January 17, 2019
Gillette throws stones from their pink glass house
Jack Kemp
I love it! Women wake up to realize Gillette has been price gouging them for female razors that are essentially the same cost to make as the male versions. You Go, Girl! Tell those chauvanist pigs at Gillette that The Sisterhood isn't taking this insult in 2019!
Gee, it didn't take long to find out what jerks the Gillette people are. Rise up, my Sisters and tell them this injustice will not stand! I ask all my Sisters to join the Boycott of Gillette, a company that discriminates against both men and women!
'Woke' Gillette's 'pink tax' on women: Razor firm slammed for hypocrisy for charging women more for the same products as men - while bashing sexism in controversial ad
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I love it! Women wake up to realize Gillette has been price gouging them for female razors that are essentially the same cost to make as the male versions. You Go, Girl! Tell those chauvanist pigs at Gillette that The Sisterhood isn't taking this insult in 2019!
Gee, it didn't take long to find out what jerks the Gillette people are. Rise up, my Sisters and tell them this injustice will not stand! I ask all my Sisters to join the Boycott of Gillette, a company that discriminates against both men and women!
'Woke' Gillette's 'pink tax' on women: Razor firm slammed for hypocrisy for charging women more for the same products as men - while bashing sexism in controversial ad
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Men versus women: The Gillette Mach3 Razor for men costs $8.99 on the CVS website while the Gillette Venus Women's Close & Clean in 1 Stroke Razor retails for a dollar more at $9.99
One woman tweeted screengrabs from Target's website to show that a refill pack of blades for one of Gillette's popular women's razors costs $2.50 more than its male counterpart.
Despite both products having five blades, four Gillette Venus Extra Smooth Swirl Razor blades cost $17.49 while four Gillette Fusion5 Razor blades retail for only €$14.99.
Read it all at the Daily Mail.
One woman tweeted screengrabs from Target's website to show that a refill pack of blades for one of Gillette's popular women's razors costs $2.50 more than its male counterpart.
Despite both products having five blades, four Gillette Venus Extra Smooth Swirl Razor blades cost $17.49 while four Gillette Fusion5 Razor blades retail for only €$14.99.
Read it all at the Daily Mail.
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Lesbian Lawsuit against Retirement Community Dismissed
Timothy Birdnow
A pair of lesbians lost their suit against a retirement community when a U.S. District Judge dismissed their lawsuit on the because sexual orientation is not covered by the Fair Housing Act.
Mary Walsh and Bev Nance, a retired lesbian couple from Sunset Hills (a suburb of St. Louis) who say they are married, were denied admission to Friendship Village, a retirement community, as a married couple. They filed suit for discrimination against Friendship Village claiming discrimination.
Friendship Village denied their request on religious grounds.
Their website does mention "spiritual" as one of their "lifestyle dimensions" but does not specifically say religious or Christian.
This will not be the end of it; look for the couple to appeal on the basis of the SCOTUS ruling declaring gay marriage a legal right.
A pair of lesbians lost their suit against a retirement community when a U.S. District Judge dismissed their lawsuit on the because sexual orientation is not covered by the Fair Housing Act.
Mary Walsh and Bev Nance, a retired lesbian couple from Sunset Hills (a suburb of St. Louis) who say they are married, were denied admission to Friendship Village, a retirement community, as a married couple. They filed suit for discrimination against Friendship Village claiming discrimination.
Friendship Village denied their request on religious grounds.
Their website does mention "spiritual" as one of their "lifestyle dimensions" but does not specifically say religious or Christian.
This will not be the end of it; look for the couple to appeal on the basis of the SCOTUS ruling declaring gay marriage a legal right.
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Mo. Foster Parents Sue over Gun Rights
Timothy Birdnow
A Kansas City couple are suing the state of Missouri over restrictions on their Second Amendment rights. The couple act as foster parents and Missouri imposes strict regulations on how they may keep, store, and use their firearms.
According to the Belleville News Democrat:
See, you can defacto eliminate the Second Amendment by making it impossible to actually exercise your rights. The Left knows this, and is always trying to nibble away with "common-sense gun laws". It's the old nose of the camel routine.
Frankly, these people need access to their weapons more than an average couple; they have these children to protect. There is little value in owning a gun that is inaccessible when it is needed.
A Kansas City couple are suing the state of Missouri over restrictions on their Second Amendment rights. The couple act as foster parents and Missouri imposes strict regulations on how they may keep, store, and use their firearms.
According to the Belleville News Democrat:
James and Julie Attaway allege in the lawsuit that the Missouri Department of Social Services' firearms policies violate their rights under the Missouri and U.S. constitutions.
The Kansas City Star reports Missouri doesn't prohibit foster parents from possessing firearms if they are legally allowed to do so.
But foster parents must follow several restrictions, such as keeping firearms locked in areas inaccessible to children and storing firearms and ammunition separately.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Kansas City, says those restrictions prevent the couple from carrying loaded, functioning firearms.
The Kansas City Star reports Missouri doesn't prohibit foster parents from possessing firearms if they are legally allowed to do so.
But foster parents must follow several restrictions, such as keeping firearms locked in areas inaccessible to children and storing firearms and ammunition separately.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Kansas City, says those restrictions prevent the couple from carrying loaded, functioning firearms.
See, you can defacto eliminate the Second Amendment by making it impossible to actually exercise your rights. The Left knows this, and is always trying to nibble away with "common-sense gun laws". It's the old nose of the camel routine.
Frankly, these people need access to their weapons more than an average couple; they have these children to protect. There is little value in owning a gun that is inaccessible when it is needed.
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The Ten Companies that control the World
Mike Allen
Gillette is a division of Proctor and Gamble, which makes just about every product on the shelf.
Gillette is a division of Proctor and Gamble, which makes just about every product on the shelf.
There are really only ten companies in the world and they control about 90%
of everything you buy.
Follow the money.......i mean this link.\
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Don't ban plastic bags!
Paul Driessen
From plastic bags to plastic straws, forks, spoons and knives, to Styrofoam cups and take out boxes – city, county and state governments have jumped on one faulty environmental bandwagon after another. In many cases, they cause more fuel use and ecological damage than if they had done nothing. It’s social engineering and make-believe environmental protection by decree.
For example, plastic shopping bags manufactured in the United States are made from natural gas – and America has at least another century of gas right under our feet. Moreover, plastic grocery bags require 70% less energy to manufacture than paper bags, and it takes far more raw materials and fossil fuel energy to grow and harvest trees, make pulp and turn it into paper bags, than to make plastic bags.
Hal Shurtlef makes a strong case for less impassioned, and more fact-based, analysis and law-making on plastic and other environmental issues.
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The Breast a Man Can't Get
Dana Mathewson
Power Line points out that, although the new Gillette ad seems to be
complaining about men objectifying women, they seem to have cast the first stone
already. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/gillettes-razor-and-occams.php
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January 16, 2019
The Best a Eunuch can get!
Jack Kemp
If some kid likes Kaepernick, everyone can see their new Nikes as a statement. If someone shaves with a Gillette razor at home, who will know it? But Gillette male customers and all others will be demeaned by this ad. This is beyond stupid.
If some soy boy uses a Gillette blade, who else knows? They can't even virtue signal with it. But they are still being called haters for being male. Dumbest ad idea ever.
Dana Mathewson adds:
I started a Twitter page geared toward boycotting Gillette here: https://twitter.com/BoycottGillette
Fay Voshell adds:
I posted this on FB. So far, crickets. Most women I know really do think they are more virtuous than the horrible, toxic male side of the human equation. I am sick to death of hearing about toxic masculinity. People in general are toxic.
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If some kid likes Kaepernick, everyone can see their new Nikes as a statement. If someone shaves with a Gillette razor at home, who will know it? But Gillette male customers and all others will be demeaned by this ad. This is beyond stupid.
If some soy boy uses a Gillette blade, who else knows? They can't even virtue signal with it. But they are still being called haters for being male. Dumbest ad idea ever.
Dana Mathewson adds:
All this crap about "toxic masculinity" -- and so many boys
are raised by their mothers and have female school teachers. The problem is a
LACK of masculinity. Some of you are old enough to remember when Gillette oozed
masculinity. Remember the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, where you'd tune your TV
to watch boxing on Friday evenings? I remember watching those shows from a
favorite restaurant/bar when I was a kid.
Bottom line: somebody at Gillette made a major blunder. Rule
Number One in advertising: you don't insult your customer base. Somebody is
going to be, or should be, out a job very soon. The home company, P&G,
should see to this posthaste.
Selwyn Duke adds:
I started a Twitter page geared toward boycotting Gillette here: https://twitter.com/BoycottGillette
Fay Voshell adds:
I posted this on FB. So far, crickets. Most women I know really do think they are more virtuous than the horrible, toxic male side of the human equation. I am sick to death of hearing about toxic masculinity. People in general are toxic.
"I'd like to see equal time for religious/politically correct ads about toxic femininity. Women can be as "toxic" as men, committing equally bad sins, but most often in different, more hidden ways. This includes women in the church. But we don't hear about that much, do we? Maybe we should revisit the doctrine of original sin. As I understand it, sin affects both sexes equally."
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Goodbye, Dolly
Jack Kemp
Carol Channing died today, just short of her 98th birthday this month,
Carol Channing died today, just short of her 98th birthday this month,
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Activist Obama Appointed Judge Restrains Census from asking about Immigration Status
Timothy Birdnow
Oops - they did it again!
With yet another glorious example of judicial overreach bordering on the tyrannical, a Federal judge in New York has issued a ruling preventing the Census Bureau from asking people if they are illegal aliens or not.
According to the Fox News article:
Well, counting from 2017 to 2020 I get three years - the amount of time the judge says is required for notification. Not sure where this brilliant jurist studied math.
It should be pointed out that this is simply putting this question back onto the census; it had been there from 1820 to 1950, and given the huge number of aliens currently entering the country it is a reasonable thing to determine who is a citizen - especially since the census is what is used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives.
This is, of course, the reason why the "civil rights" groups oppose it; they want illegals to be able to vote and the Democrats to steal more seats. In short, they want to disenfranchise the American citizen..
Please note; the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project was one of the groups fighting the question addition. Why? Illegals aren't supposed to vote. I would like to know why this suit could be brought anyway; anyone who claims grievance has no standing, or shouldn't considering they are illegal aliens and legal aliens and citizens cannot possibly show that they are being hurt by this.
Judge Jesse Furman was, of course, an Obama appointee and based in Manhattan.
Oops - they did it again!
With yet another glorious example of judicial overreach bordering on the tyrannical, a Federal judge in New York has issued a ruling preventing the Census Bureau from asking people if they are illegal aliens or not.
According to the Fox News article:
Among other things, the judge said, Ross didn't follow a law requiring that he give Congress three years notice of any plan to add a question about citizenship to the census. The ruling came in a case in which a dozen states or big cities and immigrants' rights groups argued that the Commerce Department, which designs the census, had failed to properly analyze the effect the question would have on immigrant households.
Other civil rights groups, like the American Civil Liberties Union, applauded the court’s decision.
"This ruling is a forceful rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to weaponize the census for an attack on immigrant communities,†director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, Dale Ho, said in a statement. "The inevitable result would have been – and the administration’s clear intent was – to strip federal resources and political representation from those needing it most.â€
The Justice Department said it was "disappointed" by the ruling and is "still reviewing" it.
"Secretary Ross, the only person with legal authority over the census, reasonably decided to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 census in response to the Department of Justice's request for better citizenship data, to protect voters against racial discrimination," Justice Department spokeswoman Kelly Laco said in a statement. "Our government is legally entitled to include a citizenship question on the census and people in the United States have a legal obligation to answer. Reinstating the citizenship question ultimately protects the right to vote and helps ensure free and fair elections for all Americans."
The Commerce Department, last May, said in a statement that the citizenship question would be added to the 2020 census count in response to a request made by the Justice Department in December 2017. The statement said that Ross had "determined that reinstatement of a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census questionnaire is necessary to provide complete and accurate census block level data.â€
Other civil rights groups, like the American Civil Liberties Union, applauded the court’s decision.
"This ruling is a forceful rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to weaponize the census for an attack on immigrant communities,†director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, Dale Ho, said in a statement. "The inevitable result would have been – and the administration’s clear intent was – to strip federal resources and political representation from those needing it most.â€
The Justice Department said it was "disappointed" by the ruling and is "still reviewing" it.
"Secretary Ross, the only person with legal authority over the census, reasonably decided to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 census in response to the Department of Justice's request for better citizenship data, to protect voters against racial discrimination," Justice Department spokeswoman Kelly Laco said in a statement. "Our government is legally entitled to include a citizenship question on the census and people in the United States have a legal obligation to answer. Reinstating the citizenship question ultimately protects the right to vote and helps ensure free and fair elections for all Americans."
The Commerce Department, last May, said in a statement that the citizenship question would be added to the 2020 census count in response to a request made by the Justice Department in December 2017. The statement said that Ross had "determined that reinstatement of a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census questionnaire is necessary to provide complete and accurate census block level data.â€
Well, counting from 2017 to 2020 I get three years - the amount of time the judge says is required for notification. Not sure where this brilliant jurist studied math.
It should be pointed out that this is simply putting this question back onto the census; it had been there from 1820 to 1950, and given the huge number of aliens currently entering the country it is a reasonable thing to determine who is a citizen - especially since the census is what is used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives.
This is, of course, the reason why the "civil rights" groups oppose it; they want illegals to be able to vote and the Democrats to steal more seats. In short, they want to disenfranchise the American citizen..
Please note; the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project was one of the groups fighting the question addition. Why? Illegals aren't supposed to vote. I would like to know why this suit could be brought anyway; anyone who claims grievance has no standing, or shouldn't considering they are illegal aliens and legal aliens and citizens cannot possibly show that they are being hurt by this.
Judge Jesse Furman was, of course, an Obama appointee and based in Manhattan.
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The Speck in Steve King's Eye, the Beam in his Critics'
Brian Birdnow
You have heard that the GOP is considering throwing Steve King out of the party for alleged provocative statements supporting White Supremacy, and, yes, the Congressional Black Caucus is demanding action. Kevin McCarthy and Company should say, "When you expel your MF commenter, we will deal with Steve King." But, no, the Republicans will throw King out, the Dems will win a special election in Iowa, and the GOP will lose another seat. Is it any wonder that we always fail in the end?
A word from Tim:
The media, the Democrats, and the RINO Republicans have hated King for a long time and wanted him out. They try to accuse him of being a racist, but the reality is he wants to secure the borders and they cannot abide that.
According to the Gazette:
This after Mr. King had to defend himself from vile accusations of anti-semitism for meeting in Austria (where he made a side trip to when visiting German Holocaust sites) visiting with a group that contained one member of the Freedom Party, which is accused of having Nazi roots. King has also been an ally of President Trump's and his removal will send a chilling message to trump supporters in Congress that they are in the cross-hairs.
This is just one more step in the war of the Establshment against those who would oppose their perpetual rule.
According to the Fox News article linked above:
King is not a fool and he would not have tried to equate all three as somehow maligned. It seems to me he was pointing out that Western Civilization is now being equated to White Supremacism or white nationalism. Congressman King certainly deserves the benefit of the doubt here - especially from his own party. If the Republicans think throwing King under the bus will gain them any respect they are sadly mistaken.
That is why McCarthy should not have been made Minority leader.
In fact, King voted to condemn his own comments to show his disapproval of anti-Semitism, but that will hardly buy him any good will.
In point of fact, the Democrats disapprove of anti-semitism where it suits them and embraces it in practice. They ignore newly elected Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, for instance, who, when not calling President Trump a maternal incestuant, is calling for a "one state solution" to the Palestinian problem aka the destruction of Israel. They shrug at Pennsylvania 1 Congressman Scott Wallace who likewise supports Israel's dismantling.
And that's just the lower rungs of the Democrat Party.
Joe Biden said ""You cannot go to a 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian Accent."
Hillary Clinton said: Mahatma Gandhi "ran a gas station down in Saint Louis."
Robert Byrd said:
"Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
Byrd, by the way, was a former Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan and a revered statesman in the Democrat Party until his death a few years ago.
I could write a book about Byrd's racist comments. Anyone remember when he said: "There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time."
Louis Farrakhan, who is respected by the Democrats, said; "The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He rose Germany up from the ashes."
And the Democrats support Jesse Jackson, who called New York "Hymietown" and the racist Al Sharpton who led a mob to burn down Freddie's Fashion Mart solely because it was owned by Jewish enterpreneurs.
How about Donna Brazil saying in 2000: "will not let the white boys win in this election."
How about former Illinois Rep. Gus Savage stating: "We have lost to the white racist press and to the racist reactionary Jewish misleaders."
How about Barack Obama's: "Typical white person†comment about his own mother.
How about Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion
How about Lyndon Johnson's: "I'll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years."
Hillary Clinton to Paul Fraymark: "You f*cking Jew b@stard"
"they all look alike" Hillary Clinton on black men.
Florida Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum called Florida a "cracker state".
Joe Biden: "I mean you’ve got the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and nice-looking guy.â€
I could go on, but you get the idea. Funny how righteous indignation only goes one way.
