Idiots (In Congress)

 

 "Anytime, anyplace."

‘You look like a Smurf’ 

   

 Ayn Rand should NOT still be a thing

   

 Alan Dershowitz owes the P.L.O. $10,000

Twin Flames Universe leaders branded “idiots” after denying they’re a cult

What I've Understood: The GOP Are Political Hypocrites

Conservatives are as confused as that white girl posing as black,...

What To Do With White People Is Now A Trending Topic

Ayn Rand, white's conservative cultist of selfishness and national irresponsibility - along with all the others - should never have been resurrected

Thank goodness, oppressed culture's don't naturally roam to making slaves, sending people away in cattle cars, or firing squads, because America's caucasians would be in some trouble going forward in history. Of course, TMR (always ahead of the cultural curve) long ago switched to an all-white-all-the-time-call-out format, while Salon's Brittney Cooper has only recently gotten to the point where whites have her "utterly undone." But it's Jezebel's Brit Bennett, who finally confesses what everyone's thinking: "I Don't Know What to Do With Good White People." 

She's got me there, too, because - after my trial-by-fire with emersion in white "culture" - I now have a hard time identifying what "good" even means, in the shitshow that is white America revealed. I mean, considering what hardships whites are saddling blacks with, as I write this, would it be wrong for future generations to subject white's ever-more-unreasonable asses to slavery, cattle cars, and firing squads? White's obstinance (and laughter) in the face of our deaths, coupled with their historical willingness to see others suffer for their benefit, makes it a tough call. "Ethics," as we know it, becomes questionable in their presence - which, in a way, has always been the "good" white people's point. 

Confronting the weight, of living with 4 centuries of white bullshit, I just wrote something like the following, in an email, to a "good" white person a few days ago:

"They decry black Americans for embracing “victimology,” and they disparage women for “playing the victim,” whenever anyone identifies incidents or patterns of racial or sexual injustice. It is of crucial importance to the right-wing project of constructing a society of solipsism to sketch a victimless world of capitalistic purity. If there are no victims, institutions are irrelevant, and there are no victimizers. If there are no victimizers, there is no need for external agitation from democratic organization or government enforcement of fair and consistent standards under the law."

Reading "a society of solipsism" really brings the point home, for me, because that's what TMR's been blogging about this place for almost a decade. This "modern" society that said the late (and suicidal) Spalding Gray was "brilliant" as he talked about pot affecting his "kundalini," and made multiple con men and women rich selling "The Secret," but today calls Will Smith's Scientology-schooled kids "crazy" for spouting the same inherited garbage everyone was applauding as they grew. (Picking on the black kids really brings the cowardice of these people, not to mention their corrosive racial dynamics, into view.) I could say, "make up your minds, people!" but I'm no longer sure many others have one - or ever have. It's just been my slow torture, equal to anything I've read in the recent report that's got everyone so outraged, now. You've all become Dick Cheney, dripping with evil and the stench of death, to me.

And the world turns. By 2044, whites will be the minority and the kids of these monstrosities, who will be spouting THEIR PARENT'S inherited nonsense, won't have the cover of their parent's superior numbers - so what to do? I imagine future generations will be at a loss, because protecting those who've always been hurting blacks, merely to protect their egos, won't be a winning proposition to the formally oppressed. White's perversion of MLK's teachings are already causing non-violence to lose it's currency and, after another 30 years, and faced with this already-heavily-armed white population, I can't see how it'll last. (If whites don't believe in non-violence - and their heavily-advertised and newly-purchased arsenals clearly say they don't - why will anyone else?)

And it's today's remorseless "good" white people, through their open hostility and willful inaction, that will have made it so. They demanded it be this way, and everyone's finally heard them, and these "others" will have no choice but to respond accordingly.

I guess, looking at it objectively, only a very-pre-emptive "congratulations" - for any future carnage to caucasians - are all that can reasonably be offered,...

