From the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: In my journey to Boston this year [1754] I met at New York with our new Governor, Mr. Morris… One afternoon in the height of this public quarrel we met in the street. “Franklin,” says he, “you must home with me and spend the evening; I am to haveContinue reading “Plus ca change”
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Same as it Ever was
With several assassinations now of police and at least one attempted mass murder of white civilians motivated by the Black Lives Matter movement it bears asking if it constitutes genuine political terrorism or just a higher level of black hostility toward law enforcement and whites. The loose structure and inherent chaos of BLM work somewhat to immunize itContinue reading “Same as it Ever was”
Richard Spencer
I was down to my outdated handycam here, and the extreme evangelists weren’t cooperating, but here’s Richard Spencer interviewed at RNC, for what it’s worth. I spoke to the woman and asked if she was press and she said no; I think she might have been part of a delegate contingent; I don’t recall.
Triggered in Cleveland
I saw a few media and political celebrities this week, but felt none of the excitement of celebrity recognition until this happened. Otherwise disastrous trip redeemed. Trigglypuff leading the parade. Suck it, Geraldo.
Cognitive Dissonance and Cowardice
When Lavish “Diamond” Reynolds live broadcast the death of Philando Castile some whites were puzzled by her calm demeanor in the circumstances, narrating events in a stereotypical ghetto monotone normally associated with passive aggressive customer service agents of a certain demographic. When I saw it on Twitter I thought at first it was a hoax; Reynolds comesContinue reading “Cognitive Dissonance and Cowardice”
Alternative America Phrasebook
“Your guide to the idiom of mass delusion.” Civility, n., hackspeak, The silence or acquiescence of one’s political enemies.
The Fake’s Progress
It’s worthwhile to compare the other “iconic” Vanity Fair cover Woman with Caitlyn’s curious spread Man From the ultimate image of womanhood to its ultimate caricature. Moore’s deliberately immodest cover offered pregnancy as a feminist provocation: you can’t do this. Caitlyn’s celebrants, twenty four years later, would be outraged. In seizing immediately upon socio-political platitudes,Continue reading “The Fake’s Progress”
Hillary Clinton, Intellectual Heavyweight
Hillary Clinton is apparently channeling Eleanor Roosevelt through the idiot-lens: At a dinner last November, Clinton mentioned that she had recently watched the Ken Burns documentary on the Roosevelt family and saw how Theodore Roosevelt worked with “imbalances that were in the economy and in society.”It’s going to be an entertaining, if profoundly depressing, summer.
Shyness is nice…
The cultural and political elite has become so successful at demonizing “conservative” attitudes that polls are becoming increasingly unreliable: Pollsters in Britain have long realized the potential polling problem created by the “shy Tory” vote — referring to those voters who don’t want to admit to pollsters that they are going against the grain ofContinue reading “Shyness is nice…”
A Moment of Silence, Attended by Fanfare
Derangement meets cynicism. From Politico, President Obama and the politics of kitsch: Tuesday morning, a peculiar announcement trickled out of the White House press office: President Barack Obama would be holding a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston bombings. At the White House. By himself.No press or other intruders allowed. Except theContinue reading “A Moment of Silence, Attended by Fanfare”
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