W.H.O. Defends China from Accusations of Hiding Coronavirus Data

W.H.O. Defends China from Accusations of Hiding Coronavirus Data: 

Chinese state media on Sunday gleefully quoted members of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) defending China from their own colleagues’ allegations that Beijing withheld important source data from investigators researching the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan.

The Chinese presented their visitors with an analysis of the earliest recorded coronavirus cases but would not allow them to view the raw data. The Chinese claimed some of these records and samples have been destroyed.

The way we were-----1984 by George Orwell Book Movie on BBC TV from 1956, Peter Cushing Glen...

Boob-tube-----The Life of Nancy Kulp Miss Jane Hathaway The Beverly Hillbillies

LET THE PARENT REVOLT BEGIN

Instapundit--LET THE PARENT REVOLT BEGIN

"David Catron at The American Spectator sees a revolt coming from parents who are sick and tired of hearing from teachers about why they can’t come back to work due to Covid.

My view is the long-extended sickout justified by Covid fears is the best thing to happen to American education in decades because it finally exposed the teachers unions for the frauds they are. 

And home-schooling has gotten a huge boost. 

So when do Republicans in Congress start talking up an opt-out on education taxes for parents whose kids do not attend public schools?--Posted by Mark Tapscott"

The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot - Glenn Greenwald

The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot - Glenn Greenwald

• Insisting on factual accuracy does not make one an apologist for the protesters. 
• False reporting is never justified, especially to inflate threat and fear levels.

"...There is no circumstance or motive that justifies the dissemination of false claims by journalists. 

...Yet this is exactly what has happened, and continues to happen, since that riot almost seven weeks ago. And anyone who tries to correct these falsehoods is instantly attacked with the cynical accusation that if you want only truthful reporting about what happened, then you’re trying to “minimize” what happened and are likely an apologist for if not a full-fledged supporter of the protesters themselves.

• One of the most significant of these falsehoods was the tale — endorsed over and over without any caveats by the media for more than a month — that Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick was murdered by the pro-Trump mob when they beat him to death with a fire extinguisher. 

That claim was first published by The New York Times on January 8 in an article headlined “Capitol Police Officer Dies From Injuries in Pro-Trump Rampage.” 

It cited “two [anonymous] law enforcement officials” to claim that Sicknick died “with the mob rampaging through the halls of Congress” and after he “was struck with a fire extinguisher.”

A second New York Times article from later that day — bearing the more dramatic headline: “He Dreamed of Being a Police Officer, Then Was Killed by a Pro-Trump Mob” — elaborated on that story...Read all.

'He's lost his mind': Levin TORCHES CNN's Jake Tapper in fiery defense of Trump supporters - TheBlaze

'He's lost his mind': Levin TORCHES CNN's Jake Tapper in fiery defense of Trump supporters - TheBlaze: 

Leftists in the media are trashing "those of us who believe in liberty, the rule of law, and a truly free press, those of us who believe in the Constitution and cultural conservatism," Levin asserted. He lit into CNN's Jake Tapper for leading the charge to paint all MAGA supporters as a "terrorist mob."

Do NOT question their AUTHORITY!-----Campus Reform | Baylor students want Christian lecturer fired after she questioned Biden's transgender policies

Campus Reform | Baylor students want Christian lecturer fired after she questioned Biden's transgender policies:

• A Baylor University lecturer is facing backlash from leftist students for a statement she made about transgender individuals
• Students reported her to the school’s Title IX office and launched a petition to get her fired...Read all.

But trust the greens to make better choices in the future...right.-----From the web

"The pro-renewables crowd have been spinning the lie that thermal electricity sources (coal/nuclear/gas) were the culprit in the Texas rolling blackout fiasco.
This is now undeniably false.
The chart below shows electricity generation by source through end-of-day 2/16/21. 

While there was a slight decrease in coal and nuclear electric, the wind component nearly doubled (decrease).
Natural gas is NOT the culprit, it is the hero.

Lunch video-----Ice Age was coming in 1977, Leonard Nimoy

"Ice Age was coming in 1977, Leonard Nimoy, In search of the next ice age."

