Sunday, June 3, 2018
Ann Coulter: Leftists Just Wanted to Destroy Roseanne (VIDEO)
Here's Coulter on Laura Ingraham's show:
Jennifer Delacruz's Sunday Forecast
Here's the lovely Ms. Jennifer, for ABC News 10 San Diego:
What if R.F.K Hadn't Been Assassinated?
A couple of R.F.K. stories at the Los Angeles Times, and a Michael Beschless tweet from 1968:
What if Robert F. Kennedy hadn't been shot? https://t.co/nVw6skDto8 pic.twitter.com/o07KSrSpKj
— L.A. Times Opinion (@latimesopinion) June 3, 2018
A living history:
— Yunghi Kim (@Yunghi) June 3, 2018
“Juan Romero, the busboy comforting RFK in the famous photographs by Boris Yaro & @BillEppridge now 67, is still haunted by the event” @DavidButow who photographed Romero for this piece #photojournalism https://t.co/IvKu62VYxP
Robert Kennedy campaigning in Modesto, California, 50 years ago today: #Golub pic.twitter.com/WjzPoh2A7O
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) May 30, 2018
Progressive California the Most Racist State
Around the world, progressive economies like those of Sweden, France, and Germany, which redistribute wealth through high taxes and generous social welfare policies, boast far less poverty and inequality than other nations.Terrible.
What gives? And how does California maintain its reputation as a progressive leader given the reality on the ground?
If racism is more than just saying nasty things — if it is, as scholars like James Baldwin, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michelle Alexander and countless others have described, embedded into socioeconomic structures — then California isn’t just the least progressive state. It’s also the most racist.
Real World “Elysium”
In the 2013 science fiction film, “Elysium,” the rich have fled to a luxury satellite orbiting Earth while the poor toil in dangerous conditions below. Life in California today differs in degree, not in kind, from that dystopian vision...
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Kelly Brook on a Movie Set
At Taxi Driver, "Kelly Brook Panty Upskirt on a Movie Set."
The Moment Obama Adviser Ben Rhodes Found Out Hillary Lost
Am a glad he lost? Absolutely. I just think there are many cases when private moments should remain private, and this is one. From what I can remember, Rhodes is a pretty nasty guy, an extreme partisan of the Democrats' agenda, so perhaps he had some of the finger-pointing humiliation coming. But for me, I can only imagine how I felt in 2008 when John McCain lost, and how devastated I was for months. It hurts.
For an example of over-the-top glee, see Twitchy, "OMG! New HBO documentary captures the moment Ben Rhodes found out Hillary lost and IT’S HILARIOUS!"
Lots of so-called conservative tweeps were rolling at this on Twitter, but again, just watch for yourself. Ben Rhodes must have consented to this being included in the documentary, so there's that, in any case.
Ben Rhodes reacting to Hillary Clinton's hilarious defeat in 2016 is the funniest part of the new Obama Documentary on HBO.
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) May 30, 2018
What makes it even better is throughout the documentary he brags how she is going to win. pic.twitter.com/MGBQNE5ATY
Roger Kimball, The Long March
This book is so outstanding, I can't even...
At Amazon, Roger Kimball, The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America.
Reckoning with 1960s' Cultural Revolution
I sometimes wonder if we'll ever turn things around, but then, we did get President Trump?
At Pajamas:
Phenomenal essay. cc. @PatriarchTree #Culture #CulturalRevolution https://t.co/VJ3HHPBX7B
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) June 2, 2018
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Celebrities in the White House? The Democrats' Double-Standard (VIDEO)
Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke: 'Cops Are the Good Guys' (VIDEO)
Pat Conroy, Beach Music
And I just realized I haven't read anything else of Conroy's besides The Prince of Tides, which was phenomenal.
Here's the current paperback, at Amazon, Pat Conroy, Beach Music: A Novel.
And the mass-market paperback, Beach Music (Paperback).
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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'Roseanne' Cancelled After Stupid Tweets
Roseanne Barr was dropped by ICM Partners, the talent agency that represented her https://t.co/t1RZOb8b7B pic.twitter.com/fLigtoCFrx
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 29, 2018
Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger tweeted in support of canceling "Roseanne" https://t.co/t1RZOb8b7B pic.twitter.com/YivntBtAA7
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 29, 2018
'Roseanne' cancellation a huge blow to ABC, but network praised for swift action https://t.co/ZHuTBTCD1X pic.twitter.com/42mAZoWbV7
— LA Unvrz (@LAunvrz) May 30, 2018
It's all political, as I was saying last night on Twitter:
See what happens when tweets and phone calls aren’t suppressed like votes??? KEEP. THAT. SAME. ENERGY. #Roseanne https://t.co/l0BHEZVyck pic.twitter.com/pJjojXHD5k
— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) May 29, 2018
ABC has done the right thing. They’ve stood up against racism. It is our country’s original sin. But this is 2018 and it has no place in the hearts of decent people. Unfortunately our president has stoked these evil fires. If he doesn’t applaud ABC, he will continue to stoke evil
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) May 29, 2018
Roseanne’s problem turned out to be that she far too authentically represented the actual worldview of a significant chunk of the Trump base.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 30, 2018
#Roseanne effed up. She had to know what would happen by making a stupid crack like that. This is the chance the left was waiting for, and to them, its the beginning of a purge. Trump’s the ultimate target, BAMN. 🤷♂️ https://t.co/3H0NzqrD0z
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) May 30, 2018
Rep. Linda Sánchez Takes the Heat
In any case, she spoke out a year ago about Nancy Pelosi's entrenched leadership, and called for generational change. She's totally right, of course, but now she's in the cross hairs apparently. You know Pelosi's a vindictive bitch, so no matter what happens in the November elections, Sánchez is going to be fighting to keep her spot among the top Democrats in the House.
