Saturday, August 1, 2020
Professor Mike Adams
He was also a fighter for free speech and due process on campus, who was persecuted in his lifetime and, after being driven to take his own life, was mocked and cursed after his death. He deserved better — we all do. But that won’t happen until we treat people as people instead of as instruments for our own agendas. This will take a general awakening, and I can only pray it happens soon.And from Michelle Malkin:
Mike Adams—Doer of the Word by @michellemalkin https://t.co/8f1rjxfkhv
— Denise McAllister (@McAllisterDen) July 29, 2020
Ran into the incomparable @MikeSAdams at the grocery store today! Follow this stalwart champion of life & free speech! pic.twitter.com/lQWHon6tuV
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 28, 2018
'Largely Peaceful,' Translated to English, Means Violent
60 days of demonstrations in cities like Oakland, Portland, and Seattle are described as “largely peaceful."
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 30, 2020
Any “peaceful demonstration” capable of “intensifying” into setting fire to a courthouse was never really “peaceful," writes @MichaelBarone.
https://t.co/Xk11wTy3R8
"Protestors in California," tweeted ABC News, about an incident in Oakland, "set fire to a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful demonstration intensified."More.
If you'd presented your ninth-grade teacher with that sentence in your weekly writing assignment, she might have taken out her red pen and asked you, "How does a peaceful demonstration intensify?"
This sentence, however, was written not by a ninth-grader but by an adult, a professional journalist working for one of the world's major television news organizations. It was not an accident. As Modern Age editor Daniel McCarthy noted, "George Orwell could not improve on this."
Any "peaceful demonstration" capable of "intensifying" into setting fire to a courthouse, damaging a police station and assaulting law enforcement personnel was never really "peaceful" in the first place.
As The New Criterion editor Roger Kimball wrote, "the overriding criterion for choosing which narrative to plug" is which "will do the most damage to Donald Trump and Republican prospects in the November election."
The narrative that serves that purpose is that the demonstrations that broke out after the May 25 death of George Floyd are peaceful, and the demands of many demonstrators to "defund" the police are a reasonable response with no downside risk. Video footage suggesting the contrary has appeared sparingly, if at all, on broadcast news, CNN and MSNBC...
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Victims of Communism
At WND:
NEW COLUMN: #Nazism, at about 25 million dead, turned out to be distinctly less murderous than #communism, whose grand total of victims, estimated at between 85-100 million murdered, is the most colossal case of political carnage in history." #BLM https://t.co/OgFOX74hnp
— ILANA Mercer (@IlanaMercer) July 31, 2020
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Tomi Lahren
More than 100 agencies back out of DNC security agreements. Well, well, well, I guess that’s what happens when your entire party has been in the business of demonizing law enforcement for political gain and social media points! pic.twitter.com/4rj3vKS9Bj
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) July 31, 2020
The Lincoln Project Attacks President Trump (VIDEO)
Lincoln Project Gets Personal In New Ad, Mocking ‘Impotus Americanus’ Trump’s Weight and ‘Ruddy Orange' Color https://t.co/1nBvF2SALd via @mediaite— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) July 31, 2020
This is the most merciless @ProjectLincoln ad yet.— Jesse Damiani (@JesseDamiani) July 31, 2020
I would not want to work in the White House today.#ImpotusAmericanus https://t.co/oJHMGSkzxQ
Commentary at Althouse, "The Lincoln Project indulges in fat shaming, color shaming, and the depreciating masculinity in this tone-deaf attack on Trump":
I only got half way through this before clicking it off. It might be funnier to fans of David Attenborough nature programs, but to me the reliance on a English-accented supercilious male voice was just embarrassingly out of touch with present-day America...
Placerville's 'Horrific Vigilante History'
Essential Arts: A city's lynching tree logo and 'horrific' vigilante history https://t.co/YH050PNrNw
— LAT Entertainment (@latimesent) August 1, 2020
Religious Faithful Navigate the Lockdown in Riverside County's 'Bible Belt'
At LAT, "In California’s ‘Bible Belt,’ churches find ways around state’s coronavirus lockdown orders":
The tension between safety and faith has coalesced in the suburbs of Southern California’s so-called “Bible Belt.” @stephaniealai https://t.co/WNnb8ssfrJ
— Hector Becerra (@hbecerraLATimes) August 1, 2020
Jennifer Trujillo made a 30-minute trip from her home in San Diego County to the country roads of Wildomar in Riverside County for the first time in weeks.RTWT.
