I gave up on Boot last year, when he published his notorious screed at the L.A. Times, about changing his party registration after Donald Trump won the GOP nomination.
He still blogs at Commentary as well, which is one reason I don't read the magazine as much as I used to. (That, and Noah Rothman, who I like, turned into some kind of angry, middle-aged, and very unpleasant curmudgeon.)
In any case, from Matthew Vadum, at FrontPage Magazine, "Max Boot's 'GOP is the White Nationalist Party' Smear."
Friday, March 31, 2017
Can't Get Over How Much Ivanka Looks Like Her Mom in This Photo
Here's the story, at NYT, "Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee."
It's just the resemblance to her mom Ivana is uncanny.
It's just the resemblance to her mom Ivana is uncanny.
Ivanka Trump is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser. https://t.co/HEcwwVh4ZE pic.twitter.com/p8VsiI2Whu
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 29, 2017
Heitkamp and Manchin Will Vote for Gorsuch
That's 54 votes for Gorsuch, counting the 52 seat GOP majority in the Senate.
Can Mitch McConnell round up another six seats?
At Instapundit.
Can Mitch McConnell round up another six seats?
At Instapundit.
I will vote for Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here's my full statement: pic.twitter.com/pDdhde7mGF
— Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (@SenatorHeitkamp) March 30, 2017
Atlanta's Interstate Collapse: I-85 Closed After Fire; Traffic Congestion Headache Could Last Months (VIDEO)
Althouse has it, with all kinds of local links, "The I-85 bridge fire disaster."
It's lucky no one was killed, and I mean a freakin' miracle.
I watched earlier on CBS This Morning:
It's lucky no one was killed, and I mean a freakin' miracle.
I watched earlier on CBS This Morning:
U.S. Military Escalation, Off the Radar
Following-up from last night, "U.S. War Footprint Grows in Middle East, With No Endgame in Sight."
At the Los Angeles Times, "Trump administration stops disclosing troop deployments in Iraq and Syria."
At the Los Angeles Times, "Trump administration stops disclosing troop deployments in Iraq and Syria."
US won't announce or confirm info about troop numbers in Iraq & Syria "in order to maintain tactical surprise." https://t.co/CqMaoksRHO
— W.J. Hennigan (@wjhenn) March 31, 2017
Abigail Ratchford, Quiet in the Library
Well, we haven't visited with this young lady for a while. She's been keeping busy.
On Twitter:
On Twitter:
Quiet in the library ; ) 📚 pic.twitter.com/7AxgubwLOn
— Abigail Ratchford (@AbiRatchford) March 29, 2017
Holy grail 👄 pic.twitter.com/GCAOQCNm8n
— Abigail Ratchford (@AbiRatchford) March 28, 2017
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
U.S. War Footprint Grows in Middle East, With No Endgame in Sight
Well, I think the endgame is the annihilation of the Islamic State, but how and when that's going to happen is another story.
At the New York Times:
At the New York Times:
The U.S. military is becoming more involved in a string of complex wars in the Middle East https://t.co/P6gACx0M7d— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 30, 2017
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United States launched more airstrikes in Yemen this month than during all of last year. In Syria, it has airlifted local forces to front-line positions and has been accused of killing civilians in airstrikes. In Iraq, American troops and aircraft are central in supporting an urban offensive in Mosul, where airstrikes killed scores of people on March 17.The massive recent civilian causalities are extremely regrettable, and totally unacceptable. Otherwise, I'm really liking the growing footprint.
Two months after the inauguration of President Trump, indications are mounting that the United States military is deepening its involvement in a string of complex wars in the Middle East that lack clear endgames.
Rather than representing any formal new Trump doctrine on military action, however, American officials say that what is happening is a shift in military decision-making that began under President Barack Obama. On display are some of the first indications of how complicated military operations are continuing under a president who has vowed to make the military “fight to win.”
In an interview on Wednesday, Gen. Joseph L. Votel, the commander of United States Central Command, said the new procedures made it easier for commanders in the field to call in airstrikes without waiting for permission from more senior officers.
“We recognized the nature of the fight was going to change and that we had to ensure that authorities were down to the right level and that we empowered the on-scene commander,” General Votel said. He was speaking specifically about discussions that he said began in November about how the fights in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State were reaching critical phases in Mosul and Raqqa.
Concerns about the recent accusations of civilian casualties are bringing some of these details to light. But some of the shifts have also involved small increases in the deployment and use of American forces or, in Yemen, resuming aid to allies that had previously been suspended.
And they coincide with the settling in of a president who has vowed to intensify the fight against extremists abroad, and whose budgetary and rhetorical priorities have indicated a military-first approach even as he has proposed cuts in diplomatic spending...
'Ever since I was a young boy, I've played the silver ball...'
