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The Rape of Credibility: Feminism’s Agenda and the Jackie Coakley Scandal

Posted on | December 9, 2014 | 99 Comments

@ChuckCJohnson reports that the young woman pictured above is named Jackie Coakley, and that she was the main source for Rolling Stone‘s sensational (and now discredited) story about an alleged 2012 gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house.

Can I say for certain that Coakley has been correctly identified? I cannot, but (a) I have named my source, (b) so far as I know, neither Rolling Stone nor anyone else has denied this identification of Coakley as their source, and (c) you can check it out for yourself.

The Internet is a wonderful thing. Google is your friend.

“I think a crime of rape off campus or a crime of rape on campus ought to be treated the same way. And the sooner it’s treated the same way, the sooner the message is going to get out that you can’t get away with something on campus that you couldn’t get away with someplace else. . . . It’s high time to make sure that a crime is a crime wherever it is committed and treated the same way. And when it is treated universally the same way we will have less rape on campuses.”
— Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican

A woman with an agenda named Sabrina Rubin Erdely was hunting for a nice juicy campus rape story to “report” and Jackie Coakley was apparently willing to tell Erdely such a story. Some people are hashtagging this #UVAHoax, and I am not prepared to say that the Rolling Stone is a hoax, per se. It was certainly a shabby excuse for journalism. Rolling Stone raped its own credibility and, in doing so, exposed the fundamental problem with feminism’s “rape culture” narrative, as Robby Soave explains quite well at Reason magazine:

Suppose Jackie’s story was not so incredible. Suppose that premeditated, ritualistic gang rape was a plausible occurrence at the average college. Suppose that one in every five — or four, or three — female students found themselves in serious danger of assault the moment they set foot outside their dorm rooms. Suppose that America’s campuses really did rival Somalia in terms of the violence faced by young women. . . .
On the other hand, suppose the details of Jackie’s story were exaggerated, or in doubt. Suppose that premeditated, ritualistic gang rape was highly implausible. Suppose that cherry-picked statistics from a few unrepresentative studies were clearly masking an extraordinary decline in rape rates nationwide over the past few decades. Suppose the best available evidence suggested that campuses were, on the whole, safer for women than other environments. Suppose that campus sexual assaults were largely the work of a few sociopaths and nearly always the result of alcohol-induced incapacitation.
Wouldn’t the supposed solution to the campus rape crisis look markedly different?

Please read the whole thing, but you get the basic point: What we have here is a conflict between (a) known facts about rape on college and university campuses, and (b) controversial and tendentious claims about campus rape made by feminist ideologues.

“The problem is [Erdely] found a story that was embellished. It didn’t hold up.”
— Rolling Stone staffer, quoted in the New York Observer

“According to Got News, Jackie Coakley has misled several students at her high school and college about her sexual history, suggesting she may have completely fabricated rape stories and sexual abuse within her past relationships with men.”
— Benjamin Simon, Inquisitor

Here’s the thing: We don’t know what we don’t know.

That is to say, drunk college kids — and massive alcohol consumption is nearly always involved in these incidents — are unreliable narrators about what they did while they were drunk. The incessant demand of feminists that we must “believe the victims” requires us to be clairvoyant, to read the minds of two drunk teenagers and to witness (with our extra-sensory perception) the scene in a darkened dorm room where a sexual encounter occurred to which the only actual witnesses were the drunk teenagers themselves.

Indisputable evidence is generally lacking in these cases, and the testimony of the accused and accuser are all we have to evaluate. What happens is that we make what we call “common sense” judgments. Alas, many people’s version of “common sense” is heavily influenced by feminist rhetoric that depicts all males as sexual oppressors, which requires the rest of us to reply, “No, you’re crazy.”

Is Jackie Coakley the source for Rolling Stone‘s story? Did the incident described in that story actually happen? We don’t know.

It is not “rape culture” to say we don’t know what happened, and it is not ethical journalism to report as fact things you don’t know.

Chuck Johnson says that Jackie Coakley is Rolling Stone‘s source, and that she has been a feminist activist since high school. It is now the job of reporters to investigate and discover as many of the facts as can be discovered about this story, in an effort to determine how it was that Rolling Stone got suckered into this journalistic catastrophe.

Prediction: Within a week, we will see Rolling Stone‘s source being interviewed on a major network TV program.

