Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 6:13:52 AM

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Good morning.  Here's a site that has a video roundup of all the madness and thuggery that BLM/Antifa is perpetrating here in DC.  Among other things, they invaded a Target store and threatened to "shut your business down" if the store personnel ever call the police to report a black person for anything (e.g. shoplifting).

Scroll down also for a short video of a young woman named Savannah Hernandez asking: The Left shows up - where is the Right? 

buzzsawmonkey 6/29/2020 7:11:00 AM

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In #1 Occasional Reader said: Scroll down also for a short video of a young woman named Savannah Hernandez asking: The Left shows up - where is the Right? 

She's absolutely correct; very brave to have done what she did, and extremely---extremely---fortunate in that she was protected by two people from the other side, something which one can in no way count on.

vxbush 6/29/2020 7:16:59 AM

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In #1 Occasional Reader said: Scroll down also for a short video of a young woman named Savannah Hernandez asking: The Left shows up - where is the Right? 

The right used to be completely correct in assuming the police would step in. Unfortunately, we can no longer assume that is the case, as Democrat mayors are telling the forces to do nothing. 

In that kind of situation, what should the Right think but that if they attempt to step in, they will be the ones arrested? And assuming you believe you are in the right to do this, are there *any* lawyers in DC willing to stand up for the rights of the accused when they are arrested? 

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 7:19:50 AM

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In #2 buzzsawmonkey said: she was protected by two people from the other side,

In her video she gives them a lot of credit, but if I were to have a conversation with her I would point out that she likely received protection because she is cute and pretty and... crucially... visibly Latina. That same protection would not be afforded to me in the same circumstance.

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 7:22:12 AM

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In #3 vxbush said: that if they attempt to step in, they will be the ones arrested?

That’s true, at least for certain values of “ step in”.   Conservative protesters simply holding up signs will not be arrested. Of course the problem is, at least in any “blue“ area, they will almost certainly be assaulted; and if they fight back, then they will be arrested.

buzzsawmonkey 6/29/2020 7:30:55 AM

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In #4 Occasional Reader said: In her video she gives them a lot of credit, but if I were to have a conversation with her I would point out that she likely received protection because she is cute and pretty and... crucially... visibly Latina. That same protection would not be afforded to me in the same circumstance.

Quite true on all counts.  Plus, she was clearly lucky enough to have encountered two people from the "we admire women" wing of the drag world, rather than the "we envy and hate women" wing of that world---and lucky enough, too, that drag queens have enough "woke points," especially during "Pride Month," to cast a protecting force field.

JCM 6/29/2020 7:36:42 AM

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Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 7:37:30 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 6:

She was also lucky that those two were fairly physically imposing.

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 7:39:19 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

Now that is a very interesting and so far confusing story, from what I have read about it. The leftists are claiming that a white SUV pulled up to a group of them, and the occupants opened fire, the leftists returned fire.

JCM 6/29/2020 8:05:54 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:

My guess....

Gang bangers.

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 8:09:51 AM

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In #2 buzzsawmonkey said: The Left shows up - where is the Right? 

At work, mostly.

JCM 6/29/2020 8:17:05 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 11:

I was thinking the same.

The right also believes in the institutions, processes and rule of law. Or acting precipitously. 

It has to be absolutely clear that that the system has failed.

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 8:20:10 AM

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Reply to JCM in 10:

Possibly. So far it’s not even clear to me who the two were who were shot, were they occupants of the vehicle or antifa/BLM standing on the street.  

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 8:20:57 AM

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In #11 doppelganglander said: At work, mostly.

Yes, and we’ve all been saying that same thing for years. Unfortunately I think the time will soon come, and perhaps is very much already here, that this will no longer work as an excuse.

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 8:41:58 AM

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doppelganglander 6/29/2020 8:48:10 AM

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Reply to JCM in 12:

Reply to Occasional Reader in 14:

I do think it's time. We'll schedule our protests for a Saturday, and we'll leave the area cleaner than we found it. The media will find the one idiot with a Confederate flag and claim we're all a bunch of white supremacists. 

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 8:50:27 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 15:

I had a video appointment with my doctor, or rather his physician's assistant, in April. It was a little awkward at first, but if you've ever been on a video conference call, it will seem natural very quickly. Hope all is well.

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 8:54:46 AM

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How are things in Atlanta, you may ask?

