Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Leftists Are Shocked
Will Trump's Presidency Survive
This is just a leftist parlor game. Keeps progs happy, I guess.
From Elizabeth Drew, at the New York Review:
Elizabeth Drew on White House leaks: “It’s not an exaggeration to say that Trump has the most unhappy staff ever” https://t.co/qJAoVddFOh
— NY Review of Books (@nybooks) May 30, 2017
Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker, Courting Death
Nina Agdal Shows Off One of the Tiniest Bikinis (VIDEO)
Heh.
Flaunt it while you got it, I always says.
Via Sports Illustrated:
Visiting a Robot Factory in Ohio
“YOU LOSE. ROBOTS WILL ALWAYS WIN ... ALWAYS!!” https://t.co/U6zyx7GR3m
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) May 30, 2017
Millennials Flunking at Work Because They're Entitled and Disloyal
At Heat Street.
Simon Sinek says CEOs are pulling their hair out trying to figure out how to inspire millennials. https://t.co/OxAfCGcnTl
— Heat Street (@heatstreet) May 14, 2017
The Campus Mob at Evergreen
What is happening at Evergreen is about college policy. It became focused on me because I objected. Rule by stigma. https://t.co/ZjuFjY130h
— Bret Weinstein (@BretWeinstein) May 31, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
'All Ryerson social work grad Rebecca Katzman wanted was to do her third-year placement at one of two respected Toronto Jewish organizations with a track record of addressing social justice issues...'
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Well, if you want to do work with a Jewish organization you'll be targeted with leftist hatred. Ms. Rebecca said she was unprepared for this.
At the Toronto Sun, "Jewish Ryerson student 'felt targeted' over placement request":
In my 29 years in the biz, never had a story shared so much on social media. Shame on @RyersonU social work faculty: https://t.co/MPfMZHtTox— Sue-Ann Levy (@SueAnnLevy) May 30, 2017
TORONTO - All Ryerson social work grad Rebecca Katzman wanted was to do her third-year placement at one of two respected Toronto Jewish organizations with a track record of addressing social justice issues.One more reason why I'm not a leftist.
The 22-year-old, who will graduate with her Bachelor of Social Work degree on June 8, said her desire to be placed at either the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre (JCC) or the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) was “sparked” by a combination of actions at Ryerson — among them the anti-Semitism she experienced on campus.
However, she wasn’t prepared in the slightest for what happened with her third-year placement coordinator in the faculty of social work, Heather Bain.
After making it clear to Bain about her preferred placement, Katzman said the field coordinator advised her in an e-mail in late August of 2015 she did not follow up with the JCC or UJA because their values appeared to be “in opposition” to the values of the School of Social Work.
Bain listed those values as the advancement of anti-oppression; anti-racism; anti-colonialism and decolonization; feminism; anti-capitalism; Queer and trans liberation struggles; issues in disability and madness (cct); among others (many of which are not listed on the school’s own website.)
“My understanding is both agencies have a strong anti-Palestinian lean,” Bain continued, suggesting that if Katzman agreed to bring a “critical awareness” (of Palestinian solidarity movements) to either agency she might reconsider.
While the two agencies where Katzman wanted to be placed are known to be pro-Israel, she said their websites do not indicate any anti-Palestinian policies in the slightest.
Katzman, who waited until she was ready to graduate to tell her story for fear of retaliation from the faculty, said she was devastated by Bain’s e-mail.
“I felt targeted as a Jewish student,” she said, noting she’s coming forward because she wants the university to investigate as well as a public apology.
When she challenged Bain about her contentions, the field placement officer responded on Aug. 25, 2015 that she consulted with Jewish colleagues who are part of “Jews Against Israeli Apartheid movements” before making her decision not to pursue those placements.
When Katzman — with the support of a pro-Israeli campus organization called Stand With Us (she was awarded a fellowship from them) — indicated in a Sept. 4 follow-up e-mail she’d booked a meeting with then-Ryerson president Sheldon Levy to address the matter, both Bain’s boss. Kristie Wright and Bain herself wrote back indicating “misinformed information” had been provided to her.
They also indicated that the school of social work does not require their partner agencies to “align with Palestinian solidarity movements” to be considered for placement.
Katzman confirmed in a recent interview that at no time did they offer to place her at either agency and she ended up completing her third-year placement at an organization serving kids with autism...
Leftism is an ideology of hate, straight up.
Still more.
Gertrude Himmelfarb, Past and Present
At Amazon, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Past and Present: The Challenges of Modernity, from the Pre-Victorians to the Postmodernists.
Amber Lee's Partly Cloudy Forecast
It's been wonderfully mild this last few days. Perfect for lounging around watching baseball, reading, and blogging.
Here's the lovely Ms. Amber, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
President Trump Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery
Also, "6-year-old Christian Jacobs Meets President Trump on Memorial Day."
People ask why I so enthusiastically support our POTUS, @realDonaldTrump.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) May 29, 2017
This is why. The man genuinely loves and cares about America. pic.twitter.com/EZkYeHQJcV
Kathy Griffin Apologizes
The pushback against this has been furious, from both the left and the right.
At USA Today, "'I went way too far': Kathy Griffin apologizes for Trump 'beheaded' photos."
More at Twitchy, "WATCH: Kathy Griffin begs for forgiveness in apology video. Do we believe her?," and "Squatty Potty, whose mascot is a pooping unicorn, cuts all ties with Kathy Griffin."
W. August Mayer, Islamic Jihad, Cultural Marxism, and the Transformation of the West
I've got this book on order.
Get yours at Amazon, W. August Mayer, Islamic Jihad, Cultural Marxism, and the Transformation of the West.
'Comedian' Kathy Griffin Beheads 'President Trump'
See, Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, "NEW CIVILITY WATCH: Annual CNN host* Kathy Griffin Beheads Donald Trump in Shocking Photo Shoot."
It's pretty graphic. Seriously, Ed posts a content warning at the entry.
And see the Washington Examiner, "Journalists condemn gruesome Kathy Griffin photoshoot with beheaded Trump," and "Donald Trump Jr. on 'disgusting' Kathy Griffin photo: 'This is the left today'."
American Defeat in Vietnam Was a Political Choice
Hanson's new book, The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won, comes out in October.
Laura Carno, Government Ruins Nearly Everything
At Amazon, Laura Carno, Government Ruins Nearly Everything: Reclaiming Social Issues from Uncivil Servants.
'Toxic Masculinity'? In the Marines? You Can't Be Freakin' Serious?
But I swear (pardon the pun, heh), Vox is killing me here.
Our postmodern society has lost its mind of its come to the point where we can't equate masculinity with violent martial sensibility. What not, if at all, is warfare but for masculinity? Women who become soldiers and warriors become more masculine, do they not? I'm dumbfounded at this, but then, SNFU (society's now f***ed up).
See Vox, and thankfully, James Woods below:
The Marine Corps has a "toxic masculinity" problem https://t.co/fEXzlzKcsZ pic.twitter.com/aoWfggWG2z
— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 29, 2017
#ToxicMasculinity pic.twitter.com/9hHezz0uvf
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) May 29, 2017