuit issued an order on its own motion (sua sponte) ordering Flynn to file a response to Sullivan’s petition. In other words, the court wants to hear from Flynn directly why en banc should be denied. The DOJ may also file a response, though that is not mandatory. Flynn’s response is mandatory. Sullivan has been prohibited from filing a reply to that.

The ten day time limit is the normal time period for responses. The word limit is a bit unusual but not overly so. The stay is completely routine. Since the court wants briefing, the court will stay until briefing is done.
Despite the unique factual circumstances at issue, the procedural matters are standard. Order entered, en banc requested, reply requested, order stayed. That’s how the procedure goes.

Stop reading into matters being filed at deadline. Everyone does that. Stop reading into the court requesting a reply. That’s routine. Stop even attempting to figure out how votes will go because of the stay. That’s pretty much required.

As to how is Sullivan a party in this? Because the writ is directed to him. His actions are at issue and thus he is the actual party at interest.

Welcome to the insane world of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Convicted Terrorist Susan Rosenberg Raising Funds for "Marxist" Black Lives Matter

—J.J. Sefton

I was not particularly interested in politics in the 80s as I left college and entered young adulthood. Reagan was president, America rebounded from the "malaise" and disaster of the Carter administration, and the hippies, yippies, freaks, flakes and radicals from the 60s disappeared, or like the late Jerry Rubin, cut their hair, straightened up and flew right.

Or so we thought. What they did do was hijack the schools and we are now reaping a whirlwind that we will be lucky to survive. One of the "true believers" who never gave up on the revolution, and would otherwise be rotting her life away in a federal prison is not only guilty as sin but free as a bird thanks to Bill Clinton, but she is no doubt in the leadership of the Marxist insurrection that threatens to consume what's left of the nation:

...Convicted terrorist Susan Rosenberg is vice chair of Thousand Currents, a California-based charity that handles fundraising for Black Lives Matter. Rosenberg is a veteran of the May 19 Communist Organization that carried out a bombings in the early 1980s to counter President Reagan's "Morning in America" campaign. Rosenberg landed on the FBI most wanted list and was arrested with stolen explosives in 1984.

The terrorist drew 58 years but served only 16 because in 2001 President Bill Clinton commuted Rosenberg's sentence. Since 2016, Rosenberg has been involved with Black Lives Matter, now openly recognized as a Marxist organization making communist political moves. One of those moves, supported by prominent Democrats is to defund the police, but BLM Philadelphia boss YahNe Ndgo is taking that to a new level. "One of the things that we are demanding over five years is the complete abolition," she told Fox News Tuesday. "We don't want to see any police in our community."

Black Lives Matter has made a hero of Joanne Chesimard (aka Assata Shakur) who murdered a New Jersey state trooper, escaped prison and fled to Cuba. As Atlanta and Chicago confirm, murder is becoming more common in communities where Black Lives Matter operates, and the abolition of police would make it more so. As it happens, in Communist doctrine and practice, murder is necessary for social progress...

Back in the 1990s, the FBI deployed snipers, armored vehicles, helicopters and tanks at Ruby Ridge and Waco. In 2020, with Antifa taking over parts of cities, widespread arson and looting, and the murder of police officers, the FBI remains absent from the front lines. Murder is on the increase and Susan Rosenberg is heading up the fundraising for Black Lives Matter.

Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik told Tucker Carlson the DOJ needs to start looking into BLM. No such action is evident, and despite the efforts of the allegedly intrepid John Durham, none of the DOJ and FBI bosses in the coup attempt on President Trump has been brought to justice...

Tucker Carlson did a major piece exposing Rosenberg and her connections to Burn Loot Murder Inc. But it would not be surprising if most people had not seen it. YouTube has censored it.

Whatever the hell Durham and Barr are doing with the coup investigation, there is no excuse for them not to be doing everything in their power to dismantle, Antifa, BLM and anyone and everyone giving them money and political cover. Then again, the same criminals and traitors from the coup are more than likely the ones fueling the violence. But as frustrated as we may be with Barr and even Durham, like Trump, you have to assume that the organizations they lead are also actively participating in the plot to overthrow Trump and America.

Interesting times, indeed

So Is Minneapolis Really Hopeless?

—Misanthropic Humanitarian

Well according to Minneapolis police officers it is. 150 Minneapolis police officers seeking disability for PTSD

Meuser said since the killing of George Floyd, officers have felt abandoned by city and state politicians as well as the community at large.

Meuser said that most of the officers seeking disability are veterans of the department with 16 to 23 years of experience.

Several Minneapolis officers have already retired since the riots and sources tell Law Officer that "many more" are considering an early departure from the agency.

But take hope Minnehopelis residents, former alderperson and mayor Betsy Hodges who oversaw the systematic structural racism has a plan for peace, love and understanding.

As the mayor of Minneapolis from 2014 to 2018, as a Minneapolis City Council member from 2006 until 2014 and as a white Democrat, I can say this: White liberals, despite believing we are saying and doing the right things, have resisted the systemic changes our cities have needed for decades. We have mostly settled for illusions of change, like testing pilot programs and funding volunteer opportunities.

These efforts make us feel better about racism, but fundamentally change little for the communities of color whose disadvantages often come from the hoarding of advantage by mostly white neighborhoods.

DC Circuit Court Stays Decision for Ten Days to Allow Sydney Powell to File Response

—Ace

Great.

Does this mean the court voted in favor of the en banc hearing, or just to receive motions so that they can decide whether to proceed to an en banc hearing?

I dunno.

See below.

Update: Let me explain an en banc rehearing.

The circuit courts of appeals consist of a bunch of judges. For the DC circuit, it's 11.

But 11 judges do not hear one case. Instead, there's a random draw, and three judges are assigned to hear it.

Flynn won his hearing before a three judge panel, 2-1.

You can also request an en banc hearing, which is a hearing by all of the active judges (11 here), not just the three you were randomly assigned. It's basically an appeal, but not to a higher court, but the full sitting court.

I think that's what en banc really means -- "on the bench." Like, all of the judges on the bench in this case.

Granting a request for an en banc hearing is rare, but it happens.

"America Held Hostage"

—Ace

At the American Spectator.

Things we thought were sacrosanct, the icons of our national identity, now are scorned. We can pretend that this doesn't matter. They're just statues, after all. But they do matter. Not for the pleasure they give the rioters so much as for the pain they inflict on patriots who love America.

Nor has it stopped with the vandalism. We've gone to the next level, with the looting and rioting. In the last month major cities have become unsafe, as rioters work out the logic of what "resistance" means. American stores lost hundreds of millions of dollars, and merchants boarded up their stores for protection. Nothing to see here, folks, said the liberal media, which gaslighted the looting and the boarded-up storefronts, and portrayed the riots as peaceful protests against an illegitimate president.

And that's how to understand what is happening. We're not to object to the riots because the bigger issue is defeating Trump. Nothing much else matters, and if an Antifa mob attacks a federal court building in Portland, don't call this a riot. Say rather that it's a campaign event, led by the good guys.

We're in the middle of a chicken game, where the Left tells us they'll let this go on as long as Trump is president. The liberal media will ignore the riots, the liberal mayors will tell the local police to stand down, the liberal prosecutors will promptly release anyone arrested. Try to defend yourself, and you'll find yourself prosecuted.

The message is: this is what you'll get, America, if you reelect Trump. Elect our guy, and the madness will stop, pronto. A Democratic president would forcefully suppress the riots without a peep from the press. But until then we're held hostage.

Don't fret, though. Conservative, Inc. has an escape plan for itself and no one else. They've got their resumes on file with the Daily Beast, and they've made it plain to their future liberal employers that they are supporting Joe Biden in everything but explicit admission, so they'll be fine.

The rest of you? Eh, you're deplorables. You knew what you were getting into.

Black Lives Matter and Antifa Now... Disrupting, Threatening, "Protesting" Churches, for Some Reason

—Ace

The Morning Rant

—OregonMuse

This is how the letter introduces the topic of cancel culture:

The forces of illiberalism are gaining strength throughout the world and have a powerful ally in Donald Trump, who represents a real threat to democracy.

So the signers of this letter want us to believe that the SJW howling mobs that are getting (mostly conservative voices) silenced and deplatformed from social media, and in some cases causing them to lose their employment are being led or inspired by Donald Trump. There are literally no facts whatsoever to support this assertion, nor is it admitted that cancel culture has been going on longer than Trump has been if office. Just as every Nazi meeting or conservation had to begin and end with Heil Hitler, and every communication from Islamic terrorists has to have 'Death to America' or 'Death to Israel' in it, so, too, does every article written by a liberal have to contain a ritualistic condemnation and renouncing of Donald Trump and all of his works. It's like they're signaling to all of their buds that they're in the club.

But resistance must not be allowed to harden into its own brand of dogma or coercion—which right-wing demagogues are already exploiting.

So, in other words, the real problem with cancel culture is that conservatives are pouncing on it. And who are these "right-wing demagogues" who are "exploiting" the situation, which I guess means making the left look bad by pointing out their crimes? The open letter doesn't say.

The democratic inclusion we want can be achieved only if we speak out against the intolerant climate that has set in on all sides.

"All sides." Because the recent spate of rioting and vandalizing/destruction of statues was a bipartisan effort. Definitely. You ever notice that when the left wants to call out the right for doing something bad, they say 'the right is doing something bad', but when the left is caught doing something obviously bad, they claim it's 'all sides' who are doing it? Even when it's manifestly untrue? In fact, you can take this to the bank: when the left says that 'both sides' or 'all sides' are to blame for something, that's a tacit admission that they've screwed up, they know they've screwed up, and they're trying to hide the fact that they've screwed up.

But, I digress. The open letter continues:

The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted. While we have come to expect this on the radical right, censoriousness is also spreading more widely in our culture: an intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty.

So cancel culture is "expected" from the "radical right", only the open letter provides no examples nor even bother telling their readers who on the "radical right" is actually doing it. Only that it is "spreading widely in our culture."

But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought. More troubling still, institutional leaders, in a spirit of panicked damage control, are delivering hasty and disproportionate punishments instead of considered reforms. Editors are fired for running controversial pieces; books are withdrawn for alleged inauthenticity; journalists are barred from writing on certain topics; professors are investigated for quoting works of literature in class; a researcher is fired for circulating a peer-reviewed academic study; and the heads of organizations are ousted for what are sometimes just clumsy mistakes.

And this would've have been the perfect time to admit, "yeah, you know, cancel culture is pretty much a left-wing phenomenon and we need to knock that sh*t off", but they don't. They just make a sudden shift into the passive voice ("mistakes were made") to describe what has been happening. "Editors are fired for running controversial pieces." Why? Who fired them, and why were their pieces 'controversial'? They don't say. "Books are withdrawn for alleged inauthenticity". Who decided to withdraw the books and what does 'inauthentic' mean and why were the books considered as such? Again, they don't say. They also didn't say that the publishing world is close to being a 100% left-wing operation as you can get, so if anybody got fired or had their books withdrawn or forbidden to write on certain topics, the person who did the firing and withdrawing and forbidding was undoubtedly a lefty. Not a conservative. Not a "right-wing demagogue." And certainly not Donald Trump.

In this open letter, the left never gets mentioned as doing anything worthy of condemnation at all. Not once.

It's like the signers are a bunch of cowards who are afraid to call out their own BFFs.

As writers we need a culture that leaves us room for experimentation, risk taking, and even mistakes. We need to preserve the possibility of good-faith disagreement without dire professional consequences. If we won’t defend the very thing on which our work depends, we shouldn’t expect the public or the state to defend it for us.

Aren't you guys a bit late with this? I mean, seriously, conservatives have been blackballed, black-listed, censored, and cancelled from mainstream brick-and-mortar publishing houses for decades and not a peep from any of you. And no, it wasn't from Donald Trump or "the radical right", it was you guys who either participated in the cancelling or silently cheered from the sidelines. And please don't tell us you didn't know. Conservatives have been complaining about this for years, but you turned your back and ignored them. The *only reason* you signed this letter is that cancel culture is now eating you. The rough beast you've birthed and nursed and fed in your bosom is now turning around and devouring you. And to this I say: Fan-f*cking-tastic. No-one deserves it more than you sorry collection of sanctimonious hacks. Margaret Atwood? Screw you. David Brooks? EABOD. Noam Chomsky? Up yours. David Frum? Eat poo. Todd Gitlin, Steven Pinker, J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie, Matthew Yglesias and the rest of you who signed this craven plea to be eaten last? You can all just eff right off.

Look What Just Came In This Morning:

Dozens of journalists and people in academia and publishing have signed a lengthy response to the Harper’s letter. The response will be released this morning.

— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) July 10, 2020

Comedy Is Problematic:

This completely sums up current #woke #comedy. Remember comedy is a #weapon that’s why the left rear it so much. pic.twitter.com/dpBJ6iTBtv

— RedDog71 (@RedDog71Media) July 8, 2020

Marvel In 2025:

This is brilliant.

Can’t wait for the next episode 😂@antifa_public pic.twitter.com/bswieuND0l

— RedDog71 (@RedDog71Media) July 6, 2020

It Would Be Awesome To Combine This With The Israeli Stinkywater:

Why You Should Vote Democrat in 2020:

“This time we mean it.” pic.twitter.com/ie5BV0g7dM

— Conservative Momma (@conmomma) June 25, 2020

Not the Babylon Bee:

Opinion: What the white supremacist roots of biological sex reveal about transphobic feminism https://t.co/rLQ9SLn5Kl

— The Independent (@Independent) June 10, 2020

Who Dis:

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For the 'Ettes:

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Monday's Who Dis: Italian hottie Gina Lollobrigida was also a sculptor and phototographer (she had a collection of her work published in 1973) teamed up with Bernard Schwartz, AKA Tony Curtis for the 1956 film Trapeze.

Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By Pineberries:

Pineberries which look like a white strawberry but taste like a pineapple. pic.twitter.com/zl5c7MZNHq

— Land of Food (@landoffacts) July 9, 2020

Close it up

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

Girl With Sailboat
Edmund Charles Tarbell

The Morning Report - 7/10/20

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning, kids. Friday, and the weekend is upon us. Nothing really new jumping out at me. The nation is on the verge of being overthrown by two generations of Americans brainwashed to hate their heritage, their parents and their own DNA, the benefactors (if not the inciters) of the revolution include the previous administration that actively plotted to subvert an already corrupt law enforcement and intelligence bureaucracy to sabotage and overthrow their political rival and the will of the people, while another branch of that bureaucracy, no doubt allied with the latter, have succeeded in foisting a massive psychological warfare operation on the public based on a virus no more deadly than seasonal flu as the excuse to wreck our economy. In other words, same shit different day.

