When crazed shooters can't be linked to the Tea Party ... they still are

So Now I Am Responsible for the Charleston Shooting Jack finds himself, American Thinker and Conservatives in general branded with a "scarlet letter" of blame for the Charleston Church Massacre! I had no intention of commenting on the recent shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina church.  There were two good reasons why.  One was that I have always found it unseemly to exploit a genuine tragedy, especially before the bodies are buried and the event gains some historical perspective. The second was that the act was so anomalous.  In the highly racialized Obama era, there have been several black shooters who turned their wrath on multiple non-black victims – California’s Christopher Dorner, the Navy Yard’s Aaron Alexis, Omar Thornton in Hartford – but I could recall no instance in my lifetime in which a white shooter had done the same to black victims.  I was not sure what useful generalization I could pull from so rare a phenomenon. Alas, the Huffington Post, in the person of veteran propagandist Terry Krepel, forced my hand.  [...]   Excerpts: If the adultery charge against The Scarlet Letter’s Hester Prynne was valid, the charges against sinners today rarely ever are.  “Even when you have no idea you’re committing a hate crime, chances are you still are,” Mark Steyn opined after Canadian neo-puritans dragged him before that nation’s official inquisitors. Neo-puritans exaggerate the sins of the targeted or concoct them out of whole cloth.  In either case, like Hawthorne’s Puritans, they publicly brand the sinner to render him or her, in Hawthorne’s words, “the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point.”   Indeed, if there is one shared ritual among the progressive subcults, it is the imputation of “hate” to the less enlightened.  And as those of us on the right know, there is no surer way of being branded hateful than by telling the truth. [FULL] Stu Tarlowe and Skoonj  circus A treasured  family friend—extremely affable and giving—and who we know to have exceptional raw intelligence, cited that "Anti-intellectualism is Killing America" story on my wife's FB page recently. America is killing itself through its embrace and exaltation of ignorance, and the evidence is all around us. Dylann Roof, the Charleston shooter who used race as a basis for hate and mass murder, is just the latest horrific example. Many will correctly blame Roof's actions on America's culture of racism and gun violence, but it's time to realize that such phenomena are directly tied to the nation's culture of ignorance. This is what we're up against.  The left are so invested in their own convoluted beliefs and values that I see NO hope for any meaningful dialog, nor rapprochement.

Humvees For Sale

Such a Deal Mark Miller

They can too jump .. barely

NBA Developmental League Prospects cuzzin "can't dunk" ricky

His Pleasure

Batt Shit

Liberal Racism

Batts: More Baltimore cops likely to be arrested, forced out as result of reforms ... More Baltimore police officers likely face arrest as the result of reforms in a department that requires "wholesale change," Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wrote IMPORTED RIOT SQUAD Batts, appointed commissioner nearly three years ago, said he inherited a department stuck in a "cycle of scandal, corruption and malfeasance" and that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake hired him to reform the agency and rebuild community relationships. We know a Baltimore City Police sergeant  (who quit taking the  Lieutenant exam because he's white, ahem) who was prominently involved in the staged riots.  This video says everything anyone needs to know about Baltimore's "cycle of scandal, corruption, malfeasance, and incompetence"  Call it erstwhile Mayor Martin O'Malley's legacy.

Larry Hogan

O'Malley Democrats ...... Republican Gov. Larry Hogan announces he's been diagnosed with cancer Baltimore Sun‎ - 2 hours ago Larry Hogan said Monday he's been diagnosed with a "very advanced and very aggressive" ... Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he has 'advanced' form of cancer Washington Post‎ - 12 hours ago Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he has cancer of lymph nodes Fox News‎ - 17 hours ago Of course the first thing on everyone's mind is how the government got rid of Jack Ruby with a cancer implant.  Am I right?

24

we watched the last two S1 'sodes of 24 Sat night. I actually blurted well kiss my rosy red rectum at the ending. Tonight we watched S2 episodes 1&2. I actually blurted well kiss my rosy red rectum during episode 2 (Where Jack interrogated the witness). HFS.  Sent from my computer.

