Friday, July 18, 2025
What If The Marines Got The Money They Needed, And NPR Had To Hold A Bake Sale? - Mitch Berg
Tell an NPR supporter that their network is "Government Media", and the standard response has always been "Ack-shyu-ally, NPR only gets 2% of its funding from the federal government".
NPR didn't help itself out much by responding to charges of editorial bias by picking Katherine Maher as CEO - a woman with impeccable credentials who proposed doubling down on everything that'd made NPR suspect in the first place:
- "So then you won't really miss the money", you might respond.
- "NOOOOOOOOOO! You'll be killing Teri Gross and Elmo!"
NPR didn't help itself out much by responding to charges of editorial bias by picking Katherine Maher as CEO - a woman with impeccable credentials who proposed doubling down on everything that'd made NPR suspect in the first place:
Well, that backfired, didn't it?...Maher has supported “deplatforming” anyone she deems to be “facsists” and even suggested that she might support “punching Nazis.” She also declared that “our reverence for the truth might be a distraction [in] getting things done.”...
One editor had had enough. Uri Berliner had watched NPR become an echo chamber for the far left with a virtual purging of all conservatives and Republicans from the newsroom. Berliner noted that NPR’s Washington headquarters has 87 registered Democrats among its editors and zero Republicans.
Prisoners of Lies
Again, from the top: if there was some experiment done in the twentieth century which forms the basis of lefty beliefs there is a high chance it was faked. - Sarah A. HoytAt the very least, the methodology is wrong and the data improperly collected.
It studied this by having students divided into prisoners and guards.
Well, apparently not. This article admits that:
- But actually, at least judging from the Mouse Utopia and the Stanford Prison Experiment?
- It’s made up from whole cloth.
It studied this by having students divided into prisoners and guards.
- And supposedly it proved that, driven by peer pressure, these arbitrarily chosen prisoners and guards fell into their roles. Right?
- It’s been quoted everywhere, over and over again.
Well, apparently not. This article admits that:
This one is a little more candid...data collected from a thorough investigation of the SPE archives and
interviews with 15 of the participants in the experiment further
question the study’s scientific merit. These data are not only
supportive of previous criticisms of the SPE, such as the presence of
demand characteristics, but provide new criticisms of the SPE based on
heretofore unknown information. These new criticisms include the biased
and incomplete collection of data, the extent to which the SPE drew on a
prison experiment devised and conducted by students in one of
Zimbardo’s classes 3 months earlier, the fact that the guards received
precise instructions regarding the treatment of the prisoners, the fact
that the guards were not told they were subjects, and the fact that
participants were almost never completely immersed by the situation.
U.S. Navy commander now investigated for exposing 'unconstitutional and illegal actions by military leadership' during COVID-shot mandates * WorldNetDaily * by J.M. Phelps
U.S. Navy commander now investigated for exposing 'unconstitutional and illegal actions by military leadership' during COVID-shot mandates * WorldNetDaily * by J.M. Phelps:
"Ever since the Trump administration came in and Secretary of Defense Hegseth took the helm at the Pentagon," said Spears, "life hasn't gotten easier for conservatives." To the contrary, he said, "it has gotten harder because progressively minded officers who were raised under the Obama and Biden administration are insecure about the fact there's a new sheriff in town and they're clamping down even harder on those who hold a basic constitutional, traditional worldview."
"From what I have seen, the arguments Commander Green shares are not partisan, nor in violation of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) or Defense Department regulations against political expression by service members," Spears pointed out. "He's simply calling out where the admirals and other senior military commanders continue to violate the law, due process and the very Constitution which they swore to uphold and defend."
Five years later: Why did the lockdown happen?
Whitmer has avoided serious questions about her seriously questionable decisionsOn this day five years ago, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's first lockdown took effect.
Lockdown policies were unprecedented in the state's history and deviated from Michigan's official plan...
- It banned "all public and private gatherings of any number of people."
- Whitmer signed it on the morning of March 23 and made it effective at 12:01 a.m. on March 24.
- Michigan residents had about 12 hours to prepare to be subjected to a first-of-its-kind shelter-in-place, a policy typically only considered in wartime.
Some other important questions remain about Whitmer's COVID-19 response.
These include:
- Why did Michigan record more COVID-19 deaths per capita than neighboring states, such as Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois? How did those states fare better?
- What were the benefits and costs of the following policies:
- Requiring two- to four-year-olds to wear masks in April 2021.
- Closing indoor bars in July 2020.
- Keeping ice arenas, theaters, bowling alleys and gyms shuttered for more than a year.
- Allowing people to walk on a golf course but not golf on a golf course.
- Mandating teenage athletes test weekly for COVID-19 in April 2021.
- Permitting people to fish from a rowboat but not from a boat with a motor.
- Allowing downhill skiing but not outdoor ice skating.
- Closing high schools for three weeks in November 2020.
PROOF: ICE is arresting VIOLENT criminals | Blaze Media
PROOF: ICE is arresting VIOLENT criminals | Blaze Media:
The raid is believed to be one of the largest in ICE history — and, of course, the left is up in arms over the result — claiming they were all just here for a better life.
“And of the 361 illegals arrested, you know, all these people here in search of a better life, it’s just women and children coming in for a better life. It’s just strange because there were some convicted of rape, kidnapping, child molestation, serial burglary, DUIs, hit-and-runs,”.....
