They have perfected the ability to not believe in anything except the need to vilify everything you believe. The verbiage is targeted and is meant to be ugly and repellent.
If I look at that through a class war lens, I see mediocre PMCs fighting very hard to maintain ascendancy and control in an economy that's circling the toilet. It's much easier than developing the ability to do something people genuinely need.
NY Times readers tend to be extremely left wing. Comments were allowed on the first article I saw about this. The number 1 comment was that subways are so bad and Penny should not be charged. If it ever goes to a jury trial, the only way they will convict is if they exclude subway riders from the jury.
There's a point where the manipulation becomes so obvious, no one pays attention. Or, they read the media account completely differently than intended. Margaret Thatcher tells a story in her memoirs about how in the USSR "whenever the Soviet media reported that scientists had found that some food--sausage, say--was bad for your health, the ordinary Russians reacted immediately by telling each other: "So they're running out of sausage."
Every time I see the word "experts", without quotes, I take that to mean - the dreck that follows is either a deliberate lie, an error, or a combination thereof. Ignore it!
I wish you would quit pouncing so much. But I do understand walking around in your bathrobe and mumbling oft times. The non- pouncing lefties are driving our society and the world over the cliff.
Chris, your mistake is reading the Washington Post or NYT “as if” it’s journalism, rather than the Democrat party political broadsheet that it is, “experts say.”
I don't read the Wapo or the NYT, but their stories just show up in social media feeds and the like, and then I accidentally get some on me. It's like stepping in some while you're out taking a walk.
First, thank you for reading this junk for me, I avoid it at all costs. My default position has become that I don’t believe anything from any news source, left or right. I wait for the real journalists to dig in and discover the true facts, which usually takes a few days.
Second, so much of this stuff is just talk, words written on a website, usually in a way to get clicks. It’s marketing, of a sort, but not news. And it is rarely anything that physically affects me/us. So I don’t really care that much, except for the entertainment you bring when you dissect it. But it isn’t really serious stuff.
It's as serious as a heart attack, Dave. You may believe you can distance yourself from words on a page, but those words represent a sickening reality - the dissolution of America as we once knew it.
I read it only to remain aware of what a large swath of the country is believing about something. Unfortunately, not everyone has lost their faith in MSM.
It's not worth my time, but if we're going to live in a flood of cheap propaganda, someone should call it what it is. Mixed feelings at best, but it's ultimately a compulsion, driven by the feeling of being insulted by these idiots.
Understandable compulsion for sure but it is doubtful anyone not a neo-communist echo chamber member looks to the Washington Post for news anymore. One can't be insulted by an unknown nobody. Basic survival tactic: ignore the inconsequential.
When 'experts say' it's time to run for cover ASAP. You mentioned previously how boring this routine has become. Same cartoon as yesterday, same cartoon as tomorrow's.... after awhile you feel foolish for paying any attention but luckily we have a real masochist working hard here to do the heavy lifting. Thank you, Chris!
Even in Texas. That’s why you try to stay out of bad situations and bad locations. If you are attacked, you may find yourself in a world of legal trouble / expense for simply defending your life or the lives of those around you. Gets very complicated and expensive. Even if you “ win”, the process is the punishment.
Yes, don’t you just hate those random blogs? Too many free-wheeling ideas out of lockstep with the “truth, as fed to us by government-approved house organs like the Post. Where are Nina Jankowicz and the FBI when we need them? We need to shut this guy Bray down
I like to blog about current events. It's got to a point I can't keep up anymore. Not a day doesn't go by when I don't hear something on the radio that demands a response. But it takes time, energy and thought to not sound like an idiot when you write about it.
Today I hear three Canadian liberals (Gerald Butts, John Moore and former CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge) discuss Donald Trump and his lies. 2023 and all they could do is bounce off each other in an echo chamber about how right they were about his lies. With Trump, see some people lie bigger than others. 'Everyone lies in politics. but Trump! Herp, derp, derp!" Then came the usual contempt for Trump supporters basically calling them stupid while talking about how everyone is so mean to one another. Think they noticed they were dehumanizing the other side thus contributing to the division among people? Mansbroidge at one point proudly proclaimed he had called Trump a 'liar' when he first was elected explaining he got flack for it. But he falsely concluded time has vindicated him. What a hero.
