Well, as we slide into both the Labor Day Weekend and the start of NFL Season, NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell are behaving like complete fools and giving the rest of the planet an opportunity to laugh at the stupid Political Correctness prevailing over here.
Under the leadership of Mayor DeBlasio, the Big Apple has been working feverishly to reclaim its crown as America's Cesspool from its numerous West Coast competitors. Recently, the mayor's wife hosted a PC contest called She Built NYC to build a monument to the most influential woman in the city's history. However, the Whacko Left on the panel of judges didn't get the results they'd hoped for. The public nominated a nun, Mother Frances X. Cabrini, for the honor.
The panel overturned the public's decision unilaterally and nominated instead an abortionist and two transvestites to receive the reward. A petition to protest the decision, with further details, can be found here, for those interested.
Mother Cabrini was born in the former nation of Lombardi in 1850. In 1889, she came to New York as part of a missionary team. In 1909, she became a US citizen. Prior to her death shortly before Christmas, 1917, she had founded 67 institutions across the East and Midwest; including orphanages and the former Columbus Hospital System. Interestingly, she died while working at orphanage---making Christmas candy for homeless children---of a sudden illness.
In 1946, Pope Pius canonized Mother Cabrini as a saint; making her the first naturalized American citizen so elevated. New York and Chicago both have streets named for her. In 1996, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and in 1998 the non-profit Cabrini Foundation was incorporated to carry on her humanitarian work.
And yet---the DeBlasio Administration decided---even against the public---that Mother Cabrini didn't deserve a monument, but sex perverts and baby-killers, did. NYC taxpayers are going to cough up $5 million to the 'artistes' putting up these offensive structures.
Meanwhile, the NFL wasn't lagging behind. They too are having a contest for their upcoming Centennial for the Most Influential NFL Figure of the Century. The now ultra-PC magazine Sports Illustrated named among its candidates, "Sarah Thomas, the first female referee; Lyle Alzado, the first player to admit to using PEDs; and Colin Kaepernick, the man who attacked racial injustice by kneeling down," noted Heavy.com. A dyke, a drug addict, and a millionaire Left-Wing activist: hardly anything symbolizes what the NFL has become more than that.
Convicted felons Michael Vick and OJ Simpson are also on the list; along with girl-beater Ray Rice. Most of the others are 'first female' sportscasters and executives, and the big-money boys who helped turn football from a sport into---well, what it is. At least they managed to devote a passing paragraph to Jim Thorpe, the greatest athlete of the 20th Century who singlehandedly organized football into a professional sport.
The fact that Thorpe was an American Indian, we suppose, kept him from being relegated to the Dead White Male class. The real losers in both these contests, though, are the American people---who've been made to look like international chumps once again by our so-called 'Cultural Elites'.
"I, the Night Wind know many things, because I walk by night. Many strange tales of those who have stepped into the shadows...and of those things which they dare not speak."
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
MASSIVE OPIOID RING MOWED DOWN
The FBI is on the move again; this time cutting down a network of Houston-area clinics distributing dope under the guise of implementing Obamacare. A total of 41 people---including five known mobsters---were swept up in the dragnet.
"The charges allege participating doctors, medical professionals and pharmacies knew the prescriptions had no legitimate medical purpose and were outside the usual course of professional practice. In some cases, “crew leaders” and “runners” allegedly filled or had the individuals who posed as patients fill the illegal prescriptions at Houston-area pharmacies. The owner and pharmacist in charge at one pill mill pharmacy allegedly dispensed the second highest amount of oxycodone 30mg pills of all pharmacies in the entire State of Texas in 2019, and the ninth highest amount in the nation. One hundred percent of the oxycodone dispended by this pharmacy – every single oxycodone pill that left the premises – was in the highest available dosage strength of that drug. On certain occasions the indictments allege that drug dealers and traffickers then allegedly diverted and distributed the controlled substances to the streets, with some pills trafficked from Houston to Boston." said Attorney-General Barr, in a statement.
The DEA also closed six clinics, fifteen pharmacies, and issued nine suspension orders to other suspected facilities. The Agency estimates that over 23 million doses of Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Carisoprodol were pushed all over the city streets. All of these medications are issued by the government. Stories about these medicines turning up later as street drugs are becoming about as common in the US as mass-shootings. We do recall, however, that President Obama assured us all during the National Health Care debate that the system would be fool-proof against fraud and corruption. As we've seen on a regular basis now, the exact opposite has been the case.
