Federal Staffers Panicked by Conservative Media Attacks

These "federal staffers" are supposed to be nonpartisan bureaucrats who serve elected officials without prejudice. If these same people are afraid of conservatives, that's good. That means they've figured out "the people" are on to them and their far-left schemes of endless government expansion and collectivist utopia.

At Politico:

Obviously, the truth is making career staffers at State uncomfortable. That is not our problem. - @gastonmooney https://t.co/n1uTd9dtfP

— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) March 22, 2017

Three New Books on the Frankfurt School

This stuff would have been right in Andrew Breitbart's wheelhouse (and if you're not getting my meaning, see his book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!).

Here we are:

* Peter E. Gordon, Adorno and Existence.

* Stuart Jeffries, Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School.

* Stefan Müller-Doohm, Habermas: A Biography.

And see the review, at the New York Review:

Samuel Freeman reviews three new books on the lives and ideas of the Frankfurt School https://t.co/hvQCb6baBl

— NY Review of Books (@nybooks) March 13, 2017

Sean McMeekin, The Russian Revolution

Before I embarked on my reading and research on American Indians and the frontier West, I was reading a lot of history of Russia and Stalin.

So, it turns out there's more such historiography on the way.

See Sean McMeekin, at Amazon, The Russian Revolution: A New History (out May 30th).

NBC's Matt Bradley Worried Westminster Jihad Attack Will 'Put Wind in the Sails' of 'Right-Wing Movement'

Hey, brother, the sails have been billowing for years now. Frankly, the chickens of political correctness came home to roots in Westminster today.

But see NewsBusters, via Ed Driscoll at Instapundit, "RIGHT ON CUE: NBC Reporter Fears London Terror Will ‘Put Wind in the Sails’ of ‘Right-Wing Movement’."

Five Dead, Dozens Injured in Westminster Jihad Attack at British Parliament (VIDEO)

Information is still coming in, for example, the identity of the suspect is still unknown.

Following-up from earlier, "Shots Fired Outside British Parliament."

At the Guardian U.K., "Parliament attack: police officer among five dead in 'sick and depraved' incident":

The Guardian understands the initial working theories of the police investigation are the attacker was inspired by Isis and was most likely a “lone actor”. The attacker’s identity was already known to counter-terrorism officials. Rowley said investigators were trying to establish the attacker’s associates and his preparations for the attack.

Apparently, "police refuse to name" the suspect, and that's apparently after a number of outlets identified the wrong person.

See also Pamela's, "U.K. news outlets WITHDRAW claim that Abu Izzadeen was London jihad murderer."

More at the Telegraph U.K., "How Westminster terror attack had echoes of Brussels, Nice and Berlin."

#PresidentTrump Vindicated on Surveillance Claims

Heh.

I've been saying this all along, and now here comes Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, indicating that some of President[-elect] Trump's communications were captured at Trump Tower during the transition.

At Bloomberg, "Nunes Says Trump Team Conversations Caught in Surveillance."

'ALARMED' AS DETAILS WIDELY DISSEMINATED... https://t.co/Y49xQXb9Ld

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) March 22, 2017

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Also, Richard Slotkin, The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890.

Bernard DeVoto, The Course of Empire.

And, Dale L. Morgan, Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West.

Allan Nevins, Frémont: Pathmarker of the West.

More, Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific.

Richard White, "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West.

Plus, Anne F. Hyde, Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860.

BONUS: ICYMI, Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West.

Shots Fired Outside British Parliament

This is a developing story, at the Telegraph U.K., "Live Parliament shooting Armed man 'shot by police' after charging through Westminster gates and stabbing officer."

#BREAKING: Man shot by police outside Parliament. More details to follow. pic.twitter.com/aa8IVWpj5k

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

A policeman is understood to have shot an intruder three times at close range outside the Houses of Parliament https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/9f0qNpsg5z

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

Westminster in lockdown: Two people were seen lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/bGimxJPOKR

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

At least a dozen injured people on Westminster Bridge near UK parliament, a Reuters photographer reports https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/CJ86cc6W5a

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

Scotland Yard said it was called to a firearms incident on Westminster Bridge amid reports of several people injured https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/u9tQKvqXfj

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

An Air Ambulance outside the Palace of Westminster after an armed man was 'shot dead by police' https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/mmiFRk8bwP

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

Major security alert under way at Palace of Westminster: man reportedly shot by police outside Houses of Parliament https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/h3TCjMMn6v

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

House of Commons Leader David Lidington tells MPs a "police officer has been stabbed" and the "alleged assailant was shot by armed police" pic.twitter.com/dSvn86qdGD

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

The scene on Westminster Bridge. A major security alert is under way at the Houses of Parliament https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq https://t.co/6jtXVsNJat

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

Staff inside Westminster were told to stay in their offices and the PM was reportedly bundled away from parliament https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/lp44TdIfrY

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017

We'll see if it was a vehicle jihad attack, but it's best not to speculate until more information becomes available.

ADDED: The headline at Daily Mail's calling it a "terrorist attack."

Police shoot 'knife wielding man' outside Parliament after car mows down five people on Westminster Bridge https://t.co/H6XQNCZRrs pic.twitter.com/QgEoj8PKs0

— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) March 22, 2017

MORE: It's a very bad situation:

Looks like they have stopped CPR on the intruder at Parliament

— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017

Intruder has been lifted onto stretcher and is being put in ambulance

— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017

A blanket has been put over person down who we think was police officer. First aiders have stopped treating them

— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017

Ambulance carrying intruder has left Parliament. The body of the person we think was police officer is dead, body covered by red blanket

— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017

Commons tannoy: "Due to security incident all buildings have been locked down - please stay in current location until further notice"

— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017

NEW: Metropolitan police say they're treating firearms incident "as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise." https://t.co/6ilOxFEvKs pic.twitter.com/XyEqRPnyRV

— ABC News (@ABC) March 22, 2017

UPDATE:

#ParliamentAttack: "Witnesses describe 'Asian guy' in his 40s carrying eight-inch long knife": https://t.co/Z4TZ1k6Y0Q

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) March 22, 2017

I've got to get in the shower and head to work. Folks in Britain call Pakistani Muslims "Asians," so you can see where this is going. More tonight.

Vandalism of Vietnam War Memorial in Venice (VIDEO)

The vandals should do time.

Jeez, this is despicable.

At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Sears, Roebuck & Company, Circling the Drain

Well, it's been a long time since the overwhelming success of the Sears catalog, and the company's feeling the pain.

At USA Today:

#Sears owner says 'substantial doubt' it can stay in business: https://t.co/tJ5nYp8om3

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) March 22, 2017

Hannah Jeter Takes It Off (VIDEO)

She's married to Derek Jeter, but still, heh.

At Sports Illustated.

Yoshiko Uchida, Desert Exile

I've never heard of this book. It came up in my Amazon recommendations.

Here, Yoshiko Uchida, Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family.

Don't Pay Attention to Fake News

From Ben Garrison below, and more cartoon's at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."

"What's that crumbling noise?" #FakeNewsMedia @CNN the most Distrusted Name in News.. #BenGarrison #cartoons at https://t.co/x1pNN6ymoT pic.twitter.com/zrDJhZDV7W

— BenGarrison Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) March 21, 2017

ICYMI: Fergus Bordewich, Killing the White Man's Indian

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Fergus Bordewich, Killing the White Man's Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century.

Wow! Thanks to the Reader Who Bought the NordicTrack T 6.5 S Treadmill!

I remember about 5 years ago or so, when I first started as an Amazon associate, a reader bought some kind of hefty stained-oak bunk bed (or what have you). The bed retailed for $799.00 and garnered quite the generous commission.

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So, I want to thank the reader who picked up the NordicTrack T 6.5 S Treadmill, costing almost as much as the bunk bed, and which will bring an almost $32.00 commission --- enough to pay for the average book purchase I make on Amazon.

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Richard J. Evans Reviews Volker Ullrich's, Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939

Last October I wrote, "I doubt we need a new Hitler biography at this point, but then, there's certainly a market for them."

Frankly, I wasn't so sure there was much new to be told about the life of Adoph Hitler, but I'm always open to persuasion.

So, while I'm not a fan of the Nation and rarely link it, this Richard J. Evans reveiw, of Volker Ullrich's new biography of Hitler, calls for an exception. See, "A Warning From History: A new biography of Hitler reminds us that there is more than one way to destroy a democracy."

It's good. RTWT.

And the Ullrich volume is here, at Amazon, Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939.

There is more than one way to destroy a democracy. @RichardEvans36 on Volker Ullrich's new biography of Hitler https://t.co/f0cxQtlvTH

— The Nation Bks_Arts (@BooksandtheArts) March 16, 2017

New Lanes Open on 91 Freeway in Corona (VIDEO)

Well, two of the lanes are toll lanes, with another lane added going both directions for regular traffic.

Some folks don't seem too ecstatic.

At the Riverside Press-Enterprise, "91 Freeway toll lanes now open, but is traffic any better?"

And at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Young Turks​' Ana Kasparian​ in Tizzy About Liz Wheeler (VIDEO)

Liz Wheeler's totally cool. Never seen her in person, but from what I've seen on OAN, she's a smokin' firecracker.

ICYMI: Nonie Darwish, Wholly Different

At Amazon, Nonie Darwish, Wholly Different: Why I Chose Biblical Values Over Islamic Values.

ICYMI: KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr., The Campus Rape Frenzy

The left's evil never sleeps.

You gotta stay on your toes.

Read KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr., via Amazon, The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities.