The View from Afar: Friday, February 3, 2023

THE VIEW FROM AFAR

Notes from a retired newspaper publisher

Friday, February 3, 2023

More reasons than one.#

Why conservatives oppose the war, by @donsurber open.substack.com#

Bill Gates, outside his area of expertise, if he has one.#

Please, @BillGates, don’t forget that, considering alternatives, #Windows was a waste of our money. — Bill Gates slams @ElonMusk's space ambitions as a 'waste of money' via @MailOnlinemol.im#

AOC pretends rationality.#

.#MTG Demolishes #AOC With a Little Reality in Twitter Throwdown redstate.com#

Lying is rampant, and tolerated.#

.#Lies disrespect you and civil society. Misrepresenting the data yet again. — @JoeBiden claims #inflation 'was already there when I got here,' says he takes no blame #FoxBusinessfoxbusiness.com#

Well done.#

World class combination takedown of @lawrence and send-up of #Jan6th. twitter.com#

Thorough.#

More research, background, and cultural understanding than reporters at the #NYTimes have tried in years. — #Woke is headed for the deep sleep, by @donsurber open.substack.com#

Lying liars.#

.#Liars have no #principles. They disrespect you, civil society, and themselves. #Democrat Border Games, by @utahprez open.substack.com#

Doing their job.#

RT @SaraCarterDC: Carter on Hannity: House Judiciary Committee will subpoena DOJ over Biden classified docs trib.al#

Rationality helps.#

Took them long enough — #NYTimes Opinion: This woke language is alienating normal people (and helping Gov. #DeSantis) hotair.com#

It’s not education.#

In academia, look what is happening behind your back. — #DeSantis beats the devil, by @donsurber open.substack.com#

Abuse of public bandwidth.#

Climate politics is about politics, not #climate. Someone tell the #MSM, to back off shallow reporting before they lose subscribers. Oh, ... never mind. twitter.com#

Hoist by their own history.#

RT @ProfMJCleveland: Hamilton 68 mastermind testified before Senate and told story much different than response to…thefederalist.com#

Serious.#

The Terrorist Attacks On America's Food Supply Are Real, by @EmeraldRobinson open.substack.com#

Dirty pool. Not unexpected.#

RT @Rasmussen_Poll: Mar-A-Lago Raid Update: Fed’s caught retroactively reclassifying material Trump lawfully declassified as President in a…#

For good reason.#

RT @Mark_J_Perry: The ongoing decline in the importance of labor unions as the private membership rate fell to a new all-time low of only 6…#

Indoctrination.#

RT @ConceptualJames: This is what Social-Emotional Learning surveys look like in practice. This is what they're doing to your children. htt…#

Try them out.#

RT @ThomasSowell: There are three questions that would destroy most of the arguments on the left:1. Compared to what? 2. At what cost? 3.…#

No surprise.#

RT @ProfMJCleveland: Holy shit! h/t @KingMakerFT They F-in set Trump up even worse than known! https://t.co/eaV7mxWqyB#

McConnell practices politics, not government.#

RT @seanmdav: McConnell’s infamous pettiness and vindictiveness would be less of a problem if he actually had a winning record. Petty vindi…#

UnAmerican.#

RT @TomFitton: .@julie_kelly2 highlights again how the Biden DOJ, with the support of the courts, is jailing J6 defendants for First Amendm…#

About time.#

RT @julie_kelly2: “Bishop also said he aims to investigate the FBI’s undercover operations, which have come under scrutiny in recent years…#

True.#

RT @julie_kelly2: Byrd violated every use-of-force guideline in his quick-trigger killing of Ashli Babbitt.Lawmakers had been evacuated,…#

If logic isn’t good enough, try theater.#

RT @MZHemingway: Stop Crying In Congress, It’s Pathetic thefederalist.com#

Oops!#

.#HunterBiden 's business partner moved sensitive docs from Biden's WH office via @MailOnlinemol.im#

Lies should destroy your future.#

What penalty could they face when lying is tolerated by ordinary citizens?—The DC anti-Trump brigade behind the ‘big bad bot’ stories that duped the media via @nypostnypost.com#

How convenient. Start over.#

Fix is in: @FBI bungling case against @JoeBiden over top-secret documents via @nypostnypost.com#
Why is a bigger building necesary for the @FBI ? Has their function changed? Oh, wait. — amgreatness.com#

Blue states.#

The States Power Down city-journal.org#

Noise#

Artificial Propaganda? — AIs Trained on Climate Models Predict Faster Warming via @wattsupwiththatwattsupwiththat.com#

