Mike McDaniel writes:

Many of the problems we now experience with the mentally ill and with involuntary commitment can be traced back to the early sixties, when a great many progressive attitudes, ideas, and policies began to take root. There is little doubt that the general state of mental health treatment in America at the time — particularly in state-run hospitals — was rife with neglect and abuse.

But as this sorry state became more widely known, did it lead to improvements? Not quite.

Mental hospitals were closed with the promise of more local, mental health “centers,” but states only too glad to shutter large facilities as a cost-saving measure tended not to establish the plethora of smaller centers that would likely cost even more. Many of those that were established in intervening years focused as much — even more — on social issues than the less glamorous and socially conscious treatment of the mentally ill. Perhaps the most dangerous effect was the watering down of involuntary commitment laws, which almost uniformly tilted toward empowering the individual and restricting the power of the state.

One result is the relatively well-known fact that a great many of the “homeless” (who tend to disappear when Democrats hold the White House) owe that condition primarily to their mental illness rather than the cruelty of uncaring conservatives.

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Well into an extended “drowning” metaphor (how very, VERY appropriate…), the Condo King scatters gems of sober, hard-earned wisdom that make him a highly paid, master political consultant:

When you are prime minister, you are prime minister. (…)

Well, for starters, the Conservative Party has more money than God. They enjoy tormenting Liberals. To the Cons, it’s more fun than positioning an Oh Henry! bar near their rivals and hollering “floater!”

As for one part of that column, I guess you have to have kids to know what “swim noodles” are.

Being childless myself, I’m unfamiliar with such things, not to mention parent/teacher meetings, birthdays, middle names and visitations.

Actually, I do know about that last thing. My estranged father usually skipped his Sundays with me. Too busy with his new “lady friend.”

And look how I turned out!!

Heh.

Hehhehhehhehheh…

(RELATED — includes particularly pungent “vacation time” hilarity.)

Ezra Levant writes:

I think Gutstein regards himself as a slightly less sexy version of Noam Chomsky.

Apparently the phrase “ethical oil” is so hypnotic that merely saying it overcomes all but the most ardent resisters wearing tin foil hats. This argument is a version of Chomsky’s idea that human beings are easily-manipulated drones that do whatever advertising tells them to do. Of course, if this were true, we’d all be drinking New Coke in our Edsels, living under the Charlottetown Accord with Paul Martin as our prime minister. (…)

Gutstein. I’m pretty sure he ain’t Irish. (…)

Having someone like Gutstein — who works as a shadowy professor, teaching about the jewsmedia himself — “investigate” the conspiracy here is about as reliable as having the U.S. government investigate 9/11, or OJ Simpson look for Nicole’s real killers. Does Gutstein think people don’t know that Rabble itself is controlled by Jewdy Rebick?

Arnie was at the debate, but left when Tarek Fatah’s no-show was announced. One of his readers stayed and claims in the comments:

I stayed for the whole debate. Two things I observed.

The first 15 minutes of the speech by Shaikh were spent running down Tarek’s books, how this was related to the debate and allowed by the half dead moderator is beyond me.

Secondly a large part of the speech was spend wisrtfully [SIC] speaking of how wonderful it would be if sharia law came to Canada, how it would be imposed on non muslims if the majority desired it, etc.

So was Dr. Roy:

The room filled and Mr Ali told some stories of how Mohammed was open and welcoming to everyone. Then Mr Farooq Khan went to the podium and said there was good news and bad news.  The bad news was that Tarek Fatah  was not coming. This elicited cries of Allah Akbhar from some of the audience. Mr Khan did tell them to calm down. He then proceeded to call Tarek a coward and tell of how much effort he had expended to organize the event. He then said that the “debate” (now a monologue) would continue. There was some applause and some in the audience again chanted Allah Akhbar. He then introduced the moderator Pastor Neil Bulloch. I left.

Man with more baggage than the Lost and Found at O’Hare takes over NerdProm.

A helpful flashback, including the classic “younger and shorter then” story.

Mitchieville asks:

Just because he’s black, doesn’t mean he’s going to shoot anyone.

This doesn’t surprise you, does it?

I was at a house part last year, where a spindly “male” academic in trendy eyewear opined, apropos of nothing,  that Sarah Palin should be “buried.” You know, like they do with women in Afghanistan before they stone them?

“I guess you want to bury me, too, then,” I called across the room. “I think she’s wonderful.”