You have heard that the GOP is considering throwing Steve King out of the party for alleged provocative statements supporting White Supremacy, and, yes, the Congressional Black Caucus is demanding action. Kevin McCarthy and Company should say, "When you expel your MF commenter, we will deal with Steve King." But, no, the Republicans will throw King out, the Dems will win a special election in Iowa, and the GOP will lose another seat. Is it any wonder that we always fail in the end?
A word from Tim:
The media, the Democrats, and the RINO Republicans have hated King for a long time and wanted him out. They try to accuse him of being a racist, but the reality is he wants to secure the borders and they cannot abide that.
According to the Gazette:
King said under President Donald Trump, some of the policies he has been calling for in the last 16 years are on the precipice of being achieved. That includes the elimination of citizenship for babies born to immigrants who entered the country illegally, something Trump has said he will do through executive order or legislation.
"A lot of this legislation that I’ve laid down more than 10 years ago is now poised to move forward and become law because we’re out of that desert, as I would call it, and into this time of opportunity,†he said. "I’ve worked a lifetime to get into this position,†King said. "My relationships with the president are as good as they can possibly be. He listens to me, and I listen to him, and we work together.â€
"A lot of this legislation that I’ve laid down more than 10 years ago is now poised to move forward and become law because we’re out of that desert, as I would call it, and into this time of opportunity,†he said. "I’ve worked a lifetime to get into this position,†King said. "My relationships with the president are as good as they can possibly be. He listens to me, and I listen to him, and we work together.â€
This after Mr. King had to defend himself from vile accusations of anti-semitism for meeting in Austria (where he made a side trip to when visiting German Holocaust sites) visiting with a group that contained one member of the Freedom Party, which is accused of having Nazi roots. King has also been an ally of President Trump's and his removal will send a chilling message to trump supporters in Congress that they are in the cross-hairs.
This is just one more step in the war of the Establshment against those who would oppose their perpetual rule.
According to the Fox News article linked above:
"White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?†King asked the paper. "Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?â€
In his statement Monday, King insisted his use of "that language" was referring "ONLY to Western Civilization and NOT to any previously stated evil ideology ALL of which I have denounced.
In his statement Monday, King insisted his use of "that language" was referring "ONLY to Western Civilization and NOT to any previously stated evil ideology ALL of which I have denounced.
King is not a fool and he would not have tried to equate all three as somehow maligned. It seems to me he was pointing out that Western Civilization is now being equated to White Supremacism or white nationalism. Congressman King certainly deserves the benefit of the doubt here - especially from his own party. If the Republicans think throwing King under the bus will gain them any respect they are sadly mistaken.
That is why McCarthy should not have been made Minority leader.
In fact, King voted to condemn his own comments to show his disapproval of anti-Semitism, but that will hardly buy him any good will.
In point of fact, the Democrats disapprove of anti-semitism where it suits them and embraces it in practice. They ignore newly elected Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, for instance, who, when not calling President Trump a maternal incestuant, is calling for a "one state solution" to the Palestinian problem aka the destruction of Israel. They shrug at Pennsylvania 1 Congressman Scott Wallace who likewise supports Israel's dismantling.
And that's just the lower rungs of the Democrat Party.
Joe Biden said ""You cannot go to a 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian Accent."
Hillary Clinton said: Mahatma Gandhi "ran a gas station down in Saint Louis."
Robert Byrd said:
"Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
Byrd, by the way, was a former Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan and a revered statesman in the Democrat Party until his death a few years ago.
I could write a book about Byrd's racist comments. Anyone remember when he said: "There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time."
Louis Farrakhan, who is respected by the Democrats, said; "The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He rose Germany up from the ashes."
And the Democrats support Jesse Jackson, who called New York "Hymietown" and the racist Al Sharpton who led a mob to burn down Freddie's Fashion Mart solely because it was owned by Jewish enterpreneurs.
How about Donna Brazil saying in 2000: "will not let the white boys win in this election."
How about former Illinois Rep. Gus Savage stating: "We have lost to the white racist press and to the racist reactionary Jewish misleaders."
How about Barack Obama's: "Typical white person†comment about his own mother.
How about Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion
How about Lyndon Johnson's: "I'll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years."
Hillary Clinton to Paul Fraymark: "You f*cking Jew b@stard"
"they all look alike" Hillary Clinton on black men.
Florida Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum called Florida a "cracker state".
Joe Biden: "I mean you’ve got the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and nice-looking guy.â€
I could go on, but you get the idea. Funny how righteous indignation only goes one way.
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January 15, 2019
Claire McCaskill Recruited to Ministry of Propoganda
Timothy Birdnow
"Air Claire" McCaskill is going to work for NBC and MSNBC as an analyst.
According to Mediaite:
The former Missouri Senator and Democrat proudly proclaimed:
Doesn't it disturb anyone at these networks that politicians move so freely into what is supposed to be journalism? Journalists brag about "speaking Truth to power" and "comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable" and yet they hire the comfortable and the powerful to do the job.
McCaskill was a very duplicitous person while serving in the U.S. Senate, and now she gets a whole new venue to lie to the American People. Wonderful.
The Mediaite article mentions RINO Republicans like Mia Love and John Kasich going to work for CNN. Notice how none of these are movement conservatives. Both can be relied upon to trash the current administration and other Republicans.
We don't have a media in this country; we have a ministry of propoganda.
"Air Claire" McCaskill is going to work for NBC and MSNBC as an analyst.
According to Mediaite:
The former Missouri Senator and Democrat proudly proclaimed:
"I’m looking forward to bringing my experience from the Senate, hard fought campaigns, and Midwest common sense to the coverage of breaking political events. And, as always, I won’t hold back,†McCaskill said in a statement to The Hill
Doesn't it disturb anyone at these networks that politicians move so freely into what is supposed to be journalism? Journalists brag about "speaking Truth to power" and "comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable" and yet they hire the comfortable and the powerful to do the job.