Keep on Truckin'

Techno Thrills

Samsung 'Safety Truck' Shows the Road Ahead so Cars Can Safely Pass Oh My Trucks can be incredibly frustrating obstacles for drivers to pass if they are moving too slowly, yet they are essential to the world we live in - without them we wouldn't be able to buy anything from food to electronic items. Because of their size it can be hard to see around them to make an overtake, but Samsung may have come up with a solution. By placing a camera in the front bumper of the truck and linking it to four monitors placed at the rear, drivers that are following can see when it is safe to pass. We hope that they find a way to optimise this cool idea to save real lives. For more information visit samsungtomorrow.com. However, we all know where the drivers will be aiming that camera, don't we? (Rollover and Wait)

Courts, Democrats, and Pile Driving

The Humanity

Reading Tea Leaves on the 2015 Supreme Court Term The political world will increasingly be watching the Supreme Court over the next two weeks, as the eleven cases left on the Court’s docket for its 2014 Term include a number of blockbusters. The Court, in the words of Justice Jackson, is not final because it is infallible; it is infallible because it is final. Nothing can stop the Court from doing whatever it wants. That said .... Red-light camera company CEO confesses to bribing Ohio Democrats "A former chief executive officer of the red-light camera company Redflex has pleaded guilty to bribing Columbus elected officials – including Council President Andrew Ginther – through the Ohio Democratic Party to install the cameras and keep them operating in the city." Supreme Court Strikes Blow for Religious Freedom The last several months have not been kind to our country’s long cherished religious freedom, but the Supreme Court just unanimously handed down a victory for those of us who still value it. In their ruling for the case of Reed v. the Town of Gilbert, Arizona, the court ruled, essentially, that the government cannot pick which forms of speech it wants to protect more than others, and furthermore .... Erick Erickson  is unaware that he channels me. I'm not about to tell him.

Okay, Industrial Art Then ...

art is everywhere

Yes, art!

California meets the demand

Economics 102 Law of Supply and Demand

Two Granchirrens Rate Grampy

Two Granchirrens Rate Grampy

God Stuff

stuff I think about                                                           JMJ

"... and please don't say that God existed before the Big Bang ..." I'm not trying to start any flame wars, but more and more this is stuff I think about .... Here someone asks Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa .... If space and time started at the  time of the Big Bang, say 14 billion years ago, and time did not exist before that, we must assume that the creation of the universe  and of God were contemporaneous events, rather than the reverse ....

Follow the Tracks

Mystery Solved

Dear Fix-a-Flat ...

I'm so flatted ... Unplugged So, I have a CT Scan to get too and, whoa!  A very slow tire leak hath possessed my left rear tire.  But no worry, I had fortuitously just purchased a can of fix a flat (Tire sensor safe!).   Screwed the nipple on (mmmmmm, nipple) and pressed the trigger.  KABLOWWY!  The thing blew up in my face.  Opening my right eye just enough to navigate, I made it into the kitchen and sprayed my face. I wasn't blind, so there's that.  Back outside I turned on the compressor and pumped the tire up to 32 lbs, and took off.   It was a slow leak after all.  On the off ramp to the hospital I feel the wheels go squishy, and—yup—the sound of flat tire.  With a line of cars behind me, and the parking garage just a football field away, I went for it.  KA-SLAPPETA KA-SLAPPETA KA-SLAPPETA.  I parked right in front of the elevator in a do not park space, and made it with a minute to spare.  Shredded. Did I say I don't have a cell phone?  Don't want one. I did have my I pad, so I took a pic of my location and posted it on MoSup's Facebook page (I don't do Facebook myself). A minute later I looked to see if it posted, and my daughter had already commented "Jimi (my S-I-L) on the way!"  To finish in as few words as possible... When I got to the car Jimi had replaced the tire with the donut tire.  But it was flat.  We drove to a tire store with the rim and bought a new tire for $122.00.  Went back in time to face the beach traffic.  Got home.  Did I say MoSup had warned me to get the leak fixed?  She did not say a word.  She is a saint. PS- If the fix a flat  people see this, I was blinded by their product and the operation will cost $5 million.  PPS - Within 5 minutes of that FB post I received (on my iPad) a copy of his AAA card from one son, and a "what can I do" note from another.  It's good to be a father. PPPS - God Bless You Jimi HAHA CRAP

Onions

Secret Bachelor Trick

Anomalies? Inquire

1942 Time Capsule And the answers are :  http://bonedjello.com/blogger14/frenchretro-anomolies.jpg

Jenner Pet

Bruce Jenner's Cat MARC M

The Clintons Are ....

Head of Clinton Foundation: The Clintons are paranoid loonies The Washington Free Beacon continues its record of committing journalism. via Red States (Hiding from the law for 40 years will take a toll.)

Stupid is as .....

This is a Test. For the Next 30 Days We’ll See How Stupid the Republicans Are. This is Only a Test.

