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NYT Art Critics Blame Museum Price Hike on ‘Ruling Class,’ ‘Jim Crow’
by Shifra on January 9, 2018NYC’s Metropolitan Museum is losing money, so they’ve begun charging a mandatory admission to non-residents of the city. The moronic, er, esteemed NYT art critics are blaming racism, elitism, and anti-immigration prejudice. But hey, why not throw in Climate Change for good measure? Via NewsBusters. New York Times art critics Holland Cotter and Roberta Smith reacted with horror, and socialist tropes, to news that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, struggling with low admission revenue, was making its “suggested fee” of $25 mandatory for non-New Yorkers: “The Museum Should Be Open to All.” It’s surprising how much left-wing political juice is expanded beneath that benign headline. Holland Cotter led off: Loopy as it may sound, on principle I believe...
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Sociology Professor Bashes Beef Because… Patriarchy
by Shifra on December 12, 2017Here is an excerpt from the abstract of the sociology professor’s paper, published in Journal of Feminist Geography. And 1000 TAM points to anyone who can actually explain what any of this gobbledegook means: Analyzing 23 interviews in La Plata, Argentina, I find that the narratives of conversion and social pushback reported by women and men expose gender enactment and social reinforcement of the binary. Via Breitbart. A sociology professor at Pennsylvania State University recently argued in an academic journal that eating meat perpetuates “patriarchy.” According to Campus Reform, Penn State Professor Anne DeLessio-Parson believes that “hegemonic masculinity implies an imperative to eat meat.” She argued just that in a recent academic article in the Journal of Feminist Geography. DeLessio-Parson...
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Libs: GOP Tax Bill Signals the ‘Death of America’… or Something
by Shifra on December 4, 2017No, the tax reform bill passed by the Senate did not signal the “death of America” as we know it. Dollar jumps on US tax-cut passage An open letter to Congress signed by 137 economists supporting GOP tax reform bill Senate GOP’s tax reform bill just paved the way for Obamacare repeal with this major achievement It was the vile Obamacare bill that killed decent and affordable health care for millions. Via Daily Caller. The Senate passed a tax reform bill early Saturday that gave Republicans a rare legislative victory amid a recent famine of achievements…. Like all major legislative packages that come before Congress, there was a lot of heated rhetoric voiced against it before its passage. Tax cuts...
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New MSNBC Promo Claims: This Is Not An Echo Chamber
by Shifra on November 1, 2017MSNBC is not an echo chamber? Bwahahahahahahahaha. Via The Hill. MSNBC recently launched a new on-air promotion that claims the cable news network “is not an echo chamber.”…. The ad features political sound bites from MSNBC hosts including Chris Hayes, Joe Scarborough and Rachel Maddow as the 1972 rock song “Join Together” by The Who plays in the background. “This is not a one-way street. This is a dialogue that looks at the world and all its complexities from every side,” the narrator continues…. Video via NewsBusters. MSNBC wins big at Media Research Center’s Dishonors Awards night Bias Alert: MSNBC’s Joy Reid says Trump makes now ‘worst time to be a human’ MSNBC Host Defends Antifa As ‘The Side of...
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Video: Maxine Waters Wants U.S. To ‘Try To Meet’ North Korea’s ‘Demands’
by Shifra on August 11, 2017I think Maxine studied foreign policy at the International House of Pancakes…IHOP U. Or something. Via American Mirror. ….Speaking incoherently, Waters said, “I believe that North Korea is interesting threats to the United States, but I think there’s some things that they want from us, and we have to find out whether or not we can work with them on the things that they’re asking for.” She added “this is the time for diplomacy.”…. Ben Rhodes: Let’s Make A Deal With North Korea (And Don’t Eliminate The Horrible Iran Deal I Did)
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Video: DNC Leader at Obamacare Rally Praises Health Care System in… *Cuba*
by Shifra on July 19, 2017HT Julio Muñoz therealcuba.com Yes, people are upset with the Republicans after the healthcare “repeal/replace” debacle. But Democrats have no ideas. Nothing. Except opposing President Trump. So they resort to preposterous lies. HT American Mirror. Cuba Manipulating Health Care Statistics Think the Cuban healthcare system is ideal? No cigar. Not even close.
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Fraud News Network, er, CNN: Merkel Chose G20 Location To ‘Hurt’ Trump
by Shifra on July 9, 2017Just when you thought CNN could not possibly make bigger fools of themselves. Via Federalist. CNN’s international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson told viewers Wednesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is holding the G20 summit in Hamburg instead of a more remote location to humiliate Trump. However, the G20 site was selected more than a year ago, when all bets had Hillary Clinton winning the presidential election. On June 10, 2016, the Associated Press reported: The German government says it will host a summit of the Group of 20 major world economic powers in Hamburg on July 7 and 8 next year. The government said Friday that the meeting will likely be held at the northern port city’s congress center. The...
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Famous Scientist, er, Moonbat Chelsea Clinton: Only 3 Years Left to Save Earth!
by Shifra on July 6, 2017Yes, Chelsea is hoping to jumpstart her political career…one silly tweet at a time. Via American Mirror. Chelsea Clinton claims the world has only three years to save itself from global warming — which, conveniently, would be the same year her mother could again run for president. Clinton took to Twitter to share an ominous story about the supposed effects of “climate change”…. These experts say we have 3 years to get climate change under control. And they’re the optimists-The Washington Post https://t.co/ZCFGpiswXa — Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) July 3, 2017 Chelsea Clinton: Child Marriage is Connected to Climate Change
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Video: Chuck Todd Interviews Bernie, Ignores Sanders Being Under FBI Investigation
by Shifra on June 26, 2017Memo to Chuck Todd: Bernie and Jane Sanders are under FBI investigation. Donald Trump is not. Via Daily Caller. Chuck Todd, the host of NBC’s “Meet The Press,” had seven minutes on Sunday to grill Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders about being the subject of an FBI investigation but let Sanders off the hook entirely. Todd asked Sanders about his rhetoric, about the Republican health care bill and about the struggling Democratic party, but he did not ask the socialist senator once about the investigation into himself and his wife. CBS News reported on Saturday that both Sanders and his wife are the subject of an FBI investigation in relation to bank fraud that Jane Sanders allegedly committed as the president...
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Chelsea Clinton: Child Marriage is Connected to Climate Change
by Shifra on May 24, 2017Chelsea was introduced at the conference as an “activist, thought leader, and change agent.” They forgot one: gibberish-spouter Via Free Beacon. Chelsea Clinton on Monday insisted that issues such as global warming and child marriage were interconnected…. Clinton was speaking at the 2017 CARE National Conference when she urged attendees to “carry multiple concerns in both our head and our heart.”…. “Just listening to the concerns around education and climate change, and women’s health, child marriage, access to technology—all of those are of course interconnected,” Clinton said…. “We also have to realize, particularly at this moment, that sexism is not an opinion, Islamophobia is not an opinion, racism is not an opinion, homophobia is not an opinion, jingoism is not...
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Video: Moonbat Maxine Contradicts Herself on Comey, Confuses MSNBC Host
by Shifra on May 11, 2017Remember the Abbott & Costello ‘Who’s On First’ routine? That was funny. But Maxine? Not so much. Via Daily Caller. NBC News National Correspondent Peter Alexander took on Rep. Maxine Waters for her hypocrisy centered on former FBI Director James Comey. “You obviously have been very critical of James Comey in the past,” Alexander observed. “You said that he had ‘no credibility,’ I assume you support the president’s decision then, to fire his FBI director.”…. “You obviously have been very critical of James Comey in the past,” Alexander observed. “You said that he had ‘no credibility,’ I assume you support the president’s decision then, to fire his FBI director.”…. “No, I do not, necessarily support the president’s decision,” Waters began....
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Obama Cut Military Spending, Now Blames Lack of Security on… Obesity
by Shifra on May 10, 2017Yesterday, Obama gave a speech in Italy on “Climate Change.” He flew to Milan in a private jet, and his security detail included a convoy of 14 cars and a helicopter. Because “carbon footprint” just applies to the “little people.” Via NTK. Former President Barack Obama blamed obesity as the reason why America is less secure today instead of his administration’s decision to drastically cut military spending while delivering prepared remarks at the Seeds&Chips Global Food Innovation Summit in Italy on Tuesday. “And when, in the United States the number one disqualifier for military service is obesity, we might even be able to strengthen our security as well,” Obama told the audience during his prepared remarks. While it’s true that...
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Leftist Mag Praises Nazi Economy, Declares ‘Failed’ Capitalism Must Be Scrapped
by Shifra on May 9, 2017The “special edition” includes writings from many ‘liberal thinkers,’ and yes, the term seems to be an oxymoron. Via Washington Examiner. The Nation, a magazine that has long stood as the standard-bearer for liberalism, has devoted a special issue to declaring that capitalism has failed and must be scrapped. The issue includes a symposium of liberal thinkers on what system to adopt aside from capitalism, including one who offered qualified praise for Nazi Germany’s economic programs. “Adolf Hitler practically abolished German unemployment within five years, and Franklin Roosevelt triggered a spectacular recovery and reindustrialization with the New Deal,” wrote British economist Paul Mason, author of the book PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future, in a column for the magazine’s issue...
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Obama Gets Another Undeserved Prize: JFK Profiles in Courage Award
by Shifra on May 8, 2017Remember when he got a Nobel Peace Prize for doing…nothing? And now this: Last night, Obama was honored in Boston with another award, this time from Caroline Kennedy and her family and friends. Here is what he said in March, when the award was announced: ….It’s been more than half a century since John F. Kennedy asked us to cast aside our narrow self-interest and take up the chase of a greater ambition: our collective capacity to do big things, especially when it’s hard, It was a call to citizenship as true as the words of our founding and a conviction that helped guide me to public service as a younger man – a belief in the possibilities of our...
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Obama’s $400K Speech Critics: Mind Your Own Business
by Shifra on May 3, 2017Debbie tells critics of Obama’s raking in $400,000 per speech to MYOB. Is it just me, or does she sound like she’s BYOB? Via American Mirror. Debbie Wasserman Schultz created a new standard for public debate that will undoubtedly only apply to liberals: If it happens in the private sector, it stays in the private sector.