‘Antifa’ Professor Facing 40 Years in Prison for Assault Claims … Victimhood?

Posted on | August 31, 2017 | 1 Comment

Eric Clanton is charged with attacking Trump supporters in Berkeley.

Three months ago, Eric Clanton was charged with multiple felonies after video evidence led police to arrest him for attacking Trump supporters at a rally in Berkeley. Internet sleuths at the 4chan forum identified Clanton, who taught philosophy at a California community college, as the masked “antifa” protester who attacked Trump supporters with a U-shaped bicycle lock (click here to see the affidavit) and inflicted serious injuries. Clanton could face up to 40 years in prison if convicted, but claims that he is actually the victim:

Eric Clanton, formerly of Diablo Valley College, alleges the Berkeley PD charged him with assault with a deadly weapon based on “far right forum posts” and “unverified youtube videos.”
In an online statement, Clanton wrote “Dealing with an unintelligible internet force smearing and threatening me online was not easy, and created stress to say the least, but I had every expectation that very few people would take them seriously, especially considering the character and credibility of their sources.
“However, five weeks later the Berkeley police smashed into two houses, held guns to peoples’ heads, handcuffed, verbally abused, and stole the belongings of over a dozen people including books and zines.”

Well, Clanton is entitled to his day in court, but my hunch is that he’ll accept a plea bargain rather than to risk a court trial and a guilty verdict.
Calling him a “terrorist” is premature, of course, as Clanton is only an alleged terrorist unless and until he is found guilty. Even our “far right forum posts” should have journalistic standards. We wouldn’t want to start imitating “fake news” operations like CNN, would we?

Category: California, Crime, Terrorism

Professor Fired After Claiming ‘Evil’ Texas Deserved Deadly Hurricane as ‘Karma’

Posted on | August 30, 2017 | Comments Off on Professor Fired After Claiming ‘Evil’ Texas Deserved Deadly Hurricane as ‘Karma’

The University of Tampa has fired a sociology professor who claimed on Twitter that Texas deserved the destruction of Hurricane Harvey because most people in the state vote Republican. “I don’t believe in instant Karma but this kinda feels like it for Texas,” adjunct professor Ken Storey wrote on Sunday. “Hopefully this will help them realize the GOP doesn’t care about them.” When his comment was questioned by someone who pointed out that there are “lots of good people in Texas,” Storey replied: “Well, the good people there need to do more to stop the evil their state pushes. I’m only blaming those who support the GOP there.” After it was pointed out that President Trump also won a majority in Florida, Storey replied: “Yep, those who voted for him here deserve it as well.”

Storey has a master’s degree from the University of Central Florida and has also teaches at Hillsborough Community College. After his anti-Texas tweets ignited a firestorm of criticism, Storey apologized, but his belated regret apparently wasn’t enough to save his job:

The University of Tampa on Monday night posted a statement on Facebook condemning Storey’s comments and “the sentiment behind them,” but noted they were posted to a private account and “not made within his capacity as a faculty member.”
That statement made no reference to Storey’s future role with the university — but, in another release Tuesday, the university said Storey “has been relieved of his duties at UT, and his classes will be covered by other sociology faculty.”
“As Floridians, we are well aware of the destruction and suffering associated with tropical weather,” the statement said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all impacted by Hurricane Harvey.”

As of Tuesday afternoon, Storey was still on staff at Hillsborough Community College, where a spokeswoman told the Orlando Sentinel that officials have “addressed the matter” with Storey. Meanwhile, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), best known for defending conservatives from political correctness on campus, seems to be the only voice criticizing the University of Tampa’s firing of Storey.

“Many universities seem to decide, ‘Well, it’s not worth the trouble of sticking up for our faculty members’ rights,’ and that’s troubling,” FIRE attorney Ari Cohn told the Sentinel. “The University of Tampa’s own policies say faculty members retain their rights to speak as private citizens, which is exactly what Ken Storey seems to have done.”

Category: Education

Democrats: The Atheist Anti-American Feminist Gun-Grabber Man-Hating Party

Posted on | August 29, 2017 | 1 Comment

Far be it from me to offer helpful advice to Democrats. The sooner the Democrat Party implodes from its internal contradictions, the better off America and the world will be, as far as I’m concerned. And so I probably shouldn’t point out that being the anti-Jesus party isn’t going to help the Democrats any more than their being the anti-capitalist party, or the anti-male party, or the anti-white party, or . . .

