All the News Is Stupid Today
I tried. I scoured the headlines for something interesting. But all the news is stupid today.
The L.A. Times has a blueprint for how Dems will attack Republicans for trying to repeal (parts of) ObamaCare. Of course, repealing any program that large will inevitably be disruptive, but of course that doesn’t make the original program a good thing. It ain’t popular, I can tell you that. Predictable.
The New York Times has an article that evokes a specter of people giving Nazi salutes to Richard Spencer. But I don’t trust the reporter. Read the piece and you’ll see why. I don’t even feel like explaining it. Annoying.
Other places they’re still talking about Hamilton and Mike Pence. Kill me now.
I picked the wrong day to get out of bed. I’d go back, but, you know. Work.
Have a nice day. Maybe you have something more interesting than I do.
Ding.
Patterico (115b1f) — 11/21/2016 @ 7:31 amWell the dog trainer and Carlos sLims aren’t good except for fisking
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 7:33 amMuch more interesting: Stanford beat Cal and USC beat UCLA.
Bar Sinister (f5ce19) — 11/21/2016 @ 7:34 amI get out of bed today, because tonight I teach 3 teens safe and accurate rifle marksmanship.
pat13 (d6ccbe) — 11/21/2016 @ 7:37 amThe strassel interview was interesting.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 7:42 amI just said to my wife: “I think I’m grumpy today.”
She did not violently disagree.
Patterico (115b1f) — 11/21/2016 @ 7:48 amThe news is mostly about putting out strawmen and then setting them aflame,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:03 amFour police officers have been shot in the past 24 hours, two of which were targeted shootings. One was killed. As usual, the silence on the left is deafening.
Edoc118 (ddf747) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:08 amIn other hardhitting and typuically bitchy news, the Slimes is attacking Melania Trump’s attire and is promising tough scrutiny in her future. Whew! I was worried about that.
http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-melania-trump-fashion-choices-20161109-story.html
Patricia (5fc097) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:15 amThe writer looks like a parody of the aging hippie Boomer. š
http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-adam-tschorn-staff.html
Patricia (5fc097) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:16 amThe one thing I’ll miss about the Obama Years is all the racial healing.
Colonel Haiku (b2805d) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:25 amThat’s the dog trainer, Patricia, keep the fishwraps straight, of course Obama’s category error re the electoral college, snorfle.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:29 amPerhaps a sing along would improve the mood?
Here’s a catchy tune
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
Once there was a wicked witch in the lovely land of Oz
And a wickeder, wickeder, wickeder witch there never, never was
She filled the folks in Munchkin land with terror and with dread
‘Till one fine day from Kansas way a cyclone caught a house
That brought the wicked, wicked witch her doom
As she was flying on her broom
For the house fell on her head and the coroner pronounced her dead
And thru the town the joyous news was spread
Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the wicked witch is dead!
She’s gone where the goblins go below, below, below, yo ho
Let’s open up and sing, and ring the bells out
Ding-dong! the merry-o sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the wicked witch is dead
Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the wicked witch is dead!
She’s gone where the goblins go below, below, below, yo ho
Let’s open up and sing, and ring the bells out
Ding-dong! the merry-o sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the wicked witch is dead
I know it has cheered me up every morning since November 8th.
Rick Ballard (d17095) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:35 amRaking leaves which I actually had a nutritious breakfast in preparation for.
urbanleftbehind (34f3bc) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:46 amTake that telltale tweet of general flynn it referred to ‘the army of the faithful,’ in urdu, the isi’s proxy responsible for Mumbai among other horrors. And how speaking of their roots is considered ‘islanophobic’
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:53 amIt looks like Maggie Rhee could be the first female President of Hilltop, if The Saviors don’t kill Jesus.
Pinandpuller (e71177) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:54 amArmy of the righteous,bow Tulsi might be UN ambassador
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 9:02 amBenson with a scalpel is also reconsidering.
urbanleftbehind (34f3bc) — 11/21/2016 @ 9:20 amhttp://thepeoplescube.com/peoples_resource/image/40947
Colonel Haiku (b2805d) — 11/21/2016 @ 9:23 amYes Armstrong Williams is not his client’s best advocate.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 9:29 amThe writer looks like a parody of the aging hippie Boomer.
Try to understand it from his perspective: You spend all those years acquiring bachelors and masters degrees in journalism, only to end up writing about fashion for a living.
JVW (6e49ce) — 11/21/2016 @ 9:39 amNot all is stupid. Here are two (2) recent good pieces. GLZ.
America Called Bullshit on the Cult of Clinton
https://reason.com/archives/2016/11/20/america-called-bullshit-on-saint-hillary
Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press
Gary L. Zerman (ab669e) — 11/21/2016 @ 9:41 amhttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-the-unbearable-smugness-of-the-press-presidential-election-2016/
The writer looks like a parody of the aging hippie Boomer.
The YOUNGEST “Boomer” is 55. This guy is 40-something. That makes him GenX. People make this mistake a lot lately. They keep blaming boomers for things that are GenX’s fault (e.g. the Millennials).
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/21/2016 @ 9:56 amLol, JVW.
He looks older, Kevin M. Must be the rough life of a fashion reporter!
Patricia (5fc097) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:09 amThe baldness is on purpose. The face doesn’t have the wear and tear I’d expect for 60 (most boomers are in their 60’s)
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:19 amArmstrong W. and Herman C.went to the party with the same strategy as that Hamilton actor and Cleavon Little
urbanleftbehind (34f3bc) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:21 amJust bread and circuses around here. It’s taken the form of stupid adult infants walking out of school to protest something. They think.
Mostly, it just seems like an excuse to do nothing and get out of class. What a wonderful use of tuition money.
NJRob (be6f4e) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:22 amHow can anyone expect normal behavior from propagandists within two weeks of Minitrue suffering the greatest humiliation of its entire existence? They will instinctively fall back on the tired memes and tropes used to sustain the failed narrative but even the dumbest among them realize there is very little hope left of sustaining any illusion of success, whether it regards a resurgence of the now moribund Democrat Party, the crumbling European Union or the air taxes to fight a nonexistent SkyDragon. The air taxes were supposed to finance all the other schemes and now they aren’t going to be collected because the damned bitter clingers won’t buy into the fantasy.
Bankruptcy awaits the propaganda organs and the propagandists know it. There should be no surprise at any increase in stupidity as failure cascades through a thoroughly rotten system.
Rick Ballard (d17095) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:29 amCain was axelturfed out of the race, a mathematician, a head of the sSt.Loius fed, yet they made him into a lecherous fool.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:34 amI haven’t seen democrats this mad since we Republicans free the slaves.
Rev. HoagieĀ® (785e38) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:42 amThe euricrats and Mexico are considering putting a carbon tariff on us, for not offering a proper sacrifice to the skydragon,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:42 am*freed*
Rev. HoagieĀ® (785e38) — 11/21/2016 @ 10:43 amThat was from rob Schneider, rev.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:02 amBut the news is often about shallow stupid people, take zaphod or lurch or manbearbig
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:17 amI realized that I was not shocked at the shooting/murdering of more police officers.
It’s like I expect it every so often as long as the BLM people have way too much credibility.
Ben Shapiro’s book includes a BLM set-up and aftermath.
MD in Philly (f9371b) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:18 amLast week it was that the Trump transition team was all in chaos because they hadn’t named any nominees yet (even though the one hadn’t either),
MD in Philly (f9371b) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:21 amnow that they have named some,
it’s all look how evil and racist they are.
Trying to do a Pickering of Sessions.
Yes some memes never change, md
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:25 amThere’s an interesting piece about general fLynn in the new York observer, covering some if the issues I referred in the earlier thread.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:37 amMore vile comments from Broadway.
http://www.snopes.com/brandon-victor-dixon-tweet/
Patricia (5fc097) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:37 amP. — Thanks for the confirmation of my entry at #25.
urbanleftbehind (847a06) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:51 amBLM. Own it, 0bama.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:56 am#30, let ’em put a tariff on. If it wasn’t for our food exports half the world would starve.
sam glasser (dc2518) — 11/21/2016 @ 11:58 am30. narciso (d1f714) ā 11/21/2016 @ 10:42 am
Wouldn’t Nafta have to be torn up if Mexico did that? What would that do, anyway? It would only reduce consumpton in the EU or Mexico.
Meanwhile Trump is being warned that much of Mar-a-Lago could be underwater by the year 2100 because the Antarctic ice sheets could melt.
Actually this claim goes back to the summer:
http://grist.org/climate-energy/rising-seas-are-lapping-at-the-doors-of-trumps-real-estate-empire/
If that’s what is happening, it isn’t going to be prevented by any carbon dioxide agreement. It might be prevened by spewing sulfer dioxide – and not very much of it – over the poles.
Sammy Finkelman (07e67b) — 11/21/2016 @ 12:11 pmAlso in the news today:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelas-nemesis-is-a-screw-salesman-at-a-home-depot-in-alabama-1479672919
Sammy Finkelman (643dcd) — 11/21/2016 @ 12:35 pmAnd on the East Coast, Hampshire College in Massachusetts (of course!) has stopped flying the American flag because it’s a symbol of hate and oppression, especially after the presidential election. Such precious snowflakes our colleges are creating!
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/11/21/mass-college-stops-flying-flag-after-becomes-focus-dispute-over-trump/3zo5w4tqw4AQbjRhth1g9I/story.html
GuyfromNH (cb3214) — 11/21/2016 @ 1:01 pmThere was a skydragon themed cyberpunk series caused mirrored heavens that took up that tripartite world if the us, the resurgent Russia, a European power.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 1:14 pmMuch of the Hamilton commentary is foolish, I’ll admit, but Miranda had already made his biases clear re Obama and netanyahu
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 1:24 pmhttp://www.newser.com/story/234367/trump-document-that-changed-world-history-is-found.html
Sammy Finkelman (643dcd) — 11/21/2016 @ 2:31 pmHe could have replaced Merkel next year or been the successor to Shroeder last decade. Fred was too young for the Western front and too old for Russia, France or North Africa.
urbanleftbehind (847a06) — 11/21/2016 @ 2:50 pmSo, news that Gingrich wants to reform civil service so that you can actually fire people for things like not coming to work ever is called by the MSM “Trump drawing up plans to erode job protections, benefits for federal workers” (WaPo)
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/21/2016 @ 3:02 pmStupider:
The NY Times complains that the cabinet process is too open!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/politics/trump-transition.html
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/21/2016 @ 3:14 pmI see Drudge is repurposing a news article that says Trump called a meeting of News media so he could call them dishonest hacks to their face.
