What's the difference between a car and a golf ball?
Tiger can drive a ball 300 yards without a near-death experience.
*.*
I got my COVID-19 vaccine from a "doctor" who approached me in a downtown alley after midnight, offering it for $50 cash.
It was a shot in the dark, but I took it.
*.*
Local woman Jenna Jenkins allegedly made uncomfortable small talk with herself yesterday while self-administering a haircut at home, sources making an embarrassing attempt to feign human connection report.
“I can’t afford a salon visit right now, but due to my steadily declining mental health, I decided I couldn’t go another second without cutting my hair,” explained the 33-year-old from her bathroom. “I spent hours saving dozens of reference photos on my phone and I watched almost three entire YouTube tutorials, so I was feeling pretty confident.”
Jenkins, who lives alone and has been working from home since last spring, credited the few, brief physical interactions with others with her conversational skills.
“As soon as I got started, these questions just came pouring out of me. ‘How are you today?’ ‘What do you do for work?’ ‘Are you sure you want bangs? I’m not sure that style suits you.’ You know, standard line of inquiry,” Jenkins recalled. “Gradually the conversation pivoted to more poignant topics like, ‘I can’t believe how early the sun sets this time of year,’ ‘I really like your necklace,’ and ‘Casey is definitely the hotter Affleck.’ It really felt like I was there, at the salon, staring at my practically disembodied head in the mirror thinking, ‘There’s no way I actually look like this.’ Finally, some normalcy.”
When asked how she felt about the new ‘do, Jenkins was outwardly pleased, though she admitted to spending several of the following hours in tears and making a desperate call to friend and salon owner Heather Flaherty for affirmation and guidance.
“In my professional opinion, I think introducing a few more topics like how dry her hair is, if she found a good parking spot, and her lackluster love life would have really elevated the experience,” Flaherty stated. “Polite but irrelevant small talk is just as important as the haircut itself. It’s just fuvking weird if you don’t say anything. I hope she left herself a nice tip.”
Jenkins has since acquired a stylish but not over compensatory hat, as well as a renewed sense of agonizing loneliness.
*.*
I found a DVD the other day called Bald and Barely legal.
I rushed home to watch it, as I sat there with my cock in hand.
I couldn't hide my disappointment.
Turns out it was a safety DVD from the department of transport on tire depths.
*.*
My son's head teacher rang yesterday and said, "Your son has been bullying in school."
I said, "So what you going to do about it?"
They said, "Nothing, we're all scared of him."
Quote of the Times;
The only person who has made more wrong statements about #COVID19 than Governor Cuomo is Dr. Fauci. - Rep. Jim Jordan
Link of the Times;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L0dPKpfHRA&ab_channel=21Studios
Issue of the Times;
The Pandemic Is Over by Dan Gelernter
Conservative writers and pundits haven’t done too well this past year, and many of them turned out not even to be especially “conservative.” One oft-repeated prediction was that once the Democrats had taken over, COVID-19 would disappear overnight. This was based on the supposition that the panic was created or at least amplified to get Donald Trump out of office. To take just one example, the American Medical Association shortly after the election rescinded its statement against the use of hydroxychloroquine, admitting that the drug could actually be beneficial (just as Trump had claimed all along). The AMA, like the mainstream media and other ultra-Left pressure groups, had been perfectly happy for more people to die as long as it made Trump look bad.
But conservatives who predicted that COVID-19 would end with the Trump Administration were overlooking a central point: The Left’s hatred of Trump is merely a symptom of their guiding philosophy, which is, as “Yes, Minister” put it so concisely back in the 1970s, gradually to exclude people from government. The Left is in favor of any action that will expand the authority of bureaucrats by taking decisions out of the hands of citizens.
With the coronavirus, the Left is beside itself with glee: This is the first crisis since 9/11 broad enough to make possible a fundamental transformation of American society.
Crisis and Opportunity (To Expand Government)
Every great crisis in American history, without exception, has been used to expand government. The greater the crisis, the greater the scope for expansion: 9/11 led to the NSA monitoring the traffic of the entire internet. It also created the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA, with the power to ruin air travel forever and give passengers a taste of how they’d feel being processed into a federal penitentiary. Of course Israel, facing a much more persistent terror threat, manages to keep terrorists off planes without touching their passengers’ privates. America’s security measures—which will never go away—were not a result of what needed doing, but what the government thought they could get away with doing.
In the 1930s, the Great Depression was used as an opportunity to create a welfare state in America and issue every citizen with an identification number, which we call Social Security. The Depression didn’t actually go away until World War II, and, once it did go away, the massive new government programs remained. In the 1860s, the Civil War was also an opportunity to impose an income tax for the first time in American history. The income tax was unconstitutional, so it wasn’t until another great looming crisis—World War I—that the constitution was amended to make the income tax a permanent feature of our lives.
The reason coronavirus so delights today’s Left is that the public response to their power grab has been overwhelmingly docile: The numbers of deaths are vastly below historic health panics, even with generous inflation via guidelines encouraging doctors to record anyone who previously had the virus as having died from it.
Even so, the government was able to lock people in their homes for a “two-week period” that turned out to be roughly a year, destroy much of the hospitality sector of the economy, force people to cover their faces in public as though living under a secular sharia, and, perhaps best of all, they got neighbors to snitch on neighbors and children to report their parents when these edicts weren’t followed.
It has been a bonanza. The everyday American citizen will always remember 2020 as a painful, terrible, soul-crushing year. For the Left, that makes it one of the best years on record. It is one of those great years in which they changed how Americans live.
They need only to cement this victory by making those changes permanent.
On the Road to Tyranny
It is true that, right after the election, we suddenly got the previously withheld news of two effective vaccines. And it’s also true that, as soon as Biden was inaugurated, COVID-19 cases took a nosedive. But the Left wouldn’t want you to think that the danger has lessened. This is why the Biden Administration suggested that social distancing and mask-wearing will continue to be vital, even once the entire population is inoculated. They don’t want the pandemic to go away: A successful Biden Administration is not one in which coronavirus disappears, it is one in which Americans accept wearing masks for the rest of their lives.
Examine the box of masks you recently bought and you’ll probably see a small disclaimer on the side: “Not for medical use.” The masks the government has forced us to wear wouldn’t be acceptable in any hospital. Bring this up to a well-intentioned mask-mandate supporter, and he’ll say that the non-medical masks are still good because they reduce the spread of ‘droplets’ from sneezes and coughs, which will reduce the spread of the virus. What this amounts to is admitting that the entire nation has been compelled to wear masks for a year as an alternative to covering our mouths when we sneeze.
Or maybe we should be forced to up the mask mandate to medical-grade. That is what they’re doing right now in Germany: Medical masks must be worn by all citizens at all times. Meanwhile, in Paris, a curfew has been imposed, which ironically makes the shops and streets more crowded because everyone must be home by 6 p.m. These are incremental steps on the road to tyranny: They don’t necessarily increase public safety—they may harm it. But they do give the government more power, and that is the important thing, the operative goal. Europe is a few steps ahead of America in its gradual dissolution of democracy, but America will follow just as fast as the public is willing to tolerate.
Meanwhile, big corporations play ball because it helps destroy smaller competitors who can’t keep up. For example, spring training is to begin shortly. Even though the Mets will be playing in Florida, which is completely open (and a wonderful slice of normal life it is!) the Mets will limit capacity at these practice games to 20 percent, enforce “pod” seating, and require that fans wear masks for the entire duration of the game despite their being outside and nowhere near anyone else. These ridiculous rules exist because the sport is controlled by Major League Baseball Enterprises, Inc., which can take advantage of this opportunity, among other things, to use a prohibition on ticket resales to crush apps like Stubhub and Ticketmaster that were making professional sports so much more affordable.
Industry leaders across the board invite additional restrictions so they can ride on their capital reserves while smaller companies and independent businesses die off. The motivation is the same as when the tech giants ask the government “please regulate us”: Regulations are an anti-competitive gift to established industry leaders. Big companies get to sound virtuous, asking for additional rules in the name of public safety or consumer protection, with the hidden but real goal of crushing competitors through compliance costs. Look at the most regulated industries, from medicine to aviation, and you’ll invariably find the greatest ossification and the least innovation, combined with the lowest satisfaction. Coronavirus has created a wonderful new competition-killing regulatory opportunity.
Reject the “New Normal”
Americans are big-hearted and generous, with a desire to protect their fellow man. They have sacrificed their livelihoods, their comfort, their happiness. The government and the big political donors are taking advantage of this spirit of generosity.
Americans can fight back not just by supporting small businesses, but by rejecting coronavirus restrictions, and helping businesses reject them. Refuse to wear a mask. If a store owner asks you to put a mask on, tell him it doesn’t bother you if he takes his mask off. The sky won’t fall. Refuse to comply and help your neighbors to refuse to comply. Stores and restaurants fear regulators fining them out of business, and that is where big conservative donors and crowd-funding campaigns must step in. Sponsor small businesses to fight. Not to pay their fines—to fight, in court. Argue disparate impact. Argue lack of equal protection. Argue exceeding constitutional authority. Fight these regulations everywhere.
And reject the “new normal.” It is safe, and for the health of society, it is imperative that we return to the old normal, where you could see your friends whenever you wanted, shake hands, travel to families, see peoples’ faces on the street. We are stronger together—and that means actually together, not the Orwellian version where we are “together” in total isolation. 2020 was the year of government overreach. Make 2021 the year of organized civil disobedience and friendly reunions. The pandemic is over.
News of the Times;
https://trendingpolitics.com/breaking-poland-takes-massive-action-against-big-tech-will-fine-them-13-million-a-censored-post/
http://republicbroadcasting.org/news/redpilled-media-exclusive-us-capitol-special-agent-david-bailey-who-murdered-ashli-babbitt-is-a-brazilian-immigrant-and-black-lives-matter-militant-he-repeatedly-threatened-to-kill-trump-su/
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/20/fl-ag-moody-no-reason-for-biden-to-terminate-operation-targeting-sex-offenders-in-country-illegally/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/wow-north-dakota-house-passes-bill-making-mask-mandates-illegal-bill-sponsor-calls-mandates-diabolical-silliness/
https://vdare.com/posts/nypd-2020-report-non-whites-committed-96-4-of-homicides-98-3-of-non-fatal-shootings-city-is-33-white
https://dossier.substack.com/p/signs-of-life-are-the-masses-awakening
https://summit.news/2021/02/22/catholic-cardinal-who-warned-about-death-of-western-civilization-removed-by-pope/
https://thepostmillennial.com/new-york-times-erases-successful-black-man-who-produced-rush-limbaughs-shows
https://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=22941
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/justice-clarence-thomas-dissents-supreme-court-election-case-we-need-make-it-clear
http://thetruthwins.com/archives/scientists-discover-proof-that-humanity-is-getting-dumber-smaller-and-weaker
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2021/02/22/report-maskless-super-bowl-revelry-did-not-lead-to-coronavirus-outbreak/
https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis/schweppe-bidens-hhs-pick-advocates-sex-changes-for-kids/
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/02/gary-d-barnett/petitioning-government-or-courts-will-never-result-in-gaining-freedom-only-mass-disobedience-can-prevail/
https://www.brighteon.com/97326226-0b15-41b3-808f-9ae227729b23
Over?
Obliterating?
Anyone know a cure for sex addiction?
I've tried fuvking everything.
*.*
I got a new pair of gloves today, but they're both 'lefts' which, on the one hand is great.
On the other hand, they're just not right.
*.*
Lines:
The Chinese New Year was last Friday. We are now in the Year of the Ox. Should be a big year for clumsy people.
I don't think I'd mind being famous. I just don't know that I would go to the length it takes to become known as "Gorilla Glue Girl."
Time to get out there and hit those After-Valentine's Day Sales.
The governor of South Dakota has decided to delay legalizing medicinal marijuana for one more year. In her defense, it does make you lazy and want to put things off.
Now experts are saying that two hours outdoors should be your daily goal. I guess I should really take my time checking the mail each day.
A new study predicts that drones will make up 30% of the home delivery market by 2040. Considering what age I'll be by then, I'm good with it.
An advertising guy who died last month has left $5-million to his dog. Why do I have this sudden, uncontrollable urge to adopt that dog?
A new study says that pigs can actually be trained to play video games. I would teach my pig, but I'm afraid he'd hog the game.
Philadelphia, the folks who make cream cheese, are now making cheesecake desert cups, for people obsessed with cheesecake. Because your favorite pair of jeans were starting to fit again?
Archeologists have discovered an ancient brewery in Egypt. Well, that explains how they got to the point of worshiping cats.
*.*
How does an attorney sleep?
First he lies on one side.
Then he lies on the other.
*.*
“Describe yourself with one word”, my employer asked.
“Bad with numbers”, I blurted out.
Quote of the Times;
It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters, and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance, and persecute, blacklist, cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which they disagree. I always have, and always will, be a champion for the unwavering rule of law, the heroes of law enforcement, and the right of Americans to peacefully and honorably debate the issues of the day without malice and without hate. – Trump
Link of the Times;
https://knst.iheart.com/featured/garret-lewis/content/2021-02-16-watch-rand-paul-destroy-masks-mask-believers-wants-to-get-back-to-normal/
Issue of the Times;
They're Obliterating our History More Quickly Than You Think by Patrice Lewis
Last summer I read an engrossing book entitled "1421: The Year China Discovered America" by Gavin Menzies, a retired British submarine lieutenant commander turned amateur archeologist. The book documented his efforts to demonstrate how a Chinese fleet of hundreds (perhaps thousands) of ships set sail in 1421 and circumnavigated the world, touching base everywhere from the Americas (North and South), Australia, Africa, Greenland, Europe, and all points between. The purpose of the expeditions, according to Menzies, was to chart the waters of the globe, impress and intimidate foreign rulers, and bring the entire world into China's "tribute system."
The book was riveting. While COVID lockdowns and subsequent unemployment soared around America, I was lost in the voyages of these Chinese explorers. While cities burned around the nation, causing billions of dollars in damages and killing dozens of people, I was absorbed by the evidence of the expeditions found in California and the Caribbean. While BLM and Antifa toppled statues, defaced monuments and demanded history be rewritten, I was captivated by the evidence presented of the Chinese discovery of Australia and even Antarctica. While Portland, Seattle and other blue cities were torn apart by constant violence and anarchy, I was immersed in the phenomenal accomplishments of those Imperial Chinese fleets.
Some sources dismiss Menzies as a "pseudo-historian" because he doesn't have academic credentials after his name (for the record, I'm not nearly as impressed by academic credentials as I used to be), but I found the book compelling and fascinating nonetheless. Whether or not Menzies' conclusions are accurate is not the focus of this column. Instead, ponder this question: If the premise of the book is true – if evidence points to China being world explorers long before Europeans – why doesn't history reflect this? Why aren't the accomplishments of Imperial China known throughout the world?
The proposed answer, according to Menzies, is because during the years the voyagers were at sea and out of touch with their mother country, Imperial China's tumultuous and controversial régime changed, and its leaders (who commissioned the fleet) were deposed. The new incoming régime was rigidly insular. All foreign goods, services and trade were forcibly suppressed and – here's the critical part – expunged from the records. As with many cultural revolutions, the leaders wanted their reign to be "Year Zero" for history. The accomplishments of the previous rulers were not just unwelcome, they were downright dangerous to acknowledge.
Therefore, when the greatly diminished Chinese fleets finally limped home, these mariners found themselves irrelevant and their discoveries and adventures dismissed. "Not only was the priceless legacy of the greatest maritime expeditions of all time gone forever, foreign lands were to be banished from the minds of the Chinese people," wrote Menzies. "The legacy of [the expedition leaders] and their great treasure fleets would be all but obliterated. What oceans they had sailed, what lands they had seen, what discoveries they had made, what settlement they had created were no longer of interest to the Chinese hierarchy. … The logs and records were destroyed, and the memory of them expunged so completely over the succeeding decades that they might never have existed."
When I read that last line, I was stunned. Absolutely floored. Why would any nation erase such a glorious legacy of world exploration? Why would they take second place behind European explorers in terms of historical accuracy and bragging rights?
As American anarchists (encouraged by Democratic leaders) burned and rioted and toppled statues and rewrote history during the last year, I pondered that question. Then it hit me. Oh wait …
America is doing the same thing.
America, too, has experienced a régime change in which the Five Evils (Big Tech, Hollywood, public education, mainstream media, politicians) are engaging in a long-term scrubbing of history, both past and modern. In a remarkably short period of time, our history – the good, the bad and the ugly – is being expunged from the records, leaving behind a sterilized and factually false account. Our founding documents are being dismissed as racist, and the intellectual giants who shaped the groundwork for a nation of freedom are being rebranded as white supremacists whose legacy is not just unimportant, but downright dangerous to acknowledge. America's origins are being rewritten to fit the narrative of the extreme left agenda.
How long before the logs and records of our history are destroyed, and the memory of them expunged so completely over the succeeding decades that they might never have existed? Even now there are whole generations of children who have grown up completely ignorant of major world events, everything from the Holocaust to the democide (death by government) of hundreds of millions of people over the last 120 years due to socialism and communism. They are equally ignorant of American history except what reflects the extreme leftist narrative.
"As with most cultural revolutions that wish to start things over at 'Year Zero,'" wrote historian and columnist Victor Davis Hanson last August, "the violence is aimed at America's past in order to change its present and future. The targets are not just the old majority culture but also classical statues and buildings, hallowed institutions, religious icons, the renowned names of streets and plazas, and almost every representation of tradition and authority. … The point of the mob is to wipe out what it cannot create. It topples what it can neither match nor even comprehend. It would erode the very system that ensures it singular freedom, leisure, and historic affluence. The brand of the anarchist is not logic but envy-driven power: to take it, to keep it, and to use it against purported enemies – which would otherwise be impossible in times of calm or through the ballot box."
Even now, the left is trying to scrub President Trump from history. We're watching it happen in real time.
We are witnessing a purge unprecedented in America, but widely repeated through world history during tyrannical régimes. Dissenting voices are silenced, religious expression is suppressed, statues are toppled, history is rewritten, and – most importantly – the education of children is strictly regulated. As Hitler so accurately observed, "When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I calmly say, 'Your child belongs to us already. … What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community."
And it's all happening in less time than you think.
News of the Times;
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/10/people-who-quit-social-media
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=241577
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-official-whitewash-of-the-killing-of-duncan-lemp/
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/07/our-animal-farm/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/biden-political-donor-sentenced-12-years-prison-illegal-campaign-contributions-straw-donor-scheme
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/selco-erase-them/
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0221/prager020921.php3
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/16/cnn-nbc-john-sullivan-footage-capitol-riot-shooting/
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/covid-facial-recognition-thermal-image/
https://www.thebuffalotribune.com/post/the-moral-hypocrisy-of-celebrities-the-case-of-seth-rogen
https://www.takimag.com/article/follow-the-science-off-a-cliff/
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/texas-freeze-raises-cost-charging-tesla-900
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/qatar_calls_on_muslim_migrants_to_hate_their_western_benefactors.html
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/world-s-solar-and-wind-capital-freezing-due-to-snow-blanketing-millions-of-solar-panels/ar-BB1dF9Dp
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/defund-police-movement-spectacularly-fails-minneapolis-spend-6-4m-hiring-cops/
I've tried fuvking everything.
