It’s impossible to commemorate the collapse of the USSR without recalling Ronald Reagan, a man contemporary media opinion regarded as a bozo and a fool, yet clearly saw what self-appointed intellectuals missed: Communism was a fraud.
Author Archives: Richard Fernandez
Who is the state
Because this is a case of alleged collusion vs alleged coup neither side can claim the right to keep a secret. Ordinarily one party represents the state in an investigation. But the question in this case is precisely who is the state? Because this is ultimately a political struggle there are precious few rules either …
The other person
Bill Barr plays the pipes. Some others join celebrity dance contests. What do a person’s hobbies convey?
So who leaked the off mic moment?
“In contract theory and economics, information asymmetry deals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party has more or better information than the other. This asymmetry creates an imbalance of power in transactions.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_asymmetry The job of the media is not to disseminate the news but to protect the information asymmetry of the …
The 5 year plan to the “Other Place”
Human happiness by government program New at the Belmont Club
Damning with faint praise
Did Hillary mean ‘enacted’ or ‘elected’? https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/469407-hillary-clinton-warrens-medicare-for-all-plan-would-never-get-enacted?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Unleash Javert
“We take violations of company policy very seriously, and we’re pursuing all avenues to determine the source of the leak,” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/abc-pursuing-source-leak-amy-robach-footage-1252915?__twitter_impression=true
You can bet they’ll get investigate him
ABC News Execs Have Identified Former Employee Who Accessed Amy Robach Hot-Mic Footage, Sources Say. They need to protect their high standards of integrity. https://yashar.substack.com/p/scoop-abc-newsepstein
Maybe Freddy vs Jason
Hollywood has conditioned us to believe that if there’s a bad guy in the story the other must be a good guy. But often real world conflicts are contests between bad guys. It’s an Alien vs Predator world. The reason the cynical media hates the idea of Christianity is it’s absurd belief that somewhere, someplace …
How long till live actors are unemployed?
At last we can have sequels to everything. Of course you realize that with perfect CGI Trump will haunt progressives forever. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703?__twitter_impression=true
The erosion of trust
One of the reasons why ABC’s suppression of the Epstein story has had such surprising impact, at a time when Deplorables should have been jaded by media scandal, is because it mocks the pose of virtue it constantly strikes. A congregation may forgive sin in their shepherd but not blatant hypocrisy. The two political sides …
Epstein expose just didn’t meet their high standards
“We would never kill a story about Bill Clinton.” ABC News https://www.npr.org/2019/11/05/776482189/abc-news-defends-its-epstein-coverage-after-leaked-video-of-anchor
Too many experts
More than 11,000 experts sign an emergency declaration warning there are too many people. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-05/scientists-call-for-population-control-in-mass-climate-alarm
Planet of the Apes
I like the scene where Charlton Heston rides up the beach and reads the inscription on the ruined Statue of Liberty and shouts “Epstein didn’t kill himself. Epstein didn’t kill himself.”
When did socialism become a bad word?
Democrats should be horrified that socialism has become a bad word, even if the voters are not yet ready for it. Progress is all about grooming. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/warrens-climb-in-the-polls-should-horrify-democrats/2019/11/04/429f4032-ff4d-11e9-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html#click=https://t.co/ivFantALof
Everyone once knew what the future was
Not just Lincoln Steffens. Even ordinary conservatives used ro believe they were fighting a rear guard action against Progress. Suddenly the vision of the 20th century catastrophically collapsed but what is it we see? The progressive future, like a Hillary candidacy, is more impressive in the buildup than the arrival.
Earth needs you
Polls show Hillary beating Trump without even trying. It’s fascinating to consider whether she’s a bigger threat to Trump or the Democratic left, like one of those armored giants from the dawn of time released from an icy prison to menace the puny endeavors of men. https://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-beat-trump-2020-poll-warren-biden-sanders-1469570?amp=1&fbclid=IwAR3Y55GIYNmscha7EkzeKK5FgO6N_LV3DpJXe9hnBRoJHazDEUkXJ4pHsuA&__twitter_impression=true
Plastic pollution off China’s coast soars after drive to stop dumping it in rivers | The Independent
But at least they’re part of the Paris climate agreement. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/plastic-pollution-china-sea-waste-rivers-yangtze-pearl-environment-a9176286.html
It’s the pictures that got small.
America is not yet ready for her. The voters are never worthy of politicians. https://www.politico.com/magazine/amp/story/2019/11/05/how-kamala-harris-went-from-female-obama-to-fifth-place-229901?__twitter_impression=true
Part of the Restoration will be reinstating old media
Mark Zuckerberg “should pay a price” for what he is doing to democracy, Hillary Clinton has said, as she expressed doubts about whether free and fair elections were even possible in the wake of Facebook’s decision to not factcheck political advertising. https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/04/hillary-clinton-mark-zuckerberg-pay-price-damage-democracy