Learning about journalism.#

@ShellenbergerMD Sides deserve not "equal coverage", but accurate coverage. Each side also deserves to have pointed out substantive points they leave out and extraneous points they put it. #Journalism requires smarts and smart readers.#

True#

RT @ConceptualJames: This is probably real. Losing access to power is the only thing Communists care about. This is basically a funeral for…#

Compromised?#

RT @MZHemingway: If Joe Biden's good buddy Mitch McConnell were 1/1000th as good at fighting Dems as he is at petty war against Republican…#

It’s not journalism.#

RT @paulsperry_: When the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN anonymously sourced an "intelligence official" behind a leak in their par…#
RT @LeeSmithDC: Good @eScarry piece — enough with the media's fake introspection re Russiagate. It wasn't a "mistake"; it was an operation.…#

Lies should destroy your future.#

RT @hale_razor: 51 top intel officials being wrong has 'all the earmarks' of our entire spy apparatus being in the tank for one party to th…#

Liberal tears.#

RT @julie_kelly2: Reaction when Democrats have to play by the rules they created#
RT @greg_price11: Democrats scream NOOOOOOOOOOO when voting against the resolution to remove Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs committee…#

Power, not country.#

RT @MZHemingway: The country's least popular politician -- Mitch McConnell -- continues his war against conservatives by vindictively remov…#

Worth a try.#

RT @julie_kelly2: GOP: “Don’t appropriate or authorize a penny until the FBI cooperates fully with Congress to identify and hold individual…#

Rebuild the FBI from scratch.#

RT @julie_kelly2: FBI to build woke temple that expands its ability to target the Right. Well done ⁦@JMichaelWaller⁩ https://t.co/coUPtoqJ…#
RT @julie_kelly2: January 6 was a fedsurrection for one of two reasons:• It was largely planned and executed by same federal agencies and…#

Hoist on his own petard.#

RT @Jim_Jordan: Hunter Biden just admitted that his laptop belonged to him. How can that be? 51 “intelligence officials” told us it was…#

Bingo.#

RT @SpeakerMcCarthy: Allowing biological boys to compete in women’s sports is wokeness at its worst. It erases women. It can deprive them o…#

Playing the race card.#

RT @RepWesleyHunt: Last time I checked, I’ve been black for a long time. I’ve been a minority for a long time. Am I racist for calling what…#

Friday, February 3, 2023

More reasons than one.#

Why conservatives oppose the war, by @donsurber open.substack.com#

Bill Gates, outside his area of expertise, if he has one.#

Please, @BillGates, don’t forget that, considering alternatives, #Windows was a waste of our money. — Bill Gates slams @ElonMusk's space ambitions as a 'waste of money' via @MailOnlinemol.im#

AOC pretends rationality.#

.#MTG Demolishes #AOC With a Little Reality in Twitter Throwdown redstate.com#

Lying is rampant, and tolerated.#

.#Lies disrespect you and civil society. Misrepresenting the data yet again. — @JoeBiden claims #inflation 'was already there when I got here,' says he takes no blame #FoxBusinessfoxbusiness.com#

Well done.#

World class combination takedown of @lawrence and send-up of #Jan6th. twitter.com#

Thorough.#

More research, background, and cultural understanding than reporters at the #NYTimes have tried in years. — #Woke is headed for the deep sleep, by @donsurber open.substack.com#

Lying liars.#

.#Liars have no #principles. They disrespect you, civil society, and themselves. #Democrat Border Games, by @utahprez open.substack.com#

Doing their job.#

RT @SaraCarterDC: Carter on Hannity: House Judiciary Committee will subpoena DOJ over Biden classified docs trib.al#

Rationality helps.#

Took them long enough — #NYTimes Opinion: This woke language is alienating normal people (and helping Gov. #DeSantis) hotair.com#

It’s not education.#

In academia, look what is happening behind your back. — #DeSantis beats the devil, by @donsurber open.substack.com#

Abuse of public bandwidth.#

Climate politics is about politics, not #climate. Someone tell the #MSM, to back off shallow reporting before they lose subscribers. Oh, ... never mind. twitter.com#

Hoist by their own history.#

RT @ProfMJCleveland: Hamilton 68 mastermind testified before Senate and told story much different than response to…thefederalist.com#

Serious.#

The Terrorist Attacks On America's Food Supply Are Real, by @EmeraldRobinson open.substack.com#

Dirty pool. Not unexpected.#

RT @Rasmussen_Poll: Mar-A-Lago Raid Update: Fed’s caught retroactively reclassifying material Trump lawfully declassified as President in a…#

