CA High School Teacher Helps Recruit for BAMN

The calm is gradually giving way to the storm in California as the state is moving toward secession as as a sanctuary haven with the greatest population of illegal immigrants in the nation. To see that happen, a high school teacher in Oakland - an east bay area city just south of Berkeley - has invited into her class the far left By Any Means Necessary organization of rioters - who, as this story reveals - were participants in the earlier Berkeley riots when Milo Yinnapolis was to speak at that college.

Apparently the school administration has no qualms at all about this going on. This teacher seems to have free reign over what she teaches to her students.

Maybe this will be the fulfillment of the earlier prophecy that California would some day fall off the west coast of the continent and into the sea. 

Why James Comey Had to Go

Why James Comey Had to Go

The FBI head’s sense of perfect virtue led him to ignore his own enormous conflicts.

POTOMAC WATCH - MAY 12, 2017

By Kimberley A. Strassel of the Wall Street Journal

Testifying last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, James Comey recalled a moment that should have held more significance for him than it did. At the height of the presidential campaign, President Obama’s attorney general, Loretta Lynch, had chosen to meet with Bill Clinton on an airport tarmac. That, said the now-former FBI director, “was the capper for me.” Hillary Clinton’s emails were being probed, but Ms. Lynch was too conflicted to “credibly complete the investigation.” So Mr. Comey stepped in.

Donald Trump and senior Justice Department leaders might appreciate the impulse. According to Democrats and the media, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is too conflicted to recommend sacking Mr. Comey; the Trump administration is too conflicted to name a successor; the entire Justice Department and the Republican Congress are too conflicted to conduct true oversight.

Entirely missing from this narrative is the man who was perhaps the most conflicted of all: James Comey. The FBI head was so good at portraying himself as Washington’s last Boy Scout—the only person who ever did the right thing—that few noticed his repeated refusal to do the right thing. Mr. Comey might still have a job if, on any number of occasions, he’d acknowledged his own conflicts and stepped back.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s memo to Mr. Sessions expertly excoriated Mr. Comey’s decision to “usurp” Ms. Lynch’s authority and his “gratuitously” fulsome July press conference. But Mr. Comey’s dereliction of duty preceded that—by his own admission. Remember, he testified that the Lynch-Clinton meeting was but the “capper.” Before that, he told lawmakers, “a number of things had gone on which I can’t talk about yet that made me worry the department leadership could not credibly complete the investigation.”

We don’t know what these things were, but it seems the head of the FBI had lost confidence— even before Tarmac-Gate—that the Justice Department was playing it anywhere near straight in the Clinton probe. So what should an honor-bound FBI director do in such a conflicted situation? Call it out. Demand that Ms. Lynch recuse herself and insist on an appropriate process to ensure public confidence. Resign, if need be. Instead Mr. Comey waited until the situation had become a crisis, and then he ignored all protocol to make himself investigator, attorney, judge and jury.

By the end of that 15-minute July press conference, Mr. Comey had infuriated both Republicans and Democrats, who were now universally convinced he was playing politics. He’d undermined his and his agency’s integrity. No matter his motives, an honorbound director would have acknowledged that his decision jeopardized his ability to continue effectively leading the agency. He would have chosen in the following days—or at least after the election—to step down. Mr. Comey didn’t.

Which leads us to Mr. Comey’s most recent and obvious conflict of all—likely a primary reason he was fired: the leaks investigation (or rather non-investigation). So far the only crime that has come to light from this Russia probe is the rampant and felonious leaking of classified information to the press. Mr. Trump and the GOP rightly see this as a major risk to national security. While the National Security Agency has been cooperating with the House Intelligence Committee and allowing lawmakers to review documents that might show the source of the leaks, Mr. Comey’s FBI has resolutely refused to do the same.

Why? The press reports that the FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor Carter Page. It’s still unclear exactly under what circumstances the government was listening in on former Trump adviser Mike Flynn and the Russian ambassador, but the FBI was likely involved there, too. Meaning Mr. Comey’s agency is a prime possible source of the leaks.

In last week’s Senate hearing, Chairman Chuck Grassley pointed out the obvious: The entire top leadership of the FBI is suspect. “So how,” Mr. Grassley asked, “can the Justice Department guarantee the integrity of the investigations without designating an agency, other than the FBI, to gather the facts and eliminate senior FBI officials as suspects?” Mr. Comey didn’t provide much of an answer.

All this—the Russia probe, the unmasking, the leaks, the fraught question of whether the government was inappropriately monitoring campaigns, the allegations of interference in a presidential campaign—is wrapped together, with Mr. Comey at the center. The White House and House Republicans couldn’t have faith that the FBI would be an honest broker of the truth. Mr. Comey should have realized this, recused himself from ongoing probes, and set up a process to restore trust. He didn’t. So the White House did it for him.

Colleagues describe Mr. Comey as an honorable man. The problem seems to be that his sense of perfect virtue made him blind to his own conflicts and the mess he had made. New leadership at the FBI is a chance for a fresh start.

Write to kim@wsj.com.

Yep, Crime Does Pay!

I just discovered some news that impacts me personally. While my next older brother, who was murdered by a 17 year old gang member, has been dead for 27 years, both his assailant and the man responsible for allowing his assailant to get out of prison early, are both alive and benefiting from the policies of a liberal, nihilist, postmodernist, socialist mindset of "justice" that prevails in my state today.

Instead of going into the details, which could take up more than most would want to read, I'm providing the link here to my readers of the outcome of the man who partly responsible for the early release a double-homicide perpetrator - he also killed another man with my brother at the same time - getting out of prison and the Victim's Notification Program, of which I had registered with for the purpose of being notified when he was to be released - DID NOT contact me and let me know this was the case.

