Will it become socially acceptable in the blue states to support the president? Will it become socially acceptable for elites to support Trump? Will the Overton Window expand? Will our movies and music be different?
Alex: The 1980s with more efficient technology. “Post-irony”- you’ll see more traditional images in media, but they will forever be damaged by the current perception of traditionalism being “lame.”
News: A judge on Friday allowed two Glastonbury men, accused two years ago of sexually assaulting two of their nine adopted boys, to withdraw their no-contest pleas and take their cases to trial.
The unusual action came during what was to be a sentencing hearing for George Harasz and Douglas Wirth, who entered pleas in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor. They agreed to suspended prison sentences. The only issue for Friday’s hearing was to be whether each would be required to register as sex offenders.
But a new allegation of sexual assault against Harasz by one of the victims, contained in a pre-sentence investigation of Harasz, helped scrap the plea agreement. The case was further clouded Friday by disclosure in court of new allegations of abuse by three other of the nine children. No new criminal charges have been filed.
The new information gives rise to the possibility of new criminal charges, and therefore continuing with Friday’s planned sentencing would not have been prudent, prosecutor David Zagaja told Judge Joan K. Alexander. Further, Zagaja said, the victim has said he wants to testify against Wirth and Harasz at trial.
“I think the only proper resolution of this matter is to try it,” Zagaja said.
Initially, Harasz, 49, was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault, aggravated first-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree sexual assault, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and cruelty to persons. Wirth, 45, was initially charged with third-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. Those charges were reduced to a single charge for each man as part of the plea agreement.
* Steve is bringing up this point about what constitutes a thing at about the same time I have discovered that you can’t type the word “anti-white” in the Washington Times comment section. Your comment will be blocked if you do. This prevents you from writing the phrases “anti-white violence,” “anti-white policies,” and “ant-white racism.” You can, however, write anti-black, anti-Asian, or anti-Muslim without hindrance.
Purportedly, the Washington Times is s “conservative” news source. However, it frequently takes pro-establishment GOP and anti-Trump positions so I dropped it from my bookmarks.
* After the Wachowski brothers decided to go public with their autogynephilia, the Lumpengentsia sites went full-Maoist. More-PC-than-thou types started to complain when people would refer to them as the “Wachowskis,” called it “trans-erasure.” After that, people started talking non-stop about the “Wachowski sisters.”
* Just watched John Bolton defending Saudi Arabia over 9/11 on Fox. Why do Neo-Cons want war with Russia but defend Saudi Arabia to the death? Jews couldn´t like Saudi Arabia very much. Why do they get a pass? Why is that a Thing!?
* The NY Times is very slow on this trend. The phrase “is that even a thing?” as a cultural meme has been around at least a decade. I’ve heard it in sitcoms and from stand up comedians for at least that long.
I’ve noted the NY Times are either slow on trends or else note “trends” that aren’t in the popular culture but instead pranked on them by a few isolated hipsters.
They’re gullible dorks, basically.
* The transformation in the language surrounding “transpersons” (formerly, “weirdos”) has been amazingly fast. Now, you’re some kind of knuckle-dragging bigot if you simply refuse to indulge someone else’s self-delusions. The rapid adoption of Orwellian language such as referring to the “Wachowski sisters”, is however unsurprising coming from people who think that the Wachowski brothers are anything more than evil degenerate hacks who are unfit for any endeavor beyond running a pornographic peep-show gallery.
* The Overton Window of American currency has shifted left and it can never shift back. Never mind that for the last century all Presidents, left or right, supported a currency that was stable and unchanging (physically if not in terms of value). From now on, anyone against this is a KKK loving reactionary.
Third rate countries (of whose ranks we seem eager to join) have ever changing colorful play money – the US dollar was as recognizable and iconic as Coca Cola. Messing with it physically is a signal that it is OK to mess with it in other ways – maybe you have to turn in all your “old” dollars for “new” ones and explain to the IRS and the FBI where you got all that cash from? Maybe there should be a cap on the amount you can turn in. Etc. Shitty countries with shitty currency do this kind of stuff all the time. Why not us?
* “A few years ago the comedian Adam Carolla was speaking about transvestites on his podcast and said, “When did we start giving a shit about these people?”
I remember when Adam Carolla was shitting all over the Filipinos. He was talking about how they treat the boxer Manny Pacquiao like he was Jesus Christ because that is all they have going for them. The Philippines as an economy produces absolutely nothing. They are worthless.
Manny Pacquiao is predicted to one day become president of The Philippines. That would be the equivalent of Mexico electing Oscar De La Hoya to be president. That is how much of a joke The Philippines is.
No wonder so many Chinese, Japanese, and South Koreans do not want to be racially lumped in with Filipinos.
* Trump has changed the Overton Window in some areas. Maybe he can do the same with Jackson. I don’t think Jackson is getting enough credit for his service in both the Revolution and the War of 1812. Those were the only two wars in which the US was actually fighting to remain independent, and thus arguably the most important wars we’ve fought. Jackson was recognized as a hero by his troops and contemporaries. His presence on the $20 bill is more justified that Gerald Ford’s or George Bush’s name on a super carrier.
