Althouse: Smollett guilty.

December 9, 2021

Smollett guilty.

"Actor Jussie Smollett was convicted by a Cook County jury Thursday of staging and reporting a hate crime on himself, marking a dramatic end to a case that captivated the nation ever since he reported being attacked on a frigid night in Chicago nearly three years ago" (Chicago Tribune).

113 comments:

Big Mike said...: Common sense prevailed! Amazing.; 12/9/21, 5:30 PM
rhhardin said...: Another show trial. The police ought to have spent no time at all on the hoax as it was obviously a hoax.; 12/9/21, 5:35 PM
Readering said...: So he's convicted on 5 counts of statements made to 2 officers the night of the incident, but not on a 6th count for a statement made to a detective after the 2 brothers were picked up a fortnight later.; 12/9/21, 5:38 PM
Drago said...: rhhardin: "Another show trial. The police ought to have spent no time at all on the hoax as it was obviously a hoax."

It was so obviously a moronic hoax, that every single Althouse lefty, without exception, doubled and tripled down on this kindergarten level faux "event" as hard as they bit down on every single Russia Russia Russia collusion/hoax dossier lie over the last 5 years and the Rittenhouse and Covington Catholic lies.

The most amazing part, most of the Althouse lefties STILL, to this day, believe the collusion lies. And I'll bet that at least 25% of them will still be pushing this Juicy Smolliet hoax over the next several years.

100% guaranteed that the smolliet hoax will continue to be listed as a hate crime against blacks by the Southern Poverty Law and Racial Hucksterism Center.; 12/9/21, 5:40 PM
gilbar said...: what time do the riots start? or, don't we do those anymore what with Jo Biden?; 12/9/21, 5:42 PM
Drago said...: In Smollett's "defense", given the example of the Althouse lefty lemmings and how gullible and susceptible they are to obvious lies and hoaxes, is it any wonder why Smollett thought he could pull this off?; 12/9/21, 5:42 PM
Tarrou said...: I have to say, the past month has increased my faith a bit in our justice system.; 12/9/21, 5:43 PM
Ryan said...: Article: "[Smollett's attorney] Uche also questioned why Smollett would instruct his attackers to wear pro-Trump hats and yell slogans like, “This is MAGA country!”

“He’s dumb enough to go into Obama’s city and pretend there’s Trump supporters running around with MAGA hats?” he said. “Give me a break.”"

Yes. He is dumb enough.; 12/9/21, 5:44 PM
madAsHell said...: Is it because he's black??; 12/9/21, 5:45 PM
chuckR said...: rhhardin - there you go being logical again. If the cops didn't investigate, would it ever be conclusively proved it was a hoax, involving exactly zero white assailants and so not a racist hate crime?; 12/9/21, 5:48 PM
Meade said...: “ Is it because he's black??”

Or gay? We’ll no. It’s because he’s stupid. Criminally stupid.; 12/9/21, 5:50 PM
gilbar said...: Tonight, Jussie Smollett can rest knowing that his attacker has been convicted.; 12/9/21, 5:51 PM
Spiros said...: Now this is a real hate crime:

https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/man-shot-killed-near-chinatown-elementary-school/; 12/9/21, 5:51 PM
Mr Wibble said...: The police ought to have spent no time at all on the hoax as it was obviously a hoax.

It was such an obvious hoax that numerous prominent leftwingers came out immediately to vocally support him and denounce white supremacy and hate that led to the fictional attack. If the police hadn't investigated it we'd have heard nonstop claims that racism and homophobia were behind the coverup of this brutal attack.; 12/9/21, 5:54 PM
Quaestor said...: Another show trial.

It seems rh doesn't quite understand what constitutes a "show trial". For the record, a show trial is a public trial in which the judicial authorities have already determined the guilt or innocence of the defendant.

There have been many shows about this trial, and many more long before "Juicy" was ever charged by the Chicago PD. The only show trials in this country are conducted by entities like CNN, NBC, NYT, and MSNBC that accused and convicted people like me of the heinous crime of preferring Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

Jussie Smolett got a better verdict than he deserves. Is it possible to bring a civil complaint against Smollett for his attempted defamation of tens of millions of Trump supporters, a sort of class-action lawsuit?; 12/9/21, 5:59 PM
Readering said...: In other courthouse news, Josh Duggar convicted on both counts of receiving and possessing child pornography (images of child abuse). Plans to appeal.; 12/9/21, 6:01 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Oh for the love of....! Did anyone really think otherwise?

Even Dave Chapelle wasn't buying it! (NSFW); 12/9/21, 6:03 PM
M said...: Remember he was willing to testify against people he thought were random strangers the cops had picked up. He was GOING TO SEND INNOCENT PEOPLE TO PRISON.; 12/9/21, 6:06 PM
MikeR said...: I don't understand why he didn't plead guilty. Doesn't that get you a lighter sentence? Serious question.
Or does he still think he has to pander to some idiots who believed him? Is there anyone like that still?; 12/9/21, 6:08 PM
Drago said...: Readering: "In other courthouse news, Josh Duggar convicted on both counts of receiving and possessing child pornography (images of child abuse). Plans to appeal."

Duggar made the strategic mistake of not being a fellow who provides "services" to well known democraticals. If he had, he might still have been arrested but we'd know almost nothing about the trial as the democraticals have gone Full Hunter Biden Laptop on the Maxwell "trial"/coverup/whitewash/history-airbrushing.; 12/9/21, 6:10 PM
Drago said...: NorthOfTheOneOhOne: "Oh for the love of....! Did anyone really think otherwise?"

The entirety of the left, without exception, bought it. Swallowed it whole. And used it to attack republicans/conservatives for over a year.

And they did it on the record, with video proof. Across the board.

So it will be interesting to see how many times they can go to the Hunter-Biden-Laptop/What-Antifa-riots well and make it disappear before our very eyes.

It worked with the Waukesha terror attack.; 12/9/21, 6:12 PM
rhhardin said...: The police establishment was anxious to prove that they take ridiculous complaints from blacks seriously, hence the "unnecessary" work he caused them and the need for punishment.

All that was necessary was to ignore him, and, if you're running a blog, ridicule.; 12/9/21, 6:14 PM
rhhardin said...: If you're black, nothing you say is ridiculous, is the official line.; 12/9/21, 6:16 PM
Josephbleau said...: Our mayor Lightfoot said the high priced stores needed more security and cameras to stop looting. However cameras are racist because they always tape more black people committing crimes than white people.; 12/9/21, 6:17 PM
gilbar said...: Readering? What's your point? You're saying he only lied some?; 12/9/21, 6:20 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: On the bright side, it might give future prospective hoaxers pause, or not.
If the underlying/unacknowledged incentives for such a thing still prevail, I presume we will have more.; 12/9/21, 6:23 PM
Drago said...: Exit question: Have the democraticals added Smolletts convictions to the next set of Trump Shampeachment Articles yet?

If not, are they waiting for the ChiCom spy that Swalwell was cheating on his wife with to tell them to do it?; 12/9/21, 6:28 PM
Narr said...: What is a Josh Duggar? On second thought, I don't need to know.

I'm pleasantly surprised at the verdict, and I'm not being sarcastic. I thought the deliberations should have taken about as long as it took for everyone to vote, and that the delay meant at least one of the jurors would be a halfwit (it's Chicago after all).

Reminds me of one of Richard Pryor's routines. That N-word's Crazy.; 12/9/21, 6:32 PM
Richard Dillman said...: So now the question centers on the nature of his sentence, which won’t be determined until January. I anticipate a very lenient sentence of
a few months in prison or a short probation period. The mainstream media, of course, will downplay or ignore the verdicts.; 12/9/21, 6:37 PM
pious agnostic said...: Seems like a bunch of things that I thought seemed like bullshit from the very beginning have proved they were bullshit from the very beginning.

Is this selection bias, or am I just that good?; 12/9/21, 6:45 PM
PM said...: Don Lemon is gay and black and he'll have to 'report' this tonight.
He'll get through it; he's a pro.; 12/9/21, 6:54 PM
Tom T. said...: He'll only get probation. I hope he doesn't beat himself up too much over this.; 12/9/21, 7:00 PM
Kellerreiss said...: Hoax? Both Biden and Harris stridently urged swift justice against his attackers.

It was a frigid Chicago night. Ungodly cold. No reason two Maga Red State hunters were out looking for Jussie at 3 am in Streeterville neighborhood. Jussie created an improbable crime.

Story stunk from get-go.; 12/9/21, 7:02 PM
Jim at said...: I read - nearly across the board - that he staged this hoax to raise his profile.

Bullshit. If that was the goal, he could've done a LOT of other things to achieve it ... as others have done in the past.

No. This asshole specifically wanted to portray Trump voters as violent, racist, homophobic thugs.

The fact he had to make up this whole thing reveals more far about him than it does any Trump voter.; 12/9/21, 7:03 PM
Scot said...: Jussie was stoned when watching Tony Soprano & missed the basics.

When conspiring to commit crime:
Always pay with cash.
Never communicate via a traceable method.
Do the rough stuff in private.

Basically, always be paranoid that someone is watching. Because these days, someone probably is.; 12/9/21, 7:06 PM
Drago said...: Readering: "In other courthouse news, Josh Duggar convicted on both counts of receiving and possessing child pornography (images of child abuse). Plans to appeal."

Yes. I can imagine you'd very much like for this story to disappear.

BTW, did you happen to see that even Schiffty-Schiff is no longer willing to continue carrying forward the hoax dossier lies that you relentlessly pushed at Althouse for years?

You know, of all the non-thread topic items you could bring up to deflect from the widespread and obvious left/dem lies re: Smollett, you'd think the collapse of the hoax dossier lies might be one you'd address given the volume of your rantings on that topic over the years.; 12/9/21, 7:11 PM
TheDopeFromHope said...: People are saying that he won't, and shouldn't, do any time because he's not a threat to society. But that's not true. If he had had his way, this hoax--which received national and international coverage--would have sparked a race war. So he is a danger, and a couple years in the pen would achieve justice and also act as a deterrent for the future race hoaxers.; 12/9/21, 7:14 PM
walter said...: Poor Jussie couldn't get a fair trial in "MAGA Country".; 12/9/21, 7:16 PM
effinayright said...: Maybe Smollet's attorney will console him:

"Look at the bright side: there will be a whole herd of Pink Ponies awaiting you in prison."; 12/9/21, 7:24 PM
Howard said...: Oh happy days! An early Christmas gift.; 12/9/21, 7:25 PM
Critter said...: The demand for racially-motivated hate crimes outstrips the supply, so idiots like Smollett try to fill the void with fake hate crimes. Does it seem to anyone else that we have seen more fake hate crimes than real hate crimes in the past year or more?; 12/9/21, 7:28 PM
Static Ping said...: It is a start. Racial hoaxes should be prosecuted regularly with significant consequences to the convicted. Sadly, most of the hoaxers get minimal punishment.; 12/9/21, 7:42 PM
Drago said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/9/21, 7:49 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: Captivated the nation? It was hilariously and immediately recognizable as nonsense. Trolling for morons.; 12/9/21, 8:43 PM
Drago said...: Now would be a good moment to recall some of Althouse blog's "Greatest Democratical Hits".

Who could ever forget the comments of notable Althouse dunces Howard, Left Bank, *** ***** and Inga right after the completely and openly corrupt Foxx dropped the charges against Smollett (taken from the Althouse blog post from March 26, 2019):

Left Bank of the Charles: "Like Donald Trump, Jussie Smollett has been exonerated, because spewing nonsense in the media is perfectly legal."
3/26/19, 11:57 AM

Howard: ""Charges Dropped In Jussie Smollett Case."... deplorables hardest hit"
3/26/19, 12:08PM

*** *****: "Tweet of the Day as noted at The Bulwark, by Christian Vanderbrouk:
"wow Jussie Smollet was totally exonerated."
Under that; "smdh at the Smollett truthers." And under that; "keep the Smollett files under seal because his opponents will never be satisfied."
"Well played" doesn't even begin to describe it."
3/26/19, 1:56 PM

*** *****: "I hope that the police in Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest and Wheaton can handle the protests."
3/26/19, 1:57 PM

Inga...Allie Oop: "“Charges Dropped In Jussie Smollett Case."... deplorables hardest hit.”
Howard, that was pretty funny and apt. For days on end that we read about the Smollet case here at Althouse and the numerous comments from deplorables calling for him to be locked up for the rest of his life. How they circled and chomped down on Althouse like sharks who smelled blood when she said Smollet should just apologize.
It’s almost like...karma."
3/26/19, 4:13 PM

Notice how the open, in your face, corruption was actually a point of absolute joy for Left Bank, Howard, *** ***** and usual suspects.

Absolute joy.; 12/9/21, 8:46 PM
Big Mike said...: Seen on Twitter: "Congratulations to Jussie Smollett for being the first American to scam a Nigerian."

(hat tip Instapundit); 12/9/21, 8:54 PM
Skeptical Voter said...: Well Joe Biden was fully on board with Jussie immediately after the "attack" or hoax. But not to worry--Joe has since forgotten all about it.; 12/9/21, 8:56 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Justice for Juicy!

Recall the huge line of media and Hollywooders who KNEW Juicy was a poor victim of those evil roving at 1:00AM Maga hat wearing white supremacist-gay haters of Chicago!; 12/9/21, 8:58 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Criminally stupid? Well yeah - he should have planned his lie better.
Lord knows Juicy had the liar Maddow press behind him.; 12/9/21, 9:00 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Embarrassing

These are the same people who swallow whole every other lie they are spoon fed by Joy Behar.; 12/9/21, 9:04 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Justice for Juicy.

