Friday, October 13, 2017
neo-neocon » Blog Archive » The West Point rot
neo-neocon » Blog Archive » The West Point rot:
"Many people (me included) wondered how it was that the openly-Communist Spenser Rapone was allowed to graduate from West Point.
It’s not as though Rapone was underground with his point of view as a proud Communist.
And West Point isn’t Evergreen State College—is it?
So how on earth did Rapone fall through the cracks?
"Many people (me included) wondered how it was that the openly-Communist Spenser Rapone was allowed to graduate from West Point.
It’s not as though Rapone was underground with his point of view as a proud Communist.
And West Point isn’t Evergreen State College—is it?
Now the professor who had originally reported Rapone to West Point authorities (to no avail), retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Heffington, has issued an open letter to West Point graduates with a word—actually, many words—of explanation:
Here is the text of the letter.
After you’ve read it, you will understand that Rapone didn’t fall through the cracks.
There weren’t any cracks.
If what Heffington says it’s the truth—and I’m definitely inclined to believe it—then West Point has apparently become a standardless, permissive, PC, open (and perhaps bottomless) pit.
Honor hearings are rarely scheduled and reports of honor infractions actively discouraged, and students are rarely disciplined for violations even when admittedly guilty.
Academic standards are non-existent; it seems nearly impossible to flunk out.
Heffinton isn’t sure when all this started—he thinks about 10 years ago, but my guess is that it began at some point early in the Obama years, with their emphasis on a PC military..."
Read on!
Steve Russo - "How to Lose What We Have" Wow! Amazing Video From...
Steve Russo - "How to Lose What We Have" Wow! Amazing Video From...:
"How to Lose What We Have"
"Wow!
Amazing Video From The 50's Warning Americans About Bernie, Warren and Obama's "Master Plan"
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"
People could see it coming and tried to warn us about Socialism / Progressivism / Communism / Marxism infecting America back in the 1950s!
Excellent video that shows you what happens when you surrender you liberty to government in exchange for dependency on the government for your every need.
Unfortunately, today’s radicalized Democrats are all for the Master Plan, to be devised and implemented by the likes of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama."
"How to Lose What We Have"
"Wow!
Amazing Video From The 50's Warning Americans About Bernie, Warren and Obama's "Master Plan"
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"
People could see it coming and tried to warn us about Socialism / Progressivism / Communism / Marxism infecting America back in the 1950s!
Excellent video that shows you what happens when you surrender you liberty to government in exchange for dependency on the government for your every need.
Unfortunately, today’s radicalized Democrats are all for the Master Plan, to be devised and implemented by the likes of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama."
Justice Dept. issues final warning to 'sanctuary' jurisdictions - Washington Times
Justice Dept. issues final warning to 'sanctuary' jurisdictions - Washington Times:
"The Justice Department has issued a final warning to five of the 10 jurisdictions it accused of having “sanctuary” policies that defy federal immigration laws, saying they have until Oct. 27 to submit additional evidence proving compliance or risk losing grant money.
Letters conveying the Justice Department’s preliminary assessment of the jurisdictions’ local laws and policies were sent Wednesday. Cook County, Illinois; Chicago; New Orleans; New York City; and Philadelphia were all warned that the Justice Department believes they cities have laws of policies that run afoul of federal immigration law."
Letters conveying the Justice Department’s preliminary assessment of the jurisdictions’ local laws and policies were sent Wednesday. Cook County, Illinois; Chicago; New Orleans; New York City; and Philadelphia were all warned that the Justice Department believes they cities have laws of policies that run afoul of federal immigration law."
What Happens in Vegas Doesn't Stay in Reno :: SteynOnline
What Happens in Vegas Doesn't Stay in Reno :: SteynOnline
"...We're now told that that timeline was, in fact, back to front.
Instead, Jesus Campos was investigating the door alert before the massacre even began.
At 9.59pm, Paddock responded to Mr Campos' arrival by emptying 200 rounds into the 32nd floor corridor.
Which seems a tad excessive.
Paddock then apparently took a leisurely six-minute break before going over to the window and beginning his massacre.
Which seems a tad excessively relaxed.
What was he doing?
Having a nice cup of tea?
Calling down to room service?
Your guess is as good as the coppers'.
...We're asked to believe that he made "millions" playing video poker - which is as likely, as Ann Coulter put it in an excellent column, as making millions by smoking crack.
