Climate, Woke, Bank Run, Fox, China, Russian Divers, Death for Abortion

  • Libertarian philosophy does not allow for any challenge to it’s basic premise: government is bad.
     
    So the logic on climate change is pretty much a straight line.
     

    1. Any fact that implies the necessity for government is not really a fact. It is bogus, generated for evil purposes.
       
    2. Climate change that originates with humans and that endangers human life strongly suggests the need for government regulation.
       
    3. So here it is, the straight line:
       
      Evidence of climate change has got to be bogus, part of a global conspiracy.
       

    Libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara complains that the
    climate propaganda cartel infects virtually everything in media, including weather reporting.
     
    But Michael has a reliable alternative:
     
    Key reliable alternative (in Michael’s words):
    A weather network, tied to one of Steve Bannon’s platforms.
     
    Yup. The reliably reliable Steve Bannon.
    Well, any port in a climate storm, I suppose.
     
    Key endorsement:
    I never heard of WeatherNation before coming across this article. But it’s refreshing to know that there still exists a weather outlet that actually sticks to verifiable facts.

  • Dave Dubya suggests that those who use woke as an insult have another problem.
     
  • PZ Myers watches the interview as conservative Bethany Mandel gloats about the defeat of woke. But when she is asked just what she means by woke, she suffers a stuttering, stammering brain freeze.
     
    And thus we have a new birth of viral video.
     

    I have a slightly different take. I don’t see an inability to define what she is against. I see an unwillingness to put it into real words. Anti-woke conservatives seem to be antagonistic toward what most Americans see as a fundamental ethic. She is struggles to keep from saying aloud that she is against basic fairness, equality, and compassion.
     
    A more coherent response might have pointed to one or more of the few extreme excesses that can endanger any social movement, and use them to characterize the entire movement.
     
    Kevin Drum lists a few possible extreme examples:
     
    My favorite:
    Race-Based Silencing – Telling a white person they don’t have the right to speak because they’re an oppressor.
     
  • Cato’s Julian Sanchez captures the essential point:
     
  • North Carolina pastor John Pavlovitz has a thought about woke folk:

  • Scotties Playtime carries a series of sane responses after a Fox Network host blames the near collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Pride Month.


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One thought on “Climate, Woke, Bank Run, Fox, China, Russian Divers, Death for Abortion”

  1. Burr, your comments about woke-ness are much appreciate for how you’re not out to further the divide between people, which just makes things worse & plays into the hands of Trump & his ilk

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