Wednesday, October 10, 2018
The damage done to conservatism by Conservatism Inc. is Orwellian
The very essence of conservatism used to be all these things, American culture, history, nation, heritage, family and faith, spokes on the wheel of its organic whole. But the libertarians have co-opted all that away and replaced it with an ideology of materialism which has erased the memory of it to the extent that the two, conservatism and libertarianism, are now indistinguishable in the popular imagination.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
The "Conservatarians" are as condescending toward Trump voters today as Hillary's voters were yesterday
To Hillary, Trump voters were deplorables.
To conservatarians, Trump voters are the WrestleMania vote, the ignorant gulls who fill Trump's rallies around the country to this day.
Jon Gabriel of Ricochet and Stephen L. Miller count themselves conservatarians, here.
Like Frank Meyer's fusionism which tried to combine libertarianism and traditionalism, conservatarianism also conceives of itself as a libertarian mixture, but with social liberalism not traditionalism.
As such, however, this simply represents the failed status quo, which has been only too happy to use the traditional right at election time since Reagan but otherwise has paid but lip service to it once in power. Its main interest on the one side claims to be fiscal probity, but vainly imagines that its reprobate self even wants smaller deficits. Under Bush 43, debt to the penny soared from $5.7 trillion to $10.7 trillion. In truth, conservatarianism only affects conservatism. Its real interest is in Bacchus.
Does a spring pour forth from the same opening fresh water and brackish? -- James 3:11
Nay, nay.
Monday, October 8, 2018
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Hispanics and Blacks got all the jobs since 2007, whites got bupkis
Hispanic jobs are up 6.5 million, or 31%.
Black jobs are up 3.1 million, or 19%.
White jobs are up 1.2 million, or 1%.
That means over 60% of all these jobs went to Hispanics, 29% to Blacks, and 11% to whites. And they say the whites are the racists.
That means over 60% of all these jobs went to Hispanics, 29% to Blacks, and 11% to whites. And they say the whites are the racists.
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Saturday, October 6, 2018
Erick Erickson: Trump is positively angelic compared to his political opponents and the press
But he repeats himself.
Here:
Trump is neither an ambassador for my values nor the articulate champion of my principles I would prefer. But he is a safe harbor in a progressive storm that seeks to both destroy my values and upend our constitutional republic. ...
The political press has behaved as co-conspirators with the Democrats in the Kavanaugh matter. They have clearly been fully co-opted. Reporters are planting their flags with the so-called Resistance and donning pink hats instead of defending truth and reporting facts.
There is much in the present political age about which I am uncertain. But there is one thing about which I am absolutely certain: President Trump is not my enemy, and too many progressives view me as theirs.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Friday, October 5, 2018
Democrats easily had stopped Kavanaugh had Senator Reid not deep sixed the filibuster rule
We'll see if Kavanaugh is truly the strong borders judge some have touted him to be.
Given the enthusiasm for him from the Bush camp, I'm not optimistic.
I would consider it a victory if at the very least Kavanaugh abandoned Justice Kennedy's radical libertarianism, but only time will tell.
The American Dream remains more expensive in 2018 than it was at the peak of the housing bubble in 2005
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| 1H2018 uses Sentier Research July 2018 nominal median household income of $62,450/$320,800 |
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Michigan's own Steve Gruber has an important story about contaminated water in the US
[T]he catastrophe brewing across the state and in waterways throughout the country will make the tragedy that took place in Flint seem minor.
Our so-called friends the Chicoms installed spychips on thousands of servers used by Apple, Amazon and a host of others
The chips had been inserted during the manufacturing process, two officials say, by operatives from a unit of the People’s Liberation Army. In Supermicro, China’s spies appear to have found a perfect conduit for what U.S. officials now describe as the most significant supply chain attack known to have been carried out against American companies.
Five year old girl in Georgia public school allegedly sexually assaulted by gender fluid boy under Obama bathroom policy
The school kept the Obama policy even though the Trump administration reversed it.
The school doesn't believe the woman.
The school doesn't believe the woman.
FBI lawyer James Baker met with law firm paid by DNC to compile dossier, in 2016 before securing FISA warrant against Trump
It means the FBI had good reason to suspect the dossier was connected to the DNC’s main law firm and was the product of a Democratic opposition-research effort to defeat Trump — yet failed to disclose that information to the FISA court in October 2016, when the bureau applied for a FISA warrant to surveil Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
“This is a bombshell that unequivocally shows the real collusion was between the FBI and Donald Trump’s opposition — the DNC, Hillary and a Trump-hating British intel officer — to hijack the election, rather than some conspiracy between Putin and Trump,” a knowledgeable source told me.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Monica McLean denies Ford prepped her on polygraph exams
Reported here:
“I have NEVER had Christine Blasey Ford, or anybody else, prepare me, or provide any other type of assistance whatsoever in connection with any polygraph exam I have taken at anytime,” Monica McLean said in a statement Wednesday.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, Climate Update for September 2018
Grand Rapids, Michigan, Climate Update for September 2018
Max temp 90, Mean Max temp 89
Min temp 40, Mean Min temp 37
Av temp 66.1, Mean Av temp 62.7
Precip 5.93, Mean precip 3.57 (quack quack, another gullywasher)
Cooling Degree Days 135, Mean CDD 76, Season to date 983, Mean Season to date 690
The cooling season to date as measured by CDD is now 42% warmer than the mean to date. Season to date 2018 is now 7th warmest on record for total CDD. The warmest year on record was 1921 with 1200 CDD. The 2nd warmest year on record was 1931 with 1061 CDD. It is highly unlikely that 2018 will finish warm enough to crack the number two spot but will be firmly in the top ten warmest years by CDD. There have been five months in a row in 2018 with max temps in the 90s, the first time that has happened since 1991.
Ford's ex-boyfriend isn't simply a case of he said, she said: He names Monica L. McLean, whom Ford prepared for a polygraph test
I'm sure the Senate Judiciary Committee, or the FBI, is following up on her to corroborate the boyfriend's sworn testimony.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
The New York Times makes us relive high school with Brett Kavanaugh
Here, where nothing in particular jumps out except the thought that the biggest problem for many Americans is that they remain teenagers.
Beto O'Rourke is also pre-qualified for opprobrium from the #MeToo movement
Politico quotes him from 1991, here:
“Basically, the show documents the life of Will Rogers, the ‘lassoing fool,’ who rose from being an insignificant side show attraction to one of the more prominent political pundits and cultural statesmen in our history. Yet it is produced and directed in such a showy, glitzy, and ultimately, tacky manner, that one cannot help feeling disgusted throughout the show. Keith Carradine in the lead role is surrounded by perma-smile actresses whose only qualifications seem to be their phenomenally large breasts and tight buttocks.”
The Democrat answer to Ted Cruz is having a tough week.
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