Goodies from Ol' Remus

Ol' Remus

 

Migrant packinghouse worker. Notice the school bus converted to a
mobile home in the background.

More Afro-centric curriculum for Chicago public schools

Sixth and ninth grade Chicago students will discuss the book “The Black Athena” and an accompanying full-length Youtube documentary claiming ancient Greeks stole much of its civilization from Egypt, which, Bernal asserts, was populated by blacks. Chicago fifth graders will study Ivan van Sertima’s “They Came Before Columbus” which theorized Africans populated the Americas before Columbus. The eighth grade literacy section unit, titled “Being an Advocate to Social Justice,” includes a poem titled “Racism is Around Me Everywhere” and Tenth graders are introduced to “critical race theory,” which holds that institutional racism and white privilege are pervasive throughout society, says Chuck Ross in this article, See what they’ll be teaching in the Chicago public schools, at The Daily Caller. 

Remus says - It was both comical and depressing to see some Bundy supporters and "conservative" congressmen run like scalded cats when this phoney boogeyman was tossed in front of 'em. Really? After all this time? Some plain talk? Some creative editing by Media Matters and the NY Times? That's all it takes? If so, Reid's people own them. Own them. They say they're going to take on the Evil Empire but they scatter when the usual suspects pull the lamest trick in the book. Back to Mayberry RFD with 'em, as this comment puts it:

The Left will come after you and the other nice people just as they will persecute anyone they see as a threat. The Left will lie about their enemy and nice people on our side will stand aside and watch the target destroyed simply because the target may/may not be in violation of some Mayberry Code of Conduct. You can just as easily be isolated, slandered, and destroyed. The facts won't protect you.
Scott M, via Gerard Vanderleun at americandigest.org

Try try again - Maybe the reason why Bloomberg joined forces with Watts and Moms Demand Action is due to his waning membership in Mayors Against Illegal Guns. From 2013 to February 2014, the group had already lost 50 members. At the end of 2013, the group had less than 1,000 members.
Suzanne at cheaperthandirt.com 

Anti-gun - They lie  because if they told the truth, they would not have an issue to complain about.
Miguel G at gunfreezone.net 

Gearing up - According to ATF records, a total of 512,790 machine guns were registered across the country in 2014, more than 571,000 silencers, 2.2 million so-called destructive devices which include grenades and other explosives, 137,201 short-barreled rifles and 131,951 short-barreled shotguns.
Kevin Johnson at usatoday.com 

Half a century is enough - The American public has woken up to the folly of trying to end racial discrimination by practicing it, dooming affirmative action to a slow death, and the racialist left is not taking the news very well... Justice Sotomayor’s dissent was actually longer than all the other opinions in the case combined. But she was faced with a difficult task in explaining why refusing to treat races differently is actually racial discrimination.
Thomas Lifson at americanthinker.com

Remus says - Piffle. Affirmative Action is immoral and illegal on its face. Ol' Remus is not surprised the Supreme Court disagrees how much immorality and illegality to allow if the immorality and illegality itself is okay with them. Nor, given the caliber of its members, is he surprised the Supreme Court conducts itself like a small claims court deciding matters retail rather than on principle. As for Sonia Sotomayor, why wouldn't an Affirmative Action judge wave the Affirmative Action bloody shirt? Dance with the one what brung you, right? As above, piffle.

Unintended consequences - The problem with destroying the education system is that the citizens who are produced may no longer even be able to understand propaganda aimed at them.
Texas Arcane at vault-co.blogspot.com

Unusual Chicago 'business as usual' - Reporter Dave Savini decided to stop by a South Side Subway sandwich shop for a meal. Savini was struck by the fact that the counter of the store at 116th Street and South Halsted was encased in bullet-proof glass... An internet search also found a few bulletproof Subways in Oakland and Detroit.
John Dodge at chicago.cbslocal.com 

Bike Accident at 140 MPH

Via mpopenker

I thought I'd seen it all, but was obviously mistaken

Via moonkan

CCW to the rescue: Man charged in construction site shooting was former employee

Via Bearing Arms

Two people are injured and police have charged a man with aggravated assault after a shooting at a downtown construction site on Wednesday.

Austin-Travis County EMS officials said it happened at 1901 Rio Grande Street. According to an arrest affidavit, Jesus Delarca-Reyes assaulted the foreman at the construction site.

The affidavit says Delarca-Reyes was a former employee at the construction site and was fired about two weeks ago.

On Wednesday, Delarca-Reyes returned to the site and demanded money. The foreman told him he had been paid in full and took out his cell phone to take photos of Delarca-Reyes trespassing on the property. Delarca-Reyes hit the cell phone out of the foreman's hand, and when the foreman pushed him, Delarca-Reyes pulled out a gun, shooting the foreman's leg.

The foreman, who had a concealed handgun license, fired back at Delarca-Reyes, hitting him in his stomach.

