Via KSBY News 6 San Luis Obispo:
Also, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "Fast-Moving Brush Fire Rips Through 20-Plus Buildings In Goleta; Thousands Evacuated."
ADDED: At LAT, "'I had no idea the flames could go that fast': Goleta devastated by fire as record heat burns path of destruction."
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Georgie Clarke in White Lace Bodysuit
At Taxi Driver, "Georgie Clarke in White Lace Bodysuit."
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Evelyn Taft's Heatwave Forecast
It's a hellish heatwave.
Our electrical power went out around 6:00pm last night, at the peak of the afternoon heat, around 109 degrees. We walked across the street from out apartment complex to 7/11, and the local Korean barbecue had a sign posted: "Power Outage: Currently Closed." PG&E was able to get the power back on within a couple of hours, thank goodness. It would have been unbearable overnight with no cooling.
In any case, let's hope it's not so hot today.
Here's the lovely Ms. Eveyln from last night, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Our electrical power went out around 6:00pm last night, at the peak of the afternoon heat, around 109 degrees. We walked across the street from out apartment complex to 7/11, and the local Korean barbecue had a sign posted: "Power Outage: Currently Closed." PG&E was able to get the power back on within a couple of hours, thank goodness. It would have been unbearable overnight with no cooling.
In any case, let's hope it's not so hot today.
Here's the lovely Ms. Eveyln from last night, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Friday, July 6, 2018
Feminism, 'Intersectionality', and Violence Against Women
From Robert Stacy McCain, at the Other McCain, "Murder, Lies and Feminism":
The word “mansplaining” was inspired (although not coined) by Rebecca Solnit, whose book Men Explain Things to Me became a bestseller. In this book, Ms. Solnit writes: “So many men murder their partners and former partners that we have well over a thousand homicides of that kind a year — meaning that every three years the death toll tops 9/11’s casualties, though no one declares a war on this particular kind of terror.”Keep reading.
Here we have an actual fact — that the U.S. annually records “well over a thousand homicides” in which women are killed by their male partners or ex-partners — supporting a dishonest insinuation, i.e., that “this particular kind of terror” is a pervasive reality of American life, a widespread form of oppression which our sexist society ignores.
It should not be necessary to say this: Murder is a rare crime, for which our criminal justice system metes out the harshest punishments.
Furthermore, criminal violence — including murder, including rape, including every species of crime against women — is disproportionately a phenomenon of the social and economic underclass.
This is not something that feminists like Ms. Solnit wish to acknowledge, because their political allegiance to the Left requires them to believe that members of the underclass (especially those who are black and Hispanic) are victims of systemic social injustice. After the Ferguson riots of 2014, for example, every feminist began hashtagging #BlackLivesMatter as a gesture of solidarity against allegedly racist police. It is asserted by feminists that the “intersectionality” of oppression in American society is such that women and radial minorities are both victimized by systemic injustice, thus uniting them in a common cause — the struggle against “capitalist imperialist white supremacist cisheteronormative patriarchy,” in the words of Vanessa Diaz, former executive director of the University of Southern California Women’s Student Assembly.
Feminism’s devotion to an “intersectional” concept of oppression serves to obscure the messy reality of American life, which does not conform to such tidy ideological categories. Blaming all social problems on systemic causes (capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy, etc.) is a way of denying individual responsibility for wrongdoing, while suggesting that every problem is political and can be solved by left-wing policies...
Thursday, July 5, 2018
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The Democratic Party Is Killing Itself
Well, one hopes so.
At American Greatness:
At American Greatness:
"As the Democrats’ political rhetoric and policy proposals have become more explicitly anti-white and socialistic, naturally white voters will look for a political home elsewhere." —Ian Henderson https://t.co/8WdAFYR3RI
— Brendon Peck 🍎 (@PeckPolitics) July 4, 2018
'Abolish ICE' a Sign of the Left's Rising Extremism
Totally.
At the New York Post:
At the New York Post:
‘Abolish ICE’ is a sign of the left’s rising extremism https://t.co/hq7sAu8asz
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 5, 2018
Leftist Can't Come to Grips With Loss of Power
It's V.D.H., at I.B.D., "The sudden and unexpectedly loss of power has driven the Left mad":
To progressives, Trump became not an opponent to beaten with a better agenda, but an evil to be destroyed. Moderate Democrats were written off as dense; left-wing fringe elements were praised as clever.RTWT.
Voters in 2016 bristled at redistribution, open borders, bigger government and higher taxes, but progressives are now promising those voters even more of what they didn't want.
Furious over the sudden and unexpected loss of power, enraged progressives have so far done almost everything to lose even more of it.
And that paradox only leads to more furor.
Looking at the Left at Concordia University
This is an enlightening piece, at Quillette, "Through the Looking Glass at Concordia University."
And interesting is the little Twitter exchange:
And interesting is the little Twitter exchange:
Well, it finally happened: a class of mine got singled out in a "horrors of the left" thinkpiece! My friend even got quoted! WE DID IT!https://t.co/nMF9W5wqAQ
— HANSA, the incredible melting man (@hansainallcaps) July 4, 2018
The teacher of said class emailed this article to his former students being like "do you guys even remember this happening???" and I feel like there were maybe better ways to handle that.
— HANSA, the incredible melting man (@hansainallcaps) July 4, 2018
If a student writes an article for a public audience is it kosher for professors to send it out in a mass email to other students for scrutiny? https://t.co/fvJxS6OHMl
— Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) July 5, 2018
Thanks for the RT, but I'm just gonna take the liberty of blocking you now - I'm not down to inadvertently promote your shitty website, and I'm definitely not interested in debating the flood of randos you've unleashed upon my mentions.
— HANSA, the incredible melting man (@hansainallcaps) July 5, 2018
Alan Dershowitz 'Shunned' by Leftists on Martha's Vineyard
He's supported President Trump and he's got a book out on Tuesday arguing against impeachment, at Amazon, The Case Against Impeaching Trump.
And at Instapundit, "ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN TELL THAT LEFTISM IS A RELIGION IS ITS RELIANCE ON SHUNNING APOSTATES: The Martha’s Vineyard Crowd Strikes Back at Alan Dershowitz for His Defenses of Trump."
And at Instapundit, "ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN TELL THAT LEFTISM IS A RELIGION IS ITS RELIANCE ON SHUNNING APOSTATES: The Martha’s Vineyard Crowd Strikes Back at Alan Dershowitz for His Defenses of Trump."
Oral History of 'The Purge' Franchise
I gotta go see this new "Purge" flick.
I love these movies and I saw the election purge in theaters last time around. They're so accurate, heh.
At LAT, "An oral history of 'The Purge' franchise: From micro-horror breakout to Trump-era cautionary tale":
I love these movies and I saw the election purge in theaters last time around. They're so accurate, heh.
At LAT, "An oral history of 'The Purge' franchise: From micro-horror breakout to Trump-era cautionary tale":
An oral history of "The Purge" franchise: From micro-horror breakout to Trump-era cautionary tale https://t.co/P2wWVsSuHf pic.twitter.com/GlPxOw4MZ1— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 4, 2018
When filmmaker James DeMonaco and his longtime production partner Sébastien Lemercier started working on "an X-rated treatise on violence," they had no idea they would eventually conceive of "The Purge."More.
"We thought it was going to be an independent Michael Haneke-type of film that would play in one theater in New York," said DeMonaco, who wrote and directed the first three movies in the ongoing "Purge" franchise.
"People were telling us it was way too anti-American,” DeMonaco said of the concept set in a near-future dystopia in which a dominant ultraconservative party, dubbed the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA), has legalized all crime for one night each year. “So our original search for financing was completely independent. We had no thoughts [of] wide distribution or anything."
That all changed after the script landed on the desk of producer Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions. Blum had recently signed a three-year deal with Universal Pictures and was tasked with delivering genre movies that cost $4 million or less to make. He gave DeMonaco and Lemercier $3 million to make their film.
"It's really hard to make low-budget movies resonate, so I always told the filmmakers, ‘We'll worry about a sequel if it's a hit,’ ” said Blum. "Once we're doing sequels, we have a piece of IP that has been proven, so we're willing to invest more. But on the first movie, we don't think about what's going to be our next."
What would come next would be three sequels and a spinoff television show in a franchise that has earned more than $320 million worldwide even before the release of the fourth film, “The First Purge,” on July 4...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
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Happy Birthday, U.S.A.!
Seen on Twitter:
So this is how #Texas reporters spend time on Independence Day when stuck in the car in rain. 💞💞💞 https://t.co/5hl3Z8Em4M
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) July 4, 2018
When you’re trapped at a gas station surrounded by flash flooding on #IndependenceDay, there’s only one thing to do! 😄😄🇺🇸🇺🇸 Happy birthday, USA!! #ProudAmerican #GodBlessTheUSA #LeeGreenwood #AClassic #Murica pic.twitter.com/n3q8QkOKK5
— Ivory Hecker FOX 26 (@IvoryHecker) July 4, 2018
I’m proud. Actually heard @TheLeeGreenwood sing the song a week or so ago. Good stuff. pic.twitter.com/di7e3QlRLr
— FreedomIsNoJoke (@freedomisnojoke) July 5, 2018
Facebook Algorithm Flags, Removes Declaration of Independence Text as Hate Speech
This just so so badly, it's un-American.
At Reason, "A post consisting almost entirely of text from the Declaration of Independence was flagged by Facebook, which said the post 'goes against our standards on hate speech'."
At Reason, "A post consisting almost entirely of text from the Declaration of Independence was flagged by Facebook, which said the post 'goes against our standards on hate speech'."
A post consisting almost entirely of text from the Declaration of Independence was flagged by Facebook, which said the post "goes against our standards on hate speech." https://t.co/NXlkTypZyy
— reason (@reason) July 3, 2018
Angie Harmon on 4th of July
Flashback, "Angie Harmon: 'I Disagree With Obama'."
Such a great American dream woman patriot.
Happy 4th of July everybody!
Such a great American dream woman patriot.
Happy 4th of July everybody!
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Democrats and Leftists Hate America
We're constantly told how politically "polarized" we are as a nation.
Since I teach politics I talk about the phenomenon all the time.
But step away from the desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone --- and enjoy real human interaction --- and life doesn't seem so polarized. One simple solution to the polarization problem is to focus on the things in life that aren't political. I'd submit that many of our current divisions are rooted in our practice of collective digitized news consumption, especially among the young and digitally mobile (and that's following up on my previous entry, "How Our Online Experiences Shape Our Political Identities.") Take away the constant social media political virtue signaling, and regular life becomes more shared and cooperative. Life becomes more like a community. People actually talk to each other.
I'll flesh out these hypotheses in future posts. Meanwhile, take a look at some of the Independence Day polling on patriotism and leftist hatred. Democrats don't love America, they hate America; and such antipathy to the United States predates the Trump administration. Current politics has only accelerated a trend of leftist anti-nationalism and self-loathing that's been building for a while.
See Gallup and USA Today, for instance:
You can read Allahpundit for an analysis of the trends (hint: decline in patriotism is literally an exclusive phenomenon on the ideological left).
Now, for some digital youth anti-Amnericanism, I give you Leila Ettachfini and her America-loathing screed at Vice:
And from the article:
When talking about polarization, and especially the generational dynamics of America hatred, reading articles like this one confirms those worries of people who say they're scared for the future of our country.
If one hates America, you won't defend it. Indeed, younger Americans --- the digitized online-identiy generation --- are working assiduously to tear it down.
And with that wonderful news, enjoy your 4th of July!
Since I teach politics I talk about the phenomenon all the time.
But step away from the desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone --- and enjoy real human interaction --- and life doesn't seem so polarized. One simple solution to the polarization problem is to focus on the things in life that aren't political. I'd submit that many of our current divisions are rooted in our practice of collective digitized news consumption, especially among the young and digitally mobile (and that's following up on my previous entry, "How Our Online Experiences Shape Our Political Identities.") Take away the constant social media political virtue signaling, and regular life becomes more shared and cooperative. Life becomes more like a community. People actually talk to each other.
I'll flesh out these hypotheses in future posts. Meanwhile, take a look at some of the Independence Day polling on patriotism and leftist hatred. Democrats don't love America, they hate America; and such antipathy to the United States predates the Trump administration. Current politics has only accelerated a trend of leftist anti-nationalism and self-loathing that's been building for a while.
See Gallup and USA Today, for instance:
A new USA TODAY/Ipsos poll about patriotism finds an overwhelming majority of those surveyed say they are proud to be Americans. But they're split almost down the middle, 42% to 39%, when asked whether they are proud of America right now. https://t.co/taaeTbpi8N #FourthofJuly pic.twitter.com/gE858zTNNS— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 2, 2018
Gallup: Just 47% are "extremely proud" to be an American, the lowest on record in Gallup polling the question.— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) July 3, 2018
The number of Democrats "extremely proud" dropped 11% this year to 32% while the number of Republicans increased 2% to 74%. pic.twitter.com/hEQeHJO3JX
RT CarrieNBCNews: From Gallup: Just 47 percent in the U.S. say they're "extremely proud" to be Americans -- a record low. Among Dems, it's just 32%, compared with 74% for Republicans. https://t.co/GTvUgJmeBO pic.twitter.com/E3AhDQGqMQ— MTP Daily (@MTPDaily) July 2, 2018
You can read Allahpundit for an analysis of the trends (hint: decline in patriotism is literally an exclusive phenomenon on the ideological left).
In U.S., Record-Low 47% Extremely Proud to Be Americans https://t.co/oMCZ094JA0— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 2, 2018
Now, for some digital youth anti-Amnericanism, I give you Leila Ettachfini and her America-loathing screed at Vice:
The constitution means nothing and being American is embarrassing at best— Leila Ettachfini (@LeilaEttachfini) June 26, 2018
How to Celebrate the 4th of July When America Is a Constant Disappointment https://t.co/gZT139Y7FU via @broadly— Zahra Billoo (@ZahraBilloo) July 3, 2018
And from the article:
America has always been bad, no matter who the president is or was. Since Trump’s election, however, the qualities that make America particularly bad—racism, sexism, homophobia, the institutionalized manifestations of each of these, et cetera—have been emboldened, forcing many people to reckon with the ugly reality of their beloved USA. “This is not America,” I keep hearing. But the truth of the matter is that family separation, a disregard for Black lives, homophobia, and every other incarnation of white male supremacy are exactly what America is made of. In light of that, celebrating the Fourth of July in the spirit of patriotism may sound far from appealing. Here are some alternative ways to celebrate the Fourth of July that include less blind nationalism and more uplifting communities that American institutions have so long worked against.Now if you read the entire essay, you'll find that all of the "alternative ways" to celebrate the Fourth are found in progressive, far-left political activism, including things like asking "fellow guests if they’re registered to vote, and tell them how to do that if they don’t know," and shopping for food and party supplies at businesses "operated by indigenous people or other communities who face systemic disadvantages in the U.S."
When talking about polarization, and especially the generational dynamics of America hatred, reading articles like this one confirms those worries of people who say they're scared for the future of our country.
If one hates America, you won't defend it. Indeed, younger Americans --- the digitized online-identiy generation --- are working assiduously to tear it down.
And with that wonderful news, enjoy your 4th of July!
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