Tuesday, September 13, 2016

‘Progressive’ Voting Proposal Recycles Ancient Totalitarian Elitism

As with all things “progressive,” Brennan’s epistocracy epiphany is, at its core, just the recycling of an old idea. A very old idea. [More]
An Opposite Day “Progressive intellectual” says we should be ruled by benevolent “philosopher kings/epistocrats,” just like Plato envisioned. What could go wrong?

Katie Bar the Door

Because VCDL is coming after you with a defamation lawsuit. [More]

[Via Keith B]

Black Wallets Matter

Lives, not so much evidently, if they're being threatened over penny-ante heists like this ... [More]

Man, if this doesn't convince me I've been wrong and it's time to turn 'em all in, nothing will.

[Via Michael G]

A Hillary Heartbeat from the Presidency?

Q: Why is Tim Kaine for a government monopoly of violence? [More]

[Via Michael G]

A: Because he's a goddamned communist.

Meanwhile, Over in the Killing Fields


The government must control all the guns. Just ask these guys. [More]

[Via Michael G]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Caliphate...

Muslim illegal immigrant father who shot dead his daughter, 7, in 'spite' after her Catholic mother renounced Islam was accidentally sent the little girl's address by her SOLICITORS [More]
"Progressives" making idiot decisions -- is there any group on the planet more toxic to freedom solutions?

I can't even muster any sympathy for the mother in this case, only for the child. Give her a couple more years being raised like that and she'd have become unsalvageable, too, at least by man.

[Via Mack H]

These Boots are Made for Running

Nash Montana, who translated the following article from Freie Zeiten, is at pains to emphasize that THIS IS NOT A JOKE: German Federal police recommend: Women should wear sneakers so they can run away better from asylum seekers. [More]
Why would we think that? At least those of us who remember the Illinois State Police advising women to vomit and use rat tail combs, but "If you must fight  ... Use of a firearm to protect yourself or property is not recommended"...?

What personal cowards those who think they are in charge want people of the West to be. That's why they put those who refuse into that basket of deplorables.

[Via cycjec] 

DIY

Asian residents of south Sacramento say they’ve formed their own armed patrols to respond to a wave of robberies that has terrorized the community, where business owners report a steep drop in customers because people are afraid to go out after dark. [More]
Still, what good is leading the way on that front when as a whole this demographic continues to put people in power who craft policies to favor the criminal and disarm the victim pool?

Note the "Only One" spokesflack warning to leave this to the "professionals": Could the name "McPhail" be a more appropriate aptronym?

[Via cycjec] 

Business Forecast

Some local businesses are worried the sign sends the wrong message and could make some tourists feel unwelcome. [More]
Which "local businesses"? And how many? And how have you determined they're representative of more than just a few

Who are they? Shouldn't they get to see if the market behaves the way they predict, or if it instead results in blow-back on them?

Plus it seems if a network affiliate is going to put potentially inflammatory information out there, it ought to be able to back it up. You know, so we can see if the scope of the "problem" warrants such attention, or if the motive here is just to gin up some hysteria.

CBS 13 WGME "On Your Side": On whose side, exactly?

What an absurdly untruthful-because-it's-impossible slogan.

[Via Dave Licht]

Priorities

Trying to emulate the excesses of borderline retard lottery winners is no formula for personal success. [More]

Fortunately, we live in a "culture" that encourages those who do to blame "poverty" and "racism" for their predictable failures as human beings.

A Casket of Incurables

I wonder when Las Vegas odds-makers are going to get involved.

Packing a Smart Rod

Yep, that's personalized, alright. [More]

Can't you just wait for the kind of data sexbots will need to process in order to maximize the response experience?

I'd be curious to see how users of either divvy up between Prozis and Deplorables.

Opposite Day 'Progressive Oversight'

"Not only is it unfair, it risks the inadvertent disclosure of classified information," Cummings... [More]
Still being the main cover-up man on Oversight, eh, Old Bloody Hands?

'News Analysis'

No it's not. [More]

It's a transparent attempt to calm a spooked herd.

You're quite the "Authorized Journalist," aren't you, Matt Flegenheimer?