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In The Mailbox: 02.17.17

Posted on | February 17, 2017 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 02.17.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Trump Administration To Use 100K National Guardsmen To Round Up Illegals?
Twitchy: Meathead Predicts How “Democracy” Will Be Saved As Irony Spotters Have A Field Day
Louder With Crowder: Washington’s Supreme Court Rules Government Can Force Business Owners To Violate Their Consciences
Bill Whittle: Muslim Chic (h/t Loyal Reader Brian E.)
According To Hoyt: Let’s Talk About Money


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Podcast #36 – The State Of Australian Politics Episode
American Power: Lauren Southern – Barbarians
American Thinker: The Left’s Once-Mighty Echo Chamber Is Losing Power
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Asian Alliances Friday
Bring The HEAT: Friday Matinee – Corvette K-225
Da Tech Guy: Jerry Wilson – Without Love
Don Surber: Chuck Todd Whinges, Rush Limbaugh Roars
Dustbury: The Merry Marvel Master Card
The Geller Report: Obama Appointees Preventing Mattis From Rebuilding Military, Says Armed Forces Chair
Hogewash: This Should Be Interesting
Jammie Wearing Fools: Leaked E-Mails – State Democrat Leaders Think Obama’s New Organizing Army Is “Grade A Bullshit”
Joe For America: President Trump Overturns Obama Coal Mining Rule
Power Line: Anti-Trump Reporter Gets Unwelcome Surprise
Shark Tank: Trump To Hold First Post-Inauguration Rally In Melbourne, FL
Shot In The Dark: It’s A Start
STUMP: Friday Trumpery – Let’s Go Shopping!
The Jawa Report: The Mother Of The Mother Of All Press Conferences
The Political Hat: From Canada, In Your General Direction
This Ain’t Hell: Twenty-Six Years Ago Tonight, also, Harward Rejects National Security Adviser Post
War Is Boring: How To Lose The War In Afghanistan
Weasel Zippers: ABC News Reporter Claims Constitution Requires Trump To Take Reporters’ Questions, also, Bogus NYT “Scoops” On Trump, Russia Are Recycled Propaganda
Megan McArdle: A Sign That Obamacare Exchanges Are Failing
Mark Steyn: The Age Of Civilizational Self-Loathing


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Democrat Commits Violence Against Women That Feminists Will Ignore

Posted on | February 16, 2017 | 1 Comment

 

You won’t see any feminist blogs discussing this story:

Embattled Louisiana State Senator Troy Brown has resigned from office he announced Thursday afternoon.
At Thursday’s announcement, Brown stated, “In both criminal manners, the judges issued a punishment that is commensurate to the offense. If we did a parallel for what the Senate body is doing on the criminal side, it amounts to an execution.”
The Louisiana Senate was set to meet next Monday for a hearing in which Senator Dan Claitor, a Republican from Baton Rouge, said he would call for Brown’s expulsion from the Senate due to Brown’s abuse against women.
Brown, a Democrat from Geismar, has pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges involving physical abuse against his wife and another woman.
Brown’s attorney, Jill Craft, appeared before a Senate committee Wednesday asking for various records to help defend her client who initially said he would fight expulsion. Craft argued that misdemeanor charges should not be a reason to expel a state senator.
“It’s not a question of a misdemeanor. It is a question of beating women multiple times,” said Sen. Claitor. . . .
Claitor said that during Monday’s expulsion hearing, he planning to play a recording of the 911 call Brown’s wife made to police to report the abuse. In the recording, Senator Brown can be heard cursing in the background. His son can also be heard in the background crying. . . .
Brown pleaded no contest in January to a misdemeanor charge of domestic abuse battery, arising from allegations he bit his wife’s arm. He pleaded no contest in September to a misdemeanor simple battery charge stemming from allegations he punched a girlfriend.

Go ahead, ask Amanda Marcotte or Jessica Valenti when they’re going to write about Senator Brown. Feminists don’t actually care about “violence against women.” That’s just a partisan campaign slogan like “choice” and “equality” that feminists use to elect Democrats.

UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers! You may want to check out my Sex Trouble series on radical feminism and, as always, I ask you to remember the Five Most Important Words in the English Language:

HIT THE FREAKING TIP JAR!



