Fueled by the duncery of liberal female judges, Democrats and the media have their newest talking point: Thanks to the Supreme Court, a president can now kill his enemies with impunity.
Sounds like Sotomayor will get even sicker when Trump is re-elected. Her weak stomach will not be able to handle it and hopefully will retire and allow Trump to appoint another Supreme Court Justice. We can only hope…….another good article by Julie! Have a safe Independence Day everyone!
I think one of the best parts relating to the "Wise Latine", that I learned this week, is that the once vaunted Laurence Tribe of Harvard shame, relayed to President Obama, that Judge Sotomayor would not be the wisest choice to elevate to Justice.
Even the haters get it right every once in awhile.
Glenn Loury’s conversation with John McWhorter about his wish that someone would assassinate Trump is yet another example of how severely fractured our society is. No matter how clearly Glenn explains why the Jan 6 rally was not an insurrection, John insists it was. Why does he so firmly believe it was? Because it’s what he wants to believe since it justifies his hate for Trump and MAGA. Glenn is astonished that John is unable to understand what the consequences of this would be for the country. I don’t think the democrats much care what the consequences would be. They just want Trump and MAGA destroyed and this is precisely the same mentality they have about Putin and Russia. Putin is “another Hitler” therefore he and his supporters must be destroyed. Leftists are fanatics with an obsessive/compulsive need to destroy those who oppose them. This does not bode well for our future or the future of our world.
“we must be in a very dark place as a nation.”
“My friend John McWhorter is a calm, rational, reasonable guy. So I was truly shocked when he implied some weeks ago that he wished someone would assassinate Donald Trump. I thought maybe John just got carried away in the moment. But in this clip from our most recent conversation, you’ll see him apologize for making the statement without quite taking it back. When even a moderate centrist like John, who is usually so mindful of his language, feels license to talk like this about Trump, we must be in a very dark place as a nation.”
“Did John Really Say What I Think He Said?” (6 min)
I had been a fan of McWhorter's maybe for the wrong reasons. He hosted a thirty-something part series on the origin of languages, and I watched every episode, some of them more than once. I've also seen him randomly around the internet, making various commentary. He had impressed me as a reasonable, sensible individual.
Boy was I wrong. As Loury correctly points out, McWhorter's only regret is he said it out loud in public. If he had just kept it low, and made that comment among friends and family, it's all good as far as he's concerned.
Another in a series of disappointments in people who I discover don't measure up to what I thought they were.
He should never say something like that around people! Especially given the powder keg we live in right now. There are a lot of crazy people out there.
I agree. I’ve followed him since at least 2000 when I read his book “Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America.” A good book but then unfortunately his message was overwhelmed by the left’s constant claim that black’s are not responsible for their own behavior and it’s white racism, “systemic racism” which is always everywhere oppressing blacks in AmeriKKKa which is responsible for their social dysfunction in cities like Chicago where I live.
Probably though the democrats don’t believe that blacks are able to change their behavior so it’s more useful to just blame whites. Actually, even many blacks don’t believe they can change. Very sad video about a young black woman shot twice in the back and once in a leg during recent “weekend shootings” in Chicago. Englewood is a black war zone on the south side. She doesn’t believe anything will get better.
Woman speaks after being shot, wounded in Chicago this past weekend. (3 min)
Thanks for this link. I explored the comments as I know next to nothing about Loury and McWhorter. I was heartened to find rational discourse. Maybe the entire country is not insane. One can hope.
Rational discourse? Threatening or encouraging the assassination of a political figure who is leading person to become president? You think that is a rational discussion. It should be reported to the Secret Service.
McWhorter apparently has been schmoozing with the psychos at NYT, the former newspaper, far too much. What a completely empty, fool of a thing to say. He has a Quaker streak in him, my ass. He is a highly impressionable poseur who flips, flops, and flips back on issues time after time on that podcast. Strike three, you're out of the game with a bad case of TDS.
John didn't get carried away in the moment. And it is a Federal crime to threaten a Secret Service protected. He needs a visit from law enforcement. Your "friend", John probably thinks that if it comes down to it you should be murdered, too, for not agreeing with him. Grow up and see who these maniacs are. They are not shy about telling you. Your friend, John, belongs behind bars.
I do not doubt that the Creator is affirmatively answering my prayers. Many of the democrat's evil legalisms have failed. More must fail. I will continue asking God to "help Mr. Trump, his jailed lieutenants, and all the J6 people and deliver them all from their persecutors and oppressors."
