Archive for the ‘video’ Category

Project Veritas: Inside Bernie Sanders’ Campaign

Wednesday, January 15th, 2020

Project Veritas has dropped the first in another video series, this one inside Bernie Sanders’ campaign with field organizer Kyle Jurek.

Nothing says “I respect the Democratic process” quite like threatening violence if your candidate loses.

A few points:

  • So this guy is a field organizer in Iowa? Doesn’t seem like he would fit in there.
  • Why is it that, of all the candidates in the race, Bernie Bros seem most prone to violence?
  • Heh: “So many people who have suicided themselves have been related to the Clintons. It’s f**king insane.”
  • It’s amusing that MSNBC isn’t far enough left for Jurek, and also how he wants to purge liberals first.
  • Nor is he fond of Elizabeth Warren: “Just because she has a vagina, that’s why you’re going to vote for her?” (More visible cracks between old school socialist revolutionaries and Social Justice Warriors.)
  • By now, everyone knows the way this works: The first Project Veritas video isn’t the worst, and there are more bombshells to come.
  • Though I do agree with Jurek on one point: I do believe that the DNC will do just about anything necessary to keep Sanders from winning the nomination…

    Iran’s Retaliation: A Big Nothingburger

    Thursday, January 9th, 2020

    I believe this is YouTube/Twitter personality Sargon of Akkad (though this is a different YouTube channel from his main one) on the big nothingness of Iran’s retaliation:

    “It looks like the Iranian regime is actually so impotent they couldn’t kill a single American.”

    “This was just the yappy dog, yapping.”

    (Hat tip: Poster TheWanderingJewels on this Instapundit thread for Stephen green linking yesterdays’s Iran piece.)

    Happy New Year!

    Wednesday, January 1st, 2020

    Another year in the history books! And with a presidential election looming, expect the Trump Derangement Syndrome that was already turned up to 11 to go to 13, or break off the volume knob entirely.

    To celebrate the occasion, here’s Colin Furze setting off a giant firework pendulum:

    Here’s to a great 2020!

    The Pitch Meeting for Cats

    Sunday, December 29th, 2019

    Is this lazy blogging?

    Yes. Yes it is.

    But between cleaning up for a New Year’s Eve gathering, a possible dog adoption, and cuing up Monday’s Clown Car Update, the weekend is just packed! Plus Cats is going to disappear from theaters so quickly that I need to get that jab in while it’s at least semi-relevant…

    Jonathan Pie on the Labour Wipeout

    Saturday, December 28th, 2019

    After linking to this Jonathan Pie video on Trump’s election in my Wokeness vs. the Working Class post, it occurred to me that he had probably done a video on the most recent UK election, and indeed he had:

    As always, Pie’s shtick is a left-leaning reporter who nonetheless calls out his fellow lefties on their obtuse blindness in their own narrow, insular view of the world. Some quotes:

  • “How could we possibly have lost? Everyone I know voted the same way I did!”
  • “‘How could that be? Everyone I know spent election day same as me: Posting amusing pro-Labour memes on Instagram, and spending the preceding six weeks calling anyone who voted Leave, or was thinking of voting Tory, thick as shit! How could we possibly have lost?’ Once again, the strategy of calling everyone who was thinking of voting differently to me self-serving, inward looking, stupid, racist, Leave-voting scum, paid absolute dividends, didn’t it?”
  • “When are we going to get it into our thick skulls that the country voted to leave the European Union? Twice now!”
  • “Refusing to talk to people you disagree with whilst assuming the motives behind their voting decision is a recipe for disaster!”
  • And the real money quote that can’t be repeated too many times:

    “When will we learn that the real world is not on your Facebook feed?”

    About 3:15 in starts he repeating various talking Labour cliches rather than dissecting them, but it’s still worth watching.

    Just Nuisance of the Royal Navy

    Thursday, December 26th, 2019

    Continuing the holiday themes of dogs and lighter fare, I thought you might enjoy the story of Just Nuisance, the first (and probably last) dog ever inducted into the Royal Navy.

    Here’s a picture of his statue from his Wikipedia entry:

    (Hat tip: Ace of Spades HQ, from a pet thread a couple of months back.)

    Merry Christmas!

    Wednesday, December 25th, 2019

    Merry Christmas! Enjoy this dog-themed Christmas post in lieu of actual content:

    J.J. Watt (who went back to practice yesterday two months after surgery) has some beautiful dogs:

    Finally, enjoy Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night”:

    The Battle of the Bulge: A Helmet Full of Beer

    Sunday, December 22nd, 2019

    Another post on The Battle of the Bulge, this one on the 75th anniversary of “NUTS!” day. Here’s a swell story from one of the defenders of Bastogne:

    As far as I can tell, Vince Speranza is not only still alive, he has a book out: Nuts!: A 101st Airborne Division Machine Gunner at Bastogne. Something to consider for the military history buff in your family.

    If you’re out and about, you might raise a glass in honor of Vince Speranza, and all the other veterans of World War II still among us.

    (Hat tip: doglover321 on this Instapundit thread.)

    Slow News Day

    Thursday, December 19th, 2019

    I sat down to do a blog post, but it doesn’t seem like anything of any lasting import happened yesterday.

    Instead, let’s enjoy some music videos.

    For Adam Schiff:

    For Nancy Pelosi:

    For Democrats chances of victory in 2020:

    And for the American public, watching the spectacle:

    Mesta 50

    Sunday, December 15th, 2019

    This is the end of an exceptionally busy week for me, so enjoy a little light posting with this look at the largest American forging press ever built, the Mesta 50: