The Asch conformity experiments (1951-1956) people conform for two main reasons: they want to fit in with the group and because they believe the group is more informed than they are [read more: buff.ly/3AMy8GY]

The New York Times actually has the nerve to support calls for genocide! If ever there was a time to cancel that publication, it is now. You can read their articles for free anyway using removepaywall.com.

Here is how this looks with 1998 removed, which was such an outliner election. A bit easier to see the breakup really started in 1990 and has continued to widen.

I can’t believe this place survives in this environment. This woman should run for mayor. Grit.

Stockholm Syndrome.

MultCoClowns think spending money is the goal instead of helping people get on their feet.

Worst renaissance eva! nytimes.com/2023/08/08/opi…

In New Mexico you can drive east on Route 66 and hit a rumble strip that plays "America the Beautiful" if you drive at the speed limit, 45 mph, turning the wheels of your car into a phonograph [read more: buff.ly/3qqZOQE]

I remember when Progressives cared about the environment, now they just care about “the climate”

What an absolute mess thelundreport.org/content/measur…

Bidenomics “The data so far this year are up roughly 11% from 2022, a sharp jump that would represent by far the biggest recorded increase since the government started tracking comparable numbers” wsj.com/articles/homel…

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Portland Fire responded to a 15-month-old overdosing and choking on tinfoil last Friday on Hawthorne. Portland Fire & Rescue saved the child but this is a horrific reminder of how the drug crisis is destroying our community. We need State Legislature to address hard drug use. It is also time

The Hard Left will pretend this is all just “vibes”

It’s The Left that changed.

All you need to know about @DAMikeSchmidt is to compare the 2020 screenshot of his election webpage to the 2024 version. All the urgency for addressing the explosion in “crime”, “crime” and “crime victims” happened on his watch. Vote this failure out!

At TGS this week John McWhorter and I discuss Ibram Kendi's anti-racism research at Boston Univ. I contrast that fraudulent enterprise with the Institute on Race that I directed at BU 25 years ago. The post-George Floyd corruption of so many universities has been breathtaking.

oregonlive.com/crime/2023/10/… “McNett told a detective he stole about 160 vehicles in the last several years” Ok so assuming over three years, that’s about one a week. So how much do you make off each car? I have not a clue.

I can’t believe I just heard people cheering the firing of rockets at civilians, these people are fucking crazy.

This is the Hard Left in PDX.