tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post848935755468459288..comments2024-03-28T01:44:47.253-05:00Comments on Althouse: "I’ve been on the front lines of the protests here, searching for the 'radical-left anarchists' who President Trump says are on Portland streets each evening."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90085887085929413452020-07-31T18:04:08.021-05:002020-07-31T18:04:08.021-05:00I've seen plenty of video of the federal offic...I've seen plenty of video of the federal officers on guard around the Portland courthouse, and I've been impressed with how restrained they are. They seem to endure far more abuse than they dish out themselves. If it is true, as Kristof claims, that the rioters/protesters are getting the worst of it, then why haven't I seen the video evidence? Everyone is holding up a phone and taking video of what is going on. Mea Sententiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417580952765467708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3538417810409749032020-07-30T19:50:57.860-05:002020-07-30T19:50:57.860-05:00There's little point to arguing about this. Li...There's little point to arguing about this. Like Scott Adams' 2 movies on 1 screen, the mob supporters see peaceful protest while the rest of us see rioting anarchists.<br />So get the federal marshalls out of there. Fire the courthouse employees, and let the mob burn it down. Deduct the cost of the damage from any federal aid that Portland receives, and let the mob move on to mayor Wheelers house.Bunkypotatoheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488905052143725904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9000409733515717742020-07-30T16:59:31.419-05:002020-07-30T16:59:31.419-05:00"what I’ve seen firsthand”
What a weasel phr..."what I’ve seen firsthand”<br /><br />What a weasel phrase. You could throw an IED through that loophole, or even blind a Federal agent.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15917582933036763232020-07-30T15:59:16.513-05:002020-07-30T15:59:16.513-05:00Kristol seems to be saying there are some fine peo...Kristol seems to be saying there are some fine people on both sides.<br /><br />What horseshit. They're not all peaceful, but *most* of them aren't violent.<br /><br />Try to imagine anything remotely like this being said about a non-Left protest. Fuck, the entirely peaceful Tea Party rallies were smeared as violent and racist, despite literally no evidence for either.<br /><br />Remember when the recently sainted John Lewis said Tea Party people spit on him and shouted racial slurs at him in a crowd, and then no one could find any evidence that what he claimed happened? I can't recall a sensitive, nuanced portrayal of the protesters back then.<br /><br />But nice centrist people (kind, empathetic people like Professor Althouse) were certain those Tea Party people were UGLY. HoodlumDoodlumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591221162603652473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26489454544119502952020-07-30T15:55:34.055-05:002020-07-30T15:55:34.055-05:00Robert Cook maintains that people have the right t...Robert Cook maintains that people have the right to peacefully assemble and protest. Of course they do. As soon as they start throwing bricks it is no longer peaceful protest. <br /><br />The white young men and women rioting believe they are revolutionaries against oppression--what oppression? Have they ever been oppressed personally? Please give examples. It is a delusion.ccscientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497281371083491686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36715697972239973392020-07-30T13:59:05.245-05:002020-07-30T13:59:05.245-05:00Meanwhile, up in Seattle ...
