We live in a world where elite capture by the Chinese Communist Party is a growing national security threat to America. One of their many tells is claiming something is a threat to The Demcoracy™. We hear it from The Left all the time, but how about from Jonah Goldberg?
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Notable Quote – Environmentalism is Fascist Right From the Get-Go.
Ultimately, however, environmentalism is fascistic not because of its airy and obscure metaphysical assumptions about the existential plight of man. Rather, its most tangible fascistic ingredient is that it is an invaluable “crisis mechanism.”
The Left’s War on Climate Escalates: Say Hello to the New Greener New Deal
Bernie and his socialist idiot-savant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex are declaring war on your indifference to their narrative on global warming. It’s so bad they’ve decided to declare War!
Notable Quote – Jonah Goldberg
From Today’s G- File Anyway, the interesting thing about the sequester is how it exposes the shallowness of his (Obama’s) moral-equivalent-of-war rhetoric (or, if you prefer, his equally ridiculous elision of “community” or “family” with “government”). When military units have a hardship, they make do. When communities come up short of money, everyone pitches in. … Read more
Jonah caught the stupid point – ignored the far more important point
Far be it for me to correct NRO’s Jonah Goldberg, best selling author of TWO books on Progressives (“Tyranny of Cliches” & “Liberal Fascism“) when commenting on something in the news, but I think he went for the “ha-ha” and missed the “ewwww”:
From the Washington Post’s profile of Bloomberg:
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg, America’s most prominent and deep-pocketed advocate for gun control, would rather rehabilitate Republicans than oust them.
“Somebody got them the way they are now,” the mayor of New York said in a recent interview as he sat in the bullpen offices of City Hall, surrounded by a buzzing staff, blinking Bloomberg terminals and clocks telling the same time in each of the five boroughs. “Why can’t you change them?”
Who knew that the worst part of crossing the Brooklyn Bridge is the jet lag. I wonder if the mayor has ever said something like, “I’ve got to call the Queens Borough president. What time is it over there?”
Hmm, what caught my eye was much worse than an ignorant reporter (the WaPo dude, not Jonah that caught him being stupid) – bringing the “ewwww” factor:
Brett Kimberlin and my Kitchen Floor
I missed most of this weekend, and continue to, including the blog burst on Brett Kimberlin. I am removing and replacing vast swaths of ceramic tile (some broken some not) from my kitchen floor and replacing them with a lovely pattern, using some contrasting color…blah blah blah. (My wife watches a good deal of Home … Read more