If, in the all but statistically impossible event he did manage to relieve the casinos' machines of millions of dollars, he would certainly not be additionally enriched by free hotel suites and complimentary $500-a-glass vintage port, as his brother claims..."
"...We're now told that that timeline was, in fact, back to front.
Instead, Jesus Campos was investigating the door alert before the massacre even began.At 9.59pm, Paddock responded to Mr Campos' arrival by emptying 200 rounds into the 32nd floor corridor.
Which seems a tad excessive.
Paddock then apparently took a leisurely six-minute break before going over to the window and beginning his massacre.
Which seems a tad excessively relaxed.
What was he doing?
Having a nice cup of tea?
Calling down to room service?
Your guess is as good as the coppers'.
...We're asked to believe that he made "millions" playing video poker - which is as likely, as Ann Coulter put it in an excellent column, as making millions by smoking crack.
If, in the all but statistically impossible event he did manage to relieve the casinos' machines of millions of dollars, he would certainly not be additionally enriched by free hotel suites and complimentary $500-a-glass vintage port, as his brother claims..."
Loretta Lynch, Obama-appointed attorney general, to testify to Congress on Russian election meddling - Washington Times
Loretta Lynch, Obama-appointed attorney general, to testify to Congress on Russian election meddling - Washington Times:
"President Obama’s Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been called to testify before congressional Russian election meddling probes next week.
Both the House and Senate intelligence committees are expected to interview her and she could also gather with the Senate Judiciary Committee, sources familiar with her plans told CNN."
Both the House and Senate intelligence committees are expected to interview her and she could also gather with the Senate Judiciary Committee, sources familiar with her plans told CNN."
(1) Gaj Wilcox - Excuse me for a second but I digress......... “When...
(1) Gaj Wilcox - Excuse me for a second but I digress......... “When...:"Excuse me for a second but I digress.........
- “When my president lied to me and claimed four of my comrades were murdered because of a video insulting Muslims… I didn’t take a knee.
- “When my president shipped pallets of cash to my sworn enemy… I didn’t take a knee.
- “When my president failed to identify Muslims as terrorists and Islam as an enemy of the state… I didn’t take a knee
- “When my president lied to me and said I could keep my doctors and my premiums would go down… I didn’t take a knee.
- “When my president gave $535 million dollars to Solyndra for a solar energy plant that never produced the first panel but the top executives got huge bonuses… I didn’t take a knee.
- “When my president spent my tax dollars in foreign lands to interfere in their elections… I didn’t take a knee.
- “While my president sat by passively and enabled ISIS to emerge as a stronger force dedicated to spreading Islamic ideals by committing murder, rape and torture… I didn’t take a knee.
- “When my president allowed dictators and murderers to violate his red lines and continue to murder women and children with chemical gas… I didn’t take a knee.
- “When my president chastised law enforcement for their actions but ignored the violence in our streets… I didn’t take a knee.
- “When my president identified the weather as the greatest threat to America’s safety while Muslims worldwide are murdering innocent people… I didn’t take a knee.
- “While my president’s insistence that pacifism and reform in numerous areas of the globe would bring peace but instead led to the strengthening of those that seek to destroy us… I didn’t take a knee.
- “When the election of my president broke barriers never thought possible in America but it ended up being the high point of his eight years in office… I didn’t take a knee.
- “In all that time I never disrespected our Country, our Armed Forces and Veterans, or our Nation or our flag.
- “And now I have a new president.” (and I took a knee to thank God)
Lois Ann Hunt Januszki"
Be skeptical of Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’ - The Citizen
Be skeptical of Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’ - The Citizen
"Some months ago I and a dozen other local veterans attended a screening at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, a preview of a new documentary on the Vietnam war by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
The screening was a one-hour summation of this 10-part documentary, 18 hours long.
The series began showing on PBS Sunday, Sept. 17, and with Burns’ renowned talent mixing photos, video clips and compelling mood music in documentary form, the series promises to be compelling to watch.
That doesn’t mean it tells the truth.
For many years I have been presenting to high school classes a 90-minute session titled “The Myths and Truths of the Vietnam War.”
One of my opening comments is, “The truth about Vietnam is bad enough without twisting it all out of shape with myths, half-truths and outright lies from the anti-war left.”
...One of those photos is the summary execution of a Viet Cong soldier in Saigon, capital city of South Vietnam, during the battles of the Tet Offensive in 1968.
Our dishonorable enemy negotiated a cease-fire for that holiday, then on that holiday attacked in about 100 places all over the country.
