Saturday, June 17, 2017

Stunning Helen Flanagan in Salmon-Pink Bikini on Holiday in Spain

At London's Daily Mail, "Flanagan shows off her enviably lean figure in a pink bikini as she enjoys a fun-filled family holiday with cute daughter Matilda."

BONUS: At the Sun U.K., "OWN GOAL! Coronation Street’s Helen Flanagan accidentally flashes her bra as her top rides down in front of thousands of Celtic fans - The cobbles beauty laughed off the wardrobe malfunction as she took part in a lap of honor."

Violetta Komyshan at Premiere of 'Baby Driver' in Los Angeles

At London's Daily Mail, "Sheer daring! Ansel Elgort's girlfriend Violetta Komyshan wears revealing dress to Baby Driver premiere in LA ... before cutting some shapes with her beau on the dance-floor."

Also, at Taxi Driver, "Violetta Komyshan in Completely See-Through Dress."

Glenn Reynolds, The Education Apocalypse

I read this one a couple of years ago, and it's great!

At Amazon, Glenn Reynolds, The Education Apocalypse: How It Happened and How to Survive It.

Joel Kotkin, The New Class Conflict

I've got this one on order, Joel Kotkin, The New Class Conflict.



Richard Florida, The New Urban Crisis

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Richard Florida, The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It.

Phoenix Expected to See High of 110 Degrees Today (VIDEO)

Watch, at ABC News 10 Phoenix, "DANGEROUSLY hot this weekend!":
It will be dangerously hot Saturday as we're expected to see a high of 110.

Actually, according to the report, it could 120 on Tuesday. But more at USA Today:


Added:


Reader Poll: Should Conservatives Disrupt Leftists?

The poll's at Legal Insurrection, "To disrupt like the Left, or not to disrupt: that is the question (Reader Poll)."

I've already weighed in, here, "Let's Not Parrot the Left, Laura Loomer and Jack Posobiec."

I've added this comment at Legal Insurrection, in reply to Ms. EBL (who links this Instapundit post, which links AoSHQ):
Actually, Ace isn’t arguing we should use violence. He’s talking about boycotts and blacklisting. Yeah, let’s do that. He doesn’t say to violently shut down left-wing public performances like a bunch of special snowflakes. So-called conservatives have lost their minds. The vote here is running almost 75 percent in favor of shutting down speech — SPEECH — you don’t like. You want to parrot the left, conservatives? Are you going to start hitting antifa leftists over the head with bike-locks, like anarchist Eric Clanton up in Berkeley? No. Are you going to start throwing bricks through the windows of businesses, like the riots on Telegraph Avenue, simply because people like Milo are scheduled to speak? No. Or at least, I’m not. That way lies much more polarization and violence, which purportedly conservatives don’t want. So what’s it going to be?
We won't have debates in this country if conservatives want to fight violent leftists with more violence. That's not what Ace was arguing.



Here's Jennifer Delacruz from the 11:00pm Weather Report Last Night

Following-up from last night, at 10:19pm, "Amber Lee's Hot Weather Forecast."

Ms. Jennifer wasn't up yet, but here she is now:



Tuong Vu, Vietnam's Communist Revolution

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Tuong Vu, Vietnam's Communist Revolution: The Power and Limits of Ideology.

Scott Pelley Signs Off at 'CBS Evening News' (VIDEO)

I like Pelley.

I quit watching ABC News years ago, when Democrat George Stephanopoulos became one of the most important personalities at the network. And same thing for NBC, after the Brian Williams fiasco. Yeah, I know, Pelley's a leftist as well. But I've been watching CBS Evening News exclusively for this last few years, and it's fairly balanced --- or, as balanced as you're likely to get from the elite networks in any case.

Here's the lowdown, at the New York Post. It's cutthroat in that business, "Scott Pelley out of ‘CBS Evening News’":

Scott Pelley is out at “CBS Evening News,” Page Six has exclusively learned.