Any Time You Want To Start Making Sense, Please, Do

It's always so encouraging when I see how little effort there's been to be coherent out there,...

Awww: Ayn Rand Collected Government Assistance

Started a creepy cult that led to our financial breakdown, cheated with another's spouse, and betrayed her beliefs until the end - what a great conservative leader! 

There's no telling what you'll discover if you read enough: 

Unlike her fellow founder of American Libertarianism, Isabel Paterson, who chose to die sick and poor rather than even open her Social Security card, Rand spent the rest of her life collecting over $11,000 in government assistance, because principles are all well and good until you get cancer. We're not saying she didn't deserve the help, but she sure dedicated the pre-cancer stage of her life to giving people in similar situations a ton of shit for it. 

 And her silly followers keep her beat of unthinking, illegitimate, persecution going to this day,...

 

John Oliver Went After Conservative Christian's Atheist Icon (And The "Selfish Asshole" Cult Leader) Ayn Rand

Remember:

Conservative Republicans aren't racists, they just keep choosing them as their leaders,....

I'm Dying Over Here: Life - As A Racist Ol' Country Song

"Our findings suggest that racism literally makes people old.'"

“France is dying a slow death,...It’s like a rich old family being unable to give up the servants."

“Of course, you can't go to a major city in continental Europe without seeing some colonial, racist crap. It's why I decided against Amsterdam for a Christmas trip."

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

Freedom Summer (Trailer) from Firelight Media on Vimeo.

“He starts out a happy, enthusiastic kindergartener. But by middle school Idris has some disturbing questions about the value of his racial identity…"

  ...At this age, Idris is absolutely aware that his racial identity is paramount to his experience,...He is aware that other people see him differently, and, disturbingly,...And no official from the school, including teachers and administrators, as far as we know, have brought these issues up in the classroom, on the playground, or in parent/teacher conferences."

"It was pretty obvious at this point that TED had a very specific idea of what they would not allow."

In the early 1930s, Joseph Staton, an employee of The Northwest Enterprise, a prominent African-American newspaper in Seattle, was arrested and booked in jail for vandalizing an automobile….

The image that Staton removed from the spare tire cover featured the logo of the Coon Chicken Inn, a fried chicken restaurant chain in the Northwest whose logo featured a ‘Coon’, or a racist caricature of an African-American male popular in 19th century minstrel theatre and early 20th century advertising,....

The restaurant was founded in Utah in 1925 by Maxon Lester Graham,....

“More than a few black Mormons here in America have gone on record reflecting these same racist ideas about themselves as inspired by God."

“This is probably too obvious to need saying, but I’ll say it anyway. African-Americans in the pre-civil rights South didn’t complain to their white overlords, especially the poor whites who sometimes worked next to them. Uttering complaints about the way you were being treated or about the heartbreaking unfairness of Jim Crow segregation was an excellent way to get fired or, if the good old boys within earshot were so inclined, lynched."

“On this date in 1967 Charley Pride became the first African-American solo singer to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. He opened a door that to this day not many have passed through."

Back To Pure Blogging: Getting Together/Coming Apart

What else is TMR supposed to do with this?

"The single greatest task for conservatives is to fix their own leadership problems. In so doing they must avoid the single greatest mistake Obama has made, which is to rely on fantasy. The facts, however unpalatable. The truth, no matter how bitter.”

 So they're back to slapping themselves in the face - like it's instinct - admitting they can't stay rooted in reality.

"Fully considered, it becomes obvious that Rand’s views congeal into a fatally flawed philosophy. Even when stripped of its atheistic elements, Objectivism’s focus on radical individualism cuts it off from reality and causes it to wither under scrutiny. And as much as we might admire Rand’s deep-rooted hatred of collectivism, her philosophy is still just another utopian dream, a transvalued Marxism.

Ultimately, Rand’s egoism is irreconcilable with both Christianity and capitalism. In fact, since the system fails to have any true explanatory value, it’s difficult to find any reason to adopt Objectivism at all. Fortunately, we don’t have to buy into Rand’s philosophical errors in order to appreciate her fiction. We just have to keep in mind that instead of reading a 'novel of ideas', we are reading a work of fantasy."

