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The Cultural Left is an Electoral Liability . . .

. . . for Democrats.

From Thomas Edsall at the New York Times.

Democrats Are Making Life Too Easy for Republicans

And, straight out the gate, here’s why:

“Ruy Teixeira, a co-editor of The Liberal Patriot, argues in an email that ‘the cultural left has managed to associate the Democratic Party with a series of views on crime, immigration, policing, free speech and, of course, race and gender that are quite far from those of the median voter. That’s a success for the cultural left, but the hard reality is that it’s an electoral liability for the Democratic Party.’

“Teixeira went on: ‘The current Democratic brand suffers from multiple deficiencies that make it somewhere between uncompelling and toxic to wide swaths of American voters who might potentially be their allies.’”

DO READ ON . . . as this is as thorough and analytically sound a treatment of Democratic Party politics as you will find.  So much so, that each point Edsall raises resonates like yet another nail in the PARTY’S COFFIN.

Remember how just recently, the Republicans were in danger of facing insuperable metrics?  Well, guess what?  That shoe may now have changed feet.

Over There! Over There!

The Yanks are coming!  The Yanks are Coming!

And they’re bringing — or SENDING — LNG.

WWIII may prove to be — LITERALLY — an ENERGY WAR.  And not necessarily as a means of fighting it but rather to HAVE ON HAND as an EVERYDAY NECESSITY TO RUN MODERN ECONOMIES.

Question is, is there enough available US produced LNG today to turn the tide the way our men and material did both in 1917 and 1942 through 44?

I don’t think so.

But then, what choice does Europe have but to utilize as much of our natural gas as we can send them?

A globalized world is not one where trade can simply STOP ON A DIME.

3-D Printed RPG’s

Looks like battlefield-level weapons proliferation is here to stay.  And, ironically, in Ukraine that’s probably a GOOD THING.

Here?

No.

Times Slow-Walking-Back Support of Progressives?

The following quote is from the New York Times’ daily briefing email called The Morning.  It’s part of the Times’ coverage of the Jackson Supreme Court nomination hearings.

The context is the Times’ view of the tone of the questioning of Judge Jackson by a number of Republican senators.  Basically, it’s a criticism “of how disconnected from reality large parts of the Republican ecosystem have become.”

Fair enough.  It’s the New York Times.

But then, this:

“To be fair, Republicans are correct that many of the broader issues are legitimate matters of public debate. And on some of them, Republicans can make a credible case that progressive Democrats are to the left of public opinion (as Thomas Edsall, a Times Opinion columnist, explains).

“Most Americans oppose cutting police budgets, for instance. Many believe that allowing all transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports can be unfair to other girls. Many voters — and not just white voters — think that liberals focus too much on racial identity. Most Americans feel proud of the country and its symbols, including those that some progressives consider racist, like Thanksgiving, the Constitution, the flag and George Washington.”

Though these sentiments appear in carefully curated New York Times-ese, do they not reflect if nothing else a serious WAFFLE in how the New York Times has been viewing things? Those words would NEVER have been written in the SUMMER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

The MOOD OF THE PUBLIC COUNTS. And the Times doesn’t always get to SET THE MOOD.

Look for more evidence of a more circumspect Times in the months ahead as we approach those critical midterms.

One Reason Republicans Will Take Congress

This is BROAD DAYLIGHT in BEVERLY HILLS.

And when Republicans DO take control, TOUGH CRIME LEGISLATION WILL BE ENACTED which PROGRESSIVES will DESCRIBE as RACIST.

In fact, it’s a SURE BET that AOC et al will ask WHAT ARE POOR PEOPLE TO DO?

BOOK IT. 

 

MCR Hotels

This is the group that just bought the New York Sheraton.

Some very nice properties.  In New York alone, they own:

  • TWA Hotel
  • The High Line Hotel
  • The New Yorker
  • The Lexington
  • Royalton New York

And given the buying spree they’ve been on — PANDEMIC OR NOT — they’re going for it.

MCR Hotels

Set Theory Dystopia

Brought to you via John Whitehead by, among others, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Margaret Atwood, Philip P. Dick and Ray Bradbury.  

As Whitehead sees it, “there is no such thing as a government organized for the good of the people. Even the best intentions among those in government inevitably give way to the desire to maintain power and control at all costs.”

I’D LOVE TO BELIEVE THAT ISN’T TRUE, BUT HONESTLY?  IT ISN’T WORKING FOR ME.

Lights Out in Tokyo

What’s up?

Or I should say — OUT?

From Zero Hedge:

“While the stated culprit for the energy shortage and the reason why Japan’s power supplies have been stretched thin, is last week’s strong earthquake which struck in the northeast and took several power plants offline, the reality is that Japan has had very limited power reserves for far longer, as utilities retire older oil-powered plants and most nuclear reactors remain shut after Fukushima. And in light of the Russia escalating sanctions, Japan’s energy shortages will only going to get worse.”

Longest HOCKEY STICK yet.