From Megan McArdle, at Bloomberg, "Seattle's Painful Lesson on the Road to a $15 Minimum Wage: The experiment has hurt low-wage workers, cutting their earnings by $125 a month."
Leftist economists were naturally shooting down the new report, which says low-income workers are harmed by the minimum wage hikes.
ADDED: At Legal Insurrection, "Seattle Minimum Wage Hike Backfires Hurting Low Income Workers."
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
#FakeNews Meltdown at Cable News Network: #ThisIsCnn
This is after the Anthony Scaramucci story blew up.
From Yesterday:
From Yesterday:
NEW - 3 CNN staff resign over Scaramucci/Russia story pic.twitter.com/L35Le6ML5p— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 26, 2017
And today, at LifeZette, via Memeorandum, "Fake News Meltdown at CNN: Retractions, Resignations and Outbursts."Thomas Frank, Eric Lichtblau and Lex Harris all resigned from CNN over Russia/Scaramucci story. These are big names. https://t.co/5efVCUZl8P— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 26, 2017
An editor's note from CNN https://t.co/5bHxUVnHHt pic.twitter.com/W3IjT5FPN8
— CNN (@CNN) June 24, 2017
.@CNN did the right thing. Classy move. Apology accepted. Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on. https://t.co/lyVajCKNHx
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) June 24, 2017
"The President did nothing wrong" @Scaramucci and @ChrisCuomo tussle over whether Russia probe is a "hoax" https://t.co/tVGOthQApj
— New Day (@NewDay) June 20, 2017
Massive Cyberattack Hits Europe
Like I said the other day, "These really are acts of war and it's increasingly apparent that Western states are losing."
Yep.
See the Telegraph U.K., "Live - Petya cyber attack: Ransomware spreads across Europe with firms in Ukraine, Britain and Spain shut down."
Also at Bloomberg, "New Cyberattack Spreads Across Europe, Hits Rosneft, Maersk":
Yep.
See the Telegraph U.K., "Live - Petya cyber attack: Ransomware spreads across Europe with firms in Ukraine, Britain and Spain shut down."
Also at Bloomberg, "New Cyberattack Spreads Across Europe, Hits Rosneft, Maersk":
A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading across Europe, hitting major companies from Rosneft PJSC in Moscow to A.P. Moller-Maersk in Copenhagen while disrupting government systems in Kiev.More.
More than 80 companies in Russia and Ukraine were affected by the Petya virus that disabled computers Tuesday and told users to pay $300 in cryptocurrency to unlock them, according to the Moscow-based cybersecurity company Group-IB. Telecommunications operators and retailers were also affected and the virus is spreading in a similar way to the WannaCry attack in May, it said.
The intrusion is “the biggest in Ukraine’s history,” Anton Gerashchenko, an aide to the Interior Ministry, wrote on Facebook. The goal was “the destabilization of the economic situation and in the civic consciousness of Ukraine,” though it was “disguised as an extortion attempt,” he said.
The New York Times Shills for Communism — Again
Can't get enough Walter Duranty over there, lol.
And they never tire of rehabilitating the failed theories of Marxism.
See Bhaskar Sunkara (Editor of the Jacobin), at the Old Gray Lady, "Socialism’s Future May Be Its Past":
These are terrible people. Resist them to the last.
"Workers' democracy" will be dismantled as soon as the "majority" vote in the party elites. It's the same old, same old.
And they never tire of rehabilitating the failed theories of Marxism.
See Bhaskar Sunkara (Editor of the Jacobin), at the Old Gray Lady, "Socialism’s Future May Be Its Past":
Why, 100 years on, the road to socialism runs back through Finland Station in Russia. By @sunraysunray https://t.co/QH0N0Zp6k6— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) June 26, 2017
Stripped down to its essence, and returned to its roots, socialism is an ideology of radical democracy. In an era when liberties are under attack, it seeks to empower civil society to allow participation in the decisions that affect our lives. A huge state bureaucracy, of course, can be just as alienating and undemocratic as corporate boardrooms, so we need to think hard about the new forms that social ownership could take.Try as they might, it's still the old Communism, but with fluffed-up dressing.
Some broad outlines should already be clear: Worker-owned cooperatives, still competing in a regulated market; government services coordinated with the aid of citizen planning; and the provision of the basics necessary to live a good life (education, housing and health care) guaranteed as social rights. In other words, a world where people have the freedom to reach their potentials, whatever the circumstances of their birth.