‘X Isn’t Real Life’: CNN Data Analyst Floored Over Latest Trump Approval Numbers - Katie Jerkovich
CNN Data analyst Harry Enten was truly floored over the latest approval numbers for President Donald Trump, and, believe it or not, these numbers are post the drama over the essential closure of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
"You might think his approval ratings were going down, if anything, they're going up," the analyst said, pointing to a graph that read, "Republicans who approve of Trump."...
As for the Quinnipiac poll, the jump was similar, with those approval ratings going from prior numbers of 87 percent to 90 percent.
"You might think his approval ratings were going down, if anything, they're going up," the analyst said, pointing to a graph that read, "Republicans who approve of Trump."...
As for the Quinnipiac poll, the jump was similar, with those approval ratings going from prior numbers of 87 percent to 90 percent.
- "If anything, Trump's approval rating has gone up since this whole Epstein saga started...
- Cong Dems, OTOH, are at their worst standing with Dems ever...
George Stephanopoulos Versus Reality - by Ira Stoll
Decades after President Reagan’s tax cuts, the press’s refusal to accurately report on the reality of their impact is clouding the reaction to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
Here is ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos on the July 6 “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” show.
Stephanopoulos’s claim, in relation to Reagan’s tax cuts, that “the growth didn’t come” is not accurate.
Here is ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos on the July 6 “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” show.
Stephanopoulos is interviewing the chair of Trump’s White House Council of Economic Advisers, Stephen Miran:
Stephanopoulos’s claim, in relation to Reagan’s tax cuts, that “the growth didn’t come” is not accurate.
- Actually, real GDP growth for 1984 was an astonishingly strong 7.2 percent.
For your lib-friends...cuz maybe they forgot?-----25 Liberal Calls for Violence, Harassment, and Lawlessness During the Trump Years in Quotes
As bad as that is, what makes it worse, is that even as the Left calls for violence while winking at riots and assassination attempts, they try to gaslight everyone about it.: - John Hawkins
Liberals have romanticized political violence for decades, but the violent rhetoric during the Trump years has been off the charts...
Liberals have romanticized political violence for decades, but the violent rhetoric during the Trump years has been off the charts...
- Worse yet, that kind of bad behavior is ENCOURAGED by prominent liberals.
- They will literally spend months trying to convince the public that Trump and his supporters are Nazis that are a dire threat to democracy and then stand in front of buildings other liberals have set on fire during a protest and call it a “mostly peaceful protest” while fretting about conservative rhetoric:
University of Michigan now under fire after Chinese scholars allegedly smuggle bio-weapon | Blaze Media
University of Michigan now under fire after Chinese scholars allegedly smuggle bio-weapon | Blaze Media:
Interim U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon described the pathogens as a "potential agroterrorism weapon."
One week later, federal authorities arrested another Chinese scholar with ties to the university on similar charges. The suspect was accused of mailing packages containing "biological material related to round worms" from Wuhan to the Michigan university.
Instapundit - OH, TO BE IN ENGLAND
Instapundit -Why was a schoolgirl punished over a Union Jack dress? - Ed Driscoll
Courtney, like all Bilton School students, had been encouraged to wear ‘traditional’ outfits for Culture Day, and to ‘proudly represent their heritage’, including their ‘nationality or family heritage’.
You might say Courtney’s outfit was not exactly ‘traditional’, inspired by Geri Halliwel’s famous Union Jack dress from the 1997 Brit Awards. But that was clearly not the issue.What the school’s instructions really meant was that she should dress as any nationality or heritage, so long as it’s not British...Courtney’s school also stopped her from giving a speech about what being British meant to her.‘In Britain’, she would have said, ‘we have lots of traditions including drinking tea, our love for talking about the weather and we have the Royal Family’. ‘We have amazing history, like kings and queens, castles, and writers like Shakespeare.’ It also praised British humour, ‘our values of fairness and politeness’, and fish and chips. Not exactly Enoch’s ‘Rivers of Blood’, is it?
Far too many British institutions see any expression of patriotism, no matter how mild or innocent, as a problem to be contained.”
History for July 18
History for July 18 - On-This-Day.com 
Hunter S. Thompson 1937
- 1872 - The Ballot Act was passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots.
- 1932 - The U.S. and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
- 1936 - The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago, IL.
- 1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish North Africa.
- 1947 - U.S. President Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.
- 2001 - A train derailed, involving 60 cars, in a Baltimore train tunnel. The fire that resulted lasted for six days and virtually closed down downtown Baltimore for several days. (Maryland)
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Trump Admin Making Huge Change to Deportation Process - Illegal Aliens No Longer to Be Set Free: Report
Trump Admin Making Huge Change to Deportation Process - Illegal Aliens No Longer to Be Set Free: Report:
Lyons said the departments of Homeland Security and Justice “revisited its legal position on detention and release authorities” and decided anyone entering the U.S. illegally “may not be released from ICE custody.”
Customs and Border Protection will also follow the policy, the Post reported.
Where libs rule!-----$259M in tax funds spent, but Whitmer’s Mundy megasite has no buyer
The Mundy megasite near Flint, which state officials gave $259 million in taxpayer funds, is dead, Crain’s Detroit Business reported on July 16. - Scott McClallen
- The megasite spans 1,194 acres, comprising the Advanced Manufacturing District of Genesee County, which is more than 10 times the size of California's Disneyland.
- The development encountered trouble in April when the company Maple & Hill LLC, which was preparing the site, allegedly violated state wetland laws...
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