The Accusatory Finger of Blame

Posted on | October 30, 2021 | Comments Off on The Accusatory Finger of Blame

Thomas Sowell’s The Vision of the Anointed is the best explanation of the psychology of liberalism, and it was Sowell’s insight that helped me understand an otherwise inexplicable phenomenon: White people who habitually accuse other white people of racism — “RAAAAACISM!”

This is an exercise in moral narcissism — the white accuser seeks to display his own moral superiority by pointing out the sins of others: “Not only am I not a racist, but I am endowed with the capacity to identify racism in my fellow white people, and the courage to speak out.”

And they expect to be applauded for their wisdom and courage.

The real problem with this, beyond the Salem witch-hunt mentality involved, is the blithe assumption that racism is the one-size-fits-all explanation for every woe afflicting racial minorities. Anyone familiar with Sowell’s work knows how dubious this assumption is. However widespread racial prejudice may be at any given time or in any particular place (and such prejudice is more or less a universal human trait), the prevalence of “racism” does not the define life chances of minorities, in America or anywhere else. So the paranoid mentality that seeks evidence of racism everywhere (and which generates “hate crime” hoaxes) is a waste of time and energy that functions as a political distraction from the real social problems that confront us. Christopher Rufo exposes the deployment of Critical Race Theory at AT&T:

AT&T Corporation has created a racial reeducation program that promotes the idea that “American racism is a uniquely white trait” and boosts left-wing causes such as “reparations,” “defund police,” and “trans activism.”
I have obtained a cache of internal documents about the company’s initiative, called Listen Understand Act, which is based on the core principles of critical race theory, including “intersectionality,” “systemic racism,” “white privilege,” and “white fragility.” CEO John Stankey launched the program last year and, subsequently, has told employees that private corporations such as AT&T have an “obligation to engage on this issue of racial injustice” and push for “systemic reforms in police departments across the country.”
According to a senior employee, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity, managers at AT&T are now assessed annually on diversity issues, with mandatory participation in programs such as discussion groups, book clubs, mentorship programs, and race reeducation exercises. White employees, the source said, are tacitly expected to confess their complicity in “white privilege” and “systemic racism,” or they will be penalized in their performance reviews. As part of the overall initiative, employees are asked to sign a loyalty pledge to “keep pushing for change,” with suggested “intentions” such as “reading more about systemic racism” and “challenging others’ language that is hateful.” “If you don’t do it,” the senior employee says, “you’re [considered] a racist.” AT&T did not respond when asked for comment.
On the first page of AT&T’s Listen Understand Act internal portal, the company encourages employees to study a resource called “White America, if you want to know who’s responsible for racism, look in the mirror.” The article claims that the United States is a “racist society” and lays out its thesis plainly: “White people, you are the problem. Regardless of how much you say you detest racism, you are the sole reason it has flourished for centuries.” The author, Dahleen Glanton, writes that “American racism is a uniquely white trait” and that “Black people cannot be racist.” White women, she claims, “have been telling lies on black men since they were first brought to America in chains,” and, along with their white male counterparts, “enjoy the opportunities and privileges that white supremacy affords [them].”

Glanton published that column in the Chicago Tribune on May 31, 2020 — the same day the governor of Illinois sent the National Guard into Chicago after three days of looting and vandalism.

The 2020 riots in Chicago caused more than $100 million in damages, and have been followed by an unprecedented surge of gun violence. There were 769 homicides in Chicago in 2020, a 55% increase from 2019. By the end of September this year, Chicago had recorded 2,726 shootings and 616 homicides for the year, on track to eclipse even last year’s astonishing bloodshed. What does this suggest about the role of white racism in the problems affecting black Americans? If accusations of “racism” against police result in skyrocketing homicide rates in Chicago (where more than 80% of shooting victims are black), doesn’t this suggest that maybe “racism” is not the fundamental problem involved?

My point is not to begin a discussion of root causes, but merely to illustrate the futility of this witch hunt for “racism.” What good does it do, in terms of the quality of lives of black people, to have managers at AT&T go through a brainwashing program that includes this Chicago Tribune column about the ubiquitous guilt of white people?

Of course the CEO of AT&T is white. John Stankey is paid $20 million a year to run the company that owns CNN. You might think he would have better things to do with his time than to lecture his employees about their “obligation to engage on this issue of racial injustice” and promote “systemic reforms in police departments across the country.”

The cop risking his life for $45,000 a year is demonized as “racist” by this clown who gets paid $20 million a year to run AT&T. Exactly what does that do in terms of helping black people in America?

Category: Racism

In The Mailbox: 10.29.21 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | October 30, 2021 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 10.29.21 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts, plus part II of the suggested replacements for this G*dawful list of SF, and an ongoing poll – should I keep doing catchup posts like the one I did earlier or not?
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

When your GF doesn’t read Monster Hunter Nation and is sadly unaware of dolphins’ vile habits.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Portland Hits 1000 Shootings
EBL: Who’s A Cuomosexual Now? also, Biden Wants To Pay Illegal Aliens $500,000
Twitchy: Lincoln Project Takes Credit For The “White Nationalists” False Flag, also, Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Vs. Salon’s Zachary Petrizzo – Who You Got?
Louder With Crowder: About That Cheap “White Nationalist” Democrat Dirty Trick In Virginia (WITH UPDATE)
Vox Popoli: A Dangerous & Ineffective Strategy, Car Crashes & The Vaxxocaust, and Over The Target
According To Hoyt: Ming The Merciful, also, A Most Excellent Mystery
Monster Hunter Nation: WriterDojo S1E11 – Worldbuilding & Setting
Stoic Observations: Very Fine People
Gab News: The Fifth Great Awakening

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Should Parents Get A Say In Education?
American Greatness: The Freakout Over Tucker Carlson’s 1/6 Documentary Begins, also, Wisc. Sheriff Presents Evidence That Election Board Committed Felony Fraud In 2020
American Thinker: Will Governments Survive The Coming Peasant Revolt?
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Power Grids Friday
Babalu Blog: Cuban Exiles Worldwide Organize 15-N Demonstrations In Fifty Cities, More Planned, also, Vatican’s Excuse For Banning Cubans From St. Peter’s Basilica Rings Hollow
Behind The Black: Today’s Blacklisted American, Solid Dry Ice In The Moon’s Permanently Shadowed Craters?, and ABL Leases Space At Port Of Los Angeles
Cafe Hayek: Yes, Sometimes The Reductio Is An Appropriate Response
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: Shades Of The Comics Code Tactics Vs. Vax Mandates In France
Don Surber: Biden’s Doo-Doo Economics, also, Unvaxxed Are The Scapegoats For COVID Failure
First Street Journal: This Is How Media Bias Works, How Does A Lie Become The Truth? and DC Chief Judge Admits Bias Against 1/6 Defendants
Gates Of Vienna: The Emptiness Of Silence, Och, The Puir Wee Bairns In Hospital!, and “Belgian” Terrorist Brought To Justice – In Absentia
The Geller Report: Poll – GOP’s Youngkin Leads Democrat Carpetbagger McAuliffe By 8, also, Top General Warns About Red China’s Military Progress, U.S. Problems – “We Have To Do Something”
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day, A Class X Solar Flare, and The Virginia Tiki Boyz
Hollywood In Toto: Antlers Delivers The Gore Between Muddled Messaging, also, Wes Craven’s Deadly Blessing Revealed A Filmmaker In Transition
The Lid: Judge’s Injunction Stops Firing Of Military & Civilian Employees Who Filed Religious Exemptions To The Jab Mandate
Legal Insurrection: Thank Parents If Youngkin Defeats McAuliffe In Virginia, Wichita State U Student Gov’t Denies Conservative Group Recognition, and Let’s Go Brandenburg!
Nebraska Energy Observer: Halloween, An Overly Short History
Outkick: Va. Tech Linebacker Indicted For Murdering Tinder Match In Mistaken Gender Identity Case, also, Roger Goodell Made An Insane Amount Of Money In Last Two Years
Power Line: How Deeply Have The Chicoms Penetrated Our Institutions?, Ground Zero In Loudoun County, and Supply Chain Woes Worsen After Biden’s Intervention
Shark Tank: Fried – Floridians Were Jailed Under Marijuana Crime Bills Crist Supported
Shot In The Dark: Urban Progressive Privilege – Chicago On The Mississippi, also, Not Invented Here
The Political Hat: Firing Line Friday – The Economy
This Ain’t Hell: Valor Friday, Afghan Vet Returns Home To Rescue Those In Danger, and Facebook Wants To Build A Megaverse
Transterrestrial Musings: COVID & Climate
Victory Girls: Consent No Longer Important To NYT, also, Pope Francis Calls Joe Biden A Good Catholic
Volokh Conspiracy: Review Of The New Dune
Weasel Zippers: White House Brings In Sharpton To Help With Biden’s Plummeting Approval, also, Va. Pushes Critical Race Theory Despite McAuliffe’s Repeated Denials
The Federalist: Wisc. Elections Commission “Shattered” Laws, How These Loudoun County Parents Reacted To Proof The School Board Lied To Them, and Four Indispensable Conditions For A Truly Free & Fair Election
Mark Steyn: Steyn Returns To UK Telly! also, Shipwrecked