At Politico, "Highest-ranking Latina braces for backlash over Pelosi snub: Rep. Linda Sánchez called for a new generation of Democratic leadership. Her allies fear it might cost her her own spot in the upper echelon":
Rep. Linda Sánchez called for a new generation of Democratic leadership. Her allies fear it might cost her her own spot in the upper echelon.https://t.co/kO600ptfUm— POLITICO (@politico) May 30, 2018
Forget Nancy Pelosi. The most endangered member of House Democratic leadership is its most recent entrant and the highest-ranking Latina in Congress, Rep. Linda Sánchez.More.
As vice chairwoman of the Democratic Caucus, Sánchez occupies the obscure No. 5 spot in Democratic ranks, a position deemed the “potted plant” of leadership by veteran lawmakers. But what is normally a launching pad to greater ambitions could be a blunt end to Sánchez’s so-far promising leadership career as some members have her in their cross hairs come November.
For Sánchez, the trouble started last fall when she shocked the caucus by publicly calling for a change in House Democrats’ leadership regime, long led by Pelosi, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland and Assistant Minority Leader Jim Clyburn of South Carolina.
It was a sentiment dozens of lawmakers have shared privately — but it was unheard of for a member of leadership to express to the media.
For her part, a defiant Sánchez shrugged off any potential blowback — even if that includes getting booted from leadership.
“It’s not about me, it’s about the future of the caucus,” Sánchez told Politico. “My ultimate goal is to leave behind a stronger Democratic Caucus with an effective majority because I think that would leave the country better off. That’s my ambition for my congressional career.”
The dilemma facing Sánchez is at the heart of tensions within the Democratic Caucus over its static top leadership. Pelosi and her team have made it clear they want to stay in power if Democrats win back the House in November, but their decade-plus reign has left a wake of frustrated younger members with little room to advance.
Sánchez gave voice to frustrations that most members are comfortable expressing only privately, and lawmakers say they’re watching closely to see whether she pays a price for speaking out.
What happens to Sánchez also has significant implications for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and its influence over leadership. She’s not the only prominent member of the group who might want to move up in the ranks where few slots, if any, might be open.
Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico could push for a promotion if his stint as chairman of Democrats’ campaign arm helps them win back the House. Other prominent CHC members, including Reps. Joaquin Castro of Texas and Pete Aguilar of California, are also mentioned in the leadership mix, according to members.
Interviews with 20 Democratic lawmakers and aides indicate an overwhelming sense that Sánchez will face a challenge for her leadership post this fall. But opinions are mixed as to whether she’s built up enough loyalty within the caucus to beat back a potential opponent.
So far, no one has stepped forward to say they are planning to challenge Sánchez. And the California Democrat could even have an opportunity to move up if the top three leaders step aside, especially if Democrats underperform in the midterm elections...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
'John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls'
After it was over on the West Coast, I clicked over to the main HBO channel and caught the new documentary of John McCain. It was surprisingly good. McCain generates intense passion, if not hatred, so folks can just take my word for it, or just watch it and judge for themselves. McCain's a patriot, no doubt. But that doesn't absolve him from the disgusting wishy-washy flip-flopping he's engaged in his entire life, and of which he's now currently engaging with relative gusto. All the bad calls he's made, the one's that don't accord with the radical left's cultural PC dominance, are now jettisoned for the convenience of preserving a legacy. The biggest repudiation he's made is of selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008. Actually, I think that's one of the best things he's ever done. If he hadn't chosen Palin it's likely that Obama would have matched the Electoral College victories of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in 1972 and 1984, respectively. That is, McCain would have probably one just his home state of Arizona if it wasn't for Palin on the ticket. She energized conservatives around the country and give the GOP a real forward/progressive orientation. Say what you will about Sarah Palin --- not the least of which she was often a policy lightweight --- the woman is genuine and genuinely conservative, and perhaps paved the way for the Trump administration today, and the resurgence of the regular, red-blooded Americanism that has driven the left-wing establishment literally insane since November 8, 2016.
Now John McCain's even saying that his support for the Iraq war was a mistake. Really, really, that's a bridge too far for me. It wasn't a mistake. McCain was right all along, and he would have been right for our country. Islamic State would have never emerged under a McCain presidency. The nucleus of the organization was crushed in the Bush administration's surge. But Barack Obama's precipitous withdrawal, which led to the rise of ISIS and the Syrian civil war and humanitarian crisis, squandered all of the heroic sacrifices made to secure the Iraqi people. McCain's attempt to whitewash his legacy is pathetic.
Sure, he's a genuine war hero. He shouldn't ever be attacked for his service. But his service shouldn't exempt him from criticism of his mistakes, and absolving his mistakes is the central goal of "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
Here's his latest book, if you're a fan, The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations.
And the preview:
Adam Alter, Irresistible
At Amazon, Adam Alter, Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked.