Experts say many factors have contributed to the rapid rise, though the biggest one may be less frequent condom use. [More]Yeah, that and Tinder must be it. And telling everyone we're all in this together.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
I Don't Suppose We Can Narrow Down Population Specifics?
Prevailing "Progressive" Sentiment
Here's a representative sampling of comments by Her Majesty's subjects on the plight of South African farmers:
Double negative = a positive. Land stolen from from the natives and then stolen back ... I hope this goes continent wide, including the De beers factory ... I don't feel sorry for this man at all. He profits off hunting large animals. Karma is truly at work here! ... Hmmm, so, like the Dutch grabbed the land from the native south Africans ... No it's not theft. And you can defend all you like it won't help ... Go home mate ... At first I had sympathy... but then I read "hunting" farm..... A HUNTING farm??? Sorry farmer, NO sympathy here! Murdering animals for "sport" is VILE! ... If you kill animals they will get you back somehow...Oh, look-- one from an unenlightened Yank made it through:
Jomo Kenyatta did this in Kenya (Mau Maus) which turned a food exporting country into an economic mess. Same with Zimbagwe. That is Communism for you. Always under the guise of "helping the poor: the party bosses get rich. Same with Cuba and Venezuela.How much sympathy will you be able to muster for the top group of comment posters when their willful ignorance brings about their turn in the barrel?
Strategic Confusion
Most of the school leaders NPR reached had little idea of how shootings got recorded for their schools. [More]Hey, if we can cherry-pick our numbers and change definitions as desired, we can claim anything we like.
And then you run into inexcusable crap like this:
For example, the CRDC reports 26 shootings within the Ventura Unified School District in Southern California. "I think someone pushed the wrong button," said Jeff Davis, an assistant superintendent there. The outgoing superintendent, Joe Richards, "has been here for almost 30 years and he doesn't remember any shooting," Davis added. "We are in this weird vortex of what's on this screen and what reality is."
So find out. How did those numbers get there, bureaucrat? Sorry about your dinner plans, you're going to stay until you figure it out.
At least that's what I'd have been told on every position I've ever held. Sorry-- I keep forgetting not everyone's job depends on performance.
[Via Roger J]
Up is Down, Black is White, Ignorance is Strength
“But in an age where facts are alternative and truth isn’t truth, it’s no surprise that an outlet like the Daily Caller would try to distract us from very real and very immediate threats to our democracy brought by the man occupying the White House,” he continued. [More]Well if "Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill" says that, it's good enough for me!
My People are Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge
Poll: Majority can’t name a single Supreme Court justice [More]But I'll bet they all have strong "legal" opinions.
‘Progressive’ Praise for McCain Shows Limits of ‘Acceptable’ Conservatism
If that’s what they'd say about a man many of us considered unacceptably “moderate,” what must they want followers to think about those of us that are more hard line and less willing to cede any ground? [More]There's a reason why they're saying nice things now.
The Unendorsed
A week after Election Day, Governor Jeff Colyer officially conceded to Secretary of State Kris Kobach after provisional ballot results in the more populous counties showed Kobach’s narrow lead growing. [More]Despite the Lairds of Fairfax trying to torpedo the guy.
After their pick had sold their members out.
And right alongside the anti-gun Kansas City Star...
Don't Protect It, Either
"DON'T INSPIRE EVIL" CAMPAIGN GAINS TRACTION - Mass Media Promo of Mass Murderers Questioned - JPFO spearheads effort to stop glorifying killers and copycats [More]The key word is "gratuitous," but in any case, that horse is already outside the barn. By NOT identifying the mutant, we're left dependent on what "officials" and their approved media megaphones tell us, cutting off independents from doing their own fact checks.
I shouldn't need to tell readers here what that means.
If anything, I'd like to see their social media sites and everything about them left up so we can see for ourselves the mindset they had and from what ideologies they sprang.
