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In The Mailbox: 09.27.16

Posted on | September 27, 2016 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Post-Debate Musing
Twitchy: Howard Dean Hangs Tough (And Mostly Alone) On Charge That Trump Was On Coke During Debate
Louder With Crowder: OUTRAGE! LeBron James Says He’ll Stand For National Anthem – “All Lives Matter”


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Debate Mashup – I Told Ya!
American Power: Alan Taylor – The Internal Enemy
American Thinker: The “Refugee” Agenda
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Debate Recap News
Da Tech Guy: Another Debate “Win” Or Two Like That For Hillary And She’s Finished
Don Surber: What Trump Won Last Night
Dustbury: Dashing Dreams As We Go
Jammie Wearing Fools: Fresh Off Muslim Terror Attack, NYC Launches Ad Campaign To Fight “Anti-Muslim Rhetoric”
Joe For America: Media Research Center Slams Last Night’s Debate “Moderator”
JustOneMinute: Checking The Fact-Checkers
Pamela Geller: Clinton Reportedly Received Questions A Week Before The Debate
Power Line: Trump Wins Most Immediate Polls
Shark Tank: Divided Senate Pressured To Unanimously Pass Rubio’s Veterans Bill
Shot In The Dark: Near As I Can Tell…
STUMP: Texas Trouble – Pensions In Dallas And Houston
The Jawa Report: How Not To Win Friends In The Western World
The Political Hat: How The University Of Iowa Warns You Not To Hire
The Quinton Report: Maryland Students Miss School For Union Convention
This Ain’t Hell: A Few More “Private” E-Mail Facts Come To Light, also, Suicide News
Weasel Zippers: Obamacare Falling Apart – Another 131,000 Lose Coverage After Blue Cross Bails On Tennessee
Megan McArdle: Maybe Crime’s Not Rising, But If Voters Think It Is…


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Ask @HannahSmothers_: Is Cosmo Now a Lesbian Feminist Magazine?

Posted on | September 27, 2016 | 2 Comments

As LGBTQ Culture Becomes
More Mainstream, Queer Women Struggle
to Find a Place of Their Own

That’s the headline on an article published last month by Cosmopolitan magazine’s “sex and relationships editor,” Hannah Smothers. The Cosmo website features so much “LGBTQ” content nowadays that one wonders if the magazine has been taken over by lesbian feminists.

Girl Meets World Star Rowan Blanchard
Opens Up to Fans: “I Identify as Queer”
— Jan. 18

This Girl Sued Her High School
After They Sent Her Home for
Wearing a T-Shirt With the Word “Lesbian”
— Feb. 22

Does Your Sexual Identity Really Need a Label?
— April 30

These 50 Photos of Pride Celebrations
Around the World Are Beautifully Powerful
— June 13

16 Girls Get Real About the Moment
They Knew They Weren’t Straight
— July 9

After This Same-Sex Couple’s House
Was Vandalized, Their Neighbors
Fought Back With Love
— Aug. 24

Well, why do the editors of Cosmo assume so many of their readers are lesbians or “queer women” or some other “LGBTQ” identity? Perhaps this can be attributed to the fact that Cosmo has ceased to be a fashion magazine. It has been transformed into a political journal for feminists, and feminism is an ideology based on implacable hatred of men.

According to Cosmo “sex and relationships editor” Hannah Smothers, men are equally bad at sex and laundry, and no good for anything else, either. Males are entirely clueless about sex and incompetent at more or less everything, according to Cosmo, a magazine now devoted to promoting this feminist belief in universal male ineptitude:

Hannah Smothers gets paid to write nonsense as “sex and relationships editor” for Cosmopolitan, and she is certainly productive. To understand what level of expertise she brings to this subject, it helps to know that until last year, Ms. Smothers was a student at the University of Texas. Being an expert on sex and relationships at age 23 is rather a precocious accomplishment, but girls grow up quick down in Texas, I reckon. . . .

You can read the whole thing at The Patriarch Tree, a channel on Medium.com I created Monday, more or less on a whim.




 

Category: Sex Trouble

No, Donald Trump Won the Debate

Posted on | September 27, 2016 | Comments Off on No, Donald Trump Won the Debate

 

Liberals are calling Monday night’s debate a win for Hillary Clinton, as might be expected, and even producing snap polls claiming to support this claim as a fact, as might also be expected, I guess. However, the reality is that Donald Trump did not lose the debate, and thereby won.

What was Trump’s basic challenge going into the debate? That he was “not presidential,” without the necessary standing to challenge an experienced politician like Hillary. And yet there he was, side-by-side on stage with her, clearly unintimidated by her.

Did he score any knockout blows? No. Did he persuade any liberals? No. But no one could have reasonably expected such an outcome. Trump committed no great gaffes or blunders, he evaded moderator Lester Holt’s “gotcha” questions and, if at times Trump was “not presidential,” he was not so un-presidential as to disqualify himself in the eyes of any voter who prior to Monday night had considered voting for Trump.