 But they still can't admit they're doing it again. And this time, because they've lied to everybody - including themselves - so many times before.

"Rob Ford drug use leaves Conservatives uneasy, MP suggests

Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says federal Conservatives 'not fans' of hard drug users"

 Spoiler Alert: 

I think the betrayal of Benghazi line is done now.

"The French position on race is that you can come from anywhere and become French, as long as you speak French, adopt French customs, and act French.

That’s great, but they have a hard time with difference, people who maintain customs, dress, or religion that makes them appear different. And, in the case of black people, we are conspicuously different no matter how French we feel."

 "The facts, however unpalatable. The truth, no matter how bitter” is, conservatives have reduced the enterprise of governing to soap opera, displaying all the signs of bad actors (pun intended) who - like the French - are fun to watch, but still deserving of contempt and comeuppance.

  “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.”

 History shows the answers devised, for even the country's obvious flaws, were always long in coming, and most only after a long fight - why, that has to be so, is the question.

  “These Negroes, they’re getting uppity these days. That’s a problem for us, since they got something now they never had before. The political pull to back up their upityness. Now, we’ve got to do something about this. We’ve got to give them a little something. Just enough to quiet them down, but not enough to make a difference. If we don’t move at all, their allies will line up against us. And there’ll be no way to stop them. It’ll be Reconstruction all over again.”

 I've always voted for nailing things down with facts.

  “I’m thinking about making a new cult for some extra cash on the side. What sort of preparations should I make?”

 That conservatives are back to adopting my position makes the question, of whether they are highly deliberative or of low I.Q., very real.

  "I love his premise that because Oprah is African American and successful, that means racism doesn’t exist.  If you want to talk about ignorance, that is absolute ignorance.  Seriously, racism doesn’t exist because there are successful African Americans?

During segregation there were successful African Americans.  Does that mean during segregation racism wasn’t an issue? This is the simple-minded ignorance that’s rampant throughout the entire Republican party.  It’s the kind of shallow talk that gets conservatives to stand and applaud because it sounds right—when in fact it doesn’t make any damn sense whatsoever."

I assumed they'd know how to pop a clutch, you know what I mean?

 

Lou Reed Is Dead & May The Rest Follow Him Faster

I am so sick of reading how Boomers destroyed our lives:

My parents split up when I was 4. My father, a lawyer, wrote the divorce papers himself and included one specific rule: My mother was forbidden to raise my brother and me religiously. She agreed, dissolving Sunday church and Bible study with one swift signature. Mom didn’t mind; she was agnostic and knew we didn’t need religion to be good people. But a disdain for faith wasn’t the only reason he wrote God out of my childhood. There was simply no room in our household for both Jesus Christ and my father’s one true love: Ayn Rand.

Reliving nightmares shouldn't be anyone's morning ritual,...

 

Getting The Picture (The Big One)

Most people seem to be coming to the realization that Scientology is a cult. Part of the reason for that is Scientology's adherence to the time-tested cult practice of inventing cult jargon that only fellow members understand while laughing maniacally.

I, for instance, would be considered an "SP" in Scientology-speak, or a "Suppressive Person". Oprah Winfrey - another familiar cult leader - calls us "Energy Vampires" (which is Nazi-speak for anyone who doesn't buy into the cult leader's bullshit.) Using cult jargon as a guide, it looks like Jezebel is catching on to Lululemon Athletica's yoga cult now:

"GEC" stands for "Guest Education Center" — the Orwellian name Lululemon gives its customer service call center. "Educator" is a Lululemon sales associate.

Here's how they're describing Lululemon Athletica's founder, Chip Wilson, after mentioning he's been enamored with Ayn Rand's Objectivist cult for a while:

"Wilson seems a touch megalomaniacal. He talks to reporters about creating a Lululemon 'constitution,' a philosophy he bases on a mishmash of The Secret and the Landmark Education Forum."

Click Chip Wilson's tag, below - He's a hoot. As if to make the point clear, The Guardian, U.K., has a new comment on The Landmark Forum that Lululemon "employees are encouraged to attend":

"It sounds rather cult-like."

But come on. Ever since the last election - and that minor discussion of what Mitt Romney and his wife are into - people have started saying that about everything. Let's be clear - taking what we've learned today from those looking at Lululemon:

The cultists are just Tom Cruise and Scientology, Oprah Winfrey and her show and network, Chip Wilson, Lululemon, people who do yoga, the Nazis (my contribution) Ayn Rand and all her followers (in and out of government), plus the billions who bought The Secret. 

That's it. No one else. Nothing to worry about. The 20th Century is over. 

I've been assured, by some of the best minds out there, not to worry:

 

Everybody else is totally in the clear,...

I Know: Comedy's Not Pretty (But This Is Ridiculous,...)

Ayn Rand Private Access Show from Michaela Watkins

I found this amusing - not funny exactly, but worth a watch. It made me think, in the end, Rand's atheism may be the only part of her philosophy to survive her. That and her stand against racism. She was waaay ahead of her time there - though, in both regards, America is/was pretty backwards, so it might kinda pan out.

Even if you sorta know, this video should make you wonder what Paul Ryan thought he was up to, as he was attempting to indoctrinate his office staff through forcing them to read Atlas Shrugged. (This was before he was eventually cornered and then decided to lie and deny everything. As you all know, lies and public displays of denial always win me over.) I just think Mr. P90X (!) ain't very deep, because - let's face it - some people can't resist searching for someone or something to follow or join, the poor things.

But, still, Rand was a cultist, so WTF? (What kind of atheist turns messianic? In 2008, that was one of the clear signs that Obama was a NewAger,...) Even in this hysteria-fueled wasteland, didn't Ryan ever notice there was something very-wrong with this picture?

If you ask me, that guy holding up the Earth should've done us all a favor and beat Rand to death with it. If that thought upsets you, please, don't bother writing me about it - I've read her, too:

She would've approved - and, most likely, probably liked it.

Oh, the horror! Watching this was like sitting through one of Glenn Reynolds' "important" Plan 9 From Outer Space interviews - just overwhelmingly tragic:

I couldn't stop staring at this guy's forehead!

Whether from the front or the side, and no matter what he's talking about - dumping on Romney in as smug a fashion as a liberal can get - it's all pretty useless, coming from below that mesmerizing, hypnotizing, zombifying orb that spins above his eyes. (It does spin, doesn't it?) That thing's HUGE. Which brings up a question:

Don't these Zombie Apocalypse-obsessed mutants have friends to warn them away from getting in front of a camera?

If somebody was smart (I know - big "if") this video would be marketed to breast-implant clinics - as a silent film - so prospective clients know what to shoot for. Or it could be used as target practice, for when the Zombie Apocalypse really does arrive, or some poor woman is contemplating her escape from Beta-Male Mediocrity Hell. Since it's influence is so vast - like this guy's bald spot - she won't even have to learn anything about aiming:

Just working up the courage to fire will be enough.

Now, here's an example of comedy - and true knowledge - presented so that, whatever the rest of these losers do, you can't be led astray and convinced to start mistaking the two. Never forget:

We proper "intellectuals" have always got standards,...

When Bad Isn't Bad Enough (That's Bad,...) Part II

I'm trapped again. Reminded some things - especially on the surface - never change for long. We are now in a presidential election and, for the second in a row, the role of cults stand front and center - not that anyone else wants to broach the subject, or what it means, though it's meaning is clear:

We have no new political ideas and, even if we did, it doesn't matter because - as a people - we have lost the ability to make mature decisions.

