tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post1912116770437160605..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: What is the appropriate penalty for a hate crime hoax?John Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-82759932374195472482016-04-22T09:33:22.763-04:002016-04-22T09:33:22.763-04:00Maybe because statistics are such a big thing in b...Maybe because statistics are such a big thing in baseball.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276736643046430370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-76187414744098940512015-11-25T21:35:50.256-05:002015-11-25T21:35:50.256-05:00Ladybug --
Thanks for the answer. There seem to be...Ladybug --<br />Thanks for the answer. There seem to be some very high IQ types who are big fans of baseball, for some reason. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-15898554906546956642015-11-25T20:02:03.764-05:002015-11-25T20:02:03.764-05:00Fan of - and I don't mind saying that it's...Fan of - and I don't mind saying that it's baseball. I loathe football, except for a bit of nostalgia. <br /><br />Lady BugAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-49664360174787678342015-11-24T02:55:00.395-05:002015-11-24T02:55:00.395-05:00Anon --
You're 100% correct. The state cannot ...Anon --<br />You're 100% correct. The state cannot be put in the position of mind-reader. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-12154473804775399572015-11-24T02:49:42.212-05:002015-11-24T02:49:42.212-05:00Remnant --
I couldn't agree with you more. Clo...Remnant --<br />I couldn't agree with you more. Clock Boy is, in microcosm, everything that's wrong with our society. His family should probably never have been let into the country in the first place. They have absolutely no loyalty to the country. His father was obviously trying to cause a fright with that contraption rigged up to look like a bomb. The boy was never a "scientific genius" and would never have been hailed as such had he been white. The media would have ignored the incident if he had been white. And for Obama to invite him to the White House afterward somehow highlights that Obama himself is really nothing but an older version of Clock Boy. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-35291017447783138982015-11-24T02:40:19.868-05:002015-11-24T02:40:19.868-05:00All this does is legitimize the insanely dangerous...All this does is legitimize the insanely dangerous concept of "hate crime". If a crime is a crime, it has nothing to do with a supposed emotion on the part of its perpetrator. <br /><br /> Murder, rape, assault, theft, and so forth are crimes despite whatever the person doing it thought at the time or against who he thought it. Hatred is not a crime. It cannot be. We cannot tolerate that kind of process or procedure. It must be ostracized, as it were. People who advocate it must be treated as one would someone advocating, say, molesting children or burning the eyes of kittens with soldering irons. <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-91467484710582093192015-11-24T02:39:16.874-05:002015-11-24T02:39:16.874-05:00Ladybug --
You want to stay anonymous, understood....Ladybug --<br />You want to stay anonymous, understood. But I'm curious: when you say "my sports team," are you referring to a team you compete for or a team you're a fan of?John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-11011300826580778132015-11-24T01:35:33.149-05:002015-11-24T01:35:33.149-05:00This Clock Boy thing really makes my blood boil. ...This Clock Boy thing really makes my blood boil. Talk about chutzpah: $10 million!? For what? Being momentarily importuned? It's a total catch-22: when there is a real shooting or bombing, the finger-pointing and recriminations start. NYC subways have ads to "if you see it, report it." Then, for any false alarm, it is completely forgotten that people were exhorted to "do something". No, now its "I can't believe how racist you are!" You literally cannot win.<br /><br />And for Clock Boy, how many students have been sent home or to the principal's office for: the wrong t-shirt, point a finger and saying "pow!", bringing in a licorice gun to school, etc etc etc etc.<br /><br />In this case, their provocation was so transparent and in such bad faith, that they can then continue to ask for money is infuriating. Unbelieveable. Excuse my french but: F*ck him and his entire family.Remnantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-54204493806917309772015-11-23T21:54:53.544-05:002015-11-23T21:54:53.544-05:00I'm nothing close to a hipster, but some of th...I'm nothing close to a hipster, but some of their internet lingo is very effective. I use LOL, LULZ, and even LULZy.<br /><br />Cuck is a great word. I use it liberally. (Rimshot!)<br /><br />LadybugAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-56045490967829330162015-11-23T21:06:58.747-05:002015-11-23T21:06:58.747-05:00Ladybug --
Obama's such a narcissistic persona...Ladybug --<br />Obama's such a narcissistic personality that he can't accept blame for anything, hence the first four years of blaming Bush; that he would now blame his intelligence gathering operation for having bent to his wishes earlier, as hypocritical as it is, is not really that surprising. <br /><br />Well, it's okay if you hate-watch PBS, as long as you're not hate-reading this blog.<br /><br />"LULZ" -- I had to look that one up, proving myself not a hipster.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-81024094965692334042015-11-23T20:56:48.077-05:002015-11-23T20:56:48.077-05:00PS, thought of this after I sent my previous messa...PS, thought of this after I sent my previous message thru - <br /><br />I hope the clock boy gets clocked by a drone. LULZ.<br /><br />LadybugAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-45753048030500314242015-11-23T20:54:25.610-05:002015-11-23T20:54:25.610-05:00Can't tell you anything that might give away m...Can't tell you anything that might give away my identity, sorry. I've become enraged, bitter and a real misanthrope.<br /><br />About Obama, his blaming of his stupid remarks on bad intel enrages me. I should laugh. I really think he's feeling the heat, for the first time in his shitty administration, but instead, I take it out of myself and stew. That's a dumb thing to do. <br /><br />I am watching PBS now, and they are hyping the Mark Twain awards being held at the Kennedy Center, and every person I saw on the screen was a Negro. I don't happen to believe whites are being replaced (I think that's an overhyped obsession of the racist right) but looking at peak Negro crap enrages me.<br /><br />I'm just an angry Ladybug.<br /><br />Ladybug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-5057502234965977342015-11-23T20:17:41.194-05:002015-11-23T20:17:41.194-05:00Ladybug --
