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?
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
‘Progressive’ Voting Proposal Recycles Ancient Totalitarian Elitism
Black Wallets Matter
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.
[Via Michael G]
A: Because he's a goddamned communist.
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.
Fortunately, we live in a "culture" that encourages those who do to blame "poverty" and "racism" for their predictable failures as human beings.
Packing a Smart Rod
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?
It's a transparent attempt to calm a spooked herd.
You're quite the "Authorized Journalist," aren't you, Matt Flegenheimer?