How is CNN Not Embarrassed?

From Melissa Mackenzie, at the American Spectator:

A random person created the silly gif of Trump body-slamming CNN, which President Trump then tweeted. It’s important to remember that this was the precipitating event that lead CNN to use its myriad resources to seek out the random person and threaten exposure and shame …for creating a stupid gif.

CNN’s editorial bias and noxious behavior predates the stupid gif. Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta got in a shouting match with President Trump. Trump, in turn, called CNN Fake News. Of course, “Fake News” is now, itself, a meme.

There is tension.

But this infantile jostling between press and president is one thing. It’s another to use resources to target those who create the memes, gifs, and parodies, and threaten those people with exposure if they don’t apologize.

Good people are defending the reporters doing the legwork to find the poor Reddit slob who created the gif. Ridiculous! The reporter may be a nice person, but he’s lost his mind.

That’s what’s happening right now. Decent people are losing their minds and doing profoundly destructive, self-harming, and outlandish things in the defense of what?

Pride?

At what cost is the nonsense proceeding? Do the anti-Trump media and mouth-breathers on the left cheering them on (they’re one and the same, but for the sake of argument), know what they’re doing?

Every day that the media continues to act like rage-monster toddlers, they lose credibility and value. No one will believe their reporting, that’s assured. What’s worse, no one will believe anything at all.

This is a terrible crisis of a whole institution. Last week it was the childish Joe and Mika cutting short a vacation to tangle with the President. This week it’s CNN...

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#CNNBlackmail: What Fake News Network's Doxing Threat Says About Journalism

From David Harsanyi, at the Federalist, "What CNN’s Threat to Dox a Redditor Tells Us About the State of Journalism."

PREVIOUSLY: "Backlash Against CNN!"

National Bikini Day

At USA Today, "A brief look at the Bikini: National Bikini Day is July 5th."

BONUS: Flashback, "Smokin' Bikini Model Shendelle Schokman at Cardiff State Beach in Encinitas," and "Shendelle Schokman Bikini Beach Stroll."

North Korea Missile Provokes U.S.

Pfft.

NoKo would be destroyed in seconds of it tried to fight a nuclear war with the U.S.

No, the regime should not get nukes, but let's keep things in perspective.

At USA Today, "Analysis: North Korea missile launch raises the stakes in a big way. What now?":

North Korea’s successful launch of a missile that for the first time could reach the U.S. mainland ratchets up the pressure on President Trump and other world leaders to resolve a growing nuclear crisis with no easy solution.

The test launch came on the Fourth of July, and just three days before a Group of 20 summit convenes in Hamburg, Germany. The timing is almost certainly not coincidental. North Korea uses such occasions to call attention to its provocative acts — and its test elevates the urgency with which Trump and U.S. allies may feel compelled to respond. Hours after the North Korean launch, the Eighth U.S. Army and South Korean military fired surface-to-surface missiles into South Korean waters in a demonstration of capability, the U.S. Army said in a statement.

Trump has repeatedly called on China to rein in its neighbor and close ally. China on Tuesday suggested a compromise: North Korea would stop missile tests if the United States and South Korea scaled back military exercises in the region.

Tuesday evening, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed the intercontinental ballistic missile launch and called it a “new escalation” of the threat. He vowed to bring additional international pressure on the regime.

“The United States seeks only the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the end of threatening actions by North Korea. As we, along with others, have made clear, we will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea,” Tillerson said in a statement. “Global action is required to stop a global threat. Any country that hosts North Korean guest workers, provides any economic or military benefits, or fails to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions is aiding and abetting a dangerous regime. All nations should publicly demonstrate to North Korea that there are consequences to their pursuit of nuclear weapons.”

Trump has said he would be willing to try the diplomatic route, and even agreed to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un face-to-face. Prior diplomatic overtures by two U.S. presidents, Bill Clinton and George W.  Bush, proved failures when the North reneged on the agreements.

North Korea appears intent on developing a nuclear-tipped missile that could hit the United States, saying it needs such a deterrent to prevent a U.S. attack aimed at overthrowing the regime...

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying

Lawrence Meyers cited her in my previous entry.

At Amazon, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families.

Why the Left Hates Trump So Much

From Lawrence Meyers, at Town Hall.

On Twitter yesterday, once again I noticed how deeply infected leftists are with Trump Derangement Syndrome.

It's war out there.

Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail

At Amazon, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.

Backlash Against CNN!

Yesterday CNN published a blackmail threat against the REDDITor who created the CNN smackdown GIF retweeted by President Trump. (See, via Memeorandum [safe link], "How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF.")

