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In The Mailbox: 12.01.21

Posted on | December 2, 2021 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Thanks to everyone who bought stuff or signed up with one of Amazon’s various services through my links last month. It’s very much appreciated!
Silicon Valley delenda est.

Go away, Corona-chan. Bored now.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1553
Doug Ross: A Chart Of Human Conditions Over The Centuries
EBL: Big Supreme Court Case Argued Today
Twitchy: Jussie Smollett’s Trial Might Not Be Going His Way, also, Occasional Cortex Can’t Believe “Credibly Accused” Rapist Kavanaugh Weighing In On Abortion
Louder With Crowder: Elon Musk Mocks New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal With Stalin Meme, also, Police Release Bodycam Video Of MSNBC Reporter Following Rittenhouse Jury Bus
Vox Popoli: Hiding The Science, EU Lobbies For Forced Vax, and Vax-Enhanced Infection

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Omicron Is Their Get Out Of Jail Free Card
American Conservative: Why Beto Might Win, also, America Without Abortion
American Greatness: Biden Approval Rating Still An Abysmal 36%
American Thinker: The COVID Vaccine Failure
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: Feature Documentary To Be Made On “Patria Y Vida” Freedom Anthem, also, A Vision Of Communist Cuba, Now & In The Future
BattleSwarm: WW2 Tanks & Planes Still In Active Service
Behind The Black: Sculptured Lava South Of Olympus Mons?
Cafe Hayek: Sound & Fury, Signifying Pandering, Fauci’s Laboratory – Blinding Us With Science, and Clear Eyes On Government
CDR Salamander: No, You Wouldn’t Want China’s Strategic Position
Don Surber: The Four Pillars Of Biden’s Failure, also, Media Laughs At Christian Leader’s Death But Silent On Vax Deaths
First Street Journal: A Few Items About Excess Government Power, also, Were They Not Paying Attention?
Gates Of Vienna: Is Islam A Threat?, Lies of Omission 2021, and After Tav, We’ll Have To Use Chinese Ideograms
The Geller Report: CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo “Indefinitely”, also, 5000-Strong Muslim Mob Torches Pakistani Police Station, Demands Blasphemy Suspect For Burning
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day, Zooming In On A Pair Of Black Holes, and Listening To The Supremes
Hollywood In Toto: Andrew Schulz Shreds WHO, Media For Protecting Red China, also, Colbert Denies Cancel Culture Exists – But Thinks It Should
The Lid: Federal Critical Race Theory Program Drops “Critical Race Theory” Pretending It’s Not CRT
Legal Insurrection: Smollett Jury Views Video Of Dry Run For Alleged Hate Crime, Alumni Starting To Withhold Donations From Colleges That Don’t Defend Free Speech, and Judge In Solas Anti-SLAPP Hearing Doubts NEA-RI Had Claim To Prevent Records Release
Michelle Malkin: There Is No Vetting
Nebraska Energy Observer: The Book Of Concord – Treatise On The Primacy & Power Of The Pope
Outkick: Penn Swimmer Who Was Male For Three Seasons Now Dominating Womens’ Swimming, Video Leaks Of Brian Kelly’s Final Meeting With Notre Dame Players, and WTA Boss Stands Up To Red China Over Peng Shuai, Cancels Tournaments
Power Line: Confirmed – Academic Paper a Deliberate Hoax, Temple Student Killed By Criminal Philly DA Krasner Let Walk, and Biden’s Pandemic History
Shark Tank: Rubio – Demings Has Commitment To Opening Our Borders
Shot In The Dark: Wag The Dog, Today’s Joke Is Tomorrow’s Pitched Battle?, and Not For Turning
The Political Hat: Inter-Species Organ Transplants – One Step Closer To Catgirls
This Ain’t Hell: AF Civilian Steals $1.1 Million With Travel Card, Gets Probation, Space Force General Details How Space Assets Are Under Constant Attack, and Putin Continues Testing Biden
Transterrestrial Musings: The War On Tesla
Victory Girls: Teachers Want To Teach Less, Though Students Need More
Volokh Conspiracy: Abortion, Marbury v. Madison, And “What’s Written In The Constitution”
Weasel Zippers: Sen. Cruz Slams Biden’s “Pattern Of Appeasement” After FARC Taken Off Terror List, Obese Deadbeat Running For Ga. Governor Again, and Biden Whips Off Three Lies On Inflation, Debt, & Taxes In 30 Seconds 
The Federalist: The Fifth Circuit Has Harsh Words For Biden’s Vax Mandate, also, Google’s YouTube Threatens To Ban Users Who Question Mask Effectiveness
Mark Steyn: Live Around The Planet, also, Courting Controversy

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In The Mailbox: 11.30.21 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | December 1, 2021 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.