 





 

Category: Crime, Education, Feminism, Media Bias, Sex

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.09.14

Posted on | December 9, 2014 | 10 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Typhoon Hagupit Weakens As Philippines Cleanup Begins

Filipinos at a Manila evacuation center

Rescue workers struggle to reach central provinces where death toll has reached 27
Storm kills 27, but no damage to Manila
Agricultural losses pegged at $23 million



Narendra Modi Wins Polling, But Won’t Be TIME’s Person of The Year
Editors cut Indian PM from their short list

Syria Calls For UN Sanctions Against Israel For Damascus Airstrikes
No comment from Israel, which has avoided taking sides in the ongoing Syrian civil war



POLITICS
“Unconscionable”: Republicans Lash Out Ahead of CIA Report’s Release

Lame-duck Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman Diane Feinstein

Senators Rubio and Risch condemn report’s release as a “partisan effort” by Democrats

Federal Autopsy Released In Michael Brown Shooting

Violence Erupts At Berkeley Protests For Second Straight Night


Administration Dismisses Israel Sanctions Talk As “Unfounded”

Poll: Majority Believes Race Relations Worse Under Obama

Administration Unveils Federal Law Enforcement Profiling Ban

NYT Comes Out Against DiBlasio’s Horse Carriage Ban

GOP Prepares For Showdowns With Obama Over Vetoes

Portland, Oregon Sues Uber In Bid To Block Operations



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Hits Five-Year Low On Oversupply Worries: WTI $62.49, Brent $65.42
Iraq Follows Saudi Arabia With Deeper Crude Discounts For Asia
Deutsche Bank Sued By Feds For Tax Evasion
Yen Benefits From Falling Oil Prices; Commodity Currencies Slide
Merck Buy To Boost Massachusetts Biotech
McDonald’s Bets On Custom Food Amid Worst US Slump Since 2001
Sony Cyber Woes Continue As Hackers Hit Playstation Network
China Reminds Apple To Protect Privacy, Security In Its Products
Nintendo Heads For Best Holidays In Years As Profit Seen Tripling
Samsung Launches Gear VR
Wireless Charging Coming To Your Tablet, Computer



SPORTS
Falcons Rally Falls Short, Pack Prevails 43-37

The Falcons’ Julio Jones is brought down by the Packers Tramon Williams

Atlanta still tied for first in NFC South despite 5-8 record


Rangers Blow Late Lead, Edge Pens In OT


White Sox Strike Deals With Samardzija, Robertson


Clippers Edge Suns 121-120 On Griffin’s Three-Point Buzzer Beater

Jagr Has Goal & Assist As Devils Beat Hurricanes 2-1

Wizards Need Double OT To Put Down Celtics

Miller Could Get Shot At Closing For The Yankees

A’s Trade Moss To Tribe For Minor Leaguer

Warriors Streak Reaches Thirteen Against Timbermutts

Doug Fister Goes Overseas On USO Tour



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
VH1 Star Stephanie Moseley Found Dead, Apparent Victim Of Murder/Suicide

Dancer and actress starred in “Hit The Floor”

Dead at the hands of boyfriend, rapper Earl Hayes
Floyd Mayweather Reportedly Witnessed Killing On FaceTime

Amal Clooney Denies Pregnancy Reports

Rappers Drake And Diddy Brawl Outside Miami Club


Kate Hudson, Matt Bellamy Split

Ken Weatherwax Dies; Played Pugsley On Original “Addams Family” Series

Kate Middleton Mistaken For Elsa From “Frozen” At Harlem Childrens’ Center

Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis To Star In “Scream Queens”

Street Artist Sabo Blasts Lena Dunham, Rolling Stone In New Poster
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Hailey Baldwin Addresses Bieber Romance Rumors

Mark Wahlberg Wants Record Wiped So He Can Join Police Reserve

World’s Fastest Man Looking For Love



FOREIGNERS
Coalition Reportedly Pledges 1500 More Troops To ISIS Fight
Ukrainian Military Suspends Operations On “Day Of Silence”
Delhi Police File Charges Against Uber For Lying About Driver Background Verification
Hong Kong Protesters Given Until Thursday To Clear Sites
South African Judge To Rule On Prosecutors’ Appeal of Pistorius Sentence
NATO Lowers The Flag At Afghan Combat Command Center
UN Seeks $16.4 Billion For Humanitarian Assistance
Israel Set To Keep Targeting Hezbollah Weapons Shipments
Australia Accuses Islamic State Of Using Foreign Fighters As Cannon Fodder
US Senate Approves Venezuela Sanctions



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: Being Wrong Is Never A Discouragement To The Left
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Rolling Stone Confirms My Prejudice
Michelle Malkin: Is Jihad Pilot Adnan Shukrijumah Dead Or Alive?
Twitchy: Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky – Dems Don’t Need “Fetid” Southern States
American Power: Obama Launches “Profanity-Laced” Tirades Against The Media
American Thinker: A Medical Perspective On The Garner Tragedy
BLACKFIVE: Free Fire Zone – Torturing The CIA
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin Meets Ted Nugent In Texas
Don Surber: Tweet Of The Day
Jammie Wearing Fools: Rolling Stone’s Rape Story – A Bigger Journalistic Train Wreck Than We Thought
Joe For America: DHS Lies, hides Terrorist Infiltration – What Is Jeh Johnson (Obama) Up To?
JustOneMinute: The Lurid Campus Rape Story Too Hot For The Rolling Stone
Pamela Geller: Before Beheading, Children Tell ISIS “No, We Love Jesus”
Protein Wisdom: “I Choose To Believe Jackie”
Shot In The Dark: The Truth About MNSure…
The Gateway Pundit: New Ferguson Message – It’s Time White America “Pays A Price” For Privilege
The Jawa Report: Don’t Slap Me Bro!
The Lonely Conservative: House To Get One Day To Review Trillion-Dollar Spending Bill
This Ain’t Hell: Senate Democrats Want Retribution For The Election
Weasel Zippers: Debbie Downer On Dems Midterm Disaster – “The Voters Agree With Us”
Megan McArdle: Real Conservatives Love The CBO


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Emerging Awareness Update

Posted on | December 8, 2014 | 93 Comments

In last year’s Windsor decision, the Supreme Court decided that its own “Emerging Awareness” Doctrine made sodomy the lawful equivalent of holy matrimony. Those of us who criticized that decision were ridiculed as alarmists for warning that Justice Anthony Kennedy’s decree would have bad consequences. Am I the only one who has noticed that the news has gotten increasingly weird since then?

A 54-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested and charged for impregnating a 12-year-old girl . . .
Elbert Richardson, of Brockton, MA, pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated rape of a child and indecent assault on a child under 14. . . .
The victim . . . went to the hospital in need of medical attention and it was there she discovered that she was eight months pregnant. Authorities say that she was unaware of her pregnancy prior to the hospital visit. The girl was reportedly raped in April, and after learning that she was 32 weeks pregnant she told police that Richardson was the father. . . .
When word spread that the victim was pregnant, Richardson’s wife told the witness that a “13-year-old boy down the street” impregnated her
Richardson’s wife has defended her husband, saying that the allegations are false and that she has never witnessed him sexually abusing anyone. . . .
“We’re going to get DNA and the DNA is going to decide whether this young lady is telling the truth or whether the defendant is telling the truth. It’s one of those situations that does have a very permanent resolution to it,” Judge Ronald Moynahan said. “It’s not going to be a, ‘He said, she said’ once that DNA comes back.”

Elbert Richardson’s wife defended him because she believes in civil rights, you see. A child molester is presumed innocent until the DNA evidence proves he got the 12-year-old girl pregnant. It’s just like the way Hillary Clinton pretended to believe Bill Clinton’s claim that he didn’t have sex with Monica Lewinsky until the stain on Monica’s blue dress proved Bill and Hillary are both liars. Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania:

Necrophilia motivated a man to fatally shoot his stepdaughter last month, according to a Pennsylvania prosecutor.
Gregory Graf recorded himself sexually abusing the body of Jessica Padgett, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said on Friday. The video was discovered a day earlier on Graf’s computer, the prosecutor said.
Padgett, 33, was last seen alive on Nov. 21, when she left work at a day care center. Graf was arrested five days later after police found her body buried behind a shed on the property where he lives with Padgett’s mother.
Graf, 53, is being held without bail on a homicide charge. The fencing company owner confessed to killing Padgett, a recently married mother of three, according to Morganelli. . . .
Morganelli said Graf will be charged with abuse of a corpse. . . .

(Which is still illegal, despite the Windsor ruling.)

