Link Dump Extraordinaire!

Yes, I know: I need to get back to writing my long think pieces. Soon, guys! Soon.

The Outrageous, Totalitarian, Aggressively Stupid Left

Our Animal Farm, by Victor Davis Hanson

The left was all for free speech when it wasn't in charge. But now that leftists have captured the commanding heights of our culture? Their supposed liberal values, Hanson observes, have been thrown out the window for the sake of maintaining their power. They are pigs dressing in man's clothes.

The N-word as slur vs. the N-word as a sequence of sounds, by John McWhorter

McWhorter comments on the latest firing at the New York Times, noting the lurking insulting assumption beneath the "controversy": that black people are very, very dim and therefore can't understand the difference between usage and reference.

Andrea, Jennifer, and the 2 Williams, by Ann Althouse

In which Althouse hilariously spanks Andrea Mitchell and Jennifer Rubin for being morons who don't understand literary allusions. But remember, readers: RuBiN aNd MiTcHeLl ArE mOrE eLiTe ThAn YoU aNd ClEaRlY kNoW bEtTeR.

Impeachment Nonsense

WATCH: Trump Legal Team Obliterates Dems’ Impeachment Case With Videos Of Their Violent Rhetoric

The ‘Sound And Fury’ Of Trump’s Impeachment Trial Signifies Something Sinister For America, by John Daniel Davidson

The links above argue (correctly) that the House impeachment managers' case against Trump in their now-concluded show trial relied on emotional reasoning, outright lies, and politically-motivated hypocrisy -- not on recognized legal or moral standards. Those of us who operate on principle, on the other hand, know the truth: as I pointed out several posts ago, on the day of the riot, Trump urged rally-goers to march to the Capitol and peacefully make their grievances known. That's the one fact that's relevant in this entire sordid affair, and it absolutely exonerates Trump. Period. End of discussion. All else is simply an evil attempt to tar half the country with the "violent traitor" brush in order to justify unprecedented attacks on our civil liberties. So don't get sucked into the left's ginned-up moral hysteria. Trump was rightfully acquitted.

Edited on 2/15 to add:

Michael van der Veen Destroying the Media &

Unspeakable Truths about Racial Inequality in America, by Glenn Loury

"Where is the self-respecting black intellectual to take his stand? Must he simply act as a mouthpiece for movement propaganda aiming to counteract 'white supremacy'? Has he anything to say to his own people about how some of us are living? Is there space in American public discourses for nuanced, subtle, sophisticated moral engagement with these questions? Or are they mere fodder for what amount to tendentious, cynical, and overtly politically partisan arguments on behalf of something called 'racial equity'?" Here, Loury lays out facts the left - and a lot of guilt-ridden white people - would rather ignore.

Just a few quick thoughts on the "Impeachment Inquiry"

BLUF - Nothing new and not a real investigation. More of the same, continuing Democratic political propaganda.

Several lies:
1. The inquiry is nothing new. The six Democratic controlled  committees are rehashing the same old turf.
2.  There is no there there. Our head of state is allowed to ask for cooperation from other heads of state to root out corruption here. He demanded no Quid Pro Quo.
3.  The DEMOCRATIC leadership is shoveling the same bovine excrement in an attempt to avoid any mention of the Democratic Party and Obama and Clinton teams, which did violate the law. They were sure they had permanent control of the country and would get away with it. I hope their lies and illegal actions will be made plain and they will be shamed, if not punished.
 (OBTW you never hear any of this in the traditional media. They are complicit in the cover up of Democratic wrong-doing and the false "Impeachment" narrative.)
4. So far ZERO subpoenas have been issued by the committees (despite the narrative you hear on the news.) Only informal letters from the Democratic Chairs asking for information. Which an be ignored until the Democrats follow the rules.
5. The "whistle blower" had no first-hand information, and hid lies and innuendo were proven false when the transcript was released.
6.  The additional whistle blowers that have been promised still shave NOT materialized. (I suspect they are till haggling over the payoff they will get for the lies.)

MY SUMMARY: We need to brush away the smoke from the false Democratic/media narrative and publicize and extinguish the real fire that the Left is trying to hide. JUST SAY NO.