In the midst of the madness, there are some flashes of hope that not everyone has gone out of their mind. Ford employees whipped out the box of Crayolas and dashed this garbage off to the C-Suite:

..."Throughout history, the vehicles that Ford employees design and build have been used as accessories to police brutality and oppression... We know that while many join, support or supply law enforcement with good intentions, these racist policing practices that plague our society are historic and systemic -- a history and system perpetuated by Ford for over 70 years -- ever since Ford introduced the first-ever police package in 1950. As an undeniable part of that history and system, we are long overdue to "think and act differently" on our role in racism."

Ford CEO Jim Hackett has a strong response:

"By taking away our Police Interceptors, we would be doing harm to their safety and making it harder for them to do their job. Again, this is why, given our insights, new capabilities and leadership, I believe these unfortunate circumstances present Ford with an even greater opportunity to not only innovate new solutions but also leverage our unique position to support the dialogue and reform needed to create safer communities for all."

Shorter version: No. We're not going to stop making police cars. Now get back to work...

While this is certainly a positive sign, it's fair to assume it's an outlier and not a bellwether. How long before the stockholders demand his resignation? Or worse, those who run the banks, investment firms or suppliers who are also the products of an American university education refuse to do business with Ford until Hackett knuckles under or is forced out? Well, for now, let's celebrate the victory, no matter how small or perhaps isolated it may be.

Elsewhere, and more crucially, the Supreme Court put down its reliably Leftist rubber stamp (Thomas and Alito the lone reliable originalists) and actually upheld one of the founding pillars of our Constitution (you know, the document written by white men that carves racism and white supremacy in stone forever); religious liberty as defined in the First Amendment.

... In all these cases, a majority of the justices decided that religious freedom is such a fundamental constitutional right that it cannot be so easily encroached to serve secular objectives. As the Supreme Court has now made clear, the principle of separation of state and religious institutions does not mean compelling an individual to violate his or her religious beliefs in order to fulfill a secular government policy objective that can be achieved in a manner that is more accommodating of those beliefs. It does not mean forcing religious institutions to compromise their own religious teaching standards. And it does not mean that parents who wish to exercise their religious beliefs by enrolling their children in religious private schools are automatically ineligible for state aid that is made available to parents enrolling their children in secular private schools...

Progressives want no walls at our nation's southern border. However, they wail about any nick in their fanatical secularist vision of an impenetrable wall of separation between church and state. The Supreme Court has wisely rejected this perverted vision.

Remember that you cannot achieve paradise on earth, or absolute totalitarian control, until you wipe out the nuclear family - a central tenet of Black Lives Matter (which has very little to do with Blacks, lives or even matter for that matter [but I digress]). And since the nuclear family is a cornerstone of Judeo-Christianity and western civilization, you have to kill off G-d, or short of that, anyone who believes in Him, in order to have the all-powerful State as ruler of everything. QED.

And that brings us to the gift that keeps on gaffe-ing, Joe "Sex-Knuckles" Biden. Good ol' Joe from Scranton, PA. Friend of the working man who loves riding the rails to work, or forcibly rogering aides at work depending on the day of the week. Mr. Moderate sure to win over disaffected MAGAns by the bushel. Watch him turn on the charm:

... Biden's response to the ruling for religious liberty was that "there is a clear path to fixing it," meaning the Little Sisters of the Poor could find themselves back in another legal battle should he win the presidency.

"If I am elected, I will restore the Obama-Biden policy that existed before the Hobby Lobby ruling: providing an exemption for houses of worship and an accommodation for nonprofit organizations with religious missions," Biden's statement reads. "The accommodation will allow women at these organizations to access contraceptive coverage, not through their employer-provided plan, but instead through their insurance company or a third-party administrator..."

The Obama-Biden "accommodation" policy is what the Little Sisters of the Poor were fighting against in the first place. They argued it still forced them to violate their religious beliefs. The Little Sisters, among other organizations, claimed that signing the agreement was the moral equivalent of condoning birth control and abortifacients...

But wait, the charm offensive (emphasis on the word "offensive") continued as Biden, or at least whoever is currently putting the words in his mouth along with the creamed corn, Fixodent and boogers, is now full on down with wrecking the free market:

...While Biden is incapable of sustained thought, his handlers are putting words in his mouth. Right now, they're advancing economic policies that are consistent with Bernie Sanders' plan for America. As Don Surber says, "Biden won the nomination, the communists won the party."

Forgetting that funds for corporations (aka employers and providers of goods and services that improve life) comes from individuals (aka shareholders) who invest because they hope to make money, Biden has come out strongly against shareholder profits:

"It's way past time to put the end to the era of shareholder capitalism. The idea the only responsibility a corporation has is its shareholders -- that is simply not true, it's an absolute farce. They have a responsibility to their workers, their community, to their country...

As far gone as this country is, there are still far too many normal Americans who are simply not down with this madness. All they have to do is watch cities being burned and looted as criminals are canonized and law and order demonized, while festering maggots like Malig-Nancy Pelosi have no problem with her stormtroopers tearing down the monuments to our heroes with impunity. "People will do what they do."

Not that I'm advocating it but I wonder if she'd feel the same way if "people" doused her winery or her home with gasoline and set a match to it, while she tries putting out the fire on her and her husband's backs with that $80-a-pint gelato.

And whatever the Democrat propagandist media embargoes, obfuscates or outright lies about, you can be sure that President Trump will be there to set the record straight. No wonder the heat is on to cancel the debates.

Have hope, and have a great weekend.

CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST REIGN OF TERROR, WAR ON POLICE
• "[Police union chief Daryl] Turner's message in a news conference on Wednesday reflected an absolute collapse in confidence in city hall to stop looters, arsonists and violent rioters. The cops are sick and tired of being hogtied from stopping antifa and Black Lives Matter violence."
  Portland Police Send Scorching "No Confidence" Message to City Hall: Stop Defending Antifa
  
• President Trump: "We were all set to go into Seattle. Quite frankly, I looked forward to it."
  Seattle Mayor Only Cleared Out CHOP Antifastan Because Trump Was Going in, President Confirms
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: "A reminder of leftist affection for murder and mayhem."
  Convicted Terrorist Susan Rosenberg Raising Funds for "Marxist" Black Lives Matter
  
• "Audio recordings of interviews... suggest officers knocked and may have identified themselves before firing, contrary to early claims."Breonna Taylor Interviews: Police Knocked, May Have Identified Themselves
  
• Shorter Ford CEO Jim Hackett: "No. We're not going to stop making police cars. Now get back to work."
  Adult in the Room: Ford CEO Responds to Employees' Demands to Stop Making Police Vehicles
  
• "There are plenty of organizations that help minorities succeed in this country but aren't bent on turning the US into a socialist hellhole.
  Companies Must Answer For Their Support of the Radical Black Lives Matter Org
  
• "The radical left is in charge and destroying the city."
  Rep. Zeldin on Spike in NYC Violence: "The City Is Not Going to Survive the Remainder" of Mayor De Bolshevik's Term
  
• "Bill de Blasio has found yet another creative way to spit in the eye of the New York Police Department."
  De Bolshevik's "Black Lives Matter" Mural Illustrates His Incompetency
  
• "It pretends to be an in-your-face to The Man -- but de Blasio is The Man, too, occupying one of the most powerful elected offices in America. The only conceivable point here is to passive-aggressively accuse President Trump of racism."
  With NYC in Crisis, DeBolshevik Wastes Time on Stupid Stunt Baiting Trump
  
• Fuck this loping, gibbbering hunk of piss with a Molotov enema. Sideways.
  De Bolshevik Suggests Ban on Public Gatherings Like Parades or Fairs -- Black Lives Matter Protests Are Different
  
• "Under the Justice for Victims of Lawless Cities Act, the families of those killed in Seattle's 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone' could sue the state for damages."
  New Bill Would Make State, Local Governments Accountable For "Autonomous Zone" Crimes
  
• "My fear exists because, though these hate-mongers really exist and have made clear their hate, too many decent Americans who are not filled with hate will simply look the other way. It doesn't involve them, and besides, this is just too unbelievable to take seriously."
  Genocide Is Coming to America
  
• "If you own a small business and voted for President Trump in 2016 or are thinking you might vote for him this year, you might want to keep it to yourself. "
  Crushing an Inwood [Manhattan] Eatery Because You Don't Like How the Owner Voted

  CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED

• "The risk of dying from the coronavirus for adults under the age of 40 is close to zero."
  Study: Chinese Coronavirus Hundreds of Times Less Deadly To Younger People Than Those Aged 80-Plus
  
• "Mortality statistics show that many people have died from lockdown-related causes, not from [Chinese] COVID-19."
  Death By Policy
  
• "He specifically cited California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida as states that have been hit hard recently."
  Fauci: We Don't Need to Shut Down Again, But Hard-Hit States Should Pause Reopening (new cases is not being "hard hit," you quack - jjs)
  
• "I'm not going to be the mask police, period."
  Ohio Sheriff Explains Why He Won't Enforce Mask Mandate
  
• "If you take cholesterol medication, you already understand the rationale behind wearing masks."
  For Chinese Coronavirus, the Name of the Game Is Minimizing the Probability of Infection

  SHAMPEACHMENT, CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "The decisions mean the president's long-sought financial records will probably not be made public before the November election." (cue the sad trombone/Nelson Muntz laugh - jjs)
  SCOTUS Gives Manhattan Prosecutor Access To Trump Financial Records But Rebuffs House Democrats
  
• Justice Alito dissents.
  Court's Decision Gives 2,300-Plus Local Prosecutors Power to Subpoena the President
  
• Julie Kelly: "Trump has every right to be enraged that four years after Barack Obama's top henchmen concocted and executed the biggest political scandal of all time, not one person has been held criminally responsible while trials against his associates drag on."
  Where the Hell Is John Durham?
  
• "Judge Emmet Sullivan didn't like being kicked off the Flynn case, and he's filed a weak motion to have all the judges on the court review the earlier order."
  Flynn Judge Files Ridiculous Request with the Court of Appeals
  
• He deserved a firing squad, Masha Potatovich. And you deserve 20 years in Leavenworth.
  Marie Yovanovitch Speaks Out on Vindman Retirement, Says He "Deserved Better Than This"

  DEMOCRAT-LEFTIST SCANDALS, CRIMES, CHUTZ-POCRISY, MESHUGAS

• "At least $4 million in PPP loans went to a real estate company at the center of a federal bribery investigation involving a Los Angeles city councilman."
  Millions in Chinese Coronavirus Relief Loans Went to Chinese Real Estate Company at Center of FBI Bribery Probe
  
• "The facts demonstrate there was coordination between [John] Hickenlooper's campaign and Senate Majority PAC."
  FEC Complaint Alleges Hickenlooper Violated Campaign Finance Laws
  
• "Excluding payroll entities, such as the publicly owned ADP, the Cunningham campaign's top 10 vendors are all owned and run by white people, usually white men."
  Despite Rhetoric on Diversity, Cal Cunningham's Campaign Gives Most of Its Money to White-Owned Firms

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "I know he said some ugly things, but I do see an opportunity to have a conversation."
  Patriots Star Julian Edelman Reacts to DeSean Jackson's Anti-Semitic Comments: "I'm Proud of My Jewish Heritage"
  
• "Farrakhan is my teacher."
  Fox Sports' Shannon Sharpe and Showtime's Stephen Jackson Have Ties to Nation of Islam Leader
  
• "New letter from progressives to Pompeo brings harmful ideas to the forefront of American politics."
  Democrats Keep Pushing to Unravel US-Israel Relationship
  
• "Controversial statements made by Joy Reid are surging back to the forefront following the news of her new primetime weekday slot on MSNBC." (an overstuffed knockwurst with a flapping blowhole above her be-goitered double chin - jjs)
  Joy Reid Once Said Anti-Semitic Iranian President "Has a Point" About Sending Jews from Israel to Europe

  POLITICS, 2020 ELECTION

• So, okay if my people do what they do... and go torch your winery?
  Malig-Nancy Pelosi on Destruction of Columbus Statue in Baltimore: "People Will Do What They Do"
  
• "Tearing down monuments is not protests. Burning churches is not free speech. To have the Speaker of the House tacitly affirm the rule of the mob is unconscionable."
  VP Mike Pence: Malig-Nancy Pelosi's Reaction to Statue Destruction a "Surrender to the Mob" (she's part of it, sir - jjs)
  
• "The idea the only responsibility a corporation has is its shareholders -- that is simply not true, it's an absolute farce."
  Biden Joins "Squad" to "Dismantle US Economy"; Declares "Shareholder Capitalism" is Over
  
• "The man who is retreating ever further into dementia has shifted so far left that he is promising to turn the economy over to the government and the unions."
  Puppet Biden Promises a Command and Control Economy
  
• "It was a compromise based on sound principles, but one that is increasingly unpopular."
  "Faithless Electors" Ruling Shows Difficulty for Defenders of Electoral College
  
• "SCOTUS' ruling in Chiafalo holds electors should represent the will of each state's voters. Any who disagree will have to pass a constitutional amendment."
  The Supreme Court Just Confirmed the Electoral College is Here to Stay
  
• "If you're looking for any part of the voting process to be easily manipulated, vote-by-mail is a dream."
  Forget Plague, Riots, and Socialism: Vote-By-Mail Will Be the Death of the Republic
  
• "Goldman Sachs says this could be Bush-Gore 2000 all over again -- or worse."
  Will Chinese COVID Cause Delayed Election Results?
  
