The 2021 Malaise and the week that was
In the summer of 1979 Jimmy Carter gave his infamous "Malaise" speech. In that speech Carter told Americans that they suffered from a crisis "that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our lives and in the loss of unity of purpose for our nation. The erosion of confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and political fabric of America." Today, not even a year into the Biden presidency, I think Joe Biden would be willing to deliver that same speech. Unfortunately, Joe can't articulate very well.
The week:
The story which may be most important was the release of Mollie Hemingway's new book Rigged , which is the first expose of the 2020 election.
The opening paragraph from the Prologue:
"If questioning the results of a presidential election were a crime, as many have asserted in the wake of the controversial 2020 election and it's aftermath, then much of the Democratic party and media establishment should have been indicted for their behavior following the 2016 election. In fact, the last time Democrats fully accepted the legitimacy of a presidential election they lost was in 1988.
After the 2000 election, which hinged on the results of a recount in Florida, Democrats smeared President George W Bush as "selected, not elected." When Bush won re-election against then senator John Kerry in 2004, many on the left claimed that voting machines in Ohio had been rigged to deliver fraudulent votes to Bush. HBO even produced and aired the Emmy-nominated Hacking Democracy, a documentary claiming to show that "votes can be stolen without a trace," adding fuel to the conspiracy theory fire that the results of the 2004 election were illegitimate. But nothing holds a candle to what happened in 2016 after Donald Trump's surprising defeat of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Yesterday we heard what smart people already knew:
"The National Institutes of Health has stunningly admitted to funding gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at China’s Wuhan lab — despite Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly insisting to Congress that no such thing happened.
In a letter to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday, a top NIH official blamed EcoHealth Alliance — the New York City-based nonprofit that has funneled US funds to the Wuhan lab — for not being transparent about the work it was doing.
NIH’s principal deputy director, Lawrence A. Tabak, wrote in the letter that EcoHealth’s “limited experiment” tested whether “spike proteins from naturally occurring bat coronaviruses circulating in China were capable of binding to the human ACE2 receptor in a mouse model.”
https://nypost.com/2021/10/21/nih-admits-us-funded-gain-of-function-in-wuhan-despite-faucis-repeated-denials/#:~:text=The%20National%20Institute%20of%20Health%20has%20now%20stunningly,insisting%20to%20Congress%20that%20no%20such%20thing%20happened .
Yesterday we also witnessed the the embarrassing performance of Biden's woke AG:
"On Thursday, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) grilled Biden administration Attorney General Merrick Garland over a possible conflict of interest from the memorandum Garland issued following the letter for the National School Boards Association to President Biden in which they stated , “As these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased, the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.”
Johnson pointed out a federal regulation dealing with rules of impartiality for executive branch employees and officials in reference to Garland’s son-in-law, who reportedly founded a company that publishes and sells materials sympathetic to Critical Race Theory and so-called “anti-racism” ideas to schools across the country."
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-garland-grilled-wont-commit-to-ethics-inquiry-over-memo-to-fbi-about-school-protests
That wasn't all. Garland also admitted that he had no evidence, other than a letter from a left wing group, that there was any systemic violence going on at school board meetings. That raised the question of why the DOJ got involved. The other ethical question raised came via a FOIA request which showed that that same group had been in contact with the White House before they sent the letter to Garland. Garland also refused to put the assault on the Department of the Interior building last week with the Jan 6th incident. We all saw the AG's bias exposed.
There were a few minor stories as well. The House, as expected, voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt. That move from Pelosi's get Trump committee is bound to be tied up in the courts right up until the Republicans retake congress next year.
Remains found by investigators were identified as those of Brian Laundrie
The Biden administration promoted a transgender male to the rank of four star Admiral.
I'm sure every member of the US Navy is proud.
The closer for the week was the New York Post poll that shows 62% blame Biden for inflation:
"Sixty-two percent of Americans said President Biden is somewhat or very responsible for increasing inflation — the same number who believe the country is on the wrong track, according to a new poll released Wednesday."
https://nypost.com/2021/10/20/us-majority-say-biden-policies-responsible-for-inflation-poll/
What have we learned?
First we are quickly learning what must be done. ORGANIZE! In every school district in America, local committees of patriotic community activists must organize, as some are already doing. Among other things, they should get involved in virtually every aspect of local public education. We can no longer leave the education of our children and the well-being of our community to the "professionals." As we have learned, especially since the pandemic, the educational bureaucracy does not have the best interests of our children in mind.
In addition, right here, we still have people who think they can construct insulting commentary that will avoid the Coc. I can assure them that it won't happen in 3 of the NT groups. Also noted is that Saul Alinsky's rule # 13 still seems to be in use.
Honorable mention:
Our own Jefferson gets the credit for posting the NIH story as soon as it broke. (one of the most important new stories of the week).
Kyrsten Sinema for standing firm against the full fury of the woke mob.
Mollie Hemingway for her second important expose.
Last but not least, Parents Defending Education for getting the info on communications between the White House and the leftist National School Boards Association.
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Another week for all those living with the results of the 2020 election.
Another very bad one.
No malaise in my circles and no problem with Biden.
Too bad that you're so miserable, Vic but that's on you.
I'll enjoy life and you can piss and moan.
Carry on you're doing a great job of it.
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trumpsters are stoking the little back fires they've set in the hopes of providing distractions from the raging inferno headed for federal courtrooms across this country.
It's amazing to see the level of intimidation that has gone on here.
That's two that I am disapointed with.
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Yawn, yet another hit piece on the 'left' and President Biden.
Nothing but the usual projection, deflection, denial and also outright lies.
Let me know specifically what lie you see.
**crickets**
Where's the beef?
Some make an accusations, but can't back it up.
Others make them and run away.
Just swoop and poops....
Again and still
Ya! So true!
Ummmm this time it's you. Name the outright lies please.
What specifically is a lie?
Are the polls cited lies?
Anyone can bleat "It's a lie" but few have the wherewithal to actually prove it.
They haven’t done that on any of our seeds
What specifically is a lie?
Are the polls cited lies?
Anyone can bleat "It's a lie" but few have the wherewithal to actually prove it.
What have we learned?
We have learned that the Republican Party and conservatives have devolved into a group whose sole purpose of existence is to whine, gripe and try to claim victimhood. Their ideologies offer nothing to the American people, and the right doesnt even try to offer programs that will help the middle class, working poor, and poor.
No one can even remember the last time Republicans suggested a government program to make regular peoples lives better. Their suggestions are entirely oppositional. They oppose teaching honest history of racism. They oppose equal rights for EVERYONE. They oppose taxing the wealthy at a higher rate. They oppose vaccine mandates. They oppose the social safety net.
Their mantras are '1776' as if the world from 250 years ago is the cure all for todays ills.
As I posted a few days ago, 100 years ago the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan wrote a manifesto that could pass for a MAGA speech today, the only difference being the somewhat archaic language used a hundred years ago.
Go back , go back, go back...... that is the spirit of the right today.
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I don't know why this latest 'the week that was'
was deemed worthy of applause by ANYONE!
Didn't think "anyone" needed your approval of their opinion. Seems rather uppity...... but not surprising.
We offer FREE ENTERPRISE, not HANDOUTS!
No one can even remember the last time Republicans suggested a government program
Why would we? That's democrat shit. We don't look to build dependency on government. Even Bill Clinton tried to wean people off welfare!
No one can even remember the last time Republicans suggested a government program
BULL SHIT! They want to TEACH RACISM!
As I posted a few days ago, 100 years ago the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan wrote a manifesto that could pass for a MAGA speech today,
Haven't you learned yet, John.....Only Racists claim Racism!
Go back , go back, go back...... that is the spirit of the right today.
We'll glady take you forward, as Ronald Reagan did. Remember what Obama said about Reagan changing the Trajectory?
I'll give you one thing. You get pounded by the facts and truth on this forum every week and you still keep coming back with these "week that was" screeds week after week. It's a shame your arguments are so non existent or poor.
LMAO! Thanks John, I needed a good laugh today.
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A group of Republicans whose sole purpose of existence is to whine, gripe, and try to claim victimhood would be a description of Critical Republican Theory. That invites comparison to the other CRT that is currently in vogue.
And, yet, 1619 has become a mantra for the cause of all today's ills. CRT is as CRT does.
100 years ago the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was a Democrat. Democrats in elephant suits are still Democrats.
And as you have been told repeatedly, no one really wants to revert back to the golden heydays of the Democratic Party and Jim Crow.
BTFW, is there anything in the article that you can claim and prove is false?