‘He videotaped it,’ Morganelli told Philly.com.
‘So there’s a videotape of him abusing the corpse sexually.’
Morganelli said he believes that Graf took his stepdaughter’s life in order to abuse her as a corpse.
‘I believe it was a direct motive, in my opinion,’ Morganelli said, ‘and that’s what we’re going to be arguing.’
Because the alleged abuse occurred after Padgett was killed Morganelli will not be able to seek the death penalty.
Philly.com reports that under Pennsylvania law rape and murder allow prosecutors to pursue capital charges but sexual desecration of a corpse does not.

Liberals can thank the ACLU for saving Gregory Graf from the “cruel and unusual punishment” of the death penalty. Now, if only Justice Kennedy and the Supreme Court could do something to help our society end the ignorant prejudice of necrophobia . . .

Meanwhile, I’m waiting for feminists to blame these crimes on the patriarchy because, after all, both cases were heteronormative.

Dark sarcasm may be in poor taste, but it’s not illegal. Yet.

 

Category: Crime, Sex

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.08.14

Posted on | December 8, 2014 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE: 12.08.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Typhoon Hagupit Hits The Philippines

A Filipino woman wades through floodwaters near a damaged church on Samar

Manila braces for impact
Three Dead So Far, 900 Thousand Evacuate
Typhoon weakens to storm
Charities starting to assess damage

Thirteen Killed In Failed Yemen Raid
Two hostages killed by Al Qaeda captors

Kashmir On Lockdown For Modi Visit
PM to lead campaign rally as separatists call for strike



POLITICS
Pearl Harbor Survivors Reunite In Hawaii For 73rd Anniversary Of Attack

The USS Arizona sinking during the Pearl Harbor attack

“I don’t think this is going to be our last…We’ve still got time to go.” -Louis Conter, survivor, 93

Mismanagement Alleged At Pearl Harbor Memorial

Ebola Czar Klain Leaving Post In March

House Intel Chair Mike Rogers: CIA Torture Report Will Spur Attacks

Protesters Smash Windows, Shut Down Highway In Berkeley

Cassidy: Victory Is “Exclamation Point” On Voters’ Dissatisfaction With Obama

Rolling Stone Admits Problems With UVA Story Were Its Fault

Kerry Cites “Progress”, Urges Patience In Iran Nuke Talks

Obama Tells BET Audience Despite Grand Jury Verdicts, Things Are Better



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Sinks Further After Morgan Stanley Forecast: WTI $65.07, Brent $67.73
China Faces More Pressure As Exports Slow, November Imports Drop
Asian Stocks Eke Out Gains, Somber Data Offsets US Job Numbers
Sudden Market Swings, Stronger Dollar Expose Emerging Market Fragility
Gasoline Falls to $2.7181 In Lundberg Survey
Infosys Founders Sell Shares Reportedly Worth $1 Billion
Norks Deny “Righteous” Hack Attack On Sony
NSA Spy Program Targets Mobile Networks
Videogame Pioneer Ralph Baer Dies, 92
BlackBerry, NantHealth Launch Cancer Genome Browser
Microsoft’s Cortana Learns French, German, Italian And Spanish



SPORTS
For Once, The NCAA Got It Right: Four Best Teams In College Football Playoff

#3 FSU’s Jameis Winston

Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, and Ohio State to play for the national championship

Ducks Edge Jets In OT

Pats Top Chargers 23-14

Pelicans Crush Lakers


Sens 4, Canucks 3 (OT)

Seahawks Stifle Eagles 24-14

Blazers Win Fourth Straight, Knicks Fall To 4-18

Oilers Edge Sharks, 2-1

Tyler Clippard On The Trading Block?



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Emily Deschanel Preggers

“Bones” star with husband David Hornsby

Second baby for the couple


Hefner Responds To Allegations In Wake Of Cosby Lawsuit: “I Would Never Tolerate This Kind Of Behavior”

Amanda Peet, It’s A Boy!

Chris Brown, Classy As Usual


Amanda Bynes Looks Healthy, Trim In New Twitter Photo

Lamar Odom: “Never Been Better In My Life”

Ryan Seacrest – Single Again And Mingling

Is Tim Tebow Dating One Of The Duggars’ Daughters?

