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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Liz Cheney Lands Position at UVA
2023-03-04
[NYPost, hat tip Epoch Times] Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has accepted an appointment to serve as a professor at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, the school announced on Wednesday.

"I look forward to working with students and colleagues at the Center to advance the important work they and others at the University of Virginia are doing to improve the health of democracy here and around the world," Cheney said in a press release.

"There are many threats facing our system of government and I hope my work with the Center for Politics and the broader community at the University of Virginia will contribute to finding lasting solutions that not only preserve but strengthen our democracy," she added.

Her duties as "Professor of Practice" at the Charlottesville, Va., institution will include giving university-wide lectures, serving as a guest lecturer in student seminars and participating in research.

"Our students will have an incredible opportunity to learn from Liz Cheney, who has fiercely defended democracy as part of a distinguished career. I’m delighted that she has chosen the University of Virginia and the Center for Politics as a next step, and I very much look forward to working with her," UVA President Jim Ryan said in a statement.
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Posted by:Bobby

#75  That, there, is a case how stating the truth infuriates people.

M. dear, you know I adore you, but you started this deliberately.

My personal preference is for a big tent here. “No True Conservatives” is an endlessly shrinking set. We all come from different backgrounds and by different pathways, and sometimes draw different conclusions as a result.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-03-04 22:16  

#74  "But I don't want to think I'm a slut!"
/Kung Pow
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 19:19  

#73  I keep checking back to see if anyone said something funny about Cheney.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-04 19:02  

#72  Boss said knock it off.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 18:37  

#71  Coming from the guy who deletes his own comments (and others).
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed   2023-03-04 18:32  

#70  It'd be all glass houses if I compared early Frank G comments (Ca: 2001- til I got a bit smarter) to anybody else's
Posted by: Frank G   2023-03-04 18:19  

#69  Instapundit's a no-go, right? Perhaps...reflect?
Posted by: Frank G   2023-03-04 18:16  

#68  This site deserves better. Maybe i should leave.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 18:08  

#67  Never. Somebody on the internet is always wrong.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 18:06  

#66  Everyone done?
Posted by: Frank G   2023-03-04 18:01  

#65  Selective capitalization isn't grammar, ace.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 17:58  

#64  Properly, Big Man on Campus, if you could communicate grammatically.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 17:55  

#63  Big man on campus says big things.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 17:09  

#62  #40 isn't wrong.

What you doing about it?
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 17:08  

#61  He's still fellating Jamie Pethoukoukis and giving Mickey Kaus a reach around too.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 17:05  

#60  #40 isn't wrong.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 17:00  

#59  World's most overrated blogger thought Jake Tapper was the real deal too.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 17:00  

#58  People who like the world's most overrated blogger still high on Walter Russell Mead?
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 16:55  

#57  Zeihan must be right because you want him to be. Meacham must be right because you want him to be.

See the problem?
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 16:52  

#56  A retard saying stuff you want to hear is still a retard.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 16:38  

#55  Please, please, B, do better than that babble at #40. That's idiocy.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 16:36  

#54  /\ Three to five years after you're gone, the flowers stop. Ten years after that, no one remembers you. Ten years after that you're in the old section of the cemetery.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-04 16:32  

#53  Oh, for Gawd's sake...

Say it with me: The graveyards are full of indespensibe men.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 16:29  

#52  Excellent cmnt string. Ima taking #40 for the touchdown.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-04 16:29  

#51  The loss of Johnston was devastating, but I'm not sure even his leadership would have overcome The Unionist's navy's ability to maneuver. Navy and control of water just gives too many options.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 16:15  

#50  Agh. Beer me.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 16:04  

#49  That scene in Blackhawk Down makes me smell things.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 15:59  

#48  "I saw a teevee show. It made me specops."

Fuckin goddam ow...
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 15:59  

#47  The episode where the West Point kid wants to go on patrol reminds me of the surgery scene from Blackhawk Down where they couldn’t clamp the artery. It is traumatic to watch.

"The Last Patrol", I believe it is, is absolutely maddening.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 15:54  

#46  OK, child. You have all the answers. Why is the world such a mess?
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 15:31  

#45  Whatever we have right now is what most people want. Some want it actively, most just don't care. It's not the careful effort of a small cabal.

But you want my remans desecrated because i don't agree with you.

F O A D
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 15:18  

#44  I'm disappointed in myself that I cared you insulted me, Snowy.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 15:03  

#43  Know what. Everything happening now is what the majority wants, or doesn't not want enough to stop it.

Talk to them.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 15:01  

#42  The episode where the West Point kid wants to go on patrol reminds me of the surgery scene from Blackhawk Down where they couldn’t clamp the artery. It is traumatic to watch.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-04 15:00  

#41  Yeah, yeah. The neocon sales pitch.

Get some help.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 14:59  

#40  You still don’t get it.

This isn’t about the Confederacy. Or Lee. Any more than it’s about Trotsky or Goldstein.