Ross Douthat makes some apt criticism of Trump’s debate performance, but it’s not Harvard-educated pundits who are Trump’s core constituency. This is one of the basic problems with political punditry: Highly educated (and highly ideological) commentators have difficulty imagining how things look to the average voter in Ohio or Florida. Remember how the Bernie Sanders boom during the Democrat primaries caught much of the journalistic world by surprise, in much the same way that Trump’s success in the GOP primaries shocked professional pundits on the Right.

 


Category: Debates, Donald Trump, Election, Hillary Clinton

Not the Droids You’re Looking For

Posted on | September 27, 2016 | Comments Off on Not the Droids You’re Looking For

Move along:

The Turkish immigrant accused of gunning down five people at a Washington mall smirked at his first court appearance Monday even as reports revealed he had a blog with photo posts of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. . . . Authorities said they have not ruled out terrorism as a motive in the shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington.

(Hat-tip: Instapundit.)

 

Category: Islam, Terrorism

In The Mailbox: 09.26.16

Posted on | September 26, 2016 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 09.26.16

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Arnold Palmer RIP
Twitchy: Brutal New Trump Ad Uses Hillary To Mock Hillary
Louder With Crowder: Corrupt Judge Rules to Keep Hillary E-Mails Hidden From Voters Until After Election


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Our Politicians’ Convenient Lies
American Power: Protest Thugs And The Real Evil In Charlotte
American Thinker: The Mark Of Soros – Charlotte, NC
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday
BLACKFIVE: Book Review – Ring Of Lies by Roni Dunevich
Da Tech Guy: John Ruberry – Why Trump Will Win Tonight’s Debate
Don Surber: “Mostly True” When Bernie Said It, “Mostly False” When Trump Says It
Dustbury: Strange Search Engine Queries
Jammie Wearing Fools: Par For The Course – King Putt Remembers Arnold Palmer With A Photo Of Himself
Joe For America: Father Of The St. Cloud Mall Stabber Has Something To Say
JustOneMinute: Another Booth Review
Pamela Geller: Muslim Teacher Sues School Over 9/11 Film
Power Line: Glenn Kessler Indicates Why Moderators Shouldn’t “Fact Check”
Shark Tank: Trump Receives First Ever ICE Endorsement
Shot In The Dark: Shocked. Shocked, I Tell You
The Political Hat: News Of The Week
The Quinton Report: Leo Dymowski Runs For Circuit Judge
This Ain’t Hell: VA Chastised For Art Spending
Weasel Zippers: Democrat Calls Navajo Woman A “Token” Minority Used To Oppose Obama Policies
Megan McArdle: FDA’s Dangerous Deals With Reporters


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Category: Linkagery

Rule 5 Sunday: Life Is Beautiful

Posted on | September 25, 2016 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that despite all the horrible things happening in the world, life here in America is beautiful. Great scenery, beautiful women (and handsome men), the ability to live comfortably without being wealthy and powerful…yeah, it could be a lot worse. This weekend the Life Is Beautiful music festival was here in Las Vegas, and while it may not have been the huge deal that Electric Daisy Carnival was, it appeared to be a pretty good time for a lot of folks here in Downtown Las Vegas. One of the featured acts last year was Lindsey Stirling, the violinist/dancer who’s become a superstar by ignoring conventional music wisdom (and Piers Morgan :v) while working in a variety of musical genres.

As usual, many of the following links are to pictures generally considered not safe for work (NSFW) and the management is not responsible for whatever happens if you lack discretion in the clicking.

Lindsey Stirling performing at the 2015 Life Is Beautiful festival

Lindsey Stirling performing at the 2015 Life Is Beautiful festival

Ninety Miles from Tyranny leads off this week with Hot Pick of the Late Night, Morning Mistress, and Girls With Guns, followed by Goodstuff with Michelle Rodriguez doing candy and SCIENCE! Animal Magnetism contributes Rule Five Preference Cascade Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon this week.

EBL’s herd of heifers this week includes Turning Japanese (too much porn?), Oktoberfest 2016, Keely Smith, Sarah Vaughn, Julie London, Gennifer Flowers, and AT&T girl Milana Vayntrub.

A View from the Beach returns with Marion Cotillard – The “Other” Woman?, “Austin”, How Do You Get Bad Science?, Brain Dead Buffalo at Clinton.com?, Chasing the Bone…, Alas, No More Brangelina to Kick Around, and “Skateaway”

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Baylee Curran, his Vintage Babe is Anouk Aimee, and Sex in Advertising is covered by Guess. At Dustbury, it’s Dinah Washington and Juliet Prowse.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next week’s Rule 5 Sunday is midnight on Saturday, Ocotber 1; deadline to submit links to the Wombat-socho
mailbox for the FMJRA is noon on Saturday – and thanks again to everyone who helped make last week’s Rule 5 Sunday post the top-linked post her on The Other McCain!


