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Today's Loury/McWhorter clip is good, nothing that whites didn't know years ago but now there are two influential blacks laying it out. What the consequences will be for them is a matter of interest. Probably some severe form of cancellation.
The whole podcast will be out on Friday if it's allowed.
"The criminal was liquidated by using small arms," the sources said.. Your tax dollars at play in the former Soviet Union..
I heard that the UNLV shooter was a former professor from Georgia/North Carolina area trying to find a job in Nevada that he didn't get. Didn't I hear something about professors leaving red state universities for jobs elsewhere? What was there reasoning again?
Vegas shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says
Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people and critically wounding a fourth before dying in a shootout with police.
The gunman in Wednesday’s shooting was a professor who had unsuccessfully sought a job at the school, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press. He previously worked at East Carolina University in North Carolina, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to release the information publicly.
Another law enforcement official identified the suspect as Anthony Polito, 67. Investigators searched an apartment in Henderson, Nevada, late Wednesday as part of the investigation and retrieved several electronic devices, including Polito’s cellphone, the official said. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
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Lessons learned from that shooting — the deadliest in modern U.S. history — helped authorities to work “seamlessly” in reacting to the UNLV attack, Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference.
At about 11:45 a.m., the gunman opened fire on the fourth floor of the building that houses UNLV’s Lee Business School, then went to several other floors before he was killed in a shootout with two university police detectives outside the building, UNLV Police Chief Adam Garcia said.
Authorities gave the all-clear about 40 minutes after the first report of an active shooter."
This is similar to an event at the Cal State University, Fullerton campus library where I worked in 1976. The shooter was a maintenance worker who was convinced that someone was stealing his wife from him, but the people he shot were not the sort that you'd suspect of such a thing. I was off duty that day, but a co-worker of mine, Stephen Becker, was one of the first names read in the radio news report.
I saw in an article that appears to have been memory-holed, that a campus security officer saw him coming from the parking lot but didn't get permission to draw his sidearm in time to stop the shooter.
There
Althouse posts these beautiful photos of Wisconsin sunrises every day. The pictures Althouse posts of the sunrise should remind of "Let there be light". The first thing God created. It has never failed to rise.
Global Warming Megalomaniacs like Bill Gates want to block the light of the sun to save us from bullshit Climate Change.
Assholes like John Kerry want to restrict agriculture and control the food that feeds all humans and all life on earth. What will happen to Chris Christie??
Witches like Hillary Clinton want us to start a Climate Change body count; while still willing to accept wasteful war body counts.
Feminist PHD Presidents at Harvard, MIT, and Penn can't bring themselves to denounce calls for genocide on their campuses in front of Congress.
There is evil in the world, and in 2023 America. A shitload of it.
When Eve bit the apple, and gave a bite to Adam, Satan successfully created stupidity.
The Christmas tree went up in the living room today. My one remaining responsibility will be to put the star on top. My wife will spend the next 2 weeks trimming it, a task she relishes. The tree is a big deal at our house.
Sometimes, when my younger brothers and I would piss our mother off too much, she would threaten to sell the house and move. It worked for a while. (Too bad she didn't, but that's another story.)
Now the Prof is threatening to shut this place down if we don't spend some money.
Women can be so mean.
But I promise that I will straighten up and fly right, and buy something through her Amazon portal soon.
Claudine Gay, the DEI President of Harvard, reminds me of Raj from "What's Happening".
The difference is, Raj had a moral compass.
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/12/07/oakland-teachers-hold-antisemitic-teach-in-on-gaza-for-pre-k-thru-12-zionist-bullies/
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Reddit: The French version of an insurrection
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Total speculation on my part, possibly from watching lots of the "Cops" TV proto-reality show back in the day...
When an addicted person faces the fact that they are about to be arrested, they have what is basically a panic attack. Having a zero chance of taking more drugs ASAP is to be avoided by any means, at any cost, at any risk. Consider what junkies do to get access to more drugs even under normal circumstances.
Also, ingesting whatever is on hand isn't necessarily done to not get busted for possession.
With Venezuela's President-for-Life Maduro is threatening invade neighboring Guyana, it was reported the leader of Guyana, President Irfaan Ali, placed an emergency phone call to Senator Lindsey Graham requesting $100 billion in military aid.
Just in time for the Christmas baking season, the price of sugar has skyrocketed. But…but inflation is under control! Don’t believe your lying eyes.
I'll need to get more data, but it appears that Hunter Biden, and possibly his father, may find himself (themselves) enmeshed in the criminal justice system.
Breaks my heart.
