January 06, 2019
Ah! The Key To Solving Glow Bull Warming, at last!
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Dana Mathewson
I'm sure you are all kept awake at night worrying about Catastrophic Climate Change. Or at the very least, you know people who are. I won't name names here, it's not necessary. But at last, help is on the way!
Samuel Miller-McDonald, who writes at The Trouble today that perhaps the only hope for avoiding catastrophic global warming is for a nuclear war to reduce human population and consumption. You need to read the whole thing to appreciate its full dementia, but here is the climax of the argument:One wrench that could slow climate disruption may be a large-scale conflict that halts the global economy, destroys fossil fuel infrastructure, and throws particulates in the air. At this point, with insane people like Trump, Putin, Xi, May, and Macron leading the world’s biggest nuclear powers, large-scale conflagration between them would probably lead to a nuclear exchange. . .
A devastating fact of climate collapse is that there may be a silver lining to the mushroom cloud. First, it should be noted that a nuclear exchange does not inevitably result in apocalyptic loss of life. Nuclear winter—the idea that firestorms would make the earth uninhabitable—is based on shaky science.
He sure seems to be an expert on shaky science, if nothing else! Go to Power Line for the rest of the story posted by Steven Hayward (and leave your drink on the desk because you will be laughing -- writer Hayward will be pounding away at your funny bone as he usually does with things like this): https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/green-weenie-of-the-week-nuclear-war-will-save-us.php
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Elizabeth Warren, Trumpist?
Dana Mathewson
The Democrats hate the President. We all know that. They tell us so every day.
But do they hate his policies? Leaving aside the Wall, that they insist won't work, as opposed to the ones around all their tony homes, some of them actually embrace many of his policies. Whether or not they actually realize they are doing so is another matter, but...
In an insightful article in Power Line, we find this: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/elizabeth-warren-trumpist.php
I really didn't want to give you snippets when you could follow the link and get the full monty. Really, it's more fun that way!
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He's Doing A Great Job, So Let's Get Rid Of Him
Dana Mathewson
Michael Goodwin is one of the shining lights of the New York Post, the only decent newspaper in New York City. Here he lays it on the line succinctly.
In its common definition, the job of president of the United States is to deliver peace and prosperity. Donald Trump is doing well on both fronts, so let’s impeach the bastard!
As insane as it sounds, that and only that is what many Democrats have in mind. Impeachment, or death by a thousand investigations, is the heart of their plan.
For proof, eliminate their desire to remove Trump from office and see if you can pinpoint anything else with broad Dem support. Some advocate for open borders, others for tax hikes or Medicare-for-all, but ending the Trump presidency ASAP is the glue holding the party together.
It unites the leadership with the rank and file, including many of the socialist-leaning newcomers. Its migration from the far-out fringe to a daily talking point among party faithful and their national media lapdogs represents a breathtaking development.
The implications are staggering — and a potential disaster for America.
CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING MICHAEL GOODWIN ON THE NEW YORK POST.
Clicking that last link will get you the rest of the story. If you want the whole thing as one, go here: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/michael-goodwin-democrats-keep-proving-how-detached-they-are-from-reality
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Prodding Trump's EPA to reexamineEndangerment
Paul Driessen
The Trump Administration quickly moved the United States out of the Paris Climate Accords, turned off the Obama era’s regulatory fire hose, and initiated repeal and replacement of the Clean Power Plan. It was an auspicious beginning. However, the administration’s failure to re-examine the science underlying EPA’s climate change Endangerment Finding means that a new pro-regulatory, anti-fossil fuel administration could easily pick up the climate change sledgehammer the first day it is in office – and use it to dramatically roll back our carbon-based fuel use … and the jobs and living standards that depend on that energy.
In this article, Bill Kovacs sets out a series of administrative steps that American citizens could – and should – undertake under the Information Quality Act and other federal laws, to persuade or force the administration to release the underlying studies and supporting data for the Endangerment Finding, much of which has never been made public for proper, necessary review and analysis.
Once the studies are released, experts hired by concerned public citizens could peer review the most influential climate data and let the facts speak for themselves. This could help ensure that actual facts guide our future energy and climate decisions, instead of fear mongering, political spin and the silencing of anyone skeptical of "dangerous manmade climate change.â€
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Effingham County, Illinois, Now a "Sanctuary"€™ for Gun Owners
Dana Mathewson
https://www.gunpowdermagazine.com/effingham-county-illinois-now-a-sanctuary-for-gun-owners
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Some lawmakers in Illinois get it. The resolution detailed herein
doesn't have the force of law, but certainly shows where peoples' hearts and
minds are.