Shannon Watts a/k/a Shannon Troughton is a Democrat who started “Moms Demand Action,” an anti-Second Amendment group funded by New York multibillionaire Michael Bloomberg. She is a leading practitioner of the Democrat strategy of demonizing gun owners, using the propaganda slogan “Disarm Hate” to promote the idea that every gun owner is a sexist racist homophobe. In other words, Democrats advocate gun-control laws as a means of disarming white heterosexual males.

Obviously, this rhetoric didn’t help Hillary Clinton win over white working-class voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin or Iowa. It’s almost as if voters don’t enjoy being scapegoated or something. But having built an identity-politics coalition around paranoid hatred — blaming all the world’s woes on demonized “right-wing” scapegoats — the Democrats can’t seem to find any other arguments in the Trump era.

So today I noticed the #NashvilleStatement hashtag was trending on Twitter, and when I clicked over, I saw this:

Well, what was this about? A group of evangelical Christian leaders had issued a statement affirming that they still believe what they have always believed, and in particular rejecting the liberal demand for compulsory approval of homosexuality and transgenderism:

“The Nashville Statement is an urgently needed moment of gospel clarity,” stated [Coalition for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood] President Denny Burk. “In a culture nearly defined by sexual confusion and brokenness, the church of Jesus Christ has to proclaim with one voice that God’s good design for gender, marriage, and sexuality.” . . .
Top Evangelicals leaders within the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination representing over 47,000 Baptist churches across the United States, signed the statement.
Other major signatories include Anglican pastor and apologist Sam Alberry, popular author and pastor Francis Chan, Charisma Media’s founder and CEO, Steven Strang, and Asbury Theologian’s Visiting Distinguished Professor of Old Testament John N. Oswalt.

Question: What does this theological statement have to do with Shannon Watts’ pet issue of gun control?
Answer: Nothing at all.

Except, of course, she’s a Democrat, so she had to drag her lesbian daughter into the argument to tell us what we already knew, that Democrats aren’t just anti-Second Amendment, but also anti-First Amendment, seeking to prevent Christians from teaching what the Bible says. Democrats consider it “hate speech” to quote Genesis or Deuteronomy or Romans or any other passage of the Bible that could be cited by those who disapprove of homosexual behavior.

Did I miss the part of the #NashvilleStatement where any serious Christian doctrine changed in the slightest?

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 30, 2017

*Muslims throwing gays off buildings*

Dems: "Meh"

*Christians not agreeing with gays"

Dems: *TRIGGERED*

#NashvilleStatement

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 29, 2017

The response to the #NashvilleStatement proves that many leftists want to outlaw Christianity. They don't believe it has a right to exist.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 30, 2017

Democrats like Shannon Watts promote the idea that Bible-believing Christians are a greater threat to America than Koran-believing Muslims. Why? Because exit-poll data show that Bible-believing Christians tend to vote Republican, just like a majority of gun owners vote Republican, and most white people vote Republican. If you are a member of any demographic constituency that is aligned with the GOP, Democrats will find a way to demonize you as the epitome of evil, because scapegoating their enemies is what the Democrat Party is all about.

By the way, is anyone surprised that Shannon Watts’ daughter is gay? Aren’t Democrats now basically the anti-heterosexual party? America is still a free country, and you can say what you want, but they can take away my heterosexuality when they pry it from my cold dead hands.

Probably most Americans agree with me, but Democrats hate most Americans. They are fanatically devoted to hating us, and yet can’t seem to understand why we don’t vote for them. Let’s hope they never figure it out, because this is why Hillary Clinton is not president.

Remember how being the anti-gun candidate helped Hillary Clinton get elected president? Oh, wait … #2A pic.twitter.com/YyJMOYdyLa

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) August 30, 2017

Category: Democrats, Gays, Religion

In The Mailbox: 08.29.17

Posted on | August 29, 2017 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 08.29.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: American Exceptionalism – How Waffle House Responds To National Disasters
Twitchy: Houston Woman Goes Off On CNN Reporter
Louder With Crowder: MSNBC Host Asks Senator Cruz About Hurricane Sandy Amid Hurricane Harvey

