Faster Pander More

I'm blaming a two month lockdown for making everyone crazy.

The Minneapolis Student City Council will disband the police. Not cray-cray, by the way - Camden NJ disbanded the city police force and ended the union. Hired back a lot of the old cops and more young ones, doubling the size of the force while cutting payroll. A few years later the police voted to re-unionize. Camden has been handling the recent protests successfully. Keep hope alive!

Meanwhile, in another wing of the asylum insurgents have overrun the NY Times editors office. Editorial Page editor James Bennet will be leaving to spend more time with his book deal, or something. Times coverage notes his earlier mis-steps at the Times. This will warm hearts here:

Mr. Bennet’s tenure as editorial page editor, which started in 2016, was marked by several missteps. Last spring, The Times apologized for an anti-Semitic cartoon that appeared in the Opinion pages of its international edition.

Last August, a federal appellate court found that Sarah Palin, the former vice-presidential candidate, could proceed with a defamation lawsuit against The Times over an editorial edited by Mr. Bennet that inaccurately linked her statements to the 2011 shooting of a congresswoman.

Ben Smith, now of the Times, reports on other Newsrooms Burning. This paragraph is an instant classic, my emphasis:

But the shift in mainstream American media — driven by a journalism that is more personal, and reporters more willing to speak what they see as the truth without worrying about alienating conservatives — now feels irreversible. It is driven in equal parts by politics, the culture and journalism’s business model, relying increasingly on passionate readers willing to pay for content rather than skittish advertisers.

Alienating progressives remains a critical worry.

That media dynamic - the hunt for clicks and likes from engaged partisans - got a lot of attention during the Covington HS meltdown.

 

 

Comments

[Narciso]

A very nuanced look at things

https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1269705027700117506

[Narciso]

That does seem to be a dangerous combination not conducive to good health.

[GUS]

So, we are all RACIST, BIGOTS. Then the horde of BLACK RIOTERS, Destroy, burn and create Mayhem.
People are beaten, and stores are LOOTED and burned.
Unless you have missing skills and do not notice, the WILDING going on....you are not going to support this NONSENSICAL VIOLENCE. Unless you are a complete moron, with critical thinking skills.

[GUS]

The COMMIES, and the BLACK COMMIES MATTER, are not interested in TRUTH, nor debate/discussion.

We need to learn that and KNOW THAT.

[Narciso]

Let me try again:

https://tinyurl.com/yc35lyca

[Narciso]

I know scary larry has a clue about every 20 years still.

[Narciso]

Curious that:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlirezaNader/status/1269798169430364160

[Narciso]

The brainslugs are too dug in

https://mobile.twitter.com/roddreher/status/1269777427653419010

[Narciso]

Irony or memorex

https://mobile.twitter.com/BDSixsmith/status/1269728397019754502

[DrJ]

Here you go Jim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhAwqPBPIEM

Smetana, Moldau, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. They do a pretty good job.

[JimNorCal]

I can't listen now without disturbing my better half :) :)
But in the morning.

[JimNorCal]

Minnesota: "We recognize that we don’t have all the answers about what a police-free future looks like ..."

Ig: This seems to me somewhat like jumping off the Empire State Building and on the way down saying you don't have all the answers about what a landing is going to look like.

TM, disappointingly, repeats leftie talking point: "Not cray-cray, by the way - Camden NJ disbanded the city police force and ended the union." (Sure, let's try it in YOUR community next!)

PowerLine commenter: "Camden abolished its police force...and transferred law enforcement to the county." So, really, they didn't go "police-free", they stopped paying, became essentially an unincorporated area, and let the County handle it.

Another PL commenter asks the logical follow up: "if you were a state trooper or Hennepin county deputy, would you patrol Mpls?"
Well, if it was you, WOULD you?

But a similar experiment in NYC may be proceeding to a conclusion without the steady guiding hand the City Council. Yet another PL commenter:
"Sources are reporting that the NYPD Commissioner and Chief Of Department are resigning and between 300 and 800 officers are retiring immediately."

[JimNorCal]

More from the comment stream

"Community organizers will respond to issues. I am not joking. I went to their Facebook page and read the proposal. There are no bad guys, just victims of society. Its incredibly naive. They really think there are no real criminals."

[JimNorCal]

This is the article with those comments.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/06/minneapolis-prepares-to-abolish-its-police-department.php

[JimNorCal]

First I've read of this, though I hasten to add, its speculation. Other commenters suggest viewing the PL post on Candace Owens but I haven't.

"Is there any media anywhere talking about George Floyd's criminal past? I just read on Viva frei he once held a gun to a pregnant woman's stomach while his buddies robbed her house. "

[Barbara]

Pinandpuller @12:39 am

My thoughts exactly.

[Barbara]

JimSunnyvale,

If they think the past week was bad, wait until the trial. If the jury doesn't find them all guilty, it will explode. Maybe even if they do find them guilty. Been there, done that in LA.

[DrJ]

More Leontyne Price:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOWCa1HkfBM

Traviata. What a voice!

[rse]

We were watching DDD on food network last night when the commercial announcement for oprah's 2 day event came on.

Her voice with the words "what do we demand now?"

Don't forget she is also featuring atl mayor, not just abrams. The one who was quite sure kemp was going to get georgians killed because of his 'premature' opening.

[rse]

Barbara--

or the arbery case. He grabbed the shotgun resulting in his firing it into himself. It will be hard to convict yet the # of times the m word is repeated will make it hard to accept the actual facts as well as the history of the dead victim that is relevant to what led to their actions that precipitated the events around their deaths.

Just like with trayvon and michael brown.

What do we demand now? Is she enunciating in a menacing tone live from her estate in santa barbara?

[Neo]

The whole "defund the police" meme has guaranteed that nothing will come of this.
They might as well just demanded that the letter "M" be stricken from the English language.

Hostages -- Steve Martin
I feel good tonight. I finally got something I always wanted and that's important. It really is.

I finally got some hostages.

Well, you see so many people with hostages nowadays and you say "Hey, I'd like some, too!" So I've got three of 'em, they're really nice people. We get along great, they're tied in a sack outside at the top of the flagpole. And I'm gonna blow 'em up at midnight, too.

Unless, of course, I get my three demands.
A hundred thousand in cash,
getaway car
and I want the letter M stricken from the English language.

See, you have to make one crazy demand, that way, if you get caught, you can plead insanity.

Ha.... Getaway car.

[hoyden]

Test.

[hoyden]

This is what happens when Liberals progress from snorting toxic toad venom to mainlining it. Things are quiet in Minnedishu right now. I hope Minnesotans outside the asylum are taking note of the events. Coeur d'Alene looks like a nice place.

Is a left-hand Remington 870 Express compatible with a 16” barrel. Or maybe pay the tax and go full sawed off. Asking for a friend.

[James D.]

we have two daughters who are fighting us on all this nonsense, too. They're teenagers

Teenagers are supposed to be emotional and passionate and largely wrong about stuff, because they have all the energy of youth without much in the way of knowledge or experience to temper it.

Which is why, for much of history, up until the late 1950's, societies understood that they shouldn't really be listened to, and they certainly shouldn't be setting the agenda for the entire direction and morality and government policies of the country.

But now we let teenagers - and, worse, adults who never grew out of their teenaged idiocy - run the world, and we can see where that's gotten us.

[Jane]

Good Morning!

Nice day here so far. We need the Barr report to come out soon.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
7h
Could it be even remotely possible that in Roger Goodell’s rather interesting statement of peace and reconciliation, he was intimating that it would now be O.K. for the players to KNEEL, or not to stand, for the National Anthem, thereby disrespecting our Country & our Flag?

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
8h
Colin Powell was a pathetic interview today on Fake News CNN. In his time, he was weak & gave away everything to everybody - so bad for the USA. Also got the “weapons of mass destruction” totally wrong, and you know what that mistake cost us? Sad! Only negative questions asked.

[Old Lurker]

James "But now we let teenagers - and, worse, adults who never grew out of their teenaged idiocy - run the world, and we can see where that's gotten us."

Don't wait until they are teens to teach them...

Ask YL1 & YL2 what they learned from their father when, at about 6&8 they told him it was bad for the planet to let the water run while he brushed his teeth.

(Our water comes from the Potomac River and returns to the Potomac River whence it flows to the bay and the ocean. The only thing wasted was the treatment and distribution, which I paid for and was willing to pay for, and which cost was slanted to provide assistance to lower income areas of DC)

[Porchlight]

I forget, aren't you at a college library? Are there any students?
Out here in NorCal, the Karen-ocracy is busy inventing data to justify continued distance learning. No in person classes this year in many places.

Yes, at UT Austin. No students this summer. No one anywhere on campus, really.

UT is supposedly committed to bringing back students in the fall but the rumor is right now that many courses will still be online. If they try this they're all going to look so ridiculous come August when the entire city is back to normal but campus is mostly deserted. And why should the Lege keep handing them money when they aren't educating students on campus?

They really do think a second wave is hitting. Because NPR told them so.

[Old Lurker]

I dreamnt up a book I wish would be written.

Imagine a collaborative book by VDH, Amity Shlaes, and Thomas Sowell (it being too late to involve Milton Friedman) that would describe human history up to today as it relates to Slavery & Freedom, Productivity, and Income Distribution.

[KevlarKid]

Tx for that tasty track, Beastiest!

[James D.]

Janet posted this link on FB - as though we needed more proof of how insulated and ignorant the NYT truly is:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/what-exactly-does-the-new-york-times-think-the-alamo-is/?fbclid=IwAR2YCQd5-gYiwAG0JMrM_NBYMl_VFodPHO2f-cDNbJMUijUqKCeTJMfWiLs

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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27s
LAW & ORDER, NOT DEFUND AND ABOLISH THE POLICE. The Radical Left Democrats have gone Crazy!

[Melinda]

OL-

Sending mail....

[MissMarple2]

.@MittRomney is marching with a group of nearly 1,000 Christians to the White House. Here he is on video saying why he’s walking: “... to make sure that people understand that Black Lives Matter” https://t.co/KCxJNchCMs pic.twitter.com/Za0Am2WL8g

— Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) June 7, 2020

Video at the link.
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President Trump comments:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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8m
Tremendous sincerity, what a guy. Hard to believe, with this kind of political talent, his numbers would “tank” so badly in Utah!

[MissMarple2]

Jewish City Girl
@ConservCityGirl
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Jun 7
Does anyone know if there are special looting hours for seniors?

[MissMarple2]

Secretary Pompeo
@SecPompeo
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8m
Former Guatemalan Presidential Chief of Staff Gustavo Adolfo Alejos Cambara's corrupt actions undermine the rule of law in Guatemala. As a result, I am publicly designating him as ineligible for entry into the U.S. We stand #UnitedAgainstCorruption with the people of Guatemala.

[MissMarple2]

Steve Herman
@W7VOA
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11m
On @POTUS schedule today: A roundtable with law enforcement in the @WhiteHouse State Dining Room at 15:00 EDT (19:00 UTC).

[Melinda]

This is an interesting set of parallels.

https://bermudaradical.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/black-like-mao-red-china-black-revolution/

[Threadkiller]

SWC:

https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/06/08/social-justice-warrior-ing-a-class-soon-to-be-taught-at-the-fbi-academy

[MissMarple2]

Richard Danna
@rickdanna4719
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13m
The DOW is back to 27K, which is what it was right b4 the pandemic scare. So much for all the Bill Maher types hoping for recession in order to defeat Trump. So far the riots & looting isnt working either. What do the Dems have in store for our country next to try to hurt POTUS?
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You know if an attorney in Kentucky is speculating on that, intelligence in DC is, too.

[James D.]

melinda @ 8:49

The NY Times is 100% onboard with the ideas of that article. Here's Charles Blow in today's paper:

We will have to come to see and accept that this system of oppression has been actively, energetically designed and deployed over centuries, and it takes centuries of equally active and energetic efforts to dismantle it.

We must make ourselves comfortable with the notion that for the privileged, equality will feel like oppression, and that things — legacy power, wealth accumulation, cultural influence — will not be advantaged by whiteness.

[James D.]

Oh, and the NYT also gives space today to our own answer to Dr. Mengele, Zeke Emanuel...

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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12m
CNN Polls are as Fake as their Reporting. Same numbers, and worse, against Crooked Hillary. The Dems would destroy America!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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4m
The Lamestream Media refuses to talk about our Country’s record setting Jobs Numbers, which are indicating GREATNESS, and soon!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
1m
96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you!

[Porchlight]

96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you!

Trump has been hammering his high Republican approval rating for years now. I think it's smart. His supporters may feel isolated in comparison to non-Republicans but at least they know they're united against the NeverTrumpers, who are in no man's land.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Trump understands this to some extent but most conservatives don't; in a world in which the institutions are ruled by progs, we are now the radicals.

Something else many don't understand; while Alinsky was a Marxist turd he was a very smart turd. And even more than they worked against the old "Establishment", his rules for radicals will work against the rigid, orthodox ponderous, self-satisfied fossilized mammoth of leftism.

[Porchlight]

I've always liked The Moldau. I have one of my dad's LPs where it's paired with Dvorak's New World Symphony and (I think) the Slavonic Dances. Used to play it in college all the time.

[MissMarple2]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slams China for exploiting George Floyd’s death with their “obscene propaganda.” Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, @GordonGChang, calls it just part of Beijing's malicious disinformation campaign.https://t.co/pKnTk8QlPs

— Fox & Friends First (@FoxFriendsFirst) June 8, 2020

Video at link of Gordon Chang.

[Neo]

For months, people have been showing up at hospitals saying "I can't breathe"

[Porchlight]

Yes, the Rules for Radicals work against any establishment. Trump and his supporters have used many of them effectively.

My favorite is Rule #6.

"A good tactic is one your people enjoy." They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones.

This applies to the meme culture which Trump supporters love and embrace. Most obviously because their candidate was/is so memeable. Sure, his opposition can meme against him - but the memes FOR Trump were so much more joyous and fun.

[Neo]

Seen elsewhere:
A family friend has been involved in Minnesota and Minneapolis DFL
politics for easily forty years now. He has said to tell conservatives
far and wide that this happened as a result of the city's institution of
rank voting. Jacob Frey became mayor with 26% of the vote.

[JimNorCal]

A sentiment I've heard here.
Politically conservative humans, even if Christian, no longer welcome. Even if Catholic.
http://bejohngalt.com/2020/06/its-getting-harder-to-be-a-catholic/
It’s Getting Harder to Be a Catholic

With the exception of a handful of faithful bishops, Catholics no longer speak out on abortion or homosexuality, but they speak out loudly on social justice issues and become increasingly dependent of the US government for funding through migrant settlements, etc.

(Church Militant): "In a bald-faced violation of their individual civil rights as American citizens, Washington, D.C.’s Abp. Wilton Gregory is ordering his clergy to dress in cassocks (or at least blacks) and protest President Trump at 11 a.m. Monday morning at Lafayette Park, and then march to the White House at noon. ... Inside sources tell Church Militant that Gregory is angry at the local D.C. Knights of Columbus who had invited President Trump to the John Paul II National Shrine, an invitation reportedly extended weeks earlier. ... According to those close to the unfolding events, Gregory is trying to orchestrate a media event whereby national news outlets will report that the “Catholic Church in America does not believe Trump is fit for office” and is using his own clergy to paint that picture."

[Captain Hate]

Ask YL1 & YL2 what they learned from their father when, at about 6&8 they told him it was bad for the planet to let the water run while he brushed his teeth.

The Hatettes knew the wages of trying that on me, although come to think of it I've always kept the water off while brushing by rote, and tried that on Mrs. H. It was an occasion for her to assert her parental right to ignore their unwelcome demands.

[Captain Hate]

What's next for Mutt Rombley? Join the Nation of Islam? Leave Ann for Tank Abrams? Where does the pandering stop?

[JimNorCal]

https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2020/06/highlights-of-news_8.html
"Police charged Rosas with criminal mischief in the third degree and making graffiti, alleging that he was the getaway driver for two women who tagged the famous house of worship with spray-painted slogans on May 30.

"Yadir Avila Rosas, 26, was taken into custody at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, an NYPD spokeswoman told The Post.

In New York, you cannot go to church to pray but you can go there to desecrate it.

[JimNorCal]

Also, check Don's item 6, comparing the Hillary vs Trump primary vote in 2016 to the totals for PDJT and Biden this year. Of course, by this point both candidates are essentially running unopposed.

Zito said, "Judging by the numbers so far, President Trump drew voters out in force. With almost 98% of districts counted, Republicans have cast more than 861,000 ballots for Donald Trump, with 734,000 Democrats voting for Joe Biden."

In 2016, Hillary had 935,107 votes in the Pennsylvania primary. President Trump had 902,593. Nevertheless, he carried the state that November.

[Extraneus]

"Sources are reporting that the NYPD Commissioner and Chief Of Department are resigning and between 300 and 800 officers are retiring immediately."

Good if true. Not so good for the citizens, of course, but this is what they voted for.

[JimmyK checking Zillow for places in Austin]

[MissMarple2]

The E Man
Flag of United States
All Fun & games until cops show up
@DETECTIVE4LIFE
·
1h
Here is the cover photo for the 2022 Minnesota department of tourism Welcome to Minneapolis ad campaign. They could use the slogan, "Just like Beirut, but closer". (LF) @davidwebbshow

[Porchlight]

Trump is now beating Biden in PA primary ~934K to ~914K.

Total D votes did eventually overtake total R votes because Bernie has over 200K votes and Tulsi around 37K. But the Bernie and Tulsi people will not all vote for Biden, not by a long shot, and PA is a closed primary so Ds and indies for Trump couldn't vote that way.

Anyway, as Zito points out, Hillary beat Trump in the 2016 primary and Trump won the state anyway.

[Porchlight]

[JimmyK checking Zillow for places in Austin]

Ext, Austin city council is gunning for the white male police chief.

I don't think they're stupid enough to defund (they are pretty stupid though). But they can't be having a white male police chief in current year.

[JimNorCal]

From Insty, an intriguing WuFlu data point:

Dramatic spikes in auto traffic around major hospitals in Wuhan last fall suggest the novel coronavirus may have been present and spreading through central China long before the outbreak was first reported to the world, according to a new Harvard Medical School study.

Using techniques similar to those employed by intelligence agencies, the research team behind the study analyzed commercial satellite imagery and “observed a dramatic increase in hospital traffic outside five major Wuhan hospitals beginning late summer and early fall 2019,” according to Dr. John Brownstein, the Harvard Medical professor who led the research.

Brownstein, an ABC News contributor, said the traffic increase also “coincided with” elevated queries on a Chinese internet search for “certain symptoms that would later be determined as closely associated with the novel coronavirus.”
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/378676/

[Neo]

DOW up 265 to 27,376

[JimNorCal]

If our policing is so racist and ineffective how come crime went down?
A "Fox Butterfield" style chart, literally.
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/378656/

[James D.]

this happened as a result of the city's institution of
rank voting. Jacob Frey became mayor with 26% of the vote.

Which of course is why the left loves all these different voting schemes that allow them to win elections with a minority of the actual votes.

[MissMarple2]

This thread has lots of information on HCQ and zinc, why it works, input from critical care nurses, etc.

https://twitter.com/Inevitable_ET/status/1269970897114259458

[James D.]

Where does the pandering stop?

It NEVER stops. That's why they call themselves progressives; that's why "forward" is their slogan. There is no end point, no amount of groveling that's sufficient.

[MissMarple2]

This got published 3 days ago but with all of the riot coverage, I don't think it got a lot of attention:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/lancet-formally-retracts-fake-hydroxychloroquine-study-used-by-media-to-attack-trump/ar-BB152Rwt?fbclid=IwAR2rXbYX996z72AD0Q_E4WX1q-F4qvbPPR4a5HsF9lX9T7BhOwn1HCrXhLg

[sbwaters]

Mutt is a Bulwark of Republicanism.

[MissMarple2]

Eric Matheny
🎙
@EricMMatheny
·
1h
In an effort to embrace his newfound wokeness, Mitt Romney’s yacht now identifies as gender-neutral.

[sbwaters]

Re: Progressives: that's why "forward" is their slogan

Yeah, but in which direction?

[sbwaters]

AP has nothing on NYPD resignations/retirements but then AP is a lagging indicator.

[MissMarple2]

George Floyd’s funeral was nothing but a celebrity red carpet event hosted by Al Sharpton.

Why don’t these celebrities and politicians go to the funerals of all the young people who are shot and killed in Chicago every weekend ?

Do anybody know ? pic.twitter.com/mqmnziPUXu

— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) June 8, 2020

Screen caps and photos from Variety at the link.

[MissMarple2]

https://nypost.com/2020/06/08/new-zealand-declares-coronavirus-has-been-eliminated/

[MissMarple2]

Kelly
@KellySunshineT1
·
1h
Mitt Romney has gone Black Lives Matter. Stop laughing y’all he really means it!!! He’s super serious and would never ever pander.

[Neo]

So, Mitt is serial about Black Live Matter

[Jim Eagle]

Is it true that Mitt is vulnerable in Utah? Anyone got the poll that says so?

[MissMarple2]

This is about a mile north of our house and I am infuriated this is being done:

Mykal McEldowney
@mykalmphoto
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26m
Down it goes. A monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died at a Union prison camp in Indianapolis is being dismantled from Garfield Park Monday morning.

Piece by piece the monument continues to be dismantled and placed on a truck bed.

One of the final pieces with any Confederate wording is now being removed.

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Can you read that final inscription? That isn't just a statue. It marks a GRAVESITE!!! So now are 1616 Confederate soldiers to lie in an UNMARKED GRAVE?

[jimmyk]

I've always liked The Moldau.

The main melody seems to show up (in altered form) in a lot of traditional tunes, like the Israeli national anthem "Hatikvah."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMwSlp7I7IQ

[jimmyk]

Which of course is why the left loves all these different voting schemes that allow them to win elections with a minority of the actual votes.

Except for the electoral college, of course, which is actually in the Constitution.

[Porchlight]

Trivia: Smetana is Russian for sour cream.

[MissMarple2]

I am waiting for a call back from the regional director of Garfield Park.

I cannot get over the fact that they would remove what amounts to a large tombstone for over 1600 soldiers!

[James D.]

MM @ 10:38

Any resemblance of these vandals (they're still vandals even if they're employed by the gov't) to the Taliban is completely intended.

[Jane]

What is "rank voting"?

[sbwaters]

Jane, I believe it is list your choices in order - 1, 2, 3. The candidate with the lowest number would win by having the highest ranking overall.

[clarice]

We used to give small gifts to the Russian procurators for their assistance in prosecuting OSI cases. I bought some records of US and Eastern European music--Copeland and Smetana. None of them ever even heard of Smetana.
Yes, jimmyk, I remembered that connection to Hatikva

[JimNorCal]

I am far from being a knowledgeable classical enthusiast but apart from Beethoven, I've found Dvorak and Smetana to be easy on the ears.
East Europeans plus I think they loved America?
There's a New World Symphony, and an American string quartet ... unless I'm misremembering

[MissMarple2]

https://thepostmillennial.com/fbi-arrests-three-antifa-austin-target-looting

Headline:

FBI arrests three Antifa members for looting Target store in Austin

Story published yesterday. Looting happened earlier.

[Extraneus]

Hey Porch, did you show Mr. Porch the link I posted the other day? If not, here it is again. Video at the end, if he hasn't already seen it.

https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2020/06/highlights-of-news_5.html

[Jane]

Why are all the democrat pols wearing the same scarf?

[D]

MM:
Dismantling statues is an attempt to erase history.
In Mussissipoi it is against the law to interfere with the Historical Preservation Act.
They did it anyway.
JamesD:
It is exactly like the Taliban.
A congressman in Maine was elected because he had the most second choice votes.

[Jim Eagle]

This is LOL funny. Look at the replies:

If BLM were to run a candidate for POTUS, who would it be?

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1269847113900396547

[MissMarple2]

Spoke to the park manager, a nice young guy. Orders came from mayor's office (Hogsett, who was Al Gore's campaign manager) and he was not told what would be done with it or anything.

I told him that the Indiana government put that up to mark those deaths and although they did move the bodies to Crown Hill Cemetery some time in the last century, removing that monument was a bad idea.

If you think this type of vandalism won't come to your city, you are very wrong!

[D]

Love the Moldau!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

When you go back through virtually every single incident like the George Floyd one, certainly every memorable one; Michael Johnson, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Arbery, etc, the facts are never as the narrative claims. And when the facts are exposed to the light of day in a courtroom the narrative falls apart.
What does that tell us? To a reasonable person it tells us that the entire idea of racist cops killing innocent black people is pretty much a complete left-wing lie.
If it wasn't they would have videos and examples of cops killing black people that turned out to be what they claim it is. I'm not saying it never happens but where are they?
Every time they say it happened it turned out it didn't. So maybe it doesn't.

[RattlerGator]

Well, I hope this isn't pandering, good people (by the way, Good Day to all), but I've put together a VoiceOver reel and am beginning the process of hunting down work in that form of media.

If y'all know a little sumpin' sumpin' *or* somebody in the field, I would be much obliged to receive that info

(rattlergator) (at) (gmail)

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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23m
Big day for Stock Market. Smart money, and the World, know that we are heading in the right direction. Jobs coming back FAST. Next year will be our greatest ever!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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This year has seen the lowest crime numbers in our Country’s recorded history, and now the Radical Left Democrats want to Defund and Abandon our Police. Sorry, I want LAW & ORDER!

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Ext, thank you! I missed the accordion video when you first posted it! Will pass it on. :)