Noon-toon

 

Supreme Court set to consider high-profile election lawsuits this week - TheBlaze

Supreme Court set to consider high-profile election lawsuits this week - TheBlaze: 

The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider a handful of high-profile election challenges at its mid-February conference taking place this week. If the court chooses to accept any of the lawsuits, they will likely be heard and decided in October.  The cases include lawsuits filed by pro-Trump attorneys Lin Wood and Sidney Powell in Georgia and Michigan, a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Republican state Rep. Mike Kelly, and two lawsuits filed in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania by former President Donald Trump's campaign.

It ain't braggin' if it's true!

 

Campus Reform | Academics called breastfeeding 'ethically problematic' because it endorses 'gender roles.' Their view is gaining traction.

Campus Reform | Academics called breastfeeding 'ethically problematic' because it endorses 'gender roles.' Their view is gaining traction.

• U.S. academics wrote in study published in 2016 that the promotion of breastfeeding as the "natural" way to feed infants is "ethically problematic."
• The academics argued that the term "breastfeeding" could "endorse controversial set of values about family life and gender roles."
• Now, major hospitals in the United Kingdom are echoing these points...Read all.

Why are YOU funding these haters-of-America?

 

Big 2020 Paychecks For Many Government Workers In Michigan

Big 2020 Paychecks For Many Government Workers In Michigan

"...The city of Sterling Heights has a reputation for having the most highly compensated police officers in the state of Michigan.
The average gross pay of all thecity’s sworn officers was $104,947 in 2020, up 3.3% from the average of $101,563 in 2019.
The most highly paid department employees were two sergeants, who collected $181,353 and $160,961 in 2020. 

...Many private sector businesses across the state were closed and their workers made jobless by government-ordered lockdowns. 

But government employees appear to have been largely protected from lost jobs and pay...Read all.

#1 This day 1977-----Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light

Sharia-Enforcing Amazon Brownshirts Delete Book That Criticized Islam

Sharia-Enforcing Amazon Brownshirts Delete Book That Criticized Islam
My latest in PJ Media:
The freedom of speech is on the ropes, and it just received another body blow. 

Over at Amazon, 

• you can still get Friedrich Nietzsche’s God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. 
• You can still get Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. 
• You can get Christianity Disproved: The conclusive proof that Christianity is false. 
• You can get God Needs To Go: Why Christian Beliefs Fail. You can get All That’s Wrong with the Bible: Contradictions, Absurdities, and More. 
• You can get Four Disturbing Questions with One Simple Answer: Breaking the Spell of Christian Belief. And on and on and on. 

But you can’t get Allah is Dead: Why Islam is Not a Religion by the New English Review’s Rebecca Bynum....And so we see it yet again: criticize Christianity, and you’ll be celebrated as a heroic, courageous intellectual, standing up against the forces of reaction. 

...Criticize Islam, on the other hand, and you’ll be excoriated as a “racist” (one more time, kids: Islam is not a race, and indeed, any belief system that you can ascribe to or discard is not and cannot be a race), “bigoted” “Islamophobe,” and the Southern Poverty Law Center will call you a “hate group leader” and make sure that all good, right-thinking people don’t come near you with a ten-foot pole.
...There is more. Read the rest here...Read all.

"...the real enemy..."

 

Parler is back online with new interim CEO - TheBlaze

Parler is back online with new interim CEO - TheBlaze: 

Parler, the self-proclaimed No. 1 free speech social media platform and favorite Twitter alternative of many conservatives, has officially relaunched with new leadership, the company said Monday. Current users should be able to access their accounts by the end of the day.

The left is planning on censoring conservative radio. Be ever vigilant!-----Opinion | Seeds for insurrection were planted 34 years ago with a rule change | Bridge Michigan

Opinion | Seeds for insurrection were planted 34 years ago with a rule change | Bridge Michigan

"...Many attribute the rise of extremist politics to social media. 

It goes deeper than that. 

The roots of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol trace back to a government decision 34 years ago.

In 1987, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed the Fairness Doctrine, a rule which required broadcasters to present issues of public importance, and in doing so provide a discussion that was fair, balanced and honest. 

...There were two direct impacts, both of which coarsened our public discourse: 

• broadcasters no longer were under an obligation to cover/report local news; and 
• the door was opened to one-sided talk-radio, with no obligation on the part of broadcasters to insure that the information on those programs was balanced or even factual.

...Within a year of the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, Rush Limbaugh’s pioneering three hours of one-sided, fact-challenged talk was launched...Read all!

AM Fruitcake

 

History for February 17

History for February 17 - On-This-Day.com

Thomas Malthus 1766 (He was wrong. Totally wrong.)

• 1801 - The U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was elected president and Burr became vice president.
• 1878 - In San Francisco, CA, the first large city telephone exchange opened. It had only 18 phones.
• 1924 - Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 100-yard freestyle. He did it with a time of 57-2/5 seconds in Miami, FL.
• 1934 - The first high school automobile driver’s education course was introduced in State College, PA.
• 1992 - In Milwaukee, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison. In November of 1994, he was beaten to death in prison.
• 1995 - Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings. He was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison.

Minneapolis Police Department gets $6.4 in funding - TheBlaze

Minneapolis Police Department gets $6.4 in funding - TheBlaze: 

The Minneapolis City Council's mission to defund the police has failed spectacularly. Following an increase in crime, Minneapolis has had a change of heart about defunding or abolishing the police. In fact, the city is going to spend millions to beef up its law enforcement.

The way we were-----Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (1964) HD 0815007

Boob-tube-----7-Up Commercial w/Fresh Up Freddie - 1950's

This explains much.-----IQ by Country

IQ by Country (Interactive at link)

We are doomed!-----Shocking Navy Pledge Revealed, Reads More Like an Oath to the DNC Than a Warfighter's Vow

Shocking Navy Pledge Revealed, Reads More Like an Oath to the DNC Than a Warfighter's Vow

• The false narrative about the United States being “systemically racist” has been gaining ground in many areas of American culture. Now, it has fully made its way into the U.S. Navy.
• In June, the Navy created Task Force One Navy in order to “identify and eliminate individual and systemic racism within our force,” according to a news release.
• The service has now revealed the findings of this task force in a report, and it includes a pledge that task force members were forced to take.
  
• It reads like something right out of a pamphlet at the Democratic National Convention.

...However, the pledge then takes things a step further.

“I pledge to advocate for and acknowledge all lived experiences and intersectional identities of every Sailor in the Navy,” it says.

In this line, the pledge crosses over from the noble goal of inclusion into the nasty world of identity politics...Read all.

VIDEO: Kids of Mom Who Died in NY Nursing Home Call for Investigation

VIDEO: Kids of Mom Who Died in NY Nursing Home Call for Investigation: 

The children of a woman who died in a New York nursing home in spring 2020 are demanding justice for their mother after one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) aides admitted hiding numbers related to the nursing home deaths.

“During an appearance on ‘Fox & Friends,’ 93-year-old Agnes Minisalle’s three children said that the nursing home deaths and subsequent alleged cover-up should not be partisan issues,” Fox News reported Monday.

Gutfeld on author going after pro-Trump neighbors who shoveled her snow

LA Times columnist calls out Trump-supporting neighbors after plowing driveway; reaction and analysis on 'The Five' #FoxNews​ #TheFive

Deceptively Titled 'Equality Act' Would Be Giant Step to Destroying Religious Freedom

Deceptively Titled 'Equality Act' Would Be Giant Step to Destroying Religious Freedom

"It’s baaccckkk! 

That horrendously mislabeled Equality Act from 2019 has re-appeared but this time there are Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress and a Democrat in the Oval Office.

There are two keys to understanding why this proposal is such a threat to the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious assembly and practice without interference from Congress.

• First, as with so much else that appears under the rubric of “social justice,” this proposal absolutizes the concept of equality into a battering ram against the rights of unfavored groups... That is why the “social justice” movement is the source of the Cancel Culture...
• Second, the Equality Act essentially rewrites the definition of what constitutes a public accommodation in America so that its reach can encompass whatever federal bureaucrats, lawyers and politicians decide it is. Doing that will strike a lethal blow against the idea of privacy of individuals. And when there is no realm of privacy into which the government cannot inject itself, the ultimate politicization of everything will be a reality, just as it always is in every totalitarian regime...Read all!!