The Conservative Cave

Currently dancing with a frog to a New Orleans style jazz band.

Sounds a little like a grace slick song

I wonder if he saw Alice when she’s just small

Where Black Americans worship shapes their politics, and the data show the cost. The losses run in two directions: White congregations convert Black members to Republicanism, while multiracial congregations pull them out of partisan politics altogether. The mechanism is not diversity itself—it is who holds power inside those congregations.

Maybe when they worship with white congregations, they see that white Republicans are not evil and insane, as Democrats would have them believe.

Hey, at least the guy admits that his real concern is people leaving the Democratic Party.

Rutgers scholar opposes integrated churches because black people may vote Republican

https://www.thecollegefix.com/rutgers-scholar-opposes-integrated-churches-because-black-people-may-vote-republican/

Black people should mainly attend churches with just other black people so that they keep voting Democrat, according to a Rutgers University professor.

Professor Ryon Cobb argues “while 84% of Black adults identify as Democrat or lean Democratic, that number hides what congregational diversity costs Black politics.”

“Among Black nondenominational Protestants, that figure drops to nearly 60%, with one in three calling themselves independents,” Cobb wrote in an essay for the Brookings Institution.

Cobb, an “inclusive excellence in research” scholar considers it a “loss” when black people vote Republican.

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Where Black Americans worship shapes their politics, and the data show the cost. The losses run in two directions: White congregations convert Black members to Republicanism, while multiracial congregations pull them out of partisan politics altogether. The mechanism is not diversity itself—it is who holds power inside those congregations.

Ummmmmm, blacks are intelligent people, and are not sheep. OTOH, there is no one trying to forcibly coerce blacks - or anyone else - to "Republicanism" ... nor for who or what to vote. It's not something Cobb is likely to recognize as such, but churches use their teaching occasions and opportunities for things much more important than partisan politics du jour. In the real world Lib/Prog politics has been increasing "invaded" moral matter that have been church teaching since approximately 30 AD.

That said, I can understand why Cobb would find it disturbing that blacks attending multi-ethnic churches see that whites don't hate them and don't want to "keep blacks down". Reality contradicts his narrative, and he's too arrogant and hate-filled to admit being wrong.

Nike Plans Job Cuts, Global Operations Overhaul Amid Weak Sales Outlook/b]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/nike-plans-job-cuts-global-operations-overhaul-amid-weak-sales-outlook-6098789?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport&src_src=partner&src_cmp=BonginoReport

Schadenboner alert!!! Schadenboner alert!!! Nike lost me when they backed Kaep's tantrum. I finished using the Nikes I had (which needed after-market insoles to prevent plantar fasciitis, my purchase mistake) and switched to Hoka or the New Balance "Fresh Foam" series. Meanwhile Nike kept making socio-political "statements" - e.g Dylan Mulvaney, who AFAIK is nothing athletic - that alienated existing and potential customers of differing socio-political views ... like me. Nike makes good running and trail shoes; so do Hoka, Brooks, Saucony, New Balance, Salomon, Mizuno, Adidas, Puma, On, Under Armor, ......

The past two Saturdays I did a 5K benefiting a local JC, and a (5k &) 10K benefiting a local city's parks and recreation department. Different types of running event attract runners of varying abilities and habits. Trail runs, especially hilly ones, attract competitive runners and those who do such events frequently. Community events like these two attract a wide range of participants - supporters of ______, teens and younger, gran & gramps, competitive & casual runners. So, a wide variety of tastes in equipment, from on-sale-at-Kohl's to running store top-end.

Being a bit geekasoid, I noticed how frequently I saw which shoe brands. Most frequent were Hoka, Brooks, ASICS, Adidas, and New Balance. Least were Saucony and On, with Nike being a bit more popular than those two brands.

Whatever Nike is doing wrong or poorly, Hoka, Brooks, and ASICS are not household-familiar brand names, but they are getting their "message" to runners, from competitive to casual, and their shoes are NOT cheap (price or quality). Hoka also seems to have gotten visibility more widely with people who want or need REALLY comfortable shoes. Nike's socio-political antics have probably cost Nike some customers, but I think Nike had a broader lack of focus, probably with laziness frosting.

There Was Another Hero During Oregon School Shooting, and We Have Questions

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/10/17/there-was-yet-another-hero-during-oregon-school-shooting-and-we-have-questions-n4958424

When the shots rang out at Silver Rail Elementary in the Central Oregon town of Bend, the 6'0" tall 16-year-old, for some reason, went back to the special ed classroom where he spent time as a student and blasted children and a teacher with a shotgun. He killed four and shot a sweet girl in the face who was confined to a wheelchair. She's still fighting for her life in a Bend hospital — along with others.

A father of two students, who had no idea if his own babies were alive or dead, followed that sick person into the school and ended him. That's a good thing. As tragic as this is, I'm glad that sick dog is out of the gene pool.
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As Kaylub Giamanco followed the gunman, or as ABC News calls him, a "boy" — a  6-foot "boy" reportedly weighing in at a buck-40 — otherwise known as my goal weight — an as-yet unidentified teacher had jumped that sick dog of a human and was attempting to wrest away his shotgun.

Giamanco ended the teacher's struggle with the killer.

Both are heroes. But she would have been a dead hero if that good dad with the gun hadn't shown up to END THE THREAT — something that would have been tough against even a lightweight who likely had a height advantage. ...

What an incredibly brave thing she did. There isn't punctuation enough to impart my unbridled and unabashed respect for that lady. You go, girl, doesn't begin to cover it. She's a damned hero. I honor her.

That teacher, in the timeline sense, ended the killer-scum's spree, but without Giamanco that probably would have been just a pause.

Shooting a wheelchair-bound child in the face ... what a sick monster.