Leftist gyno-Americans dominate the executive positions at many elite universities. Can't say the three ladies are very impressive at Harvard, MIT or Penn. Thought they were supposed to be empathetic and people-oriented or something? As leaders, pretty pathetic.
"It's like a poison, soaked into the ground."
- The late, great Ruby Dee, in Buck And The Preacher (1972) explaining America's problem
Such beauty!
I remember that horrible day, MadTownGuy… I lived and worked in O.C back then. If I recall correctly, I had a HS classmate whose sister was one of the victims.
Hunter Biden indicted on NINE tax charges: President Biden's son is accused of spending MILLIONS 'on 'drugs, prostitutes and exotic cars' while avoiding paying taxes and faces up to 17 YEARS in jail
Dozens of Palestinians 'are captured by IDF, stripped and paraded around Gaza'
And History will not be kind.
YouTube gives an ominous warning ⚠️ “the following content may contain graphic or violent imagery” Cancel / Confirm - With a blurred screen before the Loury/McWhorter clip talking about how George Floyd may have died.
What a crock.
Garland Justice is finally charging Hunter Biden with tax evasion.
It’s one way to quiet the impeachment inquiry questions a reporter dared ask Joe today.
Joe made like that Monty Phyton sketch… Run Away! Run Away!
I'm watching College presidents testify before House committee on campus antisemitism — 12/5/23 and, I have to agree, they did awful. Even if correct in their free speech positions (which I think they are) the repeated, robotic recital of policy, when answering specific questions, should get them fired: they've demonstrated they're not up to the job of teaching.
Interesting rumor from Thomas Tatum: "I hear that RINO republicans are going to give up the house in January to help the deepstate halt all impeachments, investigations by committees and #January6th footage from coming out. They are all complicit in the coup."
Its what many of us were expecting. The GOPe-ers working behind the scenes to ensure the dems wield all the real power.
Matt Orfalea
@0rf
WaPo repeatedly called Trump & Republicans "Rats" & "Vermin". Now they won't stop comparing Trump to Hitler for using the same dehumanizing language.
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2023/12/07/receipts-wapo-lost-it-when-trump-used-the-word-vermin-but-check-out-these-headlines-n2390613
When John Fetterman is the voice of reason on the left, you just KNOW you live in upside down world....
Pedro L. Gonzalez
@emeriticus
Fetterman on the border crisis: “Honestly, it’s astonishing. And this isn’t a Fox News kind of statistic. This is the government’s. You essentially have Pittsburgh showing up there at the border.”
Maybe if more members of Congress had strokes they’d become reasonable like John
Five Times August
@FiveTimesAugust
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Imagine thinking mutilating children and putting them on a life time of various medications so they can avoid reality is a GOOD thing. 😐
5:31 PM · Dec 6, 2023
Governor Tony Evers
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Dec 6, 2023
@GovEvers
BREAKING: I just vetoed Republicans' bill banning gender-affirming care for LGBTQ youth.
I promised I would veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place for LGBTQ folks and kids—and I keep my promises.
"Sean Hannity asked Trump if he would be a dictator, and Trump responded in the affirmative, but only on “day one.” And what would his dictatorial acts be? He would enforce the border laws required by the office, which Biden won’t do, and he would again foster energy independence instead of destroying it, as Biden is.
Biden was hidden in the basement while the 2020 election was happening. He clearly didn’t prepare these executive orders, which undoubtedly took a long time to plan, and my guess is he didn’t even read them before signing (and would have a hard time explaining them if asked). It would be nice if we were told who is pulling Biden’s marionette strings so we know who is actively destroying America.
But somehow, Trump, saying he would sign two, which are completely pro-American, interests an American president should support, is a threat to our country?"
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/trump_embraces_dictator_moniker_by_promising_to_enforce_border_laws_and_promote_energy_independence_and_the_left_loses_it.html
Hunter Bribe'em to testify before the House? He will bring a small poster to the hearing with the words "5th Amendment" stenciled on it. No sense wasting his breath repeating the phrase.
It’s the bad policies…
As the national sports media continues it's slobberfest over the Steelers Coach Tomlin, the affirmative action hire performs as expected. The never-had-a-losing-season-coach squanders opportunity after opportunity.
