1. On Critical Race Theory (Beware of Sematic Traps)
The way Marxists of a certain bent keep confusing the public is by claiming that CRT is not being taught in schools, which may technically be correct. What is actually being taught, with prescribed books, is "anti-racism."
2. Now anti-racism is an offshoot of CRT but it is actually far worse. That is how Marxists want to have their cake and eat it too, by creating misdirection about CRT not being taught, while teaching something even worse that is an offshoot of CRT but technically not exactly CRT.
3. GOP would be smart to continue bludgeoning the Marxists with the CRT (which in essence is true, even if technically incorrect at times) and must never use the term "anti-racism" that the Marxists would love for GOP to adopt. Anti-racism is a verbal trap, just like Antifa.
4. How can anyone be against "anti-racism?" The term seems to imply an attempt to eliminate racism, which is of course a good thing to do. Opposing that would of course be odious.
5. But here is the catch. In practice, "anti-racism" has very little to do with eliminating racism, and everything to do with practicing racism ... against whites. That seems to be the Marxist project du jure. Get wise to it, and never use the term anti-racism.
6. Racism is evil. And so is anti-racism, which in practice right now is a code for practicing racism against whites.
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1. On Critical Race Theory (Beware of Semantic Traps)
The way Marxists of a certain bent keep confusing the public is by claiming that CRT is not being taught in schools, which may technically be correct. What is actually being taught, with prescribed books, is "anti-racism."
2. Now anti-racism is an offshoot of CRT but it is actually far worse. That is how Marxists want to have their cake and eat it too, by creating misdirection about CRT not being taught, while teaching something even worse that is an offshoot of CRT but technically not exactly CRT.
3. GOP would be smart to continue bludgeoning the Marxists with CRT (which is fair, even if technically incorrect at times) and must never use the term "anti-racism" that the Marxists would love for GOP to adopt. Anti-racism is a verbal trap, just like Antifa.
1. WSJ: Biden’s New Spending Whopper
From trillions to zero in a Beltway minute.
Where have all the “fact checkers” gone? On Saturday night President Joe Biden took to social media to repeat his new multi-trillion-dollar falsehood.
2. And much of the press corps has nothing to offer in response but approbation.
A WSJ editorial noted the latest Biden tall tale about his effort to enact a historic spending binge, estimated to cost $3.5 trillion, will perhaps cost as much as $5 trillion or more.
3. The agenda that was being sold a few weeks ago as the modern equivalent of the New Deal or Great Society is actually so modest it doesn’t cost a thing.
1. The Fearsome Tabulator
The ballot tabulator in mail-in vote processing centers in America is the most fearsome machine invented by man, as it determines the winner of the highest office in the most powerful nation in the world. Allow me to explain.
2. Imagine what happens to a mail-in ballot in a vote processing center. Allow me to illustrate the journey of a mail-in ballot envelope inside a vote processing center. The first key step is to open the envelope and log it.
3. On the outer envelope there is name and address of the voter who mailed the ballot. So the log will indicate that a ballot was received from an identifiable voter (identified by a name and address).
Closing of American Mind
The university has made intellectual exploration impossible. It has transformed a bastion of free inquiry into a Social Justice factory whose only inputs are race, gender, victimhood and whose only outputs are grievance & division. bariweiss.substack.com/p/my-universit…
Students at Portland State are not being taught to think. Rather, they are being trained to mimic the moral certainty of ideologues. Faculty and administrators have abdicated the university’s truth-seeking mission and instead drive intolerance of divergent beliefs and opinions.
Questions from faculty at diversity trainings that challenged approved narratives were instantly dismissed. Those who asked for evidence to justify new institutional policies were accused of microaggressions.
For the vaccinated, Covid resembles the flu and usually a mild one. Society does not ground to a halt over the flu. nytimes.com/2021/09/07/bri…
2. One in 5,000
How small are the chances of the average vaccinated American contracting Covid? Probably about one in 5,000 per day, and even lower for people who take precautions or live in a highly vaccinated community.
3. Or maybe one in 10,000
The chances are surely higher in places with the worst Covid outbreaks (e.g. Southeast). But in places with fewer cases — like the Northeast, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco areas — the chances are even lower, probably less than 1 in 10,000.
Putin and his cartel reject a White House request.
Despite very favorable policies from the White House, Russian President Vladimir Putin still doesn’t feel like doing U.S. President Joe Biden a solid. 1/
You may recall the bizarre episode last month when Mr. Biden, who is pushing expensive taxpayer-funded policies to reduce oil production, suddenly urged Russia and its allies in the international energy cartel to increase oil production. 2/
The news then was that Biden didn’t believe in forecasts of climate doom enough to run the political risk of high gasoline prices. The news now is that cartel members don’t seem that eager to collude with him. 3/