McCaskill was a very duplicitous person while serving in the U.S. Senate, and now she gets a whole new venue to lie to the American People. Wonderful.
The Mediaite article mentions RINO Republicans like Mia Love and John Kasich going to work for CNN. Notice how none of these are movement conservatives. Both can be relied upon to trash the current administration and other Republicans.
We don't have a media in this country; we have a ministry of propoganda.
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It's Starting; Judge to Rule on Government Shutdown
Timothy Birdnow
It was just a matter of time before the Democrats got one of their pet judges to issue an order reopening government. I figured they'd try the direct route, simply declaring it unconstitutional for Trump to lay those workers off. But they are using a more devious route.
From Bloomberg:
Now, these Federal employees are working in positions that are deemed essential, and they are required to work whether they are paid or not. They are perfectly free to quit their jobs at any time. They also know they are going to receive back pay when the shutdown is over. I might point out there are laws in place making it compulsory to stay on the job in such an instance.
The Demo-Left has been using the courts as the only tool they have had to stop any of Trump's agenda, and it is a matter of time before they find a way to use them to force Trump to sign a funding bill. That will, of course, actually be a Constitutional Crisis, but will SCOTUS expedite the case? And nobody knows HOW they will rule; SCOTUS is, after all, part of the Judicial branch and would be reluctant to limit the power of the judiciary.
The unwillingness to accept the legitimacy of the Trump Administration by the democrats and their media allies is tearing the fabric of our system of government apart.
This falls well outside of Judicial review, and if this faux judge rules against him Trump should tell the judge to enforce his own ruling.
It was just a matter of time before the Democrats got one of their pet judges to issue an order reopening government. I figured they'd try the direct route, simply declaring it unconstitutional for Trump to lay those workers off. But they are using a more devious route.
From Bloomberg:
Senior Judge Richard Leon in Washington is considering three lawsuits filed this month in which workers claim that their being forced to work without pay violates the U.S. Constitution and the Fair Labor Standards Act, among others.
Plaintiffs and Claims
* Plaintiffs include the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which represents 150,000 federal workers across 33 agencies, as well as four individuals represented by a Department of Transportation employee, Janette Hardy.
* NTEU has challenged an exception to the Antideficiency Act that addresses people’s safety and the protection of property. The union argues that a budget directive the administration issued just before last year’s brief shutdown impermissibly broadened the exception to sweep in "the ongoing, regular functions of government.â€
* Natca’s complaint warns of safety lapses and calls its workers’ pay their property, protected by the Constitution. "America wants its air traffic controllers to be laser-focused on landing planes safely and monitoring America’s runways, not distracted by financial issues ... caused by the government’s unlawful taking of their property without due process,†it says.
* Air Traffic Control Specialist Hardy said the government’s demand that employees work without pay -- on pain of punishment if they fail to show up or seek gainful employment elsewhere -- violates the 13th Amendment’s prohibition against involuntary servitude.
* The U.S. hadn’t filed a formal reply as of Monday evening.
Plaintiffs and Claims
* Plaintiffs include the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which represents 150,000 federal workers across 33 agencies, as well as four individuals represented by a Department of Transportation employee, Janette Hardy.
* NTEU has challenged an exception to the Antideficiency Act that addresses people’s safety and the protection of property. The union argues that a budget directive the administration issued just before last year’s brief shutdown impermissibly broadened the exception to sweep in "the ongoing, regular functions of government.â€
* Natca’s complaint warns of safety lapses and calls its workers’ pay their property, protected by the Constitution. "America wants its air traffic controllers to be laser-focused on landing planes safely and monitoring America’s runways, not distracted by financial issues ... caused by the government’s unlawful taking of their property without due process,†it says.
* Air Traffic Control Specialist Hardy said the government’s demand that employees work without pay -- on pain of punishment if they fail to show up or seek gainful employment elsewhere -- violates the 13th Amendment’s prohibition against involuntary servitude.
* The U.S. hadn’t filed a formal reply as of Monday evening.
Now, these Federal employees are working in positions that are deemed essential, and they are required to work whether they are paid or not. They are perfectly free to quit their jobs at any time. They also know they are going to receive back pay when the shutdown is over. I might point out there are laws in place making it compulsory to stay on the job in such an instance.
The Demo-Left has been using the courts as the only tool they have had to stop any of Trump's agenda, and it is a matter of time before they find a way to use them to force Trump to sign a funding bill. That will, of course, actually be a Constitutional Crisis, but will SCOTUS expedite the case? And nobody knows HOW they will rule; SCOTUS is, after all, part of the Judicial branch and would be reluctant to limit the power of the judiciary.
The unwillingness to accept the legitimacy of the Trump Administration by the democrats and their media allies is tearing the fabric of our system of government apart.
This falls well outside of Judicial review, and if this faux judge rules against him Trump should tell the judge to enforce his own ruling.
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Guilty until proven Innocent in Canada
Timothy Birdnow
Here is how liberty dies. Using the pretext of keeping the public safe, the Canadian government has imposed draconian laws that fundamentally alter the relationship of the citizen to the State.
From the article by Arthur Weinreb at Canada Free Press:
Here is how liberty dies. Using the pretext of keeping the public safe, the Canadian government has imposed draconian laws that fundamentally alter the relationship of the citizen to the State.
From the article by Arthur Weinreb at Canada Free Press:
Under the old law, police who lawfully stopped a motorist could demand breath samples be given into a roadside screening device only if the officer had a "reasonable suspicion†the driver had alcohol in his or her system. The reasonable suspicion would be formed if the officer could smell alcohol or observe other indicia of impairment. The new law does away with the need of "reasonable suspicion.†Any driver who is lawfully stopped by a police officer can be required to provide breath samples even if there is no evidence the person had been drinking.