*.*
I got a new pair of gloves today, but they're both 'lefts' which, on the one hand is great.
On the other hand, they're just not right.
*.*
Lines:
The Chinese New Year was last Friday. We are now in the Year of the Ox. Should be a big year for clumsy people.
I don't think I'd mind being famous. I just don't know that I would go to the length it takes to become known as "Gorilla Glue Girl."
Time to get out there and hit those After-Valentine's Day Sales.
The governor of South Dakota has decided to delay legalizing medicinal marijuana for one more year. In her defense, it does make you lazy and want to put things off.
Now experts are saying that two hours outdoors should be your daily goal. I guess I should really take my time checking the mail each day.
A new study predicts that drones will make up 30% of the home delivery market by 2040. Considering what age I'll be by then, I'm good with it.
An advertising guy who died last month has left $5-million to his dog. Why do I have this sudden, uncontrollable urge to adopt that dog?
A new study says that pigs can actually be trained to play video games. I would teach my pig, but I'm afraid he'd hog the game.
Philadelphia, the folks who make cream cheese, are now making cheesecake desert cups, for people obsessed with cheesecake. Because your favorite pair of jeans were starting to fit again?
Archeologists have discovered an ancient brewery in Egypt. Well, that explains how they got to the point of worshiping cats.
*.*
How does an attorney sleep?
First he lies on one side.
Then he lies on the other.
*.*
“Describe yourself with one word”, my employer asked.
“Bad with numbers”, I blurted out.
Quote of the Times;
It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters, and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance, and persecute, blacklist, cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which they disagree. I always have, and always will, be a champion for the unwavering rule of law, the heroes of law enforcement, and the right of Americans to peacefully and honorably debate the issues of the day without malice and without hate. – Trump
Link of the Times;
https://knst.iheart.com/featured/garret-lewis/content/2021-02-16-watch-rand-paul-destroy-masks-mask-believers-wants-to-get-back-to-normal/
Issue of the Times;
They're Obliterating our History More Quickly Than You Think by Patrice Lewis
Last summer I read an engrossing book entitled "1421: The Year China Discovered America" by Gavin Menzies, a retired British submarine lieutenant commander turned amateur archeologist. The book documented his efforts to demonstrate how a Chinese fleet of hundreds (perhaps thousands) of ships set sail in 1421 and circumnavigated the world, touching base everywhere from the Americas (North and South), Australia, Africa, Greenland, Europe, and all points between. The purpose of the expeditions, according to Menzies, was to chart the waters of the globe, impress and intimidate foreign rulers, and bring the entire world into China's "tribute system."
The book was riveting. While COVID lockdowns and subsequent unemployment soared around America, I was lost in the voyages of these Chinese explorers. While cities burned around the nation, causing billions of dollars in damages and killing dozens of people, I was absorbed by the evidence of the expeditions found in California and the Caribbean. While BLM and Antifa toppled statues, defaced monuments and demanded history be rewritten, I was captivated by the evidence presented of the Chinese discovery of Australia and even Antarctica. While Portland, Seattle and other blue cities were torn apart by constant violence and anarchy, I was immersed in the phenomenal accomplishments of those Imperial Chinese fleets.
Some sources dismiss Menzies as a "pseudo-historian" because he doesn't have academic credentials after his name (for the record, I'm not nearly as impressed by academic credentials as I used to be), but I found the book compelling and fascinating nonetheless. Whether or not Menzies' conclusions are accurate is not the focus of this column. Instead, ponder this question: If the premise of the book is true – if evidence points to China being world explorers long before Europeans – why doesn't history reflect this? Why aren't the accomplishments of Imperial China known throughout the world?
The proposed answer, according to Menzies, is because during the years the voyagers were at sea and out of touch with their mother country, Imperial China's tumultuous and controversial régime changed, and its leaders (who commissioned the fleet) were deposed. The new incoming régime was rigidly insular. All foreign goods, services and trade were forcibly suppressed and – here's the critical part – expunged from the records. As with many cultural revolutions, the leaders wanted their reign to be "Year Zero" for history. The accomplishments of the previous rulers were not just unwelcome, they were downright dangerous to acknowledge.
Therefore, when the greatly diminished Chinese fleets finally limped home, these mariners found themselves irrelevant and their discoveries and adventures dismissed. "Not only was the priceless legacy of the greatest maritime expeditions of all time gone forever, foreign lands were to be banished from the minds of the Chinese people," wrote Menzies. "The legacy of [the expedition leaders] and their great treasure fleets would be all but obliterated. What oceans they had sailed, what lands they had seen, what discoveries they had made, what settlement they had created were no longer of interest to the Chinese hierarchy. … The logs and records were destroyed, and the memory of them expunged so completely over the succeeding decades that they might never have existed."
When I read that last line, I was stunned. Absolutely floored. Why would any nation erase such a glorious legacy of world exploration? Why would they take second place behind European explorers in terms of historical accuracy and bragging rights?
As American anarchists (encouraged by Democratic leaders) burned and rioted and toppled statues and rewrote history during the last year, I pondered that question. Then it hit me. Oh wait …
America is doing the same thing.
America, too, has experienced a régime change in which the Five Evils (Big Tech, Hollywood, public education, mainstream media, politicians) are engaging in a long-term scrubbing of history, both past and modern. In a remarkably short period of time, our history – the good, the bad and the ugly – is being expunged from the records, leaving behind a sterilized and factually false account. Our founding documents are being dismissed as racist, and the intellectual giants who shaped the groundwork for a nation of freedom are being rebranded as white supremacists whose legacy is not just unimportant, but downright dangerous to acknowledge. America's origins are being rewritten to fit the narrative of the extreme left agenda.
How long before the logs and records of our history are destroyed, and the memory of them expunged so completely over the succeeding decades that they might never have existed? Even now there are whole generations of children who have grown up completely ignorant of major world events, everything from the Holocaust to the democide (death by government) of hundreds of millions of people over the last 120 years due to socialism and communism. They are equally ignorant of American history except what reflects the extreme leftist narrative.
"As with most cultural revolutions that wish to start things over at 'Year Zero,'" wrote historian and columnist Victor Davis Hanson last August, "the violence is aimed at America's past in order to change its present and future. The targets are not just the old majority culture but also classical statues and buildings, hallowed institutions, religious icons, the renowned names of streets and plazas, and almost every representation of tradition and authority. … The point of the mob is to wipe out what it cannot create. It topples what it can neither match nor even comprehend. It would erode the very system that ensures it singular freedom, leisure, and historic affluence. The brand of the anarchist is not logic but envy-driven power: to take it, to keep it, and to use it against purported enemies – which would otherwise be impossible in times of calm or through the ballot box."
Even now, the left is trying to scrub President Trump from history. We're watching it happen in real time.
We are witnessing a purge unprecedented in America, but widely repeated through world history during tyrannical régimes. Dissenting voices are silenced, religious expression is suppressed, statues are toppled, history is rewritten, and – most importantly – the education of children is strictly regulated. As Hitler so accurately observed, "When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I calmly say, 'Your child belongs to us already. … What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community."
And it's all happening in less time than you think.
News of the Times;
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/10/people-who-quit-social-media
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=241577
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-official-whitewash-of-the-killing-of-duncan-lemp/
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/07/our-animal-farm/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/biden-political-donor-sentenced-12-years-prison-illegal-campaign-contributions-straw-donor-scheme
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/selco-erase-them/
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0221/prager020921.php3
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/16/cnn-nbc-john-sullivan-footage-capitol-riot-shooting/
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/covid-facial-recognition-thermal-image/
https://www.thebuffalotribune.com/post/the-moral-hypocrisy-of-celebrities-the-case-of-seth-rogen
https://www.takimag.com/article/follow-the-science-off-a-cliff/
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/texas-freeze-raises-cost-charging-tesla-900
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/qatar_calls_on_muslim_migrants_to_hate_their_western_benefactors.html
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/world-s-solar-and-wind-capital-freezing-due-to-snow-blanketing-millions-of-solar-panels/ar-BB1dF9Dp
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/defund-police-movement-spectacularly-fails-minneapolis-spend-6-4m-hiring-cops/
Insurrection?
The wife loved the flowers I gave her for Valentine’s Day.
She got really angry when she read the small card on them which said, "With deepest sympathy".
*.*
Told my boss I would leave my job because they weren't giving me sufficient training.
"Well, you know where the door is," he spat.
"No, I don't!"
*.*
Recently divorced movie buff Darren Thorndike has not let his increasingly paranoid suspicion that his life is being secretly recorded and broadcast on television like the plot of The Truman Show stop him from masturbating like he would anyway.
“Darren had been pretty down since his wife left him,” next door neighbor Melissa Perkins explained. “My husband thought loaning him some Jim Carrey movies would cheer him up, but ever since he returned our copy of The Truman Show he’s been very theatrical, as if he thinks there’s cameras on him like in the movie. Honestly, I preferred his Yes Man phase. I guess it’s a good thing we don’t own Bruce Almighty.”
