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Progressive unanimity and breaking stride

January 27, 2019 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

Progressive unanimity can seem enviable because of the strength it projects, but it can also lead the way to madness and systemic collapse.

Progressive UnanimityIf you’re old enough, you can remember back to 1981 when the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City suffered America’s deadliest, non-terrorist caused structural collapse, which killed 114 people and injured another 216. The disaster occurred when the hotel was holding a tea dance in the lobby and two walkways suspended above the lobby collapsed on the dancers.

Subsequent investigation showed that the design plan was horribly flawed and would support only 60% of the minimum load requirement under Kansas City building codes. The contractor noted the flaw . . . and proposed an alternative that was even worse because it didn’t correct the original problem but, instead, melded with and augmented it. The problem — as is the case with so many horrific disasters — was failed communications between the parties responsible.

I remember the disaster, not just because it was awful, but because it introduced me to a new concept. Before the investigation revealed the myriad engineering and communication failures, a lot of people speculated that the dancer’s feet, all tripping lightly to the beat, caused the collapse. You see, it’s long been known that, if soldiers march in step across a bridge and trigger the bridge’s natural frequency, the bridge can collapse:

In April 1831, a brigade of soldiers marched in step across England’s Broughton Suspension Bridge. According to accounts of the time, the bridge broke apart beneath the soldiers, throwing dozens of men into the water.

After this happened, the British Army reportedly sent new orders: Soldiers crossing a long bridge must “break stride,” or not march in unison, to stop such a situation from occurring again.

Structures like bridges and buildings, although they appear to be solid and immovable, have a natural frequency of vibration within them. A force that’s applied to an object at the same frequency as the object’s natural frequency will amplify the vibration of the object in an occurrence called mechanical resonance.

Sometimes your car shakes hard when you hit a certain speed, and a girl on a swing can go higher with little effort just by swinging her legs. The same principle of mechanical resonance that makes these incidents happen also works when people walk in lockstep across a bridge.

If soldiers march in unison across the structure, they apply a force at the frequency of their step.

If their frequency is closely matched to the bridge’s frequency, the soldiers’ rhythmic marching will amplify the vibrational frequency of the bridge. If the mechanical resonance is strong enough, the bridge can vibrate until it collapses from the movement.

So — I’ve now offered you a little physics and a little engineering, but what does this have to do with politics and, more specifically, with Progressives?

As I see it, we conservatives often have cause to complain about our lack of unanimity. While Leftists/Progressives will almost invariably present a united front, getting conservatives to agree on things is like herding cats. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lefties on Parade Tagged With: #NeverTrumpers, Anti-Semitism, Border Wall, Breaking Stride, Climate change, Donald Trump, Gender, Hyatt Bridge Collapse, Islam, Progressive Unanimity, Racism, Toxic Masculinity

Bookworm Beat 1/6/19 — the Trump Wall illustrated edition

January 6, 2019 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

I called this the “Trump wall illustrated edition” but it’s also about Stupid Leftists, the Second Amendment, Gender Madness, and Silly Stuff in our world.

Trump Wall

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

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Filed Under: Immigration, Open Threads Tagged With: Border Wall, Elizabeth Warren, Gender, Immigration, Ma'am, Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi, Second Amendment, Stupid Leftists, Trump Wall

Bookworm Beat 12/19/18 — the Stupid Leftists illustrated edition

December 19, 2018 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

The posters I gathered are overwhelmingly about Stupid Leftists and the stupid things they think and do, so this Bookworm Beat will make you laugh and cry.






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Filed Under: Open Threads Tagged With: Abortion, Fascism, Feminism, Free speech, Gender, Immigration, Net Neutrality, Second Amendment, Stupid Leftists, Taxes

Bookworm Beat 12/17/18 — the “world is fascinating” edition

December 17, 2018 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

After a manic weekend, I got the chance to put my all into this Bookworm Beat, which covers politics, homelessness, immigration, antisemitism, and more.

Bookworm Beat Woman Writing American Left's FascismOh, my gosh, but do I have a lot to share with you — and tonight I’ve got the time to do so. Go get a nice cup of tea or coffee, and maybe a few cookies or a little ice cream, find a comfortable chair, and let’s get going.

I should warn you before you begin that these snippets aren’t in any particular order. I’m writing them down in the order in which I first read them. It’s a little chaotic, but consider it a challenging brain teaser.