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It didn’t take long to see the results of these new amendments. In Ontario, empty liquor bottles as well as empty beer bottles can be returned to a beer store for a refund. Taking liquor bottles back to beer stores for refunds is done in the name of recycling. On Jan. 5, Art Lightowler, a 70-year-old resident of Mississauga, took three cases of empties back to the beer store. He was seen committing this horrendous act by a police officer who waited for the senior to drive off. After Lightowler drove away he was stopped. The officer told him the three cases of empties were a lot, he was obviously a drinker and he was then asked when he last had a drink. Lightowler said he last drank around midnight the day before.
The cop then demanded he provide a breath sample. Lightowler asked what would happened if he refused to take the breath test and was told he would be charged with a criminal offence and would be looking at a minimum fine of $2,000 and a licence suspension for one year (penalties for drinking and driving offences were increased under the new law). Lightowler provided a sample, passed and was allowed to go on his way. (Toronto Sun, Jan. 10)
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As bad as the above was, there was another change to the law that is much worse and that is being ignored by much of the Trudeau-loving media.
The law has been changed so a police officer can demand a person provide breath samples up to two hours AFTER the person has been driving. This is the most draconian section of the new law and was supposedly passed to get around the following situation. Police are advised a certain vehicle is driving erratically. By the time it is located, it is parked in a driveway and the driver is in the house drinking. It is impossible to know how much, if any, alcohol the driver had in his or her blood at the time of driving. Under the new law, if the person ends up being charged with an offence, the onus is on them to prove they had not been driving illegally within the preceding two hours. This change also avoids the situation where someone drinks a lot of booze quickly and speeds home so if they are stopped, the alcohol has not yet been absorbed into their blood. Police now can simply wait up to two hours for the alcohol to be absorbed.
Lawyer Daniel Brown gave the following example. A husband and wife go to a bar and the husband drives. He plans to drink but his wife will not and she will drive home. Police could enter the bar and, within two hours of the man driving, demand a breath sample. If he fails or refuses to blow he can be charged criminally. It matters not he was completely sober when he drove to the bar or that he had no intention of driving home after drinking. The onus is on him, not the state, to prove he did not drink and drive. If he has thousands of dollars to pay for lawyers and toxicologists, he has a chance of meeting this reverse onus and getting off. (CBC, Jan. 11)
The government justifies this abuse of peoples’ rights by saying they are essentially no big deal; the law if justified for the greater good of combating the evil of drinking and driving. And it’s no big deal to avoid problems with the police. People like Lightowler will just have to learn to make three trips to the beer store to return three cases of empties. And in Brown’s example, if the wife could drive home she could damn well have driven to the bar.
Not only are these changes in the law bringing Canada into a true police state where people are guilty unless they prove they are innocent, these changes are not likely to do anything to decrease drinking and driving. As Brown pointed out, it is almost unheard of that someone drinks quickly and then drives before the alcohol can be absorbed into their bloodstream. And, it is not that frequent that someone who is suspected of drinking and driving will make it to a place where they can drink before police show up.
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It didn’t take long to see the results of these new amendments. In Ontario, empty liquor bottles as well as empty beer bottles can be returned to a beer store for a refund. Taking liquor bottles back to beer stores for refunds is done in the name of recycling. On Jan. 5, Art Lightowler, a 70-year-old resident of Mississauga, took three cases of empties back to the beer store. He was seen committing this horrendous act by a police officer who waited for the senior to drive off. After Lightowler drove away he was stopped. The officer told him the three cases of empties were a lot, he was obviously a drinker and he was then asked when he last had a drink. Lightowler said he last drank around midnight the day before.
The cop then demanded he provide a breath sample. Lightowler asked what would happened if he refused to take the breath test and was told he would be charged with a criminal offence and would be looking at a minimum fine of $2,000 and a licence suspension for one year (penalties for drinking and driving offences were increased under the new law). Lightowler provided a sample, passed and was allowed to go on his way. (Toronto Sun, Jan. 10)
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As bad as the above was, there was another change to the law that is much worse and that is being ignored by much of the Trudeau-loving media.
The law has been changed so a police officer can demand a person provide breath samples up to two hours AFTER the person has been driving. This is the most draconian section of the new law and was supposedly passed to get around the following situation. Police are advised a certain vehicle is driving erratically. By the time it is located, it is parked in a driveway and the driver is in the house drinking. It is impossible to know how much, if any, alcohol the driver had in his or her blood at the time of driving. Under the new law, if the person ends up being charged with an offence, the onus is on them to prove they had not been driving illegally within the preceding two hours. This change also avoids the situation where someone drinks a lot of booze quickly and speeds home so if they are stopped, the alcohol has not yet been absorbed into their blood. Police now can simply wait up to two hours for the alcohol to be absorbed.
Lawyer Daniel Brown gave the following example. A husband and wife go to a bar and the husband drives. He plans to drink but his wife will not and she will drive home. Police could enter the bar and, within two hours of the man driving, demand a breath sample. If he fails or refuses to blow he can be charged criminally. It matters not he was completely sober when he drove to the bar or that he had no intention of driving home after drinking. The onus is on him, not the state, to prove he did not drink and drive. If he has thousands of dollars to pay for lawyers and toxicologists, he has a chance of meeting this reverse onus and getting off. (CBC, Jan. 11)
The government justifies this abuse of peoples’ rights by saying they are essentially no big deal; the law if justified for the greater good of combating the evil of drinking and driving. And it’s no big deal to avoid problems with the police. People like Lightowler will just have to learn to make three trips to the beer store to return three cases of empties. And in Brown’s example, if the wife could drive home she could damn well have driven to the bar.