Others on the block confirm that Thorndike has been overheard announcing his thoughts out loud to nobody in particular as he goes about his daily routine. Attempts to sit down with Thorndike were declined under the pretense that “interview segments have been played out since Modern Family ended.”
Despite the feeling that his every waking move was being shown to viewers the world over, Thorndike was recently seen reading an issue of Playboy magazine that he’d crudely attempted to hide behind a Pottery Barn catalog, despite being alone in his house.
“So many choices for ottomans,” he loudly announced to the empty room as he opened the centerfold. He appeared to pause as if expecting a laugh after musing how relaxed the Ottoman Empire must have been before standing up and grabbing a tissue box from a nearby table.
“Oh man, these allergies are killing me,” Thorndike continued in a stage whisper as he made his way down the hall with the tissues and now-uncovered Playboy. “Maybe I should lay down under the covers in case I have a cold coming on or something. And my hands are so dry lately! Where’s that lotion?”
At press time, network executives for The Thorndike Chronicles were so impressed by ratings following the incident, they announced the late night companion program Darren After Dark in hopes of recapturing that moment’s virality.
*.*
WIFE: We just ate. Why are you cooking pancakes?
ME: They're for the dogs.
WIFE: For the dogs? Why are you cooking pancakes for the dogs?
ME: They don't know how.
*.*
My ex-wife has a fanny like a chimney.
My kids came out of it black.
Quote of the Times;
Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors … even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views. - Gina Carano
Link of the Times;
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/dershowitz-house-violated-the-constitution-six-times-in-latest-impeachment-sham/
Issue of the Times;
Both Groups Charged with Conspiracy to Storm the Capitol Were Led by FBI by Chris Black
It is very clear that we are moving very fast to something very bad.
Two different groups were charged with conspiracy to storm the Capitol on January 6th: the Proud Boys, which is currently designated as a terrorist group in Canada, and the Oath Keepers. The Oath Keepers were the first to be charged with “conspiracy”:
TIME Magazine:
A man who authorities say is a leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and helped to organize a ring of other extremists and led them in the attack last month at the U.S. Capitol has held a top-secret security clearance for decades and previously worked for the FBI, his attorney said Monday.
So, the leader of the Oath Keepers was glowing in the dark, but what about Proud Boys? Well, what do you know: their leader is also an FBI informant, who used to work on undercover stings since 2012.
Moreover, the Oath Keeper guy was actually a former FBI agent, division chief, who held a top security clearance since the seventies.
Meanwhile, Ricky Vaughn, a memelord who helped Trump win the election in 2016 was indicted on conspiracy charges, after he was doxed by Christopher Cantwell and Paul Nehlen, who informed on him to the FBI.
MILO Yiannopoulos also was an FBI informant, as we learned via court documents from the Charlottesville civil lawsuit. The bizarre “The Base” aka AtomWaffen terrorist group was exposed as being run by a CIA glow-in-the-dark agent with an active CAGE code.
For anybody with 2 neurons to rub together, it becomes obvious that we live in a country where the entire right-wing is effectively controlled and manipulated by the FBI/CIA/whatever alphabet agency you can think of.
To put it simply, the Capitol riot, storm or whatever was quite literally organized by the FBI. As in, the FBI organized the “events”. And now, the FBI is arresting regular Americans for a crime that was carried out and organized by the FBI.
This is a hard pill to swallow, but this is what happened, and is continuing to happen.
Everything in 2021 is part of a complex psyop, aimed at right wing Americans, Trump voters mostly, who are designated as white supremacists and domestic terrorists. The end goal is to dissolve the US into Globo Homo Shlomo, or Global Capitalism as they call it, with as little resistance as possible.
The Capitol is currently under military occupation, and no one is explaining to us why. The governor of Illinois claims that he sent troops to fight disinformation and white supremacy.
You should know that your face is already in a facial recognition database, there are already cameras all over the world in every public place, and many of these cameras are about to be linked into the global facial recognition database which, using 5G, will allow for real time registering of every movement anyone makes.
These are the two basic goals of ZOG:
Prevent the masses of people from uniting under a single flag, keep them fighting amongst themselves, keep drama energy rolling.
Provide the Western establishment with a boogieman to justify their own actions.
You saw a lot of #1 during the Trump era. Under Biden, you’re going to see a lot of #2.
PS: did you see this? MAGA Blood Libel: Why Are They Hiding The Medical Report?
Law enforcement officials now tell CNN that there was no fire extinguisher blow, no bloody gash, and no blunt force trauma to Sicknick’s body when he died.
Not only that, but it is increasingly unclear when, where and if Sicknick was even rushed to the hospital.
As it turns out, multiple hours after the protest had already concluded, Sicknick texted his own brother Ken that very night he was basically fine, other than being “pepper sprayed twice,” confirming he was safe and “in good shape.”
Then, an odd thing happened. The next afternoon, the Sicknick family began getting phone calls that Officer Brian Sicknick had been declared dead. The phone calls didn’t come from the hospital. They didn’t come from the treating physicians. They didn’t come from the US Capitol Police, or the FBI, or the DOJ.
They came from media reporters.
News of the Times;
https://www.lifenews.com/2021/02/12/andrew-cuomo-hid-15000-nursing-home-deaths-to-avoid-trump-admin-investigation/
https://notthebee.com/article/shout-out-to-gina-carano-here-are-a-bunch-of-libs-who-have-compared-conservatives-to-nazis-but-were-not-canceled
https://visiontimes.com/2021/02/07/russia-and-china-are-both-long-term-rivals-of-the-united-states-and-recent-u-s-intelligence-indicates-that-they-are-prepared-to-launch-cybergeddon-a-type-of-large-scale-sabotage-of.html
https://ussanews.com/News1/2021/02/06/senior-establishment-republican-staffer-arrested-for-running-pedophile-ring/
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/02/08/flashback-kamala-harris-joked-about-killing-trump-pence-and-jeff-sessions-n1423976
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-holds-first-phone-call-xi-both-sides-offer-vastly-different-accounts-what-was-said
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-toledo-woman-finds-sons-shot-2-dead-boyfriend-homicide-20210209-kzpaevnwe5cl7i5awikvli3qzq-story.html
https://cnsnews.com/article/national/quinn-weimer/report-cancelling-keystone-will-boost-carbon-emissions-equal-nearly
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/12/gina-carano-firing-proves-the-left-only-wants-submissive-women-not-strong-and-independent-women/
https://www.eutimes.net/2021/02/seniors-who-already-beat-covid-19-are-dying-after-taking-pfizer-jab/
https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-rescinds-confucius-institute-regulations/
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/military-occupation-of-the-u-s-capitol-will-continue-through-the-end-of-the-year-per-bidens-orders/
https://fee.org/articles/ivy-league-study-shows-how-us-media-created-a-climate-of-fear-over-covid-19
https://identitydixie.com/2021/02/11/hollywood-is-cancer/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/netflix-has-nothing-to-say-after-three-men-from-cheer-arrested-for-sex-crimes-against-minors
She got really angry when she read the small card on them which said, "With deepest sympathy".
*.*
Told my boss I would leave my job because they weren't giving me sufficient training.
"Well, you know where the door is," he spat.
"No, I don't!"
*.*
Recently divorced movie buff Darren Thorndike has not let his increasingly paranoid suspicion that his life is being secretly recorded and broadcast on television like the plot of The Truman Show stop him from masturbating like he would anyway.
“Darren had been pretty down since his wife left him,” next door neighbor Melissa Perkins explained. “My husband thought loaning him some Jim Carrey movies would cheer him up, but ever since he returned our copy of The Truman Show he’s been very theatrical, as if he thinks there’s cameras on him like in the movie. Honestly, I preferred his Yes Man phase. I guess it’s a good thing we don’t own Bruce Almighty.”
Others on the block confirm that Thorndike has been overheard announcing his thoughts out loud to nobody in particular as he goes about his daily routine. Attempts to sit down with Thorndike were declined under the pretense that “interview segments have been played out since Modern Family ended.”
Despite the feeling that his every waking move was being shown to viewers the world over, Thorndike was recently seen reading an issue of Playboy magazine that he’d crudely attempted to hide behind a Pottery Barn catalog, despite being alone in his house.
“So many choices for ottomans,” he loudly announced to the empty room as he opened the centerfold. He appeared to pause as if expecting a laugh after musing how relaxed the Ottoman Empire must have been before standing up and grabbing a tissue box from a nearby table.
“Oh man, these allergies are killing me,” Thorndike continued in a stage whisper as he made his way down the hall with the tissues and now-uncovered Playboy. “Maybe I should lay down under the covers in case I have a cold coming on or something. And my hands are so dry lately! Where’s that lotion?”
At press time, network executives for The Thorndike Chronicles were so impressed by ratings following the incident, they announced the late night companion program Darren After Dark in hopes of recapturing that moment’s virality.
*.*
WIFE: We just ate. Why are you cooking pancakes?
ME: They're for the dogs.
WIFE: For the dogs? Why are you cooking pancakes for the dogs?
ME: They don't know how.
*.*
My ex-wife has a fanny like a chimney.
My kids came out of it black.
Quote of the Times;
Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors … even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views. - Gina Carano
Link of the Times;
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/dershowitz-house-violated-the-constitution-six-times-in-latest-impeachment-sham/
Issue of the Times;
Both Groups Charged with Conspiracy to Storm the Capitol Were Led by FBI by Chris Black
It is very clear that we are moving very fast to something very bad.
