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Monday, April 11, 2022

Not quite Boyz N Hood, is it?

Michael Smith link
"I just heard Richard Fowler on FOX make the case that Ketanji Brown Jackson would bring her "lived experiences" to bear in her approach to Supreme Court decisions.

...They can't understand the "black experience" in America.

So let's review a few things:

KBJ's parents were both professionals, her father was a lawyer and ultimately became the chief attorney for the Miami-Dade County School Board.
Her mom served as the principal of the New World School of the Arts in Miami...
She is also a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law.
According to Wikipedia, "In 1996, Brown married surgeon Patrick Graves Jackson, a Boston Brahmin who is a descendant of Continental Congress delegate Jonathan Jackson, and is related to U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Through her marriage, Jackson is related to former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan."

Not quite Boyz N Hood, is it?...Read all!!

No Jail for NYC Prankster Who Told Diners He Had a Bomb and Would Kill Them for Allah

"When Malik Sanchez was sentenced on Wednesday for claiming he had a bomb and telling two women outside a New York City restaurant that he was going to kill them, he apologized to the women and said that his actions were those of an “immature and reckless child.”

Manhattan federal court Judge Colleen McMahon stopped him right there and corrected him, saying his action was “that of a sicko.”

Nevertheless, she gave him no jail time at all while praising his post-arrest behavior and calling him a “pretrial success story.”

Scaring people half to death is no big deal in New York City; in the decaying Leftist paradise of Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams, it takes a great deal to be sent to prison...link.

Are Law Schools Now Woke Factories?

Are Law Schools Now Woke Factories?:

Students at three recent college events threatened violence against conservative speakers, along with the student groups that invited them to speak on campus. This may be commonplace today, but what makes this hostility so much more shocking is that it occurred at colleges once considered eminent law schools: Georgetown University Law Center, Hastings College of Law at the University of California, and Yale Law School. These future lawyers and their professors have shown us precisely what they think of free speech and open inquiry when the wrong people with the wrong views come to campus.

Mariupol, Ukraine City Council Member: ‘Russia Is Not Possible To Stop W...

States of Covid Performance - WSJ

"A new study compares outcomes on economy, education and health. The Editorial Board

"More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s time to draw some conclusions about government policy and results. The most comprehensive comparative study we’ve seen to date was published last week as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and it deserves wide attention.

The authors are University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan and Stephen Moore and Phil Kerpen of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. They compare Covid outcomes in the 50 states and District of Columbia based on three variables: the economy, education and mortality. ..link

Noon-toon-----An ABANDONED Southwest Detroit Neighborhood: Delray, Detroit, Michigan 5K.

Noon-toon

NPR reporter goes against own newsroom to call Hunter Biden laptop a legitimate story - TheBlaze

NPR reporter goes against own newsroom to call Hunter Biden laptop a legitimate story - TheBlaze:

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald called out legacy media for intentionally ignoring the Hunter Biden email story. "Most of the national corporate media lied in unison to the country for weeks right before the 2020 election by telling them that completely authentic emails about Joe Biden's dealings in Ukraine and China were 'Russian disinformation,' a lie they got from the CIA," Greenwald tweeted out on Wednesday. "Twitter founder Jack Dorsey apologized and admitted it was wrong for Twitter to have censored any mention of the story. The WPost this week called for a media 'reckoning' over what they did. Beyond those 2, they all let their lie stand to this day."

Drum-beats of WW3?-----NATO Plans Massive Military Buildup On Russia's Border, Citing Major "Reset" | ZeroHedge

NATO Plans Massive Military Buildup On Russia's Border, Citing Major "Reset" | ZeroHedge
Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com,
"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in the middle of a “fundamental transformation” and planning a massive military buildup along Russian borders.

The Telegraph reported, "Nato is drawing up plans to deploy a permanent full-scale military force on its border in an effort to combat future Russian aggression following the invasion of Ukraine, the alliance’s secretary general has revealed."
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO will undergo a major “reset” and plans to put enough troops in states that border Russia to repel an invasion. The alliance currently has 40,000 troops in eastern member states...link.