 

Category: Crime, Democrats, Violence Against Women

Oh, @Jack Dorsey and @SarahSilverman Sharing Coup d’Etat Fantasies?

Posted on | February 16, 2017 | Comments Off on Oh, @Jack Dorsey and @SarahSilverman Sharing Coup d’Etat Fantasies?

 

Further evidence Twitter is being run by a delusional megalomaniac:

The CEO of Twitter seemingly believes America is currently experiencing civil unrest comparable to the Arab Spring, a series of revolutionary protests, coups and civil wars in the Arab world a few years ago.
While the social media company appears to be treading water after a rough past few months, which includes a number of high-level staff departures and a relatively sinking stock price, Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey sees his platform’s influence in society remaining largely the same, if not growing.
“A lot of the same patterns we’ve seen during the Iranian Green Revolution and the Arab Spring,” Dorsey said Wednesday at a tech conference hosted by Goldman Sachs, according to Fortune. “It was stunning to see how Twitter was being used to have a conversation about the government, with the government.”
Dorsey recounted the first time he got the impression that Twitter was so integral to American society: the protests and riots in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.
“As a culture in the U.S., we’ve focused on things that didn’t matter as much,” Dorsey said, according to Fortune. “Now, everything is brought into perspective, and Twitter is at center of the most important conversations.”

Yeah — inciting race riot is an “important conversation,” but Twitter banned Milo Yiannopoulos for saying rude things to an overrated actress. Speaking of overrated actresses, Sarah Silverman fantasizes the U.S. military would join a “resistance” against President Trump.

 

Twitter lost another 39 cents per share today. The company lost $457 million last year, and the CEO is sharing the Sarah Silverman fantasy of a left-wing coup d’etat. We’d be living under an SJW junta led by Anita Sarkeesian, Leslie Jones and Zoe Quinn if it were up to Jack Dorsey.

(Hat-tip: @groupwbench on Gab.)



 

Category: Economics

Feminism: Ignorance as Expertise

Posted on | February 16, 2017 | 1 Comment

 

Sarah is a 24-year-old Australian feminist on Tumblr:

The idea that mothers can unilaterally prevent their sons from displaying misogyny if they just put in the requisite amount of effort to “raise them right,” is such a slap in the face to women who have raised sons for millennia.
Would misogyny no longer exist if all the women before us had just tried a bit harder? Were they somehow deficient, too ignorant or ‘backwards’ to figure misogyny out? Because that’s the logical conclusion of that argument: you can prevent your son from exerting any oppression if you just work hard enough, so you’ve failed if he exhibits the misogyny which characterises male socialisation. If you don’t somehow shield him from all the societal influences teaching him to hate and devalue you and everyone like you, you’re responsible because you could have prevented it, you layabout.
It’s just another way to blame women for misogyny.

Let us ask, “What does she mean by ‘misogyny’?” Or what do the words “oppression” and “societal influences” signify in this discourse? Feminists have a way of throwing around words as if there were universal agreement about what constitutes “misogyny,” a word that often means nothing more than a tendency to disagree with feminists. As to Sarah’s argument about whether mothers are responsible for their sons’ “misogyny,” this raises the question: “How is she qualified to judge?”

What does this 24-year-old woman know about child-rearing? Or what does she know, for that matter, about “male socialisation”? What is the basis of her expertise, that we should accept her assertions?

One of the essential problems of feminist discourse in the 21st-century is that so many of the participants are women who are simply too young to speak with experiential authority on the subjects they address, and who refuse any counsel from those who do possess such experience.

This typical feminist impudence — “Shut up and let me lecture you!” — expresses an attitude of disrespect which the feminist herself would consider “misogyny” if a man did it to her. And we may surmise that this know-it-all sense of superiority among young feminists has a lot to do with why their interactions with males are so unpleasant.

Because I know a thing or two about child-rearing, and also about how “male socialisation” actually operates, I’m disinclined to be lectured on these subjects by this woman who is younger (and, I would bet $20, less accomplished) than my three oldest children. While I prefer not to waste time arguing with fools, Sarah’s comments about “male socialisation” raise an important point that feminists tend to overlook when judging male behavior: The man who succeeds in life must do so in competition with other men, and his success also requires him to work in cooperation with other men. Think of a football player, for example. He must compete to gain a spot on the team, and he must cooperate with his teammates. His success in this requires him to be accepted as “one of the guys,” to live up to the standards of behavior expected by his coaches and teammates.

