Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Facebook’s Recent Algorithm Changes Are Laying Waste To Conservative And Liberal Outlets | The Daily Caller
Facebook recently changed its algorithms to steer focus away from explicitly political content, but now that alteration is laying waste to conservative and liberal outlets.
Conservative pundit Deneen Borelli laid into Facebook last week, telling her followers on July 9 that the company’s bias against conservatives cost her a job. In fact, she is holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg chiefly responsible after BlazeTV cancelled her Facebook show, “Here’s the Deal.”
The Menace of Political Correctness
The Menace of Political Correctness"Political correctness started out as a minor project of the international firm known as the Good Intentions Paving Company.
What, after all, could be better intended than insisting that denigrating ethnic names (“polak,” “kike,” “spic,” “wop,” and worse) and language debasing women be debarred from public discourse and put out of bounds in civilized private conversation?
Nothing, surely.
But political correctness soon came to be about much more than social decorum.
As with so many projects of the Good Intentions Paving Company, things haven’t worked out quite as planned.
Lashed up as it soon became with the campaign for a misguided equalizing in all American institutions, political correctness took a large leap forward in its ambitions.
Criticism of any action or attempt to bring equality soon became, ipso facto, politically incorrect. Affirmative action—the rigging of admissions requirements at the country’s most prestigious universities in favor of what were deemed oppressed minority groups—was an early gambit in the campaign for equal outcomes and a boost, too, for political correctness.
Criticizing affirmative action carried with it the penalty of being thought racist..."
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ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY
Instapundit Blog Archive ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY"Report: Planned Parenthood president ousted for refusing to use trans-inclusive language.
“They kicked her out because [Dr. Leana Wen], a certified MD wouldn’t say trans can’t have abortions… holy god.”--Posted by
Much, much here but send this to your remaining lib friends and wait for their exploding heads!-----Annals of leftist autophagy | The New Criterion
Annals of leftist autophagy | The New Criterion
"...In terms of substance, they are merely part of the toxic blanket of identity politics that swaddles our educational and cultural institutions today.
But not only do they afford a sterling instance of how the Left devours itself—Anne Pasternak is an ally in their silliness, not an opponent—they also illustrate a hard truth that Winston Churchill articulated in 1937 when he appeared before the Peel Commission on creating a Jewish state among the Palestinian Arabs.
Churchill was in favor of such a state, for reasons that once counted as common-sense wisdom but which can now hardly be uttered.
“I do not admit that the dog in the manger has the final right to the manger, even though he may have lain there for a very long time,” Churchill said of the Palestinians.
By way of explanation, he went on to say,
"...In terms of substance, they are merely part of the toxic blanket of identity politics that swaddles our educational and cultural institutions today.
But not only do they afford a sterling instance of how the Left devours itself—Anne Pasternak is an ally in their silliness, not an opponent—they also illustrate a hard truth that Winston Churchill articulated in 1937 when he appeared before the Peel Commission on creating a Jewish state among the Palestinian Arabs.
Churchill was in favor of such a state, for reasons that once counted as common-sense wisdom but which can now hardly be uttered.
“I do not admit that the dog in the manger has the final right to the manger, even though he may have lain there for a very long time,” Churchill said of the Palestinians.
By way of explanation, he went on to say,
I do not admit, for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to those people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, or, at any rate, a more worldly-wise race, to put it that way, has come in and taken their place. I do not admit it. I do not think the Red Indians had any right to say, “The American Continent belongs to us and we are not going to have any of these European settlers coming in here.” They had not the right, nor had they the power.
We might express the sentiment differently, but it speaks to a commonplace reality, or what used to be one before political correctness clouded our faculty for apprehending difficult truths.
The fact that such rough truth sends academic and cultural partisans of identity politics into a frothing tizzy is just one more reason that they deserve our pity as well as our contempt, but, above all, our vigilance..."
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Judicial Watch Releases State Department Emails Showing Dossier Author Christopher Steele’s Close Relationship with State Department - Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch Releases State Department Emails Showing Dossier Author Christopher Steele’s Close Relationship with State Department - Judicial Watch:
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch today released 41 pages of documents from the U.S. Department of State revealing that State Department “Special Coordinator for Libya” Jonathan Winer played a key role in facilitating dossier author Christopher Steele’s access to other top government officials, prominent international business executives. Mr. Winer was even approached by a movie producer about making a movie about the Russiagate targeting of President Trump.