Trump is not a show-boater about his patriotism. Saturday was “Wreaths Across America” day, a day on which volunteers descended on military cemeteries all over America to decorate veterans’ graves with wreaths. Without fanfare, Trump showed up at Arlington National Cemetery to honor the fallen. I’ll leave you with a few photos of this present and a past president:

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By the way, I know that Obama sometimes carried his own umbrella and that gateways can be tough. Still, there was something about Obama and umbrellas…. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Open Threads Tagged With: Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Addiction, Agatha Christie, AIDS, Alan Jackson, Alice Walker, Angela Merkel, Antisemitism, Bahrain, Bath Houses, BBC, Britain, Climate change, David Icke, Elizabeth Warren, Elon Musk, England, EU, European Union, Free speech, Gender, Hamas, homeless, illegal aliens, Illegal Immigration, Infectious Disease, Islam, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, mental illness, Michael Flynn, Obama, Opiates, Opiods, Pain Management, Pensions, Political correctness, Pomona College, Princess Alice, Ryan Zinke, Starbucks, Strasbourg, Substance Abuse, Tesla, The ABC Murders, Trump, Umbrellas, University of Texas, Wreaths Across America

Bookworm Beat 12/10/18 — the Christmas Song illustrated edition

December 10, 2018 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

Nothing says Christmas like Leftists going crazy over a Christmas song, plus a whole lot more in superb political and social posters.

Christmas song






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Filed Under: Open Threads Tagged With: Baby It's Cold Outside, Christmas, Gender, Immigration, Media Bias, Obama, Second Amendment, Stupid Leftists, Trump

Bookworm Beat 12/6/18 — the super quick edition

December 6, 2018 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

This Bookworm Beat quickly looks at silly queers, the fake #MeToo movement, the party of non-science, bad Islam, dead England, the Iran Deal, and more.

Bookworm Beat Obama Brennan double standards insane leftistsHonestly, I don’t know where the day went. Here it is, after 8 in the evening, and although I’ve been busy all day, I can’t quite put my finger on what I did. The one thing I didn’t do, though, was blog. However, I’ve tagged a lot of things I’d like to share with you. This will be a quick rundown:

Queers for Palestine are idiots. Islam is not a religion friendly to the LGBTQ+ crowd:

Hello LGBT….meet Islam. pic.twitter.com/AJrXaNVFTZ

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) December 6, 2018

The only place in the Middle East that is friendly to the LGBTQ+ crowd is Israel. Unfortunately, intersectional nonsense means that way too many LGTBQ+ people are this stupid:

They are, in a word, useful idiots.

The #MeToo movement was to cull the herd. Dems leaped all over the #MeToo movement, but it’s obvious that they didn’t mean it. Sure, they got rid of a few problematic people (culling the herd), but mostly they still follow the line from the 1990s, which is Dem men get a pass if they support abortion. There are two stories today proving that point: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Open Threads Tagged With: #MeToo, AAUP, American Association of University Professors, Bill Clinton, Britain, Child Rape, Gender, Homophobia, Iran Deal, Islam, Jimmy Carter, Kamala Harris, Obama, Pedophilia, Queers for Palestine

Bookworm Beat 12/4/18 — the naughty Leftists illustrated edition

December 4, 2018 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

When I was trying to figure out the common threat for this illustrated edition, I saw that it was that most of these posters involve Leftists being naughty.

Second Amendment Leftists Grab Guns






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Filed Under: Open Threads Tagged With: Clintons, Gender, Immigration, Mueller, Second Amendment, Stupid Leftists, Trump

Bookworm Beat 11/20/18 — some quick links

November 20, 2018 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

You’ll find it all in this Bookworm Beat: Airbnb, antisemitism, Women’s March madness, Obama madness, gender madness, climate madness, and so much more.

Bookworm Beat Obama Brennan double standards insane leftistsMy children are grown and off to college, but some days they still need their mother. I’ve spent quite some time on the phone today with both of them, which limited blogging. Here are some interesting links, though. I’m racing the clock for this post, so I won’t even make a pretense of proofreading. I apologize in advance for typos and incoherent sentences.

I’m boycotting Airbnb. I have never yet used Airbnb, because I don’t trust its quality control, but now I can assure you that I never will use Airbnb:

Airbnb has fueled the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement by announcing on Monday that it will cease to list Israeli homes in the West Bank.

In singling out Jewish West Bank homes for boycott, Airbnb’s disgraceful decision not only promotes anti-Israel charges but will work to further strengthen Palestinian intransigence and the larger war to delegitimize the Jewish state.

Airbnb said the company “concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.”

It made the decision after a fierce campaign waged against Airbnb by the extremist BDS movement and its anti-Israel allies.

In its statement, Airbnb refers to the West Bank, areas where Jews have had an historic presence for thousands of years, as “occupied territories,” implying that Israel stole the land from the Palestinians.