For good reason.#

RT @Mark_J_Perry: The ongoing decline in the importance of labor unions as the private membership rate fell to a new all-time low of only 6…#

Indoctrination.#

RT @ConceptualJames: This is what Social-Emotional Learning surveys look like in practice. This is what they're doing to your children. htt…#

Try them out.#

RT @ThomasSowell: There are three questions that would destroy most of the arguments on the left:1. Compared to what? 2. At what cost? 3.…#

No surprise.#

RT @ProfMJCleveland: Holy shit! h/t @KingMakerFT They F-in set Trump up even worse than known! https://t.co/eaV7mxWqyB#

McConnell practices politics, not government.#

RT @seanmdav: McConnell’s infamous pettiness and vindictiveness would be less of a problem if he actually had a winning record. Petty vindi…#

UnAmerican.#

RT @TomFitton: .@julie_kelly2 highlights again how the Biden DOJ, with the support of the courts, is jailing J6 defendants for First Amendm…#

About time.#

RT @julie_kelly2: “Bishop also said he aims to investigate the FBI’s undercover operations, which have come under scrutiny in recent years…#

True.#

RT @julie_kelly2: Byrd violated every use-of-force guideline in his quick-trigger killing of Ashli Babbitt.Lawmakers had been evacuated,…#

If logic isn’t good enough, try theater.#

RT @MZHemingway: Stop Crying In Congress, It’s Pathetic thefederalist.com#

Oops!#

.#HunterBiden 's business partner moved sensitive docs from Biden's WH office via @MailOnlinemol.im#

Lies should destroy your future.#

What penalty could they face when lying is tolerated by ordinary citizens?—The DC anti-Trump brigade behind the ‘big bad bot’ stories that duped the media via @nypostnypost.com#

How convenient. Start over.#

Fix is in: @FBI bungling case against @JoeBiden over top-secret documents via @nypostnypost.com#
Why is a bigger building necesary for the @FBI ? Has their function changed? Oh, wait. — amgreatness.com#

Blue states.#

The States Power Down city-journal.org#

Noise#

Artificial Propaganda? — AIs Trained on Climate Models Predict Faster Warming via @wattsupwiththatwattsupwiththat.com#

Learning about journalism.#

@ShellenbergerMD Sides deserve not "equal coverage", but accurate coverage. Each side also deserves to have pointed out substantive points they leave out and extraneous points they put it. #Journalism requires smarts and smart readers.#

True#

RT @ConceptualJames: This is probably real. Losing access to power is the only thing Communists care about. This is basically a funeral for…#

Compromised?#

RT @MZHemingway: If Joe Biden's good buddy Mitch McConnell were 1/1000th as good at fighting Dems as he is at petty war against Republican…#

It’s not journalism.#

RT @paulsperry_: When the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN anonymously sourced an "intelligence official" behind a leak in their par…#
RT @LeeSmithDC: Good @eScarry piece — enough with the media's fake introspection re Russiagate. It wasn't a "mistake"; it was an operation.…#

Lies should destroy your future.#

RT @hale_razor: 51 top intel officials being wrong has 'all the earmarks' of our entire spy apparatus being in the tank for one party to th…#

Liberal tears.#

RT @julie_kelly2: Reaction when Democrats have to play by the rules they created#
RT @greg_price11: Democrats scream NOOOOOOOOOOO when voting against the resolution to remove Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs committee…#

Power, not country.#

RT @MZHemingway: The country's least popular politician -- Mitch McConnell -- continues his war against conservatives by vindictively remov…#

Worth a try.#

RT @julie_kelly2: GOP: “Don’t appropriate or authorize a penny until the FBI cooperates fully with Congress to identify and hold individual…#

Rebuild the FBI from scratch.#

RT @julie_kelly2: FBI to build woke temple that expands its ability to target the Right. Well done ⁦@JMichaelWaller⁩ https://t.co/coUPtoqJ…#
RT @julie_kelly2: January 6 was a fedsurrection for one of two reasons:• It was largely planned and executed by same federal agencies and…#

Hoist on his own petard.#

RT @Jim_Jordan: Hunter Biden just admitted that his laptop belonged to him. How can that be? 51 “intelligence officials” told us it was…#

Bingo.#

RT @SpeakerMcCarthy: Allowing biological boys to compete in women’s sports is wokeness at its worst. It erases women. It can deprive them o…#

Playing the race card.#

RT @RepWesleyHunt: Last time I checked, I’ve been black for a long time. I’ve been a minority for a long time. Am I racist for calling what…#

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