War Between Bernie and the Clinton Machine Going Thermonuclear

Posted on | April 16, 2019 | 1 Comment

Back story: Bernie Sanders believes he was cheated out of the 2016 Democrat nomination because the fix was in at DNC headquarters. Meanwhile, Hillary blames Sanders and his supporters for sabotaging her election chances against Trump. It doesn’t matter whether these beliefs are actually true, what matters is that each side is filled with a profound hatred of the other, and so the war between them is still raging:

The New York Times published an article Monday about Neera Tanden — a former top aide and adviser for Hillary Clinton who currently leads the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank. The story focuses largely on Tanden’s relationship with Faiz Shakir, former chief editor of ThinkProgress (which is owned by CAP), and whether there’s any indication that Tanden has a physically aggressive way of interacting with people.
The Times reports that when Tanden set Clinton up for an interview with Shakir back in 2008, she thought the interview would be an easily handled softball. Instead, Shakir asked tougher questions than Tanden anticipated, so they ended up having a confrontation where she touched him in some way.
From the report:

Ms. Tanden responded by circling back to Mr. Shakir after the interview and, according to a person in the room, punching him in the chest.
“I didn’t slug him, I pushed him,” a still angry Ms. Tanden corrected in a recent interview

Shakir has left his old job to run Sanders’ 2020 campaign, but tensions between Shakir and Tanden rose up again after ThinkProgress published a critical article about Sanders in light of the news that the senator is a millionaire.

In case you didn’t know it, the Center for American Progress was founded by key Clinton aide John Podesta, with funding from George Soros, and thus the whole operation is part of Team Clinton. So what this New York Times article represents is Sanders going thermonuclear in a bid to destroy every remnant of the Team Clinton infrastructure.

All the “experts” on the Democrat side (most of whom are connected to the Clinton machine, in one way or another) believe Bernie Sanders can’t possibly defeat Trump, so they’re doing everything they can to stop him. Ask yourself why there’s been so much enthusiasm in the liberal media for Pete Buttigieg. That’s got all the hallmarks of a Team Clinton propaganda operation. After the attempt to launch Beto O’Rourke as a “rock star” candidate fizzled, Team Clinton looked around for some other available weapon to hurl at Bernie — they really hate Bernie — and apparently Buttigieg got the nod. Another hallmark of a Team Clinton operation? It’s failing. Despite everything his enemies have done to try to boost other candidates, Bernie’s support keeps growing. He’s gained more than five points, from 16.5% to 21.7% in the Real Clear Politics national average, in just the past couple of months.

This is very good news for Republicans, by the way. Team Clinton’s meddling in the Democrat primary campaign will only add to the paranoid cult mentality among Bernie’s supporters, intensifying their commitment to their candidate, so that if anyone else gets the 2020 nomination, at least one-fifth of Democrats will believe that Bernie got cheated again. Anything that convinces the rank-and-file that the Democrat Party is essentially corrupt — yeah, that helps Trump.

“Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen . . .”

Category: Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Election

In The Mailbox: 04.16.19

Posted on | April 16, 2019 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Tax season is finally over. Thanks be to God.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: The Night Witches
EBL: Notre Dame Cathedral In Paris Burns, also, Islam – How To Properly Beat Your Wife
Twitchy: Mary Katharine Ham Explains The Difference Between Spying & Surveillance To CNN Panel, also, Ben Shapiro Drops The Hammer On WaPo, Talia Levin For This Blatant Smear Job
Louder With Crowder: Noted Social Media Polluter Occasional Cortex Giving Up On Social Media, also, Bernie Sanders Put On Blast Over Tax Hypocrisy

