Monthly Archives: February 2017

James Robart

Here is James Robart, the judge that blocked Trump’s temporary 7-country travel ban judge, inveighing on Black Lives Matter rhetoric and its associated flawed logic: Watch federal judge James Robart’s #BlackLivesMatter declaration, plus his challenge to Seattle’s police union. pic.twitter.com/UDgQl2XCiu … Continue reading

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Wolff v MSM

Michael Wolff, himself a liberal, chastises a CNN hack as well as the NYT echo-chamber:

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The Normalization – Pt. 412

From James Rettig, a tolerant hipster at Stereogum, and someone who likely identifies as ‘antifa’: Wavves’ Nathan Williams makes music with his brother Joel under the name Sweet Valley, and Joel has been practicing making video games in his spare time. … Continue reading

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Fascism Porn – Pt. 3,182

More ‘fascism porn’ from The Cathedral, this one by David (ahem) Frum (“How to Build an Autocracy”).

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22%

“Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden” is a study in Nature illustrating what the Pareto Principle (i.e., the 80/20 rule) reveals about social costs: ABSTRACT: Policymakers are interested in early-years interventions to ameliorate … Continue reading

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Clark: Is Contemporary Christianity a Suicide Cult?

Alfred Clark asks “Is Contemporary Christianity a Suicide Cult?”: Athough I’m not very religious, religion interests me, especially the current trajectory of Christianity in the West.  What I mean here is mainstream Christianity in the United States and Europe, not … Continue reading

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CA is the Future of America – Pt. 34,182

From Breitbart, more on Democrats’ ‘normalization’ of criminal behavior: California State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Léon (D-Los Angeles) said last Tuesday that “half his family” was in the country illegally, using false documents, and eligible for deportation under … Continue reading

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Bradley Effect 2.0

Politico has a piece titled “Donald Trump might be more popular than you think”, the byline of which reads: “Once again, there’s evidence suggesting traditional polls aren’t accurately measuring support for the president and his policies.”

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Abdullah on the “Muslim Ban”

From Al-Jazeera (“Abdullah bin Zayed: Trump’s travel ban not Islamophobic”): The United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister has said that US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries, which has triggered global outrage, is not Islamophobic … Continue reading

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Vader’s Book Club

The NYT is now allowing sports reporters to write ominous warning-columns about Darth Vader (“Steve Bannon’s Book Club”): On the day after Christmas, I was walking through Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport when I caught sight of a slightly rumpled man … Continue reading

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