During the first three weeks of this month — May 31 to June 20 — 75 people have been shot in Atlanta. Last year during that period, 35 people were shot in the city. At this rate it’ll be 100 shot by July. Eleven people have been killed during that three-week period. Last year? Five.

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 8:55:05 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 15:

I've already had an in-person checkup with my derm, a couple weeks ago, even here in relatively hard-lockdown DC.  I'm surprised your area isn't doing in-person doc visits. 

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 9:10:09 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 19:

It depends on which office your doctor happens to be in.  The facility I went to was closed because of COVID (which makes perfect sense -- wouldn't want people to be able to see their doctors at a time like this).  Other facilities are open, but those are for specialty appointments, kind of. 

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 9:11:34 AM

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Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 9:23:51 AM

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In #21 lucius septimius said: sons 2 and 3 have been designing their own Mario games

Are your sons Italian?  if not, that's cultural appropriation! 

buzzsawmonkey 6/29/2020 9:37:01 AM

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In #22 Occasional Reader said: Are your sons Italian?  if not, that's cultural appropriation! 

Not entirely.  Word has it that Old King Cole was a Mario soul.

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 10:02:23 AM

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In #23 buzzsawmonkey said: Old King Cole

Well, he was also unforgettable... in every way... 

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 10:07:14 AM

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What's that saying about evil triumphing while good men do nothing?

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/29/child-sexually-assaulted-in-powderhorn-park-where-/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 10:07:31 AM

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In #22 Occasional Reader said: if not, that's cultural appropriation! 

Except you can't appropriate from "White people" because, I guess, they have no culture of their own.  Those are the rules, aren't they?

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 10:08:00 AM

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In #23 buzzsawmonkey said: Old King Cole was a Mario soul.

And a Mario old soul was Wii.

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 10:08:34 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 18:

Sorry for the formatting problem. 

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 10:08:45 AM

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doppelganglander 6/29/2020 10:10:28 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 26:

In the early 20th century,  Italians and other southern Europeans were not considered white by some people. 

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 10:11:45 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 30:

Now they are.  Columbus, oddly enough, has been transformed into the ultimate representative of "white supremacy."

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 10:29:33 AM

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In #25 doppelganglander said: What's that saying about evil triumphing while good men do nothing?

In this case, the nearby residents aren't simply doing nothing; they're in active collusion with evil.  (But you knew that.) 

buzzsawmonkey 6/29/2020 10:29:34 AM

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doppelganglander 6/29/2020 10:29:58 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 31:

Exactly. Which shows that "whiteness" is meaningless bullshit. OTOH, POC or Brown people (don't forget to capitalize) are considered a homogeneous mass including Indians, MENA peoples, and Pacific Islanders.

buzzsawmonkey 6/29/2020 10:35:07 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 34:

I prefer the term "People of Choler," i.e., rage.

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 10:37:23 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 32:

Yes, but they're good people! They'll tell you so themselves. 

Note the detail that it was the hospital that called the police, not the residents or the people who brought the child to the hospital. I've been listening to a series of philosophy lectures called Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature. The lecturer distinguishes between moral monsters, whom we perceive as completely outside our moral universe, and moral criminals, who do awful things but are recognizably members of our moral community, one of us. I would place the residents of that neighborhood squarely among the moral criminals. 

JCM 6/29/2020 11:14:52 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 25:

Not much in the news in Seattle link is from the one of the better outlets. But a large number of young girls, mostly run aways have been trafficked in Seattle. The nexus for this is drug trade and homeless camps.

The problem is worse now.

It really pisses me off when people go on about slavery which ended 150 years ago but have no clue as to modern day slavery in their own damn front yard.

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 11:33:38 AM

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Reply to JCM in 37: Atlanta has a huge sex trafficking problem. It has the world's busiest airport and hosts tons of conventions and big sporting events, as well as being the nexus of 3 major interstates. There was a flurry of publicity about it a few years ago but not much lately. 

JCM 6/29/2020 11:41:02 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 38:

Find a way to blame Trump.... then it will be wall to wall in the news.

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 11:45:37 AM

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Reply to JCM in 39:

Sadly you're right.

buzzsawmonkey 6/29/2020 12:11:31 PM

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Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 12:35:45 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 41:

Thanks.

