op ed review 6/7
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
The Left is on the march.
Coordinated national attack embedded and concealed within protests, probably
been in planning for years, looking for just the right moment, the right spark. Complicit media assures us it is “mostly
non-violent protest”, but it’s much more than that.
Looters in NYC were 'dropped off in luxury cars with power
tools and suitcases' and 'used stolen U-Hauls' for coordinated attacks
Bricks 'randomly' appear during protests sparking theories
they were planted to stoke violence
Dynamite used to destroy ATMs and gather cash in NY and
Philly.
Looters Grab $2.4 Million Worth of Watches from Soho Rolex
Store
MACY’s flagship 5th avenue store destroyed
St. Patrick's Cathedral desecrated with protest graffiti
Police describe anarchists' extensive prep for violence,
including 'bicycle scouts'
Secret Service agents wounded outside White House, car bombs
feared; official says Trump was taken to bunker, historic St. John’s Church down
the street set on fire.
President Trump walks over to look at damaged St. John’s
Church, loathsome Elizabeth Warren; “The
President of the United States tear-gassed peaceful protestors (a lie) in order
to clear the way for a useless photo-op outside the White House—just after
vowing to activate the military against our own people.” Joe Biden: “He tear-gassed (lie again) peaceful protesters
and fired rubber bullets. For a photo…”
Joe Biden Poses with Black Lives Matter (for a photo) in
Wilmington as Left-Wing Terrorists Riot, Loot and Burn Buildings to the Ground
Over 500 people were arrested Friday night: 533 arrests were
made. The charges include burglary, looting, probation violation, battery on
police officer, attempted murder and failure to disperse. Police say all but 18
of the arrestees have released on their own recognizance.
Arsonists who set fires in NYC during multiple nights of
riots will be instantly freed from jail if ever arrested thanks to Gov. Cuomo’s
bail reform law. (almost like it was set
up with this in mind)
New York Times goes insane, calls for defunding the NYPD, “Redirect it to emergency
response programs that don’t kill black people.”
Minneapolis City Council members go insane: look to disband the police department
Hillary Clinton’s former national press secretary calls for
police departments to be defunded across the country.
LA Mayor Slashes LAPD Budget As Calls To ‘Defund Police’ Slowly
Pick Up Steam
The hidden method to this madness: “Once you understand the
larger objectives, everything becomes a sequence of predictable events.”
Remember Baghdad Bob?
MSNBC reporter says situation
not 'generally speaking unruly' while standing outside burning building.
Child Pepper Sprayed After Reckless Parent Decides to Bring
Them to Seattle Riot
Rioters Set Fire to Nashville City Hall
Duo Arrested For Fire-Bombing Minnesota Courthouse
Suspected Antifa Anarchist Accused Of Inciting Riots Turned
In To Police By His Parents
Two attorneys arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at a
NYPD vehicle. One is an Ivy
League-educated lawyer and member of Brooklyn community board.
Obama-era ex-intel official bails out NYC lawyer suspected
of hurling Molotov cocktail.
Who
is this “Obama-era official?” Rizvi is a
former Obama White House intelligence analyst who reportedly worked for the
NSA, the State Department, and the Pentagon. She was an Islamic outreach
coordinator for the Obama Administration. Her college was paid for by Paul
Soros, George’s brother, and by the Council On American Islamic Relations
(CAIR) through the Islamic Scholarship Fund. In her bio with the Islamic Scholarship Fund, Rizvi claims
she had input on the Obama Daily Briefing, no small thing.
Another NY Leftist Admits to Hurling Molotov Cocktail
Through Police Van with Four Officers Inside - May Face Attempted Murder Charges
Multiple Biden campaign staffers donated to Minnesota group
that pays bail for rioters
Daughters of Minnesota Governor Walz and Congresswoman Ilhan
Omar tweeting support and helpful advice to rioters.
The son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tweeted
on Sunday that he is declaring his support for Antifa
Liberal magazine Slate declares violence is ‘important tool’
for protests, does NOT get censored by Twitter.
The National World War II Memorial vandalized.
Federal Prosecutors Arrest St. Louis Man for Distributing
Information to Create Napalm
President Trump: Retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn
was killed by 'despicable looters'
Richmond Police Chief Chokes Up Explaining How Rioters Set
Fire to Building With Child Inside
After Minneapolis Target Store destroyed, “Target CEO Stands
In Solidarity With Minneapolis Protesters”
Seattle councilmember endorses looting and riots
John Brennan Lashes Out at President Trump, Encourages
Rioting and Looting by Left-Wing Terrorists, 'Necessary For Real Change'
Massachusetts Attorney General: “America is burning. But that’s how forests
grow”
CNN correspondent explains rioting is justified by “pain of
racism”
Pulitzer winning New York Times journalist says property
destruction for social change is as American as the Boston Tea Party and the
Stonewall Riots.
Hollywood comedian says she hopes young people rioting
across the U.S. can parlay their anger into something that will “burn down this
f—ing Constitution.”
White people kneel in Houston, ask forgiveness from the
black community for ”years of racism”.
Woman Kneels on Demand in the Street to Apologize For Her
“White Privilege” “Man claiming to represent Black Lives Matter trains her like a
dog.”
4 St. Louis police officers shot
Minnesota National Guard and police round up 150 curfew
violators -- and find caches of arson materials
Seattle Mayor Blames ‘White Men’ For ‘Much Of The Violence
And Destruction’ At Riots
NBA announcer Grant Napear punished for saying 'All Lives
Matter'
President Trump declares that the federal government will be
designating Antifa a domestic terrorist group.
Neck Hold Used By Minneapolis Officer Was Approved By
Department Policy as a “non-deadly option”. (Minneapolis
run by progressive Democrats for 40 years.)
Useful idiot George W. Bush Cheers Protests as Sign of
'Strength'.
“Strange new respect for George W. Bush as Bush minions form
PAC to boost Joe Biden.”
Florida sheriff encourages residents to shoot looters. “…the people of Polk County like guns, they
have guns, I encourage them to own guns, and they’re going to be in their homes
tonight with their guns loaded.”
Rioters retreat after Cleveland bakery owners greet them loaded
for bear.
Citizens With AR15’s Protect Salem Oregon Storefronts During
Protest
Texas citizens group spends the night defending the Alamo after
protests and vandalism.
Local Philly Residents - Black and White - Stand Guard Over
Target Store - Chant "Four More Years" and "USA! USA!"
Wendy's in the crosshairs of the Left following reports of $440K
donation to Trump reelection campaign.
Wendy’s caves next day.
After blowback from the Left, Wendy’s donates $500K to “social justice
causes”
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COLUMN(S) OF THE WEEK
“Are you against murder? Of course you are. Murder is not
merely illegal, but also morally wrong, and you would never advocate or condone
murder. What about racism? Are you also against racism? Certainly, every
American can be expected to condemn prejudice, racial hatred, and unjust
discrimination. There is widespread agreement in our society that racism is a
bad thing, and therefore it may be assumed that everyone reading this was
horrified by the video of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Four police
officers involved in Floyd’s arrest were dismissed from the force, and one of
them, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with third-degree murder. There is no
controversy or political division over this; every public official commenting
on the case agrees that what happened to Floyd was wrong, and authorities in
Minnesota have declared that justice will be done. Why, then, was there a need
for protest marches from coast to coast? And why, when these protests
predictably turned into riots, were so many people reluctant to condemn the
lawless violence that many headlines euphemistically referred to as “unrest”?.....
Most of the blame for this situation belongs to the media,
especially cable-news networks, which provide the audience for performative
protests that are as ritualistic as kabuki theater.”
The Sole Justification Offered for the Riots Is a Fiction. 6/2
Rioters and their enablers claim that the present disorder
is justified by an epidemic of police shootings of unarmed black men. But no
such epidemic exists.
There is a lot we don’t yet know about the interaction
between Derek Chauvin and George Floyd — National Review’s Andy McCarthy has
done yeoman’s work in sifting through
the police report and highlighting some of the remaining uncertainties. We do
have that video, though. And what that video depicts — the way that Floyd
writhes in pain and gasps for his late mother with his final breaths — is
enough to stir even the most callous viewer to outrage.
And stir it has — the anger has been nearly universal. The
president, in his way, decried the killing. Conservative and liberal
commentators alike have, in their way, condemned the officer’s actions. The
system, in its way, is responding, too. All of the officers involved were
fired. Derek Chauvin is sitting in a maximum-security prison awaiting trial on
murder and manslaughter charges. Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison is
“moving as expeditiously, quickly, and effectively” as possible to arraign the
other officers involved, as the facts allow. Chauvin will get his day in court.
Floyd’s family will, too.
No one of prominence thinks that Chauvin should not face
justice. No one of prominence has excused his behavior, or defended the
indifference of his partners. No one of prominence feels anything but awful
sympathy for George Floyd and his family. Most everyone agrees on these points,
and most everyone is outraged.
It is in the context of this universal outrage that we are
asked to consider the behavior of the looters and rioters, the vigilantes and
anarchists, the masked delinquents defacing property, ransacking stores, and
burning police cars in an orgy of disorder and destruction. We are asked to
believe that the beatings and the violence are the only recourse available to
beleaguered people who have time and again been denied justice by the civil
authorities. Some say that this is the comeuppance due to a society that
subjugates its people, that the immolated AutoZone and the burgled Target are
monuments to our neglect. They say that society lit the match that toppled the
convenience store, that society stole the PlayStations and television sets,
that society brought this chaos and ruin upon itself.
It is true that there are injustices in the United States.
It is true that there is tension and distrust between the police and racial
minorities, and that this has terrible human costs, George Floyd’s death
prominent among them. But the rioters and looters and their apologists are
advancing a more specific claim still: that Floyd’s death is not just an
individual tragedy worthy of particular outrage, but part of an epidemic of
lethal violence perpetrated against unarmed black men by police officers. That
such tragedies happen with startling frequency. That black men cannot leave the
house without getting shot by racist cops. “It’s important to be here today
because we’re dying,” one protester told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“It’s an epidemic.”
This is not supported by the data. Last year, according to
the Washington Post’s database of police-involved shootings, (out of ten
million arrests) nine unarmed black people were shot and killed by the police,
compared to 19 unarmed white people. Assuming that the use of lethal force was
unjustified in each of those nine cases — not always a safe assumption — the
resulting deaths are no less tragic for being so statistically improbable…this
problem — the use of lethal force by police against unarmed black suspects — is
not nearly of the scope that the rioters and their enablers would have us
believe.
As Robert VerBruggen notes, the empirical literature is not
decisive on questions of proportion — on the racial breakdown of victims
of police violence. Harvard economist Roland Fryer conducted a now-famous systematic
review of police violence, and found that cops were more likely to use
low-level force against black suspects than against white suspects, but no more
likely to use lethal force. The racial disparities in the use of low-level
force shrank when Fryer accounted for differences in group behavior, but a gap
remained between white and nonwhite suspects even after such controls. And the
fact that the police are more likely to place their hands on a black suspect,
push them into a wall, or shove them to the ground no doubt contributes to the
sense of hostility between law enforcement and African Americans.
But the central claim advanced by those defending the riots
is not that police are disproportionately likely to use low-level force against
black suspects. The central claim advanced by those defending the riots is that
“they are killing us,” that blacks are “hunted” by racist police departments
and are in danger every time they leave their homes. The evidence simply
doesn’t back that up. And as stores are burned and livelihoods destroyed,
churches desecrated and precincts set ablaze, evidence is something we must
insist on.
“There is no systemic racism in policing” 6/2
Putting the violent rioting aside for a moment, politicians
in both parties are insinuating that the killing of George Floyd was racially
motivated and reflects a broader injustice against black citizens more than
anyone else, which legitimizes the rage undergirding the riots, if not the
riots themselves. This assertion is simply not borne out by reality. According
to the Washington Post’s searchable database on police shootings, nine unarmed
black people were shot dead by cops in 2019, while 19 unarmed white people
shared the same fate. So even before we examine whether these shootings were
justified, there were more than twice as many fatal police shootings of white
people than of black people. According
to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 53 million people come into
contact with the police each year, often with multiple encounters. Now what
does this rate look like? Obviously, that doesn’t excuse any maleficent
officers, but it also doesn’t justify a broader grievance demanding that every
cop kneel to the ground in order to avoid a riot……As researchers from the
University of Michigan and University of Maryland reported last year, “We did
not find evidence for anti-Black or anti-Hispanic disparity in police use of
force across all shootings, and, if anything, found anti-White disparities when
controlling for race-specific crime.”
If anything, according to this study analyzing 917
officer-involved fatal shootings published last August, they found “officers
are less likely to fatally shoot Black civilians for fear of public and legal
reprisals” and therefore, “all else equal, this would increase the likelihood
that a person fatally shot was White vs. Black.” They conclude that “per capita
racial disparity in fatal shootings is explained by non-White people’s greater
exposure to the police through crime.” Also, for every one case of unjustified
police force, such as against George Floyd, how many cops have been beaten or
were killed because they went the extra mile to use underwhelming force,
particularly when dealing with African-American criminals? Last night, five
cops were shot and one is in critical condition. Another cop was run over by a
protester in Buffalo, NY.
Then, of course, there are the black-on-black crimes that
are the biggest threat to black lives, yet they don’t seem to matter to the
media and politicians. Just over the past weekend, 82 individuals were shot, 22
of them fatally. Black people are killed by homicide at eight times the rate of
white people. That is the true disparity in the justice system we should be
talking about.
WSJ; The Myth of
Systemic Police Racism 6/3
George Floyd’s death in
Minneapolis has revived the Obama-era narrative that law enforcement is
endemically racist…..This charge of systemic police bias was wrong during the
Obama years and remains so today. However sickening the video of Floyd’s
arrest, it isn’t representative of the 375 million annual contacts that police
officers have with civilians. A solid body of evidence finds no structural bias
in the criminal-justice system with regard to arrests, prosecution or
sentencing. Crime and suspect behavior, not race, determine most police actions………The
false narrative of systemic police bias resulted in targeted killings of
officers during the Obama presidency. The pattern may be repeating itself.
Officers are being assaulted and shot at while they try to arrest gun suspects
or respond to the growing riots. Police precincts and courthouses have been
destroyed with impunity, which will encourage more civilization-destroying
violence. If the Ferguson effect of officers backing off law enforcement in
minority neighborhoods is reborn as the Minneapolis effect, the thousands of
law-abiding African-Americans who depend on the police for basic safety will
once again be the victims.
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FROM OTHER COLUMNS
“Democrats were literally arresting Americans for opening
their businesses, but now are silent as protesters burn them down. You were
fined for worshipping in your church, but now cheered for marching in screaming
crowds.”
-Actor James
Woods
“Racism is not dead. But it is on life-support, kept alive
mainly by the people who use it for an excuse or to keep minority communities
fearful or resentful enough to turn out as a voting bloc on election day.”
-Thomas Sowell
“The world needs to know. Almost 32 years with NYPD, I have
never felt such disgust, hopelessness, and anger. Manhattan was occupied
territory tonight, we were totally outnumbered by miscreants. They were brazen,
laughing and rampant. It was so prevalent there was nothing a police officer
could do according to the rules and expectations of the Democrat Party. Our
leaders took knees of solidarity with "protesters" during the day,
and then had a (humiliation) forced down their throats at night. Zero
leadership. Zero courage. Complete and utter pandering. And I heard the Bronx
was even worse. I didn't hear one person say the name George Floyd. It was
complete anarchy and savagery. New York, wait until you wake up and see video
of Manhattan. It will look like Iraq. If you don't beg Donald Trump to take
charge of these democrat cities across America, your country will be lost. The
BS I saw today disgusted me more than the sh*t I saw on 9-11. Wasn't even
close. Going to bed. Good night.”
-Anonymous
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BOOKS
Alex Berenson's coronavirus booklet hits Amazon after Elon
Musk and others call out online retailer for 'censorship'. “Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and
Lockdowns: Part 1”. Amazon didn’t want
you to read this.
Kindle version here:
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TUCKER CARLSON ON A ROLL
Tucker on Thursday: “The
riots are not about George Floyd or racial justice. They're about Trump and
seizing power…..The most privileged are using the most desperate to seize power
from the rest of us.”
Tucker on Wed: “…..three
days ago, The New York Times published a piece making the same demand: "No
more money for the police." No police. That's right, the article calls for
the elimination of all cops and all prisons in the United States. So, if we did
that, who would keep order? Well, The New York Times has an answer to that:
"Rapid response social workers would keep the peace.".. If you live
in a gated community, it might sound like a good idea. You've got your own
police force…..But what about everyone else? What's going to happen to them?
Don Lemon and Rashida Tlaib don't care at all. Your neighborhood is not their
problem. They're in it for the revolution, and make no mistake, it is a
revolution from above, aimed downward. This is the only revolution in history
that's being waged not on behalf of the working class, but against them.”
"Monday night Tucker attracted 5,942,000 viewers at
8pm. That makes him not only the most watched program on cable, but the most
watched program on cable OR BROADCAST for Monday night.
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PROGRESSIVE WATCH
“I Watched Antifa Grow, Let Me Warn You About These
Terrorists”: Seattle talk show host examines
the destruction of the city of his youth and his home of 20 years….starts by
reminding his listener family about how the Seattle news media expressed love
and compassion for an Antifa terrorist who tried to kill Federal Agents. Jay
Inslee and Bob Ferguson did nothing to investigate his Antifa splinter group,
the John Brown Gun Club. Now, that terrorist’s comrades have destroyed Seattle.
Teen Vogue: Antifa 'Aspires Toward Creating a Better World'
Antifa claims to be anti-fascist, so people think it's a
good organization. It's not. When fascism appeared in
the 1930s, its biggest enemy was communism. This was not because fascism and
communism were antithetical ideologies. It was because they were sister
totalitarian ideologies, both arising out of socialism, with both competing for
the same voters. The Antifa of the 1920s and 1930s in Germany, therefore,
wasn't a peaceful democratic movement seeking to stand against all forms of
totalitarian socialism; it was, instead, a violent communist group engaged in
bloody internecine warfare with Hitler's fascists. (Startling antifa flag comparison, must see)
WTF?! Professor tweets thread detailing EXACTLY how to pull
down the Washington Monument.
Antifa's Most Important Enabler Is Its Legal Arm, the
National Lawyers Guild
Misquoting MLK to Legitimize Violence
The socially liberal son-in-law of President Trump, Jared
Kushner, wants to change the GOP platform so that it reflects Democrat views.
Tucker Carlson Rips Jared Kushner: “Trump’s Instincts ‘Have
Been Subverted At Every Level’”
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CONSPIRACY CORNER?
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin both worked security at the
same night club: everything around El
Nuevo Rodeo is sketchy.
El Nuevo Rodeo (hereafter ENR) is a front business. Nothing is as it seems.
The background
ownership of ENR takes you to a shady network of LLC’s…..Dig a little deeper
and something else becomes evident… The ownership might connect to one or more
U.S. three letter agencies……
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COVID-19
Epidemiologist Who Triggered Worldwide Lockdowns Admits:
Without Instituting Full Lockdown, Sweden Essentially Getting Same Effect
Lancetgate: Medical
Journal Retracts Study Claiming Hydroxychloroquine Is Dangerous
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ARTICLES
“Is the virus the latest unsuccessful attempt to destroy the
Trump presidency? Are the riots an attempt to gin up support for the joke of a
candidate Joe Biden? The Washington Post answers that with this headline, “New
data finds young black Americans aren’t as enthusiastic about Biden — or
opposed to Trump — as their elders.” What better than a race war to rile up the
Democrat base.”
“The Democrats created the atmosphere. They spilled the
gasoline, lit the match, and are still too busy signaling their virtues and
blaming Republicans, to do the hard work of putting out their own flames. Black
Lives Matter and Antifa are their organizations. The Minneapolis city
authorities and the police force bosses are also their people. The atmosphere
was the undiluted work of the Democrats. And with the pandemic fading, they dug
into their old playbook and decided that it was time for a new crisis. After
locking down the country didn’t work, the Democrats decided to set it on fire
instead.”
Seven Thoughts on the Civil War the Other Side Wants So
Badly. Here are a few:
1. It’s Antifa. It’s not Black Lives Matter. Black Lives
Matter doesn’t matter anymore. And you have to have the IQ of trouser lint to
think it’s “white supremacists” destroying those cities.
3. The Democrats refuse to condemn the terror on our
streets, but what’s more important they refuse to put a stop to it.
5. Virtually every one of the police departments the Left is
screeching about is governed by Democrats. Where is their accountability? And
what does that teach us?
Schlichter: “Give Up
Your Guns Because Democrats Will Totally Protect You…..I have…been reliably
informed that the police are evil monsters of racism and badness and that they
should be the only ones with guns because of reasons that I am not clear on,
but I do know that our smart and competent elite betters know better. If you
have any doubts about that, just look at the urban paradise that is progressive
Minneapolis. I hear the zoo has a new unicorn exhibit.”
Prager: “The Left
Couldn't Care Less About Blacks……Virtually every conservative in America knows
the title of this column is true. Virtually every leftist knows it, too, but
lying for the cause is what the left does (think "Russian
collusion"). And those liberals who have become increasingly indistinguishable
from leftists know it's probably true but won't say so -- lest they side with
conservatives and, more importantly, be branded "racist" by the left.”
“There’s something I say all the time, only because it’s
true: Frankenstein’s monster always returns to the castle to destroy it.” That
adage came true again this weekend as left-wing mobs turned on left-wing cities
that have elected left-wing politicians for generations, many in left-wing
states, and burned much of them to the ground. The monster came home.”
Podhoretz: “George
Orwell’s timeless admonition, “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals
believe them,” has been given new life by the desperate efforts of pundits,
scholars and Twitter blue-checks to defend the violence, looting, disorder and
general monstrousness that have overtaken America’s cities”
“‘Institutional racism ’is the new blood libel” The riots that began in Minneapolis are the
intended consequence of the fake history dished out by our media, Hollywood,
and most colleges and public schools for the past 50 years. This new
"institutional racism" falsely blames all whites for every injustice
— especially whites who are Christian or Republican or who love America. They
get away with it because Hollywood, schools, and colleges have taught fake
history for the past 50 years.”
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REF 90 WASHINGTON
If you don’t act, schools will soon be teaching kindergartners
that they can be any gender they want. 129,811
valid signatures are due by June 10, 2020.
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SATIRE
Nike Releases Commemorative Shoe To Honor Looters
Clever Churchgoers Avoid Arrest By Disguising Themselves As
Rioters
Episcopalians Confused By Strange Book Trump Brought To
Church
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OTHER STUFF
Video: 'Grief-Stricken'
Seattle Rioters Loot an AR-15 From Cop Car. What Happened Next Will Make You
Cheer: Q13 hired a security guard who
knew what he was doing.
A list of the buildings damaged, looted in Minneapolis and
St. Paul (long)
The Week in Hilarious Pictures: Mighty Kayleigh Edition
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WISE
WORDS
“It has been the great tragedy of our time that people were
taught to read and not taught to reason.”
-G.K.
Chesterton
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