Sunday, September 30, 2018
Why the Left Is Consumed With Hate - WSJ
Why the Left Is Consumed With Hate - WSJ:
For many on the left a hateful anti-Americanism has become a self-congratulatory lifestyle. “America was never that great,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently said. For radical groups like Black Lives Matter, hatred of America is a theme of identity, a display of racial pride.
For other leftists, hate is a license. Conservative speakers can be shouted down, even assaulted, on university campuses. Republican officials can be harassed in restaurants, in the street, in front of their homes. Certain leaders of the left—Rep. Maxine Waters comes to mind—are self-appointed practitioners of hate, urging their followers to think of hatred as power itself.
How did the American left—conceived to bring more compassion and justice to the world—become so given to hate?
For many on the left a hateful anti-Americanism has become a self-congratulatory lifestyle. “America was never that great,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently said. For radical groups like Black Lives Matter, hatred of America is a theme of identity, a display of racial pride.For other leftists, hate is a license. Conservative speakers can be shouted down, even assaulted, on university campuses. Republican officials can be harassed in restaurants, in the street, in front of their homes. Certain leaders of the left—Rep. Maxine Waters comes to mind—are self-appointed practitioners of hate, urging their followers to think of hatred as power itself.
How did the American left—conceived to bring more compassion and justice to the world—become so given to hate?
Never Negotiate With Sociopaths: Liars, Democrats and the #Kavanaugh Smear : The Other McCain
Never Negotiate With Sociopaths: Liars, Democrats and the #Kavanaugh Smear : The Other McCain
"There was a moment during Thursday’s hearing when Christine Blasey Ford was asked, “Was it communicated to you by your counsel or someone else, that the committee had asked to interview you and that — that they offered to come out to California to do so?”
But if Garrett, who Ford has clear memories of, had been at the party, he would obviously be a witness in the matter, and someone the FBI would want to interview. His presence would also raise the question of why Ford has never mentioned him. She remembers a party from 36 years ago, remembers five people who were there, and doesn’t remember that the person she was closest to at the time was also there? . . .
"There was a moment during Thursday’s hearing when Christine Blasey Ford was asked, “Was it communicated to you by your counsel or someone else, that the committee had asked to interview you and that — that they offered to come out to California to do so?”
At which point, her lawyer Michael Bromwich grabbed the microphone to interrupt: “We’re going to object, Mr. Chairman, to any call for privileged conversations between counsel and Dr. Ford.”
A poker player would call that a “tell.”
She had also flown to the D.C. area in August, when she took a polygraph test at the Hilton Hotelnear Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
Among the many things we learned from Thursday’s hearing was that the excuse given for delaying Professor Ford’s testimony was a lie.
She wasn’t afraid of flying.
She was a frequent flyer, traveling to vacations around the world and, in point of fact, at the time the Senate Judiciary Committee was offering to fly to California to interview her, Professor Ford was not in California.
She was already in the D.C. area, having flown there to strategize with her lawyers, who were recommended to her by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. She had also flown to the D.C. area in August, when she took a polygraph test at the Hilton Hotelnear Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
This was all a set-up, a carefully planned ambush by Democrats, calculated either to force Judge Kavanaugh to withdraw his name for the Supreme Court nomination, or else to delay the process past the midterm elections, turning the nomination into a campaign issue.
Once you understand this, the coordination between Senate Democrats and Professor Ford’s lawyers appears highly significant.
...Don’t appease bullies, and never negotiate with sociopaths.
UPDATE: Great minds think alike:
Most notably, if the July 1 party were the event at which Ford claims she was assaulted, what about Timmy, Tom, Bernie, and Squi? They are, respectively, Kavanaugh high school friends Tim Gaudette, Tom Kane, Bernie McCarthy, and Chris Garrett. What might they know about what took place?
If the July 1 party were the event in question, the presence of Garrett would be especially noteworthy. In her testimony, Ford said she was going out with Garrett at that time in the summer of 1982. Today, she remembers him well. When Kavanaugh supporter Ed Whalen came up with a theory of mistaken identity, suggesting without evidence that Garrett, and not Kavanaugh, attacked Ford, Ford quickly said that there was no way she would mistake the two, and that she knew without doubt that Kavanaugh, not Garrett, was her attacker.But if Garrett, who Ford has clear memories of, had been at the party, he would obviously be a witness in the matter, and someone the FBI would want to interview. His presence would also raise the question of why Ford has never mentioned him. She remembers a party from 36 years ago, remembers five people who were there, and doesn’t remember that the person she was closest to at the time was also there? . . .
