Well, Shoot, I Was Waiting for Trump's Purge Anarchy

Scott Eric Kaufman has died.

The hand of God swept to smite that asshole from the earth.

When I think of the one person I'd purge if purge anarchy was a possibility (in our times of troubles), it'd be SEK.

Sorry not sorry.

This was an evil person, a perfect representation of the evil the left produces. There is no redeeming quality. There's nothing redeeming I could even think of in his case. He was an all-around despicable person and I'm cheering his exit from this mortal existence.

Good riddance.

In any case, long time readers will get it. If you're a newbie around these parts, see "The Lies of Scott Eric Kaufman — Leftist Hate-Blogger Sought to Silence Criticism With Libelous Campaign of Workplace Harassment."

'Spread your tiny wings and fly away...'

I listened to Elvis Presley's cover of "Snowbird" yesterday on satellite radio.

It's Anne Murray, however, who had the biggest hit with the song.

Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting
For its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers
That will bloom again in spring

When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me
That's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life's
The thing thing that I can't win

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would
Fly away with you

The breeze along the river seems to say
That he'll only break me heart again
Should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take me with you
When you go
To that land of gentle breezes
Where the peaceful waters flow

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would
Fly away with you

Leftist Elitism Faces Hard Times in the West

From the stodgy Economist, a magazine to which I had a three-year subscription while in graduate school.

They used to be way more free market over there. Now it's all hand-wringing and whining. They've been corrupted like the rest of the leftist elite, and now they're bemoaning the populist tide.

Interestingly though, in this piece below, Lexington warns the Democrats that mimicking "right-wing" wing populism ain't going to work. Voters are not fools. They'll go for the real thing every time, heh.

See, "Democrats on the Brink." (Cached version to get around the subscription gate; also at Google here.)

Kendall Jenner Quits Instagram — And Then Restores Her Account (VIDEO)

She restored her account today, posting a flurry of new photos.

Frankly, no serious celebrity hottie in this day and age is going to spend a long time in social media "detox." And she's a hot chick.

At WWTDD, "Kendall Jenner Seems Simple":

There's a reason nature didn't evolve women who were both hot and smart. For the very same reason the vast majority of offensive tackles aren't majoring in engineering. Smart attractive women or smart huge strong guys in any reasonable number would quickly take over the species. The smart attractive women would refuse to fuck and the smart big men would spend their days inventing undetectable ways to spike the punch bowl.

Kendall Jenner recently announced she was leaving Instagram. The many millions of people who rely on Kendall Jenner's day to get through their own expressed dismay and shock. Somebody bought a fancy new belt that looked amazing. Theories on Jenner's abandonment ranged from the inane to the inane. Her followers don't have great range. But it was all so simple, as Jenner explained on Ellen...

More.

Here's video, "Kendall Jenner Plays 'Hot Hands: Kardashian Jenner Edition'."

Plus, at EW, "Kendall Jenner returns to Instagram a week after deleting account."

Previously Kendall blogging is here.

The Electoral College Is in Play

Leftitsts hate the Electoral College and want to abolish it. Indeed, with Hillary winning the popular vote, outgoing Senator Barbara Boxer's threw a Hail Mary with a new proposed constitutional amendment in the Senate.

But depraved progressives would be singing the glories of the system should Democrat electors engineer a "faithless" revolt come December, which a Colorado elector, writing at Daily Kos, says is possible (via Instapundit):

I am one of the Electoral College Electors from Colorado. This is by virtue of Hillary Clinton prevailing in Colorado (moving me from a nominated certified Elector to “actual” Elector). Late last week I canvassed half my fellow CO Electors beginning with Micheal Baca, who is mentioned here in the Denver Post article: Colorado presidential elector seeks to block Donald Trump from White House, also talked to numerous political reporters both print and national on line media, (AKA; John Frank the author of the above article and Kyle Cheney from Politico, author of this article, Here are the people who will cast the formal vote for president next month​, political science and presidential history university scholars, law school professors, political professionals, elected and government officials and I have come to this conclusion: INDEED THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS IN AN HISTORIC PLAY. Where this goes is speculation but sentiment is building that the Electors cannot sit by and be ceremonial.

Fuck 'em.

Donald Trump Slams 'Saturday Night Live' (VIDEO)

At USA Today, "Trump slams 'SNL,' doubles down on 'Hamilton'."

Alec Baldwin's prolly got a boner going while playing 'Trump' on the show.

