Saturday, July 4, 2020
Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Dixie Version
The Orwellian nightmare known as 2020 continues. Not only are
Confederate monuments and symbols under attack, seemingly benign
references to anything Southern are now considered “racist.” Real estate
listings that use the term “master bedroom” are being changed because
the term is a reference to slavery, as does the word “plantation.” The
State of Rhode Island is considering changing its official name by
dropping “Providence Plantations” because it might make people feel
uncomfortable. And then there’s Dixie, not just the song, but the word
itself. Dixie State University in Utah is considering a name change,
Dixie Brewing Company in Louisiana has dropped the name, and rumors
swirled that Winn-Dixie grocery stores were thinking about removing
Dixie from its brand.
This is insane. No reader of the Abbeville Institute needs a lesson
on the history of the term or why merely mentioning “Dixie” has nothing
to do with race–and never has–but we live in strange times.
The tune
Dixie is certainly forbidden in any respectable public gathering and
will become, like the Scottish bagpipes after 1745, an outlawed tune if
the woke social justice warriors gain ascendancy.
I thought it would be worthwhile to provide several fine examples of
Dixie. Our regular series on Southern rock will return in the near
future, but like Mickey Newbury who wrote “An American Trilogy”–famously
performed by Elvis–to heal the United States during the Civil Rights
movement, perhaps a generous round of Dixieland will soothe the soul in
these times of troubles.
More @ The Abbeville Institute
Protesters Claim Cops Shot Unarmed Man in Back - but Here's Video of What Really Happened
Via John
Lately, it seems protest mobs are just waiting to pounce any time a police officer fires his weapon, always ready to instantly vilify the officer while canonizing the suspected criminal.
Such was the case after San Diego police shot Leonardo Hurtado Ibarra on Saturday, sparking anti-police protests in the area, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The two officers involved in the shooting were driving in the city Saturday evening when they spotted Ibarra, whose face tattoos fit the description of a suspect in a robbery days prior, as he emerged from a building.
Lately, it seems protest mobs are just waiting to pounce any time a police officer fires his weapon, always ready to instantly vilify the officer while canonizing the suspected criminal.
Such was the case after San Diego police shot Leonardo Hurtado Ibarra on Saturday, sparking anti-police protests in the area, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The two officers involved in the shooting were driving in the city Saturday evening when they spotted Ibarra, whose face tattoos fit the description of a suspect in a robbery days prior, as he emerged from a building.
More @ WJ
Trump At Mount Rushmore: ‘Left-Wing Cultural Revolution Is Designed To Overthrow The American Revolution’
President Donald Trump traveled to Mount Rushmore on Friday to give an Independence Day speech ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. During the speech, he praised the founding principles of the United States and the enduring spirit of the American people.“There is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished,” said Trump.
Trump challenged the left-wing totalitarian impulse threatening schools, corporate board rooms, newsrooms, and the “American way of life” itself.
More @ The Daily Wire
Everywhere Statues Are Torn Down By The Mob, History Promises People Are Next
Via G.W. Long
The promise of bloodshed coming alongside or following shortly after is an historic certainty. The symbols of a people never satisfy: People themselves must always come next.
For millennia, King Mob has targeted societies’ icons with varied goals and to varied ends, and few things are more foreboding than his desecration of civic art. Just as the targets have ranged from rulers to clergy, from tyrants to helpless, and from the guilty to the innocent, the outcomes have ranged from victory to defeat depending on the society’s strength and will. The promise of bloodshed coming alongside or following shortly after, however, is an historic certainty. The symbols of a people never satisfy: People themselves must always come next.
The promise of bloodshed coming alongside or following shortly after is an historic certainty. The symbols of a people never satisfy: People themselves must always come next.
For millennia, King Mob has targeted societies’ icons with varied goals and to varied ends, and few things are more foreboding than his desecration of civic art. Just as the targets have ranged from rulers to clergy, from tyrants to helpless, and from the guilty to the innocent, the outcomes have ranged from victory to defeat depending on the society’s strength and will. The promise of bloodshed coming alongside or following shortly after, however, is an historic certainty. The symbols of a people never satisfy: People themselves must always come next.
More @ The Federalist
Elon Musk: COVID not as deadly as originally reported - cites Nobel Prize Stanford scientist
Via Richard
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, is challenging the latest news about rising numbers of COVID cases.
On June 30, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a powerful video of Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist and Stanford professor Michael Levitt, who blasted scientists for their reckless, politically motivated response to COVID. “The scientists are more panicked and scared of reality than anybody else,” Levitt said. Dr. Levitt explained that scientists have failed younger generation, “We let economics and politics dictate the science,” he said, adding, that almost all of the data that was being shared was “wrong” including from the WHO, adding, “We had Facebook censoring the WHO’s contrary views.” “For political reasons, we as scientists, let our views be corrupted,” Dr. Levitt added, adding that anyone who challenged the data was told to “stop talking like that.”
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, is challenging the latest news about rising numbers of COVID cases.
On June 30, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a powerful video of Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist and Stanford professor Michael Levitt, who blasted scientists for their reckless, politically motivated response to COVID. “The scientists are more panicked and scared of reality than anybody else,” Levitt said. Dr. Levitt explained that scientists have failed younger generation, “We let economics and politics dictate the science,” he said, adding, that almost all of the data that was being shared was “wrong” including from the WHO, adding, “We had Facebook censoring the WHO’s contrary views.” “For political reasons, we as scientists, let our views be corrupted,” Dr. Levitt added, adding that anyone who challenged the data was told to “stop talking like that.”
More @ 100% Fed Up