90 Miles From Tyranny

Thursday, March 5, 2020

The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #917

You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?

It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,

from the beautiful to the repugnant,

from the mysterious to the familiar.

If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,

you could be inspired, you could be appalled.

This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.

You have been warned.

When Backasswardness Is Not Obvious To Leftists...

Credibility of European Court of Human Rights lies in ruins after judges’ links to Soros revealed

A study by the European Center for Law and Justice in Strasbourg has revealed several conflicts of interest between judges at the European Court of Human Rights and NGOs funded by George Soros.

The European Center for Law and Justice is an NGO which often appears at the court to campaign on social, family and religion-related issues. I am proud to be listed as a research fellow at the ECLJ but in reality I have written only one article for the center’s website and I receive no salary from it. I had no role in writing the report.

The study has found that, out of the 100 judges who have served on the bench of the European Court of Human Rights in the period 2009-2019, nearly a quarter (22) have strong links to George Soros’ Open Society Foundation or to NGOs like Amnesty International and others which are funded by it. Human Rights Watch, for instance, has received $100 million from the Open Society Foundation since 2010.

Some of the NGOs receive so much of their budget from Soros that they are in effect wholly owned subsidiaries of his foundation.

The links between the judges and the NGOs are substantial. They include working for years as members of the board of directors or executive council of these NGOs; having teaching posts at institutes funded by them; being a salaried director of programs for the Open Society Foundation or associated NGOs; and undertaking other forms of paid work for them. The full list of these links can be found on pages seven and eight of the report.

A good example is that of...

It's Not Just The Bourgeoisie That's Gonna Get Screwed In This One...

New Tom Cotton Ad Targets Rise of Socialism in Democratic Party

Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) released a new advertisement Wednesday raising alarm about the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party, offering a preview of Republican messaging should Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) emerge as the party's presidential nominee.

The ad argues that the current surge toward socialism will strip Americans of economic freedom and social stability.

"They fought and sacrificed to keep us free," the ad opens, with images of U.S. servicemen. "But now socialism has taken over the Democratic Party. Socialism has devastated countries like Cuba and Venezuela."

The ad ties Sanders to socialist dictators around the world, a likely tactic for Republicans to adopt during the 2020 presidential campaign. Cotton said far-left policies advocated by Sanders are now embraced by...

...And Bloomberg Who Pays For Things To Happen...

Trump Deranged Blue Checkmarks Get Punked By Obviously Fake Coronavirus

A few days ago, a parody account that writes parody tweets put out an obvious parody of a Lindsay Graham statement.

The joke, such as it is, is not subtle. Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., who went from mocking President Trump to generally supporting him, now claims that President Trump knows more than expert scientists, hardy har har har har har.

I don’t mean to be rude, but if you can’t tell this is a joke, you have a serious problem. Either you are deluded by irrational Trump hatred, or you are a weak victim of the daily barrage of propaganda that comes out from anti-Trump corporate media. Neither is particularly flattering.

So I was shocked to see how many people fell for it.

This morning, a NeverTrump activist was retweeted by another professional NeverTrump activist in the media named Stuart Stevens. Their take:

Not only did they believe this obviously fake quote was real. They believed it showed, as everything they believe shows, the corruption and moral rot of people who have not joined their anti-Trumpist brigade. “Look what has happened to your party,” our moral betters who can’t reason particularly...