Post Schedules
The current scheduling is that I post once per day, unless Ally takes Tuesday Tunes.
Monday: Ally — Food
Tuesday: Chris — Tuesday Tunes
Wednesday: Ally — Politics, From Behind Enemy Lines
Thursday:
Friday: Chris — Friday Feedback, Ally — Prepping
Saturday:
Sunday:
I’m trying to do at least one Legal post per week. They take a long time to read, write and document. At times, it is overwhelming. A single case might have a few hundred pages per filing with hundreds of filings.
Court Progress
Some of the cases that I have been filing have started moving again. There is always the speed bump in the circuit courts after oral arguments and before they issue their opinion.
Prepping
Ally has been writing a series on how to prepare. If you would like to contribute an article, please send it to us as a LibreOffice, Google Doc, or a Microsoft Word document.
Bragging Rights/links
Ally wants to start a page of cross-links. If you make something that you want people to look at, send us the link where people can get it and a couple of paragraphs describing it along with a single image.
Smears
One of the things I noticed many years ago was that if a dogcatcher in bod ump boondocks makes a stupid remark, and they are a Republican or conservative, the media shoves a microphone into every well-known Republican demanding that they renounce said dogcatcher.
Some well-known Democrat does something outlandish or says something outlandish and there are crickets.
One of the things I think I am noticing is that conservatives are being smeared, in general, by the left searching out the little man, standing on a soapbox in front of 3 people spouting stupid stuff (and two are his mother and father, the third is the reporter). They take whatever this little man says and amplify it to an extreme.
This makes it seem like there is a loud call on the right to do the stupid things the little man talks about.
The other smear, of course, is directed at Trump. Some has-been model claims that he was hanging with Epstein, and while with Epstein touched her in a sexual manner without her consent.
Reminds me of the Borking of Judge Bork. The slander of Justice Thomas. The public lynching of Justice Kavanaugh.
Feedback
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Comments
5 responses to “Friday Feedback”
Alinsky, Rule#5
“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.”
Smears. Not far enough removed from ridicule to make a difference.
And, remember… most of the leftist are really just big children with better vocabularies. When their team commits a foul, no matter how egregious, the referee is ‘obviously’ on the take from the opposing team. But, when their opponent so much as touches the jersey of their team, it must… MUST result in expulsion of that player. No different for politics.
One of the things I noticed many years ago was that if a dogcatcher in bod ump boondocks makes a stupid remark, and they are a Republican or conservative, the media shoves a microphone into every well-known Republican demanding that they renounce said dogcatcher.
Some well-known Democrat does something outlandish or says something outlandish and there are crickets.
Nothing new there. This article in the National Review — from 10 years ago, mind — covered several examples of exactly this: Hide ‘D’, Showcase ‘R’
The TL;DR: If a scandal involves a Republican, all media networks will report it and every one will label him/her as a Republican. But if a scandal involves a Democrat, the networks will “forget” to mention the party affiliation … if it’s reported at all.
I’ve seen other examples since in which, in the case of a Republican, party affiliation is in the title, sub-title, and/or first sentence. But if it’s a Democrat, IF party is mentioned AT ALL, it’s in the second sentence of the 17th paragraph, where the title-skimming “readers” will never see it. I even recall one in which a Democrat facing a scandal was falsely reported to be a member of the GOP, and IF a correction was issued, it was done quietly (I don’t remember if they ever corrected it).
It’s not always about politicians, either. If the Koch brothers (for example) get involved in anything outlandish, the media will fall over themselves about how they frequently donate and contribute to conservative, libertarian, and Republican causes and candidates. On the other hand, Democrat donors’ questionable or illegal behavior is NEVER tied to their donation habits; an urban businessman gets indicted on corruption and it’s never considered newsworthy that he donates 5 or 6 figures to the DNC every year. (How do you think Jeff Epstein donated? GOP or Democrat? I guarantee he donated somewhere, but I’ve never seen it mentioned, so probably to Democrats.)
I mean, Elon Musk is frequently mocked by the press, usually about something weird or questionable he’s done, some business decision that doesn’t make sense and is losing money. But look how negative, vitriolic, and in some cases violent Musk coverage has gotten in the past couple weeks … ever since he came out in support of Trump.
several of the “school shooters” we’re labeled “white racist nra members”, until they looked past their nose and found out a large number of them had a (d) after their name.. We the People know better.. liberals HAVE to label everything to make sure they can hate it..
They try the “white racist NRA members” with every school shooter. They run with it until it’s decisively debunked.
From our side, it’s like watching a re-run of the old Scooby Doo cartoons. Every time, the gang assumes it’s a ghost, monster, alien, or whatever, and proceeds as if the legend is true, and every time, it ends up being a normal human wearing a mask. (“And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for you nosy kids!”)
At some point, you’d think the gang would stop and ask themselves, “Y’know, we’re batting 0 for 1000 on the whole ‘haunted’ thing. Should we maybe rethink our process, and assume from the start that somebody is trying to use a local legend as a cover for illicit activity?”
it do get old after a while…