I gotta admit I laughed at this clip, but for the most part I avoid the show, filled as it is with "idiots and losers."

Sunday Cartoons

At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."



Also, at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."

Cartoon Credit: Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Hobos."

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And, Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 11: Double Down.

Still more, Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson, Give Please a Chance.

BONUS: Michael T. Flynn, The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies.

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BONUS: Phyllis Schlafly, The Conservative Case for Trump.

Breitbart Looks to Expand Globally

Breitbart is reviled by leftists, obviously for getting the job done. Professor Melissa Zimdars, of Merrimack College in Massachusetts, even included Breitbart on her "scholarly" list of "fake" news sites. Actually, most "fake" news I read is on the left. For progs like Professor Zimdars, "fake" news is real conservative leaning news they don't like.

In any case, the folks at the Breitbart shop are looking for growth opportunities.

At LAT, "Breitbart News, fiery conservative outlet buoyed by Trump victory, aims to go global":

It all began a little more than 10 years ago in a basement in Westwood: a small army of young employees in T-shirts and shorts huddled over their laptops, determined to launch a news site that would shake up the world of conservative media.

At first, the site started by Andrew Breitbart was a simple news aggregation service. But in a few short years it evolved into an idiosyncratic voice combining original reporting, incendiary commentary and outright trolling, in keeping with the rambunctious spirit of its founder, who died in 2012.

As its popularity grew, many condemned its rhetoric as extremist, xenophobic, sexist and a platform for hate speech — accusations its leaders have denied. Others laughed it off as a journalistic lightweight catering to a far-right fringe known as the alt-right.

No one’s laughing anymore. As Donald Trump prepares to take office as president, the Breitbart News Network stands poised to become one of the most influential conservative media companies in the country. Stephen K. Bannon, the site’s controversial executive chairman, was a key figure in Trump’s campaign and has been named chief White House strategist.

For Breitbart, this could mean a direct line to the West Wing, a level of media access unprecedented in modern times, according to experts. While some believe this will turn the outlet into an extension of the Trump administration, leaders at Breitbart see it as an opportunity that will allow them to compete not only with conservative rivals like Fox News, but the entire media firmament, which it sees as dishonest about its left-leaning bias...

More.

ICYMI: J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy [BUMPED]

This one's on the top of my list. I'm reading this currently, and it's awesome.

At Amazon, J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.

Poor, Poor Charles Blow

When sad leftists babble on about how their kids are going to be "alien" in their own country, all they're really saying is that they hate Republicans, they can't believe their candidate lost, and the only possible explanation for events is "RACISM."

It's not only stupid, it's wrong. (See this Scott Adams post for proof.)

At CNN, "J.D. Vance, author of 'Hillbilly Elegy', and CNN political commentator Charles Blow, talk about how divided American voters are feeling after the 2016 election."

Actually, it's mostly sad Charles Blow, but J.D. Vance does comment as well. He's a nice guy. A good guy, and obviously quite tolerant of idiots like Mr. Blow.

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At WWTDD.

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— A Bikini A Day (@ABikiniADay) November 18, 2016

Plus, "No filter! Instagram models Devin Brugman and Natasha Oakley flaunt their natural curves in skimpy bikinis at Sydney's Bondi Beach."

BONUS: "Hillary Duff Bonking Her Trainer Paying Off."

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Why Jeff Sessions Has Conservatives So Fired Up

He's the ultimate antithesis of everything the Obama-left stands for, and I love it!

Following-up, "President-Elect Donald J. Trump Selects U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General (VIDEO)."

At the Daily Signal, "Why Jeff Sessions, ‘an Advocate for the Constitution,’ Has Conservatives So Excited."

George Packer, The Unwinding [BUMPED]

Some readings to help make sense of the changes.

See George Packer, at Amazon, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America.

BONUS: Justin Gest, The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality, and Dana Loesch, Flyover Nation: You Can't Run a Country You've Never Been To.

Steve Bannon Vows 'Economic Nationalist Movement' from the White House

Bannon's drinking leftist tears.

At Big Government, "Steve Bannon Vows ‘Economic Nationalist Movement’ from White House — ‘As Exciting as the 1930s, Greater than the Reagan Revolution’."

BONUS: "The Hill: Steve Bannon Unfazed by Criticism of Trump Appointment."

Heh, they posted a photo of a honey badger at the piece, lol.

Death Penalty Isn't Going Away in California

Apparently, the battle over the death penalty in California isn't going away, despite the failure of the recent voter initiative to ban it.