I used to live in Brooklyn myself, from...Ladybug --<br />I used to live in Brooklyn myself, from 1984 to 1986….OK, 'fess up, who's your sports team?<br /><br />Holder HAS totally dropped off the radar since he left office, I guess that's by design. <br /><br />Ha, yes, "get clock boy in a drone strike." Perfect. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-15193652556102769802015-11-23T20:06:57.607-05:002015-11-23T20:06:57.607-05:00I don't hang out with the hipster crowd but wh...I don't hang out with the hipster crowd but where I live you can't get away from them. I don't like them much but they have some good qualities. They are young & smug but they really brought Brooklyn up from black slum slime.<br /><br />I check twitter obsessively. I'm on it mostly to interact with others who are fans of my sports team. One of them is a hipster and he voiced disappointment with Obama's "containment" remarks. Look, young people....what ya gonna do? Life's a learning experience.<br /><br />About the deep state, I don't agree w/Sailer either on that, I just used the phrase. I don't think it was particularly deep, just money guys saying, "dump him, he's bad for fund raising."<br /><br />Ladybug<br /><br />PS get clock boy in a drone strike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-31376529157516617962015-11-23T19:23:48.597-05:002015-11-23T19:23:48.597-05:00Anon --
Ugh….."Wow" is right. This is di...Anon --<br />Ugh….."Wow" is right. This is disgusting. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-61361725569603087992015-11-23T19:17:51.316-05:002015-11-23T19:17:51.316-05:00http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/23/tex...http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/23/texas-ahmed-mohamed-clock-lawsuit-apology<br />"The Mohamed family is asking for $10m from the city and $5m from the school district or they will file civil lawsuits within 60 days, the letter said.<br /><br />“Understandably, Mr Mohamed was furious at the treatment of his son – and at the rancid, openly discriminatory intent that motivated it,” attorneys said in one of the letters.'"<br />Wow!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-52271273910936467502015-11-23T16:25:31.254-05:002015-11-23T16:25:31.254-05:00Ladybug --
Yes, Trump deserves credit for defying ...Ladybug --<br />Yes, Trump deserves credit for defying the PC police; no other Republican would have dared do what he does, and he does it unapologetically, and so far he's gotten away with it. In a way it's been brilliant marketing, there was a screaming desire on the part of a lot of people for a plainspoken guy, and Trump has been exactly that. He's said what a lot of people think but wouldn't dare say, and that's why he's ahead in the polls. <br /><br />I'm not so sure about the deep state thing with Obama. I've heard Sailer talk about it, and I've heard the theories about how Obama's mysterious history and his family history might somehow be CIA-connected. I'm not saying it's possible, but it seems a little farfetched. One of the reasons for this is that I can't imagine his CIA handlers not having realized what a far left agenda he would push, or that they would allow him to do it if in fact they exist. So….I"m agnostic, but doubtful. <br /><br />You're absolutely right about the NY Times. It seems fairly apparent to me that the people in charge of intelligence were being pressured by the Obama administration to minimize ISIS, and so they did. The fact that Obama is now turning around and blaming them for bad intel is pretty rich. <br /><br />Do you hang out with a hipster crowd? My son has some contact with them, and for the most part can't stand them. I have zero contact, but I don't live in a big city. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-69379285846099132972015-11-23T13:49:04.648-05:002015-11-23T13:49:04.648-05:00Regarding Trump & his stats, the 81% was wildl...Regarding Trump & his stats, the 81% was wildly off. He should have got that right. But it doesn't matter - he demonstrates the capacity to learn, and next time he'll be more on target. I'm just amazed and happy he brought up the wild disparity in interracial crime. <br /><br />Trump is saying so many things that were previously unsayable, and for that, he deserves credit.<br /><br />What you brought up about Holder & the polar bear hunting - makes my blood boil. I actually think he got shitcanned because he went too far, and someone in the deep state squeezed Obama's nuts and told him to get rid of Holder. <br /><br />Which brings up the latest, and is not so off topic. There's something in the NYTimes today about how Obama is ordering up proper, realistic intel about ISIS - the point of the article is that his calling ISIS the "jayvee" and they were "contained" was based on bad intel. The NYT is the house organ of the Democrat Party and that the editors there would get down on their knees and suck Obama's balls on the White House lawn if he told them too. In other words: Obama is blaming his remarks on his intel apparatus. This is a signal that they are in a panic, they know he's in political trouble - real trouble. Even the white hipster O-bots are pissed at him - I see this on and I hear this in my real life, because ISIS killed people in Paris, esp. white hipsters. Obama's base is blacks - stupid ones because they are stupid, and black, and smart ones, because they share the same hatred of whitey and want to Negrify white institutions. He's lost the white hipsters. <br /><br />It's too bad that it took murderous thugs and dead bodies to wake up white people to what a POS Obama is. <br /><br />LadybugAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-83667741944796669852015-11-23T10:27:11.877-05:002015-11-23T10:27:11.877-05:00Remnant --