The United States Supreme Court will soon hand down its opinion in King v. Burwell and we will get to see just how stupid the GOP is. To recap, the case centers on whether states that do not set up state based exchanges can get subsidies from the federal government to subsidize healthcare costs. The law, as drafted, had a section on state based exchanges. That section gave federal subsidies. The law had a separate section on states that did not create state based exchanges. The law allowed federal exchanges, but did not have language giving a federal subsidy in the federal exchanges. That language was there, but was removed before final passage. The healthcare expert Democrats relied on to help draft Obamacare, Jonathan Gruber, was recorded saying this was done to incentivize the establishment of state based exchanges. The Democrats now pretend none of this happened and it was a “drafting error” the Supreme Court should fix for them. I have no idea how King v. Burwell will be decided, but given how much pressure the Democrats are trying to put on the Court, the odds are they think it will be decided against them. Who knows. If it is decided against them though, they will scramble quickly to make Republicans own it. Republicans, of course, lack any and all testicular fortitude — it having been drained by the yellow stripe down their backs. Here’s the great test for the GOP. If King v. Burwell is decided against the Democrats, Republicans need advertisements ready to go across the fifty states with a very simple message. “They never read it, they rushed it through, and now you’re paying the price. Tell Barack Obama we need to repeal Obamacare and start over.” Use Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) 18%‘s clip that they had to pass the law to find out what was in it. Democrats passed this law over Republican objections. They drafted it. They screwed it up. Make them own it. If Republicans do not do this we can be assured that (1) they are interested in fixing Obamacare, not repealing it and (2) are political and moral cowards. - : Erick Erickson  I had to post the whole thing ... sorry.  Bets, anyone?

A well behaved gun ...

Tails of the Gun (Hot Linked)

oday I swung my front door wide open and placed my Remington 30.06 right in the doorway.  I left 6 cartridges beside it, and then went about my business. While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, the neighbor boy across the street mowed the yard, a girl walked her dog down the street, and quite a few cars stopped at the stop sign near the front of my house. After about an hour, I checked on the gun. It was still sitting there, right where I had left it. It hadn't moved itself outside. It certainly hadn't killed anyone, even with the numerous opportunities it had presented to do so.In fact, it hadn't even loaded itself. Well, you can imagine my surprise, with all the hype by the Left and the Media about how dangerous guns are and how they kill people. Either the media is wrong or I'm in possession of the laziest gun in the world.The United States is 3rd in Murders throughout the World. But if you take out just 4 cities: Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, and New Orleans, the United States is 4th from the bottom in the entire world for murders. These 4 Cities also have the toughest Gun Control Laws in the U.S. ALL 4 of these cities are controlled by Democrats. It would be absurd to draw any conclusions from this data, right? Well, I'm off to check on my spoons. I hear they're making people fat. cuzzin ricky

Smartphone Cancer

How Smartphones Are Ruining Our Lives 27 Images

Nietzsche: Ode to a liberal Icon

Liberal Culture

The Nietzschean Concept That Explains Today’s PC Culture There once was a fellow named Nietzsche Who was generaly quite filled with der shitsy  But he was also a Packer  And as middle line baker  He was one real son-of-a-bitchky ‘God,” Friedrich Nietzsche famously declared, “is dead.” God, it has been noted, made a similar yet more lasting pronouncement about Nietzsche. - Jonah Goldberg But before the German philosopher departed this mortal coil, he had some interesting things to say. Nietzsche argued that one of the most powerful forces in society was “ressentiment.” Similar to the everyday word “resentment,” ressentiment lay at the heart of new kinds of morality. In ancient times, nobility was associated with power. The downtrodden, the poor, the weak, the enslaved were ignoble. Today it is a great sin on college campuses — and elsewhere! — to make anyone other than the ‘privileged’ feel uncomfortable. The masses of have-nots, to use a more modern language, resented their plight for understandable reasons. But they were too weak to launch a real, armed revolution. Instead, the powerless resorted to a moral revolution, assaulting the concepts of nobility, goodness, and morality and rendering them evil in the popular imagination. [...] In 2015, our society is shot through with Nietzschean ressentiment. Today it is a great sin on college campuses — and elsewhere! — to make anyone other than the “privileged” feel uncomfortable, challenged, or otherwise psychologically threatened by the use of the wrong words or concepts. The University of California recently issued a set of guidelines about the terrible danger of “microaggressions” — small, usually unintended slights that allegedly hurt the feelings of the newly anointed classes of victims. One must no longer say that America is a “melting pot,” for to do so is to suggest that minorities should “assimilate to the dominant culture,” according to the new moralists at the University of California. And one mustn’t say anything that advances “the Myth of Meritocracy.” Saying “America is the land of opportunity” or “everyone can succeed in this society if they work hard enough” is now a form of bigotry. Of course, the surest way to guarantee that America is not a meritocracy is to teach young people not only that it isn’t one, but that it’s evil to say it is, or should be, one. Read on ... Post script:  In 1889, at age 44, Nietzsche suffered a collapse and a complete loss of his mental faculties. The breakdown was later ascribed to atypical general paresis due to tertiary syphilis ... Ahem