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Podcast #104 – The No Self-Pity Episode, also, Israel Folau Is The Most Courageous Man In Australia
American Greatness: Candace Owens Has Shown Us The Way, also, Notre Dame Fire Comes Amid Wave Of Church Arsons & Desecrations Throughout France
American Power: Far-Left Niche Issues Dominate The 2020 Democratic Presidential Field, also, French Cuisine In The California Desert
American Thinker: Trump’s Rebel Alliance Attacks The Left’s Death Star, also, Pete Buttigieg, The Democrats’ Latest Lightweight
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye Blue Monday, also, Tax Day!
Babalu Blog: Cuba’s Invasion of Venezuela – Profiting From Drug Trafficking, Alliances With Terrorist Groups, also, NYT Revitalizes Its Fervor For Cuba
BattleSwarm: Notes From The Continuing Decline Of The Union/Democrat Complex, also, Democratic Presidential Candidate Clown Car Update
CDR Salamander: We Need To Talk About Wargames, also, A World Awash In Pirates
Da Tech Guy: About The Coup Attempt, also, Oddly, CNN Doesn’t Want To Have A Conversation About These Hate Crimes
Don Surber: Media Cleanup On Aisle 9/11, also, Pelosi Is Not In Charge
Dustbury: Strange Search Engine Queries, also, That’s What I Like About The South Pole
First Street Journal: Bill Weld Is Running For President – As A Republican, also, The Washington Post Tries To Torpedo Pete Buttigieg’s Candidacy
The Geller Report: Muslim Migrant Arrested For Attacking Basilica Holding French Royal Tombs, also, High School Records Confirm Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother
Hogewash: We’ve Got A Little List, also, Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
Hollywood In Toto: Is This Colbert’s Lowest “Late Show” Low? also, Is Hollywood Declaring War On Fox News & Roger Ailes?
Joe For America: Pelosi Demands Trump Bend The Knee To Her & Ilhan Omar, Remove Viral Twitter Video, also, John F. Kerry* Sweating Bullets After Lawsuit Filed Over His Secret Meetings With Iran
JustOneMinute: Almost Like Journalism, also, Two Weeks Too Late
Legal Insurrection: Michael Moore Tears Into Pelosi, White People, also, Bernie Called Out On Accepting Tax Breaks
The PanAm Post: What Countries Can Learn From The (Almost) Open Border between Colombia & Venezuela, also, Maduro Succumbs To German Pressure, Allows DW Back On the Air
Power Line: How And Why Hamas Founded CAIR, also, Woman Who Assaulted Kellyanne Conway Skates
Shark Tank: Politics & The Catholic Church – The Effort To Silence A Conservative Priest
Shot In The Dark: The Squeakiest Wheel
STUMP: Taxing Tuesday – ALL YOUR ASSET ARE BELONG TO US
The Political Hat: The De-Liberation Of Venezuela, also, Transing Of Cancer
This Ain’t Hell: Three Veteran Suicides At VA Facilities In Five Days, also, Inspection Of USS Arizona
Victory Girls: “Spartacus” Booker Says Moving Illegals To Sanctuary Cities “Makes Us Less Safe”, also, Hate Chicken Strikes Again
Weasel Zippers: Pelosi Says Glass of Water With “D” On It Could Win Occasional Cortex’ District, also, Cavuto Hangs Up On Catholic League Prez After He Links Notre Dame Fire To Wave of Church Attacks
Megan McArdle: Occasional Cortex Wants To Fund Federal Literacy Programs, But They’re Failing For A Reason
Mark Steyn: An Hegsethian Humiliation, also, The Death Of Stalin

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*Who, by the way, served in Vietnam.

Category: Linkagery

Gay Teacher Steals $100,000 From Church, Murders Boyfriend, Dies in Crash

Posted on | April 15, 2019 | Comments Off on Gay Teacher Steals $100,000 From Church, Murders Boyfriend, Dies in Crash

Roy McClendon-Thompson was a social studies teacher at McNair High School in DeKalb County, Georgia. Last month, he was arrested for embezzling more than $100,000 from Tabernacle Baptist Church in Atlanta. However, after his arrest, he was allowed to resume teaching until April 8, when he called in to say he wouldn’t be coming to work that day. It turned out that McClendon-Thompson, 42, had discovered that his boyfriend James Curtis Jones was cheating on him, so he drove to the boyfriend’s apartment in Dunwoody, where he shot Jones to death. McClendon-Thompson then got in his car and drove south until he rammed head-on into a truck, and was killed.

(Hat-tip: Kirby McCain.)

Category: Crime, Education

‘Fattie Goes Oink’: California Professor Performs at Academic Conference

Posted on | April 15, 2019 | 1 Comment

Angelina Moles (@fiercefatfemme on Instagram) is a tenure-track Professor of Communication Studies at Merced College in California and a self-described “Queer Performance Artist.” To quote a Facebook post about an event in Idaho last year featuring Ms. Moles:

Angelina’s work focuses on humanizing the Fat experience while honoring it’s unique monstrosity. She currently teaches at Merced College where she teaches Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication. In their spare time, Angelina blogs about radical Fat acceptance and enjoys spending time with her queer family.

At this year’s annual convention of the Western States Communication Association (program here, archived here), Ms. Moles offered a performance entitled “Fattie Goes Oink,” in which she wallowed on a bunch of cupcakes while wearing only her underwear:

This is what California taxpayers are subsidizing as “higher education.”

Category: California, Education

Fire Destroys Notre Dame Cathedral

Posted on | April 15, 2019 | Comments Off on Fire Destroys Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris has lost its iconic landmark:

French firefighters were racing Monday to save Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris after a colossal fire caused the spire of the historic edifice to crash to the ground and wiped out centuries of heritage.
The fire already destroyed the roof of the 850 year old UNESCO world heritage landmark, whose spectacular gothic spire collapsed before the eyes of horrified onlookers on a previously pristine early spring evening.
The fire, which came as Catholics prepare to celebrate Easter, sent orange flames and clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in horror.
Some were in tears, others offered prayers from the banks of the river Seine as the inferno devoured the cathedral.

Of course, many people understandably expressed suspicions of terrorism, but there is no evidence that terrorists were involved, and it would be irresponsible to speculate in the absence of evidence.

