This should put an end to the idea that “you can be anything you really commit yourself to”. ================== Thomas Frank, writing in the Guardian on Oct. 31: Then there is the apparent nepotism, the dozens if not hundreds of mundane emails in which petitioners for this or that plum Washington job or high-profile academic appointment politely appeal to [John] Podesta—the ward-heeler of... Read more
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Podesta’s Email Address
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Party Politics, Ruling Class, The LeftOctober 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Obama, Policing, The Left
Please, don’t confuse me with the facts… ============ WSJ 10/24/2016 By Heather Mac Donald FBI Director James Comey has again defied the official White House line on policing and the Black Lives Matter movement. The “narrative that policing is biased and violent and unfair” is resulting in “more dead young black men,” Mr. Comey warned in an Oct. 16 address to the International... Read more
The NAACP’s Disgrace
October 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Party Politics, The LeftIt boggles my mind.. ========= The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has a storied history, but many organizations outlive their moral purpose and it’s now clear this one has. The civil-rights outfit has come down firmly on the side of trapping poor minority children in education failure factories. On Saturday the NAACP’s national board voted to ratify a resolution... Read more
‘Queen’ Elizabeth Gives Orders to Hillary
October 18 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Hillary Clinton, Losing Freedom, The LeftWSJ 10/17/2016 ========== As Hillary Clinton expands her lead in the polls, Democrats are angling to influence her choices for policy-making jobs. Witness Elizabeth Warren’s extraordinary demand on Friday that President Obama demote Mary Jo White as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Massachusetts Senator made her demand in a letter to the President that is remarkable for its vitriol... Read more
Non-Catholics for Church ‘Reform’
October 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Religious Persecution, The LeftA totally objective press. Right. ============== By Robert P. George Arthur Schlesinger Sr. said that anti-Catholicism is “the deepest bias in the history of the American people.” I don’t know if that’s true anymore, as I don’t run into much anti-Catholicism from ordinary Americans. Yet I can’t say I’m surprised by the noxious anti-Catholic bigotry contained in emails exchanged between leading progressives,... Read more
The Press Buries Clinton’s Sins
October 18 | Posted by mrossol | Hillary Clinton, Liberal Press, Ruling Class, The LeftI do hope you are not surprised. And I believe that when Trump talks about a “rigged” election, he is primarily making the point that the press in America does not really paint an objective picture of candidates. ===== s If average voters turned on the TV for five minutes this week, chances are they know that Donald Trump made lewd remarks... Read more