Thank you, Julie, for another cogent summation of the apoplectic hysteria on parade by the inhabitants of the Marxist-Activist-Jouranalists-Propagandists, aka. the PR Department for the Marxist/Democrat party, also known as the Mainstream Media. It isn't surprising to me that they are too damned dumb, not stupid, to be able to discern the difference between a SCOTUS decision and a "ruling" disguised as a dissent. You are correct that the "skulls full of mush," as the late, lamented Rush Limbaugh used to call them, and the "low information voters," again, as Rush called them, will fall hook-line-and-sinker for whatever the PR Department for the Marxist/Democrat party, also known as the Mainstream Media tells them to do. The beauty of this is to hear the caterwauling of said PR Department, and listen to their bitching and moaning about how this will scuttle evil Jack Smith's unconstitutional indictments. If it wasn't so dangerous in these turbulent times, it would be music to my ears. And, perhaps, it will still provide some interesting music after all...
I had a really difficult time deciding which phrase or description was the best, but “…puerile minds of the three liberal harpies on the highest court” won out in the end. Thirty-three percent… little more or little less, but 33% of the country think like the three harpies. Thank you for this great post. Have a Memorable Independence Day on the 248th anniversary of our country’s birth. God Bless America!
Well, a president did assassinate an American citizen--a sixteen-year-old--and faced no consequences (Obama). And a vice president did take bribes in return for favorable foreign policy (Biden and Ukraine), as did a secretary of state (Clinton and Russia buying US uranium). Never charged. Strange how I haven't heard that Sotomayor brought those up.
That dissent by the intellectually challenged Sonya Sotomayor is the stupidest opinion ever cobbled together by a Supreme Court justice in my lifetime. I don't just mean ridiculous; I mean seriously stupid. She must have been high as a kite when she jumped that shark.
Thankfully, this opinion was a dissent; therefore, it can't be relied upon in future cases as a defense against prosecution.
Regarding Sotomayor's statements about being sad when cases don't go her way: This is not a popularity contest. The purpose of the court system in this country is to determine what the law says, not what you want the law to say. When someone like her is on the wrong side of the law so often, it shows that she is not qualified to be sitting in judgment of the nuances of the legal system.
It’s a flaw in human nature and many historians have written about it. Here’s a good article from Quillette about it. Basically a flaw in human nature which causes many to be susceptible to what Elon calls “a mind virus.” Possessed by the irrational.
“Our condition is forever precarious; even basic human decency can shatter and vanish in an instant.”
“The everyday order of our lives may seem to us natural and permanent, but it is in fact as fragile and illusory as the cardboard props on a theatrical stage: It can collapse in a flash and turn at once into black horror. Our condition is forever precarious; even basic human decency can shatter and vanish in an instant.”
“History does not repeat itself, but ideas do.”
“Maoism had unique traits but Leys nonetheless always saw it as a member of what he called the “great totalitarian family”—ideologies produced by patterns of thought found across human societies, from tiny shipwrecked pre-Enlightenment microcosms to vast 20th century nations.”
“Analyst of Totalitarianism-Reading Simon Leys Today.”
Irrational, unhinged big mouths that put us all in danger as they covered up for the brain damaged “leader” of the free world. The one unavailable after 4 pm. Who now reportedly has crack head Hunter sitting in on staff meetings. Whose staff is scared sh*t less of their boss who doesn’t like “bad news” & throws tantrums when told what he doesn’t want to hear.
I am fresh out of things to say about the over the top insanity of American Progressives. In an odd way I am beginning to feel sorry for them. They are irretrievably lost.
Ditch the sympathy. We are in a war and the only acceptable outcome is victory. We must prevail and proceed to the logical steps of holding all of these traitors fully accountable. Prosecutions and long sentences in GITMO. Nothing less will suffice.
Sounds like Sotomayor will get even sicker when Trump is re-elected. Her weak stomach will not be able to handle it and hopefully will retire and allow Trump to appoint another Supreme Court Justice. We can only hope…….another good article by Julie! Have a safe Independence Day everyone!
Thanks, War Eagle! Right back atcha.
Sotomayor was a dunce when appointed and has been a dunce all the way through. DEI hire as bad as Ketanji Jackson.
I think one of the best parts relating to the "Wise Latine", that I learned this week, is that the once vaunted Laurence Tribe of Harvard shame, relayed to President Obama, that Judge Sotomayor would not be the wisest choice to elevate to Justice.
Even the haters get it right every once in awhile.
That was when Laurence Tribe had a brain. He's lost his to #TDS.
Glenn Loury’s conversation with John McWhorter about his wish that someone would assassinate Trump is yet another example of how severely fractured our society is. No matter how clearly Glenn explains why the Jan 6 rally was not an insurrection, John insists it was. Why does he so firmly believe it was? Because it’s what he wants to believe since it justifies his hate for Trump and MAGA. Glenn is astonished that John is unable to understand what the consequences of this would be for the country. I don’t think the democrats much care what the consequences would be. They just want Trump and MAGA destroyed and this is precisely the same mentality they have about Putin and Russia. Putin is “another Hitler” therefore he and his supporters must be destroyed. Leftists are fanatics with an obsessive/compulsive need to destroy those who oppose them. This does not bode well for our future or the future of our world.
“we must be in a very dark place as a nation.”
“My friend John McWhorter is a calm, rational, reasonable guy. So I was truly shocked when he implied some weeks ago that he wished someone would assassinate Donald Trump. I thought maybe John just got carried away in the moment. But in this clip from our most recent conversation, you’ll see him apologize for making the statement without quite taking it back. When even a moderate centrist like John, who is usually so mindful of his language, feels license to talk like this about Trump, we must be in a very dark place as a nation.”
“Did John Really Say What I Think He Said?” (6 min)
Glenn Loury with John McWhorter.
Substack. Jun 27, 2024
https://glennloury.substack.com/p/did-john-really-say-what-i-think
Thanks for opening my eyes like that, Seva.
I had been a fan of McWhorter's maybe for the wrong reasons. He hosted a thirty-something part series on the origin of languages, and I watched every episode, some of them more than once. I've also seen him randomly around the internet, making various commentary. He had impressed me as a reasonable, sensible individual.
Boy was I wrong. As Loury correctly points out, McWhorter's only regret is he said it out loud in public. If he had just kept it low, and made that comment among friends and family, it's all good as far as he's concerned.
Another in a series of disappointments in people who I discover don't measure up to what I thought they were.
He should never say something like that around people! Especially given the powder keg we live in right now. There are a lot of crazy people out there.
And one of them is McWhorther.
I agree. I’ve followed him since at least 2000 when I read his book “Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America.” A good book but then unfortunately his message was overwhelmed by the left’s constant claim that black’s are not responsible for their own behavior and it’s white racism, “systemic racism” which is always everywhere oppressing blacks in AmeriKKKa which is responsible for their social dysfunction in cities like Chicago where I live.
Probably though the democrats don’t believe that blacks are able to change their behavior so it’s more useful to just blame whites. Actually, even many blacks don’t believe they can change. Very sad video about a young black woman shot twice in the back and once in a leg during recent “weekend shootings” in Chicago. Englewood is a black war zone on the south side. She doesn’t believe anything will get better.
Woman speaks after being shot, wounded in Chicago this past weekend. (3 min)
CBS Chicago. Jun 11, 2024
https://youtu.be/gpGXZ1rmUek?si=P6P0tbHHgujdV9cL
Thanks for this link. I explored the comments as I know next to nothing about Loury and McWhorter. I was heartened to find rational discourse. Maybe the entire country is not insane. One can hope.
Rational discourse? Threatening or encouraging the assassination of a political figure who is leading person to become president? You think that is a rational discussion. It should be reported to the Secret Service.
Mary, I found the comments section mostly rational and serious. Not the discussion between Loury and McWhorter. I was horrified.
McWhorter apparently has been schmoozing with the psychos at NYT, the former newspaper, far too much. What a completely empty, fool of a thing to say. He has a Quaker streak in him, my ass. He is a highly impressionable poseur who flips, flops, and flips back on issues time after time on that podcast. Strike three, you're out of the game with a bad case of TDS.
John didn't get carried away in the moment. And it is a Federal crime to threaten a Secret Service protected. He needs a visit from law enforcement. Your "friend", John probably thinks that if it comes down to it you should be murdered, too, for not agreeing with him. Grow up and see who these maniacs are. They are not shy about telling you. Your friend, John, belongs behind bars.
The quote is from Glenn Loury, not me.
I do not doubt that the Creator is affirmatively answering my prayers. Many of the democrat's evil legalisms have failed. More must fail. I will continue asking God to "help Mr. Trump, his jailed lieutenants, and all the J6 people and deliver them all from their persecutors and oppressors."