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Louise Mensch Hoaxed On Lurid Allegations About Trump, also, Steven Ozment, A Mighty Fortress
American Thinker: Trump’s Foremost Accomplishment
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily WTF Berkeley News
BattleSwarm: Houston Flood Update For August 29
BLACKFIVE: T. Jefferson Parker, The Room of White Fire
Bring The HEAT: Let’s Toss A Bone To The Gunbunnies Around Here
Da Tech Guy: A Guide To “Offensive” Statues
Don Surber: Will CNN Denounce Antifa For Assaulting Reporters?
Dustbury: Meanwhile, On The Gulf
The Geller Report: Former Australian Human Rights Chief Claims “Sharia’s No Different To Catholicism”, Calls For Sharia Courts
Hogewash: I’m So Old…
Jammie Wearing Fools: Paul Manafort Teamed Up With Obama’s lawyer To Help Putin Ally
Joe For America: Anonymous Posts Long List Of Antifa Members – Lots of School Teachers
JustOneMinute: Palin Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed With Prejudice
Power Line: Was The Houston Disaster Man-Made?, also, The Future Of Energy Is Still…Coal
Shark Tank: Scott Versus Nelson Senate Race Likely, Poll Shows Virtual Tie
Shot In The Dark: I’m Not Saying The Strib Editorial Board Wants A Totalitarian Government…
STUMP: Meep’s Bookshelf – Get Free E-Books By Russian Dissidents NOW
The Political Hat: California To Jail People For Expressing Cis-Normativity
This Ain’t Hell: What “Free Speech” Really Means To The Far Left, also, Major General Martin Armand Hammer
Weasel Zippers: Professor Says Texans “Deserve” Harvey Because They Voted For Trump, also, ROK Holds Live-Fire Exercise Simulating Destruction of Nork Leadership
Mark Steyn: The Totalitarianism Of The Now

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Late Night With In The Mailbox: 08.28.17

Posted on | August 29, 2017 | Comments Off on Late Night With In The Mailbox: 08.28.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
Proof Positive: Vikings 49*, Equal Opportunity 3
First Street Journal: #HurricaneHarvey – It’s All Donald Trump’s Fault!
EBL: President Trump, Fire IRS Commissioner Koskinen!
Twitchy: Will This “Keep Your Job” Tweet Work For Prof Who Called Harvey Flooding “Instant Karma” For Texas?
Louder With Crowder: PETA’s “Shoot Selfies, Not Animals” Campaign Gets Hilariously Trolled By Hunters
The Federalist: America’s Post-Charlottesville Nervous Breakdown Was Deliberately Induced (h/t NeoWayland)

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: A Moment Of Temporary Clarity
American Power: Hysteria Over Monuments Metastasizes, also, Simon Schama, Citizens
American Thinker: CNN – From Fake News To Fudging Ratings?
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday
BattleSwarm: Houston Suffers Catastrophic Flooding
BLACKFIVE: Sean McFate, Deep Black
Bring The HEAT: The Tailored Operational Training Ration, also, Army NCO Struggles For Words After Troop Parks Fire Truck On Base
Da Tech Guy: Chicago’s Ruling Class thrives Amid City’s Decline, also, The Left Must Disavow Antifa
Don Surber: Trump Just Nuked The Mueller Inquisition, also, A Year In Arpaio’s Jail
Dustbury: Strange Search Engine Queries, also, You Otter Know
The Geller Report: YouTube Blocks Pamela Geller From Posting Videos, also, Egypt Closes 1300-Member Church Because Of Muslim Objections
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, also, Yours Truly, Johnny Atsign
Jammie Wearing Fools: “Mostly Peaceful” Antifa Goons Attack Innocents And Media – “It’s A Good Time”
Joe For America: NFL Exec Drops Brutal Dose Of Truth On Colin Kaepernick
JustOneMinute: Back In Berkeley…
Power Line: Maxine Waters Charged With Ethics Violations, also, Developing – But Not In The Star Tribune
Shark Tank: Trump To Rescind Obama’s Anti-Police, Pro-Rioter Executive Order
Shot In The Dark: Doing The Legal Rain Dance
STUMP: Sunday Silliness – Soda Tax, Sierpinski Spreadsheet, And Swinish Puns
The Jawa Report: Attention, Twitter Lusers @evihqg And @mookie_wee, also, Texas Breaks Record
The Political Hat: Euthanasia In California – “Kill Me Or Get Sued!”
This Ain’t Hell: David Fagin’s “Becoming A Racist – The Unfortunate Side Effect Of Serving Your Country?”
Weasel Zippers: Hundreds Of Antifa In Berkeley Chase Down & Beat People In The Street As Police Stand Down, also, Hillary Book Tour Tickets Going For As Much As $1300
Mark Steyn: The King Of Comedy, also, The Mood Music Of Mohammed

