At Amazon, Today's Deals: New deals. Every day. Shop our Deal of the Day, Lightning Deals and more daily deals and limited-time sales.
Also, Heather Cox Richardson, To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party.
Elliot West, The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado.
And, W. Scott Pool, Never Surrender: Confederate Memory and Conservatism in the South Carolina Upcountry.
Lisa Brady, War Upon the Land: Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War.
Plus, Kari Frederickson, Cold War Dixie: Militarization and Modernization in the American South.
Bernard DeVoto, The Course of Empire.
More, Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville.
BONUS: Jason Stanley, How Propaganda Works.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Natasha Zaretsky, No Direction Home
At Amazon, Natasha Zaretsky, No Direction Home: The American Family and the Fear of National Decline, 1968-1980.
A New Era of Uprisings
It's Joshua Clover.
I've posted him before, but still haven't picked up a copy.
At Amazon, Riot. Strike. Riot: The New Era of Uprisings.
I've posted him before, but still haven't picked up a copy.
At Amazon, Riot. Strike. Riot: The New Era of Uprisings.
The Harvard Project, The State of the Native Nations
From the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, at Amazon, The State of the Native Nations: Conditions under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination.
Russian Hacking Could Be 'Act of War' (VIDEO)
It's former Vice President Dick Cheney, at the Economic Times' Global Business Summit:
Monday, March 27, 2017
Jackie Johnson's Warm, Sunny to Partly Cloudy Forecast
Here's the lovely Ms. Jackie, for CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
The Second American Civil War
It's the new novel, from Omar El Akkad, at Amazon, American War: A Novel.
An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle—a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself.Hat Tip: The New York Times:
Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned drones fill the sky. When her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she begins to grow up shaped by her particular time and place. But not everyone at Camp Patience is who they claim to be. Eventually Sarat is befriended by a mysterious functionary, under whose influence she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. The decisions that she makes will have tremendous consequences not just for Sarat but for her family and her country, rippling through generations of strangers and kin alike.
I'm going to add AMERICAN WAR by @omarelakkad to my summer reading list. https://t.co/BDZefMVasS pic.twitter.com/ZmjGaKB8H3
— Michael Burkhardt (@mihobu) March 28, 2017
Ted Koppel Tells Sean Hannity He's 'Bad for America' (VIDEO)
Heh, Ted Koppel's old school. He keeps his patience, though, when Hannity starts to get agitated.
At the Hill, "Veteran journalist Ted Koppel tells Sean Hannity he is bad for America."
At the Hill, "Veteran journalist Ted Koppel tells Sean Hannity he is bad for America."
WATCH: Ted Koppel tells Sean Hannity, to his face, that he's bad for America. pic.twitter.com/aWtMeGbp8E
— Yashar (@yashar) March 26, 2017
Over the weekend Ted Koppel said that I am bad for America... Get my response at 10pm ET! #Hannity
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) March 28, 2017
Shop Kitchen and Housewares
At Amazon, Save Up to 40% in Kitchen and Dining Every Day.
Plus, Today's Deals.
BONUS: William Cronon, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England.
Plus, Today's Deals.
BONUS: William Cronon, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England.
The 'Mediocre' Life
At Althouse, "'What if All I Want is a Mediocre Life?'/'What if I all I want is a small, slow, simple life?'"
I commented at the post a couple of minutes ago:
I commented at the post a couple of minutes ago:
The modest life, the life of home and family, living in security and comfort, would be the "mediocre" life for me. I'm almost at that place in my life. And I see it down the tunnel each day, as I get closer. (I've got to get my kids set up, to where they feel happy and comfortable, before my "mediocre" life comes closer into view.)RTWT.
Furry Floaters: Sea Otters, Hunted to Near Extinction in the 1700s and 1800s, Have Rebounded Along California's Coast
This is really cool.
I love sea otters.
At LAT:
I love sea otters.
At LAT:
The sea otters of Morro Bay have made a comeback, defying man and nature https://t.co/BOsKziwRdx
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 27, 2017
Diagnosing ObamaCare (VIDEO)
ObamaCare's a terrible law, but it is the law, and there are costs to repeal. Lots of voters gave it to congressional incumbents in the ear, from both sides.
Upon defeat, even Paul Ryan conceded that ObamaCare's the law of the land. The administration's now moving on to tax cuts, and let's hope and pray for more success.
Here's Bloomberg's Shannon Pettypiece, at CBS This Morning:
Upon defeat, even Paul Ryan conceded that ObamaCare's the law of the land. The administration's now moving on to tax cuts, and let's hope and pray for more success.
Here's Bloomberg's Shannon Pettypiece, at CBS This Morning:
Democrats Hate White People
See Matt Stoller, at Medium, "On Mocking Dying Working Class White People."
And R.S. McCain responds, "Matt Stoller has aggregated comments at a HuffPo article by liberals sneering at the problems of poor white people":
And R.S. McCain responds, "Matt Stoller has aggregated comments at a HuffPo article by liberals sneering at the problems of poor white people":
“Matt Stoller has aggregated comments at a HuffPo article by liberals sneering at the problems of…” — @PatriarchTree https://t.co/1I9F9DjMVC pic.twitter.com/OnrVqFmnAk
— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) March 26, 2017
Being old enough to remember how the Left vilified Charles Murray in the mid-1990s when he predicted the emergence of the white underclass, I am tempted to smile cynically at the current plight of Democrats. They imagined that “The Future Is Female,” only to discover that “The Future Is Redneck.” While it is too soon to guess the political consequences in the immediate future, Democrats are not likely to recover quickly if they choose to double-down on the anti-white, anti-male, anti-heterosexual rhetoric that led them to unexpected disaster in 2016.Be sure to scroll through that Stoller piece though. Leftist really, and I mean really, hate white people.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Richard Slotkin, The Fatal Environment
*BUMPED.*
I've got this item already loaded up in my shopping cart at Amazon. (ADDED: I'll purchase a new batch of books on the 1st, when my Amazon associates commissions come through, as well as my regular paycheck lol. Thanks for your support!)
I'm excited to read it.
See, Richard Slotkin, The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890.
I've got this item already loaded up in my shopping cart at Amazon. (ADDED: I'll purchase a new batch of books on the 1st, when my Amazon associates commissions come through, as well as my regular paycheck lol. Thanks for your support!)
I'm excited to read it.
See, Richard Slotkin, The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890.
Sunday Cartoons
At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies." (Last Sunday's. Today's isn't up yet.)
Also, at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."
Cartoon Credit: Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Cash for Clunkers, Part 2."
Also, at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."
Cartoon Credit: Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Cash for Clunkers, Part 2."
Jem Wolfie Sunday Rule 5
Here we go!
At the Chive, "Jem Wolfie Is An Absolute Slam Dunk (25 Photos)." And re-upping from last week, at Linkiest, "40 Hottest Instagram Pics of Jem Wolfie."
At Pirate's, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a massive waste of energy causing the earth to boil and the seas to rise, you might just be a Warmist."
Drunken Stepfather, "Steplinks of the Day," and "Bella Thorne of the Day."
At WWTDD, "Arianny Celeste Topless In Mexico And Shit Around The Web."
Bro-Bible, "50 of the Sexiest, Must-See Instagram Pictures on the Internet Today."
90 Miles from Tyranny, "Morning Mistress."
Goodstuff's, "GOODSTUFFs BLOGGING MAGAZINE (285th Issue) - Behind the Great Chinese Firewall."
At Odie's, "Beer Temperatures ~OR~ Rule 5 Woodsterman Style."
Plus, the Hostages, "Big Boob Friday."
A View from the Beach, "Rule 5 Saturday - A Goddess - Daniella Wang."
At Proof Positive, "Friday Night Babe: Elle Liberachi!"
A Slice of Cheesecake, "Pat Crowley."
From last week, at the Other McCain, "Rule 5 Sunday: The Original Dragon Lady."
More, at Knuckledraggin', "Your Good Morning Girl"
Watch, at Playboy, "Behind the Scenes of Beate Muska's Playboy Pictorial."
BONUS: At the Express U.K., "Emily Ratajkowski goes TOPLESS as she flaunts sexy figure in teeny tiny denim shorts."
At Pirate's, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a massive waste of energy causing the earth to boil and the seas to rise, you might just be a Warmist."
Drunken Stepfather, "Steplinks of the Day," and "Bella Thorne of the Day."
At WWTDD, "Arianny Celeste Topless In Mexico And Shit Around The Web."
Bro-Bible, "50 of the Sexiest, Must-See Instagram Pictures on the Internet Today."
90 Miles from Tyranny, "Morning Mistress."
Goodstuff's, "GOODSTUFFs BLOGGING MAGAZINE (285th Issue) - Behind the Great Chinese Firewall."
At Odie's, "Beer Temperatures ~OR~ Rule 5 Woodsterman Style."
Plus, the Hostages, "Big Boob Friday."
A View from the Beach, "Rule 5 Saturday - A Goddess - Daniella Wang."
At Proof Positive, "Friday Night Babe: Elle Liberachi!"
A Slice of Cheesecake, "Pat Crowley."
More, at Knuckledraggin', "Your Good Morning Girl"
Watch, at Playboy, "Behind the Scenes of Beate Muska's Playboy Pictorial."
BONUS: At the Express U.K., "Emily Ratajkowski goes TOPLESS as she flaunts sexy figure in teeny tiny denim shorts."
Allen C. Guelzo, Fateful Lightning
I'm just coming across this book as well.
I'm quite familiar with Guelzo's, Gettysburg: The Last Invasion, but not his earlier work.
At Amazon, Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Maybe I can power down both of these this summer, heh.
I'm quite familiar with Guelzo's, Gettysburg: The Last Invasion, but not his earlier work.
At Amazon, Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Maybe I can power down both of these this summer, heh.
Marjorie J. Spruill, Divided We Stand
I'm just coming across this, and I'm glad I did. It looks great!
At Amazon, Marjorie J. Spruill, Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics.
At Amazon, Marjorie J. Spruill, Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics.
Paul Ryan Badly Damaged in Health Care Defeat, and Judge Jeanine Calls on Him to Step Down (VIDEO)
He should get the lion's share of the blame, that's for sure. I do think Trump's a novice at the grubby game of Capital Hill logrolling and vote-trading, but Ryan should have been able to compensate. He might not have a hold on the politics of his own conference, which is sad.
In any case, at the New York Times, via Memeorandum, "Paul Ryan Emerges From Health Care Defeat Badly Damaged."
Also, at the Hollywood Reporter, "Trump Urges Followers to Watch Fox News Host Who Demands Paul Ryan Resign." (Via Memeorandum.)
In any case, at the New York Times, via Memeorandum, "Paul Ryan Emerges From Health Care Defeat Badly Damaged."
Also, at the Hollywood Reporter, "Trump Urges Followers to Watch Fox News Host Who Demands Paul Ryan Resign." (Via Memeorandum.)
Welcome to Our Fragmented Politics
Following-up from last night, "'Fiery G.O.P. Civil War' Erupts After Collapse of Health Care Repeal Bill."
From Richard Pildes, at the Monkey Cage, "The GOP’s health-care failure is no one-off event. Welcome to our fragmented politics."
From Richard Pildes, at the Monkey Cage, "The GOP’s health-care failure is no one-off event. Welcome to our fragmented politics."
The GOP’s health-care failure is no one-off event. Welcome to our fragmented politics. https://t.co/HTyLEG7jzF
— Monkey Cage (@monkeycageblog) March 26, 2017
Best-Selling Releases. Updated Hourly.
At Amazon, Hot New and Future Releases. Updated Hourly.
Also, Heather Cox Richardson, West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War.
Elliot West, The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado.
And, W. Scott Pool, Never Surrender: Confederate Memory and Conservatism in the South Carolina Upcountry.
Lisa Brady, War Upon the Land: Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War.
Plus, Kari Frederickson, Cold War Dixie: Militarization and Modernization in the American South.
Bernard DeVoto, The Course of Empire.
More, Gaines M. Foster, Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South, 1865-1913.
BONUS: James M. McPherson, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War.
Also, Heather Cox Richardson, West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War.
Elliot West, The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado.
And, W. Scott Pool, Never Surrender: Confederate Memory and Conservatism in the South Carolina Upcountry.
Lisa Brady, War Upon the Land: Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War.
Plus, Kari Frederickson, Cold War Dixie: Militarization and Modernization in the American South.
Bernard DeVoto, The Course of Empire.
More, Gaines M. Foster, Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South, 1865-1913.
BONUS: James M. McPherson, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War.
London, Wounded Metropolis
At Der Spiegel, "A Wounded Metropolis: London in the Age of Terror and Brexit":
A Wounded Metropolis: London in the Age of Terror and Brexit https://t.co/zkfojtevpR pic.twitter.com/SS9sXV5ivl
— SPIEGEL English (@SPIEGEL_English) March 24, 2017
London is the epicenter of globalization, a glut of money and creativity -- and the antithesis of Brexit parochialism. It is also the best city in the world.
Dalia GrybauskaitÄ—, President of Lithuania: 'Russia is a threat not only to Lithuania but to the whole region and to all of Europe...'
An interview, at Foreign Policy, "‘Russia Is a Threat … to All of Europe’ - Lithuania’s president talks to Foreign Policy about Vladimir Putin's "little green men" and whether Donald Trump really believes in NATO."
#Lithuania #Grybauskaite @NATO : ' #Russia Is a Threat … to All of #Europe ’ | Foreign Policy https://t.co/oE9VIakj5k
— Rick Wang (@Rick97917759) March 26, 2017
Alessandra Ambrosio's 'Endless Summer'
Actually, summer's just around the corner, but I'll take Ms. Alessandra's "endless summer" photos any time of year, heh.
Endless summer in @alebyalessandra #aleXrevolve exclusive collection only at @revolve ! https://t.co/lUzToD2KYs pic.twitter.com/2RjNaXV2iS
— Alessandra Ambrosio (@AngelAlessandra) March 20, 2017
The Dark Side of Gender Segregation in the Military
This is pretty interesting.
I've done pretty much zero reading and study in this area, so just read it all at the link without comment from me.
From Molly Kovite, at War on the Rocks:
I've done pretty much zero reading and study in this area, so just read it all at the link without comment from me.
From Molly Kovite, at War on the Rocks:
What you need to know about gender segregation in the US military https://t.co/c1CqgPJblp
— War On The Rocks (@WarOnTheRocks) March 25, 2017
Saturday, March 25, 2017
'What losing a war looks like...'
Here's Mike, at Cold Fury, commenting on the Westminster jihad attack, "London calling":
And so I raise the question again: how much blood must be spilled before the Left is willing to confront its failure, its ignorance, its muttonheaded, moist-eyed belief in a total equality among men that in no way represents our harsher reality? How many more of us must die before they admit that their adolescent fantasy is nothing more than just that? How much wanton mass murder must we tolerate before they are willing to let go of their puerile daydreams and acknowledge the world as it exists, rather than clinging so desperately to an ideology that fundamentally misapprehends—brushes off, dismisses, actually—the darker aspect of human nature right out of the gate?Still more.
And the answer keeps coming back: MORE. More yet, more still. Not enough, not quite yet.
Which presents another, perhaps more vital and relevant question: how much Progressivist foolishness, their cowardice and juvenile self-indulgence, will WE tolerate before we take effective steps to end this patent madness? When will the sane majority finally decide that enough is truly enough and refuse to grant them and their inane, PC psychobabble serious consideration? When will we shove them aside and deal with a barbaric enemy in the rough and ruthless fashion that is our only hope of ever harnessing the primordial, atavistic belief system that is Islam?
When we will decide to defend our culture, our way of life—our actual, physical LIVES, ferchrissakes, individually and collectively—in the way merited? To stop being ashamed of our flaws, mourning our failures, apologizing for our missteps, and start protecting our precious civilization against a savage enemy who will neither cease nor rest at any point short of our complete annihilation?
I beg your indulgence here, folks, for I am about to say it yet again: In order to defeat our Muslim antagonists, we must first defeat the Left. There is no hope of achieving the one without first achieving the other; as long as Tranzi, multiculti, PC Leftism is still taken even remotely seriously by anything more than a handful of shunned loons skulking quietly about in a few urban enclaves, we will continue to endure the occasional appalling slaughter in our very heartland. We’re still a long, long way from it. In the end, we’re going to have to recognize that, no matter how many of them are massacred, there will always be a certain number who would rather die than fight back; who would rather embrace a failed pipe-dream of an ideology than ever admit error, even in the face of the most direct and dire evidence of said failure imaginable...
'Fiery G.O.P. Civil War' Erupts After Collapse of Health Care Repeal Bill
At the New York Times (where else?), via Memeorandum, "Trump Becomes Ensnared in Fiery G.O.P. Civil War."
https://t.co/LJTPsN4xOx pic.twitter.com/OZl4KkuQr9
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 25, 2017
Violence at Pro-Trump MAGA Rally in Huntington Beach (VIDEO)
Not good, but probably inevitable, given the murderous hatred of the radical left.
At the O.C. Register, "Pro-Trump rally draws 2,000 marchers, some protesters and a violent brawl."
At the O.C. Register, "Pro-Trump rally draws 2,000 marchers, some protesters and a violent brawl."
Violence erupts in Huntington Beach between protesters and Pro-Trump marchers. @ocregister #protest #HuntingtonBeach #trump pic.twitter.com/3mBuJu2Ukz
— Kevin Sullivan (@sullikevphoto) March 25, 2017
Lots of Trump supporters down here at the #Maga rally in Huntington Beach @ocregister pic.twitter.com/469n2pNAEc
— Kelly Puente (@KellyPuenteOC) March 25, 2017
Trump supporters at #MAGA rally in Huntington Beach @ocregister pic.twitter.com/0jvAuNwtcm
— Kelly Puente (@KellyPuenteOC) March 25, 2017
Good sized crowds supporting Trump at #MAGA rally in Huntington Beach @ocregister pic.twitter.com/5GTawWad9C
— Kelly Puente (@KellyPuenteOC) March 25, 2017
Sea of red, white and blue at #MAGA rally in Huntington Beach. @ocregister pic.twitter.com/D0GPrCFVQb
— Kelly Puente (@KellyPuenteOC) March 25, 2017
I've Started Fergus Bordewich's, Killing the White Man's Indian
I'm alternating today between Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, and Fergus Bordewich, Killing the White Man's Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century.
Sometimes I need a little breather from the unrelenting anti-Americanism of the leftist approaches, especially in Dunbar-Ortiz, who's a revolutionary Marxist.
Bordewich, on the other hand, offers the most balanced interpretation of the American Indian experience I've read, at least among the more recent publications in the genre. (When we go back to some of the older historians, like Robert Utley, they too offer balanced and pleasurable interpretations. It's just that Dunbar-Ortiz, while recommended, is pretty intense --- indeed, I'll have some longer comments on her book when I've finished it.)
Purchase the Bordewich volume at Amazon.
Sometimes I need a little breather from the unrelenting anti-Americanism of the leftist approaches, especially in Dunbar-Ortiz, who's a revolutionary Marxist.
Bordewich, on the other hand, offers the most balanced interpretation of the American Indian experience I've read, at least among the more recent publications in the genre. (When we go back to some of the older historians, like Robert Utley, they too offer balanced and pleasurable interpretations. It's just that Dunbar-Ortiz, while recommended, is pretty intense --- indeed, I'll have some longer comments on her book when I've finished it.)
Purchase the Bordewich volume at Amazon.
Kara Del Toro at 'Power Rangers' Premiere (PHOTOS)
She's beautiful.
At I Don't Like You in That Way, "Kara Del Toro Did the ‘Power Rangers’ Premiere in This Dress."
At I Don't Like You in That Way, "Kara Del Toro Did the ‘Power Rangers’ Premiere in This Dress."
Vogue's First Transgender Cover Model
It's Vogue Paris, but she's so hot you wouldn't know she's trans.
At Evil Beet Gossip, "March Vogue: First Trans Model to Cover the Mag!"
And at Telegraph U.K., "French Vogue to become the country’s first magazine to feature a transgender model on its cover."
At Evil Beet Gossip, "March Vogue: First Trans Model to Cover the Mag!"
And at Telegraph U.K., "French Vogue to become the country’s first magazine to feature a transgender model on its cover."
Mountain House Breakfast Bucket
At Amazon, Mountain House Just In Case...Breakfast Bucket.
Also, KIND Breakfast Bars, Peanut Butter, Gluten Free, 1.8 Ounce, 32 Count.
Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Anniversary WindTunnel Self Propelled Bagged Corded Upright Vacuum U6485900.
Plus, AmazonBasics Apple Certified Lightning to USB Cable - 6 Feet (1.8 Meters) - White.
Coaster Home Furnishings 460096 Transitional Bunk Bed, Amber Wash.
More, "U.S. Art Supply 133pc Deluxe Artist Painting Set with Aluminum and Wood Easels, Paint and Accessories.
Fitness Reality E5500XL Magnetic Elliptical Trainer.
And, Whiskey & Rum Barrel Aged Coffee Beans Gourmet Coffee Gift Set by Cooper's Cask Coffee, Single Origin Coffee Beans (Sumatra, Ethiopia, Rwanda) - Three 4oz Bags, Whole Coffee Bean.
BONUS: Desmond Morris, The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal.
Also, KIND Breakfast Bars, Peanut Butter, Gluten Free, 1.8 Ounce, 32 Count.
Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Anniversary WindTunnel Self Propelled Bagged Corded Upright Vacuum U6485900.
Plus, AmazonBasics Apple Certified Lightning to USB Cable - 6 Feet (1.8 Meters) - White.
Coaster Home Furnishings 460096 Transitional Bunk Bed, Amber Wash.
More, "U.S. Art Supply 133pc Deluxe Artist Painting Set with Aluminum and Wood Easels, Paint and Accessories.
Fitness Reality E5500XL Magnetic Elliptical Trainer.
And, Whiskey & Rum Barrel Aged Coffee Beans Gourmet Coffee Gift Set by Cooper's Cask Coffee, Single Origin Coffee Beans (Sumatra, Ethiopia, Rwanda) - Three 4oz Bags, Whole Coffee Bean.
BONUS: Desmond Morris, The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal.
Without God, All Morality is Mere Opinion
Here's Dennis Prager, "If There Is No God, Murder Isn't Wrong
Epic 'Implosion' of GOP's American Health Care Act of 2017
Following-up from yesterday, "'Spectacular Defeat for Trump'."
Here's today's dramatic front-page story at the Los Angeles Times, "GOP dreams of repealing Obamacare collapse as Trump pulls vote on House bill":
Here's today's dramatic front-page story at the Los Angeles Times, "GOP dreams of repealing Obamacare collapse as Trump pulls vote on House bill":
Today's LAT front: pic.twitter.com/pJvM5tfu8m— Lisa Mascaro (@LisaMascaro) March 25, 2017
President Trump, elected on a promise to use his deal-making prowess to get Washington working, blinked Friday in the face of defeat, agreeing to halt a House vote on a GOP healthcare overhaul amid crumbling Republican support.More.
The move came just hours after the White House insisted the vote would go forward regardless of the outcome, and followed Trump’s extraordinary ultimatum Thursday night, when he told rebellious lawmakers that if they didn’t vote for the bill, he would move on to other priorities.
To avoid an embarrassing vote, Trump asked House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to abandon the effort.
The collapse of the bill — legislation that managed to displease both Republican conservatives and centrists — dashed the party’s immediate hopes of fulfilling a longtime campaign promise to repeal and replace President Obama’s signature healthcare law, also called Obamacare.
Trump made a hard, last-minute push for the GOP bill. His spokesman said Friday that the president "left everything on the field."
In an Oval Office appearance after the vote was pulled, Trump described it as a “very interesting experience.” He praised his fellow Republicans and deflected blame on Democrats — who opposed the bill. He also said he’d learned something about “loyalty,” apparently referring to the GOP defections.
Trump predicted the country would eventually need to revisit the issue, saying, “We will end up with a truly great healthcare bill in the future after this mess that is Obamacare explodes.”
Both Trump and Ryan, however, said the Republican Party had no plan to revive the repeal-and-replace effort anytime soon, so the current healthcare law will remain in place.
The defeat exposed Trump’s limits as negotiator in chief and raised doubts about his administration’s ability to achieve the rest of its conservative agenda, including tax cuts, deregulation and trade reform.
The fallout was also a setback for Ryan. Critics say the legislation was crafted too quickly and without enough input from other lawmakers or consultation with industry and interest groups.
"Hopefully there will be a lesson learned that let’s work together to write the bill instead of writing it in private," said Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas).
The failure will only complicate the odd-couple partnership between Ryan and Trump. The president may think twice next time about relying on the speaker to lead legislative campaigns. Though Trump signaled his continued support Friday for Ryan to remain in his post, and many lawmakers were standing by his side, finger-pointing over what went wrong is bound to linger.
Ryan could have afforded to lose no more than about 21 Republican votes to reach the 216 needed for passage. Defections were estimated at one point to be 30 or more.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus wanted Trump and Ryan to go further and faster in unwinding Obamacare rules and taxes. Centrist Republicans were worried the GOP plan would leave too many Americans without health insurance.
“Moving from an opposition party to a governing party comes with growing pains and, well, we’re feeling those growing pains today," Ryan said. "We came up short.”
The GOP defeat marked a victory for a broad coalition of patient advocates, physician groups and hospitals, which had mounted an intense and sustained campaign to highlight the damage they said the bill would do to patients' medical care.
Congressional offices reported a huge influx of calls urging a "no" vote on the bill...
So Much Snow in Mammoth Lakes, National Guard Called to Help Remove Snowpack
I love this story.
So much snow, reservoirs spilling over with record water totals, and the state will still say we're in a "drought."
At LAT:
So much snow, reservoirs spilling over with record water totals, and the state will still say we're in a "drought."
At LAT:
Mammoth got so much snow this winter that it had to call in the National Guard for help https://t.co/7MNjVQjSfX pic.twitter.com/F0g03XWS2X
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 25, 2017
Friday, March 24, 2017
'Spectacular Defeat for Trump'
I'm just reading books. I haven't turned on the TV all day, but saw some news on Twitter.
Of course the New York Times would run with this headline on the GOP healthcare bill, at Memeorandum, "In Spectacular Defeat for Trump, Push to Repeal Health Law Fails."
Of course the New York Times would run with this headline on the GOP healthcare bill, at Memeorandum, "In Spectacular Defeat for Trump, Push to Repeal Health Law Fails."
Trump and aides pushed for a health vote so they could shame Republicans who opposed it. Paul Ryan talked them down. https://t.co/80nY1nBwrO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 24, 2017
Christina El Moussa Looks Spectacular in a Bikini
Heh.
Instapundit's posting some Rule 5, "A “REVENGE BODY?” I’ve never really seen the point of that, but whatever. It’s Blog Sweeps Week!"
Also, at People Magazine, "See Christina El Moussa’s cute matching bikini with her daughter Taylor."
And at the Wrap, "‘Flip or Flop’ Star Christina El Moussa Blasted for ‘Completely Inappropriate’ Mother-Daughter Bikini Photo."
It's just a bikini, for crying out loud.
Now, don't get me going about the divorce (that's another story).
Instapundit's posting some Rule 5, "A “REVENGE BODY?” I’ve never really seen the point of that, but whatever. It’s Blog Sweeps Week!"
Also, at People Magazine, "See Christina El Moussa’s cute matching bikini with her daughter Taylor."
And at the Wrap, "‘Flip or Flop’ Star Christina El Moussa Blasted for ‘Completely Inappropriate’ Mother-Daughter Bikini Photo."
It's just a bikini, for crying out loud.
Now, don't get me going about the divorce (that's another story).
Shop Toys and Games
At Amazon, Toys & Games.
And reposting my frontier book links:
See Richard Slotkin, The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890.
Bernard DeVoto, The Course of Empire.
And, Dale L. Morgan, Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West.
Allan Nevins, Frémont: Pathmarker of the West.
More, Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific.
Richard White, "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West.
Plus, Anne F. Hyde, Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860.
BONUS: ICYMI, Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West.
And reposting my frontier book links:
See Richard Slotkin, The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890.
Bernard DeVoto, The Course of Empire.
And, Dale L. Morgan, Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West.
Allan Nevins, Frémont: Pathmarker of the West.
More, Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific.
Richard White, "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West.
Plus, Anne F. Hyde, Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860.
BONUS: ICYMI, Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West.
Louis S. Warren, God's Red Son
A brand-new book, out April 4th.
At Amazon, Louis S. Warren, God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America.
At Amazon, Louis S. Warren, God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America.
In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. Louis Warren's God's Red Son offers a startling new view of the religion known as the Ghost Dance, from its origins in the visions of a Northern Paiute named Wovoka to the tragedy in South Dakota. To this day, the Ghost Dance remains widely mischaracterized as a primitive and failed effort by Indian militants to resist American conquest and return to traditional ways. In fact, followers of the Ghost Dance sought to thrive in modern America by working for wages, farming the land, and educating their children, tenets that helped the religion endure for decades after Wounded Knee. God's Red Son powerfully reveals how Ghost Dance teachings helped Indians retain their identity and reshape the modern world.
Motion 103 (VIDEO)
At PuffHo Canada, "M-103: Anti-Islamophobia Motion Easily Passes House of Commons."
Also, from Rex Murphy, at Toronto's National Post, "The anti-Islamophobia motion has passed. And what today has changed for the better?"
And let Faith Goldy tell us all about it:
Also, from Rex Murphy, at Toronto's National Post, "The anti-Islamophobia motion has passed. And what today has changed for the better?"
And let Faith Goldy tell us all about it:
Why Birmingham's Such a Breeding-Ground for British-Born Terror
Well, all of Britain's gone to hell with jihad.
But see Blazing Cat Fur, "London Attack: Why Has Birmingham Become Such a Breeding Ground for British-Born Terror?"
But see Blazing Cat Fur, "London Attack: Why Has Birmingham Become Such a Breeding Ground for British-Born Terror?"
Judith Matloff, No Friends but the Mountains
An Amazon #1 New Release, Judith Matloff, No Friends but the Mountains: Dispatches from the World's Violent Highlands.
And at the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor:
And at the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor:
Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Judith Matloff on Why Mountains Attract War https://t.co/4kSwjR74YM
— Lara Heimert (@LaraHeimert) March 22, 2017
.@csmonitor calls Judith Matloff's #NoFriendsbuttheMountains a "crushing investigation into mountain mayhem" https://t.co/S4tZtSG5eb
— Basic Books (@BasicBooks) March 10, 2017
What's Left of the Communist Left?
Well, the old-line Marxist-Leninists may be out, but Gramscian neo-Marxist post-colonial social justice warriors are still definitely in.
It's a weird paradox, actually, but that's the world we live in.
Read this outstanding review of the scholarly literature on the Russian Revolution, from Sheila Fitzpatrick, at the London Review of Books, "What's Left?"
Under review:
* China Miéville, October: The Story of the Russian Revolution.
* Mark D. Steinberg, The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921.
* S.A. Smith, Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928.
* Sean McMeekin, The Russian Revolution: A New History.
* Tony Brenton, Historically Inevitable?: Turning Points of the Russian Revolution.
It's a weird paradox, actually, but that's the world we live in.
Read this outstanding review of the scholarly literature on the Russian Revolution, from Sheila Fitzpatrick, at the London Review of Books, "What's Left?"
Under review:
The ‘Russian Revolution' brand is in danger. https://t.co/3LKpfXexCJ
— London Review (LRB) (@LRB) March 23, 2017
* China Miéville, October: The Story of the Russian Revolution.
* Mark D. Steinberg, The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921.
* S.A. Smith, Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928.
* Sean McMeekin, The Russian Revolution: A New History.
* Tony Brenton, Historically Inevitable?: Turning Points of the Russian Revolution.
Former California Govenor Pete Wilson: No Regrets, No Apologies
He was a man ahead of the times.
Damn right he's got no apologies. He's been freakin' vindicated by events.
At the Los Angeles Times, "Pete Wilson looks back on Proposition 187 and says, heck yeah, he'd support it all over again":
Damn right he's got no apologies. He's been freakin' vindicated by events.
At the Los Angeles Times, "Pete Wilson looks back on Proposition 187 and says, heck yeah, he'd support it all over again":
After all these years, Pete Wilson has no regrets about Prop 187. 'We'd tried everything else.' @markzbarabak https://t.co/36YDKUCCPk
— Marc Duvoisin (@MarcDuvoisin) March 24, 2017
For a time, no California politician was more formidable than Republican Pete Wilson.More.
Over two decades, the popular former San Diego mayor enjoyed a record of nearly unbroken success, besting Gov. Jerry Brown in 1982 to seize a U.S. Senate seat and toppling San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein eight years later to win the governorship. He served in Sacramento during a time of epic upheaval, staring down a massive budget deficit and a series of biblical natural disasters: drought, earthquakes, fire, floods.
Now, at 83, he is waging what amounts to his final campaign — and certainly his most personal — an effort to shape how he’ll best be recollected.
By most accounts, Wilson was quite successful during eight years as governor, leaving the state in better shape than he found it, though he takes issue with that assessment. “No,” he said, “a hell of a lot better.”
If Wilson is renowned for one thing, however, it is Proposition 187, the controversial ballot measure that sought to stem illegal immigration and address its costs by cutting off state services, including healthcare and public education, to those in the country illegally.
Wilson didn’t draft the measure, nor did he place it on the November 1994 ballot. But he became the foremost champion and central character — or villain — in a narrative that goes something like this:
His reelection apparently doomed, Wilson seized on the provocative initiative and, through a racist campaign, tapped the latent bigotry of Californians to rescue his flailing candidacy, a Pyrrhic victory that has badly damaged Republicans by alienating Latinos in the state and nationwide ever since.
The narrative gained renewed currency with the rise of Donald Trump, fueled by his inflammatory rhetoric toward immigrants — Muslims and Mexicans, in particular — and the wall he promises to throw up along the Southwest border.
(Although he preferred Trump to Democrat Hillary Clinton, Wilson is no great fan of the president. He does, however, see merit in his proposal to wall off the border. “People say, … ‘God, it would cost a fortune,’” Wilson said. “Not nearly as much as failing to build the wall.”)
Setting aside comparisons, there is some truth to the popular account of Wilson’s political comeback.
He started his reelection campaign as a distinct underdog, trailing by as much as 20 points in preference polls. He was helped considerably by his tough-on-immigration stance, which came after years spent hectoring Washington for not securing the country’s borders and foisting billions in costs on states like California.
But Wilson also benefited greatly from his leadership after the January 1994 Northridge earthquake and the wretched campaign run by his Democratic rival, Brown’s sister, Kathleen, which lacked focus and ultimately ran out of cash.
It is also true his tough stance against illegal immigration and, especially, support for Proposition 187 both antagonized and energized a burgeoning Latino population, in California and around the country, abetted by Democrats who knew an opportunity when they saw one.
But Wilson will go to his grave steadfastly denying any racist or malign intent, saying his support for Proposition 187 — most of which was ultimately blocked in the courts — had nothing whatever to do with race or ethnicity.
“It wasn’t scapegoating. What it was doing was laying out the facts of what it was costing state taxpayers for federal failure,” Wilson said in his office high above Century City, where he still maintains an active law practice.
Later, he circled back: “I may have my flaws but racism is not, never has been, never will be, one of them.”
For all his political success, Wilson was no great orator, nor personally charismatic. Rather, his political strength was always as a tactician, far better operating behind the scenes than standing before a TV camera.
Looking back, he dissected the 1994 campaign the way a surgeon might discuss a kidney transplant, his clinical detachment belying not just the fiery emotion surrounding the immigration issue but the hurt he said he has felt ever since...
Myla Dalbesio Wears Nothing But Sand (VIDEO)
Sports Illustrated went all out this year, heh.
Ms Myla's da kine.
Ms Myla's da kine.
Todd Shepard, The Invention of Decolonization
This looks excellent.
Todd Shepard, The Invention of Decolonization: The Algerian War and the Remaking of France.
BONUS: Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962.
Todd Shepard, The Invention of Decolonization: The Algerian War and the Remaking of France.
BONUS: Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962.
Talitha L. LeFlouria, Chained in Silence
At Amazon, Talitha L. LeFlouria, Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South.
BONUS: Sarah Haley, No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity.
BONUS: Sarah Haley, No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity.
Lauren Southern, Barbarians
*BUMPED.*
At Amazon, Lauren Southern, Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants, and Islam Screwed My Generation.
At Amazon, Lauren Southern, Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants, and Islam Screwed My Generation.
Finally back in Canada, range day 🔫🔫 pic.twitter.com/xklhJqIK1X— Lauren Southern (@Lauren_Southern) June 27, 2016
Elton John's 70th Birthday Celebration Gala (VIDEO)
It's tomorrow night, at the Hammer Museum in Westwood.
From the press release:
From the press release:
ELTON JOHN’S 70TH BIRTHDAY AND HIS 50-YEAR SONGWRITING PARTNERSHIP WITH BERNIE TAUPIN WILL BE CELEBRATED TOMORROW, MARCH 25, 2017, AT A GALA EVENT IN LOS ANGELES
WATCH A SHORT FILM WITH A SELECTION OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM HIS AMAZING CAREER HERE
ROB LOWE WILL SERVE AS HOST
LADY GAGA AND OTHER SURPRISE GUESTS WILL PERFORM AT THE EVENT
THE CELEBRATION WILL BENEFIT THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION AND THE UCLA HAMMER MUSEUM
LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2017 – Tomorrow, March 25, a gala fundraising event celebrating Elton John’s 70th birthday and his 50-year writing partnership with Bernie Taupin will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) and the Hammer Museum at UCLA. Held at Red Studios in Los Angeles, the evening will be hosted by Rob Lowe and will feature a gala dinner and special musical performances by Lady Gaga and other surprise guests.
Watch a short film with a selection of highlights from Elton’s amazing career here https://youtu.be/ngusy7cvA4A
In keeping with Elton's commitment to philanthropy, he is eager to leverage the celebration of his 70th birthday and his amazing songwriting collaboration with Bernie Taupin in order to support two worthy causes that are the driving passions of his life: ending the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, and art in all its many forms. To that end, this event will raise urgently needed money to help fund the grant-making initiatives of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and exhibitions and programs presented by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
This very special evening will honor the many strands of an unrivalled career and life that still continue to enrich, enthrall, and inspire. Elton John is a true musical and cultural iconoclast, with a record that speaks for itself. He has achieved worldwide sales of over 250 million records and has 58 Billboard Top 40 singles in the United States. He has written the music for the stage and screen successes Billy Elliot: The Musical, Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida, and Disney's cinematic and theatrical sensation The Lion King. A tireless live performer, Elton has played more than 3,500 concerts in over 80 countries. He has collected 12 Ivor Novello Awards, six GRAMMYS®, two Brits, an Oscar®, and a Tony. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has received a knighthood from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1998. He is a tireless charitable campaigner and philanthropist, notoriously outspoken for the causes he believes in. Elton John is an undisputed pop culture legend. His knowledge and championing of new music has helped many new artists achieve recognition and success. He is constantly moving forward, never resting on his laurels, never becoming complacent, predictable, or dull.
Of his career with Bernie Taupin, Elton simply says, "It's the same excitement now as when we first started. That this year marks the 50th anniversary of my partnership with Bernie Taupin is mind boggling for me because it seems like only yesterday that I met him. It's an amazing achievement to stay with one person for 50 years on a creative basis, in an industry where that doesn't really happen very much."
On reaching his 70th year, Elton notes, "I'm interested in moving forward all the time, with what I create, my collaborations, and also with discovering the work of other people. I think age is immaterial, provided we keep our minds alive by being open to new things. I can be as excited by a new artist who plays me their demo as I am by a new record of one of my musical heroes. I can be excited by playing a new city I've never played before, or revisiting somewhere I know well and seeing how it's changed. Life is a constant state of flux for us all, and I like to embrace that. I also feel very happy to use my position to bring attention to injustice in the world, and to try to help where I can. At this time in my life I'm the happiest I have ever been."
Bernie Taupin says of Elton, "It's been an unconventional partnership and while we pretty much patented the two-rooms technique I'd venture to say you'd be hard pressed to find a couple of songwriters more in sync with each other and their craft".
See Elton John on tour. Go to www.eltonjohn.com for more information.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
ICYMI: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
The book arrived a couple of days ago, and man, is it impressive -- at 644 pages (not counting footnotes and end-matter).
I can't start this one right now, as I want to really savor it. I'll wait until the semester's over.
At Amazon, Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest.
Interestingly, Mr. Josephy wasn't an academic historian. (You'd never know it by looking at the book.) He passed away in 2005. See his obituary at the New York Times, "Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., 90, Historian on Indian Life, Dies."
I can't start this one right now, as I want to really savor it. I'll wait until the semester's over.
At Amazon, Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest.
Interestingly, Mr. Josephy wasn't an academic historian. (You'd never know it by looking at the book.) He passed away in 2005. See his obituary at the New York Times, "Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., 90, Historian on Indian Life, Dies."
City University of New York to Revamp Remedial Programs
Well, good luck with that.
At the New York Times, "CUNY to Revamp Remedial Programs, Hoping to Lift Graduation Rates":
One of the things they're doing is removing the algebra requirement: "CUNY will now require all of its associate degree programs to offer an alternative to remedial algebra, like quantitative reasoning or statistics."
Check back with me in a couple of years and we'll see how that's working out. Basically, keep dumbing down community colleges, and then guarantee your students won't be successful after transferring to a university for the bachelor's degree.
At the New York Times, "CUNY to Revamp Remedial Programs, Hoping to Lift Graduation Rates":
80% of CUNY freshman need remedial classes. But now, CUNY is rethinking its remedial programs from end to end https://t.co/yj09o1wxBj— Elizabeth A. Harris (@Liz_A_Harris) March 20, 2017
Twenty-thousand new students arrived at public community colleges in New York City last fall only to be told they were not ready for college-level work. Instead, they were placed in remedial classes to complete the preparation they were supposed to have received in high school.More.
But for a significant portion of these students, remedial courses will not put them any closer to a degree. The courses take time and cost money — or consume a portion of a student’s financial aid — while offering no credits. Many students, frustrated that they are sitting in class without progressing toward a degree, drop out. It is a pattern replicated every year, not just in New York but at community colleges across the country.
Now, the City University of New York, the largest urban public university system in the United States, is moving to fundamentally rework its traditional remedial programs. Administrators hope program changes this year and in 2018 will make necessary catch-up less of a stumbling block, while ensuring that students who are in college-level classes are prepared to do the work.
“The notion is that if you can succeed in college, we want to help you get there,” said Vita C. Rabinowitz, executive vice chancellor and university provost at CUNY. “No artificial barriers or screening devices. It’s a matter of true college readiness.”
Dr. Rabinowitz said that about 80 percent of freshman entering community college in the CUNY system require remediation in reading, writing, math, or some combination of those subjects. Students of color are twice as likely to be assessed as needing remediation as white students. But at the end of one year, only half of all students in remediation have advanced out of those classes. The need for remediation is a chronic problem at community colleges around the country as students graduate from high school without the skills they need for college.
“We had outcomes that were in line with national averages, which is to say very disappointing,” Dr. Rabinowitz said. The system, she said, was not working. “And if that’s not working, then CUNY is not working.”
One fundamental shift CUNY is planning will address how students are assigned to remedial courses. Traditionally, most students entering CUNY community colleges take placement tests in reading, writing and math, which determines who needs help. But researchers and college administrators around the country worry that these tests put people in remedial classes who could have done well without them.
In fact, ACT, the testing company, withdrew its placement test from the market last year over such concerns. Ed Colby, a spokesman for the company said that the test, called Compass, and others like it, were not placing students where they should be. Students who had been out of high school for a few years when they took the exam were particularly likely to be unnecessarily steered toward remediation, Mr. Colby said.
For now, CUNY has switched to a different test — ACCUPLACER, which is a College Board exam — but the plan is to incorporate other measures as well. David Crook, associate university provost for academic affairs at CUNY, said they were considering looking at students’ grades in relevant classes, or perhaps their overall grade point average. They hope to have a new system in place for the fall of 2018.
CUNY has also put in place an automatic retesting policy for those who score just below the passing cutoff on the math and reading placement tests. Since the option was put in place last fall, about 550 students have taken advantage of it on the reading exam, and of those, 49 percent passed on their second try. Three hundred students retook the math test, and of those students, 55 percent passed...
One of the things they're doing is removing the algebra requirement: "CUNY will now require all of its associate degree programs to offer an alternative to remedial algebra, like quantitative reasoning or statistics."
Check back with me in a couple of years and we'll see how that's working out. Basically, keep dumbing down community colleges, and then guarantee your students won't be successful after transferring to a university for the bachelor's degree.
Healthcare Reform Will Pass, Gorsuch Will Be Confirmed, and President Trump Will Be Proven Accurate on His Surveillance Claims…
Well, President Trump's already being proved correct on his surveillance claims, and I expect Gorsuch to be confirmed.
Not so sure about the healthcare bill, however. I'm not following it that closely, but lots of folks on the right aren't pleased. But we'll see.
Meanwhile, see the Conservative Treehouse.
Not so sure about the healthcare bill, however. I'm not following it that closely, but lots of folks on the right aren't pleased. But we'll see.
Meanwhile, see the Conservative Treehouse.
David W. Grua, Surviving Wounded Knee
This looks very good.
Out just last year, it appears current and hip with the latest trends in the (progressive) literature.
At Amazon, David W. Grua, Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory.
Out just last year, it appears current and hip with the latest trends in the (progressive) literature.
At Amazon, David W. Grua, Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory.
British Prime Minister Theresa May Condemns Westminster Jihad Terrorist Attack (VIDEO)
I do like Theresa May, but at times like this I can only reflect on how she's brought on the terror herself. She's not all to blame. The entire radical left collectivist culture has infected everything, to the point where even so-called conservatives have sold out the old-line Brits who should be the country's salt-of-the-earth (the folks who voted for Brexit, in particular). But the Tories' sick pandering to Islam is a big part of the problem, and it won't be getting better anytime soon.
Canadian Woman Videotapes Two Large Black Wolves Running Along the Highway as She was Traveling to Work (VIDEO)
That's wild, literally!
Here's the video, at the Mother Nature Network, "Woman films encounter with wild wolves running along a highway in Canada."
And at Telegraph U.K.:
Here's the video, at the Mother Nature Network, "Woman films encounter with wild wolves running along a highway in Canada."
And at Telegraph U.K.:
A Canadian woman was travelling to work when she noticed two large black wolves running on the road alongside herhttps://t.co/Uj455v9cGQ
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
After Westminster Jihad Attack, Britain Vows to Defend 'Tolerance'
Pfft.
There's going to be nothing to defend too much longer.
See Robert Spencer, at FrontPage Magazine, "Jihadi Attack in London, U.K. Vows to Defend 'Tolerance'."
There's going to be nothing to defend too much longer.
See Robert Spencer, at FrontPage Magazine, "Jihadi Attack in London, U.K. Vows to Defend 'Tolerance'."
Melanie Phillips, Londonistan
At Amazon, Melanie Phillips, Londonistan.
The suicide bombings carried out in London in 2005 by British Muslims revealed an enormous fifth column of Islamist terrorists and their sympathizers. Under the noses of British intelligence, London has become the European hub for the promotion, recruitment and financing of Islamic terror and extremism - so much so that it has been mockingly dubbed Londonistan. In this ground-breaking book Melanie Phillips pieces together the story of how Londonistan developed as a result of the collapse of traditional English identity and accommodation of a particularly virulent form of multiculturalism. Londonistan has become a country within the country and not only threatens Britain but its special relationship with the U.S. as well.
Federal Staffers Panicked by Conservative Media Attacks
These "federal staffers" are supposed to be nonpartisan bureaucrats who serve elected officials without prejudice. If these same people are afraid of conservatives, that's good. That means they've figured out "the people" are on to them and their far-left schemes of endless government expansion and collectivist utopia.
At Politico:
At Politico:
Obviously, the truth is making career staffers at State uncomfortable. That is not our problem. - @gastonmooney https://t.co/n1uTd9dtfP
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) March 22, 2017
Three New Books on the Frankfurt School
This stuff would have been right in Andrew Breitbart's wheelhouse (and if you're not getting my meaning, see his book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!).
Here we are:
* Peter E. Gordon, Adorno and Existence.
* Stuart Jeffries, Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School.
* Stefan Müller-Doohm, Habermas: A Biography.
And see the review, at the New York Review:
Here we are:
* Peter E. Gordon, Adorno and Existence.
* Stuart Jeffries, Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School.