More with video @ KVUE

A Deadly Recipe For War With China and Russia

Via Jonathan

Not only has America under the faux-leadership of Barack Obama lost their marbles, it would appear the EU has as well. The world seems to be skipping merrily down the bloody apocalyptic path to war with China, with nary a care — except for lining their pockets of course. America is busy displaying their military weakness and gaps for all to see and the EU is busy arming China so they can get their dynastic conquest on. Forget fiddling while Rome burns, we’re lighting the fuse and fanning the flame.

Let’s start with some semblance of sanity, shall we? The Aussies have uncovered a whole nest of Chinese spies in their universities. They are here in the US as well, but we cuddle with them, while the Australians are actively hunting them down. Any wager on who will fare better?

From The Sydney Morning Herald:

More @ Noisy Room

NC: A Southern Reader Calls Out North Carolina Treason Lobby Tool Thom Tillis

Via Mike

John McCain and the Koch brothers’ financing of Thom Tillis’s US Senate campaign ought to remove all doubt of where Tillis will stand on amnesty and the immigration surge bill, S.744.

Of course, it will be another case of saying amnesty is not really amnesty, etc.

In 2013, Tillis strongly backed North Carolina house bill H786, which initially included a provision to give NC Drivers permits to Illegal immigrant workers. That part of the bill was too much for most of the Republicans in the legislature, but Tillis did manage to keep in a provision that made a huge hole in the state's E-Verify law, exempting seasonal workers from E-Verify for 9 months. You could park the whole Iranian Army in NC in 9 months.

More @ V Dare

"White Privilege" as the Neutron Bomb of Moral Warfare

Enlarged

The growing popularity of "check your privilege" and "white privilege" at Universities and in political debates is interesting.

Why is it interesting? It's not a force for progress or positive change, it's a form of moral warfare.

That means it's not a constructive remark that improves the debate, rather, it's an attack that does damage the target.  However, it doesn't damage the target directly.  Instead, the damage is done by weakening or breaking the moral bonds that allow the target to function in a social context.

More @ Global Guerrillas

Putin: Washington behind Ukraine events all along, though flying low

Via Nancy

The US has been behind the Ukrainian crisis from the beginning, but was initially flying low, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He added that if sanctions continue, Russia will have to reconsider who has access to key sectors of its economy.

“I think what is happening now shows us who really was mastering the process from the beginning. But in the beginning, the United States preferred to remain in the shadow,” Putin said, as quoted by RIA Novosti.

Putin stated that since the US has taken a lead role in resolving the political crisis in Ukraine, it is “telling that they originally were behind this process, but now they just have emerged as leaders” of it.

The "Maidan cookies" policy paves the way to a broader crisis, Putin warned, referring to US officials showing up in central Kiev and encouraging protesters during demonstrations.

“It is necessary to understand that the situation is serious and try to find serious approaches to the solution,” he said.

Putin said that he has called on Kiev to start an all-Ukrainian dialogue, adding that other countries should not be blamed for the crisis.

“[They should] treat equally the rights of those living in other areas of Ukraine, first of all, I mean, the east and southeast, establish a dialogue, find a compromise," he told journalists while speaking about the measures necessary to put an end to the crisis. “Here's what you need to do; searching for the guilty outside Ukraine is wrong.”

More @ RT

Bloody Benghazi: Is the rest of the White House press corps stupid?

Via NC Renegade

 

I-Team: Police say Bundy ranch protesters not off the hook

Via III Percent Patriots

Of course not, since we are the "Only ones!"

 

Metro Police officers who were on the front lines of a recent showdown near the Bundy ranch in Bunkerville say they feared for their lives.

At least *some of the militia members who pointed weapons at police officers during the confrontation may have wanted a violent outcome and tried to incite one.

*So, it was OK for your snipers to zero in on citizens, but not the other way around?

In exclusive interviews with the 8 News NOW I-Team, officers who were on the scene shared their thoughts and fears, and they say it is not over.

"These guys with rifles, keep them calm," was Clark County Assistant Sheriff Joe Lombardo's request to one of Bundy's sons the day of the confrontation.

Lombardo's top priority was to prevent a spark that might set off a bloody firefight.

"There was a possibility of somebody just having an accidental discharge causing a blood bath, because the individuals that were showing up, the militia quote unquote, were armed to the teeth," Lombardo said.

On one side, armed federal rangers and agents, on the other, a huge crowd of angry militia members and in the middle, 30 Metro officers, exposed and vulnerable, aware that if the shooting began, some of them would die.

"You are standing there going, 'I just hope it doesn't hurt when it comes. That it's quick,' and it was real for us. It was real," Sgt. Tom Jenkins said.

"(*You thought you might die?) Yeah." Sgt. Jenkins said.

 *Must not have read your job description.

More @ 8 News Now