They'd never dare call Justin Trudeau a liar. Or Hilary Clinton. Obama - never mind. Or Joe Biden. A President Moore characterized as someone who brought back a state of normalcy to American governance. Uh-huh. How did he characterize what that normalcy is? Why, stick it to the Russians and 'fighting climate change!" In other words, continue the war machine because 'Russia bad' and follow pseudoscience on climate change. And by golly, that's what Canadians expect from an American President.
Another radio host was talking about how things are so divisive now. Never do these people ever mention the role mandates and restrictions played in coarsening this division. They talk about every possible factor in the book except that.
It was all so tedious, predictable, and sophomorically mind-numbing.
As for Butts. This is the shady operative behind a really serious scandal where the government pressured a minister to not do her job. And he's going to pass judgment on Trump?
"...Republican politicians using his case to score points on the latest front of the culture war, experts say.” *Experts say.*
They gotta get those "experts" in there. Experts in what, pray tell? And given experts' track record throughout at least these last three years, perhaps this is an ever-reliable signpost calling the statement into question and giving readers a heads up that what's to come is likely going to be pure, unadulterated bullshit.
See also:
https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1657672539471065090
This is exactly what I wonder.
They have perfected the ability to not believe in anything except the need to vilify everything you believe. The verbiage is targeted and is meant to be ugly and repellent.
If I look at that through a class war lens, I see mediocre PMCs fighting very hard to maintain ascendancy and control in an economy that's circling the toilet. It's much easier than developing the ability to do something people genuinely need.
And then the New York Times writes the very same story, down to the AOC/DeSantis comparison and the discussion of Kyle Rittenhouse:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/14/nyregion/daniel-penny-jordan-neely-conservative.html
"Mainstream" journalists are all the same person, living in different bodies. They engage in ritual recitation for a living.
NY Times readers tend to be extremely left wing. Comments were allowed on the first article I saw about this. The number 1 comment was that subways are so bad and Penny should not be charged. If it ever goes to a jury trial, the only way they will convict is if they exclude subway riders from the jury.
There's a point where the manipulation becomes so obvious, no one pays attention. Or, they read the media account completely differently than intended. Margaret Thatcher tells a story in her memoirs about how in the USSR "whenever the Soviet media reported that scientists had found that some food--sausage, say--was bad for your health, the ordinary Russians reacted immediately by telling each other: "So they're running out of sausage."
So that whole innocent until proven guilty thing is optional I see.
And "experts say" is akin to putting up a blinking sign that what comes next is not worth reading.
Every time I see the word "experts", without quotes, I take that to mean - the dreck that follows is either a deliberate lie, an error, or a combination thereof. Ignore it!
Experts agree
It was a modern day lynching, Chris! Haven’t you heard?
Needs all-caps
I wish you would quit pouncing so much. But I do understand walking around in your bathrobe and mumbling oft times. The non- pouncing lefties are driving our society and the world over the cliff.
Danny Huckabee
Pouncing is contagious. You catch it from your cat.
Chris, your mistake is reading the Washington Post or NYT “as if” it’s journalism, rather than the Democrat party political broadsheet that it is, “experts say.”
I don't read the Wapo or the NYT, but their stories just show up in social media feeds and the like, and then I accidentally get some on me. It's like stepping in some while you're out taking a walk.
I understand and appreciate your taking one for the team so we can avoid it.
All this seizing and pouncing is exhausting me....I'm going to lie down..
First, thank you for reading this junk for me, I avoid it at all costs. My default position has become that I don’t believe anything from any news source, left or right. I wait for the real journalists to dig in and discover the true facts, which usually takes a few days.
Second, so much of this stuff is just talk, words written on a website, usually in a way to get clicks. It’s marketing, of a sort, but not news. And it is rarely anything that physically affects me/us. So I don’t really care that much, except for the entertainment you bring when you dissect it. But it isn’t really serious stuff.
It's as serious as a heart attack, Dave. You may believe you can distance yourself from words on a page, but those words represent a sickening reality - the dissolution of America as we once knew it.
I read it only to remain aware of what a large swath of the country is believing about something. Unfortunately, not everyone has lost their faith in MSM.
Not sure this is worthy of your time anymore Chris.
It's not worth my time, but if we're going to live in a flood of cheap propaganda, someone should call it what it is. Mixed feelings at best, but it's ultimately a compulsion, driven by the feeling of being insulted by these idiots.
