The Daily Caller:
Nashville Police have identified the suspect of a mass shooting at a church Sunday morning as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson.
Samson is being charged with murder and multiple counts of attempted murder in the attack that killed one and left at least seven other people injured at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, a town just south of Nashville, Tenn.
Samson is a bodybuilder who attended high school in Tennessee and is originally from Khartoum, Sudan, according screenshots of the suspect’s Facebook page obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation before the account was taken down.
This goes directly to what we have been saying about the way immigration has been going lately. We’re not at all careful about the people we let in. Does anybody doubt any longer that it has, and will continue to affect our culture negatively?
I think it have to be noted also that the Press has been very reluctant to name this shooter. Apparently he’s the wrong color to be so revealed. Also the wrong religion…. Being of course was the religion of peace.
I notice that they are also quite reluctant to make note of the fact that the assailant was taken down by an usher, in other words a citizen, with a gun.
Gee, I wonder why. Agenda, much?
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Noted in a small codicle in the New York Times website…. This since they will never put it on page one…
Violent crime, including homicides, rose for the second consecutive year in 2016, driven by increases in a few urban centers including Baltimore, Chicago and Las Vegas, according to F.B.I. data released Monday.
This trend is certainly going to take a while to come back down again after eight years of Obama. And of course in some areas of the country it’ll never come.
Hasn’t it occurred to anybody that as we become more socialist, we’ve become less sociable?
Guys I said this was going to happen and frankly I’m annoyed that it took as long as it did.
Frankly, I fully expect this Pope to start prattling on about how abortion is a blessing of God… Which isn’t a far cry from what he has been promoting.
This is what happens when leadership starts abandoning long-standing principle.
On the day of Megyn Kelly first day time show for long knives of NBC were already out to get her, from the New York Post:
NBC insiders are going to need some serious convincing about Megyn Kelly’s new show.
If TV critics are confused by what one called her “Bride of Frankenstein” morning show, Page Six hears that veteran network producers are baffled by the decision to make her “Megyn Kelly Today” a “politics-free zone.”
“NBC News insiders”, who Matt Lauer and his secretary? This story was leaked, by whom and why.
Steven Malanga at the City Journal;
It’s often said that trends in professional sports mirror the larger society, and certainly the growing distance between increasingly rich players—”tattooed millionaires,” to some—and their fans reflects the same kind of division that drove millions of blue-collar voters to Trump. Once upon a time, professional athletes not only came out of working-class, scrappy neighborhoods, but they also pretty much stayed working class their entire lives. Until as recently as the late 1960s, NFL lineman worked construction or loaded trucks in the offseason to pay their bills. Players with a college degree traded on their celebrity status to sell stocks or insurance. (The policy my mother cashed in when my father died was sold to him in the early 1960s by a retired New York Giants player). Many of today’s players, by contrast, live in a world of ostentatious homes, fast cars, and red-carpet celebrity appearances, far from the struggles of those whose support pays their salaries. These players have deemed themselves important enough to impose their political views on ordinary fans watching sports as a respite from life’s daily grind.
The NFL is the logical battleground for Trump’s latest counterattack. The league’s fans are more likely to lean conservative than fans of other leagues, and the sportswriter Jason Whitlock has described the league itself as a conservative institution, though one that has “made millionaires out of thousands of black men.” The anthem protests, started last season by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, came about at the same time that NFL ratings were declining. Though the league at first discounted any relationship between the ratings and the controversy, subsequent studies have confirmed that the protests have in fact in driven away viewers who find the posturing tasteless. That should be no surprise to Giants owner John Mara, who observed that when his team was considering signing Kaepernick, fans were vocally opposed: “All my years being in the league, I never received more emotional mail from people than I did about that issue: ‘If any of your players ever do that, we are never coming to another Giants game,'” Mara said.
And.a few thoughts about all this. Firstly, the point about Colin Kaepernick being the start of this whole thing is well taken.
Now, keep in mind New York City and environs are generally considered to be a leftist driven environment. Their election results almost invariably tilt left. and Giants fans have been particularly forgiving with the Antics that have been going on in the team for a couple of decades now. And yet, those same fans were quite vocal about not bringing Kaepernick onto the team. CLUE!!
The decision not to bring Colin Kaepernick onto any NFL team was purely a reaction to his abilities or inabilities as a player. He’s simply not NFL material beyond possibly third-string. It was he himself who raised the racism charge …and the fact of the matter is he did it trying to better his situation. It’s backfired on him big time and he and the rest of the players in the league know it. Instead of bettering his situation, his mouth made the situation for him that much worse. He deserves what he gets.
As for a direct response to the charge of racism driving the reaction to these events, the context of that charge can be found in lesser amounts on any stable floor, and smelling a great deal better.
The American people in general and particularly the American sports fans have identified anti-American sentiments among these individuals and have reacted accordingly, and in near unison.
Folks, I’m not going to mince any words with this one.
We’re talking about a group of people who has routinely been abusing wives girlfriends drugs and anything else they can get their hands on, dogfighting, etc… and they’ve been getting a by with it scot free because (some of them at least) can play football. Remember when leftists used to scream about the 1%? Now, they defend them. I guess it’s all a matter of convenience.
It was bound to come to a head eventually, this, and this was the subject that came to a head over.
The animals pushing this nonsense can scream all they like about how this is about Donald Trump’s America. The fact is it doesn’t have anything to do with Trump. They’d be screaming the same nonsense against anyone who is to the right of Hillary Clinton. You and I both know it. And so too, the American people.
Nor does it have anything to do with racism. The association of these individuals with people whose sole interest is the demise of these United States is undeniable, and it’s about time that we started dealing with it on that basis.I suggest to you that the fans have already moved in that direction.
Nor does it have anything to do with freedom of speech. If you think freedom of speech is the real issue here, consider the reaction of these players that somebody was waving a Confederate flag in the stands. Or, on the field for that matter.
And the league has nobody to blame but themselves for all of this.
Lisa Senecal, Useless Toady Opinion contributor
Men must confront men who disrespect women. That’s the fight we really need.
How men interact with women is important, but even more crucial is men having the courage to challenge men who interrupt women, harass them or worse.
From just “locker room talk” during the campaign to providing a critique of the French first lady’s body, our current Oval Office resident has intensified the challenges of raising boys into good men. But the challenges are nothing new.
No deal. I pick when and where to spill my blood. Women, all women, are born with two X chromosomes, but not with any particular social values I need to protect. If somebody wants to disrespect say Lena Dunham, or Michelle Obama, who am I to object. Likewise what ever duty I have to protect women does not extend to men, like Chelsea Manning or Caitlyn Jenner.
There is no entitlement for biological women to subject to different form of social interaction as men. If Mrs. Clinton is willing to be married to a serial abuser of women and to insult what a quarter of the voters, she has to willing to take the social heat.
I don’t go into girl’s locker rooms. So therefore I have no desire to critique what girls say there. If the girl’s don’t like what is said, or may be said, in boys’ locker rooms, don’t go into them. That includes female reporters. Consider a men’s locker room as a safe space for men.
All men are presumed to be endowed with certain inalienable rights. life, liberty, the pusuit of happiness, etc. No one has the right to respected. Indeed respect can not be mandated, but rather only earned.
So Madonna’s released a new album, and nobody noticed. Only sold about 3800 copies. Gee, I wonder why this is true. Could it be her leftist rants?
I mean, look… I understand her star has been falling for years now. But, when did it’s trajectory start downward? When she started overtly leaning left.
And of course, she isn’t alone. The trend is an overwhelmingly prevailing one… Consider the election.
Consider also, the NFL crybabies… who are now losing fans in Legion. And should we mention that NFL Commissioner Goodell is ignoring his League own rule book on this? So, he’s as much to blame as the crybaby players.
I’ve been pointing this out for decades now… And today’s headlines are replete with practical examples of the rule…. Lean left, lose the public.
No, I’m not saying these people don’t have a right to express an opinion. They most certainly do. They are free to take action on those opinions as well. Assuming it’s not burning down buildings threatening to kill cops endangering life and property and so on. I will defend to the death the right to express such opinions.
The trouble they have is the trouble they’ve always had, that being that everybody else has the same right. And, they are expressing it in larger numbers. And guess what? The fans they’re losing are the fans that have been paying their salaries until just recently. I don’t suppose that the economic damage being done to the NFL at this point by their own hand isn’t going to teach a lesson and very shortly.
And this is called Freedom. It’s also called the culture protecting itself.
The right of free speech does not shield one from societal consequences… Just governmental ones.
If these paltry few examples are not enough to convince you of the general trend, simply look around. There are many others.
And there are sure to be more such in the coming days.
From the Washington Post(no link):
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is warning that his government needs broader assistance from the federal government, calling on the Pentagon especially to provide more aid for law enforcement and transportation.
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Whenever lawmakers get around to passing such legislation, Rosselló wants them to remember: “This is a major disaster, not unlike Katrina or Sandy. There is going to be a hefty toll for us to make sure that we can reestablish normalcy and build Puerto Rico back stronger.”
Aside to Governor Rosselló, here after Little Ricky, no the government of Puerto Rico is bankrupt and incompetent. The only thing it needs is to be replaced. It is the people of Puerto Rico which need the help. The American people need to find a way to help the people of Puerto Rico. The first step should be for Little Ricky to resign. Put the government of Puerto Rico into a federal receivership.
Much like the aforementioned Katrina and Sandy, Irma and Maria were man made disasters, a natural disaster made worse by incompetent local government. The government of Puerto Rico was incompetent before the storms hit. Giving an inept government millions of taxpayer dollars will not make the government in Puerto Rico the least bit more competent.
Maybe the woman formerly known as the Smartest Woman in the World is too stupid to understand irony, from Daily Mail(UK):
Hillary Clinton said that women who support President Donald Trump are ‘publicly disrespecting themselves’ and that he is doing ‘worse than I thought’.
In an interview on Saturday on MSNBC’s AM Joy, the 2016 presidential hopeful said she was surprised by women who supported Trump given his past contentious remarks – including the ‘grab them by the p****’ controversy.
‘When I see women doing that, I think: “Why are they publicly disrespecting themselves?”,’ Clinton told host Joy Reid.
‘”Why are they opening the door to have someone say that about them in their workplace? In a community setting? Do they not see the connection there?'”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4914880/Hillary-Women-support-Trump-disrespect-themselves.html#ixzz4tcmZNjot
Mrs. Clinton’s husband, B.J. Clinton is a rapist, everybody knows it, just some refuse to admit it, from Free Republic:
Women have been charging Bill Clinton with sexual assault since his days as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford 30 years ago.
A continuing investigation into the President’s questionable sexual history reveal incidents that go back as far as Clinton’s college days, with more than a dozen women claiming his sexual appetites leave little room for the word ”no.”
Juanita Broaddrick, an Arkansas nursing home operator, told NBC’s Lisa Myers five weeks ago she was raped by Clinton. NBC shelved the interview, saying they were confirming all parts of the story, but finally aired it Wednesday night.
Yes Little Donny has had a potty mouth. In that he has had problem keeping his mouth zipped up. In contrast, B.J. Clinton’s zipper problem is below the belt. In the previous century, the Clinton’s of the meme that by voting for one Clinton, you would get two. Mrs. Clinton hitched her political fortune to a reprobate. She has never showed the willingness to ditch her husband and stand on her own two feet.
When a football player, quarterbacks and kickers exempted, steps on the field, he is expected play the game. That is to hit and get hit. The NFL used to have players who could and did.
Likewise when a political fool like Colin Kaepernick attempts to use a spectator sport as a political football, they should expect to get political hits back. President Donald Trump just used Kaepernick and his fellow fools as a tackling dummy. Not that Kaepernick knows what tackling is, from Puffington Post:
National Football League stars past and present are expressing outrage after President Donald Trump used an address in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday to attack players who protest during the national anthem.
During what was supposed to be a stump speech for Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.), Trump drifted away from campaigning to ask members of the crowd if they’d “love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he’s fired’?”
He also encouraged fans to boycott the league over the protests.
Trump did not reference by name San Francisco 49ers former player Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during the national anthem before games last year to protest police brutality and racial injustice.
In large part NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, minions, play in taxpayer funded stadiums, have no loyalty to the hard working home town fans that pay their salaries, and commit enough crimes to fill a season of Law & Order. If the NFL, and her players, want to play politics, they better suck up their game. Little Donny did not start the NFL temper tantrum. He might finish it.
Ever told a joke only answered with a retort of “That’s not funny!” As if I am the one responsible for your lack of a sense of humor.
Meet the “That’s Not Funny of Decor”, one Daniell Rider, from Kimberly Kaye, Legal Insurrection:
Cotton. Cotton is now, apparently, a racist symbol that triggers people perusing craft stores. Or it was for Daniell Rider.
Rider was shopping at the local Hobby Lobby in Killeen, Texas when she passed a cotton decoration. But Rider did not continue on her merry hot gluing way, no, no. Rider decided to take a stand against this vile symbol of oppression. She snapped a picture of the Racistâ„¢ faux cotton stem, tapped on her Facebook app, and demanded the retailer remove the fake decorate cotton stems from their store.