We're the Only Ones Diverted Enough
A former Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy who was charged with official misconduct has entered a diversion agreement where he will pay $353 and perform community service. In his agreement, Justin Price admitted that he destroyed evidence three or four times to ensure the outcome he promised to suspects of crimes. [More]I mean, come on -- he was only charged with a misdemeanor so the wrist slap and expungement are appropriate. It's not like he ought to be doing time for multiple felonies or anything...
Besides, who wouldn't make a deal if a woman we had power over with "a glow-in-the-dark tingler ring sex toy" was "cooperative"?
[Via bondmen]
The Will of la Gente
280,000 people are illegally registered to vote in Texas, according to the DPS database. Just over 4 million of the registered voters – or 30% of registered voters – DO NOT match up to the DPS database! Again, roughly 30% of all registered voters in Texas cannot be matched in DPS’s database! Just let that sink in! [More]Anybody have any corroborating details? Because if we rely on Google's "News" feed, the problem doesn't exist.
[Via Felix B]
Hate Speech
I believe that the unfettered ownership of private property and the right to own and use firearms, including for self-defence, are the God-given rights of free people everywhere. And I believe, as the American revolutionaries did, that government is usually the problem not the solution and that, in order for people to be, Free, the power of government needs to be constrained. [More]Damn. Read the whole thing. He also thinks "immigration" ought to serve the interests of his country instead of destroying it.
What a racist.
More on the Moron
Jacksonville shooting suspect underwent psychiatric treatment, purchased guns legally in Baltimore area [More]Seems like there's an applicable and inviolable law in here somewhere...
I haven't seen any retractions, so I'm assuming this is true. If that's the case, I'd love to learn more about his parents' political sympathies.
[Via Jess]
Well That's a Relief
Though the Brady Center to Combat Gun Violence, a group known for its support for gun control, is backing the campaign, the campaign itself does not appear to push a legislative agenda in its ad or on its official website, which should come as a relief to gun owners and Second Amendment supporters. [More]Of course it pushes an agenda. And a "pro-gun" site is helping them "legitimize" their claim of being "commonsense gun safety advocates" with that kind of characterization.
They really don't know what the billionaire-funded Astroturfers continuously use "PSAs" for, and how fake they are? They don't see the talking points and the manipulation? They don't know that "kids" include gangbangers that are tried as adults? They don't instantly recognize the goal here? Really?
You don't invite a vampire to cross the threshold. The people behind the "campaign" want you disarmed. By force. They have since Day One.
And once you are, they'll want more and there won't be a goddamn thing you can do about it.
They are the enemy.
They Must Be Joking
But this being a movie project that will veer off-center from the traditional Batman canon, sources say the script paints Thomas Wayne as a cheesy and tanned businessman who is more in the mold of a 1980s Donald Trump. [More]"Starring" Alec Baldwin and Robert De Niro...?
I'm imagining an investor meeting where a project requiring over a hundred million dollars that's guaranteed to alienate most people in the red part of the map is pitched. Add the fact that they'll be ginning up the hate in "gun free zones" with near-identical stimuli that have already worked once and thanks, but no.
Infantocracy
A Third Of Teens Haven’t Read A Single Book In Past Year - Stunning research shows just 2% of sophomores read daily newspaper — compared to third of same-aged teens in 1990s [More]What, you mean the demographic that demands the power to define our rights and tell us what to do?
And They Say There Are No Stupid Questions
When should the media report on murders by refugees? [More]Uh...when they happen?
Find one excuse being given that's not pure, agenda-covering horsecrap. Here's the motivator:
ARD is publicly financed and therefore free to cover the news without fear that low ratings will drive it into bankruptcy.If you're a government-dependent mouthpiece, it's not free and it's not news.
The First Thing You'll Learn is How to Slide Down the Pole
I was sexually assaulted by FDNY firefighters on my first day [More]I'm sure such aggression is much more prevalent in the MEC (Media Exalted Class) than we've been led to believe, but don't look for an extension of the #MeToo movement any time soon. After all, if the City is arguing this was just "a funny way to break the ice," who am I to doubt?
Besides, just ask George Takei how much credence is given to accusers.