Israel opposes the “occupied” label, and has referred to the land in international forums as disputed. The framework for all previous peace proposals (each of which was rejected by the Palestinian Authority) never called for an entire Israeli evacuation from the West Bank.

Palestinians never had a state in the West Bank and they are not legally recognized as the undisputed authorities in those areas. Jordan illegally occupied and annexed the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem from 1948 until Israel captured the lands in a defensive war in 1967.

I urge you to read the entire article from which I’ve quoted, because it explains how ignorant Airbnb is when it comes to supporting the BDS movement. Airbnb, of course, is not boycotting any other homes in disputed territories around the world. Only the Jewish ones:

Airbnb antisemitism bds

Smells like antisemitic hypocrisy to me.

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Filed Under: Open Threads Tagged With: Airbnb, BDS, Bill de Blasio, Boycott Divest Sanction, Climate change, England, Gender, illegal aliens, Leeds, Make Tijuana Great Again, Obama, Teresa Shook, Women's March

Bookworm Beat 4/20/2018 — the “no stoners here” illustrated edition

April 20, 2018 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

On 4/20, even stoners would rouse themselves and find enticing the marvelous collection of political posters at today’s illustrated edition.







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Filed Under: Illustrated editions Tagged With: 420, Gender, Hitler, Pot, Second Amendment, Stupid Leftists

Bookworm Beat 4/18/2018 — the Great SF Earthquake illustrated edition

April 18, 2018 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

This illustrated edition has nothing to do with today being the 112th anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake. I just wanted to acknowledge it.






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Filed Under: Illustrated editions Tagged With: Gender, Race, Second Amendment, Stupid Leftists, Trump

The University of British Columbia apologizes for being gender binary

January 6, 2018 by Bookworm 4 Comments

The University of British Columbia apologizes for the fact that its online application is so old-fashioned it contemplates only two sexes: male and female.

University of British Columbia logoThe college application process can be an eye-opening experience. Yesterday I blogged about the fact that the University of Oregon gives applicants two options when it comes to admission essays: (1) identify yourself as a victim or an oppressor or (2) explain how you will add to the school’s endless lust for diversity.

Today, it’s my proud duty to inform you that the University of British Columbia is terribly sorry that its currently constructed online application is so primitive that it contemplates only two sexes. No, I’m not kidding:

Currently only two gender designation options are available within the UBC Student Information System. Access and Diversity works with the University to create an inclusive living and learning environment in which all students can thrive and is currently exploring how to better accommodate students with non-binary gender identities within this database. For more information about available supports and services, please contact Access and Diversity.

My Little Bookworm was baffled that I would care about objective facts — in this case, objective facts being the scientifically irrefutable fact that, barring an infinitesimally small number of anomalies, human sex is binary: male and female. While he (thankfully) doesn’t believe in more than two genders, Little Bookworm doesn’t understand why it’s a problem to allow people to claim that there are more than two sexes. I explained to him that, once objective facts are devalued, one is only left with subjective emotions — and the person with the loudest hollering or the biggest gun always wins that argument. I’m not sure that this world view resonated with my 21st century youngster, though.

Here are two more thoughts about the application process, not just at the University of British Columbia, but at all of these colleges and universities: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Lefties on Parade Tagged With: College Application, Gender, Sexes, University of British Columbia, University of Oregon

Steve Crowder: Change my mind that there are more than 2 genders

December 8, 2017 by Bookworm 3 Comments

Steven Crowder politely asks passers-by to change his mind that there are more than two genders. Armed only with feelings, the youngsters struggle and fail.

Steve Crowder Change My Mind GendersOne of my favorite sayings of all times is Dennis Prager’s maxim that he prefers clarity to agreement. When his show used to air on local radio here (and I was constantly in the car ferrying children about), I’d see his invariably respectful questions cause his guests either to collapse in an incoherent heap, get terribly defensive, or surprise themselves by discovering that they don’t agree with their own stated principles but, instead, agree with Prager’s.

Steven Crowder takes this approach to college campuses in his “change my mind” video series. Acting through the campus Republican organizations, he obtains permission to sit at a little table and ask passers-by to change his mind about hot topics. To date, he’s done these videos on guns, hate-speech, abortion, and the number of available genders. It’s this last one that caught my eye.

I’ve blogged frequently here about transgender madness. If you’d like a sense of my position on the number of available genders, you can check out this post,this one, or this one. In brief, I think there are two, aside from a very small number of genetically intersex people. I recognize that there are feminine men and masculine women — and people who wish they were a member of the opposite sex — but that does not mean that they are, in fact, members of the opposite sex or no sex whatsoever. I was therefore interested in Crowder’s experience. [Read more…]

Filed Under: GBLT, Gender Tagged With: Coerced Speech, First Amendment, Gender, Genders, Steve Crowder, Transgender

Reality-denying Progressives call MAGA supporters “losers”

September 29, 2017 by Bookworm 13 Comments

Progressives again show their retreat from reality, this time with a t-shirt claiming MAGA supporters, whose candidate and agenda won, are “losers.”

