The con man is about to go on trial.
So which happens first, the “Republican” front runner is ruled to be a fraud, or the Democrat front runner is indicted (or suffers massive leaks showing why she should be)?
What an election.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
The Anti-Trump Vote
Naturally the Trump campaign is bellowing its disapproval of the Cruz-Kasich deal. But there’s nothing unfair about enabling the anti-Trump majority, if it exists, from stopping the nomination of a candidate it believes would be disastrous for the party and dangerous for the nation.
Finally. I hope it’s not too late. Of course, “bellowing” is what the Trump campaign does best.
[Update a few minutes later]
Present
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As a result of this profound success, whatever the differences between the two major parties may have been on other issues, these two fundamental bedrock principles underlying the creation and continuation of the post-1945 world order have remained uncontroversial among serious political leaders for the seven decades ever since.
Unfortunately, this has now changed. In both major parties, powerful figures have arisen who are challenging this long-held consensus. Among the Democrats, the chief usurper is the Marxian socialist Bernie Sanders. Among the Republicans, it is the national socialist Donald Trump. Both would gut the Western alliance. Both would wreck the system of global free trade. Both would cause a global depression. Both would unleash the dogs of war. While their rhetoric is quite different, on the central issue of defending or betraying the Pax Americana, the program of both is the same.
It is to be expected that a rabid left-wing socialist like Bernie Sanders would support such a program, and one must be thankful that the remaining Atlanticist forces within the Democratic Party appear to have him and his faction in check – at least for this election year. But what can one say of the Republicans and allegedly “right wing” radical Donald Trump? National Review founder William F. Buckley used to say that conservatives should support the most conservative electable candidate. Hillary Clinton would continue the Obama administration’s deleterious liberal policies for four more years. So she is certainly no conservative. But Donald Trump would destroy the Western alliance and the world economy. On the basis of that comparison, if the two were to face off in November, as incredible as it may seem, William F. Buckley would have no choice but to vote for Clinton. Surely we can do better.
Unfortunately, the problem with Clinton goes far beyond per prospective policies. She would be the most corrupt president since, well…the last time we had a President Clinton. Though Obama’s been no slouch in that regard, either.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Why I regret my vote for Trump.
I Regret Voting For Donald Trump https://t.co/j7ukfhAi2U pic.twitter.com/BMoZUAXYpc
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) April 26, 2016
Peer Review
It almost always provides a false sense of validity of a scientific paper.
Dear Scrotty Students
“You have everything to learn from us; we have nothing to learn from you.”
The inmates seem to be running the campus asylums.
All Sex Is Rape
This used to be the insane position of people like Catherine McKinnon and Andrea Dworkin, but the American Law Institute is now proposing to codify it into law.
A Civil Rights Victory In Tennessee
Ending “gun-free” zones.
The Smugness Of American “Liberalism”
A rare (and long) self-aware commentary from Vox.
My two cents: 1) As always, they keep using that word “liberal.” I don’t think it means what they think it means. 2) The demonization of Kim Davis (including her appearance) reminded me very much of the way Linda Tripp (the only person who told the truth in the Lewinsky affair) was treated. So this is nothing new.
Hamilton Stays
…and Andy Jackson is replaced by Harriet Tubman. I’m actually surprised. This makes too much sense for this administration.
I love this: Replacing the genocidal founder of the racist Democrat Party with a gun-toting black Republican woman. https://t.co/nS1KPx4Hnl
— Apostle To Morons (@Rand_Simberg) April 20, 2016
[Afternoon update]
Oh, good lord, Ben Carson is an historical idiot:
Ben Carson criticized the decision to replace former President Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill on Wednesday, saying Jackson was a “tremendous president.”
“I love Harriet Tubman. I love what she did. But we can find another way to honor her,” the former presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon said. “Maybe a $2 bill.”
What part of Jackson’s presidency does Carson like the best? The hogs in the White House? The slave owning? The ethnic cleansing of the southeast? The founding of the racist Democrat Party?
Title IX
As Megan McArdle tweeted, it’s almost like college administrators think that Stalin’s show trials got a bad rap.
The Wages Of “Critical Theory”
College students cannot explain why a 5’9″ white guy isn’t a 6’5″ Chinese woman.
Remember, they’re putting themselves into tens of thousands of dollars of non-dischargeable debt for this sort of “education.”