Hinderaker — Once Again, With No Actual Bio-Science, In Evidence… Proves Himself A Pandemic Moron.

John is wrong — but only by about a year, to a year and a half, here: that is, about 18 months from now, we are likely to have a widely-available and almost universally-administered vaccine, in the US at least. And it is likely to be over 99 per cent effective.

Then his current statements might be true.

But not today — not after we are likely approaching 200,000 deaths by the end of August. John once again reaches beyond his understanding of bio-science, to dismiss the coming second and third waves… but that’s not why I comment — I comment, because his now failing mind leads him… increasingly only toward hatred, of his fellow Americans. Ones he sees (wrongly) as “the other“, in his midst.

This is the worst of him, of late: everything he sees — and writes, is a way to score political points, in his addled and embittered mind:

“…For many, the turning point came when public health “experts” who had bitterly denounced demonstrations against shutdowns as health hazards, responded to the Black Lives Matter riots with silence and, often, enthusiastic endorsement….”

The former were like 27 or so…(albeit heavily armed) white morons, screaming… and so, they were only infecting fellow morons. And being shown immense deference by the gloved and masked state troopers, on Michigan’s statehouse steps, and later — inside the foyer and lobby. [They “rioted” for the “right” to have an infection-spreading beer in a crowded, sweaty bar, and get manicures and hairdos. Precious.]

What. An. Idiot.

Trump — on the other hand — had pepper spray deployed, and beat up thousands of peaceful protesters, firing rubber bullets — to hold the bible upside down in a photo-op, which the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has since denounced. [These demonstrations are about an entire class of people’s right to exist — to avoid being murdered in her bed, in a no knock warrant execution, or over a few smokes, or some possibly bogus $20 bill — or being asleep (most-recently) in the drive through, at Wendy’s. De-escalation tactics are only for whites, it seems. Tons of dash cam videos, spanning decades — to prove this point.]

The two could not be more starkly… different. And we are, all agree — now seeing spikes, in states that opened too early. John openly concedes that. Moron.

Carry on, John — I get it: Donald Trump has definitively lost the 2020 election, already — and you are sore about that. The central remaining question is whether McConnell and the rest of the GOP loses the Senate. It has lost the House, to a certainty.

Onward. Grinning….

John Is Bleating… About Something — Something Trivial, Again… Yawn.

Honestly, I can’t really keep track of all his petty grievances….

As a general rule, he cannot be taken seriously, any longer.

He’s just ranting about the kids riding their bikes too close to his perfectly manicured… lawn, now.

In truth — I just wrote this little list-icle / links post, as an excuse to put up my derivative satire movie poster, at right.

Carry on, John — you really have nothing… of any import — to say.

And with that, it’s Friday night — so “Cheers!” (with fresh cherries and root beer, by the fire-pit)… smile.

In Which The Able (Retired) USDC Judge Gleeson… Completely Buries Bill Barr, Michael Flynn and… Trump.

The amicus briefing, as appointed by the District Court, to review the propriety of the Bill Barr attempt to toss Flynn’s knowing and voluntary and thrice reiterated, in open court — under oath… GUILTY plea — has just arrived, and been filed, this morning.

It is comprehensive, and masterful. Spoiler alert: Barr… loses. Flynn… loses. Which means… Trump… loses. Here’s a bit of the 82 pages:

…First, “the requirement of judicial approval entitles the judge to obtain and evaluate the prosecutor’s reasons.” United States v. Ammidown, 497 F.2d 615, 620 (D.C. Cir. 1973). Here, the Government’s statement of reasons for seeking dismissal is pretextual. The Government claims there is insufficient evidence to prove materiality and falsity, but even giving it the benefit of every doubt — and recognizing its prerogative to assess the strength of its own case — this contention “taxes the credulity of the credulous.” Maryland v. King, 569 U.S. 435, 466 (2013) (Scalia, J., dissenting)….

The Government’s ostensible grounds for seeking dismissal are conclusively disproven by its own briefs filed earlier in this very proceeding. They contradict and ignore this Court’s prior orders, which constitute law of the case. They are riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact. And they depart from positions that the Government has taken in other cases….

Oh. And as an added observation (for my erstwhile long time Anon. commenter, on the main site) — this means we will actually get three separate bites at the apple. Smile… and one of them will surely fell Flynn and Barr. And with them… Trump — all likely coming after November 2020, however. Onward, grinning.

नमस्ते

An Anecdote: The Singular Form, Of Data.

John seems willfully confused — about how… data science works.

It is often said that the singular form of data… is an… anecdote. It is… essentially no data, at all.

And Hinderaker only ever talks about anecdotes that feed his false narrative, especially about race — in America.