Now, is the professional football star likely to be a “misogynist”? Yes, in some sense of the word — he esteems masculine values and male camaraderie, and is likely to view women primarily in terms of their desirability as romantic companions. He may not be rude or overtly “sexist” in his behavior toward women, but he is always “one of the guys,” an attitude that is necessary to his success.

This attitude is perfectly simple to understand, and there is no reason why women should be offended by it, except . . “equality.”

Damn that foolish idea that everything must be 50-50 or else women are suffering from patriarchal oppression. Go back to the silly controversy Martha Burk provoked about the Augusta National Golf Club’s all-male membership. Is it wrong for all-male organizations to exist? Why?

This absurd feminist resentment of male institutions has real-world consequences which require serious attention from serious adults:

Feminists don’t give a damn about America’s defense capability. The feminist movement arose within the radical anti-war New Left of the late 1960s, and feminists have always been against the U.S. military. Were it up to the leaders of the feminist movement, the American military would be no more powerful than Sweden, France or Denmark. Feminists refuse to confront the reality that there are evil forces in the world which wish us harm. The protection of our interests abroad requires America to maintain a force capable of deterring aggression: “Peace Through Superior Firepower.”
Feminists hate the U.S. military because feminists hate America, but beyond that, feminists simply fail to understand male psychology. Aggression and violence are an inescapable reality of male existence, as every schoolboy knows. There is always a bully looking for some weakling to pick on, and bullies will form gangs to prey upon the weak. A boy must demonstrate his ability and willingness to defend himself against aggression, and he must make friends with other boys who will assist in his defense against any gang attack. The gang warfare that plagues America’s inner cities (there have already been 122 people shot in Chicago so far this month) is what happens when grown-ups fail to suppress the violent tendencies of young men. . . .

Read the whole thing at The Patriarch Tree.



 

Category: Sex Trouble

In The Mailbox: 02.16.17

Posted on | February 16, 2017 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: If Feminism Is So Great, Why Do Feminists Seem So Unhappy?
Twitchy: The Triggering Continues! Presstitutes Can’t Believe The Way Trump Kicked Off His Press Conference
Louder With Crowder: DISGUSTING – 80 Year Old Muslim Marries 12 Year Old Girl


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Women Need To Make More Of An Effort To Look Good
American Power: Sebastian Gorka Responds To Attacks On His Credibility
American Thinker: A George Soros-Led Mutiny
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Pale Blue Dot News
Da Tech Guy: JD Rucker – Repeal Obamacare. Period. Full Stop.
Don Surber: Trump Treats Media Like They Treat Him – And They Whinge
Dustbury: Goodbye, American Woman
Fred On Everything: Internal Secession And The Road To Ruin – Two Countries
The Geller Report: PARIS ON FIRE – Riots Reach Capitol’s Center Tonight – Buildings Set Ablaze, Police Attacked
Hogewash: Galaxy Clusters
Jammie Wearing Fools: 60% Of “Refugee” Arrivals Since Judge Stayed Trump’s Order Come From Five Terror-Prone Countries
Joe For America: Obama Organizing 200+ Offices Around The Country For Anti-Trump Protesters
JustOneMinute: Here We Go Again
Power Line: Obama’s Secret Communications With Mullahs Undermined American Foreign Policy
Shark Tank: Florida To End “Gun Free Zones”?
Shot In The Dark: The Enemy Of My Enemy…Still Makes Me Feel Slimy
STUMP: South Carolina Pensions – Asset Trends
This Ain’t Hell: Mattis Warns NATO Allies – Pay For Your Own Defense
War Is Boring: Say Goodbye To Brazil’s Aircraft Carrier
Weasel Zippers: Australians Flee Areas Of Heavy Islamic Settlement “To Protect Our Daughters”, Says Senator, also, The People’s House Again! Melania Trump Announces White House To Reopen For Public Tours
Megan McArdle: A Rough 24 Hours For Obamacare


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Sri Lankan Immigrant, 22, Stabbed to Death in Germany by Nigerian Refugee

Posted on | February 16, 2017 | Comments Off on Sri Lankan Immigrant, 22, Stabbed to Death in Germany by Nigerian Refugee

 

Death by “diversity”:

A 22-year-old woman, only identified as Soopika P, died from her injuries early on Saturday morning after she was attacked in the early hours in the German town of Ahaus, close to the border with the Netherlands in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. . . .
Chief Prosecutor Martin Botzenhardt said: “She died shortly thereafter in the hospital. The background to the crime is still unclear.
“A large number of stab wounds were found in the upper body and neck. The considerable blood loss inevitably led to the death of the young woman.”
Local media reports said woman had been stabbed in the head multiple times. . . .
Soopika, who had moved to Germany from Sri Lanka with her family, had lived in Ahaus for a number of years and had wanted to work with children after having had experience working in youth welfare.
According to reports, she was very popular, had many friends and loved playing keyboard and violin in her spare time.
Police chief Herbert Mengelkamp who is investigating the attack said that a Nigerian man was suspected of having carried out the killing. . . .
And prosecutor Botzenhardt confirmed: “A 27-year-old asylum seeker from Nigeria had been trying to develop a relationship with the 22-year-old woman in recent weeks. He is suspected of having killed the woman. This is why the Münster public prosecutor’s office has applied for an arrest warrant on a charge of manslaughter.”

The fugitive suspect was apprehended in Switzerland:

The Nigerian was arrested Tuesday at a train station in the Swiss city of Bern after a Europe-wide arrest warrant was issued for him after he fled Ahaus where the murder occurred. Chief prosecutor Martin Botzenhardt said, “Only yesterday, the prosecutor’s office ordered the European-wide call for arrest on the basis of the existing national arrest warrant. Today’s arrest of the suspect in Switzerland is a quick success,” Swiss paper Blick reports. . . .
The case of Soopika’s murder is just the latest of a number of murders of women who have worked with asylum seekers. The most famous case in Germany was that of Maria Ledenburger who was raped and killed by a 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker on her way home. Like Soopika, Ladenburger also volunteered her time helping asylum seekers.
A similar murder also occurred in Sweden last year when a Somali migrant stabbed asylum centre worker Alexandra Mezher to death in a home for underage migrants.

Slogans about “diversity” are no substitute for good policy.

(Hat-tip: Weekly Flyer at Gab.)

 

Category: Crime, Germany, Immigration, Nigeria

More Trouble for Fake News, Inc.

Posted on | February 16, 2017 | Comments Off on More Trouble for Fake News, Inc.

After Likening Trump to Hitler,
Journalists Upset They’re Not
Getting Called on for Questions

This is causing tantrums at the Clinton News Network:

President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, but he got through it without answering any questions about his campaign’s reported contacts with Russian intelligence agencies.
The reason for this was simple: Trump only called on sympathetic conservative news outlets including Townhall and the Christian Broadcasting Network over more traditional media outlets.
CNN reporter Jim Acosta, who drew the ire of the White House earlier this year when he tried to ask the president a question during a press conference, tried to get a question in about Trump’s Russia ties, but was promptly ignore as the president walked away at the end of the conference.
Appearing on CNN afterward, Acosta said that Trump’s decision to only call on sympathetic outlets was part of a broader strategy to avoid facing any tough questions about his administration.
“He got no questions at this news conference about this major news that we’ve seen breaking in the last 24 hours… that associates of the president, aides of the president during the course of the 2016 presidential campaign with Russians… who are known to the U.S. intelligence community,” he said. “This president, this White House, has come up with their own solution for, basically, questions that they don’t want to answer at this point.”

The whole “Russian intelligence” angle is leftover dirt from last year’s election campaign, and the Democrats-with-bylines promoting at CNN and other outlets are merely frustrated that their candidate didn’t win.

(Via Memeorandum.)

 

Category: Donald Trump, Media Bias

Is This Fake News?

Posted on | February 16, 2017 | Comments Off on Is This Fake News?

The headline is disturbing:

Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump
U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.

But if you keep reading, you find this:

A White House official said: “There is nothing that leads us to believe that this is an accurate account of what is actually happening.”
A spokesman for the Office of Director of National Intelligence said: “Any suggestion that the U.S. intelligence community is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true.”

(Via Memeorandum.) So, both the White House and the intelligence director deny the story, which is based entirely on anonymous “current and former officials.” If the story was true, it would be very bad news, but as it is, it’s just very bad journalism.

 

Category: Donald Trump, Journalism, Media Bias
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