Wow, interesting theory. i agree with t...Remnant --<br />Wow, interesting theory. i agree with the impression the average voter is left with, but I wonder if Trump is actually so Machiavellian that he purposely errs on his figures wrong so that the media will then give them more publicity, even if of the negative variety. I tend to disagree with this. This tactic would leave him too open in the general election to charges of dishonesty, which are better avoided. <br /><br />But you're right, the net effect is to get the larger point across via the media, and it does seem to work. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-26174394866920896282015-11-23T10:22:04.550-05:002015-11-23T10:22:04.550-05:00On the incorrect crime statistics Trump tweeted, I...On the incorrect crime statistics Trump tweeted, I don't agree that it was a bad move.<br /><br />Trump's MO is "go big" and hit in the general direction of the target. Enough will stick that no one will remember you were "wrong".<br /><br />Example:<br /><br />Trump: I'm worth $10 billion.<br /><br />Media: No, you're not: You're only worth $8 billion! So there!<br /><br />Common man: Holy sh*t, this guy is rich and successful!!<br />___<br /><br />Latest crime stat "gaffe":<br /><br />Trump: Blacks murder at 10x the white rate.<br /><br />Media: No they don't! It's only 8x!!<br /><br />Common man: Wow, Blacks are much more violent. Trump is on to something.<br />___<br /><br />Takeaway: Trump plays the media for rubes and has them act as his personal megaphone.Remnantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-14223939127222677002015-11-23T07:51:54.748-05:002015-11-23T07:51:54.748-05:00Luke --
Yes, Sharpton evidently gave himself a 71%...Luke --<br />Yes, Sharpton evidently gave himself a 71% raise this year. He and Jackson and their ilk would be out a lot of money if their scam were ever to be dismantled. <br /><br />Have there ever been cases where "Swatting" has resulted in an otherwise avoidable death?John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-52167858812390204722015-11-23T07:20:03.834-05:002015-11-23T07:20:03.834-05:00I wonder how many of the acts of racism are hoaxes...I wonder how many of the acts of racism are hoaxes. In the most crass sense, the "end of racism" would also mean the end of a very profitable industry. I heard on the news that the "reverend" Al Sharpton recently received a large raise in pay from the institute he founded and heads. I am sure he will use this to promptly pay off his outstanding tax debts.<br /><br />The category false reporting could even be expanded to include the practice of "swatting" and calling the police on individuals who are legally carrying a firearm. In these latter cases, the charge should be attempted murder if the person making the police call can be discovered.Lucian Lafayettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911874470258949777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-33654158259474453662015-11-23T06:48:22.414-05:002015-11-23T06:48:22.414-05:00Random --
My son showed Trump's statistics las...Random --<br />My son showed Trump's statistics last night, and my immediate reaction was ugh, wrong. I've looked into this in the past and although the statistics for interracial rape, assault and battery, and armed robbery are skewed extremely towards black-on-white, most murders are intra-racial, i.e., white-on-white and black-on-black. So when we see a legitimate statistic like the one that when it comes to violent crimes, whites pick black victims 3.9% of the time, but blacks pick white victims 47.7% of the time, they're true, but they refer to the other categories of violent crime listed above but not to murder. The one statistic that Trump quoted that was obviously way off was that 81% of murdered whites are murdered by blacks; it's simply not true. <br /><br />The shame of it is, had Trump used accurate statistic, it would have been a great answer to the BLM movement, because in fact blacks are far, far more likely to be murdered by another black than by a cop; and, roughly twice as many whites are killed by cops than there are blacks killed by cops. So I was dismayed to see that he used inaccurate statistics. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-86730578455556401422015-11-23T06:37:24.187-05:002015-11-23T06:37:24.187-05:00http://qz.com/556924/donald-trumps-latest-racism-c...http://qz.com/556924/donald-trumps-latest-racism-controversy-involves-fake-homicide-statistics/<br />JC, any views on this? Correct or incorrect?Randomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445772572707818311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-31684503042613137662015-11-23T05:43:12.311-05:002015-11-23T05:43:12.311-05:00Remnant --
I guess Eric Holder figured that when y...Remnant --<br />I guess Eric Holder figured that when young blacks would try to knock out an old white with one punch, it wasn't a "hate crime" because they were doing it with love in their hearts. <br /><br />Couldn't agree more about the way whites and Hispanics are blended together as perps, and I think your explanation is right. And actually, "Hispanic" as a racial category is misleading anyway, since why most of us think of someone of, say, Aztec descent, it also includes everyone from Ted Cruz to a Dominican of almost pure African descent. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.com