He is… a racist. That has long been established. So…

John conveniently repeats an anecdote this morning — ignoring the fact that only a small portion of officer involved killings of people of color and LGBTQ involve gunning them down (contra. LaQuan McDonald, as my countering anecdote, here). [Note that George Floyd was choked to death — and now it seems the officer had beef with him, at a off-duty job — making it potentially…First Degree Murder.]

So I fixed his lil’ pull-quote for him, thus:

“…I would have to be a slow learner not to realize how selective my concern about black lives is, and how little charlatans like me have actually done for the safety or quality of life of African-Americans….”

He supports “all such lives” while still in the womb, but positively attacks them… once birthed.

Out.

John & Candace: Dissembling, As A Matched Set…

Ahem… I know I’d be smarter to simply ignore the nonsense one Candace Owens-Farmer tries to spin up into conflagrations — ones worthy of her increasingly odds-on favorite leading role, as the Twitterverse’s resident “Auntie Ruckus”…

But Hinderaker took up for her again (mis-stating the predicate facts, yet again), today… so it’s “middle of the fairway” on topic here now.

John and Candace intentionally distort two business decisions: one odious — one noble — to claim internet censorship of conservative viewpoints. Bunk.

What actually happened was a pungent bar owner threatened to raise drink prices through July, since the protesters were crimping his newly reopened business. He also sniffed that any of his employees that attended a protest… ought to resign (implying he’d fire them if they didn’t resign). Piggish behavior, that. But (just barely) within his rights, legally.

Then… Auntie Ruckus heard about this poor victimized racist bar owner. So, Candace started a GoFundMe — for his bar. When the responsible adults at GoFundMe read of the actual dispute’s genesis (imaged at right — that a barkeep’s job was being threatened for supporting protests)… Candace’s fundraiser was pulled — the money sent on and Candace was told to pack her Ruckus Show, and move it to… some other venue.

[In fact, John’s own tech guy hawked the availability of his own knock-off version of GoFundMe, inside Hinderaker’s own post — openly suggesting it would take up racists’ causes! So… there are… alternatives (no monopoly power).]

In any event, any decision to refuse to raise money for haters like these is also a valid exercise of business discretion / decision — but charging higher cocktail prices to people who support the protesters treads perilously close to invidious racial discrimination in a public accommodation (which is unlawful, even in Alabama).

This was no private members only club, as I understand the facts.

So… all the nonsense bleating about Orwellian thought policing — by Candace and John… really ought to be aimed at Parkside and/or Mr. Dykes, who apparently threatens his employees — for supporting racial tolerance, and fair community policing.

That isn’t censorship — and no one (not even the shiny, faux-fabled Ms. Owens-Farmer) has a right to demand the public buy their drinks from… a jerk.

She created and saw funded, with over a fifth of a million dollars… a private bailout fund, for a racist jerk bar owner. Charming.

That some moral people… refuse to accept HER sham business, seeing through her as a jerk, herself… should come as a scant surprise.

But she and John forever seek high and holy victim status, even as they act as discriminatory / exclusionary… jerks. Their snowflake complaint? “Our views are being… marginalized. Gee… it sure is puzzling, that their 16th Century notions… have seen squandered — any intellectual currency, they once possessed.

Just as irony would imagine it.

Onward, to a better week. Lights-out!

US Armed Forces & National Guardsmen Withdrawing From The District Of Columbia…

That’s the good news.

Of course, Trump had no authority — no general insurrection — to bring them in, in the first place.

But they are… leaving. Victory for peace, the BLM and the Mayor of DC. Slowly, bit by bit — we will bend the arc of US history… back toward progress.

All while back in the Twin Cities, more feckless (and false) excrement is flung — by Paul M. (preposterously claiming he knows the inner mind — of every Black American, as he denigrates BLM), and separately, by John Hinderaker (claiming Trump will win by — get this! — carrying the black vote!) — all overnight.

That’s all — onward — off to another new BLM gathering, now… be safe out there.

नमस्ते

John Hinderaker: Fabulist. Again.

Two claims tonight that are demonstrable lies: (1) that Project Veritas infiltrated any “organized”… anything (who cares? Wohl is a criminal himself!) — no, he hung out with some stupid ass-hats (and filmed some of it — no surprise there!); and perhaps more importantly (2) that Trump is allowed to designate this a terror organization. He isn’t. To do so, by law, he must prove it has significant foreign ties. He can’t.

John’s going… senile, obviously.

But I’ll just use my graphics space tonight to post what the morons at Fox (or some likely 22 year old white guy in their graphics department) thinks is “Financial News”:

That’s the false notion — dressed up as a chart — that would claim racial attacks In the US are… wait for it!… bullish for the NYSE and S&P averages. See graphic at right. Longer term data contradicts this; it’s available on request….

Yep… deplorable(s) — one and all.

Out. But grinning, just the same… be excellent to those you love, and those you’ve not yet met.