Kristin Cavallari Felt “Used And Manipulated” By MTV

Jessica Chastain Opens Up About Sister’s Suicide

Gabrielle Union Nearly Went Bald Shooting “Top Five”

George Lucas Hasn’t Seen New “Star Wars” Trailer

Reese Witherspoon: “I Cried On My Kitchen Floor A Lot”



FOREIGNERS
Six Guantanamo Prisoners Released To Uruguay
Syria Accuses Israel Of Bombing Damascus Airport
Uber Driver Had Been Jailed Earlier In Rape Case
Netanyahu: Israel Needs A New Government Capable Of Making Tough Decisions
Mexico Says Evidence Proves Missing Students Were Incinerated
Winnipeg Ukrainians Rally On Eve Of Defence Minister’s Visit To Kiev
Nineteen Candidates Contending For Sri Lanka Presidency
Greek Parliament Passes 2015 Budget – First Balanced Budget In Decades
Seventy Ethiopian Migrants Drown Off Yemen
Pakistan Opposition Party Protests In Faisalabad
Seventeen Killed In Nepal Bus Accident



BLOGS & STUFF
Loose Endz: Thou Shalt Not Cook Thy Neighbor
Doug Powers: Of Course – Movie being Made About Barack and Michelle’s First Date
Twitchy: This Sad Joe Biden Picture Is Embarrassing, But The Reactions Are Hilarious
Crashr: Ferguson, Garner, (Cosby?) And The Machinations Of Prejudice
American Power: Sheikhs Versus Shale – The New Economics Of Oil
American Thinker: White America Asks “Where Is The Animus?”
BLACKFIVE: Medal Of Honor Winner Dakota Meyer To ISIS “I Hope One Of Those Assholes Actually Shows Up”
Conservatives4Palin: Mark Levin Addresses State Legislators – Take Back Your Power From Obama
Don Surber: Suspend UVA’s President
Jammie Wearing Fools: MSNBC 2011 – Delusional Tea Party Could Become Violent; MSNBC 2014 – Arson, Looting “Not Necessarily Violence”
Joe For America: NY Teachers, How Dare You Show Respect For NYPD!
JustOneMinute: If You Were An Early Reader Of The WaPo UVA Rape Expose…
Pamela Geller: UK Labour Party – “UKIP Has Evil Moneygrubbing Jews In Their Party”
Protein Wisdom: Black, Female NYPD Sergeant Led Racist Execution Of Eric Garner
Shot In The Dark: Every Other Problem Is Clearly Solved
STUMP: Multiemployer Pensions, Social Security, And Public Pensions – Choices Have Consequences
The Gateway Pundit: Now There’s Proof – Louis Head Planned To Start A Riot In Ferguson
The Jawa Report: Justice Served
The Lonely Conservative: After Years Of Inflicting Heartburn On All Of Us, Obama Diagnosed With Acid Reflux
This Ain’t Hell: 2014 Blue Falcon Stolen Valor Tournament
Weasel Zippers: Obamacare Architect Jonathan Gruber – Abortion Of “Marginal Children” A “Social Good”
Megan McArdle: Rolling Stone’s Rape Story Fails Victims


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Category: Live at Five

Rule 5 Sunday: Ton O’ Luv

Posted on | December 7, 2014 | 14 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

God’s in His Heaven, Alabama beat Missouri to stay #1, and all’s right with the world…well, no, it’s not, but you can’t talk about politics all the time, and that’s why there’s Rule 5. Because sometimes you just have to relax and enjoy the view.

Roll Tide!

As usual, links may be to pics not normally considered safe for work, and the management is not responsible for the ugly consequences of you failure to exercise discretion when making with the clicky.

Average Bubba leads off with Rule 5 Friday: Kathyzworld Edition, followed by Goodstuff with inverted boobage,  and Ninety Miles from Tyranny with Hot Pick of the Late Night, Morning Mistress, and Girls With Guns.
Animal Magnetism chips in with Rule 5 Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon, Loose Endz brings us Horror Film Hotties, and First Street Journal is his usual nonconformist self with American women in blue suits.

Postaldog returns with Miley Cyrus, Whitney Port and other bikini-clad ladies, a double scoop of Maitland Ward, Anna Faris, and Hilary Duff.

EBL’s thundering herd this week includes Inara Serra, Anna Benson, Girls Gone Fishing, a post pretending to be about Rosie O’Donnell (more like Elizabeth Hasselbeck), A WILD REESE SUDDENLY APPEARS!, and Ann Margret. Also, Seagals!

A View from the Beach exceeds expectations with this lineup: For a Swift Kick in the Butt, Jessica Hart, Wombat’s Friday News, “Wasted”, Wombat’s Thursday News, “Criminal”, Wednesday with the Wombat, Big Guns, Hot Shells, Now That’s Fast Food, Tuesday Travels with the Wombat, Stop Winding!, Around the World with the Wombat, From the Back of the Rack, Redskins Try to Kill Baby Horses, and Chinese Chicken Dance.

