This should give the DOJ something to look into.
Current Sr. Google Engineer Goes Public on Camera: Tech is “dangerous,” “taking sides”
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24JUL2019 – American Greatness Post of the Day – Sorting Out the New Color Wheel by Anthony Esolen
Here’s a fun mockery of the concept of racial entitlement. As an Italian American of southern extraction I chuckled at the idea that somehow Elizabeth Warren was mistaken for a “woman of color” but I was oviously just an undeserving white man.
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/23/sorting-out-the-new-color-wheel/
My favorite line, “In America today, a family legend that a thrice-great-uncle was or may have been part cigar store Indian wins you some points for enrollment at Harvard.”
Reading Some More Tea Leaves
Tom Friedman of the New York Times is one of my least favorite people. And the last thing I want to do is provide the NY Times with clicks. But the teaser was just so delicious I couldn’t resist:
“I’m struck at how many people have come up to me recently and said, “Trump’s going to get re-elected, isn’t he?” And in each case, when I drilled down to ask why, I bumped into the Democratic presidential debates in June. I think a lot of Americans were shocked by some of the things they heard there. I was.”
And Friedman was far from the only panicky lefty begging the Democrat voters not to jump on the Crazy Train to Bizarro World. That’s the place where $37 trillion green new deals come to life and send Democrat candidates over the rainbow but not into the White House.
Here are the links but don’t feel obligated to click. I’ve suffered so you don’t have to.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/trump-2020.html
Looking at today’s RealClearPolitics poll numbers Creepy Uncle Joe Biden seems to have regained his large lead in all the primary polls available. Now whether this is manufactured or not is always very hard to tell since gaslighting is their principal stock in trade. After all the drama last week I was very curious to see if one of the zanier candidates like Booker or Beto might have benefitted from the show of solidarity for the Four Horsefaces of the Apocalypse by the House.
But anyway you slice it, less crazy Democrats are getting very worried that the nuttier positions that all the Democrat candidates have agreed with (e.g., full healthcare for illegal aliens) will scare away all moderates and independents. And they should be scared. Especially when we know that the next debate coming up will be powered by the rage engendered by President Trump’s masterful trolling of Ilhan Omar. Without a doubt illegal immigration will be an important subject and nutty things are bound to come out. And in that crowd, there will be a strong temptation to say way too much.
But maybe Friedman’s column and the other ones are a signal that cooler heads are already applying the brakes to the Crazy Train and that the next debate will be more about demonstrating the moderate and statesmanlike behavior that Creepy Uncle Joe displays whenever he’s tied to the two-wheeler and they remember to use both the bite mask and straitjacket.
This should be a very interesting week. On Tuesday Boris Johnson will be appointed leader of the Tories and that will mean he’ll be Prime Minister as soon as they can get him a sword or powdered wig or whatever. Johnson has sworn to complete Brexit by Halloween. Well, that’s right around the corner so he’s going to have to get his butt in gear ASAP. Making it happen will be far from a cakewalk so there may be fireworks on the horizon.
But the week after this is the next Dem debate. And as I described above, it will be seen whether the grownups are back in charge or the lunatics are still running the asylum. My money has been with the grownups and if I’m right Biden will have a very good night. But, of course, what I’d prefer is for Spartacus or Mayor Pete to put his pinky next to the corner of his mouth and in his best Dr. Evil impression declare that he will demand that America pay “one googol dollars!” in reparations to everyone who doesn’t work for a living and won’t vote for Donald Trump.
I have to confess the last few weeks have been confusing but I’m encouraged by just how much naked fear is being expressed by the Progressives who have jobs in the Media. I think they know that a second term will put an end to the success of the “Oust-Trump” bandwagon that they’ve been living off for the last three years. They’re desperate and they know if the crazies run this campaign their goose is cooked. Well, I think their goose is cooked regardless. But fear, uncertainty and disinformation (FUD) is always wonderful when it’s running loose in the enemy camp. “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.”
Article on Chinese Americans Joining the Right
Interesting article on Chinese Americans and how they find more in common with the Right than with the Left.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/chinese-american-right-new-generations-immigrants/
So here’s one of the first cracks in the coalition of the bribed. The Chinese Americans came here because they know what socialism means and preferred the meritocratic American system. They invested in educating their kids assuming they’d be competing on merit. Now they see the Democrats instituting the grievance based admissions criteria at Harvard and in the New York City Elite High Schools and it doesn’t seem just to them. Looks like one of the up and coming groups is not as woke as their allies think.
Could President Trump Alter the Outcome of the Democrat Primary?
President Trump appears to me to be forcing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat candidates for president to line up behind the Four Horsefaces of the Apocalypse. Opinions differ as to how intentional are the rhetorical attacks that President Trump initiates on Twitter. I would have to say that this one is extremely deliberate. Nancy Pelosi was actively reining in these bomb throwers just to protect herself and the rest of the 2020 candidates from being tarred with the same crazy brush that these females decorate themselves with. But once he laid on the “go back to your rathole country,” nice and thick Nancy and all the other democrat clowns were backed into a corner and had to embrace the four harridans.
This is brilliant. These harpies are on record with so much anti-American venom that even a child will be able to put together a greatest hits reel for the Republican 2020 campaigns. Who knows? It might even be possible to unseat a few of these psychos. But regardless, what it might really do is energize the democrat primary voters to throw poor old Creepy Uncle Joe under the bus and nominate Kamala Harris or even (be still my beating heart) Cory Booker! Can you imagine Spartacus up there on the stage with President Trump at the debates? It’s all Booker can do now to remember to put his pants on. He’ll probably bolt if he gets too flustered.
All along I’ve maintained that the power brokers in the DNC will put their thumbs on the scale and throw the nomination to Biden. But what if Trump pushes the Dems to a place much farther along in their intersectional identity politics calculus? What if his insults catalyze the anti-white position into a mandate? Then Bernie, Biden, Buttigieg and even Warren become personae non gratae. Oh, wouldn’t that be lovely?
It is my contention that Barack Obama’s obvious anti-white bias and the pathetic economic policies of his administration have inoculated America from feeling racist for voting against a black candidate. That and the drum beat of woke sentiment has finally started to wise up Americans to the Left’s white guilt playbook. That’s why I think a Harris or Booker candidacy would be a boon to President Trump and all of us. If Harris gets blown out in a landslide it would put to rest the whole demographics is destiny hustle. As many on the Dissident Right have pointed out the Coalition of the Entitled don’t really like each other all that well. In fact, the only thing they dislike more than each other is normal white men. So, if you pick a candidate that doesn’t belong to the particular sliver of the coalition that is up for grabs (Hispanics for instance) then chances are you could be out of luck on Election Day if the Republican does a good job of selling his record or platform. And if some of those slivers, like white women and Hispanic traditionalists, start thinking that their interests actually align better with the Republicans than with the America-hating Squad then things could get very interesting.
So, my thesis is that President Trump is jabbing at “the Squad” in order to drive the Democrats to solidarity around them. His intent is to associate the Democrats with these America-hating crazy women and make them less electable. And possibly he would like to radicalize the Democrat primary electorate to nominate a sure loser like Harris or Booker. Now, have I changed my mind about the inevitability of Biden? Not yet. These things blow over and Biden really is the only dwarf with even a snowball’s chance in Hell in 2020. I’ll recalibrate based on whether President Trump’s attacks on the Horsefaces continue or abate. Either way I’m really enjoying this extended election season and I anticipate a bumper crop of election night Democrat caterwauls.
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17JUL2019 – OCF Update
As the days of my vacation dwindle down I am reminded of the importance of prioritizing tasks. Yesterday I returned the lenses and teleconverters to the rental company, taking a flurry of photos right before packing them up. Just as a preliminary statement without actually having analyzed any of the files I took with the Mitakon SpeedMaster 50mm f/0.95, I will go out on a limb and guess that I won’t want to own this lens. First off its a manual lens (which isn’t a deal breaker by itself). Secondly the aperture is not only manual but it doesn’t register on my Sony A7 III files. And thirdly, I’m kind of a sharp lens junky. This lens is not that kind of lens. At f/0.95, sharpness isn’t even a possibility. So, I’m guessing I’ll be giving it a pass. But that’s not to say I might find some applications where it makes sense to use it.
I will also review the Sony 100-400mm GM zoom lens. This is a very good and useful lens that I’m very interested in. There will be a lot of comparisons between the 400 with and without the 1.4X and 2X teleconverters attached.I’ll have a lot more to say about these combinations but one thing I will state upfront is that telephoto work is a lot more than a honking big lens. Technique is everything. Using monopods, tripods, teleconverters, polarizers and using the correct camera modes for ISO, exposure and focus are every bit as important as the lens. And hand holding a very heavy lens is an art in and of itself.
The political news cycle is jam packed with important and bizarre occurrences so I actually have to show restraint and concentrate on the most entertaining items. Otherwise I might overload on SJW outrage and lose my sunny disposition.
On the review front, today I’ll be reviewing the last episode of Twilight Zone, Season Four. That will be the last of the hour long episodes and back to the half hour format that I think works best for this genera. So that means we have about ten more weeks of TZ articles.
Last week the first phase of ShatnerKhan began. And as expected it was cheesy and pathetic. It exceeded all expectations. I will write up this first volley soon and all will be amazed at how truly sad an acting career can be.
Stay tuned.
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Peter Thiel Says CIA and FBI Should Probe Google
It seems they may be getting a little too chummy with the Chinese military intelligence.
But they hold the US intelligence agencies at arms length for some reason. Interesting.
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Deportation, an Antifa Termination and a Presidential Denunciation
Three related occurrences this week caught my eye. The first was the long-awaited beginning of illegal alien deportations. ICE officers began serving papers and arresting the illegal aliens that either lost their asylum cases or skipped out on the procedure. President Trump had delayed this action for two weeks at the request of Nancy Pelosi but since the Democrat House did exactly nothing to legislate some compromise on illegal immigration the deportation actions are moving forward.
The second was the attack on an ICE detention center by some antifa kook who apparently wanted to commit suicide by policeman. He brought a rifle to a detention center and started lighting cars on fire possibly hoping to shoot the occupants running from the facility. But they called the police and the officers put him out of his lunacy. Apparently, he was a 69-year-old “activist” who was looking for the ultimate way to signal his virtue.
The third item was President Trump’s “tweet” noting that the immigrant democrat congresswomen who are always criticizing the United States didn’t stay in their own countries and fix the dysfunctional societies they belonged to. I have to paste a copy of it here. It’s too good to only paraphrase:
“So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!”
So after some delays and side issues, illegal immigration is in center stage again where it belongs. President Trump is a shrewd judge of human nature and he realizes that following through on the deportations will have both a profound negative impact on Democrat morale and at the same time powerfully encourage his own followers. He also realizes that not deporting the illegals will have the opposite effect on both sides. So, he is doing what is necessary. And that is not to say that it is easy. He will be bombarded with negative press and attacked by Democrats such as the above referenced immigrant congresswomen. And there will be activists that will try to create havoc such as the man attacking the ICE detention center. The truth of the matter is there isn’t another leader on the Right who would have the guts to even try doing it. He deserves credit for it.
Now where does it go from here? My guess is that if the deportations continue then Pelosi will try to negotiate. And therein lies a trap. For she will delay and equivocate. If President Trump allows another moratorium on deportations while Pelosi performs the delay dance it will be demoralizing. Hopefully he will let the pressure of ongoing deportations motivate the Democrats to come up with some bipartisan actions that will satisfy both sides.
You might ask what would satisfy our side. Something I could imagine would be a moratorium on deportations in exchange for full border wall implementation, changes in legislation that allowed for illegals apprehended at the border that claim refugee status being kept out of the country until after winning their case in court, tough legislation punishing so-called sanctuary cities with loss of funding and finally legislation that accurately identifies the existing illegal aliens in the country and targets any criminal individuals with immediate deportation. And identifying the illegals will also allow us to eliminate voter fraud by them.
The important thing is to put them on their heels. Start enforcing the law all the time and to the fullest extent. Don’t accept their narrative for how to look at actions and judge motivations. Don’t let them tell you what you’re allowed to think or do.
Of course, President Trump is the master deal maker and the biggest deal he’ll ever make is his negotiation with the American people for his second term. That is why he will play all the right cards. The booming economy, his judicial appointments and the policies that he has instituted (e.g., reining in the EPA on CO2 hysteria) will all help him put together a winning hand. But the ace in the deck is draining off the flood of illegal immigration. Hopefully he’ll have that card in his hand next November.
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President Will Use Executive Action to Add Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census
This is interesting.
https://nypost.com/2019/07/11/trump-to-hold-news-conference-about-census-citizenship-question/
Now why does he think the Federal judges who have blocked his earlier actions won’t block this? I’m guessing that statement by Barr means there is a tactical advantage to using an executive order to move forward. Maybe he can get a quick review by the Supreme Court this way. Stay tuned.
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The President’s Social Media Meeting is Today
President Trump is hosting a meeting with non-leftist web personalities to discuss the anti-right bias at places like Twitter, Facebook and Google.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/9/trump-v-big-tech-social-media-summit-will-snub-tec/
The White House hasn’t published the invite list but many participants have self identified.
Along with well-known media figures like James O’Keefe of Project Veritas, I read that the Claremont Institute was invited. I’m especially glad to hear that because of several members of that institute (e.g., Michael Anton and Angelo Codevilla) have shown themselves to be almost prescient about what needs to be done to reverse some of the damage done by the left.
It will be interesting to hear from the participants afterwards to see what they think will come from this meeting.
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