Two different groups were charged with conspiracy to storm the Capitol on January 6th: the Proud Boys, which is currently designated as a terrorist group in Canada, and the Oath Keepers. The Oath Keepers were the first to be charged with “conspiracy”:
TIME Magazine:
A man who authorities say is a leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and helped to organize a ring of other extremists and led them in the attack last month at the U.S. Capitol has held a top-secret security clearance for decades and previously worked for the FBI, his attorney said Monday.
So, the leader of the Oath Keepers was glowing in the dark, but what about Proud Boys? Well, what do you know: their leader is also an FBI informant, who used to work on undercover stings since 2012.
Moreover, the Oath Keeper guy was actually a former FBI agent, division chief, who held a top security clearance since the seventies.
Meanwhile, Ricky Vaughn, a memelord who helped Trump win the election in 2016 was indicted on conspiracy charges, after he was doxed by Christopher Cantwell and Paul Nehlen, who informed on him to the FBI.
MILO Yiannopoulos also was an FBI informant, as we learned via court documents from the Charlottesville civil lawsuit. The bizarre “The Base” aka AtomWaffen terrorist group was exposed as being run by a CIA glow-in-the-dark agent with an active CAGE code.
For anybody with 2 neurons to rub together, it becomes obvious that we live in a country where the entire right-wing is effectively controlled and manipulated by the FBI/CIA/whatever alphabet agency you can think of.
To put it simply, the Capitol riot, storm or whatever was quite literally organized by the FBI. As in, the FBI organized the “events”. And now, the FBI is arresting regular Americans for a crime that was carried out and organized by the FBI.
This is a hard pill to swallow, but this is what happened, and is continuing to happen.
Everything in 2021 is part of a complex psyop, aimed at right wing Americans, Trump voters mostly, who are designated as white supremacists and domestic terrorists. The end goal is to dissolve the US into Globo Homo Shlomo, or Global Capitalism as they call it, with as little resistance as possible.
The Capitol is currently under military occupation, and no one is explaining to us why. The governor of Illinois claims that he sent troops to fight disinformation and white supremacy.
You should know that your face is already in a facial recognition database, there are already cameras all over the world in every public place, and many of these cameras are about to be linked into the global facial recognition database which, using 5G, will allow for real time registering of every movement anyone makes.
These are the two basic goals of ZOG:
Prevent the masses of people from uniting under a single flag, keep them fighting amongst themselves, keep drama energy rolling.
Provide the Western establishment with a boogieman to justify their own actions.
You saw a lot of #1 during the Trump era. Under Biden, you’re going to see a lot of #2.
PS: did you see this? MAGA Blood Libel: Why Are They Hiding The Medical Report?
Law enforcement officials now tell CNN that there was no fire extinguisher blow, no bloody gash, and no blunt force trauma to Sicknick’s body when he died.
Not only that, but it is increasingly unclear when, where and if Sicknick was even rushed to the hospital.
As it turns out, multiple hours after the protest had already concluded, Sicknick texted his own brother Ken that very night he was basically fine, other than being “pepper sprayed twice,” confirming he was safe and “in good shape.”
Then, an odd thing happened. The next afternoon, the Sicknick family began getting phone calls that Officer Brian Sicknick had been declared dead. The phone calls didn’t come from the hospital. They didn’t come from the treating physicians. They didn’t come from the US Capitol Police, or the FBI, or the DOJ.
They came from media reporters.
News of the Times;
https://www.lifenews.com/2021/02/12/andrew-cuomo-hid-15000-nursing-home-deaths-to-avoid-trump-admin-investigation/
https://notthebee.com/article/shout-out-to-gina-carano-here-are-a-bunch-of-libs-who-have-compared-conservatives-to-nazis-but-were-not-canceled
https://visiontimes.com/2021/02/07/russia-and-china-are-both-long-term-rivals-of-the-united-states-and-recent-u-s-intelligence-indicates-that-they-are-prepared-to-launch-cybergeddon-a-type-of-large-scale-sabotage-of.html
https://ussanews.com/News1/2021/02/06/senior-establishment-republican-staffer-arrested-for-running-pedophile-ring/
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/02/08/flashback-kamala-harris-joked-about-killing-trump-pence-and-jeff-sessions-n1423976
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-holds-first-phone-call-xi-both-sides-offer-vastly-different-accounts-what-was-said
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-toledo-woman-finds-sons-shot-2-dead-boyfriend-homicide-20210209-kzpaevnwe5cl7i5awikvli3qzq-story.html
https://cnsnews.com/article/national/quinn-weimer/report-cancelling-keystone-will-boost-carbon-emissions-equal-nearly
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/12/gina-carano-firing-proves-the-left-only-wants-submissive-women-not-strong-and-independent-women/
https://www.eutimes.net/2021/02/seniors-who-already-beat-covid-19-are-dying-after-taking-pfizer-jab/
https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-rescinds-confucius-institute-regulations/
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/military-occupation-of-the-u-s-capitol-will-continue-through-the-end-of-the-year-per-bidens-orders/
https://fee.org/articles/ivy-league-study-shows-how-us-media-created-a-climate-of-fear-over-covid-19
https://identitydixie.com/2021/02/11/hollywood-is-cancer/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/netflix-has-nothing-to-say-after-three-men-from-cheer-arrested-for-sex-crimes-against-minors
Anyone?
I call my wife my wifi.
Sometimes she works in the kitchen and sometimes she works in the garden.
And I'm pretty sure on the weekend and in the evening my neighbor uses her.
*.*
Liners:
Yankee Stadium became a vaccination site last weekend. Out of habit, Red Sox fans immediately started yelling, "Vaccine's suck!"
Sheriff's deputies in Austin discovered $2.7-million worth of meth hidden inside printer cartridges. This also explains why everything was printing so quickly.
So, is it Tampa? Or Tampa Bay? Did someone get offended by the word ‘Bay'?
These days when we call into work, we say things like, "Yeah, we've got a lot of snow here and I having a real hard time getting out... ..of bed."
Kevin Hart's personal shopper used his credit card to make over $1 million in unauthorized purchases. On the positive side, that earned Kevin quite a bit of cash back!
Acne caused by wearing a mask has a name: Maskne! Probably invented by the same people who came up with the word for folks who caught COVID from Miley Cyrus: corona-Cyrus.
Today is the Chinese New Year-the Year of the Ox. Which, coincidentally, is my most often-spelled word in "Words with Friends."
The NBA is now requiring teams to play the National Anthem prior to games. Of course, there are some who won't stand for it.
*.*
A kid is playing video games in his room, minding his business.
His mother walks in. "Honey, come meet my new boyfriend!"
"I'm kind of busy right now. Can you bring him in here instead?"
A minute or so later, her boyfriend walks in. "Hey, champ! How you doing?"
The kid ignores him.
"Don't like champ, huh? That's fine. How about BlueDragon72?"
The kid turns his head quickly. "I haven't heard that name since I was ten..." He then realized. "It can't be.."
"Call of Duty, right? I told you I'd bang your mom."
*.*
In a historic move, the U.S. Senate decided to switch to voting by mail for Trump's second impeachment trial. After all the votes were counted by an intern in a back room with no cameras, the Senate ruled to convict President Trump of incitement to violence by a vote of 8275 to 3.
"Our holy democracy has spoken," said Senator Chuck Schumer. "Do not ask any questions or you are a blasphemer against the sacred sacredness of our vote. Everyone can go home now!"
A couple of troublemaking Senators attempted to overthrow the Constitution by bringing up the point that there are only 100 Senators, making it impossible to arrive at a tally of 8275 to 3, but they were quickly removed from the Senate Chambers and condemned for "attempting to suppress the votes of people of color."
*.*
Top 5 Signs that Cupid is Mad At You
He's using real arrows. That hurt!
He only gives you the candy hearts that say, "Bite me!"
Leaves you one of his old diapers.
Uses his special powers to get you on the TV show, "The Bachelor: Leper Edition".
Left you a Valentine that says "Please open away from people" on the envelope.
Quote of the Times;
Anytime the right organizes an event in real life it ends with the entrapment and imprisonment of good people with good intentions who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the left organizes the burning down of our cities for an entire summer they are rewarded with billions from corporations, praise from government, and glowing media support. How does everyone not see this? - Torba
Link of the Times;
https://reason.com/2021/01/24/in-2020-teachers-unions-and-police-unions-showed-their-true-colors/
Issue of the Times;
Cats And Dogs
Anyone who has had a cat knows that the cat takes a certain pleasure in the acquisition of its food. Put food down for the dog and the dog eats the food. Put food down for the cat and it will saunter up to the dish and maybe sample a little, then take a break to watch the dish for a while, before returning for some more food. A bug gets loose in the house and the dog will just eat it, but the cat will torment the thing to death. One animal is all about the process, while the other is about the result.
This difference is something to keep in mind as America descends into the woke totalitarianism of our diversity loving masters. It is assumed that totalitarianism leads to labor camps and people disappearing in the night. Those are the examples we have from our history. The communists liked sending the uncooperative to work camps, while the fascist like shooting the inconvenient. In both cases, the point was to remove the problem and discourage others from being a problem.
Those old school totalitarians were dog people. Just as the dog is happy to eat when hungry, without thinking much about how the food was made available to him, the old totalitarians took an end justifies the means approach to exercising power. Problem people were like any other sort of problem. The point was to solve the problem, which in the case of people meant making them go away. No man, no problem. How the problem felt about what was happening was of no consideration.