The reaction has been furious!

For one thing, I've never seen more intense nor indignant memes on Twitter before this #CNNBlackmail hashtag went viral, my god!

It's brutal!

Even fake news New York Times is on the case, lol. See (safe link), "CNN Story About Source of Trump Wrestling Video Draws Backlash."

And some choice memes on Twitter: here, here, and here.

I'm seriously questioning the financial viability of the network. Jeff Zucker and company better have some deep pockets, man.

Happy 4th of July!

Ms. Jessica's wishing you a happy holiday!

Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸 #ProudToBeAnAmerican pic.twitter.com/CAc7iGa9ZS

— Jessica Simpson (@JessicaSimpson) July 4, 2017

Anthony Summers, The Arrogance of Power

At Amazon, Anthony Summers, The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon.

Danielle Gersh's Fabulous Fourth of July Forecast

It's going to be pleasantly mild tomorrow.

We'll be watching fireworks from Heritage Park in Irvine, which is right next to Irvine High School, where the police association holds an annual fireworks show.

Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg

At Amazon, Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg: The Last Invasion.

Sweden Steps Up Deportation

Sweden's stepping back into the real world.

At Foreign Affairs, "Asylum Is Hard to Find: Most of the unaccompanied minors who made it to Sweden have yet to receive their asylum decisions."

Good I say. Good on Sweden. Boot those "unaccompanied minors."

Holiday Bikinis

At Drunken Stepfather:

* "LEA MICHELE STILL IN A BIKINI OF THE DAY."

* "ARIEL WINTER’S CLEAVAGE FOR AMERICA OF THE DAY."

* "CHRISTIN MILIAN STLL TRYING TO BE A KARDASHIAN FOR AMERICA OF THE DAY."

* "CHANEL IMAN MODEL IN A BIKINI ON THE BEACH OF THE DAY."

* "ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO’S BIKINI OF THE DAY."

* "PARIS JACKSON IS SPENDING HER INHERITANCE RIGHT OF THE DAY."

* "HILARY DUFF IN A BIKINI OF THE DAY."

* "PREGNANT REESE WITHERSPOON BATHING SUIT SHOOT OF THE DAY."

BONUS: "BELLA THORNE IN A BATH FOR AMERICA OF THE DAY."

Danielle Gersh's Holiday Weather Forecast

I just love Ms. Danielle, almost as much as Ms. Jennifer Delacruz.

Great weekend weather-casting talent, so no complaints.

From last night, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

All-Star Game Results No Longer Tied to Home-Field Advantage in World Series

Hmm.

This is interesting.

I guess statistically, the results of the All-Star Game didn't matter that much to the outcomes of the World Series.

But see USA Today, "With All-Star Game result no longer tied to World Series, there's a new incentive to win." (But watch out for those loud auto-play videos.)

President Trump's Tweets on Mika Brzezinski Were 'Fantastic'! (VIDEO)

It's Ann Coulter.

She's fired up on Stuart Varney's show, on Fox Business:

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BONUS: Lonely Planet Portugal (Travel Guide).

Lyle Denniston Retires from SCOTUS Blog

But he's not retiring altogether.

He's joining the the National Constitution Center.

At Politico, "Lyle Denniston, a lion of the Supreme Court beat, leaves SCOTUSblog."


And his farewell blog post, at the SCOTUS Blog, "One journey over, the quest continues":

With my journey with the blog about to conclude, it will probably surprise no one that my quest continues. Retirement still eludes me, because I want it to. Next, I will be expanding my role in covering the Court for Constitution Daily, the blog of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. My editor there, Scott Bomboy, is as imaginative a leader as I have ever had, and the Center has grown in stature and cultural impact with Jeff Rosen in charge. The Court’s press room, thus, has not seen the last of me. I will always be reachable at lylden at aol.com.

And, through the generosity of the leaders and faculty at the University of Baltimore and its Law School, and my friend, the uniquely talented Garrett Epps, I will take on a role as a lecturer and visiting professor. Since my days with The Baltimore Sun, I have never lost my affection for Charm City, and the University is a dynamic presence in its midst.

And, who knows, I may still have a book or two waiting, inside me, to be written...

Matt Yglesias Achieves Peak Dumbassery

How about $150.00 an hour?

Sounds stupid?

Not to Matt Yglesias.

At Instapundit, "OH, I THINK WE’RE NOWHERE NEAR PEAK YGLESIAS: ‘Hitting the crack pipe?’ Matt Yglesias achieves peak dumbassery with this take on minimum wage."