At Soylent Siberia, the horrible days with no coffee creamer are apparently over; also, there’s an Evening Awesome Header for Irish, Monday Motivationator With Linky Love and Fur: Andrea, Overnighty Anna Lynn, Tuesday Titillation, Evening Awesome With “Kyla–Queen Of Fur”, Humpday Hawtness Teriyaki, Overnighty Mary, Corset Friday: Latex, Leather & Lace, T-GIF Friday – Newtonian, Happy Hour, Weekender Underwonder, and Bath Night Bung.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is April Love Geary, his Vintage Babe  is Penny Edwards, and Sex in Advertising is covered this week by Julia Roberts. Also, the obligatory Niners cheerleader(s)! At Dustbury, it’s Sila Sahin and Wende Wagner.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next week’s Rule 5 roundup is midnight on Saturday, December 13. Because Friday the 13th falls on a Saturday this month.


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The Index Is Up!

Posted on | December 7, 2014 | 9 Comments

— by Wombat-socho


Good heavens. I’ve been doing book posts since May of 2013. So many books, plus a few videogames, movies, and a Weird Al album.
Anyway, the index is up at Wombat’s Bookshelf. Feel free to look through the list, maybe click on the links and buy some books. Tis the season for giving, after all.


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FMJRA 2.0: Freedom Of Choice

Posted on | December 6, 2014 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Rule 5 Sunday: Thanksgiving Tryptophan Coma Edition
Batshit Crazy News
Average Bubba
Political Rift
Proof Positive
A View from the Beach
Ninety Miles from Tyranny

Shout Out To Princess Pelosi
The Pirate’s Cove

FMJRA 2.0: Day Late And A Dollar Short Thanksgiving Weekend Edition
Batshit Crazy News

How About: “It Was A Godforsaken Lie”
Regular Right Guy

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 12.01.14
Batshit Crazy News
A View from the Beach

You’ve Got To Like Weigel
Regular Right Guy
Batshit Crazy News

Less-Than-Surprising Praise
Regular Right Guy
Dustbury
Batshit Crazy News

What #Feminism Hath Wrought
Political Rift
Dyspepsia Generation

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.02.14
Batshit Crazy News
A View from the Beach

Enjoying Buzzword-Free Masculinity
Batshit Crazy News
The Camp of the Saints
SimpleNewz

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.03.14
Batshit Crazy News
A View from the Beach

Democrats Implode in Louisiana
Political Rift
First Street Journal
Batshit Crazy News

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.04.14
Batshit Crazy News
Regular Right Guy
A View from the Beach

May Not Be True That We Have A 1-Party System, But The Theory Explains A Lot
Batshit Crazy News
Regular Right Guy

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.05.14
Batshit Crazy News
Proof Positive
A View from the Beach

Leftovers
Political Rift
Batshit Crazy News

Top linkers this week:

  1.  Batshit Crazy News (18)
  2.  Regular Right Guy (7)
  3.  View from the Beach (6)
  4.  Political Rift (5)

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery, especially the dedicated folks who put Rule 5 Sunday in the top spot this week, for the sixth straight week!


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Hughes’s TNR Makeover Is The Obama Administration In Miniature

Posted on | December 6, 2014 | 60 Comments

by Smitty

Emphasis mine:

“Assuming Chris really does plan to dumb it down in the name of clicks, what’s maddening is the way he has betrayed the premise on which he bought it. It’s like buying a historic Victorian mansion with the promise of preserving it — and then carving it into condos two years later,” one former longtime TNR staffer told POLITICO.

“I hope Chris realizes how much intellectual firepower he’s losing here — and how hard it is to fake intellectual substance,” the former staffer said.

I just love it when these Progressives get all emotional about the destruction of institutions. Given that this has been their stock in trade since the Summer of Love, culminating in six years of #OccupyResoluteDesk making a total cock-up of the Presidency, one is left to wonder why the Lefties can’t just enjoy their liberation from “intellectual substance”. This is another suck-is-the-new-cool call from the manor house down to the the peasants working the fields. Dig it, lackeys.

Progressivism is not a creative movement. It is the combustion of traditional, positive, moral values in a propaganda machine for the production of political power. Once all of the moral values of the culture have been burned, Progress will generally collapse into the kind of thuggery most recently seen in Ferguson, MO.

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