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Fools and Their Money

Posted on | October 29, 2021 | Comments Off on Fools and Their Money

DK Metcalf (left); Tori Lynn (right)

DeKaylin Zecharius “DK” Metcalf is a 23-year-old wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, drafted in the second round out of Ole Miss in 2019, and the son of former Chicago Bears lineman Terry Metcalf. The younger Metcalf is also a fool, who seems to believe he can run around with trashy women without consequences, which is how he ended up being put “on blast,” as the kids say, this week. The lurid details:

Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf is a single man in Seattle just trying to live the life of a multi-millionaire NFL player and along comes some OnlyFans ‘model’ — using that loosely here — named Tori Lynn who comes along and outs the guy for how he’s been handling his relationship with the woman who charges $15 a month to see her content.
In a series of videos posted to social media and downloaded by Egotastic Sports, Tori Lynn explains how the Seahawks wide receiver, whom she has visited a time or two, recently summoned her to his place for a little quality time.
Tori, being a good teammate, got in her car and headed for DK’s house. At some point along her journey she gives DK her estimated time of arrival, but there’s a huge problem and DK tells her she might as well turn around.
Here’s what allegedly set off the OnlyFans model: DK was at the bar trying to land two other fish, then add Tori Lynn to the mix and have himself a foursome. DK’s doing the timing in his head and he’s busy working on two ladies while Tori Lynn’s on her way to his house. It’s a huge timing issue. He has multiple things running through his head.
DK’s trying to run the two-minute drill and Tori Lynn gets all offended.
Look here, Tori Lynn. DK Metcalf is a 23-year-old NFL wide receiver. The guy is clearly looking to live the NFL wide receiver lifestyle. That means there are nights where (alleged) foursomes might develop and there are nights when the guy might just be looking to settle in for a quiet night of steak and whatever else happens.
And here you go getting all offended when DK tells you he was trying to throw together a foursome. This is the N…F…L, babe. That stands for Not For Long, and it appears your days of visiting DK’s house for steak and Netflix are officially over.
Tori Lynn comes off as thinking her and DK are more than just a random hookup.

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In the grand narrative of The Collapse of Western Civilization, this is just a minor data point, but perhaps not insignificant. How is it that a professional athlete, who signed a four-year contract worth $4.5 million is hooking up with this trashy bimbo from OnlyFans who is nowhere near as attractive as one would think an NFL girlfriend should be.

But looks are only part of her problem, and not the worst part.

An OnlyFans “model,” sir? Trashy whores, all of them — herpes, bad tattoos, drug habits and mental illness. Any man who associates with such women is expressing his own lack of self-respect.