When Chappelle says.. "that sound like something... ... that I would say."
Genius. comic timing lol genius.; 12/9/21, 9:32 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: I for one am terrified to go to Chicago... because of all those white racist homophobic MAGA hat wearing white supremacists roaming the streets at night there.; 12/9/21, 9:35 PM
The Godfather said...: What happens now to Jussie?; 12/9/21, 9:36 PM
Maynard said...: I guess that the leftists need to improve their gaslighting skills. However, it did give them the Presidency and the Senate.; 12/9/21, 9:48 PM
Calypso Facto said...: Great. Now when does the Althea Bernstein trial begin in Madison?; 12/9/21, 9:58 PM
jg said...: It is good to punish hate hoaxers, who are part of an increasingly dangerous anti-white movement. They must bear some cost.
Note that a more convincing hate hoax could, taken all the way, result in the conviction of an innocent scapegoat (compare to lynching).
Separately, maliciously wasting law enforcement resources that in theory could be mitigating the ongoing Chicago violence ought to be punished.; 12/9/21, 9:59 PM
Saint Croix said...: "Nigerian American Lives Matter." That cracked me up.; 12/9/21, 10:00 PM
Bunkypotatohead said...: Well, he's BFF with our vice president. So he won't do any time.
By 2024 she'll probably have him out on the campaign trail with her, to help bring in the black criminal vote.; 12/9/21, 10:24 PM
Drago said...: Worth repeating:

"If you ever believed or claimed to believe Jesse Smollett”s patently absurd lies, you should never comment on anything that matters ever again because you are either too stupid or too dishonest to have any role in public discourse."
--Mollie Hemingeay

This accurately captures every single lefty/LLR/NeverTrumper at Althouseblog.

But only every single one.; 12/9/21, 10:33 PM
God of the Sea People said...: What is weird to me are the sycophants/entourage that stood by him after it was so obvious that he made the whole thing up. Imagine putting your reputation on the line for THAT guy.; 12/9/21, 10:37 PM
Greg The Class Traitor said...: Readering said...
So he's convicted on 5 counts of statements made to 2 officers the night of the incident, but not on a 6th count for a statement made to a detective after the 2 brothers were picked up a fortnight later.

My guess is that the jury decided they'd convicted him of enough, and so they stopped at 5.

I'm glad the jury acknowledged reality and found him guilty. I hope he gets the maximum sentence allowed for his hate crimes.

But even I think it's tacky-tack to charge him separately for each time he talked to a cop.; 12/9/21, 10:41 PM
Greg The Class Traitor said...: Readering said...
In other courthouse news, Josh Duggar convicted on both counts of receiving and possessing child pornography (images of child abuse). Plans to appeal.

And, from what I can tell, his family was pretty much "looks like he was guilty. He's still family, but good job jury"

Which is how decent people respond to that kind of situation; 12/9/21, 10:46 PM
AlanKH said...: Smollett claimed that members of a demographic not known for watching TV shows about the hip hop industry hurled anti-gay epithets at him. Quick - spot the plot hole.; 12/9/21, 11:09 PM
Scotty, beam me up... said...: The US Attorney in Illinois, appointed by President Trump, took this case after the State Attorney for Cook County, Kim Foxx, decided not to prosecute Smollett despite the overwhelming evidence collected by the Chicago PD that this was a hoax crime perpetrated by Smollett. Allegedly, Foxx was an acquaintance of Smollett and should have recused herself. Also, Sen. Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama allegedly contacted Foxx’s office about the case (I don’t know if this was true or an internet rumor; if true, he had some friends in high places). Would the Biden appointed US Attorney have taken this case after Foxx had dropped it? I am guessing not but fortunately we will never know. I am glad justice has been done in this case and I hope he gets a prison sentence for perpetrating a fake hate crime for whatever twisted reason he had in his tiny brain. I had read somewhere that Kim Foxx is being investigated for her dropping the case because of her ties to Smollett. I don’t know if this is true or not - but, if true, it wouldn’t surprise me that she would be a typical corrupt Chicago politician.; 12/9/21, 11:32 PM
Mike Sylwester said...: Smollett's hoax was part of an effort to support Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, who were running in the Democrat Party's primary election race for President.

Both Harris and Booker advocated an "anti-lynching" law, which would give the US Federal Government jurisdiction in any case where a Black was assaulted by two or more Whites.

That's why Smollett wore a noose around his neck in his hoax.

As the primary election race progressed, Harris and Booker intended to accuse Republicans of opposing the "anti-lynching" law for racist motives.

However, Smollett's hoax was exposed too quickly. The hoax had got some traction only among gullible liberals.

The reason why charges against Smollett were dropped so quickly was that his helpful political motives were understood and appreciated within the Democrat Party's leadership.; 12/10/21, 12:06 AM
Joe Smith said...: '"Actor Jussie Smollett...'

Apparently he's not very good at it...; 12/10/21, 1:44 AM
Left Bank of the Charles said...: ‘Left Bank of the Charles: "Like Donald Trump, Jussie Smollett has been exonerated, because spewing nonsense in the media is perfectly legal."’

Here’s hoping that Donald Trump will now be prosecuted for the stolen election nonsense that he falsely reported to the Justice Department.; 12/10/21, 1:44 AM
Joe Smith said...: 'Another show trial.'

You should see how they're covering up the Maxwell case.

Talk about pulling punches.

The Maxwell/Epstein evidence will be locked up right next to the Ark of the Covenant.; 12/10/21, 1:47 AM
Joe Smith said...: 'Smollett's hoax was part of an effort to support Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, who were running in the Democrat Party's primary election race for President.'

I still believe Booker and Harris were in on it, and that Michelle O put the kibosh on prosecution after the fact.; 12/10/21, 1:49 AM
wendybar said...: Drago said...
And there is this angle that we will never probably get to the bottom of...as many wags are pointing out, in particular Rich Baris: both Kamala and Cory Booker, 2 loser politicians with no accomplishments looking for a hook to jumpstart their failed presidential campaigns, and "coincidentally" were pals/friends with Smollett, had an anti-lynching bill written up and ready to go......right at the very moment those horrible Deplorable MAGA-types attacked poor, innocent Jussie Smollett!

The bill was going absolutely nowhere....because why would it?

And then "Juicy" "happened" and the bill suddenly accelerated and passed!!

Gee whiz!! What an astounding "coincidence"!!

And whaddya know? Within minutes of the story hitting the major lefty lying pravda organs, BOTH Cory and Kamala launched media blitzes using the term "modern day lynching" which went viral.....and was used to blame Trump. Again.

^^^^^^This wins the thread. ^^^^^^^ THIS is why it happened, and anybody with eyes can see it. Kamala and Corey Booker were in on it, and I can't wait until Jussie starts to REALLY sing....Mike Sylvester got it too!!!; 12/10/21, 5:18 AM
Drago said...: And there is this angle that we will never probably get to the bottom of...as many wags are pointing out, in particular Rich Baris: both Kamala and Cory Booker, 2 loser politicians with no accomplishments looking for a hook to jumpstart their failed presidential campaigns, and "coincidentally" were pals/friends with Smollett, had an anti-lynching bill written up and ready to go......right at the very moment those horrible Deplorable MAGA-types attacked poor, innocent Jussie Smollett!

The bill was going absolutely nowhere....because why would it?

And then "Juicy" "happened" and the bill suddenly accelerated and passed!!

Gee whiz!! What an astounding "coincidence"!!

And whaddya know? Within minutes of the story hitting the major lefty lying pravda organs, BOTH Cory and Kamala launched media blitzes using the term "modern day lynching" which went viral.....and was used to blame Trump. Again.

And then, after the whole thing began to unravel, the Cook County State's Attorney, Kim Foxx, made it clear nothing was going to happen....(after a "timely" phone call from Michelle Obama to her (visions of Billy Clinton meeting with Loretta Lynch on a Tarmac in Phoenix while Hillary was under "investigation"/coverup/whitewash)).

Foxx "recused" herself (wink wink) while appointing her top deputy (wink wink) and had the deputy drop the 16 charges.....while Foxx continued to communicate privately with Smolletts family!....(and not really "recusing herself" because...democrat)

That much public and undeniable corruption was even too much for the Chicagoans, which is saying something, so Cook County Judge Michael Toomin said, oops, that's a Corruption Bridge Too Far and appointed a special investigator.....and that's how we got to today's ruling.

The obama's were in the thick of a massive racial hoax. Who woulda thunk it, huh?

The above is quite reason enough for readering to go into full deflection mode....as he/she/xe has already done on this thread.

Next up for readering (and this will be a tough one): admitting Hillary paid for the hoax dossier.

Oh, naturally Foxx claimed publicly that all criticism of her was racially motivated and based on nothing else.

Because of course she did.

Of course she did.; 12/10/21, 5:29 AM
Drago said...: Good news lefties!

