Via Neal Boortz  […]  We’re going to talk about elephants. Not the GOP kind of elephant, but actual big-eared lumbering wild African elephants (loxodonta Africana) living in Africa, as African elephants are predisposed to do.

These particular elephants are living in the Amboseli National Park in Kenya, where they have been the subjects of some rather extensive studies by people who extensively study elephants. I learned of the results of these studies reading an article by Virginia Morell of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Let’s get to the (elephant) meat of this study.

The elephants in question are living in close proximity to two different African tribes; the Maasai and the Kamba. The men from these tribes differ in dress, language, and, more importantly, how they treat the elephants. Maasai men sometimes kill the elephants. It seems the Maasai don’t particularly appreciate the elephants attacking Maasai tribesmen and their cows. The Kamba men, on the other hand, are gentle farmers who live among, but do not threaten, the elephants. Perhaps they don’t own cows. (more…)

At a meeting held in New Hampshire to address parent’s unhappiness and push back against the “Common Core” curriculum, the meeting opened with a “moderator” setting the stage for the idea that parents who oppose “Common Core” have a hidden (racist) agenda and their concerns about Common Core are unfounded, unreasonable and worthy of dismissal:

“Every teacher that’s using it, is basically saying, this is inspiring …people who are actually using it, like it, again, in terms of local control, you still have local control, if you want higher standards, if that is your genuine point (emphasis mine), then you can go ahead and do the higher standards and the process was indeed entirely transparent…

A teacher who drafted the standards starts to speak:

“I’m not being paid to be here, either. I’m just a teacher who helped write the standards.  And the reason I helped write the standards, and why I am here today, is that I as a white male in society, I am given a lot of privilege that I didn’t earn.

(crowd murmurs disagreement….) (more…)

Video surveillance of a shooting on May 24, 2014, at the Fountainbleau Inn at 701 Flagg St., was released by Myrtle Beach police to identify the suspect, a man in a white tank top and black shorts.

Police ask that anyone who can identify the suspect(s) in the video, or who witnessed the Memorial Day weekend shooting, or anyone who has cellphone video to email [email protected] or call 918-1382.

(more…)

[Transcript From Video by Sundance]

…” We will continue from this point on, til’ next year, to try and come up with a way to solve the problems that we have.  Because you’re right, I see it wasn’t safe, we were held hostage”. 

   (more…)

The caged bird isn’t singing no more…  (dead at 86)

Summary of life’s pinnacle accomplishment – HERE –

By now you have probably seen the outline and research we have assembled around the Myrtle Beach Massacre and Black Bike Week.

The reason we have continued to follow the story as it unfolds is because the event and consequences show a great example of how paralyzed a community can become when it allows fear to drive political correctness.

In addition, how the local government is responding is a case study in cultural fear and fear of the racist labeling.  In this specific case Myrtle Beach is also afraid of the NAACP because they have a previous history of being sued by them.

The local city government is willing to pay vast sums of taxpayer money just to avoid confronting the root of the weekend violence.   The violence is ironically created by, and enhanced by, their own avoidance policies.    Subsequently the entire community is subjected to violence because they are caught in a catch-22 of political correctness.

To that end during a North Myrtle Beach City Council Meeting held 5/27/14 the local city council came prepared to fight the reality of the citizens angst with a litany of PC statistics to support their position.

The city council quickly coordinated their defense within hours of the Memorial Day holiday ending.   Literally within hours.   At 2pm the day after Memorial Day the local government was ready to defend themselves with charts and statistics, as if they already knew what to expect and were preparing in advance for the ire of the victims.  Hmmmm? (more…)

Just as the national media is censoring the violence at Black Bike Week in Myrtle Beach, so too they are censoring violence at Black Beach Weekend in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

The event is officially called “Urban Beach Week,” and unofficially referred to as “Black Beach Week”.   The Facebook page is HERE and the website for Urban Beach Week is HERE.

As you may have noted in a few disingenuous media articles – Miami was prepared for the event.  Consequently it seems some of the annual chaos shifted North to Fort Lauderdale.

Miami police arrested 225 people in connection with the 2014 event.  The drop in arrests in/around Miami was offset by the increase in arrests in Fort Lauderdale.  (more…)

HatTip WeaselZippers – (Via The Hill) Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has been placed on the ballot for re-election by a federal district judge in spite of universal agreement that he didn’t meet the plain-language election filing requirements.

Judge Matthew Leitman ordered that Conyers be put back on the August ballot last week after the Michigan secretary of state had denied the congressman’s appeal earlier in the day.

The dispute stems from the failure of Conyers — who has been in Congress for almost 50 years — to submit enough petition signatures to qualify for the ballot under Michigan law. No one disputes that Conyers did not meet the legal requirements to be on the ballot, but Leitman ruled that “There is evidence that their failure to comply with the Registration Statute was the result of good faith mistakes and that they believed they were in compliance with the statute.” (more…)

We’ll continue to look for specific information from the meeting.    In the interim here’s a brief video to show you the level of resident interest:

Politically correct local media report – CLICK HERE

“Dozens of people turned out for the Myrtle Beach City Council meeting Tuesday afternoon after a violent weekend. Citizens will be able to comment and it’s expected to be Bike Fest Violence dominating the Public comments. The meeting is being held at the Ted C. Collins Law Enforcement Center in Myrtle Beach”.  (link)

“Dozens” ?   Gee, how generous (/sarc)… move along, move along.. nothing to see here folks… nothing to see… move along, move along.

Myrtle Beach ain’t got nothing on Miami Beach and Clearwater Beach, except for the lack of massive law enforcement.     Apparently there’s a commonality…. 

Beach Blanket Bang-bro’s

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Fort Lauderdale police believe hundreds of young people made their way to the beach for one reason this Memorial Day, to cause trouble.

Police described a volatile scene Monday night as they had to arrest dozens of people that were part of unruly crowds.    Two separate incidents late Monday afternoon kept officers busy. One scene was near the area of 31st Avenue and West Broward Boulevard.

The other was near the beach close to A1A.  Police said around 5 o’clock in the afternoon, hundreds of young people made their way to the beach for one reason this Memorial Day, to cause trouble.

Fort Lauderdale Police were in riot gear as a large crowd of young people moved through A1A reportedly causing mayhem. (more…)