Well, at least it's not -50 degrees, dang!
Her's the scrumptious Ms. Jennifer, at ABC 10 News San Diego:
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Reading Totalitarian Philosophers
I read "totalitarian philosophers" all the time. The trick is to reject totalitarianism yourself. Never fall prey to exiling certain authors because of political correctness. That's what the Nazis did. You might as well be burning books yourself.
In any case, this is interesting, at Quillette, "How Should We Read the Totalitarian Philosophers?"
In any case, this is interesting, at Quillette, "How Should We Read the Totalitarian Philosophers?"
In contemporary times, how should one read and interpret authors whose work has become associated with totalitarianism? @MattPolProf, a professor of politics, explains: https://t.co/hFIFNeWA78
— Quillette (@Quillette) January 30, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
'Vacation'
The nostalgia is killing me!
These women are so hot!
Heard yesterday on K-EARTH 101 FM Los Angeles:
These women are so hot!
Heard yesterday on K-EARTH 101 FM Los Angeles:
Monday, January 28, 2019
Sally D. Reed, NEA: Propaganda Front
*BUMPED.*
Sally D. Reed, NEA: Propaganda Front of the Radical Left.
An oldie but goodie! Click on the used copies for more.
Sally D. Reed, NEA: Propaganda Front of the Radical Left.
An oldie but goodie! Click on the used copies for more.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
A Stinging Defeat for President Trump
Actually, I'm glad the government reopened. I just wish it had been the Democrats who caved.
This feels like a real turning point in Trump's presidency, mostly it's really the one time I think he's seriously hurt politically. Democrats were gloating, as I would have been too, given both the stakes and polarization. But more importantly, Trump's capitulation, especially after the longest shutdown, hurt him with the base --- yes, even folks who've been die-hard Trump supporters were turned off by the long impasse.
If there's no deal on this supposed set of congressional conference negotiations, Trump will either deploy the Army Corps of Engineers or blow off any hopes of reelection.
We'll see.
At NYT, "For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat":
This feels like a real turning point in Trump's presidency, mostly it's really the one time I think he's seriously hurt politically. Democrats were gloating, as I would have been too, given both the stakes and polarization. But more importantly, Trump's capitulation, especially after the longest shutdown, hurt him with the base --- yes, even folks who've been die-hard Trump supporters were turned off by the long impasse.
If there's no deal on this supposed set of congressional conference negotiations, Trump will either deploy the Army Corps of Engineers or blow off any hopes of reelection.
We'll see.
At NYT, "For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat":
After the longest government shutdown in history, Trump surrendered with nothing concrete (or steel) to show for the battle, taking essentially the same deal that was on the table in December that he originally rejected, touching off a 35-day impasse. https://t.co/9LfBpXd1Pq
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) January 26, 2019
And now go live to Ann Coulter to get her remarks on Trump caving on the wall. Ann? pic.twitter.com/VhuxgyNwuK
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) January 25, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Trump famously declared that in his administration the nation would become tired of all the winning. So on Friday he tried a little losing.Still more.
After the longest government shutdown in history, Mr. Trump surrendered with nothing concrete (or steel) to show for the battle, taking essentially the same deal that was on the table in December that he originally rejected, touching off a 35-day impasse.
With Senator Mitch McConnell on the telephone, rank-and-file Republicans in revolt and televisions in the White House showing air traffic slowing in the Northeast because of the shutdown, Mr. Trump bowed to the inevitable and agreed to reopen the government until Feb. 15 without the money for his border wall that he had demanded.
For a president who believes in zero-sum politics and considers compromise a sign of weakness, it was a bruising setback, a retreat that underscored the limits of his ability to bull his way through the opposition in this new era of divided government. As it turned out, the art of the deal at this stage of Mr. Trump’s presidency requires a different approach and the question is whether he can adjust.
“By any measure, it was an unequivocal loss,” said Patrick J. Griffin, who was the White House legislative director for President Bill Clinton during the government shutdowns of the 1990s. “No interpretation is needed. No wall and probably lost votes rather than gain or strengthen his base.”
The next three weeks will test whether Mr. Trump can rebound as he faces a new deadline to come up with an agreement. If he can find common ground with Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer while making progress on his wall, he may yet emerge from this searing ordeal claiming a political victory.
If not, however, he may discover his disgruntled fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill less willing to go along with a renewed government shutdown, forcing him to decide whether to provoke a constitutional clash by declaring a national emergency to bypass Congress altogether and build the wall without legislative approval.
White House officials argue that there are more moderate House Democrats who are willing to support a wall even though Ms. Pelosi has called the project “immoral” and opposed spending even a single dollar on it. In the days to come, they hope to either peel off those Democrats and force Ms. Pelosi to meet somewhere in the middle or to drive a wedge among Democrats highlighting their own divisions.
“Moving forward for the next three weeks, have the Democrats boxed themselves into a corner with zero for wall funding that makes them look weak on border security?” asked Marc Short, who was Mr. Trump’s White House legislative director earlier in his presidency. “Will the White House be able to work around Pelosi to gain enough Democrat support for some wall funding?”
After watching Ms. Pelosi this week disinvite Mr. Trump from delivering the State of the Union address while the government remained closed, Mr. McConnell concluded that she would never cave and decided to come off the sidelines to try to end the standoff. He scheduled votes for Thursday on two plans to end the stalemate, one on Mr. Trump’s terms and another Democratic version, mainly to demonstrate to the president that he did not have enough support to prevail.