“Seattle Mayor Jenny...Meanwhile, up in Seattle ...<br /><br />“Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best held a press conference Wednesday to announce an investigation was being launched into the riots which took place in the city over the weekend. One aspect of the weekend’s events the Police Chief discussed was a van which was seen following a small group of violent rioters. Witnesses saw people taking weapons out of the van and police later seized it and found it was full of homemade weapons and armor.”<br />Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4485674644460183592020-07-30T13:33:56.437-05:002020-07-30T13:33:56.437-05:00So he seems to be saying that since it's not t...So he seems to be saying that since it's not the "anarchists and antifa activists" attacking the Federal courthouse, it must be the "radiologists and electricians, lawyers and mechanics."<br /><br />Congratulations on the junior high level analysis from the NYT!MartyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652158609489316932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11709458747161473912020-07-30T13:26:03.118-05:002020-07-30T13:26:03.118-05:00I'd rather all fed troops leave Portland and l...<i>I'd rather all fed troops leave Portland and let them burn everything to the ground, the town along with the courthouse. </i><br /><br />Exactly. Seattle, too. And every other entity whose government either supports or ignores the leftwing domestic terrorists destroying their cities.<br /><br />Let it burn.Jim athttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271099587684174816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68283066807071564162020-07-30T11:58:39.122-05:002020-07-30T11:58:39.122-05:00WOW - just WOW! What an insulting report from anot...WOW - just WOW! What an insulting report from another shill and excuse of a reporter-Kristof.<br />As I mentioned earlier, the entire NY Times appartus is in full bore push to get Trump out of office. Consequently, we will not receive news of consequence from this 'fraud newspaper'. hstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651012668289648446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36962706570577712992020-07-30T11:46:08.370-05:002020-07-30T11:46:08.370-05:00A Wolf in Wolf’s clothing.A Wolf in Wolf’s clothing.Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736461252925227611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-940857567618775722020-07-30T11:37:51.021-05:002020-07-30T11:37:51.021-05:00NYT Opinionist Nicholas Kristof said:
"[W]hil...NYT Opinionist Nicholas Kristof said:<br />"[W]hile there’s violence from both sides, what I’ve seen firsthand is that the most violent behavior overwhelmingly comes from the federal agents, and indeed the most serious injuries have been suffered by protesters."<br /><br /> Don't start none, won't be none. RigelDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10409429305137733965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5717903886995932172020-07-30T11:05:19.811-05:002020-07-30T11:05:19.811-05:00Not to mention that I am always getting emails fro...Not to mention that I am always getting emails from the NYT, even after canceling my subscription, that they are telling me “everything I need to know.” Meaning whatever disinformation they saw fit to print today.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16673844442597967942020-07-30T11:02:19.557-05:002020-07-30T11:02:19.557-05:00In the Cold War they were the Communists' Usef...In the Cold War they were the Communists' Useful Idiots. Then they became the Islamofascists' Useful Idiots. Now, with the rioting, looting and arson . . . guess what?Bilwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264809254712506094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12144913188494074692020-07-30T10:58:25.219-05:002020-07-30T10:58:25.219-05:00The correct term is “seditionists.” Trump needs to...The correct term is “seditionists.” Trump needs to use it and to apply it to Democrat politicians, their mediaswine and the rioters.hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670099074010641958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89996675277071666332020-07-30T10:48:08.335-05:002020-07-30T10:48:08.335-05:00I don’t know what it will take for it to click wit...I don’t know what it will take for it to click with you that the New York Times is in on whatever is going on in Portland. It sounds too crazy to be true, but come up with a better explanation for the facts we have. Occam’s Razor points to active disinformation from that source.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47800618976467839342020-07-30T10:32:57.726-05:002020-07-30T10:32:57.726-05:00Blacks in Oakland see what's going on. Eyewitn...Blacks in Oakland see what's going on. Eyewitness reporting from SF Chron Columnist Justin Phillips. You're welcome, Nicky.<br />https://www.sfchronicle.com/living/article/Who-s-actually-causing-damage-at-anti-police-15443277.php<br />PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216578936157701583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81930765743714876192020-07-30T10:31:23.591-05:002020-07-30T10:31:23.591-05:00Nicholas Kristof channels Walter Duranty and Baghd...Nicholas Kristof channels Walter Duranty and Baghdad Bob simultaneously. This is not difficult for an NYT opinion columnist.<br /><br />Anybody who seeks information, not propaganda, has seen dozens of videos of the riots. We prefer to believe our lying eyes, not Kristof or his fish wrapper. Otherwise, we would be Progressive Democrats.<br /><br />BTW, anyone who believes a physician cannot be a seditionist isn’t following the hydroxychloroquine “controversy.”hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670099074010641958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54739913566027613412020-07-30T10:17:10.516-05:002020-07-30T10:17:10.516-05:00tim in vermont said...
Robert Cook, I have been lo...<i> tim in vermont said...<br />Robert Cook, I have been looking for an answer to this question: “How does throwing firebombs and IEDs into a Federal Courthouse differ from firing on Fort Sumpter?"</i><br /><br />The attacks on the federal buildings today so far do not carry an official seal of state approval and no state has declared themselves independent of the union.<br /><br />South Carolina seceded 20 December 1860. The attack on Fort Sumter was on 12 April 1861. It was carried out by official state militia. The first artillery shots of the war were carried out by cadets from The Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.<br /><br />The violence is similar, the difference is who is carrying it out. Sort of guerrilla warfare versus open warfare. Under generally accepted rules of war, from Civil War times to today embodied in treaties, the attack on Fort Sumter was a legitimate act of war carried out by legitimate forces. The attacks on federal buildings are currently being treated under civil law. If there is a declaration that rebellion is occurring, the status of attackers will change to unlawful combatants and they can be summarily executed after a short but fair court martial.Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64160997213580879882020-07-30T09:13:56.711-05:002020-07-30T09:13:56.711-05:00It's all well and good to hear from respected ...It's all well and good to hear from respected columnist Nick Kristoff, but the burning question is what does Somaly Mam say about the protests. daskolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644768542015986565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74566926908089561082020-07-30T07:52:22.803-05:002020-07-30T07:52:22.803-05:00“leapt into the fray”
That “fray” is the chaos an...“leapt into the fray”<br /><br />That “fray” is the chaos and anarchy the mob is causing. Do you think the inanimate object they are attacking provoked them? I don’t need someone to “admit” they are anarchists to know there are anarchists. My eyes can see the anarchy and know it’s caused by anarchists in the same way I can see a painting and know it was caused by a painter.<br /><br />This whole exercise of “finding the anarchists” by looking for someone wearing a t-shirt that’s says “embrace the anarchy” is a tired joke and not informative in the slightest. Par for the course with Kristof.The Tangerine Tornadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828773978880672438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91001005985339801272020-07-30T07:42:49.452-05:002020-07-30T07:42:49.452-05:00“If there is violence, it is caused by Antifa”
C...“If there is violence, it is caused by Antifa” <br /><br />Contrapositive: “If there is no Antifa, there is no violence”<br /><br />Actually the contrapositive would be,<br />If it is not caused by antifa, there is no violence. A different thing.Josephbleauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407587570806062403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12499790879829405832020-07-30T07:36:14.850-05:002020-07-30T07:36:14.850-05:00There is a scene in Schlindler's list set in A...There is a scene in Schlindler's list set in Auschwitz. One woman is relating a story she heard of what is going on at the other side of the camp. "They cut your hair off... take your clothes and give you soap and you go into a shower... then they use gas to kill you..." The other women tell her to stop telling stories - "I don't believe it" etc. etc. One Woman says "Why would they kill their workforce? It doesn't make sense, we are very important to them." <br /><br />There are fools, and then there are pedantic fools who will march into the shower and still not believe even as the Zyklon B washes over them.Jalanlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780182078917288723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61629578455532945862020-07-30T07:35:45.476-05:002020-07-30T07:35:45.476-05:00There are always Feds in a federal court house. Th...There are always Feds in a federal court house. They were there before the riots. They’ll be there after. Cry bullies who think they can order the Feds out of “their” city are delusional and dangerous and should be treated like any rambling idiot blocking a street. Asking for impossibilities is another prog “gotcha” they think is clever when it actually shows how useless negotiating with leftists is. Mike (MJB Wolf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00936808380090258703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10552746130226458042020-07-30T07:15:47.973-05:002020-07-30T07:15:47.973-05:00Insert Leslie Nielsen "please disperse" ...Insert Leslie Nielsen "please disperse" meme hereJohnathan Birkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028783093755775724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44356886211018982672020-07-30T07:05:51.819-05:002020-07-30T07:05:51.819-05:00“If there is violence, it is caused by Antifa”
C...“If there is violence, it is caused by Antifa” <br /><br />Contrapositive: “If there is no Antifa, there is no violence”<br /><br />Sort of misses the point, since it doesn’t prove that Antifa isn’t causing violence, and perhaps 90% of it or more. <br /><br />There are only two ways to prove a negative, by a logical proof, which in this case is impossible for anybody short of God Himself who could work it out from initial conditions at the Big Bang. Or by exhaustion, which our disinformationist didn’t even attempt. All we need to disprove it is a counterexample, and given that there is a video of one of the rioters throwing an IED into the courthouse building, Kristoff is wrong. <br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1288259478031175680" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1288259478031175680</a><br /><br />But if a tree falls in the forest, and the New York Times didn’t cover it, did it really happen?<br /><br />Remember when they were telling us that Jihad was a misunderstood and only referred to a spiritual struggle? For that matter, remember how the NYT covered Stalin? “If you want to make an omelette, you have to break some eggs.” But then again, everybody has to die of something, I am often reminded of here. So maybe that’s not the most convincing example to use in these pages.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.com