EVERYBODY PANIC

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Why Are Democrats & The Media Putting Waukesha Down The Memory Hole?
Twitchy: “It’s Anti-YOU Hatred”, also, “Honey, Do You Even History?”
Louder With Crowder: “I Didn’t Trash The Man, I’m Speaking Facts”
Vox Popoli: That Sounds…Familiar, Not Whether But Which, and Starving Ukraine Again
Gab News: The Power Of The Powerless

 

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Not This Vaccine, Not Any Vaccine
American Conservative: SUVs Don’t Kill People
American Greatness: The Twin Pillars Of Biden’s Failure, also, The Madness Of Anthony Fauci
American Power: Democrats Struggle Ahead Of 2022, also, Taliban Covert Operatives Seized Kabul & Other Afghan Cities From Within
American Thinker: Resisting COVID Tyranny, also, How To Remove Critical Race Theory From Our Schools
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Two Cities News
Babalu Blog: Cuban Dictatorship Threatens Homeless Single Moms Living In Abandoned House With Eviction, also, Dissident Cuban Rapper Whose Arrest Sparked San Isidro Protests Goes Into Exile
BattleSwarm: “Bail Reform Project” Antifa Scumbag Is Also A Crook, also, Texas Governor’s Race Update
Behind The Black: Engineers Recover Third Hubble Instrument, NASA Postpones ISS Spacewalk Due To Debris From Russian ASAT Test, and Musk Shakes Up Raptor Engine Development
Cafe Hayek: Government-Imposed Vax Mandates Are Tyranny, Further Evidence Of The Deformity Spawned Since Early 2020, and Free Trade Is Not Remotely Elitist
CDR Salamander: The Global Posture Review – Strategic Vapor Lock
Don Surber: Media – The Truth Is What We Say It Is, NYT Writer Argues Like A Teen For The Vax Mandate, and Hillary Asks Why Biden Isn’t 50 Points Ahead
First Street Journal: Starvation As A Tool Of Diplomacy, also, Killadelphia
Gates Of Vienna: Fact-Checking The Fact-Checkers, A Handgun Against An Army, and Sea Watch Lands More Wretched Refuse In Sicily
The Geller Report: Trump’s White House Physician Calls Omicron Variant A Midterm Elections Trick, also, Hunter Biden Agreed To Spread Red Chinese Influence For $10 Million/Year And An $80,000 Diamond 
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, Another One Bites The Dust, and A Second Bite Of The Dust
Hollywood In Toto: If You Love Yellowstone, You Need To See This Forgotten Mel Gibson Gem, also, Joe Rogan On The Russia Collusion Hoax – “Nobody’s Being Held Responsible”
The Lid: Biden Can’t Let A Bad Deal Die
Legal Insurrection: Duke Administration Intervenes After Student Government Refuses Recognition To Pro-Israel Group, also, RI Teachers Union Trying To Kick Me Off Twitter After Suing Me For Seeking CRT Records
Nebraska Energy Observer: Greek Letters, McRibs, & Galt’s Gulch, also, Whoa!
Outkick: Josh Heupel’s Not Worried About Any Other Job Besides Tennessee, LSU Two-Minute Offense Scores With Hiring Of Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly, and LeBron James Getting The Coof Another Obstacle For Fading Lakers
Power Line: Joe Biden – Red Chinese Stooge?, Latest Academic Hoax Is A Doozy, and House Democrats Desert Their Sinking Ship
Shark Tank: Rubio Questions Tight-Lipped Demings On Biden’s FARC Decision
Shot In The Dark: Nativx, Urban Progressive Privilege – Am I The Only One That Thinks…, and There’s A Part Of Me
STUMP: Movember Fundraising – Men & Suicide
The Political Hat: “What Happens In This Room Stays In This Room”
This Ain’t Hell: Army Officer Who Reported Prisoner Abuse Dies At 42, SecDef Rejects Oklahoma Request To Exempt Its Guard From Vax Mandate, and Navy Gets One Right
Transterrestrial Musings: More Fodder For The Defamation Suits, The Rise & Fall, and The Raptor Crisis
Victory Girls: Enes Kanter Is Now Enes Kanter Freedom, American Citizen, also, Lara Logan Dragged For Fauci/Mengele Comparison
Volokh Conspiracy: Federal Court Rules Takings Clause May Require Compensation When Cops Destroy An Innocent Person’s Home
Weasel Zippers: MSNBC Compares Banning Abortion To Banning Interracial Marriage, Ex-Pilot Testifies About Flights Aboard Epstein’s “Lolita Express”, and WH Accuses GOP Of Raising Middle-Class Taxes By Voting Against Bill That Raises Middle-Class Taxes
The Federalist: How Twitter’s New CEO Might Make A Poisonous Platform Worse, also, 15 States Threaten To Pull $600 Billion From Banks Trying To Shaft The Energy Industry
Mark Steyn: Where Justice Goes To Die, also, From Lockdown To Lockup