• "How will this mash-up of movies end this time?"
  Mr. Trump Goes to the Washington Cuckoo's Nest
  
• "Constant distraction is the core of dystopian politics."
  The Magic of the Democrat Party
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "The greatest slave empires of the modern era were not Southern, they were Socialist."
  Reflections on Southern Slavery and Leftist Slavery
  
• "We all know that the worst racism is far behind us, and now it is safe to make race the smokescreen because other issues won't galvanize the people."
  The Curse of the Twenty-Year Crusade

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "Border Patrol agents apprehended or arrested 30,300 migrants in June who illegally entered the United States from Mexico. This represents a jump of nearly 41 percent over the previous month's apprehension of 21,498."
  Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
  
• "Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue, likewise, says the business group will 'consider its legislative and legal options' if Trump does not begin giving visas to online foreign students."
  Chamber of Commerce Demands US Give F-1 Visas to Online Foreign Students
  
• "UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ went as far as to suggest that UC Berkeley will explore illegal options to protect foreign UC Berkeley students from compliance with the guidelines." (I believe she is openly admitting to conspiracy to commit a felony - jjs)
  UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins Plot Against ICE Guidelines for Foreign Students
  
• " The platform also would allow all 11 to 22 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. to purchase healthcare coverage in the federal marketplace and more quickly allow low-income legal immigrants to get on Medicaid."
  Joe Biden's "Unity" Platform with Bernie Sanders Gives Free Health Care to DACA Illegal Aliens
  
• "What this clearly demonstrates is a case drain flowing from across the border, where the most seriously ill patients are crossing over for care."
  Texas Border Counties Hospitalization Rate is 5 Times Higher Than National Average
  
• "Long before Antifa anarchists were allowed to set up an autonomous zone for criminals in Seattle, Montgomery County, MD established a de facto autonomous zone of MS-13 and illegal alien murderers and rapists."
  More MS-13 Murder and Illegal Alien Child-Rape in Notorious Maryland Sanctuary

  FIRST AMENDMENT, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER BIG TECH

• "The report also mentions a Florida teenager who died from the [Chinese] coronavirus after attending a church youth group party -- though they failed to mention she had a rare autoimmune disorder and childhood cancer."
  New York Times Falsely Blames Churches for Huge Spike in Chinese Coronavirus Cases
  
• "Biden said he was 'disappointed' in the religious liberty victory for the Little Sisters of the Poor this week, vowing to rescind their ability to object from paying for birth control."
  Biden Vows to Reject Ruling on Nuns' Religious Freedom if He's Elected
  
• "Three milestone cases push back at progressive anti-religion ideology."
  The Supreme Court Upholds Religious Liberty
  
• Conrad Black: "With less than four months before the election, this is the campaign: a constant media carpet-bombing of defamatory lies about the president on behalf of a comatose candidate."
  A Nightmare Campaign of Outright Idiocy

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• "'Gun violence' is used by gun control groups, politicians, and media to refer to the criminal misuse of firearms, in an attempt to pin the violence on guns, not criminals."
  No, "Gun Violence" Is Not to Blame For the Spike in Violent Crime

  ABORTION

• "These souls deserve to live."
  Kanye West Tweets Photo Of Babies In The Womb

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "Park was elected mayor of Seoul, a city of nearly ten million people, back in 2011 and it was assumed he would be a candidate for South Korean president in 2022."
  Powerful South Korean Politician Found Dead After Daughter Reports Him Missing
  
• State Department spokeswoman: "It takes a special kind of intellectual dishonesty to issue a report condemning the United States for acting in self-defense while whitewashing General Soleimani's notorious past as one of the world's deadliest terrorists."
  Top U.N. Investigator Slams Trump Administration For Killing of Soleimani: "Unlawful," Says "International Law is International. It is Not American."
  
• Caroline Glick: "The next few weeks boils down to a historic moment of truth."
  Trump and Netanyahu Face their Rendezvous with Destiny

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "The server, confiscated on July 3 in Falkenstein, Germany, contained audio and video files, emails, FBI and police intelligence report data."
  German Authorities Confiscate Server With Stolen US Police Data: Report
  
• "The Trump Administration is keeping our government strong against nefarious networks like Huawei by fully implementing the ban on Federal procurement."
  US Hits Huawei, Other Chinese Tech Firms With New Sanctions
  
• "Former Clyburn, Pelosi staffers will spearhead Chinese app's D.C. operations."
  TikTok Turns to Dem Lobbyists to Fight Potential Trump Ban
  
• "[Rep Moe] Brooks has sent a letter to US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy demanding an investigation."
  Army Says Sorry Over Mass Email Claiming MAGA = "White Supremacy"
  
• "Tammy Duckworth's pursuit of political gain actually gives an unearned advantage to the Russian, Chinese, and Iranian governments by damaging the careers of the men and women we rely upon to protect the American people and our interests around the globe."
  Duckworth's Decimation of National Security

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE BUREAUCRACY, WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE

• "The decision to recognize half of the state as tribal land could affect other tribes in the state such as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole." (Gorsuch again - jjs)
  Supreme Court Rules Half of Oklahoma Belongs to Native American Reservation
  
• "As AB 5 destroys decent-paying jobs, California Democrats stick to their belief that a non-existent high-paying job with benefits is preferable to an actual job."
  Doubling Down on a Job Killer
  
• "AB5 might be the worst piece of legislation to be passed and signed in California not just in recent memory but going much further back than that. It's anti-worker, anti-job, anti-entrepreneur, and anti-freedom."
  Defund AB5 Enforcement
  
• "The Supreme Court's Seila ruling could suggest a path forward."
  Constructing a More Constitutional Administrative State
  
• "A new executive order requires more vigorous data collection for identifying families most likely to take in unwanted children."
  For Foster Kids, a Step in the Right Direction

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "Despite what the MSM says, the economy is recovering. Slowly, but it seems that each report gets better and better."
  Unemployment Claims Decrease Again: 1.3 Million Filed Last Week, Continuing Claims Drop by 698,000
  
• "Economic nationalists stung by Obama's betrayal of his similar promises in 2008 will be skeptical."
  Biden Echoes Obama's Broken Promise to "Buy American"
  
• "Will the market rebound in time to ensure Trump's reelection?"
  Comeback 2.0
  
• "There are much stronger alternatives to immediate expensing that will bring companies and innovation back to the United States and support small businesses in the wake of [Chinese] COVID-19."
  Immediate Expensing Is a Long-Term Expense We Can't Afford

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Sheesh.
  Security Guard Charged With Murder For Allegedly Shooting Customer Who Wasn't Wearing a Mask
  
• "Triple murderer's fate still unclear thanks to endless appeals." (waiting for Barry Scheck to protest, and the massive leftist candlelight vigil outside the prison - jjs)
  White Supremacist Set to Become First Federal Prisoner Executed in Two Decades

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "The order comes as the latest move in Trump's ongoing push for school choice, which he says is a key tool for addressing racial inequity in the United States."
  Trump Signs Executive Order Increasing School Choice Access For Hispanic Americans
  
• "'Publish or perish' is now passe. It's 'Publish and pray you don't offend the snowflakes' that matters now."
  Terrified Academics Withdraw Study Showing White Cops Aren't Killing More Blacks
  
• "If if schools aren't going to reopen... let families take that money and figure out where their kids can get educated if their schools are going to refuse to open."
  DeVos: Trump Would Give Money Directly to Families to Find Schools Willing to Reopen
  
• "A statement intended to show how all were welcome on campus was attacked by left-wing students, and promptly purged by the university."
  Penn State Retracts Statement Saying Conservative Voices Are Important
  
• "In light of national Black Lives Matter protests, student activists appear emboldened to cancel fellow students and groups that critique progressive messages."
  Student Invokes Satan To Drive Conservative Group From Campus
  
• "What has inspired young Americans to rage against monuments to people who fought and died for justice and equality?"
  How to Teach Americans to Hate Their Own Country -- And How Not To

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "...a more realistic, rational, and effective approach to energy consumption and environmental conservation than the risky tax scheme known as the 'Green New Deal.'"
  Cruz, Scalise, McCarthy Among 141 Political Leaders Signing "Declaration of Energy Independence"
  
• Looks like he'll piss off the radicals to court blue collar voters in PA.
  Biden: "Fracking's Not Going to Be on the Chopping Block"
  
• "When conservative, free-market supporters advocate for statewide policies protecting the right to produce energy via fracking, Leftists hypocritically scream "federalism!" -- even after seeking to restrict fracking and economic freedom at the national and state levels."
  How the Left Misuses Federalism

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "Amid societal unrest, woke white women are proving to be a brainwashed force to be reckoned with."
  Why Do So Many White Women Hate Themselves?
  
• "Parents don't let children destroy their growth patterns unless they are very, very confused about what constitutes being a parent."
  The SPLC and Transgender

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE, HITHER & YON

• Victor Davis Hanson: "The woke but godless, the arrogant but ignorant, the violent but physically unimpressive, the degreed but poorly educated, the broke but acquisitive, the ambitious but stalled -- these are history's ingredients of riot and revolution."
  The Fragility of the Woke
  
• "The letter is as imperfect and preening as elites tend to be, but at least marked a positive development amid this prolonged and bitter battle in the broader culture war -- that is, until the backlash began."
  The Harper's Letter Will Be a Bulwark or a Death Rattle
  
• Larry Elder: "History is complicated. And history requires perspective and understanding, something sadly lacking in those who seek to erase history by imposing today's standards of right and wrong."
  Confederate Monuments: The Problem With Politically Correct History
  
• "The cultural left is ideologically rooted in anti-capitalism, but recent events suggest young leftists aren't as anti-capitalist as they like to imagine."
  How the Cultural Left Morphed Into a Capitalist Movement
  
• "The National D-Day Memorial Foundation still has some explaining to do."
  What About the Stalin Statue?
  
• "This week, vandals targeted a monument to five firefighters who lost their lives trying to save lives in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001."
  Vandals Target Monument for Those Evil, Racist - (Checks Notes) - 9/11 Firefighters
  
• "Cohen, according to sources, was seen 'sprinting out of the swanky Upper East Side hotel and down 77th Street wearing just a bathrobe.'"
  Sacha Baron Cohen Pranked Rudy Giuliani, Gets Police Called On Him
  
• "Stiller said that President Trump's appearance will remain, noting that his cameo was a spur of the moment opportunity at the VH1 Fashion Awards red carpet pre-show."
  Ben Stiller Refuses To Remove Trump From Zoolander
  
• "A recycled score, spark-free romance and an Atari tie-in couldn't stop it."
  The Krull Effect: Why This 1983 Dud Refuses to Die
  
• Jamie Glazov: "Where the progressive ideology comes from, why it's so alluring -- and why it maims and destroys."
  The Utopian Virus
  
• "No one has spoken more forcefully about the social and psychological conditions that generate and sustain ideological tyranny than Nadezhda Mandelstam."
  A Soviet Cassandra for Our Time

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Thursday Night's ONT Needs A Hero!

—WeirdDave

I've been consuming a lot of comic book related entertainment lately, so I thought I'd talk about comics in tonight's ONT. If that's not your bag, just scroll down and join the gabfest, but meanwhile I'm going to talk comics, how'd that sound?

(As always, if any of these images are too small to read, right click on them and open them in their own tab)

Personally, I've always been a DC guy. Marvel just never caught my interest as a kid. I was aware of Marvel, and kinda knew some of their heroes (enough to laugh at these parody Spider-Man strips, (Fappo! and French Kiss are the funniest)), but it was DC that I spent my money on. I have seen all of the MCU films as an adult and will admit that they are much better than any DC live action films since Christian Bale played Batman.

Back in the day comics were silly. Ever see one of those ridiculous covers where Superman is guarding a fire plug from the citizens of Metropolis who are dying of thirst or where Joker is threatening Batman with a pair of fish?

Silly

Originally, they would draw the cover first, and then have the writers concoct a story to fit it. It made for a lot of silly stories, and panels that were unintentionally erotic (unintentional? Maybe sometimes, but is it any surprise that the guy who invented Wonder Woman, a busty woman in a skin tight suit with wrist cuffs who tied men up with her magic lasso was a SDMB freak? His name was William Marston and he was a psychologist who lived with three woman in a “love unit” and also invented the lie detector).

I rest my case

Unintentional?

By the time the 80s rolled around and I started buying comics, all that had changed and comics weren't silly anymore.

He thinks they weren't silly!

OK, some of that had changed. Aside from the inherent silliness of a grown ass adult putting on a costume and prowling the streets at night looking for bad guys, there were still silly plots galore. There was serious stuff too, however. Neil Gaiman's Sandman was a formidable bit of literature. Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns wasn't kid's stuff either. It's not so much that comics “grew up” as it is that they started adding mature stories to the traditional Biff! Pow! Sock! superhero slugfests they had always published. And humor. There is a surprising amount of humor to be found in comics, much of it poking fun at the conventions of the medium.

By the 90s I had pretty much stopped buying comics, and that's where things stayed until about a year ago, when someone mentioned a comics arc that seemed interesting (Injustice. After Joker tricks Superman into killing Lois Lane, who was pregnant with their child, Supes murders Joker and decides to rule the world with an iron fist to keep everyone “safe”. He's not a benevolent dictator either, he's one of the most powerful beings in the universe who ruthlessly murders anyone who opposes him).

That got me interested again, and I found that I had missed a lot. DC and Marvel ran a whole series of books under the “Amalgam” label which featured a combined universe.

This is either stupid or brilliant, I don't know which

Warner Brothers also owns DC and there have been a number of, er, questionable crossovers.

I haven't read any of them, but I'm intrigued they exist. I don't really read comics much, even now, but I have taken to watching DC animated movies and TV programs. Many of these are in fact excellent. There's a new Harley Quinn series that just wrapped its second season that is not canon and is most definitely NOT for kids. Where did it end up? Here's a clue:

This still is not from the series, but as a meme it nails it

Ahh yes, memes. Superheroes abound in memes. Here's a good example from today's headlines:

And here's a piece of fan art that is not only well drawn, but it's a neat little melding of fandoms as well:

And that's about it. Basically this ONT came about because I had all of the images above in my ONT pictures folder and crafted an ONT around them. If you don't like it, I'm sorry, I doubt I'll do one like this again. I hope it at least amused you, most of the above pics wound up in the folder because they amused me.

Tonight's ONT brought to you by impeccable logic:

Bonus Cartoon:

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Fire -- or Possibly an Explosion Due to a Bomb -- Demolishes Iranian Nuclear Centrifuge Site

—Ace

Via John Sexton, it had previously been speculated that a fire had been engineered by some malware inserted into their centrifuge control programs. Something that would cause the things to spin out of control.

But now it looks like this was a major explosion, something that looks too big to have been caused by mere computer code. Iran suspects it was a bomb.

US Army Sends Out Email Alerting Thousands of Servicemen That "MAGA" Is "White Supremacy"

—Ace

Good News? Deranged Transexual Lunatic Jonathan Yaniv to be Arrested by RCMP for Criminal Assault

—Ace

Incompetent Lunatic Judge Emmit Sullivan Waits Two Weeks To Ask For a Reconsideration of His Bullshit Position

—Ace

Today is the day that Emmit Sullivan is required by law -- by a mandamus directive from the Court of Appeals that oversees him -- to dismiss the Flynn case.

Instead of doing so, he asks for an en banc review, less than two hours before the End of Business Day deadline.

He could have made this request at any time over the past two weeks.

But he waited until almost the 5pm deadline.

The theory that this cocksucker is just trying to stall this case out so that a Biden DOJ can revive the case is getting stronger.

The judge in Michael Flynn's criminal case asked a federal appeals court Thursday to reconsider its ruling ordering him to dismiss the criminal case against the former national security advisor to President Donald Trump.

Judge Emmet Sullivan's lawyer asked for a so-called en banc review of the decision of the three-judge appeals court panel, which would involve all active judges on the court to re-hear the case.

The lawyer for Sullivan argued in a lengthy court filing that the order to quickly grant the Department of Justice's request to drop its prosecution of Flynn "threatens to turn ordinary judicial process upside down."