Sources tell us that “Poison Pelley’s” office was being cleared out Tuesday while the anchor was away on an assignment for the network’s news magazine “60 Minutes.”

We’re told he’s being shifted permanently to “60 Minutes.”

Insiders tell us that CBS News president David Rhodes “is making [Pelley] move to ‘60 Minutes,’ ” and that the pair “don’t get on.”

Another TV insider said that while Pelley’s ratings have been down, “There’s also been friction between him and [Rhodes].”

Added a source, “[Pelley] was pushed out of the ‘Evening News.’ It’s been coming for a long time. This could have been handled better — [Pelley] is away on a story, and they’re cleaning out his office. It’s not the correct way to treat the face of CBS News.”
And by the way, I stopped watching any television news for about six weeks this semester, especially as the Russia conspiracy became too much to handle.

I expect that's going to be more of the norm going forward. I prefer to filter what news I get through blogs and Twitter. It's that, or frankly no news at all, and that's hard for me, as a political science professor.

Amazon Buys Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion (VIDEO)

At Bloomberg, "Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion."

There's talk now of breaking up Amazon under federal antitrust legislation.

I just want to keep blogging my Amazon Associates book business, lol.

At CBS Evening News, from last night:



New Erin Andrews Bikini Pics

At Bro Bible, "Erin Andrews in a Bikini is Something We Haven’t Seen, Well, Pretty Much Ever, Until Today."

And at RealClearHealth, "Erin Andrews Does Rare Bikini Photoshoot for Health Magazine: Fox NFL sideline reporter has battled health scares and sexism, but hasn't broken stride."


Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile

Man, did Valerie Castile let loose about the verdict. Righteous indignation!

"My son loved this state. He had one tattoo on his body, and it was of the Twin Cities," Valerie Castile said. "My son loved this city, and this city killed my son."

Valerie Castile also addressed the crowd directly after leaving the courthouse, expressing her disappointment.

"The system continues to fail black people, and it will continue to fail you all. Like I said, because this happened with Philando, when they get done with us, they coming for you, for you, for you and all your interracial children," Valerie Castile said. "Y'all are next, and you will be standing up here fighting for justice just as well as I am."

Let's Not Parrot the Left, Laura Loomer and Jack Posobiec

Look, all these so-called conservative Trump supporters are applauding Laura Loomer and Jack Posobiec, after the two tried to shut down the Caesar production of Shakespeare in the Park last night.

While I definitely think the right should practice more of the left's Alinsky politics, I don't agree in this case. It's about speech. You can't complain about leftists shutting down conservatives speakers if your response is just to ape them with the exact same bullying and violence. I'm not tweeting a whole lot about this, since I'd prefer not to lose a bunch of followers. But frankly, folks on the right are being stupid and รผber-tribal. I rarely agree with Ben Shapiro, but I agree with him here:


Police Say 58 People Are Missing, Presumed Dead in #GrenfellTower Fire (VIDEO)

At the Guardian U.K, "Grenfell Tower fire: 58 'missing, presumed dead' says Met amid protests at May's leadership - latest."

And at Sky News.


Nice Tattoo

Seen on Twitter:


Morning Coffee

I'm having my coffee right now, although not with this woman, lol.



Friday, June 16, 2017

Alonzo Hamby, For the Survival of Democracy

At Amazon, Alonzo Hamby, For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and th Crisis of the 1930s.

Doctors Give Update on Steve Scalise's Condition (VIDEO)

Rep. Scalise was very close to death.

The doctors are now much more confident of his recovery than they were on Wednesday, but he's not out of the woods yet, by no means.


Amber Lee's Hot Weather Forecast

I don't see video of Jennifer Delacruz posted tonight, which is strange, since she tweeted she'd be doing the weather through the rest of the week.

No matter, here's the lovely Ms. Amber for CBS News 2 Los Angeles. It's heating up, people. Wasn't too bad today. I hung around the apartment most of the day, but Father's Day's going to be scorching. Keep your daddy cool and hydrated.