Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Corryn Mobley

She's really cool.


At Least 80 Killed in Massive Bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan

That's a lot of fatalities.

But OMG the Paris Agreement!


U.S. to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement

Some of the best news ever.


President Trump's Best Week in Office

Spread the counter-narrative people. President Trump is killing it.


Mark Zuckerberg Calls for Universal Basic Income

Fine.

He should pay for it with his own money.


Old Milwaukee's New Pin-Up Beer Cans

I can't remember the last time I had an Old Milwaukee, heh.


Is it Going to Be New Year's Eve with Andersoon Cooper and Kathy Griffin?

It shouldn't be. Frankly, I'm surprised CNN hasn't fired her yet.

Here's Diana West with more, "Playing Beheadings for Laughs":
Even in this day of overexposure to the worst, the lowest, the ugliest, the most degrading, a severed head is still something else -- and it's still there. Even if Griffin were able to remove the bloody thing from the internet altogether (which she is not, given the explosion of copies all around), the image is still there, no matter how "sorry" Griffin is -- and I'm sure she is extremely sorry to be poised to lose, possibly, some very big, very mainstream gigs. It's there inside our own heads along with images of the real victims Griffin is also idiotically and toxically exploiting. Their real death's heads were also designed by other barbarians to shock and psychologically maim the living.

The question becomes, how alive are the rest of us -- starting at CNN?
UPDATE: She's fired.

Richard White, Railroaded

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Richard White, Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America.

Why Things Won't Go Back to Normal for Failed Elites

From John Kass, at the Chicago Tribune:


Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: President Trump Creating 'Chaos' (VIDEO)

Progressive elites just don't get it.

At Truth Revolt, "Leaked Video: Starbucks' Howard Schultz Tells Workers Trump Creating 'Chaos' - Well this fosters a very inclusive corporate culture now doesn't it?"

Leftists Are Shocked

From Kurt Schlichter, at Town Hall, "Liberals Are Shocked to Find We’re Starting to Hate Them Right Back."

The Antifa Threat

Via Theo Spark.


Another Narrative: American Voters Saved the Country in 2016 (VIDEO)

Via RCP, "Limbaugh: American Voters Saved the Country in 2016."

Will Trump's Presidency Survive

Of course it'll survive.

This is just a leftist parlor game. Keeps progs happy, I guess.

From Elizabeth Drew, at the New York Review:


Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker, Courting Death

At Amazon, Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker, Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment.

Nina Agdal Shows Off One of the Tiniest Bikinis (VIDEO)

Well, if anyone can show off the tiniest bikinis, it's Ms. Nina.

Heh.

Flaunt it while you got it, I always says.

Via Sports Illustrated:



Visiting a Robot Factory in Ohio

I for one welcome our new robot overlords, heh.


Millennials Flunking at Work Because They're Entitled and Disloyal

Special snowflakes.

At Heat Street.


The Campus Mob at Evergreen

Following-up from last week, "Professor Bret Weinstein Attacked by Leftist Mob at Evergreen State College (VIDEO)."


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...'

UPDATED: See Professor Miriam Elman's piece, at Legal Insurrection, "Another Ryerson Univ BDS Scandal: Jewish Student Prohibited from Placement with pro-Israel Toronto Jewish Agencies."

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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":


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.

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...
One more reason why I'm not a leftist.

Leftism is an ideology of hate, straight up.

Still more.