All he could do, being one of those fake “males” we’re riddled with her in Toronto, was sputter, then snicker something to his fat female companion about having “struck a nerve.”

They’re used to being at the front of the class, or on stage. And they never expect one of us to be amongst them.

Having heard my plea, Sondra K and her readers are emptying out their mental pockets to help.

The Guy Who is Suing Us (and his supporters among the Official Jews) has made quite a career out of “investigating” “white supremacist” websites, and shutting them down.

(Then the Canadian government celebrates this abuse of your tax dollars by… reposting all the “offensive” material on a Government of Canada website!)

These websites are usually just a handful of “basement Nazis,” talking about immigrants the same way my ancestors once did around the card table, not thirty years ago, without fear of fine or detention.

Occasionally, time moves in the other direction, as it were. That is, when those “white supremacist” websites that don’t get shut down (because they’re American) write about things denounced as shocking, dangerous lies… that years later, get posted matter of factly at mainstream websites.

So, as I’ve written before, throughout the 1990s, one only encountered conversations about Martin Luther King’s plagiarism and adultery on these “racist” websites.

Today, these facts are considered common knowledge.

The same thing seems to have occurred with “the ruins of Detroit.”

Last year it became trendy to post photos of all the decrepit buildings in Detroit.

Hipster liberals called it “urban archaeology,” and posted the photos because they are attracted to misanthropic decay. Oh, and the buildings symbolize “capitalism” or something.

Conservatives posted these pictures as an object lesson in the logical conclusion of Democratic rule.

That latter argument was made most recently by Thomas Lifson at American Thinker.  

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Yawn:

Among the attendees today, James Clark, Ali Mallah, Jenny Peto, Khaled Mouammar, David McNally, Palestine House and Zafar Bangash.

And the 9/11 truthers.

Photos here. Video to follow.

At least Ali Mallah didn’t attack my husband today, even though they were eye to eye, so there’s that.

I had to control myself when a friend interviewed a semi-street kid with cocker spaniel hair, carrying a sign against “all dictators,” but with Imadinnerjacket’s face torn out because his new Muslim “friends” had explained to him that the leader of Iran wasn’t a dictator. This kid very calmly and politely told my friend that for thousands of years, the world had been run by the “MO-ssad” and the “Zi-ON-ists (oh, and the Masons.)

Remember: “democracy” is the new code word for “revolution.” Don’t be fooled by this b.s.

PS: what kinds of savages destroy their own national treasures? Oh, right: Muslims! They don’t approve of them thar pagan idols, see?

(Wow, can you imagine if they’d had lots of Muslims in New Orleans? That would’ve been awesome.)

UPDATE: I love that Jenny Peto is standing under a billboard that reads “HAVE CHRONIC PROBLEM”

I missed this:

This strange armoured-type vehicle was parked next to the rally. There were no people in the front seat. A police officer spoke to someone in the back of the vehicle through a circular opening and said they couldn’t stay there.

Very strange.

I hate Entourage. I like “guy” stuff, but those are idiot guys. It’s like Jackass with rich people.

Two of the cast (or something — I don’t care) were Adam Carolla’s guests today. I thought it was just my “actors are stupid boring pretentious liberal stoner douchbags” prejudice kicking in, but then I read the comments. They were the only thing that redeemed the show.

Palette cleanser required — Here’s Carolla complaining about the lack of black criminals in home security commercials:

“I’m A Feminist, But I Think I Want To Date A More Traditional Dude”

And it does all come down to sex, doesn’t it? How we feel outside the bedroom directly impacts how we feel inside the bedroom. It is no secret that I have a spanking fetish and prefer to be with sexually dominant men, that I get off on not being the aggressor and not being in charge. I was a gender studies student.

“I am well aware that ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ are constructions, but for the sake of conversation, let’s assume they do exist.“ (…)

The older I get, the more I feel as though I don’t just want that dynamic entwined in the bedsheets—I want it in day-to-day life.

As you can imagine, I feel a lot of guilt for wanting this. Is it OK for me to be a feminist who believes women are strong and powerful, but to also want to feel protected by a guy? Is it wrong for me to want to feel taken care of? Do I just think there’s still an equal balance of power but really I’m deluding myself? Aren’t I being a hypocrite?

When I parse this out intellectually—and I have spent a lot of time doing so over the years—I know that it’s not. I believe it can work. But I also think I’ll have to be really judicious about finding a guy whose on the same page as me. I don’t suspect it will be easy to find.  

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