Where do these trashy whores come from? What trailer park did “Tori Lynn” crawl out of? And what has gone wrong in American culture that the Internet is now crammed full of such vile trash? Let’s be clear that nothing good every happens in the vicinity of such women, who attract only men of poor judgment and bad morals. If some day in the future we learn that “Tori Lynn” has been arrested on felony charges, we won’t be surprised, nor would it surprise us if her corpse were discovered in a cheap motel, dead from blunt force trauma. Bad things happen to bad people, and selling your nudes on OnlyFans? Yeah, you’re a bad person.

But who is buying those nudes? What kind of pathetic creep would pay $15 a month to see naked pictures of a trashy whore like “Tori Lynn”?

It’s a truth of economic that demand calls into existence supply. These whores wouldn’t be uploading nudes if there weren’t fools willing to pay for to see them, but why? What value do men obtain from such a transaction? It’s utterly mystifying, except by resort to the ancient proverb that a fool and his money are soon parted — which brings us back to DK Metcalf, he of the $4.5 million contract.

Very few NFL players stay in the league more than 10 years, mainly because injuries tend to take their toll. The fleet-footed receiver is just one twisted knee away from being a washed-up has-been. The kid who signs a multimillion-dollar contract fresh out of college has to know that the big money won’t last forever, and it behooves him to avoid the kind of problems that afflict wealthy men who associate with whores. So this story about DK Metcalf trying to pick up two girls in a bar, so he can go back to the crib and have a four-way with his OnlyFans girlfriend — well, it does not bode well for Metcalf’s future. A guy with lots of cash who rolls that way is apt to be blackmailed or ripped off or hit with a lawsuit by one of those money-hungry bimbos. Look at what a mess Deshaun Watson has made of his life, accused of sexual assault by 22 women.

Living amid The Collapse of Western Civilization, the smart thing to do is to avoid having any of the debris land on you. Stay away from drugs and whores and crime. Get yourself a wife and some kids and a tidy little home on a cul-de-sac, and learn to take pleasure in domesticity.

Category: Football, Sports

In The Mailbox: 10.29.21 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | October 29, 2021 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 10.29.21 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Before I get into this, I have a question: is it worth it to the Loyal Commentariat for me to do these catch-up link dumps with day-old news and opinions, or should I just do the daily posts and if I miss one, I miss one? E-mail or comment with your opinion.
Silicon Valley delenda est.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Prosecutors Hate Self-Defense
EBL: How Are Things Between Jill & Kamala?
Twitchy: Adam Kinzinger’s Retirement From Congress Isn’t As Stunning & Brave As He Wants People To Think
Louder With Crowder: School Board Member Takes Kids On Field Trip To Gay Bar
Vox Popoli: “The Infernal Ideology”, They Are Monsters, and They Are Here To Destroy

