Friday, October 16, 2020

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Big Tech Censors Blockbuster Hunter Biden Exposé

 Definitely got the Streisand Effect going on here. 

Twitter made this an even bigger story by trying to block readers from sharing it. 

At WSJ, via Memeorandum, "Facebook, Twitter Limit Sharing of New York Post Articles That Biden Disputes."

And at today's New York Post, via Memeorandum, "Emails reveal how Hunter Biden tried to cash in big on behalf of family with Chinese firm."

This is big. We'll see how things play out. 

Also, at Instapundit, "AS THEY SHOULD: Twitter, Facebook face blowback after stopping circulation of NY Post story."

And Hot Air, "Biden Campaign Lashes Out at New York Post."




Washing Up

 Well, Twitter does have its uses. 



Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Viral Ocean Spray 'Dreams' Star Nathan Apodaca

I saw it on Twitter the day it went viral, and boy did this guy gain fame fast.


Jennifer Delacruz's Thursday Forecast

She's broadcasting from home again. For ABC 10 News San Diego:




Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Celebrities Strip Down for Voter Registration Campaign

I just love Sarah Silverman's dad, Schleppy!


Monday, October 5, 2020

Jumbo's Clown Room

At LAT, "How out-of-work strippers made their show virtual and are ‘taking the power back’."



Friday, October 2, 2020

Hannah Arendt, On Revolution

Hannah Arendt, On Revolution.




Klaus P. Fischer, Nazi Germany

At Amazon, Klaus P. Fischer, Nazi Germany: A New History.

Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Say a prayer for the president and his wife. Hope Hicks too. 

It's been nonstop bombshell news for days now, some of it genuine news (and most of it propaganda from the leftist media complex --- here's looking at you New York Times). 

Check Memeorandum for all the headlines. 

And at LAT, "President Trump and first lady test positive for the coronavirus."

The media's descended into hysteria. On CNN a little while ago, Dana Bash, Kaitlan Collins, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta all looked like they'd just woken up or hadn't been to sleep. Brian Stelter declared an international emergency. Oh brother. It's four in the morning back east. What a nightmare. And to think, I watched baseball all day yesterday, then streamed "Big Brother" with my wife, and then the news hit. Unfortunately, there's just one MLB playoff game until Monday. The Cubs and Marlins are making up a rained out game later today, and after that I'll just stream some shows I guess. 

This election's killing me lol. 



Monday, September 28, 2020

Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle.




Fear and Loathing: The Election's 'Gonna Be Like War'

 At LAT, "‘It’s going to be like war.’ Voters eye 2020 election outcome with fear and loathing":


When Jim Jackson looks ahead to November, he cringes at what he sees: a defeated President Trump refusing to leave the White House and his supporters waging war to keep him there. 
“The militias and the white supremacists ... they’re going to put out the call to arms,” said Jackson, 73, who lives in the conservative-leaning suburbs of Milwaukee and voted Republican for 52 years, but not for Trump. “That’s my worst nightmare.”
Jeanine Davis shares his concern, though for different reasons.

Seated near the Huntington Beach Pier, wearing a red “Keep America Great” hat, the Trump supporter suggested Democrats will do whatever it takes to elect Joe Biden, and riot if they fail. “It’s going to be like war amongst citizens,” said Davis, an executive recruiter in her 50s.

Candidates often say a presidential contest is the most important ever, telling voters to act as though their life depended on it and the country’s future was at stake. Dozens of conversations with voters across the nation — from the West Coast to the Upper Midwest to the East — suggest that, this time, many people really believe it.

Punished by pandemic, buckled by economic hardship and riven by relentless partisanship, America is facing an election unlike any in modern times, a vote shadowed by menace and fringed with paranoia — much of it fed by the occupant of the Oval Office, who incessantly acts to undermine confidence in the result.

“He’s essentially trying to pull off a coup,” said Frank Dudek, a 70-year-old retiree, after casting his ballot at an early vote center in Arlington, Va., just outside the nation’s capital.