In a related Swamp-Draining story, the DEA also announced today that one of its own members, a former Special Agent for New Orleans, is off to the slammer after pleading guilty to multiple counts of Obstructing Justice, Perjury, and Falsifying Government Records:
"According to the evidence presented during the seven-day trial, Chad Scott, while a DEA special agent in New Orleans, committed these crimes in and around the New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas, areas. Specifically, the evidence showed that Scott directed a Houston-based drug trafficker to buy a Ford F-150 truck worth approximately $43,000 and forfeit the truck to Scott as part of the drug trafficker’s cooperation. Scott then falsified the seizure paperwork for the truck in various aspects, including falsely claiming that he had seized the truck in New Orleans instead of Houston, in order to facilitate the vehicle being forfeited and given to Scott as his official government vehicle. Additionally, the evidence showed that Scott convinced the same Houston-based drug trafficker, as well as another drug trafficker in Houston, to testify falsely at a federal trial in New Orleans as to the identification of a major cocaine and heroin supplier in the Houston area. Along with obstructing justice by inducing this false testimony, Scott then himself committed perjury during a motion session as well as during the federal trial, the evidence showed. After a trial including this false testimony, the alleged supplier was found guilty. Once Scott’s actions and the false testimony came to light, the case against the alleged supplier was dismissed by the court at the request of the United States."
Three Louisiana Police officials who served on Scott's Task Force are also sitting in jail awaiting trial in October. One of these sterling characters robbed a home using a fake Search Warrant. He and the other two were caught with cash and narcotics in their possession that were supposed to have been forfeited to the DEA. The Swamp is indeed a very deep and dark place.
Monday, August 26, 2019
FBI SINKS A SWAMP RAT
This Swamp Creature was a really bad one, too. Robert Levy, a pathologist with the Department of Veterans' Affairs was jailed last week on three counts of Manslaughter and 28 various counts of Fraud. The VA has been notable since Trump took office for the sheer number of former federal employees who now become federal prison inmates.
Levy was head of the Pathology and Laboratory Medical Services for the VA Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas for 12 years, and analysed about 34,000 fluid and tissue samples which were intended to provide clinic information upon which to make a diagnosis for treatment. Levy, though, was a chronic alcoholic who frequently was drunk on duty. FBI specialists contend that about 18% were wrongly diagnosed; and one VA official believes that at least 15 veterans died from Levy's malpractice. Federal prosecutors have indicted him for three deaths, so far. His annual salary in that position was $225,000.
Heavy.com summarized the three cases as follows:
"One of the patients, a veteran identified as D.R.M. in the document, went in for biopsy in 2009. Levy ruled that the prostate tissue was negative for cancer. Because of that diagnosis, the man did not receive treatment and the disease was able to spread. The man died in 2016 from metastatic prostate cancer. In February of 2014, patient J.R.G. was wrongly diagnosed with “diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. A few days later, Levy changed the diagnosis to “adenocarcinoma,” which was also incorrect. Prosecutors said Levy falsified the medical record to make it look as if a second pathologist had agreed with the diagnosis. The patient received the wrong medical treatment and died from small-cell carcinoma on July 26, 2014. The third case prosecutors laid out also began in 2014. Levy was accused again of diagnosing a patient, J.D.Q., with the wrong form of cancer and again lying about a second physician having looked at the results. This patient died on September 13, 2015, after cancer had spread widely through his body."
As was typical during the Deep-State years, many VA knew of Dr. Levy's condition, but were afraid to rock the boat. In 2015, however, his drunkenness became so apparent that he was finally reported to his superiors. They, however, took his denial at face value and allowed him to continue working. In March, 2016, his impairment was so severe during one lab test, that staffers removed him from the laboratory. He was tested that time, and found to have a Blood/Alcohol Content of 396mg/dl; which, according to specialists, is slightly below the stage of completely passing out.
The VA then issued a suspension to Dr. Levy. In July of 2016, he was placed in a 'diversion program' and reinstated in September on the condition of regular monitoring. The Indictment shows that Levy cheated on all of those tests by ingesting a chemical that altered the results to negative. It wasn't until the Trump Administration came into office that Levy was finally fired in 2018; though he largely undid himself after being caught at a DUI checkpoint.
Federal prosecutors haven't specified what the maximum penalty could be if Levy is convicted; but personally I hope that they haven't ruled out the death penalty. His case is yet another example of what we, as a country, left after the 2016 elections.
