Comments on: The changing Kyle Rittenhouse story

By: LeClerc

LeClerc — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:45:54 +0000

Those wanting to donate to Rittenhouse’s defense fund needn’t go through Shopify.

He’s represented by the same group ( “Fight Back”) that represents Nick Sandmann.

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:50:19 +0000

NPR calls the Patriot Prayer in Portland “extreme right-wing Trump supporters” and the Antifa / BLM simply “protesters”. NPR repeatedly uses the phrase “shots rang out”, as if the shooting was some act of nature. They claim the killer is unknown, despite the photos of him we have all seen, and say it is unclear if the shooting was related to the “unrest”.

But the clincher is that they always emphasize the truck convoy was festooned the “flags” and Trump banners… somehow Steve Inskeep kept from actually adding “… so they had it coming.” but the NPR audience got the message!

To use a phrase NPR loves, their reporting was one long “dog whistle” to their far-left audience.

By: T J

T J — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:33:09 +0000

Kate: Kyle worked over the state line in Kenosha. I believe the rifle cane either from his employer or else among the people whose property he was trying to protect.

Anyone else know better?

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:41:41 +0000

The one detail about this which is still murky is where Rittenhouse got the rifle. His lawyers insist it did not cross state lines and was legally acquired, but they don’t say how and where.

In light of the Portland killing, it seems young Kyle was fortunate that he could effectively defend himself. He might easily have been the first mob killing victim.

By: Lorenz Gude

Lorenz Gude — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 05:49:57 +0000

Just spoke to a friend in the US who told me of this person who had come from Illinois with an AR15 to to kill people he disagreed with and killed 2 people. The footage evidently confirmed that this person was ‘hunting’ and the upshot was that Christian groups were in trouble for raising $200K for his defence. They said they had simply noticed it on Facebook. I said not a word. As Scott Adams observed – people are watching two different movies. People like Neo and commenters here are still trying to work out what actually happened. Maybe we are only an insignificant minority, but I think not. People have a natural tendency to work out what is really happening in their world but have not worked out yet how much this unholy alliance between collective media (MSM) and individual media like FB & T create fictional realities that people actually believe are real. Unlike movies the suspension of disbelief does not take place.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 04:43:58 +0000

Tuvea on August 30, 2020 at 8:52 am said: Read the book “The Boys in the Boat.”

Totally concur. Just finished it last month, in fact.
It is the amazing story of the University of Washington rowing crew that beat out all the east coast ivies & UC to go to the Berlin Olympics in 1936, and their long struggle to make that team the best in the world.

Like any great suspense movie (it was filmed, in fact), you know the heroes will succeed, but how they do it — against all odds — is a nail-biter!

Good review:
http://www.hnn.org/article/158244

Bonus – there is an abridged version that the author made because so many teens were reading the book, where he left out much of the politics, social context, and some family relationship dynamics that were more adult than the kids needed.

By: T J

T J — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:40:43 +0000

Antifa is mobbing Shopify.com because they are hosting Kyle Rittenhouse funding efforts, according to Michelle Malkin, and they want this shut down, de-platformed, censored online:
https://thepostmillennial.com/antifa-shopify-shut-down-funding-kyle-rittenhouse

By: T J

T J — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:29:13 +0000

ArtDeco on MBunge’s Rove theories: yes, Art has it how I recall matters back then. I did read his Bush years book.

I think this MBunge’s theory (which I’d forgotten) is like the NYTime’s gaslighting on the Clinton impeachment: it’s all about sex! Because Special Counsel Ken Starr looks and acts like a prude! And Rs are antiabortion, ergo, they must hate sex!

In other words, cartoon Leftist reasoning, lacking in substance. Good enough for emotionalist “reasoning.” But somebody’s gotta blame the messege, not credit the messenger, ie, Bush’s pull with Hispanic voters.
https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2005/06/27/iv-how-latinos-voted-in-2004/

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 18:48:17 +0000

And you can find this…

There’s nothing in the article that demonstrates your point. It’s Democratic talking points mixed with a few bird-droppings the author wants you to believe originated with other Republicans (and maybe they did or maybe they came out of the author’s rectum).

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 18:43:46 +0000

A predominantly black jury strikes me as instant grounds for appeal of any guilty verdict, with a new trial ordered, perhaps in a change of venue.

You couldn’t get one unless the commissioner of jurors acted to rig the drawing (which is what I suspect happened in the OJ case). To get a jury that’s, say, 75% black in Kenosha County, the odds of a black prospect landing in the selection pool would have to exceed those of a non-black prospect by about 35-fold. It’s very difficult to believe that would ever happen by chance.