Not only are these changes in the law bringing Canada into a true police state where people are guilty unless they prove they are innocent, these changes are not likely to do anything to decrease drinking and driving. As Brown pointed out, it is almost unheard of that someone drinks quickly and then drives before the alcohol can be absorbed into their bloodstream. And, it is not that frequent that someone who is suspected of drinking and driving will make it to a place where they can drink before police show up.
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NY Times Admits Mueller Probe a Political Hit on Trump
Timothy Birdnow
According to the New York Times, the entire Mueller probe is an FBI witchhunt designed to punish Trump for firing James Comey.
Mollie Hemmingway dishes the dirt at the Federalist:
According to the New York Times, the entire Mueller probe is an FBI witchhunt designed to punish Trump for firing James Comey.
Mollie Hemmingway dishes the dirt at the Federalist:
On a Friday night news dump, the New York Times revealed the FBI’s surprisingly flimsy justification for launching a retaliatory investigation into President Donald Trump, their chief adversary during their recent troubled era.
Admitting there is no actual evidence for their probe into whether Trump "worked for the Russians,†FBI officials instead cited their foreign policy differences with him, his lawful firing of bungling FBI Director James Comey, and alarm that he accurately revealed to the American public that he was told he wasn’t under investigation by the FBI, when they preferred to hide that fact.
The news was treated as a bombshell, and it was, but not for the reasons many thought. It wasn’t news that the FBI had launched the investigation. Just last month, CNN reported that top FBI officials opened an investigation into Trump after the lawful firing of Comey because Trump "needed to be reined in,†a shocking admission of abuse of power by our nation’s top law enforcement agency.
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Admitting there is no actual evidence for their probe into whether Trump "worked for the Russians,†FBI officials instead cited their foreign policy differences with him, his lawful firing of bungling FBI Director James Comey, and alarm that he accurately revealed to the American public that he was told he wasn’t under investigation by the FBI, when they preferred to hide that fact.
The news was treated as a bombshell, and it was, but not for the reasons many thought. It wasn’t news that the FBI had launched the investigation. Just last month, CNN reported that top FBI officials opened an investigation into Trump after the lawful firing of Comey because Trump "needed to be reined in,†a shocking admission of abuse of power by our nation’s top law enforcement agency.
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Amazon's Spy Ring
Timothy Birdnow
Ring, the Ukrainian-based security company owned by Amazon, gave unrestricted access to inside home cameras of customers.
According to Breitbart:
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Ukrainian based? Gee; who would have thought there would be any problem with THAT!
Guess that guy Rockwell was onto something when he sang about somebody watching...
Ring, the Ukrainian-based security company owned by Amazon, gave unrestricted access to inside home cameras of customers.
According to Breitbart:
The Intercept reported last week that Ring "provided its Ukraine-based research and development team virtually unfettered access to a folder on Amazon’s S3 cloud storage service that contained every video created by every Ring camera around the world.â€
"This would amount to an enormous list of highly sensitive files that could be easily browsed and viewed. Downloading and sharing these customer video files would have required little more than a click,†the Intercept explained, adding that "the video files were left unencrypted,†and the "Ukraine team was also provided with a corresponding database that linked each specific video file to corresponding specific Ring customers.â€
Ring also reportedly provided similar access to "executives and engineers in the U.S.†allowing "unfiltered, round-the-clock live feeds from some customer cameras, regardless of whether they needed access to this extremely sensitive data to do their jobs.â€
An unnamed source told the Intercept that if an engineer "knew a reporter or competitor’s email address, [they] could view all their cameras,†and claimed employees joked around by spying on their co-workers’ home cameras.
"This would amount to an enormous list of highly sensitive files that could be easily browsed and viewed. Downloading and sharing these customer video files would have required little more than a click,†the Intercept explained, adding that "the video files were left unencrypted,†and the "Ukraine team was also provided with a corresponding database that linked each specific video file to corresponding specific Ring customers.â€
Ring also reportedly provided similar access to "executives and engineers in the U.S.†allowing "unfiltered, round-the-clock live feeds from some customer cameras, regardless of whether they needed access to this extremely sensitive data to do their jobs.â€
An unnamed source told the Intercept that if an engineer "knew a reporter or competitor’s email address, [they] could view all their cameras,†and claimed employees joked around by spying on their co-workers’ home cameras.
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Ukrainian based? Gee; who would have thought there would be any problem with THAT!
Guess that guy Rockwell was onto something when he sang about somebody watching...
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Well, that narrows down to 200 Dems running for President
Jack Kemp forwards this:
2020 Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Once Worked For Anti-LGBT Group, Railed Against ËœHomosexual Extremists
From the Mediaite article:
2020 Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Once Worked For Anti-LGBT Group, Railed Against ËœHomosexual Extremists
From the Mediaite article:
According to a new report by CNN's Andrew Kaczynski, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard who just announced her intentions to run for president in 2020 once touted her work for an anti-LGBT organization and railed against ""homosexual extremist"Â Gabbard's prior comments are in sharp contrast to her more recent record in support of LGBT rights and seem to stem to work she did with her father. Gabbard's father, Mike, was an anti-LGBT activist in Hawaii and ran a political action group that promoted traditional marriage. Rep. Gabbard is even quoted in one of the press releases.
Read the rest at Mediaite.
Read the rest at Mediaite.
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Camp Pelosi
Jack Kemp
Si se puede ("Yes we can" in Spanish - an Obama slogan).
Update: LAURA LOOMER and Illegal Aliens From Mexico Storm Pelosi's Yard Set Up Sanctuary Camp GET DEPORTED (VIDEO)
by Cristina Laila January 14, 2019
Welcome to Casa de Nancy!
Laura Loomer and a group of illegal aliens showed up to Nancy Pelosi's Napa Valley, CA lawn and set up a sanctuary camp on Monday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wants open borders so certainly she will welcome the new squatters!