Here’s what I tell students about the execution in the photo..."
Well worth your time to read!
"Some months ago I and a dozen other local veterans attended a screening at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, a preview of a new documentary on the Vietnam war by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
The screening was a one-hour summation of this 10-part documentary, 18 hours long.
That doesn’t mean it tells the truth.
For many years I have been presenting to high school classes a 90-minute session titled “The Myths and Truths of the Vietnam War.”
One of my opening comments is, “The truth about Vietnam is bad enough without twisting it all out of shape with myths, half-truths and outright lies from the anti-war left.”
...One of those photos is the summary execution of a Viet Cong soldier in Saigon, capital city of South Vietnam, during the battles of the Tet Offensive in 1968.
Our dishonorable enemy negotiated a cease-fire for that holiday, then on that holiday attacked in about 100 places all over the country.
Here’s what I tell students about the execution in the photo..."
Well worth your time to read!
John Stossel: Why is rebuilding after storms the federal government's responsibility? | Fox News
John Stossel: Why is rebuilding after storms the federal government's responsibility? | Fox News
"The hurricane devastation is severe.
What should the federal government do?
Give us lots of money, say many in the wounded states.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) demanded “about $150 billion” -- just for Texas.
So far, Congress has agreed to $15 billion in hurricane relief.
But more will come.
Few Americans will object.
The House vote for the first $7.9 billion was 419-3.
But let’s take a breath.
Why is rebuilding the federal government’s responsibility?
This idea that the federal government must lead in rebuilding is only a recent phenomenon, says the Cato institute’s Chris Edwards.
...But many government handouts cause more problems than they solve.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will “rush recovery money” to National Flood Insurance Program policyholders.
That may sound like a good thing, but it creates incentives that will cause more problems during the next flood.
I know that because I was one of those policyholders once.
I built a house on the edge of the ocean.
Without National Flood Insurance’s encouragement, I would never have built there.
But the Flood Insurance Program offers cheap insurance, so I did build.
Government paid for me to rebuild.
Thanks, taxpayers!
I won’t rip you off again, but others will.
Millions of people hold federal flood insurance.
The program was $25 billion in debt even before this year’s hurricanes..."
"The hurricane devastation is severe.
What should the federal government do?
Give us lots of money, say many in the wounded states.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) demanded “about $150 billion” -- just for Texas.
So far, Congress has agreed to $15 billion in hurricane relief.
But more will come.
Few Americans will object.
The House vote for the first $7.9 billion was 419-3.
But let’s take a breath.
Why is rebuilding the federal government’s responsibility?
This idea that the federal government must lead in rebuilding is only a recent phenomenon, says the Cato institute’s Chris Edwards.
...But many government handouts cause more problems than they solve.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will “rush recovery money” to National Flood Insurance Program policyholders.
That may sound like a good thing, but it creates incentives that will cause more problems during the next flood.
I built a house on the edge of the ocean.
Without National Flood Insurance’s encouragement, I would never have built there.
But the Flood Insurance Program offers cheap insurance, so I did build.
- A few years later, the ocean took my first floor.
Government paid for me to rebuild.
- Later, my whole house washed away and government reimbursed me again.
Thanks, taxpayers!
I won’t rip you off again, but others will.
Millions of people hold federal flood insurance.
The program was $25 billion in debt even before this year’s hurricanes..."
The False Ideas Intellectuals Peddle at College Campuses
The False Ideas Intellectuals Peddle at College Campuses:
"As George Orwell said, “some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”
Many stupid ideas originate with academics on college campuses. If they remained there and didn’t infect the rest of society, they might be a source of entertainment, much in the way a circus is.
Let’s look at a few stupid ideas peddled by intellectuals.
During the Cold War, academic leftists made a moral equivalency between communist totalitarianism and democracy."
"As George Orwell said, “some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”
Let’s look at a few stupid ideas peddled by intellectuals.
During the Cold War, academic leftists made a moral equivalency between communist totalitarianism and democracy."
Legal Insurrection is 9 years old, and filled with dread
Legal Insurrection is 9 years old, and filled with dread:
"...But there’s no pep talk this year. Just dread.
"...But there’s no pep talk this year. Just dread.
The attempts to unwind the 2016 presidential election have changed everything.
I’ve written before how the attempts to intimidate the Electoral College electors into changing their votes was a game changer for me.
That went beyond politics into attempted coup territory.