It worked out nicely this year that Little OR was dropped off with his mom on Mother's Day; and picked up by me on Father's Day.  (With the usual weekly back and forth in-between, I mean.)  

JCM 6/29/2020 12:37:39 PM

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vxbush 6/29/2020 1:19:05 PM

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In #43 JCM said: Too stupid not to inflect on others....

Best comment: 

“Looks like that scene for ‘Close Encounters’ when Richard Dreyfuss is compelled to build that mountain in his living room,” the person wrote.

Ouch!

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 1:59:25 PM

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The tweet has been deleted,  but Instapundit is on the job. I'd like to offer her husband the number of a good divorce attorney. 

PaladinPhil 6/29/2020 2:29:04 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 45:

WTF is reverse racism? Never understood that.

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 2:38:29 PM

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In #46 PaladinPhil said: WTF is reverse racism? Never understood that.

Affirmative Action was often described as "reverse racism" in that it reversed the ordinary patterns of racism.  It's also the idea that black people (or people of color generally) are just as capable of being racists as white people.  Of course the left firmly denies that.  In the world of Critical Race Theory, i.e. the racial interpretation of the Communist Manifesto (which Marx would reject utterly), only white people with power can be racist.

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 2:42:14 PM

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In #46 PaladinPhil said: WTF is reverse racism?

It's an idiotic term, IMHO.  There is no "reverse", it's just racism, no matter what the color is of the person engaging in it. 

JCM 6/29/2020 2:53:48 PM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 46:

Stupidity of course.

But if a white person gets denied a position in favor of a person of color, solely on the basis of color. That is what called "reverse racism".

PaladinPhil 6/29/2020 2:53:53 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 47:

Reply to Occasional Reader in 48:

I know all that, just can't believe that people spout it. Worst racists  I have ever met were Chinese. So other people saying only "White" people are racist makes me want to bang my head against the wall.

PaladinPhil 6/29/2020 3:10:33 PM

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Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 3:14:20 PM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 51:

The only weird/inappropriate remarks I've ever gotten about my son's racial heritage have come from "liberals".  

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 3:16:10 PM

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So I imagine many of you have seen the story by now of the St. Louis-suburbs couple who had to brandish firearms to stave off a leftist mob that were threatening to burn their house down, kill  them, etcetera.

Yes, they both need some training, to say the least, in weapons-handling.  But I admire them.  More like this, please. 

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 3:41:00 PM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 51:

Reply to Occasional Reader in 52:

The only appropriate comment about your kids is, "He's adorable! How old is he?"

I really like babies and little kids. Being a woman, I can probably get away with it a bit, and I really like smiling at little ones and getting them to smile back. So far, no one has given me a hard time about it. I would hate to live in a world where I can't enjoy a baby's smile and compliment the parent for fear of them biting my head off.

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 3:48:02 PM

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Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 3:50:50 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 55:

As it happens, I'm preparing Wild Boar Flambe tonight in my kitchen.  I'm starting with a live Wild Boar.  What could go wrong? 

Occasional Reader 6/29/2020 3:58:35 PM

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In #54 doppelganglander said: The only appropriate comment about your kids is, "He's adorable! How old is he?"

I'd also take "... and he's so smart!". 

Weird remarks I've gotten from "liberals" include:

-Total stranger asking me if he's my son/"where is he from?"/ etc.  (In fact, he looks a lot like me, with curly hair and more melanin.)

-People spontaneously offering the thought to me that, gosh, it must be hard for me getting acceptance for my son from my family.  (That is, from people who don't actually know my family.)

-The kooky rich-liberal lady at a pizza restaurant who walked up to our table, said to my son  "you should learn all about Thurgood Marshall!", then said to me, "you should teach him all about Thurgood Marshall!".  Because, I guess, you know... melanin. 

doppelganglander 6/29/2020 4:00:24 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 57:

Little OR is already smarter than all of those people.

JCM 6/29/2020 4:06:04 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 56:

Don't light it on fire while it's live..... don't ask how I know that.....

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 4:17:46 PM

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In #55 doppelganglander said: tabbed himself in the hand while trying to debone a partially frozen chicken breast.

Yet another one lost to the velociraptors. 

lucius septimius 6/29/2020 4:18:54 PM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 51:

So what did the kid from Toronto say to his father when he got home from school?

Can add, Da!

(courtesy Comic Cuts, October 1913).