And as you have been told repeatedly, no one really wants to revert back to the golden heydays of the Democratic Party and Jim Crow.
BTFW, is there anything in the article that you can claim and prove is false?
what about Medicare advantage which offers seniors more options for their health care? Low cost catastrophic health insurance with high deductibles for younger people with tax free health savings accounts for out of pocket medical expenses and the deductible? An RX program in Medicare part D for seniors medications? Opportunity zones to improve investment in areas of economic blight providing a leg up for people living there, primarily benefiting minority communities? The permanent federal financial support for historically black colleges?
Not only suggested but enacted in each case…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is above 35,000.
Malaise? My Ass!
Is that all you have to cling to?
You, who used to post Biden's poll numbers right after he was elected.
You, who told us that Hunter Biden had yet to get a big offer for a painting, let's wait and see.
You, who thought anything was better than mean tweets.
All I have to cling to? No. Andrew McCabe was cleared of any wrongdoing and got his pay and benefits back plus Steve Bannon was charged with Contempt of Congress. So, No Malaise!
How was he cleared?
plus Steve Bannon was charged with Contempt of Congress.
So was Eric Holder and Lois Lerner. What should be different?
Difference? McCabe is innocent. Bannon isn't!
You haven't told us anything about McCabe. What is he innocent of?
Sorry, does'nt answer this.
Train of thought cross the tracks?
Donald Trump is not a disgraced figure because of mean tweets. Your bizarre insistence that only his mean tweets kept him from office again is a good example of why your political recaps cannot be taken seriously.
No, that is not all. The media was successful in blaming him for the pandemic. Trump also listened to Dr Fauci (who signed on to the funding of that dangerous research) and shut down the great economy he created. Last but not least, we are finding out via the Hemingway expose that the 2020 election was bought by the elites.
Funny how someone asked me to point out the lies in this 'article' and then this is posted. . . unreal! There's three lies right there!
Those are all facts. You say no?
Prove they are false.
They are not facts.
Here's another:
Joe Biden already spent $2 trillion on the American Rescue Act and all we have to show for it as an economic crisis, an inflation crisis, and a supply chain crisis.
Again, not facts.
It's odd when people reply to themselves, don't you think?
Which ones? Should be easy if right there in front of your face. Please expound for the readers.
there is no economic crisis on my street, typical retirees with motorhomes and 2 income families going to work every day.
inflation isn't a crisis, it's just a 13 year high.
the supply chain crisis is a gift from Donald, you should embrace it.
As it is sorted out, inflation should come back down to it's lifetime average
With the exceptions of Nixon and Carter's highs 11 and 14%
inflation over the years has been between 5.4% in 1990
and 2% since the with the exception of the 2010 and 2015.
The country obviously survives these periods without a declaration of a crisis.
So, instead of just babbling that they are not facts, how about explaining what you believe are lies.
Especially when they tell themselves they have no facts.
At least that is the first true thing some of them have said on here.
No crisis here either. Stores are full of people.
Was on the road today and there were so many trucks on the road.
More than I usually see.
He got his pay and pension back but he was not in any way exonerated of anything as the IG stated.
Maybe she was reminding herself that she had no facts?
Please show how that helps poor people.
Malaise refers to other things, but one would have to read the article to garner that info.
Asra Nomani and her colleagues have diligently and successfully worked to expose American Marxism in US schools.
As I say, we need more organizations just like it. Concerned parents in every state and every community should form committees.
"Asra Nomani and her colleagues have diligently and successfully worked to expose American Marxism in US schools."
Nonsense - not happening!
CRT tries to distort what is the most tolerant and beneficent society on earth into a miserably dark and impoverished nation - from it's beginning to today.
Please , tell us the time, century , decade, or era, when the US has not been a racist country. I want a specific era, century or decade.
I agree things have gotten better recently, although there are still tens of millions of white racists in America today. But things have gotten better. So in honor of things getting somewhat better, we just forget hundreds of years of white supremacy?
Do you seriously believe its going to work that way?
From 1776 until now!
I agree things have gotten better recently,
I'm surprised you even granted that much
although there are still tens of millions of white racists in America today.
Derrick Bell, Eric Holder, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ibram Kendi are all black.
But things have gotten better. So in honor of things getting somewhat better, we just forget hundreds of years of white supremacy?
Are you taliking about the world-wide institution of slavery from 200 years ago? It's in all the history books, John.