Levy was head of the Pathology and Laboratory Medical Services for the VA Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas for 12 years, and analysed about 34,000 fluid and tissue samples which were intended to provide clinic information upon which to make a diagnosis for treatment. Levy, though, was a chronic alcoholic who frequently was drunk on duty. FBI specialists contend that about 18% were wrongly diagnosed; and one VA official believes that at least 15 veterans died from Levy's malpractice. Federal prosecutors have indicted him for three deaths, so far. His annual salary in that position was $225,000.
Heavy.com summarized the three cases as follows:
"One of the patients, a veteran identified as D.R.M. in the document, went in for biopsy in 2009. Levy ruled that the prostate tissue was negative for cancer. Because of that diagnosis, the man did not receive treatment and the disease was able to spread. The man died in 2016 from metastatic prostate cancer. In February of 2014, patient J.R.G. was wrongly diagnosed with “diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. A few days later, Levy changed the diagnosis to “adenocarcinoma,” which was also incorrect. Prosecutors said Levy falsified the medical record to make it look as if a second pathologist had agreed with the diagnosis. The patient received the wrong medical treatment and died from small-cell carcinoma on July 26, 2014. The third case prosecutors laid out also began in 2014. Levy was accused again of diagnosing a patient, J.D.Q., with the wrong form of cancer and again lying about a second physician having looked at the results. This patient died on September 13, 2015, after cancer had spread widely through his body."
As was typical during the Deep-State years, many VA knew of Dr. Levy's condition, but were afraid to rock the boat. In 2015, however, his drunkenness became so apparent that he was finally reported to his superiors. They, however, took his denial at face value and allowed him to continue working. In March, 2016, his impairment was so severe during one lab test, that staffers removed him from the laboratory. He was tested that time, and found to have a Blood/Alcohol Content of 396mg/dl; which, according to specialists, is slightly below the stage of completely passing out.
The VA then issued a suspension to Dr. Levy. In July of 2016, he was placed in a 'diversion program' and reinstated in September on the condition of regular monitoring. The Indictment shows that Levy cheated on all of those tests by ingesting a chemical that altered the results to negative. It wasn't until the Trump Administration came into office that Levy was finally fired in 2018; though he largely undid himself after being caught at a DUI checkpoint.
Federal prosecutors haven't specified what the maximum penalty could be if Levy is convicted; but personally I hope that they haven't ruled out the death penalty. His case is yet another example of what we, as a country, left after the 2016 elections.
Sunday, August 25, 2019
VOX DAY: FOOTBALL TEACHES ALPHA VALUES
Manosphere goofus Vox Day had an article lately in which he made the following observation about postmodern American sports, specifically football:
That's understandable. We've seen enough gang-related violence in both pro and college football to imagine them quite active when the shooting starts. Whatever Vox means by that.
What Vox is saying, though, about football instilling courage may have been true a few decades ago; but today football and most team sports are generally worthless as sources of role models for men. Here are the recent NFL headlines from TMZ Sports.
1. Former player, now sportscaster Desmond Howard incited controversy by saying on-air of a female collegue: "Am I going to have to choke that b---h?"
2. Carli Lloyd, who aspires to be the first woman to play in the NFL, states that she's "gotten inquires from several teams." The Buffalo Bills hired a Lesbian coach a year or two ago.
3. University of Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban invited woman-beating NFL star Ray Rice to speak to his players about "how to treat women."
4. Dallas Cowboys' Team Captain Tyrone Crawford was involved in a massive bar fight.
5. New England Patriots' star Patrick Chung is charged with felony possession of Cocaine. The team has taken no action against Chung.
6. Colin Kaepernick praised by anti-police activists. Kaepernick was also GQ Magazine's 'Man of the Year'.
7. Ex-NFL star Mario Williams arrested: "Video Shows Intense Standoff with Baby Momma," reads the headlines.
8. Oakland Raiders' star Antonio Brown is being sued for over $38,000 for not paying a professional chef/caterer after a party held at Brown's private mansion.
9. Dallas Cowboys' Running-Back Ezekiel Evans was spotted at a Cabo San Lucas beach. Evans is holding out for higher contract, and hasn't been to training camp this Summer. He claims that his current annual salary of $3.85 million isn't enough. Four other top players across the league are also holding out.
10. Miami Dolphins' star Mario Walton makes a plea deal with prosecutors to "close out drugs, guns, and battery charges."
11. The aforementioned Ezekiel Evans also had Battery charges dropped after a fight in a Las Vegas Casino.
12. New England Patriots' star Josh Gordon is being reinstated in the NFL after failing drug tests last December. Gordon has been suspended and reinstated multiple times.
13. Billionaire 'gangsta rapper' Jay-Z is reportedly buying an NFL franchise. Wikipedia notes this about Jay-Z: "In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Jay-Z and Beyoncé supported presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at her rally in Cleveland. Clinton praised Jay-Z for addressing racism, oppression, and the criminal justice system."
Bear in mind that the above stories were culled from TMZ reporting during the last 7 days. Is there a single thing there that any parent would be proud of their children doing?Contrary to what Vox Day says, it's really those of us who love American sports and deplore what they've become, are its real allies. And it's Vox Day and his Red-Pill stooges who are the real "ignorant fools and physical cowards."
If anyone doubts that many NFL players are cowards, consider that there have been 29 players arrested since August 2018---seven of which were for beating or threatening women. The most recent one of these was Arizona Cardinals' player Darius Philon (6-1, 286 pounds) for threatening a dancer at a Phoenix nightclub with a knife. His teammate, Desmond Harrison (6-6, 295 pounds), was arrested in July for beating and choking an unidentified woman. Another Cardinal, Ricky Seals-Jones was arrested last year for beating up a hotel staffer who told him that the Mens' Room was full. Although a millionaire, Detroit Lions' player Trevor Bates refused to pay a $32 cab fare and beat up the police officer who responded to the scene.
Very rarely are these thugs ever seriously punished for what they do. Most times they get light sentences like 6 months in a fake 'Diversion Program'. Since August, 2018 only four players have been suspended by the NFL for personal misconduct---14 games total, meaning that the average suspension is three games. Twelve more have been suspended for failing drug tests---39 games total, meaning that the average suspension is three games. Just to get a sense of the NFL's priorities, Minnesota Vikings' Assistant Coach Mike Priefer was suspended for three games in 2014 for allegedly making "homophobic" remarks in public.
This is the type of 'manhood' for which Vox Day and others like him are grooming men to become. Being an 'Alpha' essentially means being a bully, a cheat, and a thug and getting away with it. Those are not the values America stands for.
---Vox Day 8/24/2019
That's understandable. We've seen enough gang-related violence in both pro and college football to imagine them quite active when the shooting starts. Whatever Vox means by that.
What Vox is saying, though, about football instilling courage may have been true a few decades ago; but today football and most team sports are generally worthless as sources of role models for men. Here are the recent NFL headlines from TMZ Sports.
1. Former player, now sportscaster Desmond Howard incited controversy by saying on-air of a female collegue: "Am I going to have to choke that b---h?"
2. Carli Lloyd, who aspires to be the first woman to play in the NFL, states that she's "gotten inquires from several teams." The Buffalo Bills hired a Lesbian coach a year or two ago.
3. University of Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban invited woman-beating NFL star Ray Rice to speak to his players about "how to treat women."
4. Dallas Cowboys' Team Captain Tyrone Crawford was involved in a massive bar fight.
5. New England Patriots' star Patrick Chung is charged with felony possession of Cocaine. The team has taken no action against Chung.
6. Colin Kaepernick praised by anti-police activists. Kaepernick was also GQ Magazine's 'Man of the Year'.
7. Ex-NFL star Mario Williams arrested: "Video Shows Intense Standoff with Baby Momma," reads the headlines.
8. Oakland Raiders' star Antonio Brown is being sued for over $38,000 for not paying a professional chef/caterer after a party held at Brown's private mansion.
9. Dallas Cowboys' Running-Back Ezekiel Evans was spotted at a Cabo San Lucas beach. Evans is holding out for higher contract, and hasn't been to training camp this Summer. He claims that his current annual salary of $3.85 million isn't enough. Four other top players across the league are also holding out.
10. Miami Dolphins' star Mario Walton makes a plea deal with prosecutors to "close out drugs, guns, and battery charges."
11. The aforementioned Ezekiel Evans also had Battery charges dropped after a fight in a Las Vegas Casino.
12. New England Patriots' star Josh Gordon is being reinstated in the NFL after failing drug tests last December. Gordon has been suspended and reinstated multiple times.
13. Billionaire 'gangsta rapper' Jay-Z is reportedly buying an NFL franchise. Wikipedia notes this about Jay-Z: "In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Jay-Z and Beyoncé supported presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at her rally in Cleveland. Clinton praised Jay-Z for addressing racism, oppression, and the criminal justice system."
Bear in mind that the above stories were culled from TMZ reporting during the last 7 days. Is there a single thing there that any parent would be proud of their children doing?Contrary to what Vox Day says, it's really those of us who love American sports and deplore what they've become, are its real allies. And it's Vox Day and his Red-Pill stooges who are the real "ignorant fools and physical cowards."
If anyone doubts that many NFL players are cowards, consider that there have been 29 players arrested since August 2018---seven of which were for beating or threatening women. The most recent one of these was Arizona Cardinals' player Darius Philon (6-1, 286 pounds) for threatening a dancer at a Phoenix nightclub with a knife. His teammate, Desmond Harrison (6-6, 295 pounds), was arrested in July for beating and choking an unidentified woman. Another Cardinal, Ricky Seals-Jones was arrested last year for beating up a hotel staffer who told him that the Mens' Room was full. Although a millionaire, Detroit Lions' player Trevor Bates refused to pay a $32 cab fare and beat up the police officer who responded to the scene.
Very rarely are these thugs ever seriously punished for what they do. Most times they get light sentences like 6 months in a fake 'Diversion Program'. Since August, 2018 only four players have been suspended by the NFL for personal misconduct---14 games total, meaning that the average suspension is three games. Twelve more have been suspended for failing drug tests---39 games total, meaning that the average suspension is three games. Just to get a sense of the NFL's priorities, Minnesota Vikings' Assistant Coach Mike Priefer was suspended for three games in 2014 for allegedly making "homophobic" remarks in public.
This is the type of 'manhood' for which Vox Day and others like him are grooming men to become. Being an 'Alpha' essentially means being a bully, a cheat, and a thug and getting away with it. Those are not the values America stands for.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
PORTLAND RIOTS AND CALLS TRUMP 'DIVISIVE'
So, last weekend a group of Red Pill LARPers with the latent-homosexual name of The Proud Boys, showed up in Portland, Oregon. Naturally since (much to the relief of Washington State and Northern California residents) Portland has become the local slough for every Leftist political malcontent in the region, Antifa Anarchists and other whackos turned out for what's now being called The Battle of Portland. A punch was thrown; a hammer was swung; and the Portland Police---who've long ago given up in frustration---watched for most of the melee.
Portland hasn't always been like this. Once upon a time, Portland Police were allowed to do their jobs, were respected, and maintained order. Back then, Portland was a decent place to live.
Decades of one-party Democrat rule has completely emasculated the city. During the riot, here's one poor boob getting attacked just walking down the sidewalk:
Notice how this guy is so demoralized and dispirited that he not only won't defend himself; but casually walks on home as if it were a normal occurrence. This is was life under Liberalism leads to.
Of course, Antifa themselves are a bunch of social parasites who contribute absolutely nothing of value to the world, They are total losers, but their thuggery is complete control of places like Portland.
When looking for causes of this stupid violence, the Corporate Media reflexively blame Trump and have been parroting the "this is the result of the Divisive Era of Trump"---as if a city where anyone with dissenting views are met with scenes like this:
---is actually being 'inclusive.'
But that point aside, let's look back a few years and see if 'divisiveness' is really a product of the Trump Administration. Doesn't anyone remember the Obama Administration?
Or the Bush Administration?
Or the Clinton Administration?
So it's the Democrats who've been preaching this 'divisiveness' line for a long time. And the Corporate Media Cartels with their endless barrages of anti-Trump fake news is exacerbating the situation. Gangs like Antifa have been fueled with this garbage---insulated from the Outside World in groupthink gulags like Portland and fed a steady supply of mind-altering drugs have convinced these clowns that 21st Century America is a reincarnated version of the Third Reich.
All of this talk of 'divisiveness' exists nowhere but in these people's own heads. The Trump Administration meanwhile has been draining the swamp, cleaning up corruption, making government more responsive and efficient, and expanding the economy. That's not 'division' but unity. And it's the type of unity that the whacko Left can't tolerate.
Portland hasn't always been like this. Once upon a time, Portland Police were allowed to do their jobs, were respected, and maintained order. Back then, Portland was a decent place to live.
Decades of one-party Democrat rule has completely emasculated the city. During the riot, here's one poor boob getting attacked just walking down the sidewalk:
Notice how this guy is so demoralized and dispirited that he not only won't defend himself; but casually walks on home as if it were a normal occurrence. This is was life under Liberalism leads to.
Of course, Antifa themselves are a bunch of social parasites who contribute absolutely nothing of value to the world, They are total losers, but their thuggery is complete control of places like Portland.
When looking for causes of this stupid violence, the Corporate Media reflexively blame Trump and have been parroting the "this is the result of the Divisive Era of Trump"---as if a city where anyone with dissenting views are met with scenes like this:
---is actually being 'inclusive.'
But that point aside, let's look back a few years and see if 'divisiveness' is really a product of the Trump Administration. Doesn't anyone remember the Obama Administration?
Or the Bush Administration?
Or the Clinton Administration?
So it's the Democrats who've been preaching this 'divisiveness' line for a long time. And the Corporate Media Cartels with their endless barrages of anti-Trump fake news is exacerbating the situation. Gangs like Antifa have been fueled with this garbage---insulated from the Outside World in groupthink gulags like Portland and fed a steady supply of mind-altering drugs have convinced these clowns that 21st Century America is a reincarnated version of the Third Reich.
All of this talk of 'divisiveness' exists nowhere but in these people's own heads. The Trump Administration meanwhile has been draining the swamp, cleaning up corruption, making government more responsive and efficient, and expanding the economy. That's not 'division' but unity. And it's the type of unity that the whacko Left can't tolerate.
Friday, August 16, 2019
NFL GANG VIOLENCE AND TRASH CULTURE
For the second time in two weeks, rival gangs broke out in violent action as crowds of onlookers egged them on. This latest fight happened in Berea, Ohio between rival Ohio and Indiana gangs.
OK, so technically this wasn't a street fight, but an NFL-sanctioned preseason scrimmage. But these days, it's getting harder and harder to tell the difference.
This year is the 98th Anniversary of the NFL and the sport has sunk to this level. There were at least five fights in this game and one Cleveland player went to the hospital with a broken ankle.
The National Football League came into being in 1921, and there are only three active teams still around from its inaugural year. There has always been a long-running battle within the NFL (and pro and college sports in general) between the Sharpers who are in it for the money and the Sportsmen who are in it as a labor of love. Since the NFL-AFL merger in the 1970s and the Players' Strikes of the 1980s, the latter has been losing ground to the point where any coach or owner who talked about 'fair play' would likely be laughed out of the league today. Witness what Cleveland coach Freddie Kitchens had to say about his team's on-field thuggery:
Kitchens' gangland/Trash Culture attitude is hardly unique in sports; or for that matter, in society in general. Nice Guys Finish Last and Winning isn't Everything, it's the Only Thing, are the mottoes dominating society---of which our sports are a reflection. Cleveland sportswriter Randy Gurzi inadvertently summed it up while writing about the fight/football game:
"A little dust-up here and there is one thing, but this screams lack of discipline. I may be old-fashioned, but I never liked the joint practices and this is a reason why."
What Gurzi essentially is doing is almost blushingly apologizing for his passe belief that discipline and sportsmanship should actually be part of a contest.
And it's not just sports, but Hollywood, too, promotes the same lack of ideals. How many action films of the last four decades depict the 'heroes' as winning by over-excessive force; or by cheating; or otherwise using dirtier tricks than the villains? In the earlier eras, we certainly didn't see that.
All of this glorification of gratuitous violence comes from a deeper social problem. Cynicism---the belief that good guys never really win and that Might makes Right is at the bottom of this phenomenon. And this widespread sensation among the general populace is directly traceable to a breakdown in religious faith. St. Paul taught us that, without Faith, life becomes a matter of "eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die," becomes socially normative. The 'Win at all Costs' mentality is only one step removed from that. In contrast, Faith teaches that Good will triumph in the end; and that God works for Good even in the midst of the most atrocious evils which Man can devise. One Catholic Cardinal (I don't recall which one) once said that Cynicism is born of Despair, which he described as a sin akin to Atheism. When asked why he thought so, His Eminence replied that "Atheism denies God's existence; but Despair denies God's goodness." This is a very good point.
In broader social terms, a society that loses its faith in God as Supreme Good becomes a predatory society. And we wonder why there is mass-violence all across the land? Almost all of these mass-killers in recent history were nobodies who wanted to be somebodies by wiping out defenseless people. All that these murderers really did was what they've been taught by institutions like the NFL, Hollywood, Academia, and the Deep-State Government. The killers just took the philosophy to its logical conclusion.
It's hypocritical therefore to claim that gratuitous violence can be stopped by gun control, or banning video games, or anti-bullying campaigns, etc. The answers to the problems have to come from within, first and foremost.
OK, so technically this wasn't a street fight, but an NFL-sanctioned preseason scrimmage. But these days, it's getting harder and harder to tell the difference.
This year is the 98th Anniversary of the NFL and the sport has sunk to this level. There were at least five fights in this game and one Cleveland player went to the hospital with a broken ankle.
The National Football League came into being in 1921, and there are only three active teams still around from its inaugural year. There has always been a long-running battle within the NFL (and pro and college sports in general) between the Sharpers who are in it for the money and the Sportsmen who are in it as a labor of love. Since the NFL-AFL merger in the 1970s and the Players' Strikes of the 1980s, the latter has been losing ground to the point where any coach or owner who talked about 'fair play' would likely be laughed out of the league today. Witness what Cleveland coach Freddie Kitchens had to say about his team's on-field thuggery:
“I told you guys yesterday, we are not into backing down from anything. We identified a problem yesterday, not that there was anything wrong with the tempo, but we set the tempo...I just know that we are not going to take nothing from anybody. At some point, you have to stand up for yourself. If it is a penalty then it is a penalty, but sometimes… I don’t know.”
It's not really any great mystery, Freddie. You tell your players not to get suckered into fights and dirty play, but to concentrate on executing plays and winning fair-and-square. That's what real coaches like Tom Landry used to tell his players. Landry, by the way, had five NFC Championships and two Super Bowl wins to his credit. How about you, Freddie?Kitchens' gangland/Trash Culture attitude is hardly unique in sports; or for that matter, in society in general. Nice Guys Finish Last and Winning isn't Everything, it's the Only Thing, are the mottoes dominating society---of which our sports are a reflection. Cleveland sportswriter Randy Gurzi inadvertently summed it up while writing about the fight/football game:
"A little dust-up here and there is one thing, but this screams lack of discipline. I may be old-fashioned, but I never liked the joint practices and this is a reason why."
What Gurzi essentially is doing is almost blushingly apologizing for his passe belief that discipline and sportsmanship should actually be part of a contest.
And it's not just sports, but Hollywood, too, promotes the same lack of ideals. How many action films of the last four decades depict the 'heroes' as winning by over-excessive force; or by cheating; or otherwise using dirtier tricks than the villains? In the earlier eras, we certainly didn't see that.
All of this glorification of gratuitous violence comes from a deeper social problem. Cynicism---the belief that good guys never really win and that Might makes Right is at the bottom of this phenomenon. And this widespread sensation among the general populace is directly traceable to a breakdown in religious faith. St. Paul taught us that, without Faith, life becomes a matter of "eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die," becomes socially normative. The 'Win at all Costs' mentality is only one step removed from that. In contrast, Faith teaches that Good will triumph in the end; and that God works for Good even in the midst of the most atrocious evils which Man can devise. One Catholic Cardinal (I don't recall which one) once said that Cynicism is born of Despair, which he described as a sin akin to Atheism. When asked why he thought so, His Eminence replied that "Atheism denies God's existence; but Despair denies God's goodness." This is a very good point.
In broader social terms, a society that loses its faith in God as Supreme Good becomes a predatory society. And we wonder why there is mass-violence all across the land? Almost all of these mass-killers in recent history were nobodies who wanted to be somebodies by wiping out defenseless people. All that these murderers really did was what they've been taught by institutions like the NFL, Hollywood, Academia, and the Deep-State Government. The killers just took the philosophy to its logical conclusion.
It's hypocritical therefore to claim that gratuitous violence can be stopped by gun control, or banning video games, or anti-bullying campaigns, etc. The answers to the problems have to come from within, first and foremost.
Thursday, August 15, 2019
EPSTEIN'S ARTISTIC TASTES
With an alacrity worthy of his predecessor, Attorney-General William Barr has gone into the Epstein Case like a juggernaut. It appears that at least a few of Epstein's guards are about to trade in their uniforms for black-and-white striped suits, with Warden Quay not far behind. Meanwhile, the FBI swooped down on Epstein's properties and found some interesting items at the late financier's Manhattan apartment.