He inherited loads of talent from former coach Bill Cowher and as they departed his true coaching skills were revealed. His teams are ill-prepared, lose repeatedly to bad teams, is a terrible in-game coach with poor decisions. His replay challenges are the worst in history. He has permitted huge rookie talent to behave irresponsibly (Antonio Brown, Juju Smith-Shuster). But he never, repeat NEVER will be fired. His post-game comments are cliche filled nonsense. The media eats it up like it's dessert. (See Kamala Harris)
If I may recommend a look at Belle-Skinner. There’s too many Joni covers so I link to the subversive Tom Lehrer cover…
Please look and enjoy
Remember when they raided Trump's lawyer, Giuliani, and took all of his phones, computers, etc? Well now a person who talked to him in Ukraine has been charged with treason for betraying Joe Biden. Joe Biden is as authoritarian as US Presidents come.
@Tim in Vermont. I also remember when the FIB (sic, sick?) raided Melania Trump's underwear drawer at Mar-A-Lago.
Engelbert says: “Hunter Bribe'em to testify before the House?”
I like this new trend of forcing Republicans to humiliate themselves in public.
Leland said...
I saw in an article that appears to have been memory-holed, that a campus security officer saw him coming from the parking lot but didn't get permission to draw his sidearm in time to stop the shooter.
I also saw that- in more then one spot- and now here.
When it comes to decision time- decide. Don't ask permission. He played CYA- and other people are dead as a result.
Of course, given a leftist DA- he could end up Chauvin's roommate for making the right choice.
“I promised I would veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place for LGBTQ folks and kids—and I keep my promises.”
Implied assumption: “gender affirming care” is safe.
Thirty nine percent of Democrats said that Joe Biden is a better president than George Washington in a recent NYC survey.
The survey didn’t state how many of the respondents had ever actually heard of George Washington.
Damn, after watching the Patriots last Sunday, it seems like they should be going for the draft picks. Do your job, Coach!
Gas prices in Iowa City, Iowa, have fallen for 11 straight weeks. Yesterday I paid $2.89 per gallon.
“I like this new trend of forcing Republicans to humiliate themselves in public.”
LOL! a Biden in hand is worth several hundred thousand victory mincing mooks. Dat’s Rich!
I saw "Buck & The Preacher" (1972) when I was eleven years old, and, being one of the first protest movies made by a black director (Sidney Poitier, who also stars in it) of course it's a riff on white's breaking "the promise of land and freedom" - otherwise known as reparations. That promise too many, here, poisonously go on about as a "grift." Well, that grift was a very-real issue in 1865, on through to 1972, and is still with us, today, fresh as a daisy. And it's been a stain on the facade white people have erected, about themselves and the nation, that whole time. Shit, you think I'm let down, after a lifetime of this?
Y'all even disappointed Sidney,....
Isn't it amazing just when Congress is subpoenaing Hunter Biden to testify that the DOJ indicts him on tax charges? What a coincidence!
Rich said...
"Engelbert says: “Hunter Bribe'em to testify before the House?”
I like this new trend of forcing Republicans to humiliate themselves in public."
MMmm. I'm going with a bot. Nobody is that dumb.
“I thought the worst I’ve seen in my life is what ISIS has done in Iraq and Syria,” Rawan Osman who is Syrian and Lebanese said. “I have never imagined saying I’ve seen something worse….
“Seeing the bodies without without their heads and and seeing children crying over their family’s bodies … I think those scenes will always stick in my mind, and I think that will help me always to advocate for peace, that no children, no woman, no father deserve to to see such scenes, no matter what their religion or nationality,” she said.
Osman said she has no plans to stop advocating for peace and against Hamas.
“I have seen the horrific scenes coming out of Gaza, but I also do not allow them to confuse me,” she said. “I do remember what happened on the 7th of October — who instigated this war — and as a mother, as someone who grew up in the Middle East, as someone who has family across the Middle East and many friends in Israel, I cannot carry on living as if something hasn’t happened.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-couldnt-breathe-watch-arabs-react-after-screening-footage-of-hamas-slaughtering-civilians
Gospace said...
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"When it comes to decision time- decide. Don't ask permission. He played CYA- and other people are dead as a result.
Of course, given a leftist DA- he could end up Chauvin's roommate for making the right choice."
The deleted quote was mine, regarding the CSUF shooting, which was both rare and shocking at the time. In the aftermath, a relative of one of the victims had such survivor's regret that he jumped from a upper balcony of the Humanities Building. Protective screens were installed soon after that.
I agree that the security personnel should act immediately rather than waiting for permission. At UNLV, it appears they did so, as soon as they were able, and prevented more killing.
Rich said...
"Engelbert says: “Hunter Bribe'em to testify before the House?”
I like this new trend of forcing Republicans to humiliate themselves in public."
There you go again, defending the indefensible, and with a non sequitur at that.
Israeli president on college bosses: Can’t they understand this is a fight against evil?