#1 Movie this week 1974-----The Conversation (1974) movie trailer

John Hinckley, failed assassin-turned-musician, books NYC concert

Maybe he’s looking to land a No. 1 song with a bullet on the record charts.

"Would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. — who attempted to kill then-President Ronald Reagan in 1981 — has apparently hit his goal of rebranding as a singer.

He announced on Twitter Friday that he has scheduled a performance this summer in New York City.
“Big news!! I will be performing on July 8 at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn, NY,” he wrote in the tweet, which also noted that “special guests” would make appearances. “Get your tickets while you can.”...link.

#1 This day 1974-----Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (Official Music Video)

Bill Clinton's supreme NATO screw-up comes back to haunt us - American Thinker

"...the very notion that Russia was headed in the political direction of Western-style "democracy" shows how out of touch Clinton and his foreign policy team were.

This American hubris was reminiscent of

FDR's "hunch" that he could persuade Joseph Stalin to promote postwar stability, or of Woodrow Wilson's belief that Lenin's Bolsheviks, who had thrown off Russia's imperial yoke, were bringing more freedom to Russia; or of
Barack Obama's puzzled reaction to Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014 as a misplaced legacy of the 19th century.

George Kennan knew better.

...He scorned those in U.S. policy circles — those "doctrinaire and impatient well-wishers" — who envision Russia as "a replica of the Western democratic dream."....Read all.

Self-delusionists!

Does Joe Biden need to eat a Snickers or is he just OLD? - TheBlaze

Does Joe Biden need to eat a Snickers or is he just OLD? - TheBlaze:

According to Joe Biden, Putin's invasion of Ukraine has driven up gas prices and food prices worldwide. The president claims that 70 percent of the increase in inflation was the consequence of Putin's price hike because of the impact on oil prices. However, the notable thing about Biden's speech is less about the words he said and more about how he said them.

Obama slapped with history lesson after claiming he was tough on Russia, had to 'drag' European allies into action - TheBlaze

Obama slapped with history lesson after claiming he was tough on Russia, had to 'drag' European allies into action - TheBlaze:

Former President Barack Obama was blasted Thursday for "self-serving revisionist history" after claiming he was tough on Russia as president. What happened? While speaking at the "Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy" conference at the University of Chicago, Obama claimed he was forced to "drag" European allies to take action against Russia for invading and annexing Crimea in 2014.

Environmental group calls for deflating tires of SUVs to combat climate change: target ‘wealthy areas’ SUVs play a large role in climate change, the group says

Environmental group calls for deflating tires of SUVs to combat climate change: target ‘wealthy areas’
SUVs play a large role in climate change, the group says

"A radical environmental group raised a few eyebrows on Twitter after encouraging people to let the tires out of SUVs in an apparent bid to combat climate change.

The group, Adbusters, tweeted step-by-step instructions for the provocation on Wednesday, calling it a "gentle escalation" or ramping up the urgency about climate change.
"Wedge gravel in the tire valves, leaflet the SUV to let them know the tires are flat and why it was done, and walk away. It’s that simple," the group tweeted. "If we organize, we can hit enough SUVs in particular neighborhoods to spark reporting and spread the metameme."...link.

AM Fruitcake

Mark Levin: These are impeachable offenses

History for April 11

History for April 11 - On-This-Day.com

Dean G. Acheson 1893

1783 - After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on March 13, the U.S. Congress proclaimed a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.
1898 - U.S. President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war with Spain.
1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect.
1901 - Construction on the Empire State Building was completed. The building was dedicated and opened on May 1, 1931.
1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.
1947 - Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1968 - U.S. President Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
1984 - China invaded Vietnam.

