No comment is necessary. Headline says it all.
Berkeley Plans to Fight Left-Wing Violence With ‘Laughter Yoga’, Singing and Bubbles
One prediction: this will be as effective as Munich in 1938.
Author: Hondo
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Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown Doubles Down on “Teh Stoopid”
Remember former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)? You know, the “fine lady” who ran for re-election to Congress from a district in the Jacksonville, FL, area last year while under Federal indictment for fraud and other charges (20+ total counts)?
You should – she’s been featured in multiple articles here at TAH. But if you need a memory assist, I’ve written about her here; that article links to numerous others about the “fine lady” written by Jonn and TSO.
Well, it seems Ms. Brown is in the news again. And as before, not in a good way.
It appears that well after she lost her try at re-election (she was defeated in the Democratic Primary in late August, 2016), she decided she’d tap campaign funds again – to the tune of more than $13,000 – to pay for things that on the surface certainly appear to be highly questionable if not outright illicit campaign expenses. This Washington Free Beacon article has details.
Frankly, I don’t see any issue. That $11,000+ in “lodging expenses” at a DC-area Marriott in late September seems to be a totally legitimate expense to pay from re-election campaign funds. So what if it was weeks after she lost her bid for reelection – and occurred nowhere near her former Congressional district? Ditto that $2,000+ in “petty cash” withdrawn from those same campaign funds during a period of roughly 2 1/2 weeks starting in mid-October. What’s the problem? (I do hope the sarcasm in this paragraph is obvious.)
Criminy. She was already under indictment, and it certainly looks like she went out and did more of the same. Is she really that freaking stupid?
Don’t bother answering. I think we already know the answer.
To repeat a question I asked in a previous article: I wonder how she looks in an orange jumpsuit?
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For Our Readers’ Amusement
Well, I hope most of our readers will be amused – though I’m reasonably certain that humorless ideologues won’t be.
Gee. That’s too bad.
But since today is the
Communist“Progressive” High Holy Day called May Day, these just seem apropos. (smile)Backstory: longtime readers know I’m into music and am also a somewhat sardonic individual. Sometimes a “modified” lyrical phrase will get stuck in my head – eventually forcing me to complete the tune’s conversion in semi-Yankovician style. (smile)
Without further ado: in the tradition of both “Weird Al” Yankovic and Rocky & Bullwinkle’s “Fractured Fairy Tales”, here are two more “rewritten” popular tunes of yesteryear for your reading pleasure. If you’re unfamiliar with the originals, they can be viewed/listened to here and here.
Enjoy.
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Poodle Logic
Well I’m crisscrossing my homeland
In the Useful Idiot show
Now I’m resting here in Berkeley
Fellow Traveler Central, yoAnd I’m preachin’ to proles daily, but they just laugh
They say I sound just like stuck phonograph
Claim Marx is gone forever
Gone such a long time ago, oh yeahI have never met Mao Zedong
But I plan to find the time
And I’ve never met Joe Stalin
Another true hero of mine‘Cause he looked so fine on Kremlin hill
I say they both were Great Men, they’re Great Men still
No need to fear the commie
Forget all the millions they killed, oh yeahI stepped up on the platform
They forced me to my knees
“Your usefulness has ended son
Time to face the steel breeze
Your soul must ride the breeze”Please tell me you’re just joking, that’s just for show?
I’m really quite superior, why don’t you know?
Wait, what? I’m done forever?
Usefulness ended long ago? Oh, no . . . .Reordering the House
Reordering the house
Now Trump’s the POTUS
Pelosi’s gone to pieces and collapsed in painReordering the house
Progs now duck and cover
Their future journey’ will be over rough terrainReordering the house
Real-world wisdom
Leftists all punch drunk, staggering aroundReordering the house
There’s a new, brand new sheriff
And the new guy in charge is gonna turn the whole thing ’roundHe’s brash and outspoken
Don’t like it? Well, boo hoo
Just what did you expect
He’s a Noo Yawker through and throughReordering the house
For the Left, hurts like flame
Even the Vermont Commie seems to feel ashamedReordering the house
Now maybe we’ll get lucky
And the Earth will open and swallow up the 4th estateClintons got their paycheck
Now maybe they’ll both go away
They can go to Paris or to Fiji – and maybe there they’ll stayHome again of the brave and the land of the free
And much better off now without HillaryReordering the house
Plans didn’t work out
Libs sprawled across the davenport of despairReordering the house
If you can’t stand your losses
Then keep your word, and get the hell out of hereAppropriate apologies to Walter Becker, Donald Fagan, Jorge Calderón, and the late Warren Zevon for the above satirical modifications to their original lyrics.
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Bill Nye . . . the Eugenics Guy?
Seems that Bill Nye, the anti-freedom propagandist who originally made his name popularizing science, is propagandizing on a wider range of subjects these days. And he’s catching some well-deserved heat for his most recent public position as a result.
Nye’s already shown his true colors by coming out in favor of jailing “climate deniers” – a rather odd and, frankly, hypocritical position for someone who makes his living courtesy of the First Amendment IMO. His newest position only further confirms his anti-freedom/pro-authoritarian bias.
In a panel discussion on his new Netflix show, Nye recently seemed to come out quite clearly in favor of penalizing people who choose to have “extra” children.
Yeah, you read that correctly. Nye apparently is in favor of government-imposed limits on family size.
Perhaps someone should remind the dipstick that this isn’t a new idea. Communist China already tried it.
It was called their “one-child policy”. It was virtually universally considered an egregious and unconscionable violation of human rights. China formally ended the policy in 2015.
Any government policy that results in compulsory family planning and coerced sterilizations – as did China’s implementation of its “one-child policy” – is simply not something I find acceptable. As far as I’m concerned, Bill Nye can go straight to hell.
And no, Nye: history quite clearly shows it won’t be “done right this time around”. Dictatorship never is.
Freedom may be messy and difficult. But life as a free citizen is infinitely preferable to life as a serf – who is told by their lord and master what he or she can and cannot do and say.
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An Update on Everyone’s “Favorite” Berkeley Alumnus
Now, don’t jump to conclusions – the “fine individual” I’m referring to doesn’t seem to comment here. (smile)
It looks like our “favorite” Frank Zappa/Leon Trotsky wannabe lookalike is getting the attention he apparently craves. But as is often the case, perhaps he should have heeded the old proverb: “Be careful what you wish, you just might get it.”
Drexel professor and self-proclaimed
leftist idiot“actual communist” George Ciccariello-Maher is in the news again. In case anyone’s forgotten, this is themoronic jerktool made famous by his “white genocide” and “want to vomit” Tweets over the past few months. Jonn’s written about him before.Well, it seems as if Drexel University caught a bit of heat over the “fine professor’s” commentary – which apparently also includes a Tweet where he urges people to “off the pigs”. At least two prominent Drexel donors have withheld promised donations to Drexel, apparently due to Ciccarielo-Maher’s commentary. Numerous other prospective students have recently apparently told Drexel, “Um, thanks . . . but no thanks” as well due to the guy’s idiocy – and have elected to go to school elsewhere.
Nonetheless, it also appears that Drexel’s leadership may be “getting the message”.
Cigarillo-MoronCiccariello-Maher reputedly received an email earlier this month (3 April) from Drexel’s Provost expressing concern regarding his “extremely damaging conduct.” The email also advised him that “a special committee of inquiry” had been formed “to investigate your conduct and provide findings and recommendations.”Yeah, the professor had the right to speak his mind. But unlike Ivory tower academia or some mythical Progressive Utopia, in the real world actions have consequences. And Drexel is a private university – so they have the right to fire someone who’s costing them money without worrying about Free Speech or civil service issues. I’d personally be overjoyed if the Drexel leadership decided to let this tool go ASAP.
Yo, “professor”: free speech doesn’t equate to “zero consequences for anything you say”, dipstick. It only means the government can’t regulate what you have to say. Employers outside the government can and often do take note of what you say – and sometimes take action when your public words hurt their reputation.
A private employer can fire your stank-ass if what you say costs them mucho dinero or damages their reputation; I’m thinking you might be about to find that out fairly soon. And even government agencies can discipline employees who violate internal policies relating to offensive speech.
But I’ll say this about free speech: as you’ve proven here, free speech certainly does make it easier for idiots to identify themselves to the rest of the world. (smile)
(Hat tip to TAH commenter Bobo for the original version of the last phrase.)
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“Stopped Clock Principle” Proven Again
Can’t say I think much of – or often agree with – Bill Maher. But IMO he certainly hits the nail on the head here:
Bill Maher: UC Berkeley is ‘the cradle for f—king babies’
So, what did Berkeley do to get under Maher’s skin? He was referring to the recent trend of UC-B (and other universities) caving and “uninviting” conservative speakers in response to student complaints.
The short linked article has another gem or two in the way of quotes from Maher. It’s definitely worth the two minutes to read for those alone.
Well done, Mr. M. You’re proof that at least a few liberals don’t always merit the title “libidiot”.
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Four More Return
DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel.
From World War II
• S1c Milton R. Surratt, US Navy, assigned to the crew of the USS Oklahoma, was lost at Pearl Haror, HI, on 7 December 1941. He was accounted for on 14 April 2017.
• 2nd Lt George S. Bussa, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa Atoll on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 19 April 2017.
From Korea
• SFC Richard G. Cushman, A Company, 72nd Medium Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 5 December 1950. He was accounted for on 12 April 2017.
• PVT Walter F. Piper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army, was lost in North Korea on 13 February 1951. He was accounted for on 18 April 2017.
Welcome back, elder brother-in-arms. Our apologies that your return took so long.
Rest in peace. You’re home now.
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Over 73,000 US personnel remain unaccounted for from World War II; over 7,800 US personnel remain unaccounted for from the Korean War; and over 1,600 remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (SEA). Comparison of DNA from recovered remains against DNA from some (but not all) blood relatives can assist in making a positive ID for unidentified remains that have already been recovered, or which may be recovered in the future.
On their web site’s “Contact Us” page, DPAA now has FAQs. The answer to one of those FAQs describes who can and cannot submit DNA samples useful in identifying recovered remains. The chart giving the answer can be viewed here. The text associated with the chart is short and can be viewed in DPAA’s FAQs.
If your family lost someone in one of these conflicts and you qualify to submit a DNA sample, please arrange to submit one. By doing that you just might help identify the remains of a US service member who’s been repatriated but not yet been identified – as well as a relative of yours, however distant. Or you may help to identify remains to be recovered in the future.
Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all while serving this nation.
Author’s Note: A previous “No Longer Missing” article inadvertently included an erroneous entry for one of the above individuals which listed the wrong name and location of loss for that individual. The prior article has been corrected by removing the erroneous entry. The correct entry appears above.
My apologies for the error.
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HuffPo Gets Punked
Oh, this is rich.
I know few regular TAH readers are HuffPo fans. Well, recently they showed their “mad journalistic skilz”.
Seems that HuffPo South Africa published – then retracted – some obvious bullsh!t masquerading as an op/ed piece. It seems that someone purporting to be a feminist from South Africa wrote a piece advocating that voting rights be withheld from white males to “wrestle control of the world back from white males”. The restriction wouldn’t be permanent – only “for 20 years (just less than a generation)”.
The claimed “author” was, of course, fake. And the person who actually wrote the ridiculous trollbait HuffPo swallowed apparently did it to prove a point: that the HuffPo would publish anything that fit their editorial worldview, regardless of truth or suitability. Seems as if the article didn’t even meet HuffPo’s own guidelines for publication.
Oh, did I mention that the HuffPo went so far as to post an article defending the obvious bullsh!t before realizing it was bullsh!t? They were forced afterwards not only to run a retraction, but to explicitly state that they were in favor of universal suffrage.
Heat Street has an article giving more details. It’s a hoot.
“Mad journalistic skilz”, indeed. “Gullible morons” is more accurate.
But hey, we’re talking the HuffPo. We should expect no less!