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In The Mailbox: 11.30.21 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | November 30, 2021 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.

Based gf

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Jack Dorsey To Step Down As Twitter CEO, Become Mystic Advisor To The Tsar
Twitchy: DeSantis Decimates D Media For Crappy Coverage Of Waukesha Parade Attack
Louder With Crowder: Ted Cruz Hits Back Hard At Anthony “The Science” Fauci
Vox Popoli: The Facts On The Ground, Verdict – Not Unfair, and Why The Vaccine Nazis Are Winning
Gab News: Join The Parallel Economy

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Flag Of Our Nation
American Conservative: The Disunited States Of America 
American Greatness: A Tale Of Two Cities – Waukesha v. Kenosha, also, Dear Wokesters – Kyle Rittenhouse Is Coming For Your Money
American Power: Howard Zinn Poisoned A Generation, also, Rep, Rashida Tlaib Struggles To Defend Closing Federal Prisons
American Thinker: The Trump Comeback, also, When Everyone is A White Supremacist, Nobody Is
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday
Babalu Blog: Join Cuban Moms Demanding Freedom For Their Imprisoned Sons, also, Are Cuba & Nicaragua Weaponizing Migration Against The U.S.? 
BattleSwarm: Omicronapalooza, also, Joe Rogan On The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict
Behind The Black: Nice Overview Of Space Tourism Options, The NYT Does Real Journalism! and Russians Set December 8 For Next ISS Tourist Flight
Cafe Hayek: The Key is To End The Obsession, Not So Simple, and And Here I Spread More “Terrible Misinformation”
CDR Salamander: We Need Maps At All Confirmation Hearings
Da Tech Guy: Paying In Cash Vs. Paying In Blood
Don Surber: America Didn’t Steal The Land Or Enslave Africans, also, WaPo Writer Discovers Guns Don’t Kill People
First Street Journal: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Gates Of Vienna: Austria Banishes The Unclean, Setback For The Great Reset, and Fines, Forced Vax – But Maybe No Piano Wire
The Geller Report: The Left Owns The Waukesha Massacre – Which Is Why You’ve Stopped Hearing About It, also, Key Republican Says GOP Must Assure Voters It’ll Impeach Garland, Force Change At DOJ
Hogewash: I’m Not Making This Up, You Know, Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day, and Our Best Images Of Pluto
Hollywood In Toto: How Psycho II Got (Almost) Everything Right, Eyes Of Tammy Faye Punches Down, Down, Down, and Joe Rogan – From Sitcom Sidekick To Red-Pilled Culture Warrior
The Lid: Biden Begins Talks To Reenter Iran Deal Obama & Kerry Lied To America About
Legal Insurrection: Goodwill Embraces Critical Race Theory, Black Conservative Student Protesting Jab Mandates At Auburn Met With Racial Slurs, and Profs Protest New CSU Chancellor For Not Being Anti-Racist Enough
Nebraska Energy Observer: Random Observations, also, The First Sunday Of Advent
Outkick: Tennessee Takes Care Of Vanderbilt To Close Out Successful Season, LSU Wins One for Coach O Over Aggies With Last-Minute Touchdown, and Iron Bowl Drama – Tide Edges Auburn 24-22 In Four Overtimes
Power Line: In Re Kerry’s Emissions, NYT Asks “Why Do Blue States Suck?” and Judge Halts Jab Mandate For Healthcare Workers In Ten States
Shark Tank: Rubio Endorses Ingoglia For State Senate
STUMP: COVID Mortality Update For November 2021 – Before The Omicron Variant
The Political Hat: The Queer Liturgical Calendar
This Ain’t Hell: Stupid People Of The Week, Army Cadets Raid Annapolis, Steal Wrong Goat, and Air Force Prohibiting Non-Jabbed From PCSing
Transterrestrial Musings: No, Dr. Fauci, also, NASA & Commercial LEO
Victory Girls: Et Tu, Salvation Army?, Biden’s COVID Strategy Is All About His Poll Numbers, and Canada Gets Its Own Fake Native Tall Tale
Volokh Conspiracy: Stop The COVID Travel Bans
Weasel Zippers: Notre Dame Cathedral Being Rebuilt As Woke Theme Park, Biden Shipping Illegals All Over America, and Leftist Student Groups Want Kyle Rittenhouse Kicked Out Of ASU
The Federalist: Democrats Make War On Religious Institutions Just In Time For The Holidays, also, Free Guy Is A Must-Watch Modern Truman Show
Mark Steyn: What’s In A Plague? Elia Kazan & Panic In The Streets, The Coming Men, and Send In The Clowns