We can get to this Finland Station only with the support of a majority; that’s one reason that socialists are such energetic advocates of democracy and pluralism. But we can’t ignore socialism’s loss of innocence over the past century. We may reject the version of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as crazed demons and choose to see them as well-intentioned people trying to build a better world out of a crisis, but we must work out how to avoid their failures...
These are terrible people. Resist them to the last.
"Workers' democracy" will be dismantled as soon as the "majority" vote in the party elites. It's the same old, same old.
Monday, June 26, 2017
Angels Beat Dodgers in 4-0 Shutout Behind Ricky Nolasco Gem
The Angels went two games above .500 tonight with a sparking win over the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine, the opening night of a four-game freeway series.
The Dodgers have the second best record in baseball, just a game or two behind than Houston. And Los Angeles had a 10-game winning streak heading into tonight's game.
So what's up with the Angels?
The joke recently is that they've been stuck one game within .500 ball, up or down, with no end in sight. Well, with tonight's game Anaheim's got a two-game winning streak, so that's encouraging.
The Angels now move into second place in the American League West, still 12.5 games behind the first place Astros. But if they keep performing like this, things will be looking very good going into the All-Star break, especially since injured Mike Trout's expected to return to the lineup any times thereabouts.
Here's more from Mike DiGiovanna, at LAT, "Break up the Angels? They broke, but haven't wavered":
The Dodgers have the second best record in baseball, just a game or two behind than Houston. And Los Angeles had a 10-game winning streak heading into tonight's game.
#HaloRecap: #Angels blank Dodgers, @RNolasco47 picks up the win!https://t.co/EyQj2dtDum pic.twitter.com/JAmcpjDkLo— Angels (@Angels) June 27, 2017
So what's up with the Angels?
The joke recently is that they've been stuck one game within .500 ball, up or down, with no end in sight. Well, with tonight's game Anaheim's got a two-game winning streak, so that's encouraging.
The Angels now move into second place in the American League West, still 12.5 games behind the first place Astros. But if they keep performing like this, things will be looking very good going into the All-Star break, especially since injured Mike Trout's expected to return to the lineup any times thereabouts.
Here's more from Mike DiGiovanna, at LAT, "Break up the Angels? They broke, but haven't wavered":
Last rites were administered to the Angels on May 29, the day they learned that star center fielder Mike Trout would need surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb and miss six to eight weeks.Still more.
The rotation was already in tatters, having lost ace Garrett Richards to a right biceps strain after one start, Tyler Skaggs to a rib-cage strain in late April and Andrew Heaney and Nick Tropeano to season-ending elbow surgeries.
General manager Billy Eppler was running out of spackle to patch a bullpen that lost its best reliever, Cam Bedrosian, to a groin strain for two months, erstwhile closer Huston Street to a back strain for 2½ months and late-inning man Andrew Bailey to a shoulder injury for 2½ months.
Third baseman Yunel Escobar was on the disabled list, and left fielder Cameron Maybin was about to join him. First baseman Luis Valbuena was hitting .167, and second baseman Danny Espinosa (.141) and right fielder Kole Calhoun (.209) were in deep slumps.
The Angels were already buried in the American League West, a division the powerful Houston Astros led by 11½ games entering Saturday.
Surely, they could not withstand the loss of baseball’s best all-around player, a two-time most valuable player who was batting .337 with 16 homers, 36 runs batted in and a league-leading 1.203 on-base-plus-slugging percentage when he injured his thumb on a head-first slide into second.
Yet, as the Angels enter their fifth week without Trout, they were 2 games out of the second AL wild-card spot heading into Sunday, alive and kicking, their ability to tread water in a pool of mediocrity putting them in position for a possible second-half playoff push.
“It’s miraculous, the job the Angels and [manager] Mike Scioscia have done,” John Smoltz, a Hall of Fame pitcher and Fox television analyst, said on a conference call last week. “Their pitching has just been decimated, and then they lose Trout.
“If they can get some pitching back, then they’re a threat for a wild card. I didn’t think with that many injuries they’d even be hanging around.”
That the Angels are 13-12 without Trout — and 39-39 overall — through Saturday seems as improbable as their 12-0 record on Tuesdays. Even with Trout’s dominant two months, they were 14th in the AL in OPS (.709) and ninth in runs (335) through Friday.