Flip-Flopping Takes on a Whole New Dimension!

The circus - also known as the Swamp Critters who reside in Congress - regarding the firing of F.B.I. Director James Comey has them stumbling and fumbling all over themselves. It's enough to make one laugh uncontrollably.

The Future "Brave New World"

In reading this article about education and what the future holds for the value of it, I couldn't help but be a bit amused by the last paragraph's point the author made regarding what he considers to be most important as abilities for handling our future societal circumstance.

Why? Because today it seems that the snowflakes at the institutions of "higher learning" - more appropriately IMHO, indoctrination centers for Marxist wanna-bes - we seem to be swerving in the wrong direction for "emotional intelligence and mental balance". 

Based on what I've shared in my more recent posts, it seems we're heading rapidly in a direction of emotional deficiency and mental imbalance, if you ask me. (And, since this is my blog, you don't have to.)

Understanding the Ideology of Today's Protestors, Liberals & Progressives

In striving to understand why what is going on today is going on, and IMHO it seems to be clear that it's bloomed into full force as a result of the previous administration's leader, I've compiled what I believe to be a collection of videos which do a fair job of it. It's my belief that if we don't understand this, we will not be sufficiently able to counter its momentum towards full-blown Fascism here in America: 

Let's begin with the classic and late George Carlin in his audio/video for earlier views on the issue of political correctness.
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Here are a few notes from this video to refer back to since the speaker covers a lot of points very rapidly.

Postmodernism is the idea that everything, including value systems, should be questioned. Postmodernists want to replace objectiveness with their own thoughts, their own subjective thoughts. It is inherently nihilistic. A kind of "cosmic pessimism". Active nihilists tend to adopt personal, all encompassing ideologies; Marxism being a prime example. At the root of Marxism is personal identity. They think that "us" descenting against their ideas is descension against who they are, therefore, it's hate speech to disagree with them. To disagree with them is tantamount to a crime. (Note: In the video clip of a crowd chanting notice what the female - or however this person identifies - says regarding how Jay argues his position in the situation he's in. Quite ironic, if you think about it.)
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Another perspective on Free Speech from Prager University, and another here on "Facts Don't Care About Feelings" by Ben Shapiro. But, while we're on a roll, let's take a look at "A Progressive's Guide to Political Correctness" by George Will.

This example of a campus protest caused by a hoax letter is not a surprise to me. Students who I taught in 8th grade about seven years ago were just as void of any virtuous principle and values as these current college students. As one individual sharing their point said, "If the writer had been another student who was white and male, that person would've been condemned, demonized and expelled. This won't happen to the person who wrote the note. That person is black and female. Funny how that works." We've not seen the end to this kind of immaturity on their part either.

But, to cap this topic off, here's a modern example of a P.C. Warrior (a.k.a. Marxist wana-be) who thinks she can impose her concept of Utopia on others with no sense of public decency or panash. (Warning: Strong language used for those who don't care to hear it.) I have a few questions:

• Is her approach an appropriate way to address her concerns?
• Does she have no social skills, or understanding that she's a customer and may not know the circumstances regarding the sudden appearance of the "objectionable" rug?
• Does she really think that taking the "activitst" role as a customer is the way to address her concerns over the rug and get the store to cooperate?

Granted, the employees who dealt with the woman in the store didn't handle the situation appropriately. If I were an employee encountering this person objecting to the rug in question, I would simply reply with, "I'm sorry you feel that way, but we will discuss the matter with our owner and deal with it. Thanks for shopping at Everyday Deals, and have a nice day!"

Gonzaga U. Hires Professor Who Engaged in Campus Protests

Here's what I sent to several administrators, where I got my masters degree from, today.

Here's a link - which I now wish I'd also provided in this letter - of what originally happened last year at UMiss.

May 11, 2017

Dear Office of Planned Giving:

Earlier last month I emailed several administrators to communicate my reason for not supporting Gonzaga University any more. I send this letter to you, after receiving it in the mail today, to let you know why I shall NOT provide any funds for scholarships to this institution.

I learned, accidentally, that Gonzaga University saw fit to hire a professor who had resigned from southern college, UMiss, for having been involved in a campus protest by requesting “muscle” to be applied to a reporter who was present at the event to remove him; thereby denying said reporter of his Constitutional First Amendment right as a member of the press.

As a Constitutionalist, this revelation tells me that the administration of Gonzaga does not consider a professor who commits such an act, and was essentially forced from that college, as anything to be concerned about by hiring her; Melissa Click. Furthermore, it has come to my attention that Gonzaga is engaging in educating its student today to believe that America is guilty of social “sins”, is evil, and is training “social warriors” to believe that America must pay for those “sins” - such as slavery – through reparations to those who simply have the skin color to indicate they deserve those reparations, like so many of the other institutions of higher learning today.

Therefore, I do not care, nor am I interested in promoting an institution of higher learning which engages in such anti-patriotic actions and philosophies that are striving to overthrow America. I also, therefore, request that your office and this college, permanently remove my name and address from their database records, as I no longer wish to receive any further communications from Gonzaga.

I ask that you forward this message to other departments and administrators to provide them with input as to why those of us who served our country in the military in the past feel the way we do about what is happening to our country.

Respectfully,

Jon M. Higley - Air Force Veteran

Tacoma, WA

"In politics where there is a double standard, there is usually a hidden agenda." Todd Herman

"If it weren't for the double-standard of liberals, they wouldn't have any standards at all." Ann Coulter