You know what turns ordinary judicial process upside down? A rogue judge deciding he's now a member of the Executive branch with the power to appoint his own personal prosecutor.

I don't expect the Court to grant this motion. I expect them to quickly send along another mandamus order telling him that he is in breach of the first one.

There are two reasons why: First, granting an en banc review is rare.

But second -- any judge on the Circuit Court, including the Obamabot who dissented in the ruling, could have asked for an en banc hearing at any time. That is, a member of the court can ask for an en banc hearing of their own volition.

If there were six votes (I think that's the required number) in favor of such a motion, the en banc hearing would be scheduled.

Indeed -- I think it would have already been scheduled.

But it wasn't.

I assume that the Obamabot judge did ask for a rehearing -- and failed to collect the required number of votes to have one.

I think this cocksucker lunatic was hoping the court would act on its own to schedule an en banc rehearing, not wanting to further piss them off. Today he realized they weren't going to -- so he sent along his dilatory motion for a rehearing, less than two hours before he is directed, by law, to dismiss the case.

If the court is going to have to entertain this cocksucker's shenanigans again, I think they should reopen discussion about whether it's time to reassign the Flynn case to someone with the constitutionally-required level of judicial dispassion and objectivity.

Robert Barnes said the court did not do that because that truly is humiliating -- a superior court straight-up saying you lack the emotional maturity to judge a case. A ruling like that will also haunt you throughout what remains of your career, as defendants can cite a previous ruling that you were unfit to serve as a judge to disqualify you from their cases.

It's time. They've given this slow-witted scumbag enough leeway. It's time to officially deem him the insane vindictive hyperemotional would-be tyrant that he is.

Thanks to deplorable unperson.

Update: Houstonian doesn't think it's a big deal that Sullivan filed this just before the deadline, and doesn't think it means much that the court itself did not already vote for an en banc review:

67 Not that I'm any fan of Judge Sullivan. The criticism of him trying to act as an Executive while in judicial robes is spot-on.

But the filing two hours before the deadline is just lawyers being lawyers. Especially if the filing document is, as the excerpt says, "lengthy".

And while judges can initiate an en banc review, the vast majority of requests for en-banc reviews come from the side disappointed in what the three-judge panel did.

I wouldn't consider a last-moment request for an en banc to be particularly sinister. Just an everyday occurrence.

But, as said above, Sullivan trying to appoint his own prosecutor is absolutely horrendous.
Posted by: Houstonian

CNN's Genius Don LeMon: The Bible Teaches Us That Jesus Was Not Perfect

—Ace

He made the claim that we all know from the Bible that even Jesus wasn't perfect in order to strengthen the case for pulling down statues of the Founding Fathers. If Jesus wasn't perfect -- and I mean, look it up, it's called "The New Testament" -- then obviously we should trash George Washington.

He said this to alleged believing Catholic Chris Cuomo, who did not correct him.

It's not just that Don LeMon doesn't think Jesus was perfect. He's obviously a secular type who loves sin.

It's that he believes the Bible "admits" that Jesus wasn't perfect.

I don't know how anyone can grow up in America, Christian or not, and not know that, per the Bible, Jesus was in fact... without sin.

That was kind of his Defining Trait.

But here's this drooling box-ticker, pontificating away.

This would be like me saying, "Even Ahab admitted, you know, the whale's not that bad a chap, all things considered."

I don't have to have read Moby Dick to understand the most basic notions of it.

I don't expect the atheist Don LeMon to believe in Christianity, but he should at least know the basic plot if he's going to expound on it while wearing enough make-up to make a corpse sweat.

Believe everything these retards say -- they're in The Media.

A Concise List of Things That Are Racist

—Ace

By noted twitter intellectual Titania McGrath.

Report: John Durham Feels "Pressure" to Either Wrap Up His Investigation Unfinished, Or Put It Off Until After the Election

—Ace

This is a cover up.

U.S. Attorney John Durham is under pressure to wrap up his investigation into the origins of the Russia probe by the end of the summer, but if he doesn’t, he could wait to reveal his findings or initiate prosecutions until after the 2020 presidential election, Fox News has learned.

Two sources familiar with Durham's investigation told Fox News this week that Durham is working expeditiously to try to finish the probe by the end of summer, but that several lines of investigation are not yet complete.

"He believes it's critical to do them," one source said. "He is feeling more pressure to get this done and wrapped up."

The source also told Fox News that Durham "does not want this to be viewed political," and the closer it gets to November, Durham could "punt it to after the election."

A spokesman for Durham declined to comment on the status of the investigation.

The president himself on Thursday appeared to express anger over the Russia probe, tweeting "PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT!" and lamenting how "it is a disgrace that nothing happens."

Some Republicans are pushing for the probe to come to a conclusion soon. Earlier this week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said it was "SAD" that Attorney General Bill Barr and Durham could wait until after Election Day to initiate prosecutions.

AP Wonders What Could Be Causing This Surge In Shootings in Democrat Run Cities That Have Given the Streets Over to Lawless Criminals

—Ace

Via Hot Air, Mystery and confusion abound among The Smartest People In the World (TM).

Still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and street protests over the police killing of George Floyd, exhausted cities around the nation are facing yet another challenge: a surge in shootings that has left dozens dead, including young children.

The spike defies easy explanation, experts say, pointing to the toxic mix of issues facing America in 2020: an unemployment rate not seen in a generation, a pandemic that has killed more than 130,000 people, stay-at-home orders, rising anger over police brutality, intense stress, even the weather.

"I think it's just a perfect storm of distress in America," said Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms after a weekend of bloodshed in her city.

Jerry Ratcliffe, a Temple University criminal justice professor and host of the "Reducing Crime" podcast, put it more bluntly: "Anybody who thinks they can disentangle all of this probably doesn't know what they're talking about."

"The spike defies easy explanation," lol.

The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

—CBD

In Trump v. Vance, the attempt by New York to subpoena President Trump's financial records as part of a state criminal investigation was upheld by a 7-2 majority.

As much as I want the President to be protected from frivolous and malicious state actions, I also dislike the mantle of nobility that so many in Washington wear, although it is obviously a politically motivated subpoena, and to think otherwise seems silly. But we live in silly times, and the Supreme Court is not immune to unserious actions. Perhaps they could have held that the attempt was transparently political and denied it without creating a precedent that would allow any government entity to harass a sitting president with ridiculous demands and suits and subpoenas.

Unfortunately we have as a Chief Justice an overtly political hack; a deep-state operative who runs the court as an arm of his personal political beliefs and feelings, one of which is that he dislikes the President.

What is next? Suing to see his colonoscopy results?

Addendum: Here is Trump v. Mazars, the separation of powers case.

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

Self Portrait Aka The Model
Laura Knight

The Morning Report - 7/9/20

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning, kids. Thursday, and I'm looking back at the good old days of 2016 and 2018 when we laughed as the Democrat Party was seemingly going over a cliff, with the raving lunacy of such individuals as Bernardo Sandersnista and Donkey-Chompers AOC as its suicide note. Yet I had a niggling (can I still say that?), unsettling feeling come over me when I realized that those two and their ilk were not sideshow curiosities but represented a sizeable percentage of that party's electorate. Whether it was solely Trump derangement syndrome that caused the Democrats to drop the last infinitesimal pretense of being pro-American, or the coming of age of two generations of citizens weaned on the poisonous bilge force fed to them by American academia almost since birth is now a moot point. The events of the past six months, with the epicenter/flashpoint being the Minneapolis incident of May 25th, have made it quite clear that that Party, its leadership, supporters, financiers and voters represent an absolute, undeniable existential threat to whatever vestige of America as founded is still left.

...we are preparing the ground for a different kind of society.

...Because we are coming for you and your rotten system.

We are coming to dismantle this deeply oppressive, racist, sexist, violent, utterly bankrupt system of capitalism, this police state.

We cannot and will not stop until we overthrow it and replace it with a world based instead on solidarity, genuine democracy, and equality - a socialist world...

Those were the words of Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama "Idiot Savant" Sawant, who went on a rant directed at Jeff Bezos after the body passed the so-called "Amazon tax." It wasn't just aimed at him nor was it limited to taxation. She threatened to seize control of the Fortune 500, ban private property, free housing, abolish the police, release the rioters, etc. etc. etc. (For those keen on projectile vomiting, you can read it here. Links to Socialist Alternative website.)

Even incompetent Lefty whack-a-doo mayor Jenny Durkan cannot escape Sawant's ire, who is seen I guess as not having enough revolutionary zeal. Durkan, like Eliot Engel and others of their ilk are dead Democrats walking. This is not merely a local crime story; there is open hostility and warfare for the future direction and leadership of the party. Malig-Nancy Pelosi's and Cuck Schemer's flying rodents are coming home to roost.

..."Biden is transparently taking a bet to win over a group of anti-Trump Republicans but at the expense of what? Potentially losing some of the largest movements in history?" progressive activist and Sanders supporter Nomi Kurst told The Hill. "His excitement is extremely low and that should always be alarming for candidates. It's the Hillary Clinton strategy all over again."

... Progressives say they may bolt the party, though, if Biden keeps up efforts to woo Republicans, stressing that partisan rancor is at an all-time high and Republicans are likely to oppose Biden policy efforts once he takes office.

"It's very hard to understand why after going through eight years of the Obama administration that Joe Biden thinks we'll be able to carve out grand deals with Republicans,' one activist told The Hill. "The way we'll get Republicans to the table is by having a progressive movement in the Democratic Party that is strong enough to force them there..."

You'll have to force the GOP-e with a feather, toots. In any case The Democrat Party is gone. So where does that leave the party's establishment, that still controls much of the political muscle? Kind of fucked, actually, in the short-term political sense if it doesn't get with the program. And the short-term goal is defeating Trump in November. Tovarich Molotov? Say hello to Herr von Ribbentrop.

..."I [Bernie Sanders] was glad to work with the vice president in forming six separate task forces. Which had some of the most knowledgeable people in the country coming together to deal with education and climate change and health care and the economy and criminal justice and immigration reform. And these folks, needless to say, the people who represented the progressive movement had a different perspective on things than did Biden's people... I think the compromise that they came up with, if implemented, will make Biden the most progressive president since FDR...

I had a very long conversation with a very well known media figure (who shall remain nameless) who still thinks that the Antifa/BLM brownshirts are merely pawns of the globalists. Once the revolution succeeds, they will be dealt with much like Ernst Roehm's brownshirt stormtroopers were dealt with. At first I wasn't quite convinced but considering the words of characters like Mattis, McRaven et al, and the fact that the military would obey orders to put down an insurrection by Antifa/BLM to preserve order - even if that "order" was the new New Order of Globalist America (now with 100% less liberty!), I thought otherwise. Whatever happens to the Democrat Party is irrelevant considering the possible consequences to the nation as a whole.

I know it's depressing. But we can never predict the future. I'm not going to be Pollyanna here; the Left holds a lot of the cards. But they're not invincible and infallible. Freedom isn't free. The question is now how much are we personally willing to sacrifice in our own blood and treasure to ensure it, at least for the remainder of our lifetime and hopefully our children (assuming our children are still capable of being deprogrammed)? We have now passed a point of no return. What America will be a year from now, let alone 10, is anyone's guess. But while there is life left in me, I'm not about to bend a knee to these assholes.

CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST REIGN OF TERROR, WAR ON POLICE
• "We cannot and will not stop until we overthrow it and replace it with a world based instead on solidarity, genuine democracy, and equality -- a socialist world."
  Seattle Council Member Calls for Overthrow of "Racist, Sexist, Violent, Utterly Bankrupt System of Capitalism"
  
• "In order to break free from the chains of financial servility, we will organize days, weeks, months, and years if necessary when not one black person in America will spend a dollar outside of our community."
  Watch: Black Lives Matter Activists Call For Boycott Of Non-Black-Owned Businesses
  
• "NYPD commissioner, Dermot Shea, connected the spike in crime directly to De Blasio's efforts to weaken the police department."
  DeBolshevik Halts NYPD Reform Bill As Violence, Murders Skyrocket
  
• "Police reform bill would disband DEA and ICE, close federal prisons, legalize border crossings."
  "Squad" Backs Bill to Gut Police, End Prisons
  
• "A spokeswoman for the NYPD said that the number of police officers who were resigning was 'a troubling trend that we are closely monitoring.'"So Many NYPD Officers Are Applying For Retirement That Department Forced To Slow Applications, Report Claims
  
• "Not every lawsuit is for money. This type of suit -- about the city's acts and omissions in failing to control or otherwise restrain violent protesters, which caused destruction to claimant's retail store -- is for a point."
  Madison Ave. Business Sues Angel-of-Death Cuomo, De Bolshevik for Riots, Estimates $100 Million in Damages
  
• 10 years in Leavenworth with no early release does wonders for the soul.
  Desperate Portlanders Should Thank Trump for Busting 7 More Accused Antifa Terrorists
  
• "Unauthorized dissemination of intelligence data is a felony that carries up to five years in prison and the Iowa Judicial Branch says it's only the second time the charge has been filed since 2010."
  BLM Thug Faces Rare "Leak" Charge After Stealing Confidential Police Document, Showing It on TV
  
• More "hood" ornaments.
  Man Drives Through Black Lives Matter March After Thugs Slash His Tires
  
• "The specter of the 'Ferguson effect' rears its head amid Floyd protests."
  Are Minneapolis' Police Protests Causing a Crime Wave?

  CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED

• Just one week out?! RUFKM?!
  Houston Mayor Cancels Texas GOP Convention Over Chinese Coronavirus Spike
  
• "Since [mid-April], deaths in the United States involving COVID-19 have been on a downward trend."
  CDC: Chinese COVID-19 Deaths Peaked in Mid-April; Down 86% by Week Ending June 20
  
• "There is still no controlled evidence that supports masking, especially in non-health-care settings, to attenuate the epidemic spread of respiratory viruses, including [Chinese] COVID-19."
  Mask-erade: Chinese COVID-1984 and Evidence-Free Compulsory Masking
  
• Betsey McCaughey: "To defeat [Chinese] COVID-19 and reopen our economy, we all need to become radical indoor environmentalists, shifting our attention from outdoor air quality to the air we breathe indoors."
  How Chinese COVID-19 is Transmitted -- Here's What We Need to Reopen
  
• "Until you appear under oath, America and the world will not know the origins of this crisis."
  Republicans Demand WHO Chief [and Chi-Com puppet] Tedros Testify Before Congress on the Chinese COVID Cover-Up
  
• "There's absolutely no fear here. We're going to continue to come to work, and the governor ain't going to do anything about it."
  Italian Restaurant Racks up $10,000 in Fines for Opening Before Governor Allows, But Owners Are Defiant

  JOE BIDEN'S 50-YEAR RAP SHEET

• "The documents may shed light on a sexual assault claim from Tara Reade, a former Biden Senate staffer. Biden campaign operatives reportedly accessed the documents last year." (BTW, the DNC co-chair happens to be Ukrainian - jjs)
  What Is Joe Biden Hiding? U of Delaware Refuses to Hand Over Docs, Prompting Lawsuit

  SHAMPEACHMENT, CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "You see a lot of indicators, many of them are troubling many of them you act on. But, but in this case there just there wasn't enough there."
  Top US General Says Intelligence On Alleged Russian Bounties Is "Very Worrisome," Inconclusive
  
• "These documents are part of a trove of exculpatory materials withheld from Flynn's defense."
  New Evidence Shows DoJ Was Skeptical of FBI's Case Against Michael Flynn

  DEMOCRAT-LEFTIST SCANDALS, CRIMES, CHUTZ-POCRISY, MESHUGAS

• Definitely not kosher.
  Bro-Fo Omar/Nur's Campaign Has Paid $878,000 to New Husband's Consulting Firm
  
• "Multiple firms working with Joe Biden's campaign -- including Anzalone Research Inc. and Blue Wave Political Partners -- received substantial loans from the Trump administration's Paycheck Protection Program."
  Dem Campaign Consulting Firms Took Millions in PPP Loans as They Cashed In on 2020 Election

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "The Jewish community is lashing out at me."
  Eagles Marquise Goowin Is Defending DeSean Jackson Amid His Anti-Semitism Scandal
  
• "Your local Jewish Community Center is helping Chelsea Handler sell books."
  Jewish Federations are Promoting a Farrakhan Fan Who Told Jews to "Go Fuck Themselves"
  
• "[Malig-Nancy] Pelosi puppet Gavin Noose-'em gags Golden State Christians."
  California Governor Bans Singing in Churches

  POLITICS, 2020 ELECTION

• Georgia State Rep Vernon Jones, a Democrat, breaks the chains.
  I Am Black and I Am a Democrat. But "I Ain't" Voting For Joe Biden This November
  
• "Well, we're always looking at different things."
  Trump Signals GOP "Flexible" on 2020 Convention Plans
  
• A case of dementia nose on, dementia nose off?
  Watch: Joe Biden Can't Bring Himself to Say "America First"
  
• "Biden is transparently taking a bet to win over a group of anti-Trump Republicans but at the expense of what? Potentially losing some of the largest movements in history?"
  Progressive Biden Supporters Pledge Revolt if Dem Nominee Leans Too Moderate, Courts Republicans
  
• "And these folks, needless to say, the people who represented the progressive movement had a different perspective on things than did Biden's people."
  Sanders: If Biden Follows Platform Compromises from Task Forces, He'll Be "Most Progressive President Since FDR"
  
• "His decision to brand police 'the enemy,' even in a limited context, seems ill-advised at a time when violent riots in the name of fighting police shootings have led to the deaths of at least 21 people, most of them black."
  Why Did Joe Biden Call Police "The Enemy?"
  
• "He's not wrong. The previous administration left the country in a mess."
  Biden Admits Obama Was a Failure as President
  
• "I was told that if I voted on Trump my music career would be over. I was threatened into being in one party. I was threatened as a celebrity into being in one party. I was threatened as a Black man into the Democratic party."
  Kanye West: Saying that "the Black Vote is Democratic is a Form of Racism and White Supremacy"
  
• Valerie Jarret's veep pick?
  The Intercept Reports Kamala-Toe Harris' Wikipedia Page Being Edited, Unflattering Elements Vanishing
  
• "We seem to be living in an environment where red states are getting redder and blue states are getting bluer."
  Why Does "Flyover Country" Vote GOP?
  
• "When you're living in a fantasy world, everything is in a constant state of flux."
  The Full Deck Progressives Aren't Playing With
  
• "A primer on the Left's most self-soothing and tiresome fables."
  Five Myths Leftists Push About Donald Trump and Conservatives
  
• "Being what he is is one more thing that's being held against the president."
  A One-Hundred Percent American

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "The Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations would provide amnesty and a pathway to US citizenship to the 11 to 22 million illegal aliens living in the nation and welcome hundreds of millions of the world's migrants." (more like Molotov-Ribbentrop - jjs)
  Proposed Democrat Platform Gives US Asylum to the World's Migrants
  
• "The face-to-face rule is important because many foreigners pose as fee-paying students to fraudulently get work permits via a huge variety of universities, ranging from Harvard to online-only 'visa-mills.'"
  Harvard Sues to Reopen Loophole for White-Collar Illegal Migrants

  FIRST AMENDMENT, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER BIG TECH

• "The president promised to enact an array of protections for houses of worship and faith-based employers, and the wide-ranging exemption to the contraception mandate was the watershed of those efforts."
  Religious Conservatives Notch Victories at Supreme Court on Birth Control Mandate, Bias Suits
  
• "Columnists from the New York Times and Washington Post have suggested 'rethinking' the debate format, perhaps in fear of a poor Biden performance."
  Media Urges Biden To Limit Debates, Threaten To Boycott Them Entirely
  
• "Liberal culture in 2020 is beyond parody: The maddened mobs that came for the letter writers proved their point instantly and perfectly."
  The Left Goes Nuts Over Liberals Who Dare to Defend Free Speech
  
• "By the end of a year five police officers were killed and dozens wounded and hospitalized by Black Lives Matter radicals, BuzzFeed fondly looked back on 2016 as 'the year Black Lives Matter went global.'"
  Black Lives Matter Was Violent From the Start, and Media and Politicians Knew It
  
• "The media should go back to 'murder hornets,' or find another asteroid with a chance in a zillion of hitting Earth."
  The Press is Already Trying to Whip Up a New Pandemic Panic
  
• "What happens if [Chinese] COVID death rates plummet to the point of no longer being a pandemic threat? The media will turn it on Trump."
  Media Lies About Trump Mount Rushmore Speech an Ugly Preview of What's to Come
  
• Tu-Ca shows that a small, bitter fruit can be quite pithy. And "pithy" with a lithp.
  "Thug and Reprehensible Behavior": Tucker Carlson Plays Don Lemon's 2013 Advice For Black Communities
  
• CNBC goes long on eyeliner and cannibalism.
  CNBC Hires Shepard Smith to Helm Weekday Evening News Show
  
• "It's a consequence of our pornified and sexualized culture."
  Pedophilia Allegations Rock Video Game Community
  
• "As usual, progressives have different for themselves than they do for everyone else."
  Leftist Group Calling For Facebook Boycott Is Still Running Ads On Facebook
  
• "The media and the so-called 'intellectual elites' have learned absolutely nothing from 2016."
  The Media and 2020: Deja Vu All Over Again

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "Trump and Obrador met at the White House to finalize the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) reached in 2019 as a replacement for NAFTA."
  Mexico's Obrador Praises Trump, America For Not Treating Mexico "As a Colony"
  
• "Tensions rise following naval dispute with France."
  Turkey Escalates Threats to Leave NATO
  
• "Britain will 'bear the consequences,' warns Chinese Ambassador." (Pooh bear - jjs)
  Chinese Envoy Threatens UK over Huawei 5G Ban
  
• "Quite a few things, actually, most of them starting with the word 'free.'"
  What Are China's Wolf Warriors Afraid Of?
  
• Michael Ledeen: "Heading for direct conflict with the USA?"
  China Advances
  
• "Leftists: still cheating on black slaves with their masters."
  When Did the Left First Go Woke? When They Betrayed Black Slaves
  
• "Some of the UK's admirers of Black Lives Matter are having second thoughts -- shocked, shocked by what they've learned."
  The BLM "Hijacking" That Never Was
  
• "Boris Johnson's U.K. appears more willing than the EU to adapt to a changing world."
  Brave New Britain
  
• Katie Hopkins: "White South Africans will be resilient to the end. Their only regret is the speed with which it now comes."
  The Beginning of the End of Whites in South Africa

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "American taxpayers invest huge sums to develop the world's leading capabilities in the field of cyberwarfare. Are we to believe that there should be no regulation for sophisticated intelligence techniques and cyberwarfare capabilities?"
  When America's Cyberwarfare Capabilities Are Used Against Us
  
• "Former representative Ros-Lehtinen pushing Trump DoJ to investigate Al Jazeera."
  Report: Al Jazeera Violating US Law by Operating as Undisclosed Qatari Agent

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• "Christians are outraged because the museum was seen as a good compromise between Muslims and Christians and reminded them of their history in the city of Istanbul which was once known as Constantinople."
  Turk Turd-ogan Looks to Assert Islamic Authority by Turning the Hagia Sophia Into a Mosque

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE BUREAUCRACY, WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE

• "Researcher raised red flags about labor group's survey tactics, methodology."
  Labor Groups, San Francisco Push Bogus Taxpayer-Funded Survey to Support Anti-Gig Law
  
• "The city is training white municipal employees to overcome their 'internalized racial superiority.'"
  Cult Programming in Seattle

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "Amazon also failed to report 'several hundred transactions' that ran afoul of US sanctions, as the company was obligated to do."
  Amazon Fined for Violating US Sanctions on Iran, Syria, Crimea
  
• "The millennialist mindset of Big Philanthropy and its fellow travelers leaves one susceptible to any world-saving scheme that comes down the pike."
  Big Philanthropy and the Battle Against "Systemic Racism"
  
• "In recent years it victim to rising competition with the likes of Target, Wayfair and Amazon."
  Pier 1 Imports to Become a Web-Only Business After Liquidating Stores

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "In what is perhaps the dumbest idea of the century, two San Francisco city supervisors have proposed the CAREN Act, aimed at preventing non-black people from filing false reports against a black person."
  Virtue Signaling Overload: Calif. Dems Try to Make False 911 Calls More Illegal With CAREN Act

  EDUCATION

• "1984 called. It wants Room 101 back."
  Orwellian: Teacher Blames "Western Imperialism," "Colonization" for Concept of 2+2=4
  
• "It is not the first time she has opposed teachers' unions and Democrat politicians... DeVos' declaration may serve to elevate this conversation as the corporate media will have to cover it."
  Betsy DeVos Takes on Dems and Chinese COVID-19 Science-Deniers in the Teachers' Union to Reopen Schools
  
• "It does not serve the public good to fund education systems that are not educating children."
  Trump Should Yank Federal Funds From Every School That Refuses To Open This Fall
  
• "School systems across the country are adopting BLM curriculum at an alarming rate, indoctrinating our children to achieve Marxist objectives."
  Black Lives Matter In Public Schools Is Turning Kids Into Little Marxists
  
• "Each day we find ourselves overcompensating to make up for the University's failures at combating racism on campus, in the classroom, and amongst students."
  U. Pittsburgh "Black Senate" Demands Segregated Space "Solely for Black Students to Congregate"
  
• "The victory of the twitter mob will likely have a chilling effect on academic freedom on campus."
  Asian-American Researcher Fired from Michigan State U for Advancing Facts About Police Shootings
  
• "As politics is downstream of culture, and conservatives sit at a disadvantage, fixing the leftist bias in corporate media and academia are the first steps."
  If the Right Is Serious About the Culture War, It Needs to Clean House in Education

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "GAO attorney Chris Horner believes such contracts undermine open records laws and violate obligations of attorneys general to taxpayers."
  Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Faces Lawsuit Accusing Him of Coordinating With Bloomberg on Anti-Exxon Crusade
  
• "Obama-appointed [hack-in-black] cites need for environmental review."
  Energy Transfer Plans Appeal of Federal Judge's Order to Shutdown Dakota Access Pipeline

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Our intrepid science reporter with more Martian chronicles.
  Spring at the Martian South Pole

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE, HITHER & YON

• "Under the deal, the controversial series of articles that sought to reframe American history around slavery will be adapted for the big and small screens -- feature films, television series, documentaries, and various forms of unscripted content."
  Oprah Winfrey, Lionsgate Team to Bring New York Times "1619 Project" to TV and Film
  
• "[The game's] developer, has reportedly removed the "OK" hand gesture from the game over concerns that the signal is a 'racist hand sign.'"
  Players Can No Longer Make the "OK"hand Gesture in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Video Games
  
• Christian Toto: "The ballad of J.K. Rowling offers a blueprint for a cultural reckoning."
  Conservatives Must Support Cancel Culture to Kill It
  
• "The view that Americans were enslaved by England enabled many to see the hypocrisy and injustice of enslaving Africans, which was legal in the 13 original colonies."
  How the Revolutionary War Taught More Americans to Oppose Slavery
  
• "There's a certain poetic justice in Princeton's canceling of Woodrow Wilson, who was -- irony of ironies -- the granddaddy of today's left-wing cancel culture."
  A Tale of Two Progressives
  
• "Just as with Eddie Adams' famous 1968 photo from the Vietnam War, the images of Derek Chauvin and George Floyd only tell us part of the story."
  Why You Shouldn't Make Up Your Mind About a Shooting From Watching the Video

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Overnight Open Thread (07/08/2020)
[Buck Throckmorton]

—Open Blogger

MOCKING TED TALKS

TED Talks are a mystery to me - a bunch of vapid words that sound deep but say nothing, while somehow making the attendees feel as if they have achieved some higher plane of consciousness. The “Thought Leader” in this video does an outstanding job of mocking every TED Talk you’ve ever been forced to watch.

*****

MELUNGEONS

Who are the Melungeons of Appalachia?

Perhaps an ancient lost tribe of Mediterranean immigrants? Maybe Portuguese? The likely answer is that they simply possess an all-American combination of Black, White, and American Indian ancestry. I like the way that the word Melungeon, like Cajun, has gone from having once been a slur, to now being a name that you’re proud to call yourself if you have that heritage.

Any Melungeons among the horde?

A major phenomenon in the Melungeon lore of the 1990s and early 2000s was a revival of interest in the possible Portuguese lineage of the group, spurred in large part by college administrator Brent Kennedy’s 1994 book The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People. In this work, Kennedy gleans from his own family’s history a theory that the Melungeons originated as Islamic Moors from Iberia, Turkey, and North Africa, refugees from Spanish and English activities on the Atlantic coast in the 1500s. Masking themselves as Christian Portuguese to avoid possible ethnic cleansing, he asserts, the men made their way inland, intermarried to a limited degree with Native Americans, and created the people called Melungeons. Research into this theory is centered at the University of Virginia branch campus at Wise, and the Muslim-Portuguese account can be found at several Web sites devoted to Melungeons.

*****

MOTIVATION

Every corpse on Mt. Everest was once a highly motivated person.