Do you seriously believe its going to work that way?
Um-hum. Either that or there is going to be a real revolution.
You are either profoundly uninformed or not telling the truth.
The complaint is not confined to slavery. White supremacy was the rage for the 100 years between 1865 and 1965. Pick up a history book for gods sake.
I admit, I haven't read Kendi's book.
You live in a fantasy land.
Why do you focus on the past so much?
Do you think you can change it?
Do you think you can wave your little magic wand and somehow change the past?
People have acknowledged the past. Admittedly, they aren't so obsessed with it as you are.
We know, and Republicans tried telling Democrats that, but they persisted.
Well, Vic, there should be some clarification.
The only time this country has been a racist country is during the time democrats owned slaves, the time democrats but into law Jim Crowe laws, the time when democrats were the KKK ?(wait, that is still today), the time when democrats attack blacks for escaping the liberal plantation (wait, that is happening today, too), and don't forget the time when democrat governors segregated schools. Now, today they are going back to doing the same thing by having some colleges segregate students by race.
Well, on second thought, I guess this country has been a racist country.
so in other words you are agreeing that America has always been a racist country
Think you might need to read the Declaration of Independence again John. Tell me that ain't racist.
Why dont you interrogate the right wingers on this site.
So maybe it has, but seems to have always point to the left, historically and modern.
No, just the democrats…
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Asra Nomani and her cohorts did their best to cause the TJPTSA to be decertified by the Virginia PTA. They are now on probation and required to meet Association standards, which they violated.
Indeed it is:
Yes Sir, you can see it here every single day!
Sir? I think she's a Ma'am
Who is?
the person you replied to
Jasper?
comment 7? duh!
I assume that's today's effort to contradict Vic.
That's the thing about online discussions. Vic could be a female name, but Iv'e always used male avatars. It's never clear as to the race/ethnicity/gender of people unless they tell us. In a way I think thats kind of refreshing.
It took you all that time? duh!
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Don't pull that shit with me, Vic. You knew perfectly well you and what I was talking about but I guess you feel the need to troll today.
Well go find somebody who gives a fuck
What else do they have beside projection, denial and deflection?
Petty little "gotcha's"????
LMMFAO
In the old days, people didn't use to freak out if a person was referred to a him online.
Probably because it just isn't very important to the non-woke crowd.
So, you know what sex Jasper is, and Jasper doesn't know himself?
Should we believe the real person or you?
That trout dude puts up some really bizarre posts.
True enough.
I just wonder how that person managed to "know" what sex another is, despite the person saying the complete opposite.
How does that work in Liberal La La Land?
Jasper, I never knew you were a female. I hope I was always respectful with you.
Some very old shit just hit the fan.
Lol, I'm sure I always was. I just want to hear her say it.
I now have a new & improved vision of Jasper!
ewww...
besides I can't speak the name...My sainted mother would wash my mouth out with soap
(shhhh ... it is a secret)
It would have been easy to say Jasper.
I believe that was the name of Dana Perino's dog.
Evidently
I don't want my mouth washed out with soap so not easy
Vic, after the past months of male-only urological issues I've had, I can assure you that I am not a female! But, for some strange reason, there is a small group here who periodically continue to spread the bizarre lie that I'm a female. They've also tried to associate me with the KKK and QAnon. Perhaps they do it to impose Alinsky's # 13? Whatever their reasons, it doesn't bother me in the least, and I always ignore their ridiculous accusations. In fact, I find them humorous.
You've always been respectful, Vic, and I thank you. That's why I prefer your groups over others.
This is a direct result of some progressive liberal social justice warriors intent on proving Reagan right after all these years.
Hey, you should stop trolling people by not addressing your posts to them. (see post 7.1.9)
LOL!
Thank you for your kind words, Kathleen.
I should have known better.
Talk about lies being spread. NT shouldn't allow it.
And one my parents had when I was younger. A male dog in their case.
A target like Fauci and the NIH.
The man who positioned himself with the right people? I'd say he covered himself well. If he lasts as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, it will only be until the next Republican President is elected, which I am sure will be 2024.
Yes, Vic, I am aware that the Fauci attacks are partisan.
But you are not willing to entertain the idea that Fauci may have been hiding the NIH (through various means) funding of gain of function research?
Do you recall his position on gain of function research?
Here:
Of course I am willing to entertain that. It is possible that Fauci is a lying sack of shit. The difference here is that I follow the evidence. I do not simply accept headlines and claims. My comments are in support of truth and these incessant attacks on Fauci are all based on dishonesty. That is something I do not tolerate.
It is easy to see how a grantee could violate the terms of the grant and sub-fund Wuhan without the NIH (and thus Fauci) knowing of this. Fauci likely knew that such a practice is not something that the NIH supports and if he had no information about a violation by another organization then his testimony was accurate. When one expects a human being to be omniscient, that is a sign that they are not being objective.
Fair enough
The difference here is that I follow the evidence.
And you will admit that we got a big delivery yesterday?
It is easy to see how a grantee could violate the terms of the grant and sub-fund Wuhan without the NIH (and thus Fauci) knowing of this.
Do you remember the e-mails we examined on the last go around? Fauci was warned.
I think it's hard to believe Fauci wouldn't know, just like I find it hard to believe that the Attorney General of the United States wouldn't know that the Department of the Interior building was attacked last week.
You see, even if Fauci knew it would be hard for him to admit it. It would mean that he has to be accountable in some part for 4 million deaths world-wide.
What? Have you not read anything I wrote on this? Yesterday's 'big delivery' was all spin.
If you follow the facts thus far, the NIH never authorized any gain-of-function research at Wuhan and the research that did take place had no bearing on the pandemic — it is, per the experts, biologically impossible. Thus when testifying regarding funding of gain-of-function research at Wuhan pursuant to the pandemic, it remains factually correct that the NIH did not directly and knowingly fund gain-of-function research and that no gain-of-function research that could possibly lead to the pandemic took place under the auspices of the NIH.
I think it is best to hold off on the 'beliefs' and instead focus on the facts.
What 'people' are those Vic?
How so. Let's see if you can support your innuendo with some facts.
Where was the spin? Here from MSM:
"The admission came in a letter addressed Kentucky congressman James Comer on Wednesday, in which NIH's principal deputy director Lawrence A. Tabak refers to a 'limited experiment' conducted to test if 'spike proteins from naturally occurring bat coronaviruses circulating in China were capable of binding to the human ACE2 receptor in a mouse model,' at the Wuhan lab.
According to Tabak, the mice infected with the modified bat virus 'became sicker' than those infected with the unmodified bat virus.
'As sometimes occurs in science, this was an unexpected result of the research, as opposed to something that the researchers set out to do,' Tabak said.
While never using the term, Tabak essentially confirms that gain of function research, which looks at both transmitting disease between animals and humans and is a way for scientists to alter organisms and diseases to study how they could become deadlier or more transmissible, took place at the Chinese lab despite consistent denials from Dr. Fauci.
The letter shifts the blame to U.S non profit EcoHealth Alliance, which used NIH money to fund research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, for not being transparent about the kind of research they were doing.
'EcoHealth failed to report this finding right away, as was required by the terms of the grant,' Tabak wrote in his letter. 'EcoHealth is being notified that they have five days from today to submit to NIH any and all unpublished data from the experiments and work conducted under this award.'
In response to the letter, Paul, who has been widely mocked and dismissed for adopting the theory early on that COVID could have originated in the Wuhan lab and leaked from it, tweeted: 'I told you so' doesn't even begin to cover it here.'
Fauci has testified on several occasions before Congress that American taxpayers never financed what is called 'gain of function' research in China - which would make a virus more contagious or deadly."
So what is it that you can't comprehand? Last time when we had those incriminating e-mails, you said wait until facts are in. Well, they are in. Fauci is a liar. He blatantly lied to congress and you want to persist in this incredulous defense.
I think it is best to hold off on the 'beliefs' and instead focus on the facts.
It's clear who holds the beliefs and who now holds the facts.
The radical lefties in the media.
How so.
He tried to contradict the President and kept saying whoops, I don't want to get in the middle of this!
Let's see if you can support your innuendo with some facts.
Oh, that's easy! Look at the way you and TiG kep trying to defend him after he's been caught lying!
The spin is the claim that EcoHealth diverting part of its grant to Wuhan, violating the terms of its grant, without notifying the NIH (thus allowing Fauci and Collins to know about it ... and prevent it) means that NIH funded Wuhan.
The further spin is that the research by Wuhan from EcoHealth had anything to do with the pandemic.
See my posts for details. It is all there.
And this is more spin by you and others. You equate funds diverted from a third party grantee to mean that NIH directly and knowingly funded gain-of-function research under the context of this pandemic.
Based on the evidence thus far, the NIH did not directly and knowingly fund gain-of-function research at Wuhan. Your spin attempts to blame the NIH for funding this research when the funding decisions were made outside of the knowledge of the NIH.
I am responding to the falsehoods you, et. al. are promoting. Unlike you, Fauci means nothing to me (although I will indeed defend Dr. Collins based on my years of following this scientist's career). Truth, however, is a different matter entirely. Follow the evidence to where it leads rather than spin facts into your desired reality.
They hate Fauci because Fauci was seen as being oppositional to Trump.
The nutcases will probably dog this man until the day he dies.
How did they further his 50+ YEAR career in the NIH Vic?
Translation: Fauci shared information based on science rather than RW ideology.
Please provide a link for that statement.
Yet you merely posted innuendo. WHERE is you PROOF Vic?
That's deflection Vic. I asked YOU to support YOUR statements. You can't or won't.
Fauci is a liar and is now exposed as one.
Gee, that will give him and Trump something in common!
Always nice to see a symbol of socialism (an arguable point) decorate your articles Vic. Alas the patina does not mask the lack of intellect and poetry in both word and thought.
It would also be "nice" if you would learn to address comments to me.
I did.
It's very simple. One uses the REPLY tab.
Hallux did not. Isn't that who you are defending?
Post 8. It begins a new conversation. A post 7.3.2 would have been a reply. I thought you, of all people, would understand it.
But I did address you by name. Did Jasper at #6 or at #7? Just Jim at #2 or CMF at #9? Do they get preferential treatment?
I expect more from you. You always demand perfection...so do I
Leave me out of it. I was applauding the article............................
Sire,
Next time I will be sure to address my comments with Dearest Vic, or would you prefer Darling Vic?
Your unhumble squires
Hal & Lux.
"Your Excellency" is good enough.
Have a good one.
You will need to prove yourself for that to happen.
It is interesting how this works .. the only free and fair election are won by the party of (D) ..? all others are 'not legitimate' or 'Russia did it' ..? I sincerely no longer know, the nation is so divided each side thinks they are right!
Regarding Critical Race Theory? Interesting once again, in this case the party of (R) is accused of living in and denying the past, the party of (D) meanwhile thinks that CRT is some historic truth that needs to be told .. ? I think the truth of all the discourse lands somewhere in the middle .. I have been digging through articles and definitions of Critical Race Theory so I can understand the hub bub .. I have come to the conclusion that most do not understand what they support or oppose.
I spent considerable time digging through this article I found in the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy - it is dated, written in 1998. Difficult to copy and paste due to all the references supplied within, but I did take a clip of what is CRT .. not an easy read, but nonetheless worth reading, in my opinion that is....
Peace!
Very good. It starts right there.
The next step would be to find out more about Derrick Bell.
I have not gotten that far Vic .. was just trying to understand the origins of Critical Race Theory ..
You are going to find it all very interesting.
I always enjoyed Thomas Sowell's assessment of Bell.
Is the choice of descriptives and their 'subtleties'. The author you quoted uses "major law reviews" and "elitist journals" where simply 'A-journals' would have sufficed.
Hmmm interesting observation .. anything else you would like to add .. like your actual thoughts on the article beyond critiques of the authors choice in how he identified journals?
Not really, academic theories are fleeting, CRT will be replaced by the 'post-neo-elite' of tomorrow and that 'New Wave' will be just like the 'Old Wave', both are wet and you cannot breathe. The current brouhaha is just a sad ideological Punch and Jody shitshow unworthy of the price of admission.
Aww okay
Its nice to see that Vic's incessant claptrap has at least one fan here.
The "Democratic" complaints about 2000 and 2004 are like ant turds in comparison to the Mt Everest of lies Trump and his army of lackeys and jerkwads have told about the 2020 election. Not even in the same universe.
Sum total of all those words.....................
BUT TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I see I'm moving up in the world!
Hey, how does it feel to be the object of someone's unhealthy obsessions?
Be careful, you never know what nuts are capable of!
In their case they are right - I am the enemy of that terrible ideology.
I'm right here.
Mollie's finish to that was in comparison to the complaints about the 2016 election. The one Russia supposedly stole!