“This decor is WRONG on SO many levels,” Rider typed feverishly, “there is nothing decorative about raw cotton…a commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves. A little sensitivity goes a long way. PLEASE REMOVE this “decor”.” Rider demanded.
As sold by Wreath Shed:
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So sorry to inform you Ms Rider, cotton is sold, and I presume bought, as home decor. It therefore is decor, you particular judgement not withstanding. Next!
Representative John Lewis(GA – 5) is a piece of art, from Liam Clancy, Daily Caller:
Democratic Rep. John Lewis said Thursday he sometimes feels like “taking a bullwhip” to people in order to make them care about civil rights.
“It doesn’t matter whether they’re black, or white, Latino, Asian-American or Native American. When you see something that’s not right, not fair, not just, you have an obligation to do something, to say something. They’re just too darn quiet. I really wanna use some other words sometimes,”
John, just between you and me, why don’t you leave Congress to better deal with your anger management issues. Leave the governing to the grown folks.
Larry Alexander along with Amy Wax wrote, as published on Philly.com, via Law Professor’s Blog:
All cultures are not equal. Or at least they are not equal in preparing people to be productive in an advanced economy. The culture of the Plains Indians was designed for nomadic hunters, but is not suited to a First World, 21st-century environment.
The left loves the mantra that all cultures are [somehow] equal. The problem is that while the idea may be noble, it is pure gibberish. It is impossible to make qualitative comparison between two things, without having a basis for the comparison. Is water better than gasoline? It depends on whether need to fuel your car or quench your thirst.
Likewise, it is impossible to compare two different cultures without establishing a basis for the comparison, which Alexander and Wax did do.
Enter one Stephen C. Ferruolo,
As I said in my remarks at 1L Orientation, I am committed, as Dean of USD School of Law, to ensuring that there are opportunities for respectful discussion of important issues and for everyone’s voices to be heard. The rights we must respect in an academic community include freedom of speech and academic freedom, and those rights and freedoms extend to every member of our community. No less importantly, however, in exercising our rights and expressing our views, we must be sensitive to all the members of our community, especially those who may feel vulnerable, marginalized or fearful that they are not welcomed. We must recognize that, for many students, racial discrimination and cultural subordination are not academic theories, they reflect the students’ personal experiences.
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I am establishing a working group, consisting of students, faculty and administrators, to join me in developing an action plan to ensure that the law school’s commitment to diversity and inclusion remains strong and irrefutable. I will be reporting to you again after the working group has held its first meeting.
Yes Dean Ferruolo is all for diversity, provided it doesn’t offend the delicate sensitivities self proclaimed victims. It is impossible solve a problem if you not allowed to even discuss it. Dean Ferruolo remains stalwart that he would both defend his particular view of diversity and refuse to define it. Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity was refuted. Why not Dean Ferruolo’s theory of diversity.
Addendum: All cultures are equal, but the mention of some cause other cultures to have a melt down. Law Professor’s Blog cites Heather McDonald:
Heather McDonald (Manhattan Institute), Higher Ed’s Latest Taboo Is ‘Bourgeois Norms’: An Op-ed Praising 1950s Values Provokes Another Campus Meltdown— From the Deans on Down
McDonald’s title says it all.
“The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented,” Trump said in perhaps the most memorable line of the speech, “but that socialism has been faithfully implemented.”
The comment drew nervous laughs from the General Assembly and belated applause, but make no mistake — Trump scored a direct hit with that line.
I have said repeatedly that I am no fan of Donald Trump. But I have also said that he would get my support when he got things right. This one, he got right.
Mrs. B.J. Clinton did not want to be president. Rather she wanted to be, and still wants to queen, from Independent Journal Review, circa
Donald Trump refused to say that he’d respect the results of this election. That’s a direct threat to our democracy.
Now:
Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she won’t rule out openly questioning the outcome of the 2016 election in a recorded interview with NPR on Thursday.
Speaking on “Fresh Air,” host Terry Gross asked Clinton whether she will “completely rule out questioning the legitimacy of this election if we learn that the Russian interference in the election is even deeper than we know now.”
Has anybody told the woman formerly known as the Smartest Woman in the World, b/k/a Mrs. Clinton, that the Russian did not hack her campaign’s email server, but rather her own staff did?