From Monday afternoon's drive-time, at the Sound L.A., the Who, "Pinball Wizard":
In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel
4:56 PM
Barracuda
Heart
4:51 PM
Walking On the Moon
The Police
4:46 PM
She's Not There
Santana
4:37 PM
My Sharona
The Knack
4:32 PM
Paint It Black
The Rolling Stones
4:28 PM
Blinded By the Light
Manfred Mann
4:21 PM
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
4:13 PM
Burning Down the House
Talking Heads
4:09 PM
Low Rider
War
4:06 PM
Shake It Up
The Cars
4:03 PM
Have a Cigar
Pink Floyd
3:57 PM
I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty
3:55 PM
Pinball Wizard
The Who
3:52 PM
Who's Crying Now
Journey
Susan Sleeper-Smith, et al., Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians
I'm noticing this book especially because it's recent, just published in 2015.
And available at Amazon, Susan Sleeper-Smith, et al., Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians.
And available at Amazon, Susan Sleeper-Smith, et al., Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians.
Whiteclay, Nebraska, Beer Portal to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
It's a tragic beer portal.
And interestingly, articles like this one, as true and tragic as they are, tend to perpetuate Native American stereotypes. Devon Mihesuah's work attempts to dispel such stereotypes, while others have argued that the reservation experience is the template for understanding the structural epistemology of American Indians.
In any case, at the New York Times, "Nebraska May Stanch One Town’s Flow of Beer to Its Vulnerable Neighbors":
And interestingly, articles like this one, as true and tragic as they are, tend to perpetuate Native American stereotypes. Devon Mihesuah's work attempts to dispel such stereotypes, while others have argued that the reservation experience is the template for understanding the structural epistemology of American Indians.
In any case, at the New York Times, "Nebraska May Stanch One Town’s Flow of Beer to Its Vulnerable Neighbors":
A Nebraska town seems to exist only to sell beer to people like Tyrell Ringing Shield. https://t.co/cFpc1pVfm8 pic.twitter.com/cObFS4bgRo— NYT National News (@NYTNational) March 26, 2017
WHITECLAY, Neb. — This town is a rural skid row, with only a dozen residents, a street strewn with debris, four ramshackle liquor stores and little else. It seems to exist only to sell beer to people like Tyrell Ringing Shield, a grandmother with silver streaks in her hair.More.
On a recent morning, she had hitched a ride from her home in South Dakota, just steps across the state line. There, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, alcohol is forbidden. In Whiteclay, though, it reigns supreme.
“You visit, you talk, you laugh, you drink,” said Ms. Ringing Shield, 57, as she stood on the sidewalk with friends, chain-smoked Montclair cigarettes and recounted her struggles with alcoholism, diabetes and cirrhosis. “It makes you forget.”
Now many residents of Nebraska and South Dakota are pushing for the liquor stores of Whiteclay to be shut, disgusted by the easy access to alcohol the stores provide to a people who have fought addiction for generations. The Nebraska authorities, in turn, have tightened scrutiny of the stores, which sell millions of cans of beer and malt liquor annually. Last year, for the first time, the state liquor commission ordered the stores’ six owners to reapply for their liquor licenses.
The fate of the stores could be decided next month, when the three-member commission holds hearings in Lincoln, the state capital.
The issue has left people in South Dakota and Nebraska deeply divided. Most agree that alcohol abuse on the reservation is an entrenched problem, but they are unsure of the solution — and who is responsible.
The grim scene in Whiteclay has scarcely changed for decades. Particularly in the warmer months, Native Americans can be seen openly drinking beer in town, often passed out on the ground, disheveled and ill. Many who come to Whiteclay from the reservation spend the night sleeping on mattresses in vacant lots or fields.
Even under the chill of winter, people huddle outside the liquor stores, silver beer cans poking from coat pockets. The street, busy with traffic from customers, is littered with empty bottles and scraps of discarded clothing.
“It promotes so much misery, that little town,” said Andrea Two Bulls, 56, a Native American on Pine Ridge, who added that she hoped the state would revoke the licenses. “My brother used to go to Whiteclay all the time, and we’d have to go look for him. People sit and drink until they pass out. They just succumb.”
Over the decades, there have been frequent protests outside the stores. Lawsuits against the retailers and beer distributors have been filed. Boycotts of brewers that sell to the stores have begun with enthusiasm. All those efforts have sputtered, though, and little has changed...
Bill O'Reilly Apologizes for 'James Brown Wig' (VIDEO)
Following-up from yesterday, "Maxine Waters and the 'James Brown Wig' (VIDEO)."
Watch, at Fox News, "A Congresswoman Attacks President Trump."
Watch, at Fox News, "A Congresswoman Attacks President Trump."
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Maxine Waters and the 'James Brown Wig' (VIDEO)
Here's another faux racist incident, featuring another far-left nutjob, Rep. Maxine Waters of Los Angeles.
Apparently O'Reilly's apologized, but he shouldn't have had to. It's not racist to make a funny remark about someone's wig. And it is a "James Brown wig." He's absolutely right.
This is leftist thought control at its finest (or worst, depending on your perspective).
At USA Today, via Memeorandum, "Rep. Maxine Waters claps back at Bill O'Reilly after hair insult."
Linked there is Refinery 29 (more nutjobs), "This Is Why #BlackWomenAtWork Has Gone Viral."
Apparently O'Reilly's apologized, but he shouldn't have had to. It's not racist to make a funny remark about someone's wig. And it is a "James Brown wig." He's absolutely right.
This is leftist thought control at its finest (or worst, depending on your perspective).
At USA Today, via Memeorandum, "Rep. Maxine Waters claps back at Bill O'Reilly after hair insult."
Linked there is Refinery 29 (more nutjobs), "This Is Why #BlackWomenAtWork Has Gone Viral."
Hannah Smothers, Feminist Psycho
These people are seriously weird.
And notice the woman's selfie with feminist icon Gloria Steinem.
At the Other McCain, "Feminist @HannahSmothers_ Confirms the Worst Stereotypes of Feminism."
And notice the woman's selfie with feminist icon Gloria Steinem.
At the Other McCain, "Feminist @HannahSmothers_ Confirms the Worst Stereotypes of Feminism."
Far-Left Nutjobs Chained Themselves to Plane at Stansted Airport to Thwart Deportation Flight
Well, I'm literally shaking my head at this.
At the Telegraph U.K., "Three held at Stansted Airport after deportation protesters lock themselves to plane."
There's a Facebook page, apparently, named "Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants."
These people are psycho.
More at Huck Magazine (whatever that is):
At the Telegraph U.K., "Three held at Stansted Airport after deportation protesters lock themselves to plane."
There's a Facebook page, apparently, named "Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants."
These people are psycho.
More at Huck Magazine (whatever that is):
BREAKING: Activists are blockading Stansted runway to stop a mass deportation flight to Nigeria & Ghana taking off. https://t.co/9fSNOt2IJ3 pic.twitter.com/Dz7lqH3vmQ
— Michael Segalov (@MikeSegalov) March 28, 2017
Indonesian Man Swallowed by Python
Make that one hungry python. Damn!
At USA Today, "Indonesian farmer swallowed whole by 23-foot-long python."
CAUTION: It's pretty disturbing to watch.
At USA Today, "Indonesian farmer swallowed whole by 23-foot-long python."
A missing Indonesian man was found inside a massive python on the island of Sulawesi. https://t.co/fdfp0Yzt9X— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 29, 2017
CAUTION: It's pretty disturbing to watch.
Black Leftist April Ryan Shaking Her Head at Press Secretary Sean Spicer (VIDEO)
Spicer just mention she's shaking her head and all of a sudden this turns into a brutal racial beating, or something. It's like we're back at Selma.
At WaPo, via Memeorandum, "April Ryan on Sean Spicer's insulting behavior: 'I'll be back'."
At WaPo, via Memeorandum, "April Ryan on Sean Spicer's insulting behavior: 'I'll be back'."
Devon A. Mihesuah, American Indians
*BUMPED.*
This book even debunks some of the false memes radical Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz spews, for example, that epidemic disease was secondary, if not tertiary (or so on), to genocide in the conquest of American Indians.
At the top of my wish list, at Amazon, American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities.
This book even debunks some of the false memes radical Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz spews, for example, that epidemic disease was secondary, if not tertiary (or so on), to genocide in the conquest of American Indians.
At the top of my wish list, at Amazon, American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities.
Britain Initiates Formal Withdrawal from the European Union (VIDEO)
Free at last.
At the Los Angeles Times, "'Brexit' begins as Britain gives formal notice of withdrawal from the EU":
At the Los Angeles Times, "'Brexit' begins as Britain gives formal notice of withdrawal from the EU":
The formal two-year process governing Britain's departure from the European Union began in earnest Wednesday as a letter was delivered to the president of the European Council giving official notice that the country wishes to withdraw from the political and economic confederation.More.
The letter, signed by Prime Minister Theresa May and several pages long, will fundamentally shape the future of Britain and Europe for generations to come.
The letter was handed over by Sir Tim Barrow, Britain’s ambassador to the EU, and European Council President Donald Tusk released a brief statement on Twitter acknowledging receipt.
At a news conference in Brussels, Tusk appeared somber and said: "This is about damage control."
"Our goal is clear," he said. "To minimize the cost for the EU citizens, businesses and member states."
The move comes after the British public voted 52% to 48% last June, following a bruising referendum campaign, to leave the 28-member bloc after more than four decades.
During a statement to lawmakers in the House of Commons minutes after the letter was delivered, May said this was a "historic moment from which there can be no turning back."
She struck a conciliatory tone and pledged to “get the right deal for every single person in this country." She also implored all sections of society, regardless of how they voted, to use this moment to unite.
"We can, together, make a success of this moment and we can, together, build a stronger, fairer, better Britain — a Britain that our children and grandchildren are proud to call home," she said...
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