After both bills failed to muster the 60 votes required for passage on Thursday, Mr. Trump was fed up and ready to get it over with, according to advisers. He was eager to get the dispute resolved at least temporarily so he could deliver his State of the Union address. He told Vice President Mike Pence and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, to give him options.
They came back with four ways to reopen the government: a three-week spending bill that included a prorated portion of money as a down payment on the border wall pending further negotiations; a “clean” short-term spending bill that included no such money; a clean short-term bill with a bipartisan House-Senate conference committee to negotiate border security; or a declaration of national emergency that Mr. Trump would use to move money on his own while resuming government operations for the rest of the fiscal year...
Russell James, Angels
At Amzon, Russell James, Angels.
'Angels' by Russell James is a stunning 400-plus page collection of nude beauties.https://t.co/Ve2XWSbr6X
— Maxim (@MaximMag) January 27, 2019
Fixing Facebook
I doubt it can be fixed, but this is interesting.
From Time's cover last week:
From Time's cover last week:
TIME’s new cover: 'I mentored Mark Zuckerberg. I loved Facebook. But I can't stay silent about what's happening,' writes @Moonalice Roger McNamee! Thank you for leading us into the future with @tristanharris. https://t.co/sBpjXhJzoo pic.twitter.com/8evLMe1fE2
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) January 20, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019
Traffic Camera on Stop Sign in La Jolla (VIDEO)
About 15 years ago I was pulled over by a highway patrolman after I picked my kid up from daycare. The daycare site was located in Fountain Valley, in a residential neighborhood, way out of the way of commuter traffic or what not. I rolled the stop sign nearby, making a right turn heading back towards Magnolia Street and the 405 freeway. As I reluctantly signed the ticket I asked the cop if he didn't have better things to do than ticket a generally law-abiding citizen picking up his preschooler from daycare? How about all the folks on the freeway nearby driving in excess of 80 mph? He said he was under a lot of pressure. (*Shrug.*)
Anyway, I stop more carefully at stop signs these days --- it's been 15 years since that ticket at least --- but I notice most other drivers do not. Cops maybe should station themselves at stop signs, like the one where I got busted, to better police these infractions. Sometimes drivers show no courtesy to pedestrians or oncoming traffic. It's actually pretty dangerous. I'm getting old though, even in my Dodge Challenger, heh.
At ABC News 10 San Diego:
Anyway, I stop more carefully at stop signs these days --- it's been 15 years since that ticket at least --- but I notice most other drivers do not. Cops maybe should station themselves at stop signs, like the one where I got busted, to better police these infractions. Sometimes drivers show no courtesy to pedestrians or oncoming traffic. It's actually pretty dangerous. I'm getting old though, even in my Dodge Challenger, heh.
At ABC News 10 San Diego:
Rachel Riley's Powerful Speech to the Holocaust Education Trust Reception (VIDEO)
From David Bernstein, at Instapundit, "WHO WOULD HAVE PREDICTED IN 1945 THAT THE UK’S LABOUR PARTY WOULD BE THE CLOSEST IDEOLOGICAL DESCENDANT OF THE NAZIS IN THE WEST? British t.v. presenter Rachel Riley describes the anti-Semitic abuse she’s encountered since publicly criticizing rampant Jew-hatred in Labour."
Video at the link above.
Also at the Jewish Chronicle, "I thought the horror of the Shoah would mean no more antisemitism. I was wrong: Read Rachel Riley's powerful speech to the Holocaust Education Trust reception in Westminster."
Video at the link above.
Also at the Jewish Chronicle, "I thought the horror of the Shoah would mean no more antisemitism. I was wrong: Read Rachel Riley's powerful speech to the Holocaust Education Trust reception in Westminster."
Michelle Malkin Blasts Leftist Media's Coverage of #CovingtonCatholic Students (VIDEO)
She'a always hard-hitting.
At Fox News:
At Fox News:
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Out in Paper: Stephen Kotkin, Stalin
I saw the paperback copy when I was out shopping around Christmas time, and this book is massive!
At Amazon, now in paperback, Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941.
At Amazon, now in paperback, Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941.
Alessandra Ambrosio on Twitter
She hasn't posted much this year.
But see Drunken Stepfather, "Alessandra Ambrosio Nipple of the Day."
But see Drunken Stepfather, "Alessandra Ambrosio Nipple of the Day."
Blue serenity 🌅 #foreveronvacation pic.twitter.com/6IDldqxAqC
— Alessandra Ambrosio (@AngelAlessandra) December 20, 2018
Just breathe.. 🕊 pic.twitter.com/unTRsVxPso
— Alessandra Ambrosio (@AngelAlessandra) December 17, 2018
Ocean blues #foreveronvacation pic.twitter.com/XSHp4THqtw
— Alessandra Ambrosio (@AngelAlessandra) December 3, 2018
Megan McArdle Posts Truly Amazing Twitter Thread on the #CovingtonCatholic Controversy
I have not read her WaPo op-ed, but this Twitter thread is genuinely great.
I think it's the longest sustained political thread I've ever read, and she never loses the flow or rhythm. This is a cool thing about Twitter, and that's saying a lot.
I think it's the longest sustained political thread I've ever read, and she never loses the flow or rhythm. This is a cool thing about Twitter, and that's saying a lot.
Okay guys, new year, new tweet storms. It's time to talk Covington Catholic. https://t.co/mQEDwEFkPT
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) January 23, 2019
Pull up a chair. I think we're going to be here a while.
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