The sad fact is, when it comes to science, you can have as much data to support your claim as you like, you can have it rigorously tested, repeated, peer-reviewed, published, referenced copiously and awarded a Nobel prize, you can do all this, but if a competing theory has any element of celebrity endorsement, that's the one most people are going to hear about. Even if it's scientifically ludicrous. Actually, especially if it's scientifically ludicrous. Just look at Power Balance wrist bands.

We are now merely a country without a clue - a nation of blind followers, trapped in an intellectual wasteland of our own making - and it's starting to appear, to me anyway, that's how it's always been. As adults, we've always been faced with choices - many times, both of them, horrible - but since we're lied to about the nature and the cost of those choices, like children, we gladly leave the truth of them to someone else. Our role is to throw tantrums - to, basically, go crazy.

   

Many seem to be angry at me, this time around, for not adding my thoughts to the partisan divide but, unfortunately for them, joining their cults isn't my thing. If voting means forever being locked into a Twilight Zone, where it's impossible to criticize politicians, especially those on "our side" - who we ought to be critical of because they, supposedly, represent our ourselves and our cause - then I had no place in the fiasco to begin with.

The problem with politicians engaging in unethical behavior is that they have the incentive from the voters to engage in it. Both the voters and the politicians they support are to blame. Unless voters and politicians have an incentive to not act slimy or support someone that does, this problem will exist.

While I have an interest in politics (some might say more than an interest) I am, ultimately, an artist. And my job is to comment on the world as I see it - not as others want me to - and the way I see it, both of the current candidates are empty vessels and carry waaay too much baggage. Both are more than "a few sandwiches short of a picnic." And both are liars. But, in a way, both are perfect representatives for their respective parties - their spouses included - because what we have today is a nation just like them.

"Ann Romney Not So Sympathetic When Talking About Taxes"

Liberal or conservative, Left and Right, everybody, and everything, sucks.

  Things are collapsing all around.

If no one is going to directly address that, or even allow it to be addressed - and this election will not - then I'll have nothing to do with any of it.

While the majority of workers surveyed (66 per cent) have been made to do some form of team-building activity, more than half (54 per cent) don't feel that doing more would help them work better with their colleagues.

It doesn't matter how prevalent a trend is, I know a con when I see one, and usually before my more unrealistic peers.

Barack Obama tells NASA if Curiosity finds Martians to ’Please let me know’

Sigh. What's the old saying? "Curiosity killed the cat"?

Fans of fantasy and sci-fi, or at least Mormon fans of fantasy and sci-fi, have often wondered why Mormon writers are so well represented in the genre. Some have said there’s something in our theology that sparks it; others say it’s just a coincidence—a few Mormon writers were successful writing fantasy and sci-fi, they trained others, and it became a trend. Some think Mormons aren’t overrepresented, just more open about their religious affiliation than other writers. And, of course, some smirk. Mormons believe in fairy tales, so why shouldn’t they be good at writing them?

We were told, when it was clear no one wanted him, the Mormon's nomination was "inevitable" - and, lo and behold, there he is. He isn't going to tell us anything about himself or his "church" - a position both are comfortable with - but, damn it, he (and they) want us to give him (and them) the job. Both sides are playing the same game.

“Romney took a big gamble with Ryan in two ways – in betting that Obama wouldn’t take the challenge for a substantive debate, and that voters will know the difference. A few days later, it’s clear that Romney won the first bet, and is at least ahead on the second."

The players are always intent on our never knowing anything more than there's a lie afoot - something we already know - and which, contrary to popular belief, isn't the same thing as bravely exploring what it is.

How thick is this jungle anyway? Pretty fucking thick.

Obama: I Don't Think Anyone Would Suggest I've Tried To Divide The Country

Good Lord. 

Narconon Not Scientology? 

Then Why Is Its Leader in the Church's Concentration Camp?