No, not the way this has been taught and conducted, and that's the point: Zionists haven't made the case, and they want to either jail or kill anyone who recognizes that - creating what they're currently calling antisemitism - when it's really just disgust over such illogical, irresponsible, and murderous actions. They're literally killing children.
Any humanist, I would think, would be upset.
"Homeopathy, it seems to me, is a cult characterised not just by a total lack of active ingredients but also by an equally total void of proper evidence supporting the delusions of its proponents."
- Prof. Edzard Ernst MD, PhD, MAE, FMedSci, FRSB, FRCP, FRCPEd, the world's foremost authority on the study of SCAM (So-Called Alternative Medicine)
How anyone thought I, a foster child from South Central, Los Angeles, was in-any-way prepared to cope with issues like this is beyond me. Rusty speaks of personal responsibility in a world already full of drugs, violence and gun play, and then fucking CULTISM gets added to the mix, and I'm supposed be fine and in control. Maybe even have a scholarly recitation about it ready for all comers. Fuck. How more distant from his (sheltered? Never been shot at?)worldview can I get? Now, people like him wanna kill kids, for their safety.
I'm telling you, there's no way - under any circumstances - that I could've ever been prepared for this American life.
I don't recall writing what MadTownGuy noted, but I agree, when the officer was issued a sidearm, they were granted permission to draw and use it for situations like this. No wonder AI is bad, because this is the level of intelligence we have wandering college campuses these days.
"We have to imagine the presence of people of servile status whose freedom of movement the owner felt the need to restrict. It is the most shocking side of ancient slavery, the one devoid of both trusting relationships and promises of manumission, where we were reduced to brute violence,..."
I don't have to imagine it: that was George Floyd.
No one is above the law, including and especially the President and his or her family. I don’t care if they lock Hunter Biden up for every crime they can prove he committed. His father isn’t my cult leader.
'Even if correct in their free speech positions (which I think they are) the repeated, robotic recital of policy, when answering specific questions, should get them fired: they've demonstrated they're not up to the job of teaching.'
They're all diversity hires.
What did you expect?
Isn't it amazing just when Congress is subpoenaing Hunter Biden to testify that the DOJ indicts him on tax charges? What a coincidence!
You don't suppose that means that Hunter's financial records are going to be off limits to Congress because of ongoing investigations do you? What a coincidence indeed.
I could be wrong.
Jesus Christ Crack. Nobody gives a shit about you and your new age obsession. There are no reparations coming your way either. No one owes you a goddamned thing. Do you see anyone else here posting endlessly about how hard their life has been? No, you do not. Get over yourself.
Rich stated without an ounce of shame: "I like this new trend of forcing Republicans to humiliate themselves in public.""
Karine Jean-Pierre was unavailable for comment.
"Gas prices in Iowa City, Iowa, have fallen for 11 straight weeks."
Gas prices here have been falling, too. Another way of looking at it is- now, they're down to 70% higher than they were when Joe Biden took office.
Fetterman on the border crisis: “Honestly, it’s astonishing. And this isn’t a Fox News kind of statistic. This is the government’s. You essentially have Pittsburgh showing up there at the border.”
Well, the Steeler fans do travel well. A lot of Terrible Towels at Gillette Stadium last night.
And that’s not a one time thing. That’s every month.
"Yo, guess who's the black Trump?"
- Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon The Chef, "Incarcerated Scarfaces" (1995)
Also: "Can't stand unofficial, wet tissue, blank busting Scud missiles/You rolling like Trump, you get your meat lumped."
Old and slow said...
"Do you see anyone else here posting endlessly about how hard their life has been? No, you do not."
No, I see a bunch of white racists, too busy braying for Palestinian blood to give a shit about an American life, or anything else, really. Now you go on distracting yourself from the death and killing you fund and support in that comfortable lifestyle of yours. I'll go on telling you what it's like from over here.
"It's like a poison, soaked into the ground."
Rocco- I was told by a high school friend that his son designs the Steeler terrible towels.
Very cool.
Crack, you are the only one here who sees the world exclusively through the prism of race. That's because you aren't very bright. You don't provoke hatred. You give rise to pity, contempt, and disdain. It has nothing to do with race. It's your personality.
Old and slow said...
"Crack, you are the only one here who sees the world exclusively through the prism of race."
Oligonicella said…
"I'll take screaming kids over pissy cotton-heads any day."
Unfortunately, Old and slow, you are NOT the only one here who hangs out with racists and doesn't recognize it, even as you harass blacks about how non-racist you think you all are. Being racist is just what you do. You couldn't stop if your life depended on it. It's like breathing.
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