Some voters worry about frayed family ties. Others see the whole country unraveling. A significant number consider threats and violence a reasonable way to solve partisan differences.

“You have all these things — the pandemic, the protests, the counterprotests, the Black vs. white, the right against the left,” said Allison Trammell, 60, an Atlanta social worker who supports Biden. “It’s almost like everything is coming up at the same time and there’s no equilibrium. There’s no middle ground.”

What is more, many are acting on their fears, anticipating all manner of chaos, up to and including armed insurrection. They’re flooding gun stores and shooting ranges, stockpiling ammunition and provisioning for a postelection dystopia.

Ashley Avis, a 36-year-old nurse, was recently out with her father and 2-year-old son in Pinellas Park, Fla., buying plywood to board up their windows in case of civil unrest. She also plans to secure an alternative water supply, lest the public works around Tampa Bay are taken out of commission.

“We’re hoping for the best,” said the Trump supporter. “We’re preparing for the worst.”

Across the country, in a working-class neighborhood on Las Vegas’ east side, Michael Martinez said he, too, planned to lay in extra food and water “just in case there’s a disruption in our food delivery systems and whatnot.”

“I wouldn’t put it past some people” if Trump loses, said Martinez, 69, a retired union carpenter and Biden supporter. “That’s the way they’ll try to disrupt the economy, try to disrupt the way we live now.”

Not everyone sees election day as the dawn of a coming apocalypse.

Dave Gorrasi, who owns Blue Hook Aquatics just outside Cincinnati, says he believes the talk of widespread upheaval is a device both sides are using to gin up support.

“I think there is going to be less trouble once the election’s done because then we can go back to normalcy,” said the 41-year-old political independent, who is still undecided...

Still more.

 

'Can't Stop'

 RHCP, from my errand-run early this morning, at 93.1 Jack FM Los Angeles.

"Can't Stop."


Suddenly Last Summer

The Motels

12:00pm


Runaway

Bon Jovi

11:56am


Down Under

Men At Work

11:46am


Thats All

Genesis

11:41am


The Distance

CAKE

11:38am


Sunday Bloody Sunday

U2

11:34am


Highway To Hell

AC/DC

11:30am


Time Of Your Life

Green Day

11:28am


Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

11:22am


Just Another Day

Oingo Boingo

11:17am

 

Rock The Casbah

Clash

11:13am


Hey Jealousy

Gin Blossoms

11:10am


Hotel California

Eagles/Don Henley

11:03am


Bizarre Love Triangle

New Order

11:00am


Use Somebody

Kings Of Leon

10:56am


Rio

Duran Duran

10:45am


Centerfold

J. Geils Band

10:41am


Loser

BECK

10:38am


I Need To Know

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

10:35am


Enjoy The Silence

Depeche Mode

10:31am


Cant Stop

Red Hot Chili Peppers

10:26am


Talking In Your Sleep

Romantics

10:15am


No One Like You

Scorpions

10:12am


Saturday, September 26, 2020

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

At Amazon, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale.




Amy Coney Barrett

Today's big story.

The Kavanaugh hearings were a nightmare.

I dread the diabolical attacks Barrett's going to endure. But she'll be confirmed. 

See Ed Morrissey's excellent post at Hot Air, "NYT: Maybe A Little Anti-Catholicism Is A Good Thing When It Comes To Barrett."

And at Twitchy, "IT BEGINS: Lib questions Amy Coney Barrett’s adoption of two kids from Haiti," and "Talking points have gone out — Another Democrat operative Goes after Amy Coney Barrett adoptions and then locks down after blowback."

More at Instapundit, "PRESENTED WITHOUT COMMENT."



On/Off Flashers

 At Drunken Stepfather, "ON/OFF FLASHERS FRIDAY OF THE DAY."

BONUS: "BARBARA PALVIN TOPLESS OF THE DAY."