4th estate, 5th column

It is long past time for us "normals" to cease our complicity in the ruse that the mainstream American media can be viewed as anything remotely approaching "objective." Instead, we would be better served to label the media for what they are: Information warfare operatives with an overtly partisan, Democratic Party-infused gaslighting agenda.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/45264/hammer-stop-pretending-media-and-information-josh-hammer

Bomb City

"Bomb City" is a movie about the death of Brian Deneke , a student at the high school I'd attended in Amarillo a few years earlier. On the recommendation of a couple of friends, I rented this movie to see 1) if it looked anything like the Amarillo I remember, and 2) to see if they got the story right. I honestly expected neither, but was pleasantly surprised to find the filmmakers had done a very good job of both. Most of it was filmed on location, and it presented the unjust brutality in a pretty "fair and balanced" way - unlike most of today's TV/movie/news anti-American propaganda.

And speaking of propaganda...

What really galls me is how almost every review pushes the dogmatic liberal narrative that conservatism is somehow to blame for the death.

• Wikipedia: "and raised accusations about the social tolerance of the Texan city"
• IMDb: "the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing battle... leads to a controversial hate crime that questions the morality of American justice."
• Hollywood Reporter: "But in hyperconservative Amarillo..."
• Forbes: "and promptly became a national symbol of the intolerance suffered by those who dress differently than the norm in conservative towns like Amarillo."
• Apple: " Their radical appearances stir social intolerance within the community... one of the most controversial hate crimes in modern American culture"
• Austin Chronicle: "Oprah, Dateline, 20/20, Texas Monthly, pretty much all of the big news shows... painted Amarillo as the town without pity."

I'll bet you ten grand that NONE of those sources would dare characterize the hotbeds of gang lawlessness like Chicago, Detroit, Oakland, Baltimore, and others as "dysfunctional leftist cities" - which they most definitely are. Between abortion, euthanasia, drug abuse, sexual perversion, rioting, and atheism, modern socialist/communist liberalism has undeniably established itself as an amoral death cult.

To be fair, I totally agree that the people involved in the murder of Brian Deneke should have been held responsible, and that money and privilege (plus Texas' idiotic football fanaticism) caused a massive miscarriage of justice. But continuing that line of thought, Stanley Marsh (indirectly portrayed quite positively in the film) used his own money and privilege to escape punishment for his imprisonment, sexual misconduct, and harassment of teens. Hmm, maybe someone should make a movie about that. (See also the Clinton-Soros corruption machine)

But again, and despite the necessary profanity and violence, ignore the external spin and see this movie.

http://www.bombcityfilm.com/

the new traditionalists

How A Christmas Story Went from Low-Budget Fluke to an American Tradition

pot & kettle

cnn just showed the kenyan islamic communist president calling trump unqualified to be president...

Safetrooper

#NoRatingsNoPeace

Theory: the networks are trying to provoke violent race riots at the Oscars to boost ratings https://t.co/WwWWCAWddV

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 25, 2016

If the 80s had internet mashups, part one

no sympathy for the devil

Tomi Lahren:

“Do I care that [gunman Mohammad Abdulazeez] seemed like an 'All-American' young man? Do I care that he was good at mixed martial arts or a smart, quiet guy? Do I care that his high school friends wouldn’t classify him as overly religious? No, I don’t give a flying you-know-what about any of that ****. I care that this **** killed four of our United States Marines, and I care that our commander-in-chief is more concerned with Muslim sensitivity than the honor and sacrifice made by these Marines.”

kids these days with their mashups, pt.3

also found in lileks' comments:

kids these days with their mashups, pt.2

found in lileks' comments:

Live Long and Prosper

...at other people's expense?

An interesting take on Spock's philosophy.

Not only do Spock’s peacenik inclinations routinely land the Enterprise and the Federation into trouble, his “logic” and “level head” mask an arrogant emotional basket case. Unlike the superhuman android Data, a loyal officer whose deepest longing is to be human, Spock spends most of his life as a freelancing diplomat eager to negotiate with the worst enemies of Starfleet...