(A quick glide from the slide, and a statement on cults, their power, and our country: How is it possible, after WWII, that any American can openly talk of a cult having someone trapped in a concentration camp and A) even with three known current Scientology deaths, the authorities are doing nothing about this camp - not even an investigation - and B) the public isn't demanding they do so? It's simply mind-blowingly incredible,…actually, no it's not - back to my buzz:)

We were told to look at Ann Romney's HORSE, of all things, and some did - falling for the line a nag, that she didn't ride in the Olympics, was needed for her health - a perfect way to divert attention from her obsessions with the cult quackery that even her son, Josh, "trained" in,…whatever that means.

Craniosacral therapy (also called CST, also spelled Cranial Sacral bodywork or therapy) is an alternative medicine therapy used by physiotherapists, osteopaths, massage therapists, naturopaths, and chiropractors. It was developed in 1899 by William Garner Sutherland. 

A craniosacral therapy session involves the therapist placing their hands on the patient, which allows them to "tune into the craniosacral rhythm". Craniosacral therapists claim to treat mental stress, neck and back pain, migraines, TMJ Syndrome, and for chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia. 

A systematic review conducted in 1999 "did not find valid scientific evidence that craniosacral therapy provides a benefit to patients", noting that "[t]he available health outcome research consists of low grade of evidence derived from weak study designs" and "[a]dverse events have been reported in head-injured patients following craniosacral therapy." Craniosacral therapy has been characterized as pseudoscientific and as lacking a biologically plausible mechanism and diagnostic reliability.

1899/1999 - who cares? We're now told to see Paul Ryan as a straight shooter - by none other than Rush I-sell-homeopathic-preparations Limbaugh - when Ryan's lied about his fascination with Ayn Rand, squirming to keep his credibility in place, after years of making everyone in his office read the cult leader's books.

Ayn Rand And The Invincible Cult Of Selfishness On The American Right

Oh yes, Paul Ryan's an excellent choice - one might even say "inevitable" - for Mitt Romney. Didn't I always tell you cultists WILL work together? With my background, nobody's fooling me.

Currently, even for the sake of the country, it's not allowed for anyone on the conservative side to say anything negative about Mitt Romney. You know, all that stuff we used to stay about him being a liar ("Flip-Flopper") not a real conservative (a squish) a robot ("can't connect with real Americans") and so on. No, today you're restricted to waving your placard, keeping your mouth shut, and going along with whatever bullshit your masters declare is the right thing to say. The herd mentality RULES!

And, though they will for nonsense, the people of this country have put up no fight. Considering the state of the media, there's nothing to fight over but nonsense.

8 Lies It's Surprisingly Easy to Tell as a Health Reporter

Sure, Romney's "successful" running of the 2002 Olympics (which included Mormon-backed bribery and doping scandals) was funded by a multi-level marketing company that's scammed families and individuals out of millions, along with his own supplement company that's still doing the same thing, but what the hell - that's business experience!

Like other MLM firms that advertise financial independence in uncertain times, Nu Skin's stock price has skyrocketed, increasing from $9 in March 2009 to $54 this past March. Last year it posted a record $1.7 billion in revenue. And Nu Skin has accomplished this despite a controversial history of regulatory actions and lawsuits that have alleged it is little more than a pyramid scheme—a company whose primary customer base is its growing galaxy of distributors. 

With Nu Skin's growth has come significant political influence, particularly in Utah. As governor, Jon Huntsman brought company executives on a trade mission to China, where Nu Skin has been eager to gain a foothold. 

Nu Skin also has key supporters in Congress, including Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee. Where Nu Skin was once the target of federal investigations, last year Hatch invited its top lawyer to testify before Congress on trade policy. The company's former spokesman, Jason Chaffetz, is now a Utah congressman. "These are good companies to have in Utah," he told the Salt Lake Tribune in October. And then there's Mitt Romney, whose ties to Nu Skin and other MLM companies have yielded a torrent of campaign cash to fuel his presidential bid.

Consider that, plus Romney's Bain Capital-funded supplement business for too long and, boy, you couldn't have picked a better modern day con artist, in the Joseph Smith mode, if you'd tried. Why, Romney's practically Oprah at this point - peddling "The Secret" before endorsing Barack Obama - he's just cut out the middle man.