The most brilliant takedown I’ve read of the unhinged and wildly dishonest response to the presidential immunity ruling.
Thank you, Julie, for another cogent summation of the apoplectic hysteria on parade by the inhabitants of the Marxist-Activist-Jouranalists-Propagandists, aka. the PR Department for the Marxist/Democrat party, also known as the Mainstream Media. It isn't surprising to me that they are too damned dumb, not stupid, to be able to discern the difference between a SCOTUS decision and a "ruling" disguised as a dissent. You are correct that the "skulls full of mush," as the late, lamented Rush Limbaugh used to call them, and the "low information voters," again, as Rush called them, will fall hook-line-and-sinker for whatever the PR Department for the Marxist/Democrat party, also known as the Mainstream Media tells them to do. The beauty of this is to hear the caterwauling of said PR Department, and listen to their bitching and moaning about how this will scuttle evil Jack Smith's unconstitutional indictments. If it wasn't so dangerous in these turbulent times, it would be music to my ears. And, perhaps, it will still provide some interesting music after all...
Well said.
I had a really difficult time deciding which phrase or description was the best, but “…puerile minds of the three liberal harpies on the highest court” won out in the end. Thirty-three percent… little more or little less, but 33% of the country think like the three harpies. Thank you for this great post. Have a Memorable Independence Day on the 248th anniversary of our country’s birth. God Bless America!
When Obama was president he ordered the military to use drones to kill American citizens in other countries without a trial.
What sayeth all these idiots about his actions? Were they official acts that were justified?
If those were not official acts remember there is no statute of limitations on murder.
Well, a president did assassinate an American citizen--a sixteen-year-old--and faced no consequences (Obama). And a vice president did take bribes in return for favorable foreign policy (Biden and Ukraine), as did a secretary of state (Clinton and Russia buying US uranium). Never charged. Strange how I haven't heard that Sotomayor brought those up.
Sotomayor is an idiot. She belongs on the Court like my cat does.
That dissent by the intellectually challenged Sonya Sotomayor is the stupidest opinion ever cobbled together by a Supreme Court justice in my lifetime. I don't just mean ridiculous; I mean seriously stupid. She must have been high as a kite when she jumped that shark.
Thankfully, this opinion was a dissent; therefore, it can't be relied upon in future cases as a defense against prosecution.
Regarding Sotomayor's statements about being sad when cases don't go her way: This is not a popularity contest. The purpose of the court system in this country is to determine what the law says, not what you want the law to say. When someone like her is on the wrong side of the law so often, it shows that she is not qualified to be sitting in judgment of the nuances of the legal system.
Yes.
As someone said..voters are more vrain dead than Biden because they vote for him and his backers
The disease of TDS. Someday psychologists will study it.
It’s a flaw in human nature and many historians have written about it. Here’s a good article from Quillette about it. Basically a flaw in human nature which causes many to be susceptible to what Elon calls “a mind virus.” Possessed by the irrational.
“Our condition is forever precarious; even basic human decency can shatter and vanish in an instant.”
“The everyday order of our lives may seem to us natural and permanent, but it is in fact as fragile and illusory as the cardboard props on a theatrical stage: It can collapse in a flash and turn at once into black horror. Our condition is forever precarious; even basic human decency can shatter and vanish in an instant.”
“History does not repeat itself, but ideas do.”
“Maoism had unique traits but Leys nonetheless always saw it as a member of what he called the “great totalitarian family”—ideologies produced by patterns of thought found across human societies, from tiny shipwrecked pre-Enlightenment microcosms to vast 20th century nations.”
“Analyst of Totalitarianism-Reading Simon Leys Today.”
Quillette. Sept 28, 2020
https://quillette.com/2020/09/28/analyst-of-totalitarianism-reading-simon-leys-today/
Irrational, unhinged big mouths that put us all in danger as they covered up for the brain damaged “leader” of the free world. The one unavailable after 4 pm. Who now reportedly has crack head Hunter sitting in on staff meetings. Whose staff is scared sh*t less of their boss who doesn’t like “bad news” & throws tantrums when told what he doesn’t want to hear.
Madcow!
I am fresh out of things to say about the over the top insanity of American Progressives. In an odd way I am beginning to feel sorry for them. They are irretrievably lost.
Ditch the sympathy. We are in a war and the only acceptable outcome is victory. We must prevail and proceed to the logical steps of holding all of these traitors fully accountable. Prosecutions and long sentences in GITMO. Nothing less will suffice.
Sinister is the right word.