That should be red meat to the base
steveg (5508fb) — 11/21/2016 @ 3:23 pmYes that’s the size of it, Kevin.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 3:23 pmTrump called out Martha Raddaz for crying and Zucker for running a lying company.
Trump supposedly has a meeting with the guy from the NYT tomorrow… I’d cancel if I were him. Although calling the NYT dishonest is like calling water wet
steveg (5508fb) — 11/21/2016 @ 3:26 pmAshley Parker one of. Carlos slim’s chimps, looks about 15, in the soon to be canceled halperin show.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 3:43 pmNorth Dakota police, instead of using rubber bullets and tear gas, disperse mob with water hose (I hope in between squirts washing the squad cars).
Twenty degrees out in Morton County.
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/11/21/dakota-access-pipeline-water-protectors-get-doused/
Smart.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/21/2016 @ 4:13 pmThe goal is to redirect current events without adversely altering anyone’s permanent history.
Perfect.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/21/2016 @ 4:17 pmThe story on meeting between Trump and the media is great.
Meeting is off the record. There are 30-40 attendees, including the heads of all the major networks, and most of their top anchors.
Rather than discuss the mechanics of how they will be allowed to cover Trump’s WH, Trump simply rips them for 60 minutes about how they are all liars and the media is dishonest. Called out Zucker by name and said he hated CNN — should make for interesting coverage for 4 years.
Didn’t call out any individual reporters by name, but clearly was referring to Katy Tur. He also referred to a “horrible” correspondent who cried when Hillary lost, and who also hosted a debate – that was obviously Martha Raddatz.
Then Kellyanne Conway comes out to address the press gaggle that is covering Trump, who weren’t in the meeting, and she says “Excellent meetings with the top executives of all the major networks”.
LMAO.
shipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 11/21/2016 @ 4:19 pmLive Japanese newscast says there is another tsunami today from Fukashima earthquake from earlier.
shipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 11/21/2016 @ 4:26 pmWhen a [censored][censored] with AIDS, in a minstrel show, can berate a Vice President elect (and State Governor) with impunity, I think we’re already [censored] beyond recovery. What is that phrase you guys like? Rearranging the chairs on the Titanic? And the band is playing on.
nk (dbc370) — 11/21/2016 @ 4:41 pmWellhe’s St. Albany and Columbia jackalope, like tourette but more annoying if that were possible.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 4:44 pmBut you’re right you don’t tick off race bannon.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/21/2016 @ 4:45 pmSteve Chapman, of the Chicago Tribune, points out media’s failure.
“… because 60.5 million of his fellow Americans…” voted for Clinton.
Huge failure on the media’s part.
At least I think that’s what he meant.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/21/2016 @ 4:52 pmAh Mr. Frey, I feel for you. I expect you are still feeling toxic shock from Trump win. The days get dull until you revive. But you are an interesting blogger and over the years I’ve enjoyed what you had to say. I stopped reading you while you were in your Trump tirades, and sincerely hope that better times are in store for you (and me as a reader).
Skeptical Voter (1d5c8b) — 11/21/2016 @ 5:01 pmWhen a [censored][censored] with AIDS, in a minstrel show, can berate a Vice President elect (and State Governor) with impunity, I think weāre already [censored] beyond recovery
And here I differ. When someone can’t diss the bigwigs to their face, with nothing other than reproving speech in response, is when we’re really lost it.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/21/2016 @ 8:05 pm@Kevin M:And here I differ.
I think nk is probably being ironic; I think he is saying what he thinks a Trump supporter would say.
He can speak for himself. I don’t think nk is the type to want to see anyone punished for lese majeste.
Gabriel Hanna (905cbf) — 11/22/2016 @ 4:52 amNot formally, but the audience should have told the flaming “firebrand” to shut up and get on with the prancing and yammering they’d paid to see; and the press and society generally should voice their disapproval of lowlife trash being publicly rude to persons of worth.
Permissiveness is slavery. (FIFY, Mr. Blair.)
nk (dbc370) — 11/22/2016 @ 5:13 amBut the audience may have been these kinds of people too: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-vibrator-app-lawsuit-0914-biz-20160913-story.html Funny and sad and trigger warning.
nk (dbc370) — 11/22/2016 @ 5:18 amDid anyone notice that November 22 is the anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy? 53 years. Not a round number..
Sammy Finkelman (643dcd) — 11/22/2016 @ 4:22 pmThe Gerber baby is 90 years old today.
Sammy Finkelman (643dcd) — 11/22/2016 @ 4:43 pm