Thursday, October 29, 2020
What Happens if No One Wins? - The American Mind
What Happens if No One Wins? - The American Mind
The Constitution provides for election crises—and its provisions favor Trump.
...All of the ingredients seem to be present: a closely and bitterly divided electorate; the threat of violence and disruption on Election Day or after; and the unusual circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this essay we provide a short roadmap through the main legal and constitutional issues that could arise if Election Day fails to result in a clear winner of the presidency, identify opportunities for political mischief, and explain why the weight of the constitutional structure favors President Donald Trump in a contested election...Read all.
Cheese eating surrender monkeys!-----French Ambassador After Islamist Beheading: “France is a Muslim Country”
French Ambassador After Islamist Beheading: “France is a Muslim Country”
Responding to the beheading of a school teacher by an Islamist in Paris, French ambassador to Sweden Etienne de Gonneville told broadcaster SVT, “France is a Muslim country.”
Yes, really.
Samuel Paty was decapitated by an 18-year-old Chechen jihadist in revenge for showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to pupils in a class on free speech.
The country responded with mass protest marches in major cities and President Emmanuel Macron vowed to protect freedom of expression in honor of the victim.
However, Macron’s vow to take the fight to Islamists has caused uproar in many Muslim countries, notably Turkey, who have effectively sided with jihadism by announcing boycotts on French products.
Now France’s ambassador to Sweden has himself appeared to capitulate to Islamists by declaring, “France is a Muslim country.”
Project Veritas Releases Chilling Undercover Expos� of Voter Fraud in Texas - Louder With Crowder
Project Veritas Releases Chilling Undercover Expos� of Voter Fraud in Texas - Louder With Crowder:
We're one week away from the election. Predictions are flying about, fact-checks that are less about facts and more about checking what you believe, bounce around this here internet about like ping pong balls. Meanwhile, voter fraud seems to be quite real. Project Veritas headed to what conservatives declare as a conservative bastion, Texas, and captured some disturbing undercover footage of what appears to be clear voter fraud. Note all the "alleged" type language around this video, Facebook fact-checkers.
Must read!----Do Masks Work? | Power Line
Do Masks Work? | Power Line
"With regard to COVID, we are awash in unreliable or even intentionally misleading empirical claims.
A neurosurgeon from D.C. who understands statistics analyzes a popular claim that is being made on behalf of mask mandates.
I encountered a Washington Post figure making its way through social media, suggesting that not wearing masks is conclusively the reason for COVID spread:
"With regard to COVID, we are awash in unreliable or even intentionally misleading empirical claims.
A neurosurgeon from D.C. who understands statistics analyzes a popular claim that is being made on behalf of mask mandates.
I encountered a Washington Post figure making its way through social media, suggesting that not wearing masks is conclusively the reason for COVID spread:
Why on earth would any reasonable scientist or public health official use this “survey” variable to honestly study a scientific/public health effect?
The reason is, it is not true.
I pulled the % wearing masks variable from the graph (in and by itself a dubious measurement), and correlated it with the Rt value (that you can pull from Rt.live).
I pulled the % wearing masks variable from the graph (in and by itself a dubious measurement), and correlated it with the Rt value (that you can pull from Rt.live).
The RT value is the exponential coefficient that suggests growth (>1) vs contraction (<1) of the virus.
I then plotted the results:
The “trend line” I plotted has a 0.02 correlation (1.0 means full correlation).
When you take the outliers out (WY, RI, MS, DC, SD), the correlation drops to 0.01.
In fact, some of the states with the worst RTs right now (NJ, CT, MA, RI) have the highest “mask wearing” percentages!
Furthermore, the graph is titled “Fewer covid-19 symptoms reported in states with higher rates of mask use” — which is completely wrong! The data do not graph symptoms, only the loose perceptions of individuals who “know” someone, who were surveyed.
The fact that this passes off as “journalism” or “science” is incredibly pathetic — and it is being “liked” on social media by people who should know better.
Furthermore, the graph is titled “Fewer covid-19 symptoms reported in states with higher rates of mask use” — which is completely wrong! The data do not graph symptoms, only the loose perceptions of individuals who “know” someone, who were surveyed.
The fact that this passes off as “journalism” or “science” is incredibly pathetic — and it is being “liked” on social media by people who should know better.
The reasons for this are the obvious political implications.
Hope you can make a comment or two regarding this.
Hope you can make a comment or two regarding this.
People need to understand what is going on here!
This kind of fake science is rampant, and as our correspondent says, the motivation is political.
This kind of fake science is rampant, and as our correspondent says, the motivation is political.
The Washington Post is like the New York Times; no one should take anything it says seriously."
Girl Scouts delete social media post congratulating Amy Coney Barrett on Supreme Court appointment | Fox News
Girl Scouts delete social media post congratulating Amy Coney Barrett on Supreme Court appointment | Fox News
The Girl Scouts of America deleted a social media post on its official Twitter and Facebook pages Wednesday evening congratulating Amy Coney Barrett on her appointment to the Supreme Court.
...The move quickly faced swift backlash from critics and lawmakers, with Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., tweeting, "What kind of patch does one earn for uplifting a woman who is the antithesis of justice?"
Another Twitter user, a "life-time Girl Scout", said she was "ashamed" of the post.
"I already felt uneasy as a trans person in this organization, but now I really understand that with this message that Girl Scouts really does not support me or my trans/LGBTQ siblings," she added...Read all.
Trump Asks: 'Who Built The Cages, Joe?' It Was Biden & Obama
Trump Asks: 'Who Built The Cages, Joe?' It Was Biden & Obama:
It was quite a moment during the final debate between President Trump and Joe Biden when they were discussing immigration and Biden tried to gain the moral high ground on the issue. Trump was clearly prepared for the attack.
COVID-19 death rates have drastically fallen among all age groups — even as cases spike
COVID-19 death rates have drastically fallen among all age groups — even as cases spike
- The chances of an infected person dying from the coronavirus fell from 25% to 7% in one study
The chances of dying from COVID-19 have fallen precipitously since the pandemic began, according to two new peer-reviewed studies.
...Patients treated by NYU's health system had a 25.6% chance of dying when the pandemic began but that number has fallen to 7.6% in recent weeks, according to the study, which will be published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine next week.
..."Clearly, there's been something [that's] gone on that's improved the risk of individuals who go into these settings with COVID-19," Mateen told the outlet...Read all.
Whacked out libs!-----Baltimore Museum of Art sale of Warhol painting criticized - The Washington Post
Baltimore Museum of Art sale of Warhol painting criticized - The Washington Post
"The Baltimore Museum of Art continues to be hit by criticism and turmoil — including the resignations of artists Amy Sherald and Adam Pendleton from the board of trustees — since announcing earlier this month that it would sell three paintings by Andy Warhol, Clyfford Still and Brice Marden to generate $65 million for diversity and equity programs. 
Now, two former museum board chairmen say they’ve rescinded planned gifts totaling $50 million.
...Other donors Newhall has spoken to are considering canceling gifts...
Newhall rejected Segal’s statement and characterized it as part of a pattern. “We never put anything in writing, but I ran that campaign for five years. I’m sure it’s in the minutes of the various board meetings,” he said. “That’s what they are doing about everything. They are denying everything. They lie.”
...The BMA intends to spend $10 million to acquire art made by women and artists of color and $1 million for equity programs.
It will place the balance — an estimated $54 million — in an endowment that will yield $2 million to $2.5 million annually for the museum’s work to improve equity, diversity and inclusion.
Bedford said the museum had “a moral imperative” to undertake a bold plan to address systemic racism and injustice...Read all.
In case your media missed this-----30 Officers Injured in Anti-Police Protests in Philadelphia - Washington Free Beacon
30 Officers Injured in Anti-Police Protests in Philadelphia - Washington Free Beacon
"At least 30 police officers were injured in Philadelphia on Monday night—including one sergeant who was hit by a truck—while responding to anti-police riots.
Unrest broke out in West Philadelphia after police fatally shot a black man who, they say, had brandished a knife while running toward officers.
"At least 30 police officers were injured in Philadelphia on Monday night—including one sergeant who was hit by a truck—while responding to anti-police riots.
Unrest broke out in West Philadelphia after police fatally shot a black man who, they say, had brandished a knife while running toward officers.
NBC 10 Philadelphia reported that rioters then set police cars and dumpsters on fire and looted stores and restaurants.
Rioters also threw rocks and other projectiles at dozens of officers, who were later taken to the hospital.
Rioters also threw rocks and other projectiles at dozens of officers, who were later taken to the hospital.
The sergeant who was hit by a truck sustained a broken leg but is in stable condition...Read all.
Anti-Cop Rioters Injure 30 Philadelphia Police Officers -- 1 Remains Hospitalized
Anti-Cop Rioters Injure 30 Philadelphia Police Officers -- 1 Remains Hospitalized:
Rioters in Philadelphia sent 30 police officers to the hospital during the chaos that ensued following the officer-involved shooting of an armed Black man. One female police sergeant remains hospitalized with a broken leg sustained after being run down by a pickup truck.
Riots and looting broke out Monday night in Philadelphia after two police officers shot and killed a Black man who chased them with a knife, Breitbart News reported. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets and began assaulting officers, looting vehicles and stores, and setting at least one police vehicle on fire.
From the left-coast paradise. Soon to visit your state?
"We here in 2nd-world California don’t have drifting snow (hi, Colorado!) but we don’t have electricity either. 
Our utility, PG&E, has imposed yet another “Public Safety Power Shutdown,” beginning at 8:00 p.m. last night and continuing until who knows when.
(All the areas marked with a magenta triangle on the map have no power.)
(All the areas marked with a magenta triangle on the map have no power.)
PG&E’s justification is that high winds were forecast, causing extreme fire danger.
But, there hasn’t been even a mild breeze, before the shutdown or since then.
Apparently no one at PG&E can stick their head out a window and look at the ACTUAL WEATHER. So we’ve once again rolled the generator out of the garage and fired it up, so at least we can keep the refrigerator running, the lights on, and our phones charged.
(A gasoline-powered generator has to be one of the dirtiest means of generating electricity.)
Come to find that our Internet provider, Comcast, in solidarity with PG&E, has shut down all Internet service to the affected areas, despite the fact that the cable is UNDERGROUND and poses no fire risk.
This is what happens when the state imposes strict liability on utilities for all fire damages caused by a downed wire, regardless of negligence.
The utility has zero incentives to keep the power on."
History for October 29
History for October 29 - On-This-Day.com
Richard Dreyfuss 1947
- 1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded under a sentence that had been brought against him 15 years earlier for conspiracy against King James I.
- 1901 - Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President McKinley, was electrocuted.
- 1945 - The first ballpoint pens to be made commercially went on sale at Gimbels Department Store in New York at the price of $12.50 each.
- 1956 - Israel invaded Egypt's Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal Crisis.
- 1969 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered an immediate end to all school segregation.
- 1974 - U.S. President Gerald Ford signed a new law forbidding discrimination in credit applications on the basis of sex or marital status
- 1998 - South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission condemned both apartheid and violence committed by the African National Congress.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Biden cuts off reporter, lashes out when confronted with question about Hunter Biden controversy - TheBlaze
Biden cuts off reporter, lashes out when confronted with question about Hunter Biden controversy - TheBlaze:
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was confronted about the Hunter Biden email controversy over the weekend, and the former vice president responded by once again snapping at the reporter who questioned him.
Media calls this violence a "protest".-----Video: Female Cop Run Over by BLM Mob in Philadelphia
Video: Female Cop Run Over by BLM Mob in Philadelphia
A video out of Philadelphia shows a female police officer being run over by a truck driven by BLM rioters as another night of chaos unfolded.
The rioters hit the streets after the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in an incident being described as yet another unprovoked murder of a black man.
In reality, footage of the incident shows Wallace Jr. ignoring numerous warnings from police officers to drop the weapon as he advances on them before being shot.
However, as we have seen multiple times over the past 5 months, Black Lives Matter agitators don’t let the facts get in the way of yet another chance to riot.
A female sergeant suffered a broken leg as she was struck by a speeding vehicle.
Other videos show BLM criminals looting a clothing store.
Another clip shows a police car on fire...Read all!
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