The totalitarians are here. They’ve racked up a multi million body count since Jan 2020. They’re not going to give a fuck who you denounced , whether it’s Lee or Goldstein or Trump or etc.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2023-03-04 14:53  

#39  Try being a "human being" and an "honest person." Turns out neither are tied to a spot on a map.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 14:14  

#38  Lots of "southern manners" are about getting to talk shit and avoid a duel.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 14:04  

#37  Lets big talkers off the hook.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 13:54  

#36  Amen
Posted by: Frank G   2023-03-04 13:37  

#35  Great advice.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 13:35  

#34  Years ago my grandfather told me two solid pieces of advice: ..."never mistake good manners as synonymous for castration" and "don't pick a fight if all you are going to do is talk". Some how it came to mind reading all this.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-03-04 13:13  

#33  Stranix when they flooded the fo'castle of the Missouri where all the sailors were trapped: "Well, I'd say discipline is just out the window here."
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 13:01  

#32  "Crossroads" is a textbook gem of cinema.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 12:56  

#31  And the next person calls me "son" better listen for the helicopter.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 12:56  

#30  Arguments change over time. Doctors loved leeches until they didn't. Today we see the mask and vaxx orthodoxy change in a flash.

If you're still fighting "the war between the states" you maybe need a new context.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 12:52  

#29  It reminds me of melee on the Band of Brothers transport ship that was touched off by an opinion on Capt Sobel that everybody hated.

Just watched that series recently; amazing how well it has held up over the years. I'd even say improved with age.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 12:50  

#28  Attention people still flying the Confederate Flag. Comment #11 is how you lose people.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 12:39  

#27  Amazing how many people still wish the USA ended up a super-sized South Africa.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 12:32  

#26  I came to make fun of the fact that Liz was finally having to buy VA plates, but instead I witnessed a Waffle House fistfight about the Civil War. It reminds me of melee on the Band of Brothers transport ship that was touched off by an opinion on Capt Sobel that everybody hated.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-04 12:25  

#25  I don't think anyone knew it at the time, but the Confederate States lost at Shiloh, but only due to The Union's superior navy.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-04 12:11  

#24  That "son" thing chaps my ass. I get why black men don't like being called "boy."
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 11:46  

#23  This is where "conservativism" is these days. If you think Ron DeSantis is OK, you are an "establishment shill."

So, why would I want to be party to your "discussion?"
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 11:31  

#22  #17, lots of people militantly ignored Lee's example.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 11:13  

#21  I'd recommend a welfare check but it's none of my business.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 11:12  

#20  No, the bad feelings floating around this thread predate Liz Cheney by more than a century and a half.

Some people need some perspective at this point.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 11:11  

#19  The traitorous bureaucrat rulers of this country have killed a lot more people than the whole Civil War did in the last three years, _and they're not done_.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2023-03-04 11:10  

#18  Liz appears to have poisoned the air this morning!
Posted by: Bobby   2023-03-04 11:07  

#17  Lee should be honored because of what he did in the post-Civil War period. The situation could have degenerated into generational long active guerilla war. Lee however set the example by his action of 'enough is enough'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-03-04 11:02  

#16  Well. You sure read a lot into what I said.

Enjoy.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-04 10:53  

#15  Me? You're the one, out of one side of your mouth, worshipping The Establishment that's going to destroy you, even as you try to balance out the other side of it.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2023-03-04 10:49  

#14  And don't address me as "son." I came from better than you.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-04 10:48  

#13  Nice, Snowy. Glad you have no control over my life. Maybe you should have waited for my follow-up comment.

Fuck off.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 10:40  

#12  He was an honorable man who fought for his cause. I have only respect for him, and for a long gone country that respected him enough to not execute him.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 10:38  

#11  
That, there, is a case how stating the truth infuriates people.

Son, when they dump your ashes in a cement mixer and make a parking lot for the Eunuchs they're making their new future out of they're going to say you're a loser who shouldn't have lost if he didn't like this. If Orwell couldn't get any mercy from the communists in _Homage to Catalonia_ you're not going to get any mercy from The Science.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2023-03-04 10:37  

#10  /\ True, but some might say we all "lost". Again, some might say that. Something of an early "state's rights" advocate I suppose. It was a popular movement in what we know today as.... Red States.

Yes, that would be where today's great American migration appears to be headed. Could be the warmer weather and longer golf season. I suppose we'll have to draw our own conclusions.

Digression ended.


Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-04 10:36  

#9  Lee lost. He got what losers get. He got off easy actually.

That, there, is a case how stating the truth infuriates people.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-03-04 10:24  

#8  /\ Lee attempted to prevent the conversion. In the end however, his farm was turned into a cemetery and he lost nearly everything. He ended up having to go back to work at a college.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-04 10:17  

#7  Look at it this way, with her leaving Wyoming, the average IQ will go up a few tenths of a percentage point and the air will be cleaner. As for Virginia, they are no longer considered a southern state and are welcome to keep things such as Liz 'Super RINO' Cheney.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2023-03-04 10:13  

#6  Acadamy Deepstate Industrial complex / conveyor belt.
Posted by: AlanC   2023-03-04 10:11  

#5  That this louse is back in Virginia is no coincidence.

In any case, shame on Univ. of VA.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-03-04 08:58  

#4  That is a big change from her Wyoming cowboyish lifestyle. Rural Virginia will likely feel claustrophobic after all the time living her rugged pioneer existence that epitomized American individualism. Maybe she needed a more centralized HQ for her upcoming presidential bid, but what a sacrifice.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-04 08:54  

#3  /\ Yes, the trail appears to lead to the usual MO.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-04 08:39  

#2  She's still a Republican (nominally) in a progressive hellhole. She will get the no longer useful treatment.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-04 08:37  

#1  Another money laundering gig. Will she show up to teach as much as Biden, Clinton…. Did?
Posted by: Airandee   2023-03-04 08:36  

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