Sunday, April 10, 2022

White House threatens states for protecting children from gender surgeries, puberty blockers - TheBlaze

White House threatens states for protecting children from gender surgeries, puberty blockers - TheBlaze:

On Thursday, Alabama lawmakers passed SB 184, which critics claim outlaws "gender-affirming" care for "transgender kids." In reality, the bill punishes physicians who prescribe puberty-blocking drugs or perform gender-transition surgery on children. Lawmakers also approved HB 322, which would prohibit self-identifying trans students from using bathrooms that correspond to their gender identities. The bill also prohibits classroom instruction on "sexual orientation or gender identity" for students in grades K-5. The bill is being falsely tarnished as a "Don't Say Gay" bill, despite not preventing use of the word "gay."

The way we were-----1944 Bombing of Miles City, Montana

Government (union) transportation-----NYC subway safety plan gets going after a violent weekend

"Well, we won, didn't we"-----How the FBI Got Whacked By Their Own Boomerang in the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Case

How the FBI Got Whacked By Their Own Boomerang in the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Case
"This is a massive scandal.

I know I’m being generous here after the Russian collusion hoax, but whatever crumb of credibility the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice has now been lost.

The Gretchen Whitmer circus has finally come down. It’s been exposed.

This case was weaponized by Democrats for the 2020 election to attack Donald Trump over an alleged kidnapping plot against Whitmer over her COVID-19 protocols.

Members of a militia group were supposedly involved.
What was seen as a slam-dunk case by the Feds turned out to be an embarrassing exposure of their entrapment games that netted them zero convictions in this case. Zilch...Read all.

What a mess (via Reason):

Douglas Andrews: The Biden Family's Mysterious Millions | The Patriot Post

The Biden Family’s Mysterious MillionsRiddle us this, Scranton Joe: Where did all that money come from?

"...But perhaps the biggest of the Big Lies Biden has told about his son is the one he whipped out in the final presidential debate of 2020.

As our Mark Alexander notes, that’s when he “wagged his finger at Donald Trump and declared: ‘My son has not made money in terms of this thing about, what are you talking about, China. The only guy who made money from China is this guy [Trump]. He’s the only one. Nobody else has made money from China.’”
Uh-huh.
Doocy himself set the hook for this lie back in 2019, during a campaign event in Iowa, where then-candidate Biden told him, “I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.”
Ah, never.

The word is deliciously precise, and that makes it relatively easy to fact-check — especially when there are pictures of both Bidens golfing with Hunter’s Burisma buddies, and when there is testimony from the likes of another former Biden business partner, Tony Bobulinski, about his face-to-face business meeting with Joe, whom he swears is “the big guy” mentioned in one of Hunter’s email threads about monetary payouts.

If “never” means never, then Joe Biden is lying.
...Why bring it out now, without Fox News holding a credibility gun to their heads?
The answer, it seems, is that the mainstream media no longer sees Joe Biden as salvageable...link

New Jersey second-graders to be taught gender identity and climate change - TheBlaze

New Jersey second-graders to be taught gender identity and climate change - TheBlaze:

Schepisi told Fox News that as "a mom and a legislator, I can appreciate the need for students to receive age-appropriate instruction, but this is beyond the pale." "We knew that when Gov. Murphy used the cover of the pandemic to push these new standards through that something was terribly wrong, and now we can clearly see why they needed to do this in secret," Schepisi added. "The agenda has swung so far left in an attempt to sexualize our precious children that parents are fighting back."

Twas a college kid!-----Brian Stelter Humiliated (Again) To His Face

What's Going on in Shanghai?

"...Shanghai, Communist China’s massive commercial and shipping hub, is effectively under martial law according to social media posts from residents of the locked-down city.

You can see more of the creepy-looking videos below, but first, a little background.
Beijing has been trying (and failing) to enforce a strict “zero COVID” regime, but exactly how soldiers and armored vehicles are supposed to fight a virus remains a mystery.
...Shanghai has been under strict — harsh, really — lockdown rules since the latest COVID breakout hit the city in March.

Residents have been forbidden to leave their homes except to get tested.
No movies, no strolls, not even any grocery shopping.
Infamously, the city sent up drones earlier this week to remind residents of their patriotic duty to do as they’re told...link