Hoax Hate Crimes are now Infrastructure!; 12/10/21, 5:33 AM
Richard Aubrey said...: Did somebody already say it? Smollet is the first American to scam a Nigerian.; 12/10/21, 6:22 AM
Chris said...: Don't worry rhhardin, BLM still believes him and will never take the word of the Rrcist mostly black Chicago police, nor the Justice system. So at least you have that to hang onto.; 12/10/21, 6:25 AM
TheDopeFromHope said...: "After watching Larry Elder on the receiving end of racist hate crime attacks in California, a very jealous Jussie Smollett disguised himself as the California candidate for Governor in hopes that people will commit some real hate crimes against him as well."

https://babylonbee.com/news/jussie-smollett-disguises-self-as-larry-elder-so-people-will-commit-real-hate-crimes-against-him; 12/10/21, 6:47 AM
Robert Cook said...: "The entirety of the left, without exception, bought it."

Your propensity toward and facility in pulling shit out of your ass never ceases to amaze.

But then, as you fail to define terms--such as "the left"--it is difficult even to know who you are referring to.; 12/10/21, 7:28 AM
HistoryDoc said...: Drago nails it!

The Soros/Journo-list probably has a pay scale for hoax crime claims, with more money for more outrageous claims.

Pete Buttigieg will oversee.; 12/10/21, 7:32 AM
dbp said...: Seen on Twitter:

Jason Whitlock
@WhitlockJason

The conviction of Jussie Smollett's attacker is further proof the American criminal justice system isn't racist.

#JusticeForJussie; 12/10/21, 7:37 AM
Achilles said...: Left Bank of the Charles said...

‘Left Bank of the Charles: "Like Donald Trump, Jussie Smollett has been exonerated, because spewing nonsense in the media is perfectly legal."’

Here’s hoping that Donald Trump will now be prosecuted for the stolen election nonsense that he falsely reported to the Justice Department.

This is as close to taking responsibility for their actions that leftists will get.

Caught in a blatant lie that he pushed calling his political opponents racists for months, Left Bank resorts to another lie.

These people are just completely amoral power seekers.

There is a reason why millions of people die every time they seize power.; 12/10/21, 7:56 AM
iowan2 said...: The big picture take away

Smollett did this because he thought a huge swath of America thinks just like he does.
The bubble effect. He is removed from the reality of what the vast majority are actually thinking and feeling.

Not like we need another data point, we don't. Those on the coasts that set themselves apart as a National barometer, aren't. They are siloed. Their friends are siloed, the places they frequent are siloed.

A vocal micro minority think they speak for an entire Nation. Smollett is just a data point in this insanity.; 12/10/21, 7:57 AM
Mr. T. said...: Meanwhile Kim Foxx today is busy doing some seasonal holiday file shredding...; 12/10/21, 8:00 AM
narciso said...: meanwhile the wanton destruction of cities proceeds thanks to kim foxx, that is the real issue, one can say the same of gascon, boudin, krasner, rollins am I missing anyone, oh the one in st louis; 12/10/21, 8:08 AM
Big Mike said...: Left Bank of the Charles said...

Here’s hoping that Donald Trump will now be prosecuted for the stolen election nonsense that he falsely reported to the Justice Department.

Someone explain “discovery” to this ignorant clown.; 12/10/21, 8:31 AM
JAORE said...: Below is a list of media stars and celebrities. This is a comprehensive list of those that claimed, with a righteous anger that Jussie was attacked, that have apologized or their error:
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...; 12/10/21, 8:36 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: we all wait for the collective left to apologize for buying a clear hoax.

LOL..; 12/10/21, 8:53 AM
Iman said...: Juicy will receive a slap on his limp wrist.

And the soft bigotry of low expectations will continue.; 12/10/21, 9:06 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Drago @ 8:46 - Nice Saves!

Leftists are so deplorable. and predictable. They eat lies for breakfast and force everyone to buy their s***.; 12/10/21, 9:22 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Even in a face of a lie that has been exposed, the left stand tall with their belief in Juicy's innocence.

...it was all Trump's fault, anyway. Trump made him do it.; 12/10/21, 9:52 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Robert Cook -
Unless you were under a rock, did you miss that a massive collection of leftists - TOP leftists, from Kamala and Michelle on down + hollywood, bought Smollett's obvious hoax? Did you miss that? You want to deny the narrative that worked in this case, to push radical leftist division and policy down the road? you are free to do so, but it's not a good look.

Those are all democrats who purchased wholesale, and sold via the media, a pack of lies and deceit. Lies and deceit created to slander Trump supporters and Trump himself. Again. I suppose Trump-hate blinds the collective left, makes the mind impervious to truth, even if found in a court of law.

but then, the collective left still buy Hillary's big planted lie that Trump was a Russian agent/asset. All while Hillary herself made million in secret deals with... Russians.; 12/10/21, 10:05 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: more...