Me too and proudly so!
Damn funny that Fauci's/Collins' own organization threw Fauci under the bus and exposed that he lied under oath this past summer.
That's not true at all. All lies.
Point them out or please refrain from stating that ad nauseum with no back up
Thanks.
You're correct in saying that Fauci is all lies. Good job!
Ever occur to you that Fauci reported on what was known to the NIH? That his testimony was based on the facts that were available to him? That those facts showed that the NIH never authorized gain-of-function research by EcoHealth or Wuhan and, in fact, was to be informed of any surprises that would violate the terms of the funding?
To lie, Fauci necessarily had to know that EcoHealth violated the terms of their grant with the NIH and subfunded Wuhan. And even then, it would be a lie of omission because the NIH has not, based on all current information, directly and knowingly funded Wuhan to engage in gain-of-function research.
Why are people trying so hard (and engaging in confirmation bias) to pin the pandemic on the NIH?
No, what you 'reported' are all lies.
No. If you bothered to open files, here is the title of one of them
Read the article (and, ideally, beyond) Jim. NIH did not admit to directly and knowingly funding gain-of-function research. They admitted that a grantee of theirs (EcoHealth) violated the terms of the grant by redirecting part of the grant to Wuhan. They also 'admitted' that the subsequent research has nothing to do with the pandemic.
The headline is red meat for those who seek a particular 'truth' in spite of the facts.
The facts as of today are that the NIH did not authorize gain-of-function research and that said research violates the terms of the grant.
Also see TiG@12 and the link to my comment in the article in question.
Prove it.
If you can of course.
No, the pandemic is still the China virus. That’s still the bottom line!
Your comment does not follow in any way what I wrote. Do you even read comments before replying with your cliché, perfunctory and predictable claims?
Not if it was paid for by rogue operatards with NIH funding.
Get it?
Then, legally it's our virus, produced in China like so much of the rest of our merchandise.
You basically can't say Fauci lied and Rand owns him without acknowledging that if that is all true,
If we, the USA, paid for the virus then every other country should be suing us.
That's the bottom line.
Is that going to be the latest defense? A rougue group? That corresponded with Dr Fauci right after the outbreak?
Fauci lied and he also lied about being against it.
Get it?
How about you....are you getting it?
If we, the USA, paid for the virus then every other country should be suing us.
The American people should be sued? That's twisted logic for sure. How about we punish the well educated professionals who lied about it and actually did it?
We can't ever prosecute them can we?
The stuff Collins and Fauci funded was only a building block exploited by the Chinese military to move it toward bio weapon status. It seems it leaked during that process . Both Fauci and China are guilty here.
If you donate to a charity whose stated purpose is to feed hungry kids in Ethiopia and some of those funds are then diverted, by the third party, into research on human cloning, did you fund human cloning?
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The NIH did not admit that they directly and knowingly funded gain-of-function research. They reported based on new information that EcoHealth went against the terms of the NIH grant to provide funds to Wuhan and that the research conducted had nothing whatsoever to do with with the pandemic:
WOW! Happy Friday everyone ... is this National Insult Day ..? Even people that I respect above all are stooping to the level of 'not' veiled insults .. Is this not a community of individuals that share different points of view .. each individuals demands respect towards themselves, but do not owe others the same respect?
Anyways Peace ... delete me Vic!
Here Biden is demonstrating the view that most Trump supporters have of the world from inside Donald's rectum.
Gee Kathleen, maybe you don't think that the 16 bills that Biden signed into law that were sponsored by Republicans are 'accomplishments' but I bet that the Republicans think they are.
Gee Dulay:
The 16 bills were detriments. ABSOLUTE NEGATIVES.
It might have been better if he enforced the Constitution and protected our southern border.
The 2022 midterms will be the 1st semester report card. That will tell us all "how he's doing."
Really Vic? Let's hear your argument for just how detrimental and negative the following bills are:
H.R.1448 - Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act
H.R.1318 - Alaska Tourism Restoration Act
S.957 — DUMP Opioids Act
S.189 - Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021
Come on Vic. Show me just how well informed you are about the HORROR of those bills
List the entire 16 bills, Dulay.
Come on Dulay, show us how sharp you are..
You're deflecting Vic.
I GAVE you links to the bills, ALL of which YOU insisted are detriments and ABSOLUTE NEGATIVES.
