April 17, 2018
Scooter Libby pardon shows Donald Trump understands Mueller is not about justice, but about getting scalps
This from Americans for Limited Government:
Printus LeBlanc
Printus LeBlanc
If you couldn’t tell by the collective gasp from Washington D.C., late last week President Donald Trump pardoned an innocent man, Scooter Libby. The mainstream media went crazy believing the pardon was a signal to the current Special Counsel Robert Mueller, letting him know he will pardon anyone he prosecutes. What is more important is Trump’s pardon rights a wrong. Scooter Libby was caught up in the net of an overzealous Special Counsel that showed no interest in getting to the truth, sound familiar.
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Perversions and Phobias in Congress
Fay Voshell
Good article: The Perversion of America
A quick pastiche:
America has become perverted, in the original 14th-century sense of the word, having turned away from the doctrines on which the nation was founded. We have worshipped other gods — "diversity†and "inclusion†chief among them — and the Supreme Court itself has "endorsed… an alternative lifestyle.†As Justice Scalia warned 15 years ago, there are "far-reaching implications†of our nation’s turning away from its founding principles and it remains to be seen how long America will survive the resulting "massive disruption†of its social order.
Good article: The Perversion of America
A quick pastiche:
America has become perverted, in the original 14th-century sense of the word, having turned away from the doctrines on which the nation was founded. We have worshipped other gods — "diversity†and "inclusion†chief among them — and the Supreme Court itself has "endorsed… an alternative lifestyle.†As Justice Scalia warned 15 years ago, there are "far-reaching implications†of our nation’s turning away from its founding principles and it remains to be seen how long America will survive the resulting "massive disruption†of its social order.
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The other side of the coin
Wil Wirtanen
The Invisible Victims of Gun Control
The Invisible Victims of Gun Control
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Strassel; Questions for Comey
David Dickinson
Here are questions a real reporter would ask James Comey, as opposed to the questions that Hillary Clinton spokesman and leftist activist, George Stephanopoulos, asked.
Best Twitter thread of the year-to-date.
Kimberley Strassel has MORE than a few questions ABC News should have asked Jim Comey
Here are questions a real reporter would ask James Comey, as opposed to the questions that Hillary Clinton spokesman and leftist activist, George Stephanopoulos, asked.
Best Twitter thread of the year-to-date.
Kimberley Strassel has MORE than a few questions ABC News should have asked Jim Comey
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April 16, 2018
The Burning Man; Self Immolation over Climate Change
Timothy Birdnow
In a case of life imitates art, a gay civil rights lawyer decided to imitate the iconic Burning Man and immolated himself to protest indifference to Global Warming.
From Fortune (ironic, since this fellow has a decidedly gloomy fortune pending.)
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In a case of life imitates art, a gay civil rights lawyer decided to imitate the iconic Burning Man and immolated himself to protest indifference to Global Warming.
From Fortune (ironic, since this fellow has a decidedly gloomy fortune pending.)
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Gas Tax a Winning Issue for GOP
Timothy Birdnow
Governor Moonbat in California wants a major gasoline tax hike, and California Republicans think they maybe able to use that to make gains in the next election, according to a report in Daily Caller.
"eps. Kevin McCarthy and Mimi Walters of California are using a very unpopular gas tax increase to generate excitement among GOP votes. Both Republicans want to put a measure on the ballot that repeals the increase. They believe the campaign could increase voter turnout and staunch a blue wave more...
Governor Moonbat in California wants a major gasoline tax hike, and California Republicans think they maybe able to use that to make gains in the next election, according to a report in Daily Caller.
"eps. Kevin McCarthy and Mimi Walters of California are using a very unpopular gas tax increase to generate excitement among GOP votes. Both Republicans want to put a measure on the ballot that repeals the increase. They believe the campaign could increase voter turnout and staunch a blue wave more...
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The double standards industry
Paul Driessen
Nobody likes hypocrisy and double standards. However, both have been multiplying with regard to environmental regulations. if the trend isn’t reversed, we can easily envision the day when environmentalists, legislators, regulators and judges will block oil, gas and coal today … nuclear and hydroelectric tomorrow … and wind and solar facilities the following week. Our civilization and living standards will get rolled backward a century or more. It’s time to say, Enough! more...
Nobody likes hypocrisy and double standards. However, both have been multiplying with regard to environmental regulations. if the trend isn’t reversed, we can easily envision the day when environmentalists, legislators, regulators and judges will block oil, gas and coal today … nuclear and hydroelectric tomorrow … and wind and solar facilities the following week. Our civilization and living standards will get rolled backward a century or more. It’s time to say, Enough! more...
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Artificial Housing Shortage Across the U.S.
Timothy Birdnow
Housing is in short supply across the nation and particularly in the Southwest and most particularly in California.
According to the Wall Street Journal: more...
Housing is in short supply across the nation and particularly in the Southwest and most particularly in California.
According to the Wall Street Journal: more...
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How Whiskey Saved Lincoln's Body
Timothy Birdnow
In honor of the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Here's a fun little tale; the story of how some down on their luck counterfeiters tried to steal Abraham Lincoln's body and hold it for ransom - and how too much booze thwarted their plans.
From the article:
"The incredulous plot was hatched by Midwestern counterfeiters who had been shut down when their expert bill engraver was jailed. Benjamin Boyd’s bills were the best in the Midwest, possibly the country. In 1875, he was captured in Fulton, found guilty, and sent to the Joliet penitentiary for 10 years. Without his plates, the criminals who made and passed the counterfeit bills were out of business. They had to spring their money man. more...
In honor of the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Here's a fun little tale; the story of how some down on their luck counterfeiters tried to steal Abraham Lincoln's body and hold it for ransom - and how too much booze thwarted their plans.
From the article:
"The incredulous plot was hatched by Midwestern counterfeiters who had been shut down when their expert bill engraver was jailed. Benjamin Boyd’s bills were the best in the Midwest, possibly the country. In 1875, he was captured in Fulton, found guilty, and sent to the Joliet penitentiary for 10 years. Without his plates, the criminals who made and passed the counterfeit bills were out of business. They had to spring their money man. more...
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April 15, 2018
Global Warming's Continuing Failure
Timothy Birdnow
Tropospheric temperatures are dropping like a rock
Most people are aware that we are having a cold spring, and snow is hitting late and hard. But this is not just local weather, but planetary temperature dropping.
From the article:
"Should the cold temperatures persist, April, 2018, could fall below the zero anomaly for the first time since 2012, foremost with the UAH satellite data. The following UAH chart shows lower tropospheric temperatures (1500) continuing their decline after the warm peak caused by the natural El Niño phenomenon:
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"Much of the last 2 years has been in the globe-cooling La Niña phase (blue). And as satellite instrument temperatures tend to lag the El Niño temperature anomalies by some 4 months, further surface cooling is expected to show up in the satellite data over the coming months.
ENSO indicates more cooling ahead
The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is an indicator for the development of the easterly trade winds at the equatorial Pacific and thus tells us what’s ahead for the ENSO. Recall that the ENSO has a powerful impact on global surface temperatures. SOI values over +7.0 indicates La Niña conditions 2 months ahead, while an SOI under -7.0 points El Niño conditions.
Currently the following chart shows the SOI is at +13.7, which means the globe-cooling La Niña should continue on two months from now, and thus means cooler satellite measurements showing up 6 months later."
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Global Warming just keeps failing.
Tropospheric temperatures are dropping like a rock
Most people are aware that we are having a cold spring, and snow is hitting late and hard. But this is not just local weather, but planetary temperature dropping.
From the article:
"Should the cold temperatures persist, April, 2018, could fall below the zero anomaly for the first time since 2012, foremost with the UAH satellite data. The following UAH chart shows lower tropospheric temperatures (1500) continuing their decline after the warm peak caused by the natural El Niño phenomenon:
[...]
"Much of the last 2 years has been in the globe-cooling La Niña phase (blue). And as satellite instrument temperatures tend to lag the El Niño temperature anomalies by some 4 months, further surface cooling is expected to show up in the satellite data over the coming months.
ENSO indicates more cooling ahead
The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is an indicator for the development of the easterly trade winds at the equatorial Pacific and thus tells us what’s ahead for the ENSO. Recall that the ENSO has a powerful impact on global surface temperatures. SOI values over +7.0 indicates La Niña conditions 2 months ahead, while an SOI under -7.0 points El Niño conditions.
Currently the following chart shows the SOI is at +13.7, which means the globe-cooling La Niña should continue on two months from now, and thus means cooler satellite measurements showing up 6 months later."
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Global Warming just keeps failing.
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Mueller and Comey - Then and Now
Timothy Birdnow
Here is a fine discussion of the pardon of Scooter Libby and how it pertains to the Mueller investigation. Authors Lee Cary & Marty Watters connect the dots between the MO of Mueller and Comey during the Valerie Plame travesty and what is happening now, and argue that Donald Trump knows what they are doing. It's a fascinating read.
Here is a fine discussion of the pardon of Scooter Libby and how it pertains to the Mueller investigation. Authors Lee Cary & Marty Watters connect the dots between the MO of Mueller and Comey during the Valerie Plame travesty and what is happening now, and argue that Donald Trump knows what they are doing. It's a fascinating read.
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Painting California White
Dana Mathewson
Los Angeles has it all figured out. Expensive, but "if it saves even one life," I guess. I'd been hearing California was darn near broke, but what do I know?
Found on Tammy Bruce's website, quoting Fox News. No, I swear it's not from The Onion!
A WORD FROM TIM:
Isn't that racist? Won't WHITE paint make people of color feel threatened? Especially the Illegal aliens, er, undocumented workers, who will fear that ICE (which is usually white too) is coming for them.
They really should be painting the town red for Native Americans instead of that old racist white....
Los Angeles has it all figured out. Expensive, but "if it saves even one life," I guess. I'd been hearing California was darn near broke, but what do I know?
Found on Tammy Bruce's website, quoting Fox News. No, I swear it's not from The Onion!
A WORD FROM TIM:
Isn't that racist? Won't WHITE paint make people of color feel threatened? Especially the Illegal aliens, er, undocumented workers, who will fear that ICE (which is usually white too) is coming for them.
They really should be painting the town red for Native Americans instead of that old racist white....
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Minutemen; Why Guns are Worth Fighting for
Dana Mathewson
There are some things one MUST fight for, or submit to the creeping belief that when "they" come for him, there will be no one left to fight for him.
And it's because the Left knows there are many of us who would fight, that they are waging a never-ending battle to take our weapons away from us, through any means necessary. I didn't send it, but you may have seen the news item a few days ago about British police confiscating normal toolbox items such as knives, pliers and screwdrivers and calling them "deadly weapons." Sanity has left the UK, but it's what you expect when their total gun confiscation schemes did not reduce gun violence. Let me see if I can find it. . . Yep, here it is: https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/04/09/omg-take-a-look-at-these-weapons-found-by-british-police-during-a-sweep/
One can never call Britain "Great" again.
There are some things one MUST fight for, or submit to the creeping belief that when "they" come for him, there will be no one left to fight for him.
And it's because the Left knows there are many of us who would fight, that they are waging a never-ending battle to take our weapons away from us, through any means necessary. I didn't send it, but you may have seen the news item a few days ago about British police confiscating normal toolbox items such as knives, pliers and screwdrivers and calling them "deadly weapons." Sanity has left the UK, but it's what you expect when their total gun confiscation schemes did not reduce gun violence. Let me see if I can find it. . . Yep, here it is: https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/04/09/omg-take-a-look-at-these-weapons-found-by-british-police-during-a-sweep/
One can never call Britain "Great" again.
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Don't Know Much About History - and Proud of it
Dana Mathewson
Anecdote: I was doing my grunt work correcting test papers yesterday. These are Missouri kids, and frankly, I doubt they are dumber or smarter than any representative similar group of kids from anywhere in the country. In fact, most of 'em seem darn smart.
The essay job was as follows: they were given two source readings (one was about the new Museum of the American Revolution, which just opened last year in Philadelphia, and the museum in Stockholm of the warship Vasa, which has recently been raised from the watery grave it has occupied since it sank on its maiden voyage back in, what, 1623. The students were to write an essay referencing both source readings and making a case for which museum they though would be more interesting to visit.
Without going heavily into this one kid's answer, it was snarky and full of "why would I want to see the Revolution Museum, I know all about it already; and anyway, my parents and grandparents lived through the war, so they can tell me anything I need to know that I don't know already."
I stress that this kid was NOT typical of the ones we've encountered!
2c from Jack Kemp:
When I went to Mt. Vernon, VA, to Washington's home, a guide said that she encountered visiting teens who thought the British won the Revolutionary War.
Anecdote: I was doing my grunt work correcting test papers yesterday. These are Missouri kids, and frankly, I doubt they are dumber or smarter than any representative similar group of kids from anywhere in the country. In fact, most of 'em seem darn smart.
The essay job was as follows: they were given two source readings (one was about the new Museum of the American Revolution, which just opened last year in Philadelphia, and the museum in Stockholm of the warship Vasa, which has recently been raised from the watery grave it has occupied since it sank on its maiden voyage back in, what, 1623. The students were to write an essay referencing both source readings and making a case for which museum they though would be more interesting to visit.
Without going heavily into this one kid's answer, it was snarky and full of "why would I want to see the Revolution Museum, I know all about it already; and anyway, my parents and grandparents lived through the war, so they can tell me anything I need to know that I don't know already."
I stress that this kid was NOT typical of the ones we've encountered!
2c from Jack Kemp:
When I went to Mt. Vernon, VA, to Washington's home, a guide said that she encountered visiting teens who thought the British won the Revolutionary War.
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Don't Know Much About History, and Mocking it
Jack Kemp
In 2002, the Jewish Museum in NY City had an exhibit mocking the Holocaust. There was a Lego concentration camp and superimposed image of young man with a can of Diet Coke with emasciated concentration camp inmates behind him. I was one of the protesters who stood behind a police barracade on the day the exhibit opened.
Demystifying Nazism, or Trivializing Its Victims? A Debate more...
In 2002, the Jewish Museum in NY City had an exhibit mocking the Holocaust. There was a Lego concentration camp and superimposed image of young man with a can of Diet Coke with emasciated concentration camp inmates behind him. I was one of the protesters who stood behind a police barracade on the day the exhibit opened.
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You Go First
Dana Mathewson
One of her best, in my not-so-humble opinion.
Ammo Girl
2c from Jack Kemp:
As I once wisecracked to Dana and Martha,
If tax money from cigarette sales can be earmarked for cancer research, then tax money from the sale of Judy Garland CDs purchased by single men should be used to fund AIDS research.
Dana replies:
At the very least! Also, Barbra Streisand CDs.
One of her best, in my not-so-humble opinion.
Ammo Girl
2c from Jack Kemp:
As I once wisecracked to Dana and Martha,
If tax money from cigarette sales can be earmarked for cancer research, then tax money from the sale of Judy Garland CDs purchased by single men should be used to fund AIDS research.
Dana replies:
At the very least! Also, Barbra Streisand CDs.
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April 14, 2018
Be Wise as Serpents and Innocent as Doves
Timothy Birdnow
Here is a terrific article illustrating why Pope Francis' view that we must accept all immigrants is hogwash.
Here is a little nibble:
"When he does send his disciples out into fearful situations, he makes sure that they understand the danger and take precautions against it: "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves†(Mt. 10: 16).
Christ understood that some men were as dangerous as wolves and he wanted his disciples to understand it as well. By contrast, Francis seems oblivious to the danger posed by the lone wolves that mix in with the Muslim migrants coming into Europe—this despite the fact that Islamic State leaders have repeatedly talked of their plans to seed Europe with thousands pf lone-wolf terrorists."
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Read the whole thing; it will reward you handsomely.
Here is a terrific article illustrating why Pope Francis' view that we must accept all immigrants is hogwash.
Here is a little nibble:
"When he does send his disciples out into fearful situations, he makes sure that they understand the danger and take precautions against it: "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves†(Mt. 10: 16).
Christ understood that some men were as dangerous as wolves and he wanted his disciples to understand it as well. By contrast, Francis seems oblivious to the danger posed by the lone wolves that mix in with the Muslim migrants coming into Europe—this despite the fact that Islamic State leaders have repeatedly talked of their plans to seed Europe with thousands pf lone-wolf terrorists."
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Read the whole thing; it will reward you handsomely.
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Pentagon Papers Pusher tries to Undermine President
Timothy Birdnow
Another liberal fossil seeks to tamper with the duly elected President and events he knows nothing about.
Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has called for Secretary of Defense Mattis to ignore lawfully given orders by President Trump.
From the Yahoo article: more...
Another liberal fossil seeks to tamper with the duly elected President and events he knows nothing about.
Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has called for Secretary of Defense Mattis to ignore lawfully given orders by President Trump.
From the Yahoo article: more...
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WAR!
Timothy Birdnow
WAR!
On Friday night (the Islamic sabbath) a coalition of American, British, and French forces bombed the Syrian chemical weapons sites, firing over 100 missiles and making numerous bomber plane sorties against the Assad regimes weapons caches. The attack was in response to the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime against U.S. backed rebels.
According to the Financial Times: more...
WAR!
On Friday night (the Islamic sabbath) a coalition of American, British, and French forces bombed the Syrian chemical weapons sites, firing over 100 missiles and making numerous bomber plane sorties against the Assad regimes weapons caches. The attack was in response to the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime against U.S. backed rebels.
According to the Financial Times: more...
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Without Due Process; the Impeachment of Eric Greitens
Timothy Birdnow
The Missouri legislature is beginning the process of impeaching embattled Governor Eric Greitens, according to NPR. A panel is going to make recommendations on impeachment shortly.
This is being driven by a report issued by the House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight which was full of allegations by the woman in question. Greitens has yet to have his day in court.
According to the NPR article: more...
The Missouri legislature is beginning the process of impeaching embattled Governor Eric Greitens, according to NPR. A panel is going to make recommendations on impeachment shortly.
This is being driven by a report issued by the House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight which was full of allegations by the woman in question. Greitens has yet to have his day in court.
According to the NPR article: more...
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