President Trump Oath of Office MAGADuring the 2016 Presidential campaign, Donald Trump had promised “We will have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with the winning.” The MAGA team believed him and he turned the electoral map red everywhere except in coastal areas and large urban enclaves.

True to Trump’s promise, while his administration has made some errors (President Trump should have fired Comey and indicted Hillary on January 22), there’s also been a whole lot of winning. Here’s a partial list:

  • Justice Gorsuch is a win.
  • The roster of conservative judges President Trump is nominating to the federal court system is an ongoing win.
  • Withdrawing from the Paris Accord was a win.
  • The speech President Trump made at the UN, defining and defending American sovereignty was a win.
  • The ongoing effort to shrink the administrative state is a win.
  • Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, and Ryan Zinke are wins.
  • The booming stock market is a win.
  • The slowly expanding economy is a win.
  • The Trump administration’s ability to block terror exporting nations from sending people to America is a win.
  • ICE’s stepped-up actions and the diminution in the flow of illegal aliens to the US are ongoing wins.

I don’t think any of the MAGA crowd are bored yet with this winning. They’re counting on more. The reality is that, with Trump slowly but steadily dismantling the Obama state, his MAGA supporters are very pleased. Moreover, as the guys at Power Line show (especially Paul Mirengoff), even those who did not vote for Trump, and are not true MAGA-ites, are pleased. It’s been a delight to watch the more reasonable NeverTrumpers come around.

It’s also been pretty darn pleasing watching the new converts talk to those who have walled themselves off in NeverTrump Land (a cold, dank, hopeless, ugly place). What they’re saying is that the obdurate NeverTrumpers have become intellectually dishonest and are making themselves pariahs to all thinking conservatives.

With all this MAGA winning in mind, how in the world does one explain this t-shirt? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lefties on Parade Tagged With: #NeverTrump, Allahu Akhbar, Climate change, Confederacy, Donald Trump, Gender, Gorsuch, Hillary Clinton, Islam, Leftists, Librarian, Losers, MAGA, Make America Great Again, Muslim violence, Paris Accord, Progressives, Racism, Slavery

The Bookworm Beat 8/25/17 — the illustrated edition and open thread

August 25, 2017 by Bookworm 48 Comments

This illustrated edition celebrates the fact that, even when the country goes insane, it’s still possible to be clever, wise, informative, and funny.

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Filed Under: Open Threads Tagged With: Antifa, Fascists, Free speech, Gender, Racists, Statues, Transgender

Dunkirk review in Marie Claire: Fatally flawed gender identity assumptions

August 4, 2017 by Bookworm 6 Comments

My friend Lulu weighs in on the fact that the Marie Claire review of the Dunkirk movie suffers from fatal hetero-normative gender identity assumptions.

Retreat at DunkirkI must take issue with Mehera Bonner of Marie Claire and her review of the World War II film Dunkirk in which she states,

. . . my main issue with Dunkirk is that it’s so clearly designed for men to man-out over. And look, it’s not like I need every movie to have “strong female leads.” Wonder Woman can probably tide me over for at least a year, and I understand that this war was dominated by brave male soldiers. I get that. But the packaging of the film, the general vibe, and the tenor of the people applauding it just screams “men-only” — and specifically seems to cater to a certain type of very pretentious man who would love nothing more than to explain to me why I’m wrong about not liking it. . . .

Honestly, how dare she? As Bonner should well know, gender is determined by a personal identification based on an internal awareness. It is what we feel inside, what we know ourselves to be. Our external parts do not always conform. How could she not know that some of those soldiers had to have been non-binary. Some were undoubtedly queer or transgender on the inside. In fact, some of those soldiers were no doubt women — despite their penises.

I would advise Bonner to remember that when she assumes that the movie is men-only and caters to pretentious man-splaining men. How wrong she is. I did not see a toxically masculine film as she did. On the contrary, I envisioned brave transgender women soldiers fighting alongside male, hetero-normative, cis-gender soldiers and proving the historicity of the struggle against restrictive gender roles. Those were our brave sisters out there too and they deserve Bonner’s respect.

Filed Under: Feminism, GBLT, Gender, World War II Tagged With: Dunkirk, Feminism, Gender, Marie Claire, Mehera Bonner, Toxic Masculinity, Transgender

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