If you are unwilling and/or unable to argue those 4 bills on the merits, WTF will a list of the other 12 accomplish? Hint: Not a fucking thing.
Oh and BTFW, I am NOT your personal research bitch. The links that I ALREADY provided takes you where you need to go. Look that shit up for yourself.
You showed 4 bills out of 16. You're afraid to show the other 12? Why would that be?
How can we ever take you seriously?
Enjoy the day.
Yes, with LINKS.
Yes why WOULD I be afraid to show them Vic?
Are you assuming that just because I refuse do YOUR research FOR you?
What's abundantly clear is that YOU are devolving to form and trying to avoid addressing my post by attacking ME instead. You should know after all this time that doesn't work with me.
I don't give a fuck how you 'take' me Vic. 'Our readers' can decide for themselves which one of us is 'serious'.
It's always a good day when I nail one of your comments. Today has been especially good so far.
Why is it that when a conservative makes a claim, you demand to see everything they are talking about, but when you make a claim, you can't deliver, or deliver a portion of what you claim.
BTFW, Dulay, four bills mean nothing. This country is going to shit for the POLICIES this dumbass president has implemented.
If you don't see it, then that is your problem, not ours.
I posted 4 links to the website Kathleen. If you are incapable of maneuvering the Congress.gov website, that's on YOU. It's one of the easiest government websites to use.
So holding your hand though the links would be a waste of my time since you admit that you have no intention to 'seriously consider those bills'. Thanks for at least admitting that much.
Oh and your 'best president' BS is a strawman.
YOU implied that Biden had 0 accomplishments 'so far'. I'm sure that the Republicans who sponsored 16 the bills that Biden signed would disagree.
Why is it that you are intent on making shit up about me bugsy?
I 'delivered' all ANYONE who actually wants the information needs. If 4 links to the website isn't enough for you, tough.
Actually, the TOTAL 'so far' is 51 bills, 16 sponsored by Republicans.
Oh and BTFW, ANY bill refutes Kathleen's claim that Biden had 0 accomplishments 'so far'.
That's your opinion. I cited facts.
I don't have a problem bugsy.
Bottom line, Dulay...you claimed 16 bills.You linked 4.
As I said before, if a conservative linked 4 out of 16 claimed, YOU would be one of the first saying that since only 4 were linked, we must have been lying about the rest.
Oh, and BTFW, you don't need to deflect to Kathleen's post. She can hold her own against you...and quite handily.
Your problem is you think you are always right...but proven wrong over and over.
Also BTFW, Dulay, this country is going to shit because of your president's POLICIES. Those bills you can't produce may be positive, but help a limited number of people. Your president and those leftists like him are hellbent on destroying this country.
Thank GOD republicans will once again take control of Congress next year. Sanity will be restored.
Which is 4 MORE that ANY of you have addressed.
That is false bugsy. At MINIMUM, I would have address the 4 already posted. I would have also searched the linked site for the others.
Ask Vic. I rarely fail to shove facts from his own links in his face. I'm sure you've seen it happen for yourself.
If y'all are too lazy to do that, so be it, but get off my ass about refusing to be your research bitch.
I didn't 'deflect shit bugsy, Kathleen's post STARTED this thread. Try to keep up.
That'll be the day.
There's 3 of you in this thread and not ONE of you has proven a fucking thing. Stop with the delusions of grandeur and get to it.
Irrelevant to this thread bugsy.
Kathleen made a claim and I called her out on it with FACTS. Neither you or Vic or Kathleen have refuted that fact with FACTS.
You mean the bills y'all are too fucking lazy or inept to look up for yourselves.
I find it hilarious that all 3 of you are whining about me not handing you all 16 bills on a silver platter while all 3 of you insist that NONE of them matter anyway because
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ALL while desperately refusing to acknowledge the accomplishment of bills like the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act.
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Really Kathleen?
I challenged YOU and you bailed.
It's pretty fucking ironic that you finish your rant with:
Yet y'all INSIST that I 'answer back' to each and every one of your demands.
You guys have had me laughing all day. Thanks.
One day maybe you will, but for now all you have is your friends
I do on almost daily basis Vic.
What friends are those and WTF would anyone else have to do with ME nailing YOUR comments?
You are being way too generous! He has so far to go just to get back up to where we were when he took office. Then he will be at “0”
Where are the 12?
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