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Category Archives: Left
Obama’s 5th Estate
From Politico: L.A. Times 2-col. lead, “Hollywood plays key role for health law: White House counts on the entertainment industry to promote its plan, especially to young people,” by Maeve Reston: “Wedged into the blotter on [president of production] Mike … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Democrat Party, Hollywood, Left, Politics
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Jeffrey Sachs’ Incredible Failure to Eradicate Poverty in Africa
Howard French writes on the hubris of Jeffrey Sachs, whose Millennium Village [MV] projects, intended to wipe out poverty by 2025, has wrought all sorts of unintended consequences. Of an MV set up in northeastern Kenya: As MV money poured … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, International, Left
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Ed Asner’s Moment of Lucidity
Wow. Where to even start with this one. Longtime kneejerk-liberal, Ed Asner, momentarily cognizes the cognitive dissonance of his own leftwing ideology: Another reason some Hollywood progressives have been reticent to speak out against war in Syria, according to Asner, … Continue reading
Mania
Wow, where to start… Expected demographic? Check. Standard-issue, one-size-fits-all, ‘No Justice No Peace’ slogan? Check. Marxist ANSWER affiliation? Check. Misspelling on sign? Check. Trendy, ghetto-bootlegged, cause célèbre T-shirt? Check. Meanwhile, from an ANSWER rally in… drumroll…. San Francisco: ‘Whole System … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Marxism, Left, National, Race
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Mau Mau-ing the Flak-Catchers
The British govt goes into full, grovelling, flak-catchers mode: The UK government is expected to apologise to those tortured during the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya in the 1950s, the BBC understands. Compensation for the victims is also expected to … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Left, Political Correctness
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Red Pill #5
“The Left derives its energy from the entropic release of power and energy from the breaking apart of the bonds keeping holding society together – families, contracts, hierarchies of authority, social classes, meritocracies. Our present era is no more than … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Left
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The 400 lb. Gorilla at Local 983
The NY Post has a story on public sector labor boss Mark Rosenthal, who makes $156,000 a year working grueling 2-hour days: The 400-pound president of Local 983 of District Council 37 — the city’s largest blue-collar municipal-workers union — … Continue reading
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Cuban-American White Supremacist
Our good friends at the SPLC and ADL, who find racist bogeymen around every corner, are now after Roan Garcia-Quintana, who, like George Zimmerman, is a ‘white hispanic’. As reported by the smarmy & zealous lib Tommy Christopher: Oh, Republican … Continue reading
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Benedict Slumberpatch
God, why do these actors have to be such f-ng tools? Benedict Cumberbatch, who I think is really good in the BBC Sherlock series and who plays the villain in the new Star Trek: Into Darkness movie, tells BBC America … Continue reading
Ideological Rehabilitation Service (IRS)
Sometimes, all you can say is ‘wow’. From WSJ: WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of conservative groups went beyond those that had “tea party” or “patriot” in their names—as the agency admitted Friday—to also include ones that raised concerns over … Continue reading