Justice for Jussie? Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the cream of woke America are slammed for their deafening silence after Jussie Smollett's conviction having first branded it a 'modern day lynching'

Where's the apology from these lie-buying/selling creeps??; 12/10/21, 10:08 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: You wonder if loyalist hive-mind leftists ever say to themselves... "You know-- perhaps I should be more introspective, cautious and intellectually curious before I sign-on to these media-Hollywood pimped events?"

Nah.; 12/10/21, 11:01 AM
readering said...: Drago, how much did you have to pay?; 12/10/21, 11:45 AM
Drago said...: Left Bank of the Charles: "Here’s hoping that Donald Trump will now be prosecuted for the stolen election nonsense that he falsely reported to the Justice Department."

Big Mike: "Someone explain “discovery” to this ignorant clown."

It won't work.

Left Bank's stupidity is a nigh impenetrable fortress of absolute idiocy and is exceeded in strength only by his willingness to lie and twist reality without compunction.; 12/10/21, 11:55 AM
Drago said...: Robert Cook: "Your propensity toward and facility in pulling shit out of your ass never ceases to amaze."

I am proud to wear the insults of stalinists such as yourself.

Proud.; 12/10/21, 11:56 AM
Drago said...: Robert Cook: "But then, as you fail to define terms--such as "the left"--it is difficult even to know who you are referring to."

Yeah.

It's a real mystery.

What time is the next Struggle Session?; 12/10/21, 11:57 AM
n.n said...: Phobic... criminal braying for shared/shifted responsibility and profit. Novel, not.; 12/10/21, 12:10 PM
Greg The Class Traitor said...: Robert Cook said...
"The entirety of the left, without exception, bought it."

Your propensity toward and facility in pulling shit out of your ass never ceases to amaze.
But then, as you fail to define terms--such as "the left"--it is difficult even to know who you are referring to.

Well, Cookie, let's make this specific then
1: Did you ever support Juicy's obviously fraudulent claims? Did you ever defend / excuse / justify him in any way?

2: When did you first call for Juicy to be tried, convicted, and punished for his racist hate crime of a "hate crime" hoax?

We all look forward to your answers; 12/10/21, 12:22 PM
walter said...: Althea Bernstein has no comment.; 12/10/21, 12:59 PM
Drago said...: wendybar: "^^^^^^This wins the thread. ^^^^^^^ THIS is why it happened, and anybody with eyes can see it. Kamala and Corey Booker were in on it, and I can't wait until Jussie starts to REALLY sing....Mike Sylvester got it too!!!"

Smollett is definitely going to get a favorable sentencing then almost certainly a commutation of his sentence and release.

Afterwhich the Howard's and Left Bank's and gadfly's will immediately resume their earlier "modern day lynching" lies and Resident Stalinist Cookie will again, as he has demonstrated on this thread, become extraordinarily defensive because we noticed.....and "pounced"!; 12/10/21, 1:28 PM
William said...: Is there any chance Smollett is delusional? Is he really this stupid? How can someone this stupid dress himself in the morning, much less memorize lines?....I won't feel safer if he's behind bars, but perjury this flagrant deserves something substantial by way of punishment--not just the original hoax, but the way he kept compounding his lies. Is there such an offense as first degree, premeditated perjury as opposed to the kind of lies you tell for CYA purposes....I wonder at the smarts of Booker or Harris if they trusted their future to the machinations of Smollett. They claimed to be his friends. How can you know someone this stupid and not pick up on the fact that he's stupid? Is it possible they enlisted him to act out their schemes? Smollett himself trusted his future to a couple of Nigerian fitness experts. There's quite a chain of stupidity in this case....I wonder who will ruin more careers: Smollett or Cuomo. Cuomo is ahead so far. Smollett wrecked the gigs of the actors appearing on the show that he wrecked, but, to date, none of his supporters have incurred any damage.; 12/10/21, 2:04 PM
Robert Cook said...: "Well, Cookie, let's make this specific then
1: Did you ever support Juicy's obviously fraudulent claims? Did you ever defend / excuse / justify him in any way?"

I was aware of Smollet's allegations, but I didn't pay much attention to it. To the best I can remember, I probably accepted his claims as probably true at first, as, why would someone make up such a story? Once the cracks started showing and discrepancies in his story were revealed, I had no difficulty in changing my opinion and concluding he had probably staged the event for his own purposes.

"2: When did you first call for Juicy to be tried, convicted, and punished for his racist hate crime of a "hate crime" hoax?"

I never cared enough about it to "call for" Smollet to be "tried, convicted, and punished." To the degree I thought about him, which was seldom, I assumed he would be investigated and actions would take place in accordance with the findings.

Which is to say, I didn't give much of a shit about him or his actions, other than to be baffled again at the various ways people stupidly fuck up their lives.; 12/10/21, 4:02 PM
Robert Cook said...: "What time is the next Struggle Session?"

I don't know. What is a "struggle session?"; 12/10/21, 4:05 PM
Robert Cook said...: "Unless you were under a rock, did you miss that a massive collection of leftists - TOP leftists, from Kamala and Michelle on down + hollywood, bought Smollett's obvious hoax? Did you miss that? You want to deny the narrative that worked in this case, to push radical leftist division and policy down the road? you are free to do so, but it's not a good look."

I don't deny that many accepted Smollet's story, but the claim I take issue with is that the "entirety" of the left, "without exception, bought it." Well, who is that? Is it really true there was "no exception?" How can one know?

That aside, you're calling Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama "TOP (sic) leftists," whereas I would consider them moderate Democrats at most...and the Democrats are not, as a group, "leftists," (much less "radical leftists"), unless one defines "leftist" as being "anyone not a Republican."

There are leftist factions in the country, small by number and influence, but almost none in any branch of our federal government. That the majority of Democrats join with the Republicans every year in giving the War Department (and the corporate entities that service and profit from the War Department) more and more of our money to squander and steal--rather than calling for drastic cuts to the war budget--is just one clear indicator they are not "leftists" in any meaningful way.; 12/10/21, 4:25 PM
Readering said...: I never watched Empire, had no idea who this guy was when he hit the crime pages, and paid no attention to the story until it turned upside down, but I can understand how folks took him at face value at first without paying any attention to the elements of the story. Because why would an incredibly successful actor concoct such a story? He risked ruining his life for what upside? And he relied on 2 guys to stage it with him for a few thousand? Even if his false descriptions had meant the cops never fingered them, they could make so much more for selling their story at any time. What accomplished actor encounters a crazy script like this and thinks, hey I can make that work for me in real life? In fact the press loves to see a good hoax exposed (even when one is not--Atlanta '96), and the warning signs on trying one's own should be so obvious.; 12/10/21, 4:50 PM
walter said...: Blogger William said...
Is there any chance Smollett is delusional? Is he really this stupid? How can someone this stupid dress himself in the morning, much less memorize lines?
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Following a script is different from writing one. I think his rise to directing is at risk now.

Readering said...
...why would an incredibly successful actor concoct such a story? He risked ruining his life for what upside?
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I suspect he as a lonnng history of manipulating circumstances without consequence. The racist letter with fake anthrax sent to Jussie was likely one of many prequels.; 12/10/21, 5:40 PM
Bilwick said...: To Mr. Smollett, may I be the first here to offer a Nelson Muntz-like "HA-HA!"?; 12/10/21, 6:00 PM
Drago said...: Cook: "That aside, you're calling Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama "TOP (sic) leftists," whereas I would consider them moderate Democrats at most...and the Democrats are not, as a group, "leftists," (much less "radical leftists"), unless one defines "leftist" as being "anyone not a Republican."'

No one cares that you wish to navel gaze and play No Real Leftist.; 12/10/21, 6:10 PM
Drago said...: The lefties pretending they paid no attention to Smolletts claims (obvious lies) is precisely the same ploy the lefties are using to claim they never made a big deal about the Hillary Hoax Dossier.

But only precisely the same.

In every single way.; 12/10/21, 6:12 PM
Drago said...: Cook: "I don't know. What is a "struggle session?"

I rest my case.; 12/10/21, 6:13 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Cook - You can wade into the weeds of leftist V. moderate democrat.
I see no moderate democrats.
I see hacks who lie... for Juicy.; 12/10/21, 6:45 PM
PM said...: Waive jail under one condition: instead of an ankle monitor, he can't leave his house without wearing a MAGA hat.; 12/10/21, 7:03 PM
Narr said...: @PM703PM--that's cruel and unusual. I love it.; 12/10/21, 9:07 PM
Robert Cook said...: "No one cares that you wish to navel gaze and play No Real Leftist."

This is not even an attempt to disprove my assertion that Dems, by and large, are NOT "left" in any meaningful way.

What have the Dems actually done over the last 20 years that is irrefutably "left" in political philosophy, (and "radically" so, given that your side is always damning the Dems as "radical leftists," which could only be truly believed by half-wits)?

"I rest my case."

Hahaha! Groundless name-calling is not presenting a case.; 12/11/21, 12:03 PM