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Instapundit Goes Socialist?

Posted on | November 30, 2021 | No Comments

Glenn Reynolds linked to and quoted a critique of the “underhanded journalism and bogus history” behind the New York Times‘ 1619 Project.

When I clicked the link, I was shocked to find myself at the World Socialist Web Site, a platform of the Trotskyite “Fourth International.” And if you keep reading the article by Professor Tom Mackaman, you eventually get to the part where he quotes and praises Karl Marx:

But history is “a fixed thing” in at least one sense. The past actually happened. Generations of people lived, worked, created, struggled, loved, fought and died. They did so under conditions not of their own choosing, but those handed down to them from preceding generations. And they did not do so alone. Out of the development of the productive forces, as Marx long ago explained, classes emerged—lord and vassal, master and slave, capitalist and worker—now in hidden, now in open conflict. On top of all of this culture, law, politics, language, nation—and, with apologies to Hannah-Jones—race developed, always reflecting the ideology of the ruling layers, and always interacting dynamically with the class structure. . . .
Gobineau’s racialist conception of history appeared as a ruling class response to the emergence of the working class, and, in that connection, to the development of the materialist conception of history. This Marx and Engels had begun to develop in the 1840s as a critique of the Hegelian dialectic, which, not dissimilarly from Bancroft’s conception of American history, had imagined history to be the working out of a transcendent idea into the real world. Among the many expositions Marx and Engels gave of the materialist conception of history, perhaps the most succinct is a portion of Engels’ eulogy at Marx’s graveside in 1883:

Marx discovered the law of development of human history: the simple fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology, that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing, before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion, etc.; that therefore the production of the immediate material means, and consequently the degree of economic development attained by a given people or during a given epoch, form the foundation upon which the state institutions, the legal conceptions, art, and even the ideas on religion, of the people concerned have been evolved, and in the light of which they must, therefore, be explained, instead of vice versa, as had hitherto been the case.

Within this vast arena history has unfolded. It is “fixed” because none of what happened can ever be changed even by one whit. And therein lies both the tragedy of history and its powerful capacity to speak to that which is progressive in the present. The tragedy of history and “the lessons” go together. This is the Via Dolorosa of the working class, Rosa Luxemburg said.

It is not my habit to look a gift horse in the mouth and, when one is engaged in all-out political combat, it is unnecessary (and in many cases unwise) to question the motives of one’s allies — the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and I don’t much care why he hates my enemy.

“Any stick will do to beat a mad dog,”  as the old country saying goes, and when a doctrinaire Marxist is whacking away at Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ibram X. Kendi, et al., all I can say is, “Carry on, brother!”

Nevertheless, it must be said that Marxism is the deadliest idea in human history, having caused about 100 million deaths in the 20th century.

Marx’s “materialist conception of history,” far from being a scientific discovery, was an intellectual formula for limitless hatred.

Karl Marx began with the idea of fomenting bloodshed in revolutionary class warfare, and his “materialist conception of history” was developed as a pretext for this intended slaughter. The ironic consequence — i.e., that the Marxist idea ultimately killed far more workers than the reactionary forces of the bourgeoisie ever did — has never been fully acknowledged by the Left, including such Trotskyists as Professor Mackaman. Like their namesake, Trotskyists prefer to dwell in that dream world where their beloved “dictatorship of the proletariat” requires no gulags, no secret police, no summary executions.

For Trotsky himself, this dream ended with the “materialist conception” of an ice-ax to the skull wielded by Stalinist agent Ramón Mercader.

Like so many socialists before him, Tom Mackaman wishes to rescue the Marxist idea from the evidence of its failure. And in attacking the racial obsessions of Hannah-Jones, et al., Professor Mackaman fails to acknowledge what is obvious to most conservatives, namely that “Critical Race Theory” is derived from Marxism, with race replacing class as the categorical basis of revolutionary struggle. (Feminism is similarly derived from Marxism, with sex replacing class as the basis of struggle.) That the Left has fragmented into warring factions, divided by identity politics, is something Mackaman laments but cannot remedy for the simple reason that leftists are human beings, and thus naturally self-centered, prone to heed whatever political appeal is most flattering to their egos.

“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? . . . The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. . . . Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”

Such is the only wisdom that will preserve us in this evil hour, the only truth that can guide us toward righteousness. The godless Commies are doomed to the pit of Hell, of course, and I would hope Professor Reynolds doesn’t mind my McCarthyism in warning against this danger.

If hating Commies is wrong, I don’t want to be right.




 

Category: History, Racism

Confirmed: CNN Is Garbage

Posted on | November 30, 2021 | No Comments

As if any further confirmation were needed:

Chris Cuomo, host of CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time, used his media sources to dig up info on his brother, former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s, sexual harassment accusers, according to texts and interview transcripts recently revealed.
Text messages released by New York Attorney General Letitia James show Chris Cuomo had frequent contact with Melissa DeRosa, Andrew Cuomo’s top aide at the time.
In early March, the New York Times reported that the former governor tried kissing a woman, Anna Ruch, without her consent. Three days after this report, Chris Cuomo texted DeRosa, “I have a lead on the wedding girl.”
Other messages indicated Chris Cuomo’s willingness to help with his brother’s response and preparation on the sexual harassment allegations. “Please let me help with the prep,” Cuomo told DeRosa in one text.
In another text, Chris Cuomo sent DeRosa a fully written statement for the governor to use publicly . . .

He was writing objective journalism for his brother, the Democratic politician. What’s beautiful about this is how Letitia James, a black woman, is releasing this information to destroy the white “Boys Club” that has so long controlled the Democratic Party in New York.

The formula by which the Cuomo machine operated involved pandering to women and minorities in order to elect white guys with a “D” beside their names. A key part of this formula was a messaging strategy that relied on accusations of sexism and racism against Republicans. “Vote for us,” said Democrats like Cuomo, “because we care about you.” And of course, the Cuomo machine had the enthusiastic cooperation of the media is promulgating this message, which is where having the governor’s brother as CNN anchor was so convenient.

Such a strategy is ultimately doomed, for the simple reason that eventually women and minorities stop being content with the representation provided by “caring” Democratic white guys, and reach to take power in their own names. Once the Democratic Party no longer functions as a vehicle for the personal ambitions of liberal white guys, the political landscape is permanently altered. Look at the plight of Beto O’Rourke in Texas, for example; he keeps offering himself as the “white savior” of Texas Democrats, but can’t win elections, because the raison d’être of the Texas Democratic party is its anti-white/anti-male ideology: If it’s not about hating white guys, why bother voting at all?

Organizing on the basis of identity politics, as Democrats have done, requires banishing white men from positions of party leadership. Eventually, then, “white Democrat” must become a non-existent category, and Democrats refuse to see where this is leading them.

The riptides that dragged Andrew Cuomo under the waves are now swirling around Chris Cuomo, and he won’t remain afloat much longer.




 

Category: CNN

Rule 5 Sunday: Scarlett JohanssonIrina Shumskaya

Posted on | November 29, 2021 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Imagine for a moment you looked exactly like Scarlett Johansson. So much so your own mothers would have trouble telling you apart. Imagine the opportunities open to you as a model and cosplayer. Now imagine (and this is the easy part) that you’re on the Internet, where all manner of dim and socially inept losers can find you, and you start getting hate mail directed to your famous lookalike…suddenly it doesn’t sound like such a great deal, right? Welcome to the world of Russian model Irina Shumskaya. Picture is from the NY Post article on her – it would have been too easy to use a pic of her cosplaying Natasha Romanova. Even if she looks super-hot in the leather pants. 
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

Ninety Miles From Tyranny: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1547, Morning Mistress, and Girls With Guns. 

Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Book Review Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon. 

EBL: MAGA Milquetoast, Stephen Sondheim, HedleyHedy Lamarr, Rule 5 Tweet Trolling, Mayor Of Kingstown, Sharpe’s Rifles, Mayor Of Casterbridge, Vintage Thanksgiving, Thanks To The Troops At Thanksgiving, Rosamund Pike, Wild Women Of Wonga, Where Is Peng Shuai? and King Richard.

A View From The Beach: Laura Dundovi?, Fish Pic Friday – Mariah 970, Count Your Blessings!, California, Wednesday Wetness, Tattoo Tuesday, The Monday Morning Stimulus and Sunday Sunrise.

Thanks to everyone for all the luscious links!

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FMJRA 2.0: No Joy In Mudville

Posted on | November 28, 2021 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

This has not been a good week for my Senators. Lost two out of three to the Hated Yankees at RFK and split a two-game set against the Dodgers, ditto. Home field advantage? What’s that?
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.
Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Lauren Southern – Canadian Spitfire
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

 

Killadelphia Update
First Street Journal
Dark Brightness
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

Rittenhouse Verdict Reactions Show What ‘White Supremacy’ Means to the Left
First Street Journal
The Political Hat
357 Magnum
EBL

Patriots Extend Winning Streak to Five Games, and Super Bowl Chatter Begins
EBL

Violence Against Women Update
357 Magnum
EBL

They’re BA-A-A-A-ACK!
EBL

FMJRA 2.0: Farewell To A Master
Dark Brightness
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL

Waukesha Massacre: Killer SUV Driver Is Rapper, Career Criminal Out on Bond
Dark Brightness
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.22.21
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

In The Mailbox: 11.24.21 (Afternoon Edition)
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

In The Mailbox: 11.24.21 (Evening Edition)
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

David Brooks Fisking Day Returns?
Dark Brightness
357 Magnum
EBL

Thanksgiving in Georgia
Dark Brightness
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.26.21 (Afternoon Edition)
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL

Late Night With In The Mailbox: 11.25.21
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

Top linkers for the week ending November 26:

  1.  EBL (15)
  2.  357 Magnum (12)
  3.  A View From The Beach (7)
  4.  Proof Positive (6)
  5.  Dark Brightness (5)

Thanks to everyone for all the links!

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Category: FMJRA Award

‘Mac Jones Can’t Throw Deep’?

Posted on | November 27, 2021 | No Comments

Fox Sports host Colin Cowherd posted a video rebutting the frequently heard criticism that Mac Jones lacks arm strength. Because of NFL policy, I can’t embed that video here, but you can click the link and watch five minutes of Jones’s NFL highlights so far his rookie year. What infuriates me about this “weak arm” nonsense is that, as an Alabama fan, I watched Mac Jone repeatedly hit long passes on the way to an undefeated season and the national championship. Watch the highlights from the SEC title game against Florida:

 

Jones completed 33 of 43 passes (76.7%) for 418 yards and five touchdowns in that game. Watch his 31-yard touchdown pass to Devonta Smith here and tell me Jones has a “weak arm” — it’s absurd. If you’re not yet convinced, watch these highlights of Mac Jones in the national championship game against Ohio State:

 

Mack Jones completed 36 of 45 passes (80%) for 464 yards and five touchdowns against Ohio State. Can Mac throw deep? Watch this pass from his own 25 where he hits Devonta Smith at the Ohio State 47.

Now that the Patriots are 7-4, riding a five-game winning streak — with Mac Jones far and away this year’s best rookie quarterback in the NFL — he is under a microscope of media attention. Much of the credit for New England’s turnaround after a 2-4 start goes to the Patriots’ defense, and there are still analysts who express doubt whether Jones has what it takes to be a truly great pro quarterback. He will have the opportunity to silence those critics during the next four games, when the Patriots play the 8-3 Tennessee Titans on Sunday, followed by a Dec. 6 Monday night road game against the 7-4 Buffalo Bills, followed by a bye week before a Dec. 18 game at the 6-5 Indianapolis Colts, and then a Dec. 26 home game with Buffalo. It is entirely possible that the Patriots could win all four of those games, and Mac Jones will have plenty of chances to prove his critics wrong. Make it happen, Mac. Roll Tide!




 

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