Like many wealthy people, Jeffery Epstein was a patron of the arts. However, many FBI operatives who've been speaking to the press have noted that Epstein's tastes were---to put it mildly---a bit peculiar. For example, there was a life-size doll in a wedding dress hanging from chandelier. Another strange exhibit was a stuffed black poodle---mounted so as to appear to be depositing some dog poop. There was also what the agents described as 'a human chessboard.' I think that those three things alone go a long way into summing up Jeffery Epstein's personality.
The strangest artifact of all, however, was a portrait of our illustrious 42nd President, Mr. William Jefferson Clinton. This picture has been widely circulated already on the Internet; and for the sake of suffering humanity we've elected not to post it again here. Instead, we're posting some relevant Album Art:
Long ago, I thought that I'd reached a point where nothing that Bill Clinton would do would surprise me (unless, of course, it was some noble act). But when multiple stories began appearing about him allegedly posing Epstein's art collection, I really did a double-take. Is this really Bill Clinton?
Research has come up with a mixed answer. It appears that the painting originated in 2012 and was exhibited at the New York Academy of Arts' annual Tribeca Ball. That year's host was that shining specimen of humanity, Robert Di Nero.
"Champagne in hand, guests explored the sprawling studio and congratulated the artists, who continued to paint, paint, sculpt, sketch, and create throughout the night. The Academy is considered the premier institution for studying the human figure, so naturally, its students' artwork focused on the body. Nudes were a common sight -- and not just on the canvas. In one room, a naked model held a pose while well-dressed patrons, seemingly unaware, munched on miniature hamburgers." said NYC society newsletter, G of G.
It's unknown really whether Bill Clinton actually posed for this portrait. But one of the British newspapers reported that the FBI found it "prominently displayed" in Epstein's apartment. Clinton was a regular visitor there, so he couldn't have helped but have been aware of its existence.
What we can take away from this story is further proof yet that the so-called 'Elites' who ran this country for the last three decades were nothing but a pack of criminals, perverts, and degenerates. Most of us knew or suspected that was the case all along; but the exposure they've been getting since 2016 shows that they even worse than many of us imagined. Just remember that characters of the Epstein, Clinton, and Di Nero sort are the ones who want Trump out of office and hope to regain power in 2020. We can't let that happen.
Like many wealthy people, Jeffery Epstein was a patron of the arts. However, many FBI operatives who've been speaking to the press have noted that Epstein's tastes were---to put it mildly---a bit peculiar. For example, there was a life-size doll in a wedding dress hanging from chandelier. Another strange exhibit was a stuffed black poodle---mounted so as to appear to be depositing some dog poop. There was also what the agents described as 'a human chessboard.' I think that those three things alone go a long way into summing up Jeffery Epstein's personality.
The strangest artifact of all, however, was a portrait of our illustrious 42nd President, Mr. William Jefferson Clinton. This picture has been widely circulated already on the Internet; and for the sake of suffering humanity we've elected not to post it again here. Instead, we're posting some relevant Album Art:
Long ago, I thought that I'd reached a point where nothing that Bill Clinton would do would surprise me (unless, of course, it was some noble act). But when multiple stories began appearing about him allegedly posing Epstein's art collection, I really did a double-take. Is this really Bill Clinton?
Research has come up with a mixed answer. It appears that the painting originated in 2012 and was exhibited at the New York Academy of Arts' annual Tribeca Ball. That year's host was that shining specimen of humanity, Robert Di Nero.
"Champagne in hand, guests explored the sprawling studio and congratulated the artists, who continued to paint, paint, sculpt, sketch, and create throughout the night. The Academy is considered the premier institution for studying the human figure, so naturally, its students' artwork focused on the body. Nudes were a common sight -- and not just on the canvas. In one room, a naked model held a pose while well-dressed patrons, seemingly unaware, munched on miniature hamburgers." said NYC society newsletter, G of G.
It's unknown really whether Bill Clinton actually posed for this portrait. But one of the British newspapers reported that the FBI found it "prominently displayed" in Epstein's apartment. Clinton was a regular visitor there, so he couldn't have helped but have been aware of its existence.
What we can take away from this story is further proof yet that the so-called 'Elites' who ran this country for the last three decades were nothing but a pack of criminals, perverts, and degenerates. Most of us knew or suspected that was the case all along; but the exposure they've been getting since 2016 shows that they even worse than many of us imagined. Just remember that characters of the Epstein, Clinton, and Di Nero sort are the ones who want Trump out of office and hope to regain power in 2020. We can't let that happen.
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