It wasn’t just a matter of opposing Trump or Trump policies, which is legitimate, but an attempt to nullify an election.
That went beyond politics into attempted coup territory.
Criticize Trump all you want, I certainly did during the primaries, but respect the vote.
If you don’t respect the vote, then you are not just political opposition, you are a danger to our system.
If the assault on the Electoral College was the game changer for me, a runner up was waking up to implications of the concentration of power in a small number of social media and internet companies who have been weaponized to shut down speech and expression..."
Read it all!
Read it all!
History for October 13
History for October 13 - On-This-Day.com
Molly Pitcher (Mary Hays McCauley) 1744, Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) 1925 - Comedian, satirist, Margaret Thatcher 1925 - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Paul Simon 1941 - Musician, Jerry Jones (Jerral Wayne "Jerry" Jones Sr.) 1942 - Businessman, owner, president, general manager (Dallas Cowboys), Marie Osmond 1959 - Singer
1775 - The U.S. Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
1812 - American forces were defeated at the Battle of Queenstown Heights. The British victory effectively ended an further U.S. invasion of Canada.
1843 - B'nai B'rith, the Jewish organization, was founded by Henry Jones and eleven others in New York City, NY.
1943 - During World War II, Italy signed an armistice with the Allies and declared war on Germany.
1944 - American troops entered Aachen, Germany, during World War II.
1957 - Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra introduced the Ford Edsel on an hour long special.
1981 - Egyptian voters elected Vice President Hosni Mubarak as the new president one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush called for an overthrow of the Panamanian ruler Manuel Antonio Noriega.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
No National Anthem? College Football Players Sing when PA System Fails - Breitbart
No National Anthem? College Football Players Sing when PA System Fails - Breitbart:
"The Bantams of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Continentals of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, all stood for the playing of the national anthem, when, suddenly, no music was heard.
The Hartford Courant reports:"
"The Bantams of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Continentals of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, all stood for the playing of the national anthem, when, suddenly, no music was heard.
The Hartford Courant reports:"
Texas State Looking For Math Profs Committed To 'Social Justice'
Texas State Looking For Math Profs Committed To 'Social Justice'
"There are a few classes where one's politics really are irrelevant.
Despite Leftist claims that everything is subjective, there are a few places where that just can't be true.
Subjectivity may change someone's outlook on history, for example, but it doesn't do anything about changing the fact that 2+2=4.
"There are a few classes where one's politics really are irrelevant.
Despite Leftist claims that everything is subjective, there are a few places where that just can't be true. Subjectivity may change someone's outlook on history, for example, but it doesn't do anything about changing the fact that 2+2=4.
But that's not stopping Texas State University
Texas State University is hoping to hire two Math Education professors with a demonstrated and longstanding commitment to “social justice.”
According to the job postings on Inside Higher Ed, the two new professors must not only share TSU’s commitment to “education equity” and “social justice,” but should preferably also have a demonstrated record of engagement or academic research on the issue.The openings are for both tenured or tenure-track positions at the “ranks of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor,” with different levels of social-justice expertise preferred at each level.Among the preferred qualifications for the Assistant Professor rank is a “demonstrated knowledge and engagement” with issues including “social justice, equity, access, and multilingual learning,” while the Associate and Full Professor ranks prefer “evidence of research and practices” on such topics..."
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HOLLYWOOD ENDING: Heh, indeed.™ Incidentally, as the Huffington Post notes, Weinstein’s …
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HOLLYWOOD ENDING: Heh, indeed.™ Incidentally, as the Huffington Post notes, Weinstein’s …:
HOLLYWOOD ENDING:
HOLLYWOOD ENDING:
"Heh, indeed.™
Incidentally, as the Huffington Post notes, Weinstein’s Miramax* was the first American distributor of the Woodman’s post-Mia Farrow movies after his early ’90s three-picture deal with Columbia-TriStar was complete:
“Weinstein Helped Woody Allen Save His Career After Abuse Allegations.”
“Weinstein Helped Woody Allen Save His Career After Abuse Allegations.”
Exit quote:
Allen being “‘Shunned by Hollywood means nothing to Miramax,’ Weinstein told the L.A. Times.
‘We’re talking about a comic genius.'”
Allen being “‘Shunned by Hollywood means nothing to Miramax,’ Weinstein told the L.A. Times.
‘We’re talking about a comic genius.'”
* Then-owned by the Walt Disney Corporation, to add to the full horror."
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