Read the rest of that by Byron York. There is something definitely wrong with Professor Ford’s story, but we don’t know what it is. Neither the Democrats nor the media (but I repeat myself) seem to have any interest in examining her story critically. Maybe the FBI will..."
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Kumbaya? Senate D’s and R’s Unite For Aircraft Owner Tax Breaks – Michigan Capitol Confidential
"With the country appearing to be fractured politically, it is worth reporting when both Democrats and Republicans in the Michigan Senate can come together to support a bill.
That’s what happened Wednesday when the Senate voted 36-0 to pass House Bill 4351, sponsored by Rep. Bronna Kahle, R-Adrian.
It would exempt private aircraft owners from having to pay sales tax on airplane parts, and a second bill would extend the exemption to the use tax..."
Here Are 65 Women Democrats Recently Refused To Believe
Here Are 65 Women Democrats Recently Refused To Believe:
"Liberals have constantly insisted that women need to be believed — yet it’s the left who are now ignoring the testimony of not just one woman, but dozens.
After unproven and vague allegations were raised against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, much media attention was given to his accusers, whose stories range from “impossible to prove” to “absolutely outlandish.”
Far less attention, however, has been paid to a staggering 65 women who have come forward not to condemn Kavanaugh, but to support him as the widely-respected family man and legal scholar they know him to be.
Over five dozen different women recently signed a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and his Democrat counterpart, Senator Dianne Feinstein.
“We are women who have known Brett Kavanaugh for more than 35 years and knew him while he attended high school between 1979 and 1983,” the publicly available letter begins.
“For the entire time we have known Brett Kavanaugh, he has behaved honorably and treated women with respect,” they continued, refuting the scandalous claims against the nominee..."
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"Liberals have constantly insisted that women need to be believed — yet it’s the left who are now ignoring the testimony of not just one woman, but dozens.After unproven and vague allegations were raised against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, much media attention was given to his accusers, whose stories range from “impossible to prove” to “absolutely outlandish.”
Far less attention, however, has been paid to a staggering 65 women who have come forward not to condemn Kavanaugh, but to support him as the widely-respected family man and legal scholar they know him to be.
Over five dozen different women recently signed a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and his Democrat counterpart, Senator Dianne Feinstein.
“We are women who have known Brett Kavanaugh for more than 35 years and knew him while he attended high school between 1979 and 1983,” the publicly available letter begins.
“For the entire time we have known Brett Kavanaugh, he has behaved honorably and treated women with respect,” they continued, refuting the scandalous claims against the nominee..."
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Defending Kavanaugh Isn't an Attack on Women
Defending Kavanaugh Isn't an Attack on Women:
Kavanaugh, after all, is the perfect straw man to pay for the sins of all men, past and present. In this paranoid environment, erected on the bad faith of identity politics, any questions regarding credibility, motivation, substantiation, or due process can conveniently be dismissed as an attack on women.
If men, for example, question Ford, it’s a re-victimization, not only of the accuser but of every woman who’s ever been sexually assaulted. If a woman asks those questions—well, that would also be an insult to both the accuser and every woman who has ever been sexually assaulted.
If men, for example, question Ford, it’s a re-victimization, not only of the accuser but of every woman who’s ever been sexually assaulted. If a woman asks those questions—well, that would also be an insult to both the accuser and every woman who has ever been sexually assaulted.
Yahoo Finance Cannabis Stock Watchlist
Yahoo Finance Cannabis Stock Watchlist:"Weed has been a red-hot investment theme in 2018.
As some cannabis companies’ share prices have shot up in the past few months, some already caution that we may be experiencing a bitcoin craze again.
Here are the cannabis stocks that Yahoo Finance is watching closely.
You can track their daily performance by following our Cannabis Stock Watchlist.
A few prominent players in marijuana stocks trade on the NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange, while the majority are available for investors on the OTC markets due to U.S. regulations.
From pure cannabis players to traditional giants investing in the field, we’ve got you covered..."
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History for September 30
History for September 30 - On-This-Day.com
William Wrigley, Jr. 1861 - Chewing gum tycoon, Deborah Kerr (Trimmer) 1921 - Actress ("The King and I", "Separate Tables"), Truman Capote (Streckfus Persons) 1924 - Writer (In Cold Blood, Other Voices, Breakfast at Tiffany's), actor
Angie Dickinson 1931 - Actress (Police Woman, Cassie and Company), Johnny Mathis 1935 - Singer, Marilyn McCoo 1943 - Singer (5th Dimension), TV hostess (Solid Gold),
1846 - Dr. William Morton performed a painless tooth extraction after administering ether to a patient.