Understandable compulsion for sure but it is doubtful anyone not a neo-communist echo chamber member looks to the Washington Post for news anymore. One can't be insulted by an unknown nobody. Basic survival tactic: ignore the inconsequential.
When 'experts say' it's time to run for cover ASAP. You mentioned previously how boring this routine has become. Same cartoon as yesterday, same cartoon as tomorrow's.... after awhile you feel foolish for paying any attention but luckily we have a real masochist working hard here to do the heavy lifting. Thank you, Chris!
https://nationalcenterforpolicedefense.com/case-file/case-file-sgt-daniel-perry-austin-tx/
Even in Texas. That’s why you try to stay out of bad situations and bad locations. If you are attacked, you may find yourself in a world of legal trouble / expense for simply defending your life or the lives of those around you. Gets very complicated and expensive. Even if you “ win”, the process is the punishment.
Yes, don’t you just hate those random blogs? Too many free-wheeling ideas out of lockstep with the “truth, as fed to us by government-approved house organs like the Post. Where are Nina Jankowicz and the FBI when we need them? We need to shut this guy Bray down
From: Bella, Timothy <Timothy.Bella@washpost.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2023 5:52 PM
To: Clif McFeely <cmcfeely@futurefive.org>
Subject: Re: In case you missed it..........
Thanks for writing, Cliff. Always good to know what is up in the world of random blogs. Hope you’ve had a nice day.
Best,
Tim
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On May 18, 2023, at 5:31 PM, Clif McFeely <cmcfeely@futurefive.org> wrote:
CAUTION: EXTERNAL SENDER
I thought Mr. Bray aptly described your coverage of the “killing” in the NYC subway: “tendentious bullsh*t”.
https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/it-sticks-to-your-boots?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email [chrisbray.substack.com]
Clif McFeely
LOL
I like to blog about current events. It's got to a point I can't keep up anymore. Not a day doesn't go by when I don't hear something on the radio that demands a response. But it takes time, energy and thought to not sound like an idiot when you write about it.
Yes. It's a tsunami -- no one can begin to keep up, and it's soul-destroying to try.
Today I hear three Canadian liberals (Gerald Butts, John Moore and former CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge) discuss Donald Trump and his lies. 2023 and all they could do is bounce off each other in an echo chamber about how right they were about his lies. With Trump, see some people lie bigger than others. 'Everyone lies in politics. but Trump! Herp, derp, derp!" Then came the usual contempt for Trump supporters basically calling them stupid while talking about how everyone is so mean to one another. Think they noticed they were dehumanizing the other side thus contributing to the division among people? Mansbroidge at one point proudly proclaimed he had called Trump a 'liar' when he first was elected explaining he got flack for it. But he falsely concluded time has vindicated him. What a hero.
They'd never dare call Justin Trudeau a liar. Or Hilary Clinton. Obama - never mind. Or Joe Biden. A President Moore characterized as someone who brought back a state of normalcy to American governance. Uh-huh. How did he characterize what that normalcy is? Why, stick it to the Russians and 'fighting climate change!" In other words, continue the war machine because 'Russia bad' and follow pseudoscience on climate change. And by golly, that's what Canadians expect from an American President.
Another radio host was talking about how things are so divisive now. Never do these people ever mention the role mandates and restrictions played in coarsening this division. They talk about every possible factor in the book except that.
It was all so tedious, predictable, and sophomorically mind-numbing.
As for Butts. This is the shady operative behind a really serious scandal where the government pressured a minister to not do her job. And he's going to pass judgment on Trump?
https://financialpost.com/opinion/gerald-butts-still-denies-responsibility-for-a-bigger-scandal-ontarios-green-energy-catastrophe
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-s-principal-secretary-gerald-butts-resigns-1.4301856?cache=
Second article:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-s-principal-secretary-gerald-butts-resigns-1.4301856?cache=
"...Republican politicians using his case to score points on the latest front of the culture war, experts say.” *Experts say.*
They gotta get those "experts" in there. Experts in what, pray tell? And given experts' track record throughout at least these last three years, perhaps this is an ever-reliable signpost calling the statement into question and giving readers a heads up that what's to come is likely going to be pure, unadulterated bullshit.
How can you stand to read this drek?