Our new totalitarians turn all of this on its head. Like the cat and his food, or his prey in the case of an unfortunate insect, the end is not really the point. It is not about removing the obstacles to their project, in order to achieve some end. The dealing with the problem is the end. In the case of the poor unfortunate who has run afoul of the rulers, the point of the process is submitting the troublemaker to endless torment that has no purpose beyond the pleasure of the tormentor.
Take the doxing business as an example. The people who do this are not trying to make the victim go away, any more than the cat wants the wayward cricket to go away. To the contrary, they hope the victim will cry out in agony and make his misery into a long-drawn-out public performance. They revel in seeing the victim moan about how his PayPal was deleted or how he lost his job. For the army of the woke, the suffering of the victim and the fame for inflicting that suffering is what matters.
When the victim simply kills off his internet character, the doxers have a problem as they do not have that living trophy to show off on-line. They are forced to go onto their social media platforms and imagine how the victim is suffering. We are not far away from a time when Twitter or Facebook start creating scapegoat accounts for the anointed to attack as a part of their rituals. Instead of relying on a real person to be the victim, they will conjure a fake one that plays the victim properly.
Of course, in every totalitarian society, the people eventually figure out the rules in order to avoid the boot. That was the point of the old totalitarian model. In the new totalitarian model, the rules will constantly change so it is nearly impossible to avoid the wrath of the official tormentors. After all, like the cat tormenting its prey, the new totalitarians care only for the process. Like an engine needs fuel, the new totalitarians need a constant supply of victims to torment.
An excellent example of this is the Covid madness. When it all started, the point was to slow the spread so the hospitals would not be too crowded. We had two weeks to flatten the curve, but after two weeks the rules changed. The rules keep changing as the rulers find new ways to torment us, causing people to go into the streets to protest the new torments, to the delight of the tormentors. Covid has revealed that the new totalitarians are little more than sadists.
What this means, of course, is that there will be not settling into a set of fixed rules as happened in communist societies. We do not know if this would have happened in certain fascist societies, but the experience of Franco’s Spain, Salazar’s Portugal and Pinochet’s Chile suggest the fascists would have settled into a conservative system of fixed rules. The new system, in contrast, will be perpetually disrupting this tendency in order to perpetuate the necessary disorderliness.
The question is whether any society can go on very long when the rules are constantly changing in order to give the Torquemada’s more victims. A bedrock requirement for any society is a set of rules to govern conduct. In order to have an organization of humans greater than the Dunbar number means having a code and a way to enforce that code in order to make the code a habit of mind. This is what we think of when we think of culture. The rules we live by because we just do.
We are already seeing problems with the Covid madness. The ever-changing rules are making life impossible for small business. In some areas, whole swaths of the economy have collapsed. Of course, the religious aspects to compliance are pitting people against one another. The new totalitarians are creating a Hobbesian world where it is a war of all against all, not for limited resources, but due to the deliberate cacophony of every changing rules that have no logic.
The good news, if there is any, is that totalitarianism has diminishing returns, as the cost of maintaining it eventually dwarfs the benefits. Initially it seems to work pretty well, but over time the costs become unsustainable. This new totalitarianism is especially front loaded, almost accelerationist. It is destroying every reason for people to remain loyal to the system. Instead of carrying on for several generations, the new totalitarianism will be lucky to make it past this decade.
News of the Times;
https://rfangle.com/politics/former-capitol-police-chief-blows-hole-in-dems-case-against-trump/
https://nationalfile.com/alt-tech-rises-gab-received-more-traffic-than-nbc-tmz-breitbart-and-huffington-post-in-january/
https://archive.is/LRe05
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&u=https://www.secondopianonews.it/news/cronaca/2021/01/27/un-altro-infermiere-muore-nel-sonno-infarto-aveva-fatto-la-seconda-dose-di-vaccino.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2020/12/10/the-un-makes-the-case-for-the-us-to-stay-out-of-the-paris-climate-accord
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/jeffrey-lord-read-democrats-77-page-impeachment-paper-identified-75-lies/
https://populist.press/illegal-surge-has-arrived-1000s-crossing-now/
https://vdare.com/articles/michelle-malkin-the-matter-of-tori-rose-smith-s-life
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/fact-checking-phony-fact-checkers-gateway-pundits-explosive-michigan-tcf-center-reporting-absolututely-shows-voter-fraud
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/01/lyft-fires-female-driver-who-used-concealed-gun-to-stop-2-men-violently-attacking-her-in-car
https://www.bitchute.com/video/RvDf8D6DhiOx/
https://breaking911.com/explosives-have-gone-missing-from-the-nations-largest-marine-corps-base/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-us-biodata-60-minutes-2021-01-28/
https://nationalfile.com/medical-examiners-reportedly-say-capitol-cop-did-not-die-from-fire-extinguisher-attack/
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/houthis-bomb-civilian-airport-days-after-biden-removes-terrorist-designation
Sometimes she works in the kitchen and sometimes she works in the garden.
And I'm pretty sure on the weekend and in the evening my neighbor uses her.
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Liners:
Yankee Stadium became a vaccination site last weekend. Out of habit, Red Sox fans immediately started yelling, "Vaccine's suck!"
Sheriff's deputies in Austin discovered $2.7-million worth of meth hidden inside printer cartridges. This also explains why everything was printing so quickly.
So, is it Tampa? Or Tampa Bay? Did someone get offended by the word ‘Bay'?
These days when we call into work, we say things like, "Yeah, we've got a lot of snow here and I having a real hard time getting out... ..of bed."
Kevin Hart's personal shopper used his credit card to make over $1 million in unauthorized purchases. On the positive side, that earned Kevin quite a bit of cash back!
Acne caused by wearing a mask has a name: Maskne! Probably invented by the same people who came up with the word for folks who caught COVID from Miley Cyrus: corona-Cyrus.
Today is the Chinese New Year-the Year of the Ox. Which, coincidentally, is my most often-spelled word in "Words with Friends."
The NBA is now requiring teams to play the National Anthem prior to games. Of course, there are some who won't stand for it.
*.*
A kid is playing video games in his room, minding his business.
His mother walks in. "Honey, come meet my new boyfriend!"
"I'm kind of busy right now. Can you bring him in here instead?"
A minute or so later, her boyfriend walks in. "Hey, champ! How you doing?"
The kid ignores him.
"Don't like champ, huh? That's fine. How about BlueDragon72?"
The kid turns his head quickly. "I haven't heard that name since I was ten..." He then realized. "It can't be.."
"Call of Duty, right? I told you I'd bang your mom."
*.*
In a historic move, the U.S. Senate decided to switch to voting by mail for Trump's second impeachment trial. After all the votes were counted by an intern in a back room with no cameras, the Senate ruled to convict President Trump of incitement to violence by a vote of 8275 to 3.
"Our holy democracy has spoken," said Senator Chuck Schumer. "Do not ask any questions or you are a blasphemer against the sacred sacredness of our vote. Everyone can go home now!"
A couple of troublemaking Senators attempted to overthrow the Constitution by bringing up the point that there are only 100 Senators, making it impossible to arrive at a tally of 8275 to 3, but they were quickly removed from the Senate Chambers and condemned for "attempting to suppress the votes of people of color."
*.*
Top 5 Signs that Cupid is Mad At You
He's using real arrows. That hurt!
He only gives you the candy hearts that say, "Bite me!"
Leaves you one of his old diapers.
Uses his special powers to get you on the TV show, "The Bachelor: Leper Edition".
Left you a Valentine that says "Please open away from people" on the envelope.
Quote of the Times;
Anytime the right organizes an event in real life it ends with the entrapment and imprisonment of good people with good intentions who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the left organizes the burning down of our cities for an entire summer they are rewarded with billions from corporations, praise from government, and glowing media support. How does everyone not see this? - Torba
Link of the Times;
https://reason.com/2021/01/24/in-2020-teachers-unions-and-police-unions-showed-their-true-colors/
Issue of the Times;
Cats And Dogs
Anyone who has had a cat knows that the cat takes a certain pleasure in the acquisition of its food. Put food down for the dog and the dog eats the food. Put food down for the cat and it will saunter up to the dish and maybe sample a little, then take a break to watch the dish for a while, before returning for some more food. A bug gets loose in the house and the dog will just eat it, but the cat will torment the thing to death. One animal is all about the process, while the other is about the result.
This difference is something to keep in mind as America descends into the woke totalitarianism of our diversity loving masters. It is assumed that totalitarianism leads to labor camps and people disappearing in the night. Those are the examples we have from our history. The communists liked sending the uncooperative to work camps, while the fascist like shooting the inconvenient. In both cases, the point was to remove the problem and discourage others from being a problem.
Those old school totalitarians were dog people. Just as the dog is happy to eat when hungry, without thinking much about how the food was made available to him, the old totalitarians took an end justifies the means approach to exercising power. Problem people were like any other sort of problem. The point was to solve the problem, which in the case of people meant making them go away. No man, no problem. How the problem felt about what was happening was of no consideration.
Our new totalitarians turn all of this on its head. Like the cat and his food, or his prey in the case of an unfortunate insect, the end is not really the point. It is not about removing the obstacles to their project, in order to achieve some end. The dealing with the problem is the end. In the case of the poor unfortunate who has run afoul of the rulers, the point of the process is submitting the troublemaker to endless torment that has no purpose beyond the pleasure of the tormentor.
Take the doxing business as an example. The people who do this are not trying to make the victim go away, any more than the cat wants the wayward cricket to go away. To the contrary, they hope the victim will cry out in agony and make his misery into a long-drawn-out public performance. They revel in seeing the victim moan about how his PayPal was deleted or how he lost his job. For the army of the woke, the suffering of the victim and the fame for inflicting that suffering is what matters.
