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The Patriot Post Digest 1-26-2017
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Amidst the hoopla of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” don’t miss the overtones of resistance fighters bravely and nobly opposing the evil empire.
What’s also entertaining here is the apoplectic reaction. Liz Purchia, EPA public affairs head under Barack Obama, wailed, “It’s a dark time now. People are nervous and they are scared about what they can and can’t do.” Another government source said (with a straight face)27, “The idea of bad stuff being tweeted from EPA was not likely.” Of course, this is because the EPA assumes its opinions of climate change are settled Science™ and not simply theory. After all, if the Left says it’s true, it must be true.
The EPA isn’t alone. Soon after the gag order, the National Park Service took up the climate change mantle, with Badlands National Park posting a series of tweets28 bemoaning carbon dioxide. Those tweets were subsequently deleted. But in a telling sign that offended leftists within the agency are not confined to one park, staff at several parks are pursuing what the Chicago Tribune calls29 a “campaign against Trump,” tweeting out messages warning about global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. After all, the Left and only the Left can control scientific thought.
Of course it doesn’t stop with the government. Some in the lofty, ivory towers of academia want to use these unproven scientific theories as the plumb line to determine “fake news.” Next, we’ll use a slinky to draw a straight line.
Social psychologists at Cambridge, Yale and George Mason universities attempted30 to essentially inoculate individuals against “fake news” by feeding them climate change “facts” as well as “a small dose of misinformation.” Among the conclusions: “False information presented on its own was … shown to have a potent effect at spreading doubt about the veracity of the overwhelming scientific consensus on human-caused climate change.”
That “overwhelming consensus” must be referring to the overwhelmingly overused myth31 that 97% of scientists believe climate change is man-made and an impending global disaster.
Oh, but government agencies and universities don’t have anything on the press. The Washington Post outdid itself last week with a headline32 that will almost make you feel embarrassed for the paper — almost. The Post claimed “David Gelernter, fiercely anti-intellectual computer scientist, is being eyed for Trump’s science advisor.” Alas! Who is this anti-intellectual Philistine? Well, as the article itself notes, he’s “a pioneer in the field of parallel computation, a type of computing in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously.” Gelernter also developed a programming language that “made it possible to link together several small computers into a supercomputer, significantly increasing the amount and complexity of data that computers can process.” In fact, he’s a genius.
But, as the Washington Examiner’s T. Becket Adams notes32, Gelernter is also “a fierce critic of academia” who believes too many universities “promote and support the idea that opposing thoughts should be silenced and expelled.” Hence to the liberal Post, he’s clearly “anti-intellectual.” Because, as we’ve learned, the Left thinks it owns the trademark on Science%trade;, of which academia is a part.
This makes it all so devilishly amusing when anyone on the Left bemoans the spread of “fake news.” Because if there’s one thing leftists are universally experts on, it’s not science, but fakery.
MORE ANALYSIS FROM THE PATRIOT POST
Soros: The Great Divider33 — A look at how the leftist billionaire funds all manner of leftist upheaval.
Supreme Court Justice Coming Soon34 — Trump will announce his Supreme Court nominee next week.
Obama’s Parting Shot: Lead Ammo Ban35 — But will it survive?
The FCC Is Getting a Makeover36 — Which means net neutrality could be on the chopping block.
Schumer’s Poor War of Words37 — Sen. Tom Cotton gives the old Demo guard a royal smackdown.
BEST OF RIGHT OPINION
Larry Elder: Under Republican President Trump, the Media Rediscovers Its Purpose38
Veronique de Rugy: The Greatest Debt Producer That God Ever Created?39
Victor Davis Hanson: The World Turned Upside Down40
For more, visit Right Opinion41.
OPINION IN BRIEF
Larry Elder: “Many in the media counterattacked and accused [Sean] Spicer of peddling ‘falsehoods,’ one even nicknaming him ‘Baghdad Sean,’ likening him to Saddam Hussein’s information minister, ‘Baghdad Bob,’ who blithely assured Iraqis that all was well as that country fell to U.S. troops in 2003. Left-wing pundits on cable said things like, ‘How do you cover an administration that has such a casual relationship with the truth?’ The answer is quite simple. Just do as you did when President Obama peddled falsehood after falsehood for the last eight years. … After the 2000 election, The Wall Street Journal’s OpinionJournal.com introduced what it called the ‘Homelessness Rediscovery Watch’ to point out that with a Republican in the White House the media would print more stories about the homeless. Now that a Republican — especially one as disliked as Donald Trump — is in the White House, the media rediscovers its aggressiveness and zeal to ‘hold the president accountable.’ The New York Times even used the word ‘lie’ in a headline about Trump’s assertion that he would have won the popular vote but for millions who voted illegally. Welcome back, media. We missed you.”
SHORT CUTS
Upright: “Many have argued that Trump is the product of political correctness (PC). This is true only in part. Rather, both PC and Trump’s response to it are fruits of the postmodernism that has long ascended to the heights of our culture: the nihilism in the common presumption that all truth is relative, morality is subjective, and therefore all of our individually preferred ‘narratives’ that give our lives meaning are equally true and worthy of validation.” —David Ernst
Forewarning: “President Trump has repeatedly said he won’t touch Social Security or Medicare — the two programs the CBO says will be responsible for most of the spending growth in the next decade if nothing changes. … To be fair, Trump wants to see fundamental tax reforms and deregulation implemented. However, it’s hard to see how these policies, no matter how great they are, could generate enough growth — and hence revenue — to compensate for all that new and old spending. That is why, in four years, Trump may be able to truthfully call himself, not Barack Obama, the biggest debt creator of all time.” —Veronique de Rugy
Non Compos Mentis: “I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity.” —Madeleine Albright
Village Idiots: “On Saturday, we watched women and men across this country and the globe stand up, speak out, and peacefully march for those values with one voice. It was awe-inspiring. We have to keep up the momentum.” —Hillary Clinton
Braying Jenny: “I’m asking that the vote for Sen. Jeff Sessions be held over until next week. … I believe it’s important to reflect on this nomination in light of the demonstration we saw this weekend.” —Sen. Dianne Feinstein, using the women’s march to block Sessions' confirmation as attorney general
And last… “Do terms like ‘civil liberties’ and ‘human rights’ mean something specific or are they kind of like meaningless expletives now? I mean, you can say lots of negative (and true) things about the wall, but ‘violates civil liberties’? Why is Trump’s opposition so dumb?” —Frank Fleming
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Managing Editor Nate Jackson
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