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Resurrect The Powell Doctrine
American Greatness: Is This The End Of The Republic?, The Ignoble Lie, and Va. Mom Says Federal Agents Infiltrated School Board Meeting
American Thinker: Navigating The Culture Wars – The Anti-Woke Rebellion, also, Why I Fear Red Chinese Dominance
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Other-State Politics News
Babalu Blog: Fidel’s Grandson Reopens Luxury Apartheid Capitalist Nightclub, The Cuban Hindu Goddess of Violent Repression, and Pope Francis – A True Believer In Cuba’s Communist Dictatorship
Baldilocks: Air Power
BattleSwarm: Supply Chain Update For October 28
Behind The Black: Today’s Blacklisted American, Starliner Delays Have Cost Boeing Another $185 Million, and Major Solar Flare
Cafe Hayek: Avoid This Reductio
CDR Salamander: The Fine Line Between A Lie, Spin, And Your Soul, also, Diversity Thursday
Da Tech Guy: Where I Disagree With Trump’s Letter To The WSJ, also, The WuFlu Pandemic Is Creating A Zombie Apocalypse
Don Surber: Dear Bill Kristol – We’re Not A Democracy, also, School Takes Elementary Kids To Gay Bar
First Street Journal: Lexington On Pace For Record-Breaking 38 Murders In 2021
Gates Of Vienna: A Maverick Among Socialists, Mayhem In Ramallah-On-The-Spree, and Weaponizing Behavioral Psychology
The Geller Report: Fla. Has Lowest COVID Rate In America, also, NIH Covers Fauci’s Ass
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, Two Views Of M83, and Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains
Hollywood In Toto: SNL Legend Schools Woke Reporter, also, Russell Brand On CNN – “You Can’t Use This As A News Source”
The Lid: This Halloween, Please Don’t Give To Terrorist-Supporting UNICEF
Legal Insurrection: Gen. Milley Finally Concerned With Chicom Hypersonic Missiles, CNN Frantically Carries McAuliffe’s Water In Final Days Of Dead-Heat Va. Governors’ Race, and RI Mom Nicole Solas Tells NSBA “We Don’t Want You In Our Schools Any More”
Nebraska Energy Observer: Halloween Reflections
Outkick: Every World Series Since 1982 Has Featured A Teammate Of John Smoltz, NBA Running Scared Of NFL On Thursdays, and Astros Even World Series With 7-2 Win In Game 2
Power Line: Hawley Rips Merrick Garland, also, Washington Post Lays An Egg
Shark Tank: “Democrats Don’t Support Veterans’ Choice In Healthcare”
Shot In The Dark: Let’s Go Brandon, You Logistics Whiz, also, Customer Service
The Political Hat: Banned Words In Academia – Freedom, Rigor, & Chinese Virus, also, Artificial Wombs – The Golden Mean For Abortion, Or A Way To Mass Produce Catgirls?
This Ain’t Hell: Politician’s Military Service Questioned, also, Thomas Cole – Phony Urgent Fury Commando
Transterrestrial Musings: Starship
Victory Girls: Amazing Race To Save Democrats’ Spendapalooza Bill
Volokh Conspiracy: Speaker Removed From Orange Co. Fla. School Boar Meeting For Reading From Book Found At School Library
Weasel Zippers: Occasional Cortex Threatens To Sink Biden’s Entire Agenda, U.S. GDP Evaporates To Just 2%, and I’m Hatin’ It – McDonald’s Increases Menu Prices 6% Due To Shortages
The Federalist: Our Degenerate Elites Are Losing Control & Lashing Out, Loudoun County Sheriff Rejected Superintendent’s Insane Plan To Weaponize Police Against Parents, and The School Board “Domestic Terrorism” Dumpster Fire Proves Parents Are Winning
Mark Steyn: Steyn In For Farage Today!

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Scold Me Closer, Terry Dancer

Posted on | October 28, 2021 | Comments Off on Scold Me Closer, Terry Dancer

by Smitty (with apologies to Elton John)

McAuliffe baby
VA shady
Greaser for the band
Beady-eyed
Pirate smile
Send police for the dads
Ballotista
You must’ve seen ‘im
Envelopes in hand
And now he’s in me
Always with me
Bogus answers for the land

Jesus freaks
Out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back
He just laughs
Bending ballots ain’t that bad
Biden man
He makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
He sings the songs
The words he knows
The tune he hums

But oh, how it feels so real
Lying here, media near
All of you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly

Scold me closer, Terry dancer
Call me racist on the highway
Lay down bull sheets of lyin’
You had a busy day today

. . .

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In The Mailbox: 10.27.21

Posted on | October 28, 2021 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 10.27.21

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.

It would be fitting.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1518
Red Pilled Jew: Our Children Are The Hill To Die On
Ammo.com: A Distributed Capacity For Violence
357 Magnum: How’s That Bail Reform Working Out?
EBL: Mort Sahl, RIP
Twitchy: Florida Now Has America’s Lowest COVID Rate, Yahoo News Wants To Know If DeSantis Deserves Credit, also, Pinche Gordita Ana Navarro Says Black & Latina Women Know Sen. Sinema’s Denim Vest is Racist
Louder With Crowder: Based Iranian Dad Returns, “Congratulates” Board For Graduating From “Disgraced” To “Pedophiles”, also, Watch Ted Cruz Eviscerate Merrick Garland Over Targeting Parents
Vox Popoli: The Flight From Taiwan, U.S. Military Capacity – Weak, and Dead Boys In Britain
Gab News: Gab’s Statement On President Trump’s Social Network

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Arguing The Existence of God
American Conservative: We Lost The School Fight Fifty Years Ago
American Greatness: Five Months After Indictment, Feds Finally Arrest Cameraman Who Threatened Rep. Gaetz With Murder, America Gone Mad, and The Left Is Everything They Hate
American Thinker: Democrats Are Actively Seeking To Destroy America’s Unique Culture, also, Why Democrats’ Scheme To Tax Unrealized Capitol Gains Should Terrify You
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: Cuba’s Dictatorship Pressuring Imprisoned Dissidents To Accept Exile, Calls For Violence & Kidnapping To Intimidate Cubans Ahead of 11/15 March For Freedom, and Cuban Dictatorship Spreads Fear, Foments Violence, Mayhem, & Civil War
BattleSwarm: Fighting Critical Race Theory In Texas Schools, also, “NYC’s Homeless Problem Is A Giant Scam!”
Behind The Black: Today’s Blacklisted Americans, Ingenuity Completes 14th Flight On Mars, and Curiosity Marches On Into The Mountains
Cafe Hayek: Quotation Of The Day
CDR Salamander: Yes, For 20 Years The CCP Has Been In Our Communications Ecosystem
Da Tech Guy: Report From Louisiana – Ruberry Nailed It!, Voices Of EWTN – Father Leonard Mary In Fitchburg, and My Question For The Twitter Censors Regarding Rachel Levine
Don Surber: “A Penis Can Be A Female Sex Organ”, also, 59% say “F*** Joe Biden” Chant Is OK
First Street Journal: The Left Really, Really Don’t Understand Conservatives, also, Hold Them Accountable!
Gates Of Vienna: The EU Funds Jew-Hatred In Palestinian Schoolbooks, Jihad Jennifer Gets Ten Years For Her Crimes In Iraq, and Cracking Down On The Unvaxxed
The Geller Report: Harvard Prof Says Kids Should NOT Get The Jab, also, Email Shows Biden Ordered Evac Flights Be Filled With Unvetted Refugees
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, also, Two Clusters & White Dwarfs
Hollywood In Toto: How Wahlberg’s Fear Captured A Parent’s Worst Nightmare, also, United States Of Insanity Nails FBI Overreach
The Lid: Leftist Archaeologists Find Revised Constitution Ratified In 1790 (Satire)
Legal Insurrection: Victor Davis Hanson Calls Higher Education “Ground Zero Of Woke”, also, Student’s Resignation Letter To Harvard Pre-Med Cites “Molecules Of White Supremacy Seeping From My Computer”
Michelle Malkin: Grant Napear’s Life Matters
Nebraska Energy Observer: Lupus Tenebrosus Chapter 12
Outkick: Roger Goodell Announces Why He’s Not Releasing WFT Investigation Findings; Cheerleaders Furious, Cleveland Guardians Roller Derby Team Sues Baseball Team To Stop Name Change, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Defends Braves’ Tomahawk Chop
Power Line: Memo To Diversicrats – Here’s Some “Equity” For You, Tom Cotton Tears Into Merrick Garland, and The Case For Terry McAuliffe
Shark Tank: Wassermann-Schultz Calls DeSantis’ Plan To Hire Unvaxxed Cops “Threatening”
Shot In The Dark: A Long Train of Abuses & Usurpations, You May Or May Not Be Able To Fight City Hall, and Either Way
STUMP: Remembering Soviet Dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, 1942-2019
The Political Hat: Why American Public Schools Are A Joke
This Ain’t Hell: Pentagon Thinks We’re 6-12 Months Away From ISIS-K Being Able To Hit The U.S., The Difference Between AF & Navy Pilots, and NY State Releasing Cop-Killing Domestic Terrorist David Gilbert
Transterrestrial Musings: Immortal Data, also, “Transphobic” Lesbians
Victory Girls: Ray Epps, Jayden X, And The Insurrection, also, Roundup Time – Desperate Democrats & Their Panic
Volokh Conspiracy: “Is He A Criminal Lawyer? Yes, Very.”
Weasel Zippers: DOD Admits Over 400 Americans Still Stuck In Afghanistan, Idiot Joy Reid Claims DeSantis Wants To Import Unvaxxed Cops To Kill Seniors, and WaPo Says Parents Don’t Have The Right To Shape What Teachers Teach Their Kids
The Federalist: Why These Parents, Students, & Protesters Are Standing Up To The Loudoun County School Board, also, Biden’s FBI Joins Nancy Pelosi In Blocking Republicans From Investigating January 6
Mark Steyn: Coming Apart, also, Greatly Agitated

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Virginia, Brace Yourselves

Posted on | October 27, 2021 | Comments Off on Virginia, Brace Yourselves

We’re now less than a week away from Election Day, with the Virginia gubernatorial race too close to call, and I want all my Virginia readers to prepare themselves psychologically for the nightmare ordeal of these final few days. The agonizing wait, constantly checking to see what new poll has been published, or what TV ad is rolling out — the last week of the campaign is always a nerve-wracking ordeal for political junkies.

Meanwhile, you’re being bombarded with Bidenism:

President Joe Biden leaned into Terry McAuliffe’s core campaign strategy to tie Republican Glenn Youngkin to former President Trump and nationalize Virginia’s toss-up gubernatorial race.
“I ran against Donald Trump. Terry is running against an acolyte of Donald Trump,” Biden said to a crowd of about 2,500 braving a chilly, windy night in Arlington.
Not long ago, McAuliffe warned that Biden being “unpopular” meant that Democrats would have to work harder through “headwinds from Washington,” and Biden’s approval ratings have dipped further since then.
But with recent gubernatorial race polls showing a dead heat between the former Democratic governor, who is seeking a second non-consecutive term, and Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity firm co-CEO, McAuliffe turned to Biden to give him a boost with one week before Election Day.
“Talk about an oxymoron: Donald Trump and election integrity,” Biden said, appearing to refer to Youngkin’s election integrity platform that he pushed during the Republican primary. “I can’t believe he puts the words Trump and integrity in the same sentence.”
Much of his speech was not about Youngkin but was a response to Trump and a defense of his performance as president.
“Trump likes to boast the single best measure of the economy is the stock market. I never thought that. Well, if that’s true, take a look at the stock market now. It’s higher than it’s ever been,” Biden said.
Biden’s second appearance in Virginia for McAuliffe, despite coming only barely across the river and just a stone’s throw from the Pentagon, demonstrates a full-court press approach among national Democrats in fear of losing the race in an embarrassing upset. A loss in Virginia, where off-year state elections have historically been a barometer for midterm elections, would damage Biden’s image and Democratic enthusiasm.
The president is just the latest in a parade of Democrats coming to stump for McAuliffe in the critical final weeks of the toss-up campaign.
Former President Barack Obama campaigned with McAuliffe in Richmond over the weekend, and Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned for McAuliffe last week in addition to filming a “Souls to the Polls” ad to be played at black churches.

The best way to react to this is to ignore it. Just go vote, and encourage your neighbors to do the same, and do your best to tune out the frantic chatter from the desperate Democrats. Read a book. Watch a movie. Do whatever it takes to calm your mind amid the campaign madness.

(Emerson – Virginia) Are you voting for McAuliffe/Youngkin/Blanding?

Overall: 48/48/1
Men: 44/53/1
Women: 52/44/1
Dems: 89/9/0
GOP: 5/91/0
Indie: 42/51/3
Biden voters: 87/9/1
Trump voters: 3/95/0
Hispanics: 48/47/5
White: 42/56/0
Black: 71/24/0
Asian: 70/30/0

— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) October 25, 2021

Another poll of # VAGov – from @WasonCenter Christopher Newport University – shows a very tight contest.
Among likely voters
McAuliffe 49%
Youngkin 48%

Oct 17-25, +/- 3.5% https://t.co/315C2EJTcp

— Doug Adams (@DougNBC) October 27, 2021