...in Star Trek VI... Spock has taken up secret negotiations with the Federation’s mortal enemy, the Klingon Empire, to dismantle the neutral zone and end the military dimension of Starfleet. Then Spock decides the best person to accompany the Klingon high chancellor to a galactic peace conference is Kirk, whom the Klingon’s despise... Furthermore, Spock volunteers Kirk for the job without the captain’s permission. His decision thoughtlessly plays into the hands of the interstellar conspiracy to foment war between the Federation and the Klingons, because the plot’s leaders see Kirk as the perfect fall guy for the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon...

...and it gets better.

SNL40

After the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special was advertised as "One Night Only", it will play again in a few days. When asked whether the slogan was false advertising, an unnamed NBC spokesperson said no, that it was just mis-repeated.

I don't see what all the fuss is about

update 3: Brian Williams has been suspended for doing what all the talking heads do.

update 2: welcome imao readers :)

update 1: in the interest of piling on, i fired up photoshop tonight:

(reference link for our younger audience)

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(many separate links)

Brian Williams is just speaking his father's language - as always, just like the rest of his family.

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On the lighter side, some highlights from #BrianWilliamsMisremembers

Misremember the Alamo! @BWilliams

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 5, 2015

The time I rode the atomic bomb onto the Soviet Union “Yeeee Haaawwww” #brianwilliamsmisremembers pic.twitter.com/g9XpgFP670
— Robert Orris (@Robert_Boston) February 5, 2015

The real hero of Star Wars was Brian Williams #BrianWilliamsMisremembers @michellemalkin pic.twitter.com/uTKfdt6p5Y
— Harry Gato (@harrygato) February 5, 2015

#BrianWilliamsMisremembers - My greatest achievement was to get my life depicted in a Monty Python movie pic.twitter.com/vfD7rDOb5j
— Julie (@Juicexlx) February 5, 2015

That time Brian Williams stopped the tanks #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/p7c7d0lBJj
— Marshall Maher (@Marvelle) February 5, 2015

When he rode a giant dog named Falcor to stop The Nothing. #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/n9Fr5Tbt80
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) February 5, 2015

#BrianWilliamsMisremembers I was a founding member of The Beatles! pic.twitter.com/wvRFHkOTuF
— jimmer...jst jimmer (@udpate) February 5, 2015

I told my men that they'd never take our freedom, then I commanded them to hold! #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/St6uoN4grr
— Don Shappelle (@DonShappelle) February 5, 2015

and in time for valentines:

Sorry.... I misremembered how we met... #BrianWilliamsMisremembers #RejectedCandyHearts #NBCNightlyNews pic.twitter.com/N0GITaKo34
— Vashia V.C. Rhone (@VashiaRhone) February 5, 2015

seen online

I just saw this photo of Kristen Stewart where she has an expression on her face.

soundtrack for the upcoming star wars movie

newsflash: an unnamed disney source has leaked this clip of the soundtrack for the upcoming star wars movie!

too long for lolbama

and not exactly the right subject...

Hollywood: a class act

(massive profanity warning)

Every time they say "think of the children", hear this.
Every time the kids watch cartoons, hear this.
Every time they play a "classic episode" from the good old days, hear this.
Every time they say "fair and balanced", hear this.
Every time they advertise "fun for the whole family", hear this.

p.s. Every time you see anyone flashing gang signs, hear this.

(Thank April Winchell for the collection of really horrid recordings)

indirector's cut

imagine if you will...

while filming the the party scene in the movie "say anything", where lili taylor's character sings "that'll never be me", cameron crowe had decided to change that song to sound more like siouxsie and the banshees.

got it?

i imagine it would have sounded something like this ;)

some networks just never learn

via usa today

CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, under fire for using a discredited source for a 60 Minutes story on the Benghazi attack, has agreed to take a leave of absence... The segment's producer, Max McClellan, also was placed on leave.

"There is a lot to learn from this mistake for the entire organization," Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of 60 Minutes, said in an email to CBS employees Tuesday.

i find it rather interesting that they didn't learn from their previous mistake...

Alec Baldwin stalking case

When I first heard mention of the Alec Baldwin stalking case involving Genevieve Sabourin, I wasn't sure which would be the plaintiff and which would be the defendant . . .