Sunday Morning News & Notes

Happy Super Bowl (TM) Sunday. I like the Falcons in a close one 28-24. Matty Ice is at that part of his career where he's ready to lead his team to a title. Evidently someone thinks the same.

Here's what's happening:

-For decades the word fascist has been defined as strong central government and authoritarian rule. Business is rigidly part of the governmental system. It has never been defined as left-wing or right-wing...except by Google:

Here's Merriam Webster's definition:

And here's Google's.

No wonder the actual fascists have no idea what fascism is, they get all their info from Google and Occupy Democrats.

-Who knew Monty Python and the Holy Grail was part documentary?

- College is supposed to be about learning and being exposed to ideas and views you've not encountered before. Pure debate is dead and in it's place is whining, crying and safety pins where before it was counter ideas, free thought and intellectualism. This is a great read, however the fascists on the left do not want free speech or freedom of thought, they want a strict adherence to their doctrine and there's zero room for any variance. Hence the violence to shut outside thoughts down. A good example is a free-thinking homosexual or African-American who is completely ignored or worse for thinking for themselves.

- I posted this on Facebook yesterday but think it deserves a little more comment. What the left does not get or just chooses to ignore is that the new Republican party is not you fathers GOP. We are way more libertarian than in the past and the Christian portion of the party does not hold as much sway as they previously did. Homosexuality and recreational drug use are largely excepted in the party by those who are in their 40's and 50's. The party lost that battle and it's mostly because the people of my generation opted to sit that one out. We don't give a shit if you're gay, Black or purple, we care that we all have equal rights and smaller government. Good for the people in this deeply religious area for choosing a man based on the content of his character.

- California is considering exiting the US. From a purely intellectual perspective taking emotions out of it, it would truly be better for the nation as a whole. California has enormous debt for pensions and the spending continues apace. Add to that the number of liberal votes that would leave the union and you're talking about a center-right nation going forward for a generation. I would ensure that the vote was done properly with options such as Orange and San Diego counties remaining part of the US as well as the inland areas. I would imagine that Oregon and Washington state would also contemplate joining the Golden State if they were to make such a move. That would essentially leave the entire west coast from LA to the border unprotected or at least only protected by whatever military California opted to have--meaning none. This is a good read though it is the LA Times so normal bias is evident.

Tuesday Night News & Notes

Thanksgiving is getting close. It seems like summer just ended.

Here's what's new:

-Any story that starts with "A Florida Man.." always ends up being epic. This dumb ass ran over himself at a strip club.

-President-elect Trump did a very presidential thing and called the family of the San Antonio Police officer shot by a thug whom snuck up on him. No word on whether Obama called or not.

-A NYC cab driver was arrested for plotting a Paris-style attack by running over people in Times Square.

-I'm hoping the fact that my daughter is going to a southern school means she will be able to be a free thinker because anything north of Virginia tends to be as liberals as this. I know we have outbreaks of  insane liberalism at southern schools but I think there's at least a balance.

In the wake of Donald Trump's victory, some students and administrators at Loyola University Maryland aren't feeling very American anymore. As a result, they put pressure on the student-government to change its "America" theme party for seniors to something less "alienating, divisive, and harmful."

Um, if you don't want to go to an America-themed party, don't go. If you don't want to live in America, leave. No one is holding you back. 

-Some Democrats may just be opening their eyes to why they failed spectacularly. I'm guessing they will ruminate on this, some will see the light and then they will go back to calling everyone racist and advocating for genderless bathrooms, which put us where we are.

-The US navy had designed the best ships in the world. technologically, mechanically and from a utility standpoint, we've been great This is one that may not live up to the standard. Admiral Zumwalt is probably rolling over in his grave right about now.

_Does anyone, anywhere care what Howard Dean says about anything?

Wednesday Night News & Notes

It's been a week since the world woke up and found out Trump won. A lot has happened in the last week since that earthquake hit.

-The joy of watching this witch go down will be only slightly less awesome than the elation of watching Hillary topple. Pelosi has led her party into the wilderness by going far left and now they are in shambles yet it's doubtful anyone has the balls to challenge the old bag. Does anyone remember this disgusting display where she proudly shoved the worst legislation in 50 years down our throats will zero GOP participation?

-The media keeps pushing the Trump supporters saying bad things meme while in reality Hillary supporters are engaging in violence on a huge scale.

Walker, 25, said the alleged shooter uttered something disrespectful to her as she went back into the bar, angering Mormon, 32, who confronted the man and began arguing with him. Walker said Mormon jokingly told the man he voted for Trump.
The argument continued and the alleged shooter — identified by Walker as a Hispanic man wearing a white coat — went around a corner, came back with a gun and opened fire.

This has got to stop soon. Perhaps Trump or Hillary can say anything to actually get people to calm the fuck down, Trump already did.

-If Hillary had won, we'd have seen the death of free speech. It appears that the change in direction is coming just in time:

The artistic genius behind the highly acclaimed conservative satirical site The People's Cube has been arrested and released on $8,000 bail for putting up pro-Israel posters to combat a pro-Islamist conference at George Mason University. He now faces the prospect of five years in prison for allegedly committing a "class 6 felony."

Colleges are a nightmare. Glad my daughter is going to a southern school where they haven't completely lost their minds. 

-The safety pin, puppy cuddling, coloring, safe space generation is losing their minds. 

-Haven't the media realized that Donald Trump could not give a shit about what they think or their "protocol"? 

Saturday Morning News & Notes

Happy Saturday. Today's a day of putting up lights, hauling up all the Christmas stuff and then sitting back with a couple of beers and chilling.

Here's what's going on:

-A white shooter was apprehended alive after killing a cop and civilians in a rampage that started at a Planned Parenthood facility. Also there's this: The shooters only online info shows he identifies as a female (via Instapundit). The motive remains uncertain according to the police:

"We don't have any information on this individuals mentality, or his ideas or ideology," Buckley said.

Of course that hasn't stopped PP and a bunch of of other liberals from blaming the Christian right, the GOP and everyone else with a conservative bent. While every terror attack by a Muslim is immediately blamed on anything else, in this case the left is forgoing the wait and see approach and going right the blaming angle. I'm sure the #BlackLivesMatter people at Mizzou will be upset that this story is stealing their publicity.  BTW, if you want to know why I said a "white shooter" at the beginning of this, it's because I still believe we should identify exactly who each perpetrator of a crime is from the outset.

-Meanwhile, the Turkey-Russia situation is still hot. Putin cannot let this pass without wringing everything out of this he can and the person he will be targeting to give him concessions is Obama.

-Even though strict gun control regulations are in place, Chicago is even more dangerous. Just another example of the Lefts goal of controlling weapons trumps the lives of poor black men in an urban setting. They use the poor who are dying as an excuse to seize your legally owned gun but they care nothing about them or else the piles of dead bodies would;t be as big.

-No, your weren't imagining it, college campuses are the reason we are a nation of whiny pussies.

-The VA has spent millions on pushing Obamacare to those who don't need and not spending much on cutting wait times.

-When the entirety of Obama's MidEast failures are put together in one place, it sure looks damning.

Why We Will Never Win The War On Terror

So a Muslim student named Faisal Mohammed went to his school--UC Merced--and started stabbing people. The subsequent investigation found an ISIS flag and numerous other pieces of evidence the guy was radicalized:

Mohammad, a freshman studying computer science at UC Merced, was found to have a printout image of the Islamic State flag alongside a handwritten manifesto with detailed instructions to behead students and multiple reminders to “praise Allah.” Still, investigators have maintained there is no indication that he had any terrorist ties.

Of course there's no connection because this is not an al-Qaeda member sent here to attack, this the new terror. The new terror is radicalizing disaffected Muslims through propaganda and online forums. I guess it's just not that clear to the media and colleges that ISIS posts beheading videos as a recruiting tool.

But that's not the real issue here, the real issue is that UC Merced held a "teach in" to discuss why Mohammed did this crime:

Faculty at the University of California-Merced reportedly held a “teach-in” Monday night to help students better understand the motives of 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad, who earlier this month wounded four people with a hunting knife before being killed by campus police.

And based on reports, I'm guessing the first person to bring up Islam--if anyone did--was booed and shut down immediately. No one wants to believe that "people of color" are capable of this, it has to be something besides religion such as "societal norms", the patriarchy, white privilege or just plain old racism that made this guy snap. It couldn't be watching hours of videos showing ISIS burning pilots, throwing homosexuals off of roofs, killing christians and raping women. no that couldn't be it.

I guess it never occurred to them that the guy really didn't discriminate, he just started slashing. He didn't care whether you were christian, atheist, gay, straight or cis-whatever, you were a target.

I'm beginning to think that the only thing that would make liberals and the media (be I repeat myself) say anything bad about Muslim would be if they attacked abortion clinics.

Here's the flyer advertising the momentous celebration of complete and utter dhimmitude:

What Do College Students Actually Learn About the Real World?

University of Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds has had a running theme about the "higher education bubble" and the huge increases in cost for higher education.

On one side you have the student loan bandits saddling kids with loans they will have a difficult time repaying. Add to the fact that student loans are not dischargeable in a bankruptcy and you essentially have people in their 40's or 50's paying off courses they took 30 years earlier. On the other side you have universities raising rates to egregious levels knowing that students will not worry about the consequences of paying those loans back and will pony up the cash.

What we are left with is a higher education system that is nothing but a business and the return on investment is horrific sometimes taking decades to "break even"...if ever. A student with a degree in Diversity or Ethnic Studies will never make that money back.

To make matters worse, our campuses are a nightmare of liberal thought and gestapo tactics designed to keep it that way.

Take Swarthmore College in the suburbs of Philly. Click the link above to find out just how insane things have gotten as described by the esteemed Thomas Sowell. Here's a snippet:

An all-too-familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May 4 to discuss demands by student activists for the college to divest itself of its investments in companies that deal in fossil fuels. As a speaker was beginning a presentation to show how many millions of dollars such a disinvestment would cost the college, student activists invaded the meeting, seized the microphone, and shouted down a student who rose in the audience to object. 

Although there were professors and administrators in the room — including the college president — apparently nobody had the guts to put a stop to these storm-trooper tactics. Nor is it likely that there will be any punishment of those who put their own desires above the rights of others. On the contrary, these students went on to demand mandatory campus “teach-ins,” and the administration caved on that demand. Among their other demands are that courses on ethnic studies, and on gender and sexuality, be made a requirement for graduation.

That's just one example and this at a notoriously liberal private institution but it is playing out at public colleges around the country as well. As the saying goes "those who can't do, teach". That's essentially what we are seeing now. We have people teaching our students who never did anything. They've never built a business, risked their money, lost sleep over missing a payroll, faced the real threat of losing their house or any of the other things a person in business has to deal with regularly. They went to school, attained an advanced degree in 'Gender Studies', obtained a teaching job teaching the same useless course and are sitting fat with tenure on the back of the next wave of students who are in hock they'll never get out of.

Note that the students in the linked article that they want classes on ethnic studies, gender and sexuality to be mandatory thus costing those who are attending with borrowed money more debt. Now I know not all people who teach at a college are in this category but an alarming number are and that number is burgeoning. This is the norm at many campuses. When did we get to the point that one was required to go to college to "make something of oneself"? How is a graduate of Duke University with a degree in "International Relations" working at Starbucks and collecting welfare a more honorable person than the guy who owns a sprinkler repair company or a plumber? Because they didn't go into massive debt, attend course on human sexuality and get a piece of paper that says they're educated they are considered lesser? Here's a bit of info for you; the plumbers, electricians and construction workers of this world are the ones who are getting up every morning, buying coffee at 7-11 and paying taxes. They are the ones who made America great and continue to do so. We need to get back to the point where a signed piece of parchment means you are "somebody".

Yes, a degree in engineering means you have passed the course and learned the basics but no one in this world comes out of college ready to work in their chosen field. It takes years to attain the skills needed to be a productive employee. I recall when I owned my own business and I was interviewing a recent graduate. The interview was great and I looked to hire this kid. The going rate was $45-50K a year. When I asked the kid how much he wanted, he said "$80,000 to start, that's what my professor said I was worth". My response was simple: "You've been chasing pussy and drinking beer for four years and have no idea what to do in this business. If your professor says you're worth $80K, have him hire you" and I showed him the door.

And that is it in a nutshell; we have far too many students promised a rainbow at graduation and their heads are filled with bullshit about how much they will make. Meanwhile they continue to sign up for even more loans and get into more debt without ever gaining the necessary skills to make the money back.

As an aside: I used to have numerous battles with Swarthmore student or "Swatties" as they're known. They are a product of the liberal elite in our nation. They went to the finest schools and enjoyed growing up the offspring of limousine liberals. Click the link above to find out exactly how they think. It's a horrifying look into what these young leftist's want our country to become and, with Obama guiding them. are getting closer to achieving.