For the last year, the Pala resident had made the trek up every Sunday to attend the service at Bundy Canyon Christian Church, a complex of colorful old-timey buildings along a rural road.
The coronavirus outbreak had sidelined Trujillo, 37, from her trips to church, leaving her to reading the Bible and practicing her faith at home. She knew about the worries of church services leading to outbreaks of COVID-19. That health officials criticized such gatherings as posing a public health risk to parishioners and others they may come in contact with.
But Trujillo would not ignore the call of her pastor to return.
“I feel safe around this community,” Trujillo said. “The word that the pastor gives forth is amazing and its better in person. I just wanted to go back.”
And so she did on a mid-July Sunday to an all-too-familiar scene of parishioners packing the pews. She was instructed not to sit next to anyone outside of her immediate household members.
It was a vain attempt at social distancing.
After scouring for a seat, her 9-year-old daughter Morgan and Trujillo settled for a spot near the center of the pews. Like others, they were squeezed in closer than six feet from other people. A fan conjured up a light breeze. Three vocalists and a drummer performed on stage as dozens of people sang along.
Churches across the state have been whipsawed by state closure and reopening orders, as church events have been tied to coronavirus outbreaks. In May, infections tied to singing in a church service in Redwood Valley and two more outbreaks from Mother’s Day church services in Mendocino and Butte counties drew concern from public health officials. Cases linked to singing during church services have drawn the ire of scientists and even some church leaders.
till, Bundy Canyon kept its usual choral arrangement as the congregation swayed their arms like concertgoers to the singing.
When the services in this church along Bundy Canyon Road began, congregants greeted one another with hugs. Few wore masks.
“I will give power to my two witnesses ... these men have power to shut off the sky so that it will not rain during the time that they are prophesying and they have the power to turn water to blood and to strike the earth with every type of plague,” Randy Eichert intoned from the pulpit as he read from Revelations.
But whatever final judgment the junior minister preached about — the pandemic seemed, at the moment, far from a growing concern.
The tension between safety and faith has coalesced in the suburbs of Southern California. In parts of California’s so-called Bible Belt, the controversy over rising cases of infection and deaths related to the coronavirus has not stopped residents from packing in-person services.
It’s what his flock wants, Bundy Canyon Christian Church Pastor Michael Khan said.
“They didn’t like being apart at all,” Khan said. “We have trust in God that nothing will happen. Since the start of the pandemic, not one of our members got sick or lost their job. The church will always be victorious.”
It is an altogether not surprising development in this part of Southern California. In May, Riverside County was quick to rescind stay-at-home orders and was among the largest proponents for reopening services...
Jia Lynn Yang, One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
At Amazon, Jia Lynn Yang, One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred Warns of Shutdown
At ESPN:
BREAKING: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told MLBPA executive director Tony Clark on Friday that if the sport doesn’t do a better job of managing the coronavirus, it could shut down for the season, sources tell ESPN.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 31, 2020
Story at ESPN: https://t.co/o0OL7JzowN
The conversation between Manfred and Clark was not a threat but a reality check that was relayed to players -- and has spread quickly among them: We -- all of us -- need to clean this up, because if we don't, Major League Baseball in 2020 is going to be over.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 31, 2020
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Viral Video of Abuse
Story at WaPo, via Memeorandum, "He held a BLM sign in what he called 'America's most racist town.' The result? A viral video of abuse."
😧😧😧 holy crap https://t.co/BWgrRFx9xn
— ErickaAndersen (@ErickaAndersen) July 30, 2020
Minka Kelly
And at the Fappening.
https://t.co/V36GnWpZdW pic.twitter.com/2O6ozHWB9e
— Minka Kelly (@minkakelly) October 7, 2019
Demi Rose Showcases Her Assets
And at Daily Mail:
Demi Rose showcases her very peachy posterior in a tiny fishnet thong swimsuit https://t.co/4jhNxjHsay
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) July 29, 2020
Herman Cain Has Died
Rest in peace, brother.
Breaking: Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has died after battling the coronavirus. He was 74. https://t.co/n24bA497Cs— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 30, 2020