* Stefan Müller-Doohm, Habermas: A Biography.
And see the review, at the New York Review:
Samuel Freeman reviews three new books on the lives and ideas of the Frankfurt School https://t.co/hvQCb6baBl
— NY Review of Books (@nybooks) March 13, 2017
Sean McMeekin, The Russian Revolution
Before I embarked on my reading and research on American Indians and the frontier West, I was reading a lot of history of Russia and Stalin.
So, it turns out there's more such historiography on the way.
See Sean McMeekin, at Amazon, The Russian Revolution: A New History (out May 30th).
So, it turns out there's more such historiography on the way.
See Sean McMeekin, at Amazon, The Russian Revolution: A New History (out May 30th).
NBC's Matt Bradley Worried Westminster Jihad Attack Will 'Put Wind in the Sails' of 'Right-Wing Movement'
Hey, brother, the sails have been billowing for years now. Frankly, the chickens of political correctness came home to roots in Westminster today.
But see NewsBusters, via Ed Driscoll at Instapundit, "RIGHT ON CUE: NBC Reporter Fears London Terror Will ‘Put Wind in the Sails’ of ‘Right-Wing Movement’."
But see NewsBusters, via Ed Driscoll at Instapundit, "RIGHT ON CUE: NBC Reporter Fears London Terror Will ‘Put Wind in the Sails’ of ‘Right-Wing Movement’."
Five Dead, Dozens Injured in Westminster Jihad Attack at British Parliament (VIDEO)
Information is still coming in, for example, the identity of the suspect is still unknown.
Following-up from earlier, "Shots Fired Outside British Parliament."
At the Guardian U.K., "Parliament attack: police officer among five dead in 'sick and depraved' incident":
See also Pamela's, "U.K. news outlets WITHDRAW claim that Abu Izzadeen was London jihad murderer."
More at the Telegraph U.K., "How Westminster terror attack had echoes of Brussels, Nice and Berlin."
Following-up from earlier, "Shots Fired Outside British Parliament."
At the Guardian U.K., "Parliament attack: police officer among five dead in 'sick and depraved' incident":
The Guardian understands the initial working theories of the police investigation are the attacker was inspired by Isis and was most likely a “lone actor”. The attacker’s identity was already known to counter-terrorism officials. Rowley said investigators were trying to establish the attacker’s associates and his preparations for the attack.Apparently, "police refuse to name" the suspect, and that's apparently after a number of outlets identified the wrong person.
See also Pamela's, "U.K. news outlets WITHDRAW claim that Abu Izzadeen was London jihad murderer."
More at the Telegraph U.K., "How Westminster terror attack had echoes of Brussels, Nice and Berlin."
#PresidentTrump Vindicated on Surveillance Claims
Heh.
I've been saying this all along, and now here comes Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, indicating that some of President[-elect] Trump's communications were captured at Trump Tower during the transition.
At Bloomberg, "Nunes Says Trump Team Conversations Caught in Surveillance."
I've been saying this all along, and now here comes Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, indicating that some of President[-elect] Trump's communications were captured at Trump Tower during the transition.
At Bloomberg, "Nunes Says Trump Team Conversations Caught in Surveillance."
'ALARMED' AS DETAILS WIDELY DISSEMINATED... https://t.co/Y49xQXb9Ld— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) March 22, 2017
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Also, Richard Slotkin, The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890.
Bernard DeVoto, The Course of Empire.
And, Dale L. Morgan, Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West.
Allan Nevins, Frémont: Pathmarker of the West.
More, Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific.
Richard White, "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West.
Plus, Anne F. Hyde, Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860.
BONUS: ICYMI, Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West.
Also, Richard Slotkin, The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890.
Bernard DeVoto, The Course of Empire.
And, Dale L. Morgan, Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West.
Allan Nevins, Frémont: Pathmarker of the West.
More, Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific.
Richard White, "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West.
Plus, Anne F. Hyde, Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860.
BONUS: ICYMI, Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West.
Shots Fired Outside British Parliament
This is a developing story, at the Telegraph U.K., "Live Parliament shooting Armed man 'shot by police' after charging through Westminster gates and stabbing officer."
We'll see if it was a vehicle jihad attack, but it's best not to speculate until more information becomes available.
ADDED: The headline at Daily Mail's calling it a "terrorist attack."
MORE: It's a very bad situation:
UPDATE:
I've got to get in the shower and head to work. Folks in Britain call Pakistani Muslims "Asians," so you can see where this is going. More tonight.
#BREAKING: Man shot by police outside Parliament. More details to follow. pic.twitter.com/aa8IVWpj5k
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
A policeman is understood to have shot an intruder three times at close range outside the Houses of Parliament https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/9f0qNpsg5z
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
Westminster in lockdown: Two people were seen lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/bGimxJPOKR
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
At least a dozen injured people on Westminster Bridge near UK parliament, a Reuters photographer reports https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/CJ86cc6W5a
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
Scotland Yard said it was called to a firearms incident on Westminster Bridge amid reports of several people injured https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/u9tQKvqXfj
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
An Air Ambulance outside the Palace of Westminster after an armed man was 'shot dead by police' https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/mmiFRk8bwP
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
Major security alert under way at Palace of Westminster: man reportedly shot by police outside Houses of Parliament https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/h3TCjMMn6v
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
House of Commons Leader David Lidington tells MPs a "police officer has been stabbed" and the "alleged assailant was shot by armed police" pic.twitter.com/dSvn86qdGD
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
The scene on Westminster Bridge. A major security alert is under way at the Houses of Parliament https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq https://t.co/6jtXVsNJat
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
Staff inside Westminster were told to stay in their offices and the PM was reportedly bundled away from parliament https://t.co/oiCGGVWrPq pic.twitter.com/lp44TdIfrY
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 22, 2017
We'll see if it was a vehicle jihad attack, but it's best not to speculate until more information becomes available.
ADDED: The headline at Daily Mail's calling it a "terrorist attack."
Police shoot 'knife wielding man' outside Parliament after car mows down five people on Westminster Bridge https://t.co/H6XQNCZRrs pic.twitter.com/QgEoj8PKs0
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) March 22, 2017
MORE: It's a very bad situation:
Looks like they have stopped CPR on the intruder at Parliament
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017
Intruder has been lifted onto stretcher and is being put in ambulance
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017
A blanket has been put over person down who we think was police officer. First aiders have stopped treating them
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017
Ambulance carrying intruder has left Parliament. The body of the person we think was police officer is dead, body covered by red blanket
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017
Commons tannoy: "Due to security incident all buildings have been locked down - please stay in current location until further notice"
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) March 22, 2017
NEW: Metropolitan police say they're treating firearms incident "as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise." https://t.co/6ilOxFEvKs pic.twitter.com/XyEqRPnyRV
— ABC News (@ABC) March 22, 2017
UPDATE:
#ParliamentAttack: "Witnesses describe 'Asian guy' in his 40s carrying eight-inch long knife": https://t.co/Z4TZ1k6Y0Q
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) March 22, 2017
I've got to get in the shower and head to work. Folks in Britain call Pakistani Muslims "Asians," so you can see where this is going. More tonight.
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