Hungary Far-Right Leader Discovers Jewish Roots

Brilliant. Go on, you liars, you know you want to spin that as another symbol of how somebody's good with money. Have at it.

To many Americans, Mormon theology seems an impenetrable stew of biblical literalism, weird relics and a supernaturalism so aggressive as to border on science fiction, stirred together by a parade of shady self-declared prophets, from the frontier polygamist Joseph Smith to the complacent, dark-suited elders who run the church today. "Plutocratic oligarchs," Harold Bloom labeled them: men (all men; women are barred from participation in the Mormon priesthood) either cynically manipulating the religion for personal gain or themselves taken in.

What you can't tell me - or anyone else - is what Romney (or anyone else) stands for, beyond gaining power over others and making money. Hell, he's been running for president 6 years now and the only things he's clearly articulated are "vote for me" and Jesus will return to Missouri. Sorry, Charley, but no-can-do.

And I've been saying it about the other guy's grasp on craziness, too, for the last four years.

Obama: Oprah helped make me president

War is Hell,...

 

Eww: Feminists Are As Ugly As Their Immorality

Shit, we wish she'd also explain the heavy-eyebrow-and-mustache thing:

I am not a good person to ask about feminism "because I am a male chauvinist." Feminism is a phony movement rooted in Marxist-Leninist ideology.

Peter Schwartz of the Ayn Rand Institute nailed it way back in 1991:

While feminists claim to be pursuing justice for women, it is becoming ever more apparent that their actual goal is the obliteration of justice.  More precisely, their aim is to eliminate that which makes justice possible: objective standards. Instead of urging employers, for example, to adopt objective standards of merit in hiring and to apply them consistently to all candidates, irrespective of the (irrelevant) fact of gender, feminists call for the very opposite.  They demand the lowering or the suspension of standards, in order to accommodate certain women.

Caroline Glick eviscerates the phony feminist movement in a recent column, "The Feminist Deception," in which she says that "the feminist label has never been solely or even predominantly about preventing and ending oppression or discrimination of women.  It has been about advancing the Left's social and political agenda against Western societies."  Glick adds that "rather than being about advancing the cause of women, to a large extent, the feminist movement has used the language of women's rights to advance a social and political agenda that has nothing to do with women.  So to a large degree, the feminist movement itself is a deception." 

The proof of that is how feminists react to genuine oppression of women.  Every time they are approached after an honor killing, feminist groups defer and redirect the media inquiry to Muslim groups.  Why?  Is there a form of femicide acceptable to feminists?

Apparently so: Gloria Steinem's Ms. Foundation provides funding to the American Society for Muslim Advancement, one of the pseudo-moderate Islamic supremacist groups behind the Ground Zero mega-mosque.  I guess Steinem doesn't care that Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is an open proponent of Islamic law (Sharia), the most oppressive system for women ever devised in human history, or that his wife Daisy Khan counsels women in how to deal positively with polygamy (multiple wives is de rigueur in Islam).

These vicious, parasitical feminists are worse than useless. They are dangerous, as evidenced by the Jew-hating, pro-jihad feminist mob in Philadelphia.  Do these women know that lesbians are executed in Muslim countries?  Do these women know that the jihad in Israel is about Islamic anti-Semitism, not land?  Do these women care about the gender apartheid in the Muslim world?  How do they look at the faces of the victims of honor killing and then look in the mirror? The craven silence of feminists in the face of the left's withering criticism of my honor killing taxi ad campaign and freedom buses for apostates from Islam is a stunning indictment of their motives.

Feminists' mission by objective is not empowerment, but just the opposite: slavery. They want government-funded independence. Oxymoronic.

To say that feminism was one of the worst things to happen to women is being kind. I blame the left for the feminization of men.

Quick, somebody call Meade:

He's sure to pay her a visit, babbling about "fear".