Category: France

How Bad Was Your Week?

Posted on | April 15, 2019 | Comments Off on How Bad Was Your Week?

Honestly, last week wasn’t the most productive week I’ve had lately, and I always feel bad when I don’t produce the quantity and quality of blog material that readers have come to expect. However, my week was much better than Auburn University gymnast Samantha Cerio’s week.

She really stuck that landing, didn’t she?

The star college gymnast who suffered severe leg injuries in a gruesome fall last week is asking everyone to stop sharing the video of the incident. Auburn University senior Samantha Cerio tweeted Wednesday, “My pain isn’t your entertainment.”
According to Cerio’s gymnastics coach, Jeff Gramba, she underwent successful surgery earlier this week after both her knees were dislocated and multiple ligaments torn in the devastating tumble. Even though she’s expected to make a full recovery, footage of her injuries is still hard to watch for her and her loved ones.
“Going through the pain and seeing my knees bent unnaturally in real life was horrible enough, but to continue to see it from videos/pictures because some people feel entitled to repost it is not okay,” Cerio wrote in a note she shared on Twitter, CBS affiliate KFMB reports. . . .
“I have family, friends, and teammates who do not need to see me getting injured over and over again,” Cerio added. “My pain is not your entertainment.”

It’s not “entertainment.” The Hindenburg going up in flames at Lakehurst is not entertainment, either. Years ago, ABC’s Wide World of Sports used to open with a montage that included a guy wiping out on a ski jump. Vinko Bogataj became forever famous as “the agony of defeat.” Why do people watch videos of terrible things happening to other people? I don’t know, but here’s a great compilation of plane crash videos:

Ironically, Samantha Cerio is an aerospace engineering student:

Cerio, who hails from North Carolina, earned All SEC honors in 2017 and 2018. She announced earlier this week she’s retiring from the sport she’s practiced almost all her life. When she graduates in May, Cerio has a job lined up in Seattle with Boeing where she will be working on rockets as a structural design analysis engineer, according to her school’s website.

Maybe she’ll be working on that 737 design problem.

Category: Sports

Police Say Florida Teenagers Used Online Resale App to Lure Robbery Victim

Posted on | April 15, 2019 | Comments Off on Police Say Florida Teenagers Used Online Resale App to Lure Robbery Victim

Clockwise from top left: Henderson, Jackson, Jones, Reddish.

The perpetrators reportedly confessed:

Four teenagers are in custody after deputies say they used an online sale meetup to beat a man and rob him of $400 in the Starbucks parking lot in Sarasota.
Around 12:30pm on Sunday, deputies were called to the Starbucks on Cattlemen Road. The 39-year-old victim told deputies he had intended to use the “LetGo” mobile app to buy an iPhone, but when he met up with the seller, he was repeatedly hit in the head, pepper sprayed and robbed of $400. He did not get the phone.
The suspect fled in a four-door beige/gold vehicle and witnesses told deputies they saw three other people inside, including a woman who was counting the money.
Deputies tracked down the seller on the LetGo app and found the post was created at a home on the 2200 block of 25th Street in Sarasota. Jordan Jackson, 18, lives there and was brought in for questioning on Tuesday. Deputies say he confessed to planning the crime with his girlfriend, 18-year-old Taylor Henderson, as well as 18-year-old Marvin Jones. Deputies say Jackson told them that he and the others brought in 19-year-old Brandon Reddish to commit the actual robbery.
Jones was allegedly driving the vehicle involved in the robbery. Deputies say they tracked down the vehicle and found a can of pepper spray and blood stains on the front passenger seat. They questioned Jones, who they say also confessed to his role in the crime.
Deputies say Henderson posted the iPhone for sale on the LetGo app and the photos have her head and hands in them. Deputies say she also matches the description given by witnesses of the woman seen in the vehicle counting money. Deputies say Henderson admitted her role in the crime and told them that they split the $400 evenly.

Look, I don’t want to promote negative stereotypes about Florida teenagers. There must be lots of Florida teenagers who aren’t criminals. It’s just that the law-abiding teenagers in Florida never make news.

(Hat-tip: Kirby McCain on Twitter.)

Category: Crime, Florida

Rule 5 Sunday: Maisie Williams

Posted on | April 15, 2019 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Good things come in small packages, and that’s definitely true of Maisie Williams, who rose to fame playing Arya Stark in Game of Thrones, now in its eighth and final season – unlike the books the TV series is based on, which are unlikely ever to be finished because George “Rape Rape” Martin is a fat, lazy slug. In any case, Williams has done a grand job playing the second daughter of the doomed Eddard Stark (played, perhaps inevitably, by Sean Bean) who goes from dynastic spare wheel and tomboy to deadly assassin, a graduate of the House of Faceless Men. By fortunate happenstance, her birthday is April 15, so here’s a pic of Miss Williams when she’s not mucking about in a nihilistic crapsack medieval fantasy world full of rape, pointless death, and frequent murder, to say nothing of rape. Did I mention rape?