*****

A COMPOSITE OF EVERY NEVER-TRUMP REPUBLICAN THAT YOU KNOW

Do you have some old chums who were once actively Republicans but are now vocal anti-Trumpers? I have a few, and I’ve noticed there a lot of similarly overlapping traits with them. The composite NeverTrumper from my social circle looks like this:
- Social media profile picture is the “Deep Thinker” look. May have chin resting on back of hands. (aka “The Tom Friedman”)
- Frequently references The Economist in social media posts.
- Pretends to be a big fan of English Premier League soccer. Arsenal is overwhelmingly the favorite team these folks pretend to cheer for.
- Has taken to using the word “whilst” instead of “while”.
- Back in college he was the politically-active, bow-tied, blazer-wearing “Young Republican” who wanted to debate the campus leftists rather than mock them like the rest of us did.
- And of course, he advocates voting straight Democrat to teach Republicans a lesson and “save conservatism.”

What else?

*****

A DYING CUB FAN’S LAST REQUEST

Baseball should be playing right now.

This funny baseball song kind of rips my heart out whenever I hear it. Knowing he was dying of cancer, Steve Goodman wrote this song in tribute to his favorite team and his favorite sport. He was only 36 years old when he died in 1984. We all know several of his songs (City of New Orleans, You Never Even Called Me By My Name) but this is my favorite. Some funny yet poignant lyrics:

Make six bullpen pitchers carry my coffin
And six groundskeepers clear my path
Have the umpires bark me out at every base
In all their holy wrath

It's a beautiful day for a funeral
Hey, Ernie, let's play two
Somebody go get Jack Brick-house to come back
And conduct just one more interview

Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the field
Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly
Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt
And I'll be ready to die

Build a big fire on home plate out of your Louisville Slugger baseball bats
And toss my coffin in
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow
From the prevailing thirty-mile-an-hour southwest wind

And when my last remains go flying over the left field wall
We'll bid the bleacher bums adieu
I will come to my final resting place
Out on Waveland Avenue

*****

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME

Don’t question my patriotism, but replacing Take Me Out To The Ballgame with God Bless America during the 7th Inning Stretch is an abomination of baseball. Actually, when we sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame we’re actually only singing the chorus. The lyrics are about a “baseball mad” girl named Katie Casey who knew all the players and umps, and for her weekend date she instructs her beau to “take me out to the ballgame.” Here is the original 1908 recording with some nice vintage baseball photos.

*****

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Long before the Peloton girl received her infamous Peloton machine as a gift, her grandfather bought her grandmother an exercise belt as a gift.

*****

BUCK THOUGHTS

“Journaling” is an end-of-day habit for self-absorbed people who’ve spent the entire day talking about themselves, and with no one left to talk to, they sit down and start writing about themselves.

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THE NOTORIOUS RBG - EUGENECIST

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a rather, ahem, “early-20th Century view” on the purpose of abortions.

Ginsburg was responding to a question about access to abortion and a 1980 Supreme Court decision that upheld the Hyde Amendment, which bars Medicaid for funding abortion: QUESTION: “Are you talking about the distances women have to travel because in parts of the country, abortion is essentially unavailable, because there are so few doctors and clinics that do the procedure? And also, the lack of Medicaid for abortions for poor women?” JUSTICE GINSBURG: “Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae—in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid for abortions.] Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.”

*****

THROCKMORTON’S FIRST LAW OF LIVE MUSIC: IF THERE’S AN UPRIGHT BASS IN THE BAND, IT’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE GOOD

Peter Rowan has the most ethereal voice in bluegrass, which he beautifully mixes with southwestern and border themes. Throw in Tony Rice, who may be the best guitar picker in bluegrass, and it’s a show. If none of that interests you, the gals playing bass and mandolin will impress you non-bluegrass fans.

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Thanks again to the horde for letting me play host. As always, please feel free to offer any helpful feedback, insults, or tips at @BuckThrockmort on Twitter.

Close it up

Trump Derangement: A Twitter Case Study

—Ace

Okay, so: This is a parody account.

But it's a good one.

And also, I copied like half of the tweets before the suspicion that I was being punked dawned on me. And, you know. That was like four solid minutes of work, so.

The actual tweets didn't strike me as parody. This is how lefties talk/think. Anyone who disagrees with them is a RUSSIAN BOT and #RACIST.

What finally ticked it for me was her statement that she had two "furchildren" -- this is how single liberal women call the pets they have substituted for children -- and that she identifies as a "White #WomanofColor."

I mean... it's so close to real I want to just say THIS IS STRAIGHT UP REAL, YO but it's not quite real. Just a very close simulation of our Current Year Clownworld Reality.

Fascinating Bio of Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine Maxwell's Father

—Ace

Robert Barnes' recap of the career of Robert Maxwell (Ghislaine's dad) is amazing.

Maxwell supposedly died of a heart attack while on his yacht. There is wide speculation that he was actually abducted, tortured for information, and then returned to the yacht dead.

He was connected to every western intelligence agency -- and every communist one too.

Parts of LeCarre's Russia House were lifted right from his bio.

And isn't it odd that Jeffrey Epstein seems to have been in the same business?

Trump's Secretary of Labor, Acosta, said that he was told to go easy on Epstein by the intelligence community.

Barnes also speculates that the guy who was the head attorney in the Southern District of New York, the guy Trump just fired, may have been running interference for Epstein and then Ghislaine, because the minute he's fired, Ghislaine's arrested.

I usually throw cold water on conspiracy theories but I think probably every speculation you make about this case is probably true.

And I think Bill and Hillary Clinton should be worried.

LOL: British Court Orders Christopher Steele to Pay Damages for Defaming People With His Russia Hoax Libels

—Ace

But many continue to believe this bullshit -- including 90% of the "conservative media intellectual class."

Ahem. "Intellectuals."

Intellectuals who have believed every single conspiracy theory Fusion GPS cooked up for them, and continue believing in them.

The ruling involves a long-discredited claim in Steele's dossier – repeatedly used by U.S. news media – that Russia’s Alfa Bank, connected to Aven and Fridman, was transmitting secret messages between Moscow and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.

...

Warby ruled that while Steele had a national security interest to share his intelligence with U.S. and British authorities, several of the allegations in Memo 112 of the Steele dossier were “inaccurate or misleading as a matter of fact.”

The judge ruled Steele violated the law by failing to aggressively check the accuracy of one claim accusing Aven and Fridman of making illicit payments to Russia President Vladimir Putin before distributing it to various U.S. and British figures, including the FBI.

“That is an allegation of serial criminal wrongdoing, over a prolonged period. Even in the limited and specific context of reporting intelligence for the purposes I have mentioned, and despite all the other factors I have listed, the steps taken to verify that proposition fell short of what would have been reasonable,” Warby ruled.

“The allegation clearly called for closer attention, a more enquiring approach, and more energetic checking,” the judge added.

The ruling involves a long-discredited claim in Steele's dossier-- repeatedly used by U.S. news media – that Russia’s Alfa Bank, connected to Aven and Fridman, was transmitting secret messages between Moscow and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.

The FBI concluded the computer pings were not nefarious messages but rather routine behavior most likely connected to email spam. Special Counsel Robert Mueller told Congress last year he did not believe the allegations.

Fridman hailed the ruling in a statement.

"We are delighted with the outcome of this case and that Mr Justice Warby has determined what we have always known to be the case – that the contents of Memorandum 112 are inaccurate and misleading," he said. "Ever since these odious allegations were first made public in January 2017, my partners and I have been resolute and unwavering in our determination to prove that they are untrue, and through this case, we have finally succeeded in doing so."

Former Running Back Larry Johnson Defends DeSean Jackson's (Fake) Antisemitic Quote With His Own Even Viler (Fake) Antisemitic Quote

—Ace

The Nobel Committee is spoiled for choice this year.

But this isn't racism, because only White Devils can be racist.

The NFL -- catch the spirit!

Open Thread (For the Moment)

—Ace

I might be taking the day off.

Stormfront assholes are driving me out of business and I cannot do anything about it.

Lt. Colonel Vindman Announces Retirement; Will Spend More Time With His Bearclaws and Hardening Arteries

—Ace

If you remember:

Vindman's name was forwarded for possible promotion. Anti-American liar Tammy Duckworth stated that she would hold up all promotions unless this Ukrainian partisan was promoted further in the US Army.

Apparently Trump said "Fuck you." The armed forces are up or out at the higher ranks; you're either promoted, or you retire.

Lieutenant Bearclaw Marverick is retiring.

He's probably taking a big-money post with a Clintonoid Deep State affiliated "intelligence" and consulting company like Beacon, or...

Supreme Court Rules 7-2 That The Little Sisters of the Poor Charity Does Not Have to Provide Contraceptives to Employees

—Ace

I suppose that this counts as a "win," in today's debased, garbage-fire age.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration acted within its authority when it expanded exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement for employers to provide insurance coverage that includes contraception -- in a victory for Little Sisters of the Poor, the Catholic group that has been at the center of the national debate over the mandate.

The court ruled 7-2 in favor of the Trump administration and the Catholic charity that cares for the elderly in two related disputes against Pennsylvania, which sued over the validity of a rule from the Trump administration that allowed religious-affiliated groups and some for-profit companies to opt-out of providing contraception coverage to employees.

The majority opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, ruled that the Trump administration's challenged rulemaking was aboveboard, and hailed the work of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Yes, this is a win, but here's my problem: This was a win that required 1, a very sympathetic plaintiff, with 2, very good and free (I'd imagine) legal representation, and 3, the intervention of a sympathetic presidential administration.

What hope do the rest of us have?

The Morning Rant

—OregonMuse

And yet, as we meet here tonight, there is a growing danger that threatens every blessing our ancestors fought so hard for, struggled, they bled to secure.

Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.

Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our Founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities. Many of these people have no idea why they are doing this, but some know exactly what they are doing...

One of their political weapons is "Cancel Culture" -- driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. This is the very definition of totalitarianism, and it is completely alien to our culture and our values, and it has absolutely no place in the United States of America. This attack on our liberty must be stopped, and it will be stopped very quickly...

In our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished.

Make no mistake: this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence, and hunger, and that lifted humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery, and progress.

To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol, and memory of our national heritage.

I am overjoyed when I hear him talk like this. I shout at the TV, not in anger, but in sheer exuberance. He gets it! He gets it! Finally, someone in power actually gets it!

Meanwhile, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is calling for the "dismantling" of the American political system.

“We can’t stop at criminal justice reform or police reform for that matter. We are not merely fighting to tear down the systems of oppression in the criminal justice system. We are fighting to tear down systems of oppression that exist in housing, in education, in health care, in employment, in the air we breathe.”

So much of progressive rhetoric is delivered in vague generalities. "System(s) of oppression" is one of their favorites. It means everything and yet nothing. It sounds very impressive. It's not just regular oppression, it's actually a 'system' which suggests conscious intent. And since it's a 'system', it doesn't need any evidence to support its existence, which should be obvious to anyone who looks. And if you question it, you're obviously a racist.

And now here comes the Jahr Null stuff:

We must recognize that these systems of oppression are linked. As long as our economy and political systems prioritizes profit without considering who is profiting, who is being shut out, we will perpetuate this inequity. So we cannot stop at criminal justice system. We must begin the work of dismantling the whole system of oppression wherever we find it.”

President Trump's vision of America is one of building up, while Rep. Omar's is one that focuses on tearing down and 'dismantling systems'. Which sounds pretty extensive. Like perhaps if she was allowed to dismantle what she thought needed dismantling, there wouldn't be much left. But when you point this out, her defenders get all butthurt and beat a hasty retreat back into the safely fortified motte while accusing you of 'twisting her words'. And this raises the question of what, exactly, is their problem with Omar being called a rat bastard commie. Is it that the accusation is unjust, or do they just not want it to be stated publicly? Because if she's not a rat bastard commie, maybe she shouldn't talk like one.

Americans need to choose: either Trump's vision or Omar's. Much as I hate to say, this, but at this point, I'm not sure which way the vote would go.

Our Garbage Media:

Fascinating how CNN called Mount Rushmore "majestic" and "quite a sight" in 2008 when Obama visited, but now its a symbol of slavery and stolen landhttps://t.co/3sV1ZEfW9L https://t.co/GTIH9tzOim pic.twitter.com/5Vu6uQp4XS

— Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) July 3, 2020

What A Pathetic Little Man:

My Pillow props up @TuckerCarlson: Mike Lindell's firm is advertising on Tucker's show "nearly 10x more than the next-largest brand by spend," according to @ispottv data. pic.twitter.com/c0Pwz0I0NZ

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 6, 2020

I'll Bet Muldoon Did This:

SCIENCE!

The Israelis Show How They Do Crowd Control Downtown:

This is the most perfect solution to all of the violent protests!!!! Watch it! I love it!!!!😂😂😂😂🤢🤢 pic.twitter.com/I9kT1SHbTj

— Stacey (@Snack8671) July 3, 2020

I especially liked the crying little pussy at the end who said that getting sprayed with stinkjuice made him feel "humiliated."

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List

Please submit any prayer requests to “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com.

Prayer Requests:

6/3 - Clyde asks for prayers for his younger brother, who is a Chicago police officer on the south side of Chicago. Please pray for him, as well as all police officers, during this time of chaos to help them help keep the people of their cities safe as well as remain safe themselves.

6/4 - PH requests for prayers for his mother and father. His mother went into a nursing home just before the Covid lockdown started, and the isolation she has endured has taken a terrible toll. They saw her last weekend through a “window visit” and she is just a shell of what she was. Now his dad is facing learning what a new normal for him will be without her.

6/24 - Elipse ( … ) asks for prayers for his wife (and the rest of the family) after her 35 year old son committed suicide.

6/30 - Annie’s Stew requests prayers for our country - that God’s will would be done, and that evil would be overcome.

For Healing:

6/4 - PC requests prayers for a friend named Joanie who just had surgery for a serious rare ailment.

6/24 - Asheville Robert needs prayers for healing; he has been diagnosed with a tumor in his colon.

6/24 - NaughtyPine requests prayers for her sister-in-law, who had a stroke.

For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com.

If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her.

Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after five weeks or so unless we receive an update.

Please remember the Prayer of St. Francis:
http://www.prayerguide.org.uk/stfrancis.htm

Keep calm and pray on!

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Bonus Who Dis: I decided to keep this father-daughter pic under wraps because it's a bit disturbing.

Monday's Who Dis: Emily Blunt and John Kasinski have been married since 2010 and have a couple of children. They've been in a number of movies together, notably 2018's A Quiet Place

Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By Bacon-Wrapped BBQ Meatloaf:

Meatloaf recipe here.

Close it up

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

The Card Players
Ernest Meissonier

The Morning Report - 7/8/20

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning, kids. Wednesday and a couple of items are standing out that though seemingly unrelated, are in fact part and parcel of the overall effort by the Democrat-Globalist effort to defeat President Trump and then seize absolute power once and for all.

