Vox Trots Out Straw Man Argument: Some Think Rape Isn't 'a Real Issue'
December 6th, 2014 9:12 AM
The straw man argument is a fundamentally dishonest fallback tactic employed by someone whose side is losing a debate: Make up a position the other side has never taken, and then shoot it down.
The leftist fever swamp known as Vox, perhaps reacting to the utter implosion of Rolling Stone's University of Virginia fraternity gang-rape story and the potential impact it might have on keeping…
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Ex-NAACP Head: Black Youth Afraid Of Cops Like Colonists With Redcoats
December 5th, 2014 2:42 PM
You say you want a revolution? Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous just analogized the fear for their lives that black youth feel about police to the fear the colonists felt toward the "Redcoats"—British soldiers during the time of the American Revolution.
Jealous, now with the leftist Center for American Progress, made his inflammatory remark to Ronan Farrow on the latter's MSNBC show…
New York Times: Assault on Unarmed Man Never Justified
December 5th, 2014 8:51 AM
There is some good debate and conversation happening in the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases. But there is also plenty of arrant nonsense. Consider this gem from the New York Times editorial of this morning about police arrests: "there can never be a justification for any lethal assault on an unarmed man." How absurd.
In Ferguson, there is evidence that Michael Brown was…
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Pelley to NYPD Head: ‘What Does a Black Man...Have to Fear From' NYPD?
December 4th, 2014 10:19 PM
During an appearance on Thursday’s CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Bill Bratton was asked by anchor Scott Pelley if African-American men had any reason to be afraid of the NYPD and what he was going to change about policing in the aftermath of the Eric Garner case.
After Batton told Pelley what was changing about the way officers in the…
Fireworks on CNN: NYT's Blow vs. Dan Bongino on NYPD Choking Death
December 4th, 2014 4:25 PM
The New York Times's Charles Blow faced off with conservative Dan Bongino on CNN's AC360 on Wednesday over whether an inherent racial "bias" against blacks in American society fed into the controversial case of a NYPD officer choking Eric Garner to death during an arrest. Blow claimed that "society...acculturates us to fear, and...that is how the whole justice system becomes corrupted and biased…
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Sharpton Snuffs Mika's Praise of de Blasio, Claims Credit for Himself
December 4th, 2014 7:07 AM
Amidst all the Morning Joe talk about the Eric Garner case today, there was Al Sharpton looking out for #1. When Mika Brzezinski began to praise NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for the absence of violence last night, Sharpton jumped in to shut her down and claim credit for himself. There's "the mayor and others," sniffed Sharpton, silencing her, but the real kudos for the lack of violence go to "…
Obama Bundler, Dem 'Kingmaker' Bean Arraigned; Media Silence Continues
December 4th, 2014 12:26 AM
Continuing a nearly six-month pattern, the nation's establishment press ignored today's arraignment of pioneering homosexual activist, major Obama campaign bundler and Democrat "kingmaker" Terry Bean in Lane County, Oregon "on two charges of third-degree sodomy, a felony, and sexual abuse in the third degree, a misdemeanor."
A Google News search on Bean's full name during the past 24 hours done…
Obsessed USAT Sends 4 Emails in 2 Minutes After NYC Cop Not Indicted
December 3rd, 2014 5:41 PM
Apparently someone at USA Today was either mad as all get out and wanted to make sure its readers knew about today's news item relating to a policeman killing a suspect, or that person fell asleep with their finger on the "Send" button.
Yours truly received four emails between 2:36 and 2:37 PM telling me that New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo will not be charged in the death of Eric…
Nets Cover Mike Brown Death 23X More than the 130 Killed in Chicago
December 3rd, 2014 10:03 AM
They're fixated on Ferguson, but massive violence in the Windy City doesn’t fit Nets' liberal narrative.
Barkley Doubles Down on ‘Tribe Mentality,’ ‘Racial BS’
December 3rd, 2014 8:00 AM
“It’s disingenuous for too many people with hidden agendas, especially lawyers, and people who love racial BS to go on, to act like white cops are out there killing black folks.”
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CBS and NBC Skip Police Investigating Comments By Brown's Stepfather
December 2nd, 2014 9:48 PM
Major broadcast networks CBS and NBC failed to cover the news that police in Missouri are looking into inflammatory comments made by Michael Brown’s stepfather in the aftermath of a grand jury’s announcement on November 24 that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will not be charged in connection to Brown’s death. Following the announcement of the decision, Louis Head stood surrounded by his…
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CNN's Lemon Wonders If 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' is A 'False Narrative'
December 2nd, 2014 5:39 PM
On Monday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon refreshingly pointed out a problematic component of the Ferguson protests. Former police officer David Klinger pointed out that "all the forensic evidence indicates that it wasn't [Michael] Brown with his hands up standing still. All the evidence indicates that he was coming back at Officer Wilson." Lemon replied to his guest by wondering, "So the question is,…
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Andrea Mitchell Allows Ferguson Protester to Bash Police Unchallenged
December 2nd, 2014 5:10 PM
On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Tuesday, host Andrea Mitchell invited on Ferguson protester Rasheen Aldridge, whom she praised for having "made such an impact" and getting the attention of the Obama White House. Aldridge proceeded to slam the police: "I believe we really need to get down to the meat of the problem and really figure out, how we hold the police accountable for their actions…
Ferguson 'Hands Up' Makes House Floor; Politico Fails to Flag As Bogus
December 2nd, 2014 1:41 PM
Certain members of Congress abused their positions Monday to imply that "Hands up, don't shoot" was something Michael Brown actually said before he was killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri in August.
On Friday, the Associated Press irresponsibly gave voice to those who say that the slogan is now a "metaphor" for police brutality targeted against blacks, even though the…