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More ‘Antifa’ Violence in Berkeley

Posted on | August 28, 2017 | 3 Comments

The left-wing thugs can’t help themselves:

Their faces hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies, about a 100 anarchists and antifa — “anti-fascist” — barreled into a protest Sunday afternoon in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.
Jumping over plastic and concrete barriers, the group melted into a larger crowd of around 2,000 that had marched peacefully throughout the sunny afternoon for a “Rally Against Hate” gathering.
Shortly after, violence began to flare. A pepper-spray wielding Trump supporter was smacked to the ground with homemade shields. Another was attacked by five black-clad antifas, each windmilling kicks and punches into a man desperately trying to protect himself. A conservative group leader retreated for safety behind a line of riot police as marchers chucked water bottles, shot off pepper spray and screamed “fascist go home!”
All told, the Associated Press reported at least five individuals were attacked. An AP reporter witnessed the assaults. Berkeley Police’s Lt. Joe Okies told The Washington Post the rally resulted in “13 arrests on a range of charges including assault with a deadly weapon, obstructing a police officer, and various Berkeley municipal code violations.”
And although the anti-hate and left-wing protesters largely drowned out the smaller clutch of far-right marchers attending a planned “No to Marxism in America” rally, Sunday’s confrontation marked another street brawl between opposing ends of the political spectrum == violence that has become a regular feature of the Trump years and gives signs of spiraling upward, particularly in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville.
“I applaud the more than 7,000 people who came out today to peacefully oppose bigotry, hatred and racism that we saw on display in Charlottesville,” Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín said in a statement. ” … However, the violence that small group of protesters engaged in against residents and the police, including throwing smoke bombs, is unacceptable. Fighting hate with hate does not work and only makes each side more entrenched in their ideological camps.”

Why is it “far-right” to say “No to Marxism in America”? Why are those who oppose Marxism accused of “bigotry, hatred and racism”? And why is nobody in the mainstream media asking these questions?

(Hat-tip: Instapundit.)

Category: Crime, Media Bias

Rule 5 Sunday: OUTRAGE!! (Parte Dos)

Posted on | August 27, 2017 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

The votes are in from the commentariat, and the appetizer for this week is this fine-looking redhead in a “Confederate” bikini. Somehow, I doubt either Bobby Lee or Stonewall Jackson would have approved, but those were different times.
As always, many of the following links are to pics generally considered NSFW, and the management is not responsible for any unfortunate consequences arising from ill-timed clicking on those links. Nor are we responsible for the SPLC putting you on their list of boogeymen for associating with alleged Neo-Confederates, Falangists, and *shudder* Christians. Y’all been warned.

Hot & ready to roll

Ninety Miles From Tyranny leads off with Hot Pick of the Late Night, Morning Mistress, and Girls With Guns; meanwhile, Goodstuff is holding a Booty Booty Booooty Call featuring Amanda Elise Lee, and Animal Magnetism shares Rule 5 Deep Thoughts Friday as well as the Saturday Gingermageddon.

EBL’s thundering herd this week includes Duran Duran with their Nagels out, The Ramones with Maria Bartiromo, Harmeet Dhillon, Darleen Love, Jinkx Monsoon and Felonia von Pantsuit, Harvey’s Peggy Dow, Harvey Girls Rule 5, Epic Boat Sex, Wonder Girls, and Demi Lovato.

A View From The Beach offers Hannah Ferguson, CNN Now Giving Fashion Advice, Fish Pic Friday – Permit, Let ‘Em Wear Roland Mouret!, Way Back Wednesday, Prego Blogger Pisses Off Competition by Not Fattening, Virginia is for Sturgeons and Sweet!

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Stephany Jacobsen, his Vintage Babe is Anne Nagel, and Sex in Advertising is covered by Tyra Banks. At Dustbury, it’s Nina Mae McKinney and Lilian Bond.

Thanks to everyone for their outrageous linkagery!

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