First, we have so-called Senator Tammy Duckworth, whom we must not and cannot ever criticize because she is a wounded combat veteran, openly calling for the dynamiting of Mount Rushmore and erasing George Washington from our history. It's funny because the "War on Terror" (spit) where Duckworth got her legs blown off was being waged against combatants from a repressive, retrograde barbaric culture that also had a penchant for dynamiting historical sites that did not comport with its mad weltanschauung. Amazing how similar "progressivism" and Islam are in this and in many other fundamental ways ("They laugh alike, they walk alike, At times they even talk alike - You can lose your mind, When cousins are two of a kind!). The fact that Duckworth on national television came out in favor of doing the exact same thing here, on our own soil, to our own culture and history is just stunning beyond description.

And then, when she gets called on it by Tucker Carlson, she has the unmitigated temerity to take offense and attack a legitimate criticism. But this is a typical Leftist tactic. They will never debate you because they know they'll get their ass kicked. What they seek to do is shriek, scream and smear you, if they cannot silence or cower you into submission. Carlson was having none of it.

...The senator apparently objected to a segment on Carlson's show in which the host criticized Duckworth for savaging President Donald Trump's Mount Rushmore speech as a tribute to "dead traitors" and suggesting it was time to "listen to the conversation" about taking down statues of President George Washington.

"We played that for you last night and we noted how grotesque it was," Carlson said about Duckworth's seeming willingness to remove Washington's statues. "Only someone who hates the country would suggest ripping down monuments to its founder," he said.

Carlson noted that Duckworth did not deny his criticizing but instead "questioned our right to criticize her at all since she was once injured while serving in the Illinois National Guard. That's what passes for an argument in modern identity politics: they don't address the points that you make; they question your right to make them at all..."

He invited Duckworth to debate the issue on show but was informed by her office that "before even considering our request, we must first issue a public apology for criticizing Tammy Duckworth." Carlson described Duckworth as someone who "is too afraid to defend her own statements on a cable TV show: what a coward..."

Speaking of incest and incestuous relationships, we have Bro-Fo Omar/Nur, the Jew-hating, America-hating immigration fraudster calling for not only the dismantling of monuments but of the entire American political and free market system. How does this and the poisonous bilge from the holier-than-thou-roller Duckworth jibe with their oaths to preserve protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic? Spoiler alert: it doesn't.

Duckworth and Omar are not outliers. They are part and parcel of the Democrat Party in its entirety. The latter is openly fomenting insurrection with only the barest of gossamer-thin fig leafs of pretense of being pro-American. It's one thing for the Burn-Loot-Murder crowd to openly trash the country; I can deal with that. But when Democrats like Schemer, Malig-Nancy and Duckworthless claim the mantle of righteousness and demonize us as the ones who are anti-American, that's just the bitter end for me. And the only reason they can get away with this bilge is because they have the media to reinforce the propaganda as well as censor opposing voices, much of the bureaucracy behind them to crush opposition - see this link about the persecution of people who dared paint over "BLM" on a California Street (but eradicating Mount Rushmore is patriotism, right?) and more alarmingly, corporate America and what's left of Main Street USA enforcing the terrorism. That is chilling. Like the perpetually-lying-in-state McCain, the Left and the cuck-servatives will no doubt blast anyone for criticizing a veteran, regardless of what that person said. Naturally, that only applies to veterans who are either Democrats or who are down with the program, unlike, for instance, General Michael Flynn. Funny how the Left, historically anti-military are now the staunchest defenders of our "heroes in uniform."

Aside from the glaring hypocrisy, there's also another insidious reason. It's to lay the groundwork for a potential physical coup against President Trump should he outright win re-election or G-d forbid we have a repeat of 2000 brought about by the inherent fraud with mail-in voting. Thanks to Obama's purging of flag officers and replacing them with Bearclaw Vindman-types, as well as the politicization of the Pentagon, we now have McGenerals and McAdmirals like Mattis, McRaven, McChrystal, McMaster and all sorts of other lackies in uniform that will actually do the unthinkable.

Speaking of Stanley McChrystal, he is a fucking snake and extremely dangerous. Recall that he openly boasted about the disinformation tactics used against our foreign enemies being used here, in this country, against Trump to counter the President's "disinformation" - i.e. the truth - about the phony Chinese Lung AIDS pandemic. Don't think for a minute that his McChrystal Group is not at this very minute doing the same thing to make the President out to be some sort of unstable tyrant who will declare himself emperor this November 3rd.

And speaking of disinformation and the attempt to sabotage the elections yet again, we have Dr. Anthony Fauci continuing to pump out the party line that the Peking Pox Pandemic will be the death of us all. That is, unless we continue to tank our economy by imprisoning the entire population - except of course for rioters, looters and protesters. But that still means that going to the polls in person to vote will mean extinction of the entire species! It seems to me that the rioting over the death of that guy in Minneapolis not only had no effect against Trump, but quite the opposite. I think that the only gambit they have left is to ramp up Sino Sinus Syphilis panic yet again because of all the massive new cases. Forget that the never reported flat to declining death rate along with the spike means that the virus is now - and always has been - marginally more deadly than seasonal flu. Or that the CDC itself said that the danger is essentially over; news that Fauci publicy poo-pooed! The media will have him as the point person to distort and embargo the facts from now until Election Day. And if Trump tries to sideline him, well, you can guess the rest.

Dangerous times.

CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST REIGN OF TERROR, WAR ON POLICE
• Attorney General Barr: Throw the fucking book at them.
  Seven Portland Protesters Face Federal Charges
  
• "We were careless when describing the inferences that could be made from our data."
  Authors of Study on Race and Police Killings Seek Retraction Because Conservatives Cite It
  
• "Philadelphia prepares to disassemble its own autonomous zone."
  The Waning Days of Camp Maroon
  
• "Hood" ornament."
  BLM Protester Injured After Car Speeds Off With Her on the Hood

  CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED

• I'm convinced that Fauci is acting in concert with the Deep State to try and sabotage the elections. This is laying the propaganda groundwork.
  Fauci Downplays Lower Chinese Coronavirus Death Rate as "False Narrative"
  
• And yet Fauci persists.
  CDC: Official US Chinese COVID Death Count Has Plunged 88% Since Mid-April
  
• "From listening to the mindless tropes from fact-free media headlines, one would think that all the Southern states are now at least as bad as New York was in March, if not worse."
  The Media's Chinese Coronavirus Con: Would You Rather Be FL/TX or NY/NJ?
  
• "I want to re-engage this economy more than anyone, but I'm not going to do it if it is too risky to do so, and that's why we're staying focused on the epidemiology."
  Wretched Whitmer: "I'm Not Going to be Bullied" Into Reopening
  
• "Although their ultimate effectiveness at curbing the spread of [Chinese] coronavirus is disputed, the issue of mandatory masking has been hotly debated for weeks as leaders deal with [Chinese] coronavirus spikes in their states."
  Pennsylvania Governor Says Statewide Mask Order Could Last "Until We Get a Vaccine"
  
• Assemblyman Ron Kim: "This is a conflict of interest for the health department to investigate its own poor decisions."
  Angel-of-Death Cuomo's NY Health Dept. Clears Angel-of-Death Cuomo of Responsibility For Nursing Home Deaths
  
• "[Angel-of Death] Cuomo's fateful decision to return [Chinese] Covid-19 patients to care facilities ought to haunt him -- and us.
  The Nursing-Home Catastrophe
  
• Michael Goodwin: "Cuomo has the nerve to blame grieving family members and heroic nursing-home staffers, charging they were the ones who infected and killed as many 12,000 elderly and helpless residents."
  No, Angel-of-Death Cuomo, NY's Nursing Home Carnage is Your Fault
  
• "A mistaken mask mandate hits Texas."
  Don't Mask, Don't Tell
  
• "While gathering to worship G-d, celebrate the country, and vote are deemed selfish attacks on our neighbors, gatherings to protest Christianity, the country, the police, the Republican president, and capitalism are viciously defended."
  The Anti-American Pattern of Elites' Chinese Coronavirus Restrictions
  
• Is it a steel-belted radial doused in hi-test?
  Indonesia Promotes Government Necklace That Can "Kill the [Chinese] Coronavirus"

  DEMOCRAT-LEFTIST SCANDALS, CRIMES, CHUTZ-POCRISY, MESHUGAS

• "We bring criminal cases when they are ready to be brought and when we are confident we can prove them beyond a reasonable doubt." (...but only when they hurt our political enemies - jjs)
  Federal Prosecutors Refuse To Give More Info On Why It Took 24 Years To Arrest Ghislaine Maxwell
  
• America is so deeply and inherently racist, Democrats have to fake it to prove it.
  Oregon Politician Said He Received Racist Letter. He Wrote It Himself, Police Say
  
• "Cunningham's trash firm took $1 to $2 million from 'unacceptable' Trump program."
  NC Dem Takes Millions From Coronavirus Program He Criticized
  
• "Benjamin Gideon's firm received up to $2 million in PPP loans."
  Maine Dem's Husband Benefited From Small Business Relief She Criticized

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• [The] "rogue's gallery of hate and violence merchants aren't groups that just happened to support Ocasio-Cortez's letter -- they are the groups she sought out."
  The BDS Democrats
  
• "Regardless of his intentions, the messages he shared were offensive, harmful, and absolutely appalling. They have no place in our society, and are not condoned or supported in any way by the organization."
  Eagles Respond to DeSean Jackson's Anti-Semitic Posts
  
• "J Street and NIAC take taxpayer cash to fuel anti-Israel, pro-Iran agenda."
  Anti-Israel Soros Groups Cash In on Chinese Coronavirus Relief Funds

  POLITICS, 2020 ELECTION

• "This is the person lecturing the rest of us about her moral authority as a veteran... Spare us."
  Tucker Carlson: Tammy Duckworth a "Coward, "Fraud" -- "She Has No Moral Authority"
  
• "[Bro-Fo] Omar took an oath to defend and protect the Constitution, not shred it. [Bro-Fo] Omar and her Marxist comrades are a threat to our Democracy. [Bro-Fo] Omar should resign."
  Senator Marsha Blackburn Demands Bro-Fo Omar Resignation
  
• "We're at a dangerous crossroads, and [Bro-Fo] Omar's radical demands should help Americans understand what's at stake.
  A Time for Choosing
  
• "Voter suppression was baked into the notion of America."
  Tank Abrams: US Constitution "Began the Practice of Voter Suppression"
  
• "Their Independence Day messages tell us all we need to know about our 2020 choice."
  Trump v. Biden on America Past and Present
  
• "I'm not going to go. And I'm not going to go because of the virus situation."
  Sen. Chuck Grassley to Miss GOP Convention Due to Chinese COVID-19 Concerns
  
• "You just can't stop dipping can you @DebraMessing?" Turner tweeted. "Your connotation is racist."
  Sen. Bernie Sanders' Campaign Co-Chair: "Black Voters Are Not Owned by Anyone"
  
• "Watch the 6th District of Virginia. Its politics provide an interesting window into the state of the nation."
  Boiling Problems in Western Virginia Could Lose Republicans a Winnable State
  
• "The recent pogroms reflect the expectations of the dwellers of the Democrats' swamp on the value of their political positions after losing in November."
  The Gangsterization of the Democrat Party
  
• "Warning: A political tsunami is coming. What refills its displacement and arises in the aftermath of its destruction -- a restoration or transformation -- will be up to us."
  The Political Tsunami of 2020
  
• "The choice we as a country will make in November is clear: Trump and patriotism or Biden and globalism. Development or decline. It is just that simple."
  Patriotism vs. Globalism in 2020: A Country Is at Stake

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "A World Bank report... reveals the extent to which foreign nationals living in the U.S. drain mostly untaxed money from the nation's economy to send to relatives overseas."
  Migrants in US Send $19 Billion in Mostly Untaxed Remittances to China
  
• Not only is this an example of insurrection, but it is de-facto state sponsored terrorism.
  ICE Frustrated, Says Maryland County Released an Illegal Accused of Child Rape

  FIRST AMENDMENT, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER BIG TECH

• "The decision to step down comes as the company nears its five-year anniversary."
  Ben Shapiro Steps Down As the Daily Wire's Editor-In-Chief
  
• "Reporting on historic gay rights moment doesn't align with reality."
  History Is Whatever the New York Times Wants It To Be
  
• "The Times isn't worried about money and politics on Facebook. They're simply trying to dominate the system themselves, barring all others."
  The New York Times Dropped Millions On Facebook To Advertise the 1619 Project... While Trying To Bully Facebook Into Censoring Others
  
• "A small piece of advice for anyone preparing a submission to the New York Times: do perform a thorough background check on each and every person you intend to cite."
  Bret Stephens, the Gray Lady, and "The Great Awokening"
  
• "The author of the book, Abigail Shrier, says that seemingly out of nowhere two percent of students now claim to be transgender, and that it's mostly female students. She said it used to be a very tiny percentage of students and attributes the increase to 'social contagion.'"
  Amazon Blocks Advertising for Book Criticizing the "Transgender Craze" Among Female Students
  
• "One post claims the pro-life movement was started by 'racist evangelicals who needed an issue to latch onto as school segregation began losing in the court of public opinion.'"NY Times Reporter Reposts False Smears About Pro-Lifers and Pregnancy Centers
  
• "VanDerWerff's criticism is indicative of a growing movement among journalists to replace objectivity in reporting with progressive values."
  Open Letter Endorsing Free Speech Sparks Civil War at Vox
  
• "The cultural commissars come for conservative books."
  Purifying Publishing

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Don't the Chi-Coms know who controls the weather? Anyway, apparently there's lots of internal infighting between Javad Zarif and the mullahs on this.
  Iran Negotiating 25-Year China Deal "with Confidence and Conviction"
  
• "An explosion Thursday shook the building, which produces low-enriched uranium, and when satellite photos emerged over the weekend it appeared to have a large hole in the side."
  Report: Some Experts Say Explosion At Iranian Nuclear Plant Was An Attack
  
• Also, Israel's Mossad had "recently foiled planned or attempted Iranian attacks on Israeli diplomatic missions in Europe and elsewhere," and that "frustration is growing fast in Iran."
  Report: In Devastating Blow, Israel Sets Back Iran's Nuke Program Two Years
  
• "One of the main purposes of having the national security law is to quash the international front of the movement."
  Hong Kong Expat Says China Is Setting Up "Global Fight" Between "Authoritarianism Versus Democracy"
  
• "Why was such dramatic action was taken, given that the disease is well understood and treatments are readily available?"
  Mongolia Quarantines Region Next to China's Border After Outbreak of Bubonic Plague
  
• Good. Now withdraw from the UN entirely.
  United States Will Withdraw From the World Health Organization
  
• Listen, Fat. What the Farsi Ferret sez I do, I does!
  Biden Rebukes President Trump's Decision To Withdraw From WHO With Day One Promise
  
• "We interrupt this program on doom and gloom to bring you a comedy special. Live! From New York! It's the UN Human Rights Council!"
  They're a Joke: UNHRC Finds Soleimani Assassination Violated UN Charter
  
• "North Korea's cold shoulder to diplomatic overtures from the West comes amid rising tensions with South Korea."
  North Korea Refuses to Meet with Visiting US Official
  
• "Jordan continues its refusal to extradite terrorist Al-Tamimi."
  Will President Trump bring King Abdullah to Heel?
  
• An "unfortunate slip of the tongue."
  Kayleigh McEnany's Reference To Armenian Genocide Memorial Angers Turkish Embassy
  
• "The window of opportunity might close in November, 2020."
  Israel's Sovereignty Claim in Judea and Samaria

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "His comments come amid rising tensions between the US and China and as scrutiny on TikTok and Chinese technology firms continues to grow."
  Pompeo: US Considering Banning TikTok Over National Security Concerns
  
• "The US-owned firms will likely have to follow suit -- and fast, before the cops come a-knocking and arresting. This, even though they all score big revenues from ads bought by Chinese companies."
  Beijing Just Told Big Tech to Flee Hong Kong
  
• "When US Air Force leaders issue divisive social media comments on George Floyd, they sully the USAF's shared values of Integrity, Service, and Excellence."
  Why Military Brass Should Not Mouth Off About George Floyd On Facebook

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Robert Spencer: "If anti-Muslim hate crimes do not exist, they must be invented. They're simply too politically useful to do without."
  CAIR Demands Firing of Barista Who Called a Woman Named Aishah "ISIS"

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE BUREAUCRACY, WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE

• It's "attacks?"
  Report: Chief Justice John Roberts Hospitalized in June with Head Injury
  
• "The bill, which provides more than $4 billion to fund the legislative branch as part of the fiscal year that begins in October, is almost certain not to pass in its current form due to how Congress has run its appropriations process in recent years."
  House Dems Include Removal of Confederate Statues in Funding Bill
  
• "In a Democrat-run city, white employees are taught that they are inherently racist and must abase themselves properly."
  A Maoist Cultural Revolution Comes for Seattle's White Employees
  
• "The [Chinese] COVID-19 crisis has been turned into a government-planned giveaway scheme to benefit social progressivism."
  How Thrift Became a Casualty of the Fiscal "Plandemic"
  
• "Industry study found that Obama rule cut 375,000 jobs."
  House Dems Look to Resurrect Harmful Obama-Era Labor Regulation
  
• "So-called Court independence and neutrality, as promoted by our woke imperial establishment, is whenever the Court rules to defend its illegal imperium."
  The Fallacy of Court Neutrality

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "...the closing Dunkin' locations will be the ones located inside Speedway gas stations, not free-standing brick and mortar restaurants."
  Dunkin' [Donuts] Will Permanently Close 450 Stores
  
• "While we're starting to see signs of economic revival, some areas are experiencing more of a recovery than others. Millions are rethinking where they live."
  Why Millions of Americans Might Be About to Ditch City Living

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "We're sick of this narrative. The narrative of police brutality, the narrative of oppression, the narrative of racism. It's a lie." (guess who financed the campaign of the DA who charged them - jjs)
  California Duo Charged with Hate Crime for Defacing BLM Mural
  
• "Officers spoke with [the victim] Garcia for around 10 minutes before he reportedly asked to be shot."
  Police Fatally Shot a Man in a Parked Car After They Say He Raised a Gun to Officers
  
• "Police do not believe that the human died where the head was found, but it is unclear when the head was put on the roadside." (let's get a BLM social worker to investigate - jjs)
  Human Head Found On Roadside By Jogger
  
• "Despite knowing Mr. Epstein's terrible criminal history, the Bank inexcusably failed to detect or prevent millions of dollars of suspicious transactions."
  Deutsche Bank Must Pay $150 Million For Failure To Monitor Epstein's Accounts
  Lloyd Billingsley: "Black male murder suspect, white female victim - but no hate crime, racism, or even protests of 'gun violence.'"
  
• Death and Double Standards in California

  EDUCATION

• Just draw the red line now, Secretary DeVos! Sheesh.
  Betsy DeVos Looking "Very Seriously" At Withholding Federal Funding From Schools That Refuse To Open
  
• "The gravest internal threat to this country is not illegal aliens; it is leftist professors who are waging a war against America and teaching our young people to hate this country."
  Defund the Police? How About We Defund the Universities
  
• Why not Washington too, while you're at it?
  Washington & Lee Professors Vote to Remove "Lee" from School Name
  
• "Southern Poverty Law Center, known for including conservative organizations on its list of "hate groups," created Teaching Tolerance to promote "anti-bias" and "social justice" education in classrooms."
  Virginia School District Develops New "Anti-Racist" Curriculum Shaped by Southern Poverty Law Center
  
• "Universities defend price hikes even as they move to online classrooms."
  Colleges Hike Tuition, Slash Classroom Instruction

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Our intrepid science reporter says, "The next big goal when they reach that sulfate-bearing unit will be to not only study it but to also study a recurring slope lineae on the slopes of that unit, a streak that darkens and lightens seasonally that might be caused by seeping brine from below."
  Rover Update: Curiosity's Future Journey

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE, HITHER & YON

• "The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted."
  J.K. Rowling, Noam Chomsky Among Dozens to Call for End to "Cancel Culture"
  
• A Hemmings is hawings...
  Direct Descendant Of Thomas Jefferson Says His Memorial Should Be Taken Down
  
• "I'm thankful that the president made the statement that he made in his speech about protecting Mount Rushmore and other monuments across the country."
  SD Gov. Noem on Statue, Monument Debate: "This Isn't About Equality Anymore -- This Is a Radical Rewriting of Our History"
  
• "If we're inclined to glide past the Marxist fingerprints all over America's current turmoil, assuming its ideas will flare up for a while and then burn out, we're not paying attention."
  If We Don't Stop It, Marxism Will Annihilate the American Way of Life
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "Modern Slavery Matters on the new Communist plantations."
  Coke, Nike, and Pro-Black Lives Matter Corps are Using Slave Labor
  
• "Cancel everything or nothing."
  Conversation Around the Musical Hamilton Reveals the Hypocrisy of the Cancel Culture
  
• "The hit Broadway musical Hamilton is patriotic and aspirational. Without hiding our national sins, Hamilton upholds 1776 over 1619 as our true founding."
  Hamilton is the Perfect Answer to the 1619 Project's Attempt to Erase America
  
• "The supposedly 'anti-slavery' Left is lacking in perspective even in the most generous interpretation of their antics."
  What's Being Missed in the "Anti-Slavery" Defenestration Campaign
  
• "Each grand movement to liberate mankind finds itself backing into forms of government that dispense more and more with the lingering conventions of 'the consent of the governed.'"
  Beware Of Those Whose Demands For Social Justice Will Only Bring About Slavery
  
• "Behold the fruits of the 1960s."
  Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie
  
• "Borglum's story is American to its core, like that of the men whose likenesses he carved -- all flawed geniuses who accomplished more than what was actually in them."
  The Left and Borglum's Legacy
  
• "What we think about things can be as important as the things themselves, because it forms our moral stance toward the world. But what if our thoughts are in error?"
  A Reign of Error
  
• "The 1997 thriller isn't Jurassic Park, but it delivers a monster for the ages."
  Why The Relic is a Horror Junkie's Dream
  
• Rabbi Fischer: "Now revealing the reason that sometimes I seem to have disappeared for weeks at a time."
  In Memoriam: For Ellen, My Precious Wife of 20 Years, the Love of My Life -- Part 2 of 2

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Overnight Open Thread (07/07/2020)

—CBD

As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?

"If it had grown up," she said to herself, "it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think."

Omit needless words.

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he should avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.

At no time, at no place, in solemn convention assembled, through no chosen agents, had the American people officially proclaimed the United States to be a democracy. The Constitution did not contain the word or any word lending countenance to it, except possibly the mention of "We, the people," in the preamble...When the Constitution was framed no respectable person called himself or herself a democrat.

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The pitch to his editor must have been interesting.

"Yes, I want you to pay for me to travel around the world so I can find the most beautiful and striking redheads and then photograph them."

"What? No, not sleep with them...photograph them."

Photographer Travels Around the World to Capture the Unique Beauty of Red Hair

Interesting that there are no men in the book. Red hair can be absolutely magnificent on women, but I have no opinion of its attractiveness on men. Perhaps the ladies could opine?

[Hat Tip: MTF]

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Hugh Laurie is a fine actor, which I say because he can do both comedy and drama, and that impresses me. But what's with the accent? Most of his roles are American English speaking, and it's always a bit odd to hear him speak with a distinct English accent, like here...Acting With A Lion.
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Why build tall buildings? I am not an architect, but there are obvious advantages to building up; more efficient use of land and power and water and sewer systems, but at some point it must become more expensive than it is worth. And that is fine....building something tall just to do it is completely in character with the human spirit.

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July 7, 1936

On this date in 1936, the average maximum temperature across the US was 93 degrees, and nearly one fourth of the US was above 100 degrees.

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I'm not suggesting any connection between these two women, other than their voices are distinctive and they both had big problems in their youth. Unfortunately, Winehouse didn't survive hers.

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Susurrus

Go ahead...define it. I have seen it on the printed page but can't explain it worth a damn.

A round ziggurat maybe?

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Yes, it's those damned decade-specific music feeds, and I am stuck in the 1970s. I am second to most in my knowledge of modern music, in particular the stuff of the last 25 years. But I know what I like, and I also am constantly amazed by how a few bars of a song can evoke memories. It's not quite Proust's Madeleine, but it comes close.

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—Ace

Eagles Star DeSean Jackson Pushes Louis Farrakhan and Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories

—Ace

As Twitchy asks: Will he be repeatedly forced to apologize as Drew Brees was for offering the "controversial" opinion that the American flag deserved respect?

Or will it be swept under the rug?

Answer: The second one.

Jackson also posted a page from a book, "The Hidden Treasure That Lies in Plain Sight 4: The Day of the Lord and the End of America." It states: "Hitler said, 'because the white Jews knows [sic] that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel and to keep Americas secret the Jews will blackmail America.'"

...

Jackson later deleted and reposted the book page on his story with the caption: "ANYONE WHO FEELS I HAVE HATE TOWARDS THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TOOK MY POST THE WRONG WAY I HAVE NO HATRED IN MY HEART TOWARDS NO ONE !! EQUALITY EQUALITY."

I HAVE NO RACIAL ANIMUS AGAINST THE SUBVERSIVE BLACKMAILERS WHO STOLE THE BLACK MAN'S IDENTITY AS THE TRUE ISRAELITES, local maniac said.

Shocker: Minneapolis Neighborhood That Took a White Guilt Pledge Not to Call the Cops Suffers Its Third Sexual Assault in a Month

—Ace

The article, as Ed Morrisey notes, refuses the reader the information that this neighborhood took a pledge to never call police, and now has a sprawling homeless encampment in a park previously used by children playing.

Now adult homeless people and assorted other invaders are having all the fun.

Three sexual assaults have occurred since late last month in south Minneapolis at Powderhorn Park with the most recent as Sunday, where hundreds of homeless people have been encamped, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board said Tuesday.

The first incident occurred late on June 26 or early on June 27 and involved a girl being assaulted, said Park Board spokeswoman Robin Smothers. People from the park brought the girl to Abbott Northwestern Hospital for examination, and she was later turned over to social services personnel. No arrests have been made.

A caller reached 911 to report a woman being assaulted at the park on June 27. The woman received medical attention and city police arrested 40-year-old Jonathan Taylor nearby. He’s charged with groping the woman in their tent. She's the same victim he is charged with raping on May 22 in a Brooklyn Center hotel.

On Sunday, a girl was assaulted by a man in the park. A Metro Transit police squad vehicle was flagged down that afternoon, and "after further questioning, the victim reported the assault," said Park Board spokeswoman Robin Smothers.

The neighborhood considered putting a cap on the size of the vagrant population they were willing to let squat in the park formerly used by their children.

But they decided to let as many bums come in as possible.

RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII – STAR TRIBUNE FILE Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis is the site of growing homeless encampments. TEXT SIZE EMAIL PRINT MORE Three sexual assaults have occurred since late last month in south Minneapolis at Powderhorn Park with the most recent as Sunday, where hundreds of homeless people have been encamped, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board said Tuesday.

The first incident occurred late on June 26 or early on June 27 and involved a girl being assaulted, said Park Board spokeswoman Robin Smothers. People from the park brought the girl to Abbott Northwestern Hospital for examination, and she was later turned over to social services personnel. No arrests have been made.

A caller reached 911 to report a woman being assaulted at the park on June 27. The woman received medical attention and city police arrested 40-year-old Jonathan Taylor nearby. He’s charged with groping the woman in their tent. She’s the same victim he is charged with raping on May 22 in a Brooklyn Center hotel.

On Sunday, a girl was assaulted by a man in the park. A Metro Transit police squad vehicle was flagged down that afternoon, and “after further questioning, the victim reported the assault,” said Park Board spokeswoman Robin Smothers.

The girl remained at HCMC as of late Tuesday morning. Hennepin County Child Protection Services is involved, and a suspect has been arrested but not yet charged.

Further information about the incidents have yet to be released by the Park Board.

Junail Anderson, whose Freedom from the Streets community organization is assisting with one of the encampments, said sexual assaults “can happen in any park.”

Anderson said the people staying in Powderhorn Park are keeping tabs on one another and holding nightly meetings to discuss any common issues.

She said the city needs to step up and help people find places for them to live.

“We’re hoping and praying that the mayor listens to us,” Anderson said. “If people are worried about people being preyed on, than give us housing we can afford.”

Carlos Losano Enrique, who calls Powderhorn Park his temporary home, said, “I see a lot of arguing but no fighting.” Two days ago, he said, someone broke his car’s windshield, but he’s not ready to leave yet.

“The reason I am here is because I need a house,” he said. “I came here the first day they opened, and I have been here for almost five weeks.”

On July 1, a divided Park Board rejected a plan that could have restricted homeless encampments in parks across the city, including the sprawling community at Powderhorn Park that leaders say has become the largest in state history.

The board has accommodated hundreds of homeless people who migrated across Minneapolis in the midst of the unrest following the police killing of George Floyd on May 25.

Last month, commissioners voted to allow homeless residents to stay overnight at city parks. Yet it has struggled to contain order at the Powderhorn site, where two encampments at the northern end of the park have now grown to more than 600 people in 415 tents, the board disclosed last week.

It's amazing that the Star Tribune refuses to report critical information, such as the pledge taken by residents to never call the cops, no matter whose child gets raped.

Trump Formally Removes the US from the Chinese Propaganda Front W.H.O.

—Ace