When the victim simply kills off his internet character, the doxers have a problem as they do not have that living trophy to show off on-line. They are forced to go onto their social media platforms and imagine how the victim is suffering. We are not far away from a time when Twitter or Facebook start creating scapegoat accounts for the anointed to attack as a part of their rituals. Instead of relying on a real person to be the victim, they will conjure a fake one that plays the victim properly.
Of course, in every totalitarian society, the people eventually figure out the rules in order to avoid the boot. That was the point of the old totalitarian model. In the new totalitarian model, the rules will constantly change so it is nearly impossible to avoid the wrath of the official tormentors. After all, like the cat tormenting its prey, the new totalitarians care only for the process. Like an engine needs fuel, the new totalitarians need a constant supply of victims to torment.
An excellent example of this is the Covid madness. When it all started, the point was to slow the spread so the hospitals would not be too crowded. We had two weeks to flatten the curve, but after two weeks the rules changed. The rules keep changing as the rulers find new ways to torment us, causing people to go into the streets to protest the new torments, to the delight of the tormentors. Covid has revealed that the new totalitarians are little more than sadists.
What this means, of course, is that there will be not settling into a set of fixed rules as happened in communist societies. We do not know if this would have happened in certain fascist societies, but the experience of Franco’s Spain, Salazar’s Portugal and Pinochet’s Chile suggest the fascists would have settled into a conservative system of fixed rules. The new system, in contrast, will be perpetually disrupting this tendency in order to perpetuate the necessary disorderliness.
The question is whether any society can go on very long when the rules are constantly changing in order to give the Torquemada’s more victims. A bedrock requirement for any society is a set of rules to govern conduct. In order to have an organization of humans greater than the Dunbar number means having a code and a way to enforce that code in order to make the code a habit of mind. This is what we think of when we think of culture. The rules we live by because we just do.
We are already seeing problems with the Covid madness. The ever-changing rules are making life impossible for small business. In some areas, whole swaths of the economy have collapsed. Of course, the religious aspects to compliance are pitting people against one another. The new totalitarians are creating a Hobbesian world where it is a war of all against all, not for limited resources, but due to the deliberate cacophony of every changing rules that have no logic.
The good news, if there is any, is that totalitarianism has diminishing returns, as the cost of maintaining it eventually dwarfs the benefits. Initially it seems to work pretty well, but over time the costs become unsustainable. This new totalitarianism is especially front loaded, almost accelerationist. It is destroying every reason for people to remain loyal to the system. Instead of carrying on for several generations, the new totalitarianism will be lucky to make it past this decade.
News of the Times;
https://rfangle.com/politics/former-capitol-police-chief-blows-hole-in-dems-case-against-trump/
https://nationalfile.com/alt-tech-rises-gab-received-more-traffic-than-nbc-tmz-breitbart-and-huffington-post-in-january/
https://archive.is/LRe05
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&u=https://www.secondopianonews.it/news/cronaca/2021/01/27/un-altro-infermiere-muore-nel-sonno-infarto-aveva-fatto-la-seconda-dose-di-vaccino.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2020/12/10/the-un-makes-the-case-for-the-us-to-stay-out-of-the-paris-climate-accord
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/jeffrey-lord-read-democrats-77-page-impeachment-paper-identified-75-lies/
https://populist.press/illegal-surge-has-arrived-1000s-crossing-now/
https://vdare.com/articles/michelle-malkin-the-matter-of-tori-rose-smith-s-life
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/fact-checking-phony-fact-checkers-gateway-pundits-explosive-michigan-tcf-center-reporting-absolututely-shows-voter-fraud
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/01/lyft-fires-female-driver-who-used-concealed-gun-to-stop-2-men-violently-attacking-her-in-car
https://www.bitchute.com/video/RvDf8D6DhiOx/
https://breaking911.com/explosives-have-gone-missing-from-the-nations-largest-marine-corps-base/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-us-biodata-60-minutes-2021-01-28/
https://nationalfile.com/medical-examiners-reportedly-say-capitol-cop-did-not-die-from-fire-extinguisher-attack/
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/houthis-bomb-civilian-airport-days-after-biden-removes-terrorist-designation
Testing?
My dentist reminded me of my wife's sensitive gag reflex.
We laughed and laughed.
Then I remembered that my wife and I have different dentists.
*.*
The other night I was expecting an important phone call, so I slept with my mobile under the pillow.
When I woke up, it was gone and there was just a shiny new fifty pence piece where I'd left it.
Damn that blue-tooth fairy!
*.*
Biden's transition team has announced they will be appointing an all-female communications team. According to sources, the team will not tell the nation what's wrong, since the nation should already know.
"It's fine. Everything's fine. Nothing's wrong, OK!?" said Jen Psaki in her first press conference as a part of Biden's team. "Why would you think I'm not fine? Ugh... if you have to ask, I'm not going to tell you."
Insiders close to Biden say the communications team will hold periodic press conferences where they will just glare at reporters with an icy look and make them try to guess what's wrong. If the reporters fail to understand their highly advanced non-verbal communication, they will smile sweetly and walk out of the room before slamming the door as hard as they can.
"This is a huge step for this country," said Communication Director Kate Bedingfield to reporters. "We need to move beyond archaic and male-centric methods of communication that use things like clear language and written words. We hope this will help deepen the country's level of intimacy with the Biden administration and open up new channels of understanding and communication."
The press has been frantically buying flowers, chocolates, and jewelry for the communications team in hopes of receiving some clue as to what the heck is going on. The team responded by rolling their eyes and going to bed early due to a really bad headache.
*.*
I said to my son, "You really need to start checking your pockets before you put your jeans in the washing machine."
He said, "Why, have you found some money?"
"No,” I said, “just your hamster."
*.*
Doctor : This new vaccine is perfectly harmless.
Me : You said that about Thalidomide.
Doctor : No we said armless.
Quote of the Times;
Don't ever take a fence down, until you know the reason why it was put up. – G.K. Chesterton
Link of the Times;
https://www.paul.senate.gov/sites/default/files/page-attachments/2020FestivusReport.pdf
Issue of the Times;
Testing The "Systemic Racism" Narrative by Francis Menton
How do you establish that a hypothesis is true? According to numerous explainers of the scientific method, starting with philosopher Karl Popper, the best you can do is to try to prove the hypothesis false, and fail. By this method — the scientific method — you can never definitively establish “truth” of a hypothesis, but over time you can get close.
Of course, we now live in the era of official narratives permanently immunized from attempts at falsification, nevertheless incorrectly claiming the mantle of “science.” The big three for this crazy year of 2020 are (1) the proposition that forced “lockdowns” and mask-wearing mandates slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus, (2) the proposition that human greenhouse gas emissions are causing dangerous increase in global surface temperatures, and (3) the proposition that income and wealth inequality are the result of “systemic racism” in our society. Proponents flood us with information consistent with these narratives, as if such information, if only provided in sufficient quantity, could prove their truth. But if we are really interested in getting as close as possible to the truth, shouldn’t we instead be looking for information inconsistent with the narratives?
Here is the exposition of the scientific method from physicist Richard Feynman from his classic series of recorded lectures:
We compute the consequences of the [hypothesis], to see what, if this is right, if this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. . . .
For today, let’s consider applying this logical method to testing one of this year’s big three narratives, namely the narrative that “systemic racism” is the principal explanation for disparities of income and wealth in our society. Following Feynman’s exposition, our first step would be to come up with some of the necessary consequences of this hypothesis, so that they can be tested. For example, if the “systemic racism” hypothesis is correct, surely that would imply that all sub-groups of non-white races would rank lower than whites in measures of income and wealth. Remarkably, in hundreds of pieces in dozens of sources railing about the evils of systemic racism in the U.S., you almost never find anyone considering this kind of a test of the narrative.
Now along comes a guy named Rav Arora with a piece on December 22 at Quillette, headline “A Peculiar Kind of Racist Patriarchy.” Arora takes exactly the approach that the scientific method would suggest, testing the “systemic racism” narrative by seeing whether actual data support or refute its logical consequences. Arora’s piece is filled with dozens of examples of data that are simply inconsistent with the “systemic racism” narrative. I’ll give just a few examples:
• Based on newly released statistics from the US Department of Labor for the third quarter of 2020 . . ., Asian women have now surpassed white men in weekly earnings. That trend has been consistent throughout this past year—an unprecedented outcome. Full-time working Asian women earned $1,224 in median weekly earnings in the third quarter of this year compared to $1,122 earned by their white male counterparts.
• Copious research finds that ethnic minorities and women frequently eclipse their white and male counterparts, even when these identities intersect. Several ethnic minority groups consistently out-perform whites in a variety of categories—higher test scores, lower incarceration rates, and longer life expectancies. According to the latest data from the US Census Bureau, over the 12 months covered by the survey, the median household incomes of Syrian Americans ($74,047), Korean Americans ($76,674), Indonesian Americans ($93,501), Taiwanese Americans ($102,405), and Filipino Americans ($100,273) are all significantly higher than that of whites ($69,823).
• Valerie Wilson at the Economic Policy Institute reports that from 2018 to 2019, Asian and black households had the highest rate of median income growth (10.6 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively) of all main racial groups.
• Despite the greater oppression black women supposedly face compared to white women, a much-publicized 2018 study featured in the New York Times found that black women had slightly higher incomes than white women raised in families with comparable earnings.
