Heap o' Links Wed Aug 11, 2021

None are so blind as those who will not see. The red pill journey starts from within. There is nothing you can do. They must realize their own selves.
—Publius on A♠

The more intelligent you are, the more complex your self-deceptions. One of the few instances where being smarter is a disadvantage.
—Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur on A♠

How did the liberal sector of the corporate media talk about Andrew Cuomo over the last year -- even while everyone knew exactly what he is and always was?

Let's roll the tape, starring @brianstelter, @chrislhayes, @NicolleDWallace, @maddow, @JoyAnnReid (via @newsbusters): pic.twitter.com/WWVBvsnm7J

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 10, 2021

Biden said Gov. Cuomo has done "a hell of a job" when asked "how would you assess his 10 and a half years as governor."

He then claims to CNN's @kaitlancollins that the question he was asked was about how Cuomo did on infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/NpzIxJEpPp

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 10, 2021

Kurt Schlicter:
For too long red state conservatives have offered to live and let live with blue state liberals but the blues are evangelical Marxists who cannot allow us to provide a counter example of freedom. 1/

So, no more. We must, by any means necessary, force them to be like us. No quarter. No compromise. 2/

Ban CRT, Marxism and anti-American misinformation. Nationalize big tech and academia and mandate conservatism as their operational ideology. Ban leftist media and entertainment from spreading misinformation.3/

Penalize barren, non-familial lifestyles through taxes and disqualification from political participation. Establish property and military service qualifications for voting. Increase America's carbon footprint. Ban masks. Dismantle unions. 4/

Use the law to ensure blue submission. Imprison dissenters. Force them to act against their deepest beliefs to keep their jobs. End all social programs and deport all illegals. Outlaw crime again. 5/

Seems kind of harsh. But hey, isn't this the flip side of what they want to do to us? So I'm unclear why they would object that it's wrong. 6/

They started it. 7/

But a few overlooked yet eye-popping details in Ball’s piece undermine Fanone’s public persona as the besieged D.C. undercover narcotics officer who donned an official uniform for the first time in 10 years to help rescue his colleagues from bloodthirsty Trump “insurrectionists” on January 6. Fanone has been on a nonstop publicity tour for seven months, stalking Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill and confronting his police union for its lack of support.

I remain adamant that January 6 was not an insurrection. To say otherwise is a despicable lie.

Insurrection was not on the mind of anyone serious at the Capitol on January 6. It was a very large demonstration aimed at protesting the way an election was conducted. No matter what anyone thinks of the November 2020 election, there was something wrong with states changing their election laws months, even weeks before balloting. In addition, social media monopolies suppressed the news of the Hunter Biden laptop, which would have been a game changer.

In the face of all that stuff, many thousands came to Washington, D.C. to protest. They did not come to seize the reins of power.