Wednesday, June 16, 2021
China accused of 'astounding coverup' as footage emerges of bats caged...
"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has accused China of perpetuating an "astounding coverup" regarding COVID-19 as leaders at the G7 summit call for a fresh investigation into the origins of the novel pathogen...Read/listen to all!
"The idea that medical bankruptcy is a major issue in the US is one of the biggest and most ridiculous myths in popular culture."
Facebook--Sean Malone
"The idea that medical bankruptcy is a major issue in the US is one of the biggest and most ridiculous myths in popular culture.
1. In 2017, just 767,721 people filed for bankruptcy in the US as individuals. That's about 0.2% of the population.
2. But only a small minority of people who file for bankruptcy are mostly driven by medical bills..."
...Why do you not know this?
"The idea that medical bankruptcy is a major issue in the US is one of the biggest and most ridiculous myths in popular culture.
1. In 2017, just 767,721 people filed for bankruptcy in the US as individuals. That's about 0.2% of the population.
2. But only a small minority of people who file for bankruptcy are mostly driven by medical bills..."
...Why do you not know this?
Cause the media is trash; they have been pushing for state-run health care for decades...Read all!
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Cultural Marxism: A Primer
Cultural Marxism: A Primer
"During World War One, Marxists thought that the brutality of the war along with the class structure of the military would cause Marxist revolutions throughout the Western World.
They found several things.
"During World War One, Marxists thought that the brutality of the war along with the class structure of the military would cause Marxist revolutions throughout the Western World.
Instead only Russia went communist.
Ironically, Russia did not have an industrial economy, and was the only country that they did not think would go communist.
Perplexed, some of the top communist thinkers settled in the 1920s at Goethe University, in Frankfurt, Germany, where they studied the ‘problem’.
Perplexed, some of the top communist thinkers settled in the 1920s at Goethe University, in Frankfurt, Germany, where they studied the ‘problem’.
- First and foremost they found that the West had a highly individualistic culture that was incompatible with collectivist ideals.
- They also found that Western societies were far too wealthy to want to change cultures. In America even that long ago for example, almost every family had a car…
They considered the wealth of the people, rich and poor alike, a problem because they put the ideology of communism ahead of the wealth of flesh and blood people...Read all.
Tom Hanks dogged for insufficiently anti-racist film career: 'He's built a career playing righteous white men' - TheBlaze
Tom Hanks dogged for insufficiently anti-racist film career: 'He's built a career playing righteous white men' - TheBlaze:
As the heated national conversation over racial injustice escalates, progressive ideologues are becoming increasingly unsatisfied with the conventional non-racist notion of adhering to a colorblind way of life and treating everyone the same way regardless of race or ethnicity. To be "non-racist" is simply not enough, the argument goes. Citizens, especially prominent ones, must be "anti-racist" if they are to be a benevolent force against America's systemic racism, both past and present. If they fail to demonstrate sufficient anti-racism, they are to be cast aside as something of a foe to the movement.
The latest victim of such an impossible standard appears to have been massively famous actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks.
WaPo's Alleged "Conservative" Michael Gerson: Obviously Right-Wing "Fascism" is a Greater Threat Than Extreme Wokeness--Ace of Spades HQ
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...The full article is behind a paywall, but Twitchy notes that Gerson admits that he himself is "woke." He thinks wokeness is good.
- WaPo's Alleged "Conservative" Michael Gerson: Obviously Right-Wing "Fascism" is a Greater Threat Than Extreme Wokeness
" Michael Gerson is a filthy c*** who still claims to be a "conservative" -- one of the many well-paid ones at major media outlets who exclusively attacks conservatives.
He pats himself on the back for his courage. He has a book out called, I shit you not, Heroic Conservatism.
...he looks right past the imposition of extreme wokeism into all corners of one's daily private life to find the real authoritarians -- Republicans and Trump supporters.
Who, as far as I know, do not have a single tech monopoly squelching all of their political opponents' speech, nor a single bank cancelling the accounts of their political enemies.
Nor a new $100 million initiative proposed by Biden to find "the real terrorists."
Here is NeverTrump in all its squalor and filthy cowardice:
In comparing the right's fear of extreme critical race theory and the left's fear of fascism, it is not really useful to ask which horror would be worse if implemented. Both ideologies are ultimately at war with liberal democracy -- the pursuit of a common good, the practice of incremental reform, the cultivation of social trust and the acceptance of democratic outcomes. But it is crucial to ask which nightmare is currently most likely to be implemented.
Given that the tech monopolies, media, banks, academy, and most government institutions are enforcing extreme wokism, you'd imagine he'd say that extreme wokism is the one currently being implemented...Read all.
Anatomy of the Woke Madness--Victor Davis Hanson
Anatomy of the Woke Madness
- How did such collective madness infect a once pragmatic and commonsensical America?
It reduces all of the past and present into puerile binaries between “whites” and “non-whites.”
Its aim is for the present generation to rewrite our history—whether by The 1619 Project and cancel culture or iconoclastic statue-toppling and Trotskyization of names and places.
Its aim is for the present generation to rewrite our history—whether by The 1619 Project and cancel culture or iconoclastic statue-toppling and Trotskyization of names and places.
Wokeism becomes a child’s morality tale of noble non-white victims versus villainous white victimizers. 
Erasing the past and its language supposedly fuels a recalibration of the future, all in the here and now, a holy Year Zero
In the process, wokeism has done a lot of damage to America, and will do even more if left unchecked.
First, remember that wokeism is a top-down phenomenon.
In the process, wokeism has done a lot of damage to America, and will do even more if left unchecked.
- Here are its chief characteristics.
First, remember that wokeism is a top-down phenomenon.
It started in academia with “critical race theory” and “critical legal theory.”
These are bastard offshoots of harebrained “critical theory,” which arose from a demoralized and adrift Europe after the cataclysms of two devastating European-spawned world wars.
These ‘theories” are merely adolescent delusions that norms, customs, traditions, laws, and rules are just arbitrary “constructs.”...Read all!
These ‘theories” are merely adolescent delusions that norms, customs, traditions, laws, and rules are just arbitrary “constructs.”...Read all!
Lunch video-----Best Lessons Learned from Jordan B. Peterson | Afterskool
"In this animated lecture selection, Jordan Peterson discusses the important lessons about picking your sacrifice, pursuing a noble aim, and facing suffering voluntarily.
These topics are covered in great detail and the animation helps the viewer to go step by step through Jordan Peterson’s lectures on them."
'Shut the f*** up!': Actor, comedian Kevin Hart has had it with cancel culture - TheBlaze
'Shut the f*** up!': Actor, comedian Kevin Hart has had it with cancel culture - TheBlaze:
Hart concluded that his comedy is bringing people together, not tearing people apart — unlike cancel culture and our politics today.
"If there's a message to take from anything I've said, it's that in this world of opinion, it's OK to just disagree," he said, adding, "We are so caught up in everybody feeling like they have to be right and their way is the only way. Politics is f***ed up because, if you don't choose our side, you're dumb."
Southwest Airlines grounds all flights amid computer outage
Southwest Airlines grounds all flights amid computer outage
Southwest Airlines grounded flights across the country Tuesday for the second time in less than 24 hours, amid reports of nationwide computer issues...Read all!
America the Outlier: Voter Photo IDs Are the Rule in Europe and Elsewhere | RealClearInvestigations
America the Outlier: Voter Photo IDs Are the Rule in Europe and Elsewhere | RealClearInvestigations
"Democrats and much of the media are pushing to make permanent the extraordinary, pandemic-driven measures to relax voting rules during the 2020 elections – warning anew of racist voter “suppression” otherwise.
Yet democracies in Europe and elsewhere tell a different story – of the benefits of stricter voter ID requirements after hard lessons learned.