This is just a small sample. Mr. Arora’s Quillette piece goes on at great length. There are also additional data that Mr. Arora does not get to, including that median household income for some black ethnic subgroups exceeds the median household income for white Americans. As examples, per the American Community Survey for 2018, the median household income for white Americans was $65,777; but Nigerian-Americans had median household income of $68,658, and Ghanaian-Americans had median household income of $66,571.
Don’t expect the purveyors of the “systemic racism” narrative to be trying to deal with these contradictions any time soon. It’s too easy just to play to progressive guilt, and assume that no one will really bother to check the readily-available data for things that completely undermine the narrative.
News of the Times;
https://thenationalpulse.com/news/yellen-made-millions-speaking-to-wall-street/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/440000-americans-dead-facebook-american-journal-medicine-admit-stand-hcq-wrong-people-prosecuted
https://prayingmedic.com/2021/01/23/the-military-is-the-only-way-what-happens-next/
https://nationalfile.com/video-bidens-earpiece-says-salute-the-marines-so-he-says-salute-the-marines-out-loud-doesnt-salute-them/
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-donald-was-their-final-warning.html
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/bidens-gave-dogs-warm-fluffy-doggie-beds-sleep-made-troops-sleep-cold-hard-floor-parking-garage-paying-attention-yet/
https://thenewamerican.com/biden-girls-must-compete-against-boys-and-share-a-locker-room-women-must-risk-rape-for-trans-rights
https://fee.org/articles/3-harmful-consequences-of-biden-killing-the-keystone-xl-pipeline/
https://national-justice.com/black-lives-matter-organizer-seen-entering-capitol-building-crowd-likely-fbi-agent-provocateur
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/remember-said-betsy-ross-flag-racist-now-not-racist-cuz-joe-biden-used
https://www.city-journal.org/penn-central-railroad-failure-resonates-today
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/release-them-all-tucker-exposes-full-biden-jailbreak-order-for-illegal-aliens/
https://salmartingano.com/2020/05/the-1918-spanish-flu-only-the-vaccinated-died/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/exclusive-independent-journalist-tayler-hansen-riot-turned-deadly-witnessed-us-capitol-riot
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/amazon-demands-person-union-vote-after-arguing-mail-ballots-raise-risk-fraud
We laughed and laughed.
Then I remembered that my wife and I have different dentists.
*.*
The other night I was expecting an important phone call, so I slept with my mobile under the pillow.
When I woke up, it was gone and there was just a shiny new fifty pence piece where I'd left it.
Damn that blue-tooth fairy!
*.*
Biden's transition team has announced they will be appointing an all-female communications team. According to sources, the team will not tell the nation what's wrong, since the nation should already know.
"It's fine. Everything's fine. Nothing's wrong, OK!?" said Jen Psaki in her first press conference as a part of Biden's team. "Why would you think I'm not fine? Ugh... if you have to ask, I'm not going to tell you."
Insiders close to Biden say the communications team will hold periodic press conferences where they will just glare at reporters with an icy look and make them try to guess what's wrong. If the reporters fail to understand their highly advanced non-verbal communication, they will smile sweetly and walk out of the room before slamming the door as hard as they can.
"This is a huge step for this country," said Communication Director Kate Bedingfield to reporters. "We need to move beyond archaic and male-centric methods of communication that use things like clear language and written words. We hope this will help deepen the country's level of intimacy with the Biden administration and open up new channels of understanding and communication."
The press has been frantically buying flowers, chocolates, and jewelry for the communications team in hopes of receiving some clue as to what the heck is going on. The team responded by rolling their eyes and going to bed early due to a really bad headache.
*.*
I said to my son, "You really need to start checking your pockets before you put your jeans in the washing machine."
He said, "Why, have you found some money?"
"No,” I said, “just your hamster."
*.*
Doctor : This new vaccine is perfectly harmless.
Me : You said that about Thalidomide.
Doctor : No we said armless.
Quote of the Times;
Don't ever take a fence down, until you know the reason why it was put up. – G.K. Chesterton
Link of the Times;
https://www.paul.senate.gov/sites/default/files/page-attachments/2020FestivusReport.pdf
Issue of the Times;
Testing The "Systemic Racism" Narrative by Francis Menton
How do you establish that a hypothesis is true? According to numerous explainers of the scientific method, starting with philosopher Karl Popper, the best you can do is to try to prove the hypothesis false, and fail. By this method — the scientific method — you can never definitively establish “truth” of a hypothesis, but over time you can get close.
Of course, we now live in the era of official narratives permanently immunized from attempts at falsification, nevertheless incorrectly claiming the mantle of “science.” The big three for this crazy year of 2020 are (1) the proposition that forced “lockdowns” and mask-wearing mandates slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus, (2) the proposition that human greenhouse gas emissions are causing dangerous increase in global surface temperatures, and (3) the proposition that income and wealth inequality are the result of “systemic racism” in our society. Proponents flood us with information consistent with these narratives, as if such information, if only provided in sufficient quantity, could prove their truth. But if we are really interested in getting as close as possible to the truth, shouldn’t we instead be looking for information inconsistent with the narratives?
Here is the exposition of the scientific method from physicist Richard Feynman from his classic series of recorded lectures:
We compute the consequences of the [hypothesis], to see what, if this is right, if this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. . . .
For today, let’s consider applying this logical method to testing one of this year’s big three narratives, namely the narrative that “systemic racism” is the principal explanation for disparities of income and wealth in our society. Following Feynman’s exposition, our first step would be to come up with some of the necessary consequences of this hypothesis, so that they can be tested. For example, if the “systemic racism” hypothesis is correct, surely that would imply that all sub-groups of non-white races would rank lower than whites in measures of income and wealth. Remarkably, in hundreds of pieces in dozens of sources railing about the evils of systemic racism in the U.S., you almost never find anyone considering this kind of a test of the narrative.
Now along comes a guy named Rav Arora with a piece on December 22 at Quillette, headline “A Peculiar Kind of Racist Patriarchy.” Arora takes exactly the approach that the scientific method would suggest, testing the “systemic racism” narrative by seeing whether actual data support or refute its logical consequences. Arora’s piece is filled with dozens of examples of data that are simply inconsistent with the “systemic racism” narrative. I’ll give just a few examples:
• Based on newly released statistics from the US Department of Labor for the third quarter of 2020 . . ., Asian women have now surpassed white men in weekly earnings. That trend has been consistent throughout this past year—an unprecedented outcome. Full-time working Asian women earned $1,224 in median weekly earnings in the third quarter of this year compared to $1,122 earned by their white male counterparts.
• Copious research finds that ethnic minorities and women frequently eclipse their white and male counterparts, even when these identities intersect. Several ethnic minority groups consistently out-perform whites in a variety of categories—higher test scores, lower incarceration rates, and longer life expectancies. According to the latest data from the US Census Bureau, over the 12 months covered by the survey, the median household incomes of Syrian Americans ($74,047), Korean Americans ($76,674), Indonesian Americans ($93,501), Taiwanese Americans ($102,405), and Filipino Americans ($100,273) are all significantly higher than that of whites ($69,823).
• Valerie Wilson at the Economic Policy Institute reports that from 2018 to 2019, Asian and black households had the highest rate of median income growth (10.6 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively) of all main racial groups.
• Despite the greater oppression black women supposedly face compared to white women, a much-publicized 2018 study featured in the New York Times found that black women had slightly higher incomes than white women raised in families with comparable earnings.
This is just a small sample. Mr. Arora’s Quillette piece goes on at great length. There are also additional data that Mr. Arora does not get to, including that median household income for some black ethnic subgroups exceeds the median household income for white Americans. As examples, per the American Community Survey for 2018, the median household income for white Americans was $65,777; but Nigerian-Americans had median household income of $68,658, and Ghanaian-Americans had median household income of $66,571.
Don’t expect the purveyors of the “systemic racism” narrative to be trying to deal with these contradictions any time soon. It’s too easy just to play to progressive guilt, and assume that no one will really bother to check the readily-available data for things that completely undermine the narrative.
News of the Times;
https://thenationalpulse.com/news/yellen-made-millions-speaking-to-wall-street/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/440000-americans-dead-facebook-american-journal-medicine-admit-stand-hcq-wrong-people-prosecuted
https://prayingmedic.com/2021/01/23/the-military-is-the-only-way-what-happens-next/
https://nationalfile.com/video-bidens-earpiece-says-salute-the-marines-so-he-says-salute-the-marines-out-loud-doesnt-salute-them/
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-donald-was-their-final-warning.html
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/bidens-gave-dogs-warm-fluffy-doggie-beds-sleep-made-troops-sleep-cold-hard-floor-parking-garage-paying-attention-yet/
https://thenewamerican.com/biden-girls-must-compete-against-boys-and-share-a-locker-room-women-must-risk-rape-for-trans-rights
https://fee.org/articles/3-harmful-consequences-of-biden-killing-the-keystone-xl-pipeline/
https://national-justice.com/black-lives-matter-organizer-seen-entering-capitol-building-crowd-likely-fbi-agent-provocateur
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/remember-said-betsy-ross-flag-racist-now-not-racist-cuz-joe-biden-used
https://www.city-journal.org/penn-central-railroad-failure-resonates-today
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/release-them-all-tucker-exposes-full-biden-jailbreak-order-for-illegal-aliens/
https://salmartingano.com/2020/05/the-1918-spanish-flu-only-the-vaccinated-died/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/exclusive-independent-journalist-tayler-hansen-riot-turned-deadly-witnessed-us-capitol-riot
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/amazon-demands-person-union-vote-after-arguing-mail-ballots-raise-risk-fraud
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