The Times let itself become hopelessly slanted. Captive to organized feedback on social media. Beholden to irredeemably conflicted staff members. Consumed by internal demons.
Make no mistake: other media outlets are taking note. In this way, they are motivated to self-censor news and information, lest they draw the wrath of the mobs. One editorial figure at a major international publication who did not want to be identified recounted numerous pieces he has recently killed for fear of the organized backlash.
“They can bankrupt me,” he tells me. “Facebook, Twitter, Google — they can ruin you in a matter of hours. For somebody like us, they can destroy you. So what do we do? We pull our punches. To raise certain issues is to cut your own throat.” He continues, “The newsman in me says, ‘Tell the truth,’ and that sounds great. But if I do that and destroy [my publication] in the process, what kind of pyrrhic victory is that?”
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
In this photo provided by the Corvallis Police Department, emergency personnel pick up batteries at the scene where a man crashed a Tesla while going about 100 mph, destroying the vehicle, a power pole and starting a fire when some of the hundreds of batteries from the vehicle broke windows and landed in residences in Corvallis, Ore., on Tuesday
h/t Greg
November 24, 2020 – Reader Tips
Tonight we travel to Scotland to enjoy a very special song of the ages.
Your most special tips of tbe past day are most welcome!
Oh, Shiny Prime Minister
Trudeau discusses foreign policy, Trump, and Prince Harry’s marriage with Greta Thunberg, without noticing her peculiar Russian accent.
Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
July 2020: Black Lives Matter march in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday turned #antisemitic as protesters began accusing the Jewish state of murdering children.
November, 2020: A Holocaust museum added a George Floyd exhibit because we live in a world of idiots where words no longer have meaning.
I, Napoleon
Watch these adults push a toddler dressed in rainbow clothing to publicly announce that he is a girl named “Phoenix” who would “prefer she and her pronouns.”
“I’m a little shy,” the toddler says, when offered the microphone to make the announcement.pic.twitter.com/jfVHv7p7dT
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) November 23, 2020
The Despicable Corruption of a California State University
Lynn Mahoney is a totalitarian thug. She’s also the President of SF State University. Here’s her most recent message to all of the students:
Earlier this month she penned this bountiful gem of “wisdom”. It seems astounding that Ms. Mahoney has so openly created a hostile learning environment for everyone cursed with born with white skin, anyone who doesn’t think Joe Biden and his socialist comrades offer the best path forward for America, and anyone who believes that Donald Trump and the Republicans have the same constitutional rights in 2020 as Al Gore and the Democrats did in 2000. One can only wonder what missives she is preparing for 2021? Perhaps mandatory “re-education” classes or camps?!
An Institution of Higher Learning is supposed to promote free speech, open discussion, and challenging long held precepts. Not SF State under Mahoney. The muting of individual thought she is promoting would feel very much at home in Communist China and North Korea.
Two final questions: How can someone whose salary comes from ALL Californians get away with being so deeply partisan, expressing outright hatred towards specific groups of people? Why has Lynn Mahoney not resigned, given that she is benefitting from centuries of white supremacy that she spoke of?
Art Of The Deal
Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem continues to roil the Middle East: Netanyahu Meets Saudi Prince in Saudi Arabia, Reports Say
“of those who tested positive, it was found that 18.3 per cent had visited a supermarket.”
The Blizzard of Bogus Journalism on Covid.
Related: NOW THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER (OR AT LEAST THE VOTING PART), The New York Times can tell us what a huge success Operation Warp Speed was.
SF Tech Icon: Moving to Florida – “Impossible to stay”
SF Bay tech icon, Keith Rabois, is leaving San Francisco after 20 years:
“I think San Francisco is just so massively improperly run and managed that it’s impossible to stay here,” Rabois told Fortune.
His Twitter feed is worth a read. One wonders who he’ll vote for once he gets to Florida?
You Are Now Entering Clown World
On Seattle’s ‘progressive’ alternative to policing and prison:
You see, predatory sociopaths with histories of violence and robbery will be “liberated” by “healing circles” and “narrative storytelling.” Because, we’re assured, these things, when combined with burning sage, will “increase empathy.”
November 23, 2020: Reader Tips
Happy Monday. Tips thread open.
Does The Great Reset exist?
From Kate: I’ll believe there’s no conspiracy when the people who say there’s no conspiracy stop acting like conspirators.
Scratch A Trudeauite
Find an anti-Semite.
Wow. Is Freeland saying Israel is an "authoritarian" "anti-democratic” country? pic.twitter.com/z1wM226Xzr
— pierrepoilievre (@PierrePoilievre) November 22, 2020
Featured Comment
SDA regular ‘ET’ shared some brilliant thoughts this morning. Everyone should carefully think about what she had to say:
Is it just that the population have chosen ‘communism’ or that the population are so manipulated that they really are not choosing but instead are pawns in an enormous power-grab?
When the power, and it is a power, to run a nation moved from the control of an hereditary aristocracy, into the control of ‘the people’ – then, those-who-want-this-power moved to How Do We Control The People and make them, the one day of every few years, Vote Us In Power?
And so- the brainwashing and manipulation of The People began – to ensure that One Day of Voting ensured that our new Elites – were in power [and the wealth that results from this power]. Simple. They took control of socialization – in the schools, in the local governments – by funding these institutions. So, the curriculum has to follow The Ideology [think of censored books, of required ‘sex education classes’ etc]. And, these governments took control of the media [think of Trudeau funding Canadian media if and only if they support Liberal policies]. And – dividing the population into separate ‘Identity Blocs’ – and making these populations adversarial to each other and dependent on govt funds [this is a huge tactic of the US Democrats].
What’s new in this strategy to control the people – in their One Day of Voting? Well, they’ve controlled the schools and the media; they’ve made huge sections of the population dependent on government funds – so, what about the actual process of voting? In Canada, the people are further made irrelevant by our Charter, with its bilingualism law, that renders at least 80% and more of the population unable to play any role in government – and, our electoral system that puts the most MPs in the big cities – where all the government-dependent population live.
In the US – it seems that they’ve moved to sabotage the actual electronic method of voting!! This was almost inevitable – given the Fact that Trump represented – not the Elite – but, indeed, The People. Trump was and is, a fight by The People to take back power from the Elite in Washington. [Canada doesn’t have such a movement and isn’t even close to realizing how trapped-as-peasants Canadians are]… And so, the Elite in Washington have fought back – for four bloody years. Everything from riots to Mueller to impeachment to ..daily 95% media attacks to….Endless. And then, came The Vote. Of course they sabotaged it.
So- the question is: Will the People allow their rights to govern – be abandoned and handed over to an Elite in Washington? How will they fight for democracy? Canadians simply ignore – grab the CERB – and ignore the debt.
I Amuse Myself
On this, the 57th anniversary of Dallas, we're reminded that had it not been for Democrat voter fraud in the 1960 presidential election there would've been no #JFK riding in an open air convertible for Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate. https://t.co/uC9FOOO7oi
— Katewerk (@katewerk) November 22, 2020
Are Fair Elections Really Too Much to Expect in America in 2020?
November 22, 2020: Reader Tips
Thread’s open for tips.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Titanium garden gnome shot into space.
h/t Dr. R
You Can’t Keep A WE Man Down
The list of 19 staffers who have been assigned responsibilities in the campaign to elevate Morneau to the top job at the OECD includes public servants working in communications and media relations, policy advisers and analysts, diplomatic outreach and protocol officers, an assistant deputy minister responsible for strategic policy and a number of GAC staff who regularly liaise with the OECD, among others.
These officials will provide Morneau with “strategic policy advice, advocacy and support,” “communications advice and support,” and “coordination of diplomatic outreach.”

