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Example #4176 A discount for the right skin color By Jeff Jacoby It was the week of the Martin Luther King holiday, and the public library in Germantown, Md., was gearing up to host MoComCon, the annual Montgomery County Comic Convention. The day-long event celebrates "comics, graphic novels, and fandoms," according to the MoComCon website. It includes cosplay contests, kids' crafts, anime viewing, a dance party, Pokémon trivia, and "Superhero Storytime." And, of course, plenty of space for vendors to market their comic-related wares. Looking through the convention website, reporter Mallory Wilson of The Washington Times discovered something: Vendors were being charged "different prices based on race and gender, with the highest prices reserved for businesses run by white men." For a 6-foot table with two chairs and access to electricity, the website listed a rate of $325. But if the application was from a "woman- or minority-owned business," the charge dropped to $250. When Wilson asked about the disparity, a Montgomery County spokesperson defended it. The pricing differential, she said, was intended to make the convention "as inclusive as possible" and to boost vendors who were "focused on trying to reach minority, Black, and brown communities." The executive director of Friends of the Library, the chief sponsor of MoComCon, approved as well. Charging different fees based on sex and skin color, Ari Z. Brooks told the Times, "reflects our joint commitment to promote inclusivity in library programming." A vendor at a comic convention. (John Tlumacki/Boston Globe) Except that there is nothing "inclusive" about penalizing or rewarding people on the basis of their race and gender. Nor is there anything ethical about it. Nor is there anything legal about it. https://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby012424.php

Kamala Harris and the awful truth about her White House amateur hour There's a popular game in Washington, as the 2024 election gets underway. How do you solve a problem like Kamala? By Charlie Spiering https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kamala-harris-awful-truth-white-house-amateur-hour

Ukrainian-born Japanese woman sparks debate after being crowned Miss Japan Carolina Shiino, whose both parents were Ukrainian, arrived in Japan at age of five

HAVE YOU TRIED JUST ONCE NOT VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS? Black Chicago Democrats in Open Revolt Against the Party Over Migrant Crisis. https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/01/23/black-chicago-democrats-in-open-revolt-against-the-party-over-migrant-crisis-n4925756

I don't see how "Steve Garvey became a punchline." by Ann Althouse I'm reading "How Steve Garvey became a punchline at the first California Senate debate/The Republican and former Dodger was an easy target for House Democrats on Monday night" at Politico. And I'm watching the full debate.... I don't see anything to laugh at. Start at 36:34 to see Adam Schiff pressure him to say whether he'll vote for Donald Trump. Garvey stays perfectly calm and speaks rationally, even as he deprives his opponents of a video clip of him saying that he'll vote for Trump. And notice how the moderator breaks in repeatedly as he's answering. He never loses his cool. He seems to have studied and adopted the demeanor of Ronald Reagan. By the way, Politico credits Katie Porter with delivering a "zinger," when she said "What they say is true: Once a Dodger, always a Dodger." But Dodger fans won't want to hear their team name used as an insult. Anyway, there were lots of references to baseball, including from Garvey. https://althouse.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-dont-see-how-steve-garvey-became.html https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/23/steve-garvey-ca-senate-debate-punchline-00137143 I am sure that Politico had this "review" written before the actual debate. .

"I gotta tell you guys, I went to a Donald Trump rally a couple of nights ago.... Met probably 50 Trump people waiting in line." "Every single one of them: thoughtful, hospitable, friendly. All of them so frustrated that they feel nobody is listening to them, except Donald Trump. A diverse crowd, people that have never been to a Trump event before. My party is completely delusional right now!" Said Dean Phillips, a Democratic Party candidate for President (who got 19.6% of the vote on the Democratic side of the New Hampshire primary). I love this. This is what Democrats need to do, not spend the next 9 months expressing contempt for what might be half of their fellow citizens. https://althouse.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-gotta-tell-you-guys-i-went-to-donald.html

No hiding it anymore. WHO head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declares war on meat and traditional agriculture, in the name of fighting "climate change": "Our food systems are harming the health of people and planet. Food systems contribute to over 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, and account for almost one third of the global burden of disease." "Transforming food systems is therefore essential, by shifting towards healthier, diversified and more plant based diets." Anyone remember electing this clown to dictate what kind of agriculture and diets are permissible? Nope, me neither.

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January 6: the bombs that weren't? By Mike McDaniel https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/january_6_the_bombs_that_werent.html .

South Carolina probably won’t save Nikki Haley The long, ugly slog to next month’s contest may not change the race. Haley’s stronger-than-expected performance in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary held Trump’s victory to just over 10 points, keeping alive her dim hopes of toppling the former president. And those slim chances now hinge on a come-from-behind victory in her home state next month. Others don’t believe it. Even as Haley is framing the race as just beginning, both parties are anointing Trump as the GOP nominee. President Joe Biden said Tuesday night it was “clear” that Trump would be his general-election opponent, and Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel called Trump “our eventual nominee” in an interview on Fox News Channel. But New Hampshire is essentially the friendliest territory Haley can expect — an electorate swarmed by moderates and independents on Tuesday — and it only gets harder from here. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/24/south-carolina-nikki-haley-00137513

I'm starting to think that Fani may care more about herself than seeking "justice"

And the crowd cheered. I don’t care how much they got paid to be there, you can’t cheer that.

Hamas has refused. Probably because most of their hostages are dead. .

Federal Appeals Court Slams FBI’s Actions In Security Deposit Box Raid Ninth Circuit panel unanimously orders FBI to destroy records it created during searches of US Private Vaults boxes This morning, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously ruled against the government in a long-running class action lawsuit from the Institute for Justice (IJ) on behalf of people who rented security deposit boxes at US Private Vaults. The decision slammed the FBI for overstepping its authority when it opened up hundreds of renters’ boxes, conducted criminal searches of them all, and attempted to permanently keep everything in the boxes worth more than $5,000, all without charging any box renter with a crime. “Today’s opinion draws a line in the sand, to ensure something like this never happens again,” said IJ Senior Attorney Rob Johnson. “If this had come out the other way, the government could have exported this raid as a model across the country. Now, the government is on notice its actions violated the Fourth Amendment.” Judge Milan D. Smith, writing for the court, likened the FBI’s actions to the abuses that motivated the Bill of Rights: “[T]he government failed to explain why applying the inventory exception to this case would not open the door to the kinds of ‘writs of assistance’ the British authorities used prior to the Founding to conduct limitless searches of an individual’s personal belongings. It was those very abuses of power, after all, that led to adoption of the Fourth Amendment in the first place.” </snip> For years, the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) insisted that they did nothing wrong at US Private Vaults. Even though the warrant authorizing the raid only permitted the FBI to open boxes to identify their owners and safeguard the contents, agents rummaged through hundreds of boxes, ran currency they found in front of drug sniffing dogs, and made copies of people’s most personal records. The DOJ then filed a massive administrative forfeiture claim to take more than $100 million in cash and other valuables, again, without charging any individual with a crime. “The government promised the magistrate that it would not conduct a criminal search or seizure of the boxes,” said IJ Senior Attorney Robert Frommer. “After years of litigation, today’s opinion shows that not to be true. The government lied to justify its forfeiture scheme, and in the end the lie was its undoing.” https://ij.org/press-release/federal-appeals-court-slams-fbis-actions-in-security-deposit-box-raid/ .

FYI: DC Tom is still posting over on the adult board (under a different name)

Joe posts about the most important thing about the story. . . . . . . . . . as usual.

He does.

Like the DC establishment here, he will try to just ignore the ruling. .