But they’re averaging 5.0 runs a game in Trout’s absence because Maybin and Calhoun heated up, Albert Pujols continued to drive in runs and Andrelton Simmons and Escobar continued to hit. They’re pressuring teams with a league-leading 67 stolen bases, and Eric Young Jr., has filled some of Trout’s void.
Young, signed to a minor league deal last winter, was called up from triple-A when Trout went on the DL. He was batting .288 with an .826 OPS, three homers, 10 RBIs, 15 runs and six stolen bases in 23 games through Friday.
Calhoun followed an eight-for-65 skid by hitting .341 (28 for 82) with five homers and 20 RBIs in 22 games through Friday. Since moving to the leadoff spot on May 16, Maybin is hitting .374 with a .466 on-base percentage, five homers, 10 doubles and 30 runs in 25 games. Pujols is fifth in the AL with 51 RBIs.
Bud Norris, Blake Parker, Yusmeiro Petit, David Hernandez and Keynan Middleton solidified a no-name bullpen that ranks fifth in the AL with a 3.62 ERA and has stranded 91 of 117 inherited runners, an AL-best 22.2% scoring percentage.
Norris, a former starter who signed as a minor league free agent, had a 2.43 ERA and converted 11 of 13 save opportunities before going on the DL because of an inflamed right knee last Tuesday.
Parker, a winter waiver claim who made the club because of Street’s injury, was 3-2 with a 2.16 ERA, 49 strikeouts and nine walks in 33 1/3 innings through Friday. Petit, a minor league free agent, has a 2.42 ERA, 51 strikeouts and 11 walks in 44 2/3 innings of 28 games.
Hernandez, who was pitching for Atlanta’s triple-A team when the Angels acquired him for cash or a player to be named on April 24, has a 2.28 ERA, 27 strikeouts and four walks in 23 2/3 innings of 26 games.
And Middleton, with his 100-mph fastball, has risen toward a high-leverage role with a 2-0 record and 3.43 ERA in 24 games since being called up...
Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains
The hot new book among radical leftists, apparently --- #1 New Release at Amazon.
See, Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America.
There's no such thing as the "radical" right, of course. It just sounds super spooky, heh.
See, Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America.
There's no such thing as the "radical" right, of course. It just sounds super spooky, heh.
Tori Praver See-Through Swimsuit (VIDEO)
At Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, "Tori Praver Shows Off While Wearing a See-Through Swimsuit (VIDEO)."
Alexandra Daddario for GQ Spain
At Egotastic!, "Alexandra Daddario Showing Off Her Heavenly Racktastic for GQ."
And at GotCeleb, "Alexandra Daddario – GQ Spain Magazine (July/August 2017)."
And at GotCeleb, "Alexandra Daddario – GQ Spain Magazine (July/August 2017)."
Shop Today's Deals
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.
And here, Deals in Car Stereos, Speakers, and More.
More here, Logitech H800 Wireless Headset for PC, Tablets and Smartphones, Bluetooth Headphones with Mic.
Also, Best Sellers in Televisions.
More, Deals in Laptops.
Plus, Shop Gourmet Food.
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BONUS: Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
And here, Deals in Car Stereos, Speakers, and More.
More here, Logitech H800 Wireless Headset for PC, Tablets and Smartphones, Bluetooth Headphones with Mic.
Also, Best Sellers in Televisions.
More, Deals in Laptops.
Plus, Shop Gourmet Food.
Still more, Large Beach Towel, Pool Towel, in Cabana Stripe - (Variety, 4 pack, 30x60 inches) - Cotton - by Utopia Towel.
Again, Koffee Kult DARK ROAST COFFEE BEANS (Whole Bean 5 Lbs) - Highest Quality Delicious Organically Sourced Fair Trade - Whole Bean Coffee - Fresh Gourmet Aromatic.
BONUS: Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
Katie Hopkins: 'You are Frankenstein. I am your monster...' (VIDEO)
She's a freakin' righteous woman.
Our liberal press is biased. People like you give voice to people like me. You are Frankenstein. I am your monster pic.twitter.com/rF9TDTActR
— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) June 26, 2017
Jennifer Delacruz's Monday Forecast
As usual, this clip wasn't available before I hit the sack, but Ms. Jennifer's always worth a post.
At ABC News 10 San Diego:
At ABC News 10 San Diego:
Noel Monk and Joe Layden, Runnin' with the Devil
Something different for you.
At Amazon, Noel Monk and Joe Layden, Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen.
At Amazon, Noel Monk and Joe Layden, Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen.
Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage
I picked this book off my shelf a couple of weeks ago to read. The receipt was still in there: I got 25 percent off (it was $5.99) at Target.
It's a perfectly fine book, comforting and humorous. And a rather quick read.
I need to have a novel in progress while I'm reading my big non-fiction and history tomes. It helps if it's a short novel as well, so I can rip through it and feel a sense of accomplishment.
So, with Anne Tyler, it got me to thinking: Should I read more of her books? I bought this one on a whim, as it was. I was about to move into my town-home in Tustin and I was worried about disposable income after the mortgage payments would be due. I stocked up on all kinds of books. I go through jags and obsessive spurts like that.
I was about to give this one to the local library, since I have so many books on my shelves left unread after years and years of just sitting there, but I decided to give it a go, just to feel like I read some "pulp fiction."
In any case, it's worth a look.
At Amazon, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage: A Novel.
It's a perfectly fine book, comforting and humorous. And a rather quick read.
I need to have a novel in progress while I'm reading my big non-fiction and history tomes. It helps if it's a short novel as well, so I can rip through it and feel a sense of accomplishment.
So, with Anne Tyler, it got me to thinking: Should I read more of her books? I bought this one on a whim, as it was. I was about to move into my town-home in Tustin and I was worried about disposable income after the mortgage payments would be due. I stocked up on all kinds of books. I go through jags and obsessive spurts like that.
I was about to give this one to the local library, since I have so many books on my shelves left unread after years and years of just sitting there, but I decided to give it a go, just to feel like I read some "pulp fiction."
In any case, it's worth a look.
At Amazon, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage: A Novel.
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Austin Ruse, Fake Science
*BUMPED.*
At Amazon, available July 17th, Austin Ruse, Fake Science: Exposing the Left's Skewed Statistics, Fuzzy Facts, and Dodgy Data.
At Amazon, available July 17th, Austin Ruse, Fake Science: Exposing the Left's Skewed Statistics, Fuzzy Facts, and Dodgy Data.
Sunday Cartoons
At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."
Also at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."
Cartoon Credit: Ben Garrison.
"Crazy Bernie Sanders" trending on Twitter -Made with 100% corrupt ingredients (Bank fraud included) https://t.co/Oj98iIxEAZ pic.twitter.com/GQ5wfaOojV
— BenGarrison Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) June 25, 2017
Also at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."
Cartoon Credit: Ben Garrison.
Chicago Dyke March Collective Removes Pro-Israel Queers Waving Jewish Pride Flag from Annual LGBT Parade
It's come to this.
At Haaretz, "Chicago ‘Dyke March’ Bans Jewish Pride Flags: ‘They Made People Feel Unsafe’" (via Memeorandum).
Also at Twitchy, "TRIGGERED: Guess the country’s flag banned by tolerant lefties at Pride parade in Chicago."
At Haaretz, "Chicago ‘Dyke March’ Bans Jewish Pride Flags: ‘They Made People Feel Unsafe’" (via Memeorandum).
Also at Twitchy, "TRIGGERED: Guess the country’s flag banned by tolerant lefties at Pride parade in Chicago."
"As a Jew, I'm not welcome here." If you get "triggered" by a Star of David you need to check your racism. https://t.co/BedsxAjlZJ— Alex Ryvchin (@AlexRyvchin) June 25, 2017
Dyke March organizer explains the group's decision to expel Jews from Chicago Pride parade. https://t.co/9mgKhbXNig pic.twitter.com/8XYs109bUP— John-Paul Pagano (@johnpaulpagano) June 25, 2017
Yeah so asking Pride marchers who display a Star of David to leave? That isn't "pro-Palestinian." It's anti-Semitic. https://t.co/h9qj8JT1JS— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) June 25, 2017
The Dyke March Chicago also banned American flags as symbols of oppression. They allowed flags from other countries. Give me a fucking break— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) June 25, 2017
The idea that America is uniquely oppressive among nations is one of the more idiotic things I have ever heard (and I've heard a lot!)— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) June 25, 2017
Pop quiz: Do gays have more rights in A) Israel or B) the Palestinian Authority? https://t.co/fXAPuJenfO— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) June 25, 2017
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