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Category: Rule 5

FMJRA 2.0: Let The Music Do The Talking

Posted on | September 24, 2016 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Rule 5 Sunday: #RollTide
Regular Right Guy
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
Proof Positive
Batshit Crazy News

Andrea Dworkin Accused Hillary Clinton of ‘Betraying Younger Women’
Regular Right Guy
The Political Hat
Batshit Crazy News
EBL@RedState

FMJRA 2.0: Every Picture Tells A Story
The Pirate’s Cove
Batshit Crazy News

In The Mailbox: 09.19.16
A View from the Beach
Proof Positive
Batshit Crazy News

Bombing Suspect Ahmad Rahami Captured After Shootout With Police
Batshit Crazy News

Islamic Terrorist Ahmad Rahami Traveled to Foreign Hotbed of Islamic Terrorism
A View from the Beach
Batshit Crazy News

In The Mailbox: 09.20.16
Regular Right Guy
A View from the Beach
Proof Positive
Batshit Crazy News

In The Mailbox: 09.21.16
A View from the Beach
Proof Positive
Batshit Crazy News
EBL@RedState

Transgender Cult Update
Batshit Crazy News
EBL@RedState

#Charlotte ‘RUN THEM DOWN’ Gets @Instapundit Suspended From @Twitter
The Lonely Conservative
Batshit Crazy News
EBL@RedState

In The Mailbox: 09.22.16
A View from the Beach
Proof Positive
Batshit Crazy News

Yes, #BlackLivesMatter Is About Hate
Regular Right Guy
Batshit Crazy News

Feminism, and the Failure Thereof
Batshit Crazy News

In The Mailbox: 09.23.16
Proof Positive
Batshit Crazy News

Top linkers this week:

  1.  Batshit Crazy News (14)
  2.  Proof Positive (6)
  3.  A View from the Beach (5)

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery!


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Crazy People Are Dangerous (and @scaramouche2017 Is Deb Frisch)

Posted on | September 24, 2016 | 2 Comments

“WARNING: Debbie Frisch has criminal convictions for assault, stalking, harassment and threatening (while intoxicated) . . . If she grows threatening or tries to stalk you, contact San Diego Sheriff’s Department (858) 565-5200 (she now resides in their jurisdiction Encinitas / Olivenhain, California).”
— Teh Internets Are Forever, Debbie

When last we took notice of Deborah Frisch, Ph.D., the former psychology professor had been arrested again, shortly after her March 2015 release from jail in Eugene, Oregon, on charges of making a false police report. For those who don’t remember, Dr. Frisch is the moonbat whose online harassment of Protein Wisdom blogger Jeff Goldstein in 2006 got her fired from the University of Arizona. One of the terms of her 2015 conviction in Oregon was that Dr. Frisch “must complete a mental health evaluation,” and I’m sure we’d all love to see that report, if it ever becomes part of the public record.

Dr. Frisch has reportedly moved to San Diego County, California, in the past year, and I’d forgotten all about her until she decided to CC me on a series of weird emails she sent Friday, making false accusations against Instapundit and PJMedia. Why did she CC me? I don’t know, but considering that 12 other people were CC’d on Dr. Frisch’s email, and given the potentially injurious nature of her false claims, I felt obliged to reply, CCing to all, informing them of who Dr. Frisch is:

Why Doctor Frisch CC’d me on this message, I am not sure, but I reply to it (with BCCs to knowledgeable parties) to inform you that Doctor Frisch’s habit of stalking and harassing her “enemies” (as she imagines them) is a matter of public record. You may consult some of the links at this page — http://www.debfrisch.com/ — to get an idea of Doctor Frisch’s known pattern of behavior, which many observers have suggested is symptomatic of serious mental illness. While I am not qualified to make a professional diagnosis, it has long been my personal opinion that Doctor Frisch is deranged, demented, bonkers, wacky, off her rocker, and cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. — RSM

Now you might suppose that, after I had thus undermined whatever credibility she might have had with the dozen CC’d recipients of her email, Dr. Frisch would have desisted from her harassment. Ah, but obviously you don’t know her kind of cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs craziness! The demented ex-professor replied with what I interpreted as a threat to make a false police report against me, and this is what I wrote in reply:

Doctor Frisch:
The wreck you have made of your life because of your paranoid pseudo-political vendettas is, as I say, a matter of public record. What inspired you to make this bizarre accusation against Professor Reynolds, et al., I do not know, and I am equally mystified as to why you would CC me on your correspondence. Were you to solicit my advice, I would tell you to stop hunting around for “enemies” to blame for your problems, which are entirely of your own making. The last time I had to give advice like this to someone, it was Barrett Brown, who subsequently flipped out, threatened an FBI agent in a YouTube video rant, and is now serving time in federal prison.
You will bring only further humiliation upon yourself, and quite possibly be subject to criminal prosecution, if you continue doing the kind of things that have caused you problems in the past.
— RSM

Notice what I did not say — at no point did I express any intent to take action against Dr. Frisch, and I have no such intention. However, it can be predicted that if Dr. Frisch continues this lunatic behavior, pretty soon someone will report her to California authorities, and put them in touch with authorities in Oregon (where Dr. Frisch’s probation doesn’t expire for another six months), and it’s going to be handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit for the kooky professor, IYKWIMAITYD.

Why is she posting this stuff on Twitter? I don’t know. Crazy is as crazy does. But if she doesn’t cease and desist from her craziness, Dr. Frisch may soon find herself visiting Metropolitan State Hospital.

 


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