1938 - The Munich Conference ended with a decision to appease Adolf Hitler. Britain, and France allowed Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to be annexed by the Nazis.
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Five Big Problems with Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony at the Kavanaugh Hearings | Trending
Christine Blasey Ford has testified at the Kavanaugh hearings and she seems like a perfectly nice, sympathetic woman, I guess... if she isn’t falsely accusing you of sexual assault. However, there were still enormous problems with her testimony.
Minnesota: Somalis Riot at Amusement Park, Forcing Evacuation | Creeping Sharia
Minnesota: Somalis Riot at Amusement Park, Forcing Evacuation | Creeping Sharia:
"On Saturday September 22, 2018 at the ValleyFair amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, police and emergency responders had to evacuate all guests after a mob of Somali teenagers and men rushed through security and caused several violent fights to break out inside the park.
According to eyewitnesses who were at the park to celebrate Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, a group of nearly 100 Somali men mob rushed past security and amusement park staffers at the front entrance, and proceeded to run through the park and instigate fights among themselves and with guests...."
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"On Saturday September 22, 2018 at the ValleyFair amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, police and emergency responders had to evacuate all guests after a mob of Somali teenagers and men rushed through security and caused several violent fights to break out inside the park.According to eyewitnesses who were at the park to celebrate Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, a group of nearly 100 Somali men mob rushed past security and amusement park staffers at the front entrance, and proceeded to run through the park and instigate fights among themselves and with guests...."
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‘Agender’ academic wants to ‘liberate gender identity’
‘Agender’ academic wants to ‘liberate gender identity’
"University of Wisconsin-Madison academic SJ Miller published an article advising educators on how to create an environment to provide students with "equitable opportunities for success."
Miller wants to help educators mitigate "violence," which he defines as "beliefs and mindsets create prejudice."
A faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says schools should be restructured to “liberate gender identity.”
In “Reframing Schooling to Liberate Gender Identity,” SJ Miller, who spells his first name using lowercase letters and identifies as “agender,” advises American educators on how they can foster an environment that provides students with “equitable opportunities for success”.
A journal titled “Multicultural Perspectives” published the article on May 18..."
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"University of Wisconsin-Madison academic SJ Miller published an article advising educators on how to create an environment to provide students with "equitable opportunities for success."
Miller wants to help educators mitigate "violence," which he defines as "beliefs and mindsets create prejudice."A faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says schools should be restructured to “liberate gender identity.”
In “Reframing Schooling to Liberate Gender Identity,” SJ Miller, who spells his first name using lowercase letters and identifies as “agender,” advises American educators on how they can foster an environment that provides students with “equitable opportunities for success”.
A journal titled “Multicultural Perspectives” published the article on May 18..."
Read on.
Rachel Mitchell's Kavanaugh Opinion: She Wouldn't Prosecute | National Review
Rachel Mitchell's Kavanaugh Opinion: She Wouldn't Prosecute | National Review:
Rachel Mitchell, the Arizona prosecutor who questioned Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Ford Thursday, told Senate Republicans following the hearing that she would not have prosecuted Kavanaugh based on the existing evidence supporting Ford’s sexual assault allegation, the Washington Post reports.
Rachel Mitchell, the Arizona prosecutor who questioned Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Ford Thursday, told Senate Republicans following the hearing that she would not have prosecuted Kavanaugh based on the existing evidence supporting Ford’s sexual assault allegation, the Washington Post reports.
Ted Cruz Takes On Evidence Against Kavanaugh As If He Were In A Court Of Law | The Daily Caller
Ted Cruz Takes On Evidence Against Kavanaugh As If He Were In A Court Of Law | The Daily Caller:
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas dismantled the argument against confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by systematically evaluating the evidence that was presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a way that would be done in a court of law.
“How do the American people resolve the discrepancy when you have two witnesses that testify to things diametrically opposed?” Cruz asked Friday in front of the committee, acknowledging the conflict in testimony between Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct more than 35 years ago. “Well, the only way I know to — and this is how a court of law operates, this is how most reasonable people operate — is when you have conflicting testimony you look to what does the rest of the evidence demonstrate.”
“How do the American people resolve the discrepancy when you have two witnesses that testify to things diametrically opposed?” Cruz asked Friday in front of the committee, acknowledging the conflict in testimony between Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct more than 35 years ago. “Well, the only way I know to — and this is how a court of law operates, this is how most reasonable people operate — is when you have conflicting testimony you look to what does the rest of the evidence demonstrate.”
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