Read the rest at Gateway Pundit.
Update by Jack:
Comments on Lucianne.com say the police removed them - so they are on their way to Gov. Gavin Newsom's house!
Si se puede ("Yes we can" in Spanish - an Obama slogan).
Update: LAURA LOOMER and Illegal Aliens From Mexico Storm Pelosi's Yard Set Up Sanctuary Camp GET DEPORTED (VIDEO)
by Cristina Laila January 14, 2019
Welcome to Casa de Nancy!
Laura Loomer and a group of illegal aliens showed up to Nancy Pelosi's Napa Valley, CA lawn and set up a sanctuary camp on Monday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wants open borders so certainly she will welcome the new squatters!
Read the rest at Gateway Pundit.
Update by Jack:
Comments on Lucianne.com say the police removed them - so they are on their way to Gov. Gavin Newsom's house!
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January 14, 2019
Our Country Is In Trouble Due To The Ignorance of Millennials
whose link is here: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-voice-of-an-ignorant-generation
Dana Mathewson
For too many years our schoolchildren have not been educated. They have been indoctrinated. And the results are coming home to roost. It's showing up in the popularity of socialist-spouting politicians, particularly (but not limited to) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now frequently referred to as AOC.
There's an opinion piece today on Fox News claiming that "she is the voice of an ignorant generation," and as far as it goes, that is true. If she were to be trying to sell her wares to the generations that make up what I like to call the "birdies of the Aviary," she'd be fluffed off in short order, because we have seen the evils of Socialism, having seen the examples of the Soviet Union, Mao's China, Pol Pot's Cambodia, and more recently, Chavez and Maduro's Venezuela. We also remember Peron's Argentina, where an economic powerhouse that rivaled the U.S. was destroyed. And our own Jack Kemp is the son of parents who were forced to perform slave labor for Hitler and his Nazis, who were Socialists, no matter how today's "historians" try to twist facts.
But today's generations are not being taught about the evils of Socialism. Ironically, even AOC herself doesn't know how it works; she's just certain that it's the greatest thing in the world. Neither does she know how capitalism works, she's just certain that it doesn't.
Rather than plaster this with a bunch of quotes, I will give you the links to two articles and hope you'll read them. The first is
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the voice of an ignorant generation
The second article explains why she is so dangerous and why we must not ignore her. She is an ideologue. It doesn't matter that she is ignorant.
Why Ocasio-Cortez Can’t Be Wrong
Meaning, wrong in her own eyes. The link is here. This article is truly a must-read. https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/12/why-ocasio-cortez-cant-be-wrong/
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Prayers for Tim's father
Site proprietor Tim Birdnow's elderly father is undergoing heart bypass surgery as I write this. Please say a prayer for him (and for Tim's family) or, if prayer is "not your thing," send good wishes.
Thanks.
(From North-Central States Editor Dana Mathewson)
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January 13, 2019
What the ‘birth dearth’ tells us about America Blue and America Red
Dana Mathewson
We continue to hear about our declining birth rate. Yes, it's true. Now, here's an interesting article in the New York Post that contrasts so-called Red States and Blue States regarding birth rates. You may be in for some surprises!
Please read the whole thing! https://nypost.com/2019/01/11/what-the-birth-dearth-tells-us-about-america-blue-and-america-red/Almost five years ago, Jonathan V. Last released his book "What to Expect When No One’s Expecting.†Spoiler alert: The consequences are not good.
Ever-lower birth rates can fuel steady drops in population and lead to major social, political and economic shifts. Yet every year since the book’s release, the percentage of Americans having babies has continued to fall.
And a report this month based on birth certificate data from 2017 provided to the National Center for Health Statistics through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program shows yet again that Americans aren’t having enough kids to meet the replacement rate.
What’s most stunning about the report, though, is the stark differences it highlights in births by state.
Although it didn’t offer reasons why US fertility in general has dropped below the replacement rate, other research has. A Morning Consult survey for the New York Times last summer, for example, found the most common reason young adults give for avoiding pregnancy, cited by 64 percent of respondents, is that "child care is too expensive.â€
Worries about the economy was the third-most-cited factor (49 percent) and "can’t afford more children†was fourth (44 percent). More than half wanted more time for the kids they already have.
Economic insecurities and financial concerns certainly appear to play a large role in decisions to hold off on having kids. There’s also the trope that women are choosing education and career over children, putting off childbearing until later years. And there’s plenty of research to show that more educated women have children later.
But now look at the state-by-state breakdowns: Turns out states across the Midwest and Southeast fare better than those in the Northeast and on the West Coast. South Dakota’s rate, the nation’s highest, was a full 57 percent higher than the District of Columbia’s, which was the lowest.
Women in more rural areas, it seems, are simply having more kids; urban women are falling behind. The correlations between "red†states and higher fertility rates and between "blue†states with lower rates is unmistakable for anyone familiar with the electoral map. The question is why.
A CNBC story about the Times’ data offers a clue. It breaks down the cost of day care by state. The most expensive place for care? You guessed it: Washington, DC — the least fertile place in the country. By contrast, the most fertile state, South Dakota, is among the three cheapest states to get care for your child.
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Also notable: The highest-fertility states — the Dakotas, Nebraska, Utah and Idaho — boast strong religious communities, which encourage larger families and advocate for the infrastructure necessary to support them. With healthy economies, lower costs of living and a robust support system, families in these states have the resources to grow and keep up our country’s demographics.
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Here’s the bottom line: Conservative values don’t just encourage larger families; they also lead to policies that help families grow — policies such as lower tax rates and government regulations, which keep economies humming and leave people freer to pursue lifestyles of their choosing.
It’s bad enough that in the tristate area, across the Northeast and on the West Coast the high cost of living puts a ceiling on family size. But the lack of conservative values and policies in these areas only compounds the problem and drives a national crisis.
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