Judicial Watch obtained the documents in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed on April 25, 2018 on behalf of itself and the Daily Caller News Foundation against the State Department after it failed to respond to three separate FOIA requests (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:18-cv- 00968)). The lawsuit seeks:
Judicial Watch obtained the documents in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed on April 25, 2018 on behalf of itself and the Daily Caller News Foundation against the State Department after it failed to respond to three separate FOIA requests (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:18-cv- 00968)). The lawsuit seeks:
Arctic sea ice - bad news for the AGW faithful | PSI Intl
Arctic sea ice - bad news for the AGW faithful | PSI Intl--Written by Roger Higgs DPhil Oxford
"I’m certain that I’m not the first to notice that this year’s Arctic sea-ice curve (NASA), shown in green in the first figure (above) …
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The sea ice cover is one of the key components of the polar climate system.
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If, when we reach the Arctic sea-ice annual minimum (September), the 2019 curve is above the 2012 one (as occurred for part of June; see that same figure), the AGW faithful are going to have even more egg on face.
Don’t expect the MSM to report it.
Don’t expect the MSM to report it.
I reiterate my support for the many workers who argue that global warming is over, based on other evidence …https://www.researchgate.net/
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History for July 17
History for July 17 - On-This-Day.com
James Cagney 1899, Art Linkletter 1912, Phyllis Diller 1917 - Comedian
Donald Sutherland 1934 - Actor, David Hasselhoff 1952 Actor ("Knight Rider," "Baywatch"), singer, Angela Merkel 1954 - German Chancellor
1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Judicial Watch: New Strzok-Page Emails Reveal FBI Efforts to Muddle Comey Testimony on Clinton Emails; FBI-Media Collusion - Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch: New Strzok-Page Emails Reveal FBI Efforts to Muddle Comey Testimony on Clinton Emails; FBI-Media Collusion - Judicial Watch:
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 345 pages of records from the Department of Justice that show FBI top officials scrambling to write a letter to Congress to supplement then-Director James Comey’s Senate testimony in an apparent attempt to muddle his message.
Judicial Watch obtained the records through a January 2018 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed after the DOJ failed respond to a December 4, 2017 FOIA request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18-cv-00154)). Judicial Watch is seeking all communications between FBI official Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page.
The emails were released in response to a May 21 court order by U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton to the FBI to process 13,000 pages of records.
In an email thread starting at 6:34 a.m. on May 9, 2017, with the subject line “Comey’s Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate – ProPublica” nearly a dozen top FBI officials scrambled to draft a letter to Congress about Comey’s May 3 Senate testimony.
Judicial Watch obtained the records through a January 2018 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed after the DOJ failed respond to a December 4, 2017 FOIA request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18-cv-00154)). Judicial Watch is seeking all communications between FBI official Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page.
The emails were released in response to a May 21 court order by U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton to the FBI to process 13,000 pages of records.
In an email thread starting at 6:34 a.m. on May 9, 2017, with the subject line “Comey’s Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate – ProPublica” nearly a dozen top FBI officials scrambled to draft a letter to Congress about Comey’s May 3 Senate testimony.
WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION
Instapundit Blog Archive WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION
MSNBC Celebrates Kids Skipping School For The Climate.
MSNBC Celebrates Kids Skipping School For The Climate.
Read all!MSNBC touted a group of kids who are skipping school every Friday to protest inaction on climate change in a broadcast Friday.
“In over 500 cities and 75 countries, these students are skipping school and taking to the streets,” host Stephanie Ruhle reported.After struggling to comprehend a quote the movement is based on, Guthrie gave up and looped in a reporter on the ground. “Help me understand this. What is going on here?” she asked.“Friday for Future is this idea of students skipping school on Friday to essentially say, ‘Look, why do I need to go to school if I don’t know the future based on the state of the planet?’” Savannah Sellers said. “That’s what these students have been doing for a long time. They have been skipping school.”Sellers then interviewed three of the young girls at the protest, who spoke passionately about the “sacrifice” they are making for the sake of the planet.“I’ve been skipping school for 11 weeks now,” 12-year-old Ella said. “And it is a sacrifice that we have to make because we are missing important things, but we realize that if we don’t skip this school, we might not have a future. So we need to.”...
The Steamy Video - it's steam stupid!
"The Steamy Video
"In this video I look at the tricks media and climate alarmists use to falsely portray steam and particulates as Nature's invisible trace gas, carbon dioxide, CO2.
They do this to misrepresent carbon dioxide as pollution. Unlike steam or particulates, carbon dioxide is invisible.
The video simplifies power station operation to enable a short video focussed on the core message: deceit by ABC,
Fairfax, Climate Commission and CSIRO in misrepresenting Nature's invisible trace gas as billowing steam, artificially digitally enhanced blackened steam and/or particulates.
This is another one of the videos I made when Project Manager at The Galileo Movement."
"In this video I look at the tricks media and climate alarmists use to falsely portray steam and particulates as Nature's invisible trace gas, carbon dioxide, CO2.
They do this to misrepresent carbon dioxide as pollution. Unlike steam or particulates, carbon dioxide is invisible.
The video simplifies power station operation to enable a short video focussed on the core message: deceit by ABC,
Fairfax, Climate Commission and CSIRO in misrepresenting Nature's invisible trace gas as billowing steam, artificially digitally enhanced blackened steam and/or particulates.
This is another one of the videos I made when Project Manager at The Galileo Movement."
Anti-ICE Protesters Replace American Flag With Mexican Flag At Colorado Demonstration | The Daily Caller
Anti-ICE Protesters Replace American Flag With Mexican Flag At Colorado Demonstration | The Daily Caller:
Protesters replaced an American flag with a Mexican flag during a demonstration at a Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora, Colorado on Friday.
The anti-ICE protesters also ripped down a “Blue Lives Matter” banner that signifies support for police officers and vandalized it by spray-painting “Abolish ICE” on the flag. They then put the defaced emblem below the Mexican flag and upside down, Fox Denver-affiliate KDVR reported.
Protesters replaced an American flag with a Mexican flag during a demonstration at a Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora, Colorado on Friday.
The anti-ICE protesters also ripped down a “Blue Lives Matter” banner that signifies support for police officers and vandalized it by spray-painting “Abolish ICE” on the flag. They then put the defaced emblem below the Mexican flag and upside down, Fox Denver-affiliate KDVR reported.
Deepfakes Can Now Be Made From a Single Photo - Slashdot
Deepfakes Can Now Be Made From a Single Photo - Slashdot"Samsung has developed a new artificial intelligence system for creating deepfakes -- fabricated (video) clips that make people appear to do or say things they never did -- that only needs as little as one photo.
CNET reports:
The technology, of course, can be used for fun, like bringing a classic portrait to life. The Mona Lisa, whose enigmatic smile is animated in three different videos to demonstrate the new technology, exists solely as a single still image. A Samsung artificial intelligence lab in Russia developed the technology, which was detailed in a paper earlier this week. Here's the downside: These kinds of techniques and their rapid development also create risks of misinformation, election tampering and fraud..."Read all.
WATCH: Former ICE Director After Dem Implied He's A Racist At Hearing: I Thought About ‘Throwing That Man A Beating’ | Daily Wire
WATCH: Former ICE Director After Dem Implied He's A Racist At Hearing: I Thought About ‘Throwing That Man A Beating’ | Daily Wire
"On Monday, Tom Homan, the former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appeared on Fox & Friends to discuss his explosive reaction when he was essentially called a racist by Rep. Jesus Garcia (D-IL) last Friday at a Congressional hearing on illegal immigration.
Homan said he thought about “throwing that man a beating right in the middle of the room because when you tell someone who has spent their career saving lives that I don't care about dying children and I'm a racist, that's where I broke and that’s where I had enough.”...
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"On Monday, Tom Homan, the former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appeared on Fox & Friends to discuss his explosive reaction when he was essentially called a racist by Rep. Jesus Garcia (D-IL) last Friday at a Congressional hearing on illegal immigration.
Homan said he thought about “throwing that man a beating right in the middle of the room because when you tell someone who has spent their career saving lives that I don't care about dying children and I'm a racist, that's where I broke and that’s where I had enough.”...
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