Foot Ball Lives

Catharsis

A football Life ... Selected A FOOTBALL LIFE segments .. A Football Life S01E04 Kurt Warner A Football Life Season 04 Episode 06 Doug Flutie A Football Life Season 03 Episode 20 Bill Parcells A Football Life Season 03 Episode 18 Vince Lombardi Part II A Football Life Season 03 Episode 08 Pat Summerall A Football Life Season 04 Episode 11 Lyle Alzado A Football Life Season 04 Episode 05 Eric Dickerson A Football Life S03E02 Don Shula A Football Life Season 03 Episode 07 Michael Strahan ... I'm a Redskin fan first; NFL fan 12th, or so.  Ergo, people like Michael Strayhan, Bill Parcells, or any rat bastard Cowboy are no good.  After watching their life story in the NFL's "A Football Life" series however, I admire the hell out of them all, except Lyle Alzado. I featured the Steve Sabol episode because—well—while I knew who he was, I had no idea how much I'd have liked knowing him.  I liked Doug Flutie before, and like him more now.  Pat Summerall! Watch You don't have to like football to appreciate this series, but you may have to be male.  That's my sense anyway.  You will feel good after watching them, and that's cathartic.

Salt

I watched a great episode of "Modern Marvels" last night..... the title was "Salt" suggest you check it out. Cuzzin Ricky

Bush III

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Great Math Mystery

I think that had I seen this when I was 7 years old, or so, I'd have done my math homework.  But then I would now likely be living in Silicon Valley.  So there'd be that shame.

Help, my scotus is infected.

..... failed to protect SCOTUS Passes on Chance to Set 2A Ruling Right “Despite the clarity with which we described the Second Amendment’s core protection for the right of self-defense, lower courts, including the ones here, have failed to protect it.” Justice Clarence Thomas Not exactly profiles in courage, but the Supreme Court declined to review two lower court rulings upholding San Francisco's draconian gun control laws. The Associated Press reports, "The court on Monday let stand court rulings in favor of a city measure that requires handgun owners to secure weapons in their homes by storing them in a locker, keeping them on their bodies or applying trigger locks. A second ordinance bans the sale of ammunition that expands on impact, has 'no sporting purpose' and is commonly referred to as hollow-point bullets." Of course, in DC v. Heller, the Supreme Court struck down a requirement about locking down a firearm in the home, saying the Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep a "lawful firearm in the home operable for the purpose of immediate self-defense." So by declining to hear this case, the justices are allowing a patchwork of wrong interpretations of its ruling to stand. As Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, "Despite the clarity with which we described the Second Amendment’s core protection for the right of self-defense, lower courts, including the ones here, have failed to protect it." Furthermore, they're passing on an opportunity to clarify the most important point of all: The Second Amendment is not "for sporting purposes." The ban on hollow-point ammunition is beyond asinine, but the justices can't be bothered to fire anything but blanks. This post was in my queue when life so rudely interrupted on June 8.  It seemed important.  Now it seems like blah-blah-blah.  What else is new?  Sigh.

24

cinema à la carte

24

The CBS series Blue Bloods became so inculcated into our daily routine that we actually felt real loss when finished.  What could possibly replace it?  Nothing.  However, since we are likely the only two people on the planet to never watch a minute of 24 (Mo Sup said her work people thought her weird when she was unable to join the water cooler discussions),  we logged onto season one (streaming Amazon).   And we are (tenuously) hooked.   Why tenuously? Last night we watched episodes six and seven.  Jack warns the hospital that date-raped and car struck Janet York is in danger. The girl, just out of life saving surgery, is in the ICU.  Her imposter father is allowed to visit her—unattended.   I said ICU (Intensive Care Unit), where her every breath and heart beat are telemetered. He promptly smothers her into a flat line with nary a warning beep.  And then he dawdles around, convincing Teri to go for a ride with him. I said we're hooked, but that was only the most egregious of several poorly scripted  Perils of Pauline moments—so far—that make me wonder. And yes, this is the most important thing in my life this morning.

UPDATE- DAY 5    It's Wednesday morning .  We have now watched thirteen hours.  That pretty much says it all.  Hooked.  At least on season one. What wins here is that, like the serial films of my yoot (Flash Gordon, Captain Video and His Video Rangers, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, Captain Midnight ....),  I am compelled to watch the next episode.  Or, more accurately, Mother Superior demanded it and I was very happy to go along.  There are great villains, and there is retribution.  I seem to remember people complain that there comes season when 24 goes flat, but then gets it back on track the following season.  We'll pick up on episode 14 tonight, and I shall hope to see Alberta have her hair pulled out by Nina.