At LAT, "In California, death penalty abolitionists pledge to keep fighting":

As executions have declined and public opinion of the death penalty has hit a record low nationwide, many looked to California as a test of whether the public — not courts or governments — was ready to overturn the practice.

But California voters on Tuesday defeated a measure to repeal capital punishment and, as of Thursday, were on course to narrowly approve a dueling proposition that aims to amend and expedite it.

Death penalty supporters lauded the outcome, saying it reflected what they have been pointing to all along: Most Americans want the system fixed, not ended. But abolitionists argued that campaigns in favor of capital punishment benefited from the so-called “Trump effect,” a wave of mostly white, male voters from rural areas energized by the Republican presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

Proposition 62, which would have replaced capital punishment for murder with life in prison without parole, was defeated, with nearly 54% of voters in opposition.

Awaiting approval is Proposition 66, which intends to speed up executions by designating trial courts to hear petitions challenging death row convictions, limiting successive petitions and expanding the pool of lawyers who could take on death penalty appeals.

It has won the approval of 50.9% of voters. California elections officials have been sifting through ballots cast by mail, which account for more than half of the state's voter registration, and may not have a full handle on how many are left to count until Monday...

Actually, Prop 66 passed. See the San Jose Mercury News, "California’s death penalty: What to know after Proposition 66."

Look, Hillary won 60 percent of the vote in California. It wasn't just the "Trump effect." People still support capital punishment in this country, despite the vile coddling of murderers by radical leftists.

They Do Protest Too Much, Methinks

From Professor Michael Curtis, at the Commentator, "Anti-Trump rallies: They do protest too much, methinks":

The endless protests against Trump's victory can be seen as an exercise in free speech, but they must also be seen less kindly as undemocratic and indeed reactionary in their refusal to accept the validity of the democratic election result. Communist East Germany offers a poetic lesson

The ongoing protests, now in their ninth day, against the election of Donald Trump as US President can be seen in benign fashion as democracy in action, illustrations of the exercise of the right of free speech.

Some of the protestors may be sincere, open minded critics of what they perceive are Trump's policies and intentions. They do not deny the validity of his election, nor seek to disqualify it.

But the protests must also be seen less kindly as undemocratic and indeed reactionary in their refusal to accept the validity of the democratic election result.

The United States today has nothing in common with the Communist regime in East Germany in the 1950s. Nevertheless, it is well to remember the bitter remark of the German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht after the failure of the uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany against poor economic  wage and working conditions, an uprising  that was put down brutally by Soviet troops.

In his poem The Solution, critical of the brutality, Brecht ironically wrote it was easier for the Communist government to maintain control by dissolving  the people and electing another.

The present day U.S protestors , whether choreographed or not or organized by groups said to be sponsored by billionaire George Soros, in their refusal to accept the will of the people want to dissolve the American people and demand both the reversal of the election result and changes in the Constitution.

Based on the fact that Hillary Clinton, defeated in the vote for the Electoral College but obtaining a slim majority in the overall  popular vote, the protestors call  for the Electoral College to be abolished.

They appear ignorant that 2016 is not unique. Five times before in American history, a presidential candidate has been elected by winning a majority in the Electoral College but not the popular vote in the country.

Nevertheless, the protestors argue for the Electors on December 19, 2016 to ignore the votes of their states and vote for Hillary Clinton.

Protests by American citizens have been part of political theatre in American politics for some time but it is surprising that some of the present actors seem unknowingly to be playing the end of Shakespeare's King Lear.

The present day protestors overplay their role in viewing  the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President as "the weight of this sad time."

No supporter of Trump has ever claimed that he is, like Abraham Lincoln or Oliver Cromwell, the instrument of divine purpose.

Some protestors, whether from the Democratic Party, believers in identity politics, African-Americans, Latinos, Environmentalists, and LGBT, genuinely differ from President-Elect Trump on many policy issues...

Keep reading.

'Hamilton' Cast Boos Mike Pence

I'm sure Vice-President Elect Pence handled it with class.

Leftists, of course, have no class, and rank-and-file Democrats aren't pleased. Hard-left culture warriors are going to guarantee a second Trump term in office.

"We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us" https://t.co/ZQVEkoyWNq

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) November 19, 2016

What happened to @mike_pence at Hamilton last night has resonated already out here on Main Street. Regular Democrats I interviewed appalled

— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) November 19, 2016

Message from @HamiltonMusical /Broadway to paying conservative customers: Fuck you.
We'll see how that works out!

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 19, 2016