- ...Of 47 nations surveyed in Europe -- a place where, on other matters, American progressives often look to with envy -- all but one country requires a government-issued photo voter ID to vote.
- ...Seventy-four percent of European countries entirely ban absentee voting for citizens who reside domestically...Read all.
Kamala Harris Lashes Out at Univision Reporter - Louder With Crowder
Kamala Harris Lashes Out at Univision Reporter - Louder With Crowder:
"Racist Vice President Can't Hide Disdain for LatinX Reporter." That would be the headline if this were Mike Pence and not Kamala Harris. It would also be a headline written by a white liberal. You can tell by the use of the word "LatinX." Harris' terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Central America trip continues. This time with the vice president getting snippy when asked when she's going to visit the border. The old guy who she's waiting for to die put her in charge of fixing his border crisis. Going to the border to see the crisis she's supposed to fix shouldn't be this difficult of a question. Yet here we are again.
California offers $100 million to aid legal cannabis industry - Los Angeles Times
California offers $100 million to aid legal cannabis industry - Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — The California Legislature on Monday approved a $100-million plan to bolster California’s legal marijuana industry, which continues to struggle to compete with the large illicit pot market nearly five years after voters approved sales for recreational use.
Los Angeles will be the biggest beneficiary of the money, which was proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to be provided as grants to cities and counties to help cannabis businesses transition from provisional to regular licenses...Read all.
History for June 16
History for June 16 - On-This-Day.com
Tupac Shakur 1971 - Rapper
- 0455 - Rome was sacked by the Vandal army.
- 1858 - In a speech in Springfield, IL, U.S. Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved. He declared, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
- 1884 - At Coney Island, in Brooklyn, NY, the first roller coaster in America opened.
- 1903 - Ford Motor Company was incorporated.
- 1952 - "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" was published in the United States.
- 1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union while in Paris, traveling with the Leningrad Kirov Ballet.
- 1963 - 26-year-old Valentina Tereshkova went into orbit aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft for three days. She was the first female space traveler.
- 1980 - The movie "The Blues Brothers" opened in Chicago, IL.
- 1996 - Russian voters had their first independent presidential election. Boris Yeltsin was the winner after a run-off.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Mother unloads on school board over young children being taught about masturbation, anal sex, transgenderism - TheBlaze
Mother unloads on school board over young children being taught about masturbation, anal sex, transgenderism - TheBlaze:
But Swan wasn't finished yet.
Before her time expired, she unloaded on the district superintendent, Barry Reilly, for attempting to cut her off and for dismissing her concerns during a previous meeting.
Holding up a book purportedly used as a part of sex education curricula in Illinois schools, Swan charged that if the content is too sensitive for discussion at a board meeting then it is surely too sensitive to be taught to young children.
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: The Fed Is Wrong: Inflation Is Sticky
OfTwoMinds-Charles Hugh Smith: The Fed Is Wrong: Inflation Is Sticky
The Fed's god-like powers will be revealed for what they really are: artifice and illusion.
The Fed's god-like powers will be revealed for what they really are: artifice and illusion.
- "The Fed will be proven catastrophically wrong about inflation for the simple reason that inflation isn't transitory, it's sticky: when prices rise due to real-world scarcities and higher costs, they stay high and then move higher as expectations catch up with reality.
- Consider the dynamic of Fed-inflated bubbles raising rents. The house that once sold for $200,000 is sold to a pool of investors for $800,000, and the property taxes, insurance and debt service rise accordingly: even though the house didn't change, thanks to the Fed's bubble, the entire cost structure is higher.
- So what happens next? The investors jack the rent up to cover the higher costs. As for refinancing to lower the monthly mortgage payment--that trend has reached the end of the line. As inflation gathers steam, mortgage rates can only go up, not down.
- As for getting the county assessment office to lower the valuation on the house--good luck with that. The Ratchet Effect is in full force: assessed values rise easily and decline with great resistance...Read all.
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