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NY Library Lions repair in Spring 2019
Jack Kemp
From the New York Post:
Read the rest at the NY Post!
From the New York Post:
Dear John: I'm writing to you about the deterioration of the lions at the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue.
In November 2017, I was sitting below Fortitude, the lion on the right as you face the library. I noticed a large chunk missing from the left hind leg.
There is a crack along the backside and another chunk missing from the right underbelly. I reported this to the staff, called a number given to me and filled out a form. To date no repairs have been made.
A higher-up at the library came outside and took pictures. They know about the problem. I checked Patience, the lion on the left, and it has a crack up the back.
As of November 2018, Fortitude has gotten worse. Now a piece is missing from the front paw.
In November 2017, I was sitting below Fortitude, the lion on the right as you face the library. I noticed a large chunk missing from the left hind leg.
There is a crack along the backside and another chunk missing from the right underbelly. I reported this to the staff, called a number given to me and filled out a form. To date no repairs have been made.
A higher-up at the library came outside and took pictures. They know about the problem. I checked Patience, the lion on the left, and it has a crack up the back.
As of November 2018, Fortitude has gotten worse. Now a piece is missing from the front paw.
Read the rest at the NY Post!
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Pitcher gives away $9.75 million mansion, land to Christian camp
Jack Kemp
The mansion is in Missouri and is on the web page of this article. it even looks nicer than the Tim's Ozark Hilton!
Star pitcher gives away $9.75 million mansion, land to Christian camp for kids with special needs
The mansion is in Missouri and is on the web page of this article. it even looks nicer than the Tim's Ozark Hilton!
Star pitcher gives away $9.75 million mansion, land to Christian camp for kids with special needs
Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife are giving their $9.75 million Missouri mansion and land to a Christian camp for children with special needs and chronic illnesses. The Hamels' 32,000-square-foot mansion in Branson sports more than 100 acres of land. (Image source: WCAU-TV video screenshot)
Dave Urbanski
Major League Baseball star pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife are giving away their $9.75 million Missouri mansion and land to a Christian camp for children with special needs and chronic illnesses.
Camp Barnabas has two locations in the Ozarks and notes in its values that "Christ comes first always" and staffers "point people to Christ in everything we do."
Dave Urbanski
Major League Baseball star pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife are giving away their $9.75 million Missouri mansion and land to a Christian camp for children with special needs and chronic illnesses.
Camp Barnabas has two locations in the Ozarks and notes in its values that "Christ comes first always" and staffers "point people to Christ in everything we do."
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Dangerous Fed Monetary Policy
Timothy Birdnow
I came across this chart and felt it important to share. The exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Mexican Peso remained almost constant until the implementation of NAFTA in 1994. Look what that did:
In November of 1993 the dollar was worth just a hair over three pesos. Now it is worth 19.42.
Weak money means imported goods cost more BUT exports cost less - thus encouraging sales. So what has Mexico been doing since NAFTA was implemented? Inflating their currency so as to reduce what they buy from us and sell us a lot more Mexican-made goods (thus costing America jobs) while funding government programs. It's been very good for them; they have been profiting at our expense.
If we had retained certain trade barriers and tariffs this would never have happened. How many factories have been outsourced south of the border? Labor is cheap there, the auto worker's union isn't squeezing company profits, and materials can be had for less money. No wonder we have had such a sucking sound from what is now called the "rust belt" - the place that used to be the industrial heart of America and home of the middle class. These used to be solid Democrats, but now they are starting to flip, because the Democrats have thrown in their lot with Mexicans and others from outside of the country.
Remember, Bill Clinton spearheaded NAFTA, although George W. Bush was a big fan. Bush was a Republican, and the top echelon of the GOP continues to support the fleecing of the United States.
Also, look at the tail of the graph; sinc e2016 the peso has grown stronger. This coincides with the end of the Obama era and the beginning of the Trump Presidency. Love him or hate him, Trump has made it his mission to renegotiate all of these international deals, and he has effectively killed off NAFTA. It was this artificial market that was depressing the value of the peso.
And it's not as though the U.S. pursued a strong dollar policy in the last twenty years; quite the opposite.
The dollar index - the value of the U.S. dollar against foreign currency - has fallen 2.5% this year. Now that is partly because of events outside our control, like foreign countries tying their currency to the Yen or Euro or whatnot. But it is also a function of strong economic growth worldwide; other countries are enjoying ramped up markets that are inflating the value of their currency. Also, Trump's hard stance on China and other nations that artificially manipulate currency have led to stronger currencies there, leading to a falling dollar. But the point is, if we were in danger of an economy "overheating" which is the justification for the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates we would see a stronger dollar, not a weaker one. A strong economy means a strong dollar.
So why is the Fed raising interest rates while the dollar is falling? That is exactly the opposite of what they should do. A stronger dollar leads to more volatility in the stock market because it reduces the value of international profits and sales. We have a weakening dollar but a lot of market volatility these days because the Fed keeps raising rates. Why are they doing this?
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I came across this chart and felt it important to share. The exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Mexican Peso remained almost constant until the implementation of NAFTA in 1994. Look what that did:
In November of 1993 the dollar was worth just a hair over three pesos. Now it is worth 19.42.
Weak money means imported goods cost more BUT exports cost less - thus encouraging sales. So what has Mexico been doing since NAFTA was implemented? Inflating their currency so as to reduce what they buy from us and sell us a lot more Mexican-made goods (thus costing America jobs) while funding government programs. It's been very good for them; they have been profiting at our expense.
If we had retained certain trade barriers and tariffs this would never have happened. How many factories have been outsourced south of the border? Labor is cheap there, the auto worker's union isn't squeezing company profits, and materials can be had for less money. No wonder we have had such a sucking sound from what is now called the "rust belt" - the place that used to be the industrial heart of America and home of the middle class. These used to be solid Democrats, but now they are starting to flip, because the Democrats have thrown in their lot with Mexicans and others from outside of the country.
Remember, Bill Clinton spearheaded NAFTA, although George W. Bush was a big fan. Bush was a Republican, and the top echelon of the GOP continues to support the fleecing of the United States.
Also, look at the tail of the graph; sinc e2016 the peso has grown stronger. This coincides with the end of the Obama era and the beginning of the Trump Presidency. Love him or hate him, Trump has made it his mission to renegotiate all of these international deals, and he has effectively killed off NAFTA. It was this artificial market that was depressing the value of the peso.
And it's not as though the U.S. pursued a strong dollar policy in the last twenty years; quite the opposite.
The dollar index - the value of the U.S. dollar against foreign currency - has fallen 2.5% this year. Now that is partly because of events outside our control, like foreign countries tying their currency to the Yen or Euro or whatnot. But it is also a function of strong economic growth worldwide; other countries are enjoying ramped up markets that are inflating the value of their currency. Also, Trump's hard stance on China and other nations that artificially manipulate currency have led to stronger currencies there, leading to a falling dollar. But the point is, if we were in danger of an economy "overheating" which is the justification for the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates we would see a stronger dollar, not a weaker one. A strong economy means a strong dollar.
So why is the Fed raising interest rates while the dollar is falling? That is exactly the opposite of what they should do. A stronger dollar leads to more volatility in the stock market because it reduces the value of international profits and sales. We have a weakening dollar but a lot of market volatility these days because the Fed keeps raising rates. Why are they doing this?
Take a look at this graph:
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Cigar Store Idiot
Jack Kemp
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks that Rembrandt copied the idea for his famous painting of the burgomeisters from a Dutch Masters cigar label!
Two centavos from Tim:
Lizzie Warren is a cigar store Indian, and Ocasio-Cortez a cigar store idiot!
Mr. Kemp replies:
Let's just say that the type of smoking product she is probably NOT opposed to is the type Gov. Cuomo wants to make legal this year to buy at what are now only medicinal marijuana stores.
Dana Mathewson's rejoinder:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks that Rembrandt copied the idea for his famous painting of the burgomeisters from a Dutch Masters cigar label!
Two centavos from Tim:
Lizzie Warren is a cigar store Indian, and Ocasio-Cortez a cigar store idiot!
Mr. Kemp replies:
Let's just say that the type of smoking product she is probably NOT opposed to is the type Gov. Cuomo wants to make legal this year to buy at what are now only medicinal marijuana stores.
Dana Mathewson's rejoinder:
I won't argue with you at all on that one, Jack. I imagine she's already "into" that kind, and so is Cuomo.
And we ain't talking "vape."
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January 05, 2019
Deep Ocean Cooling Disproves Global Warming Theory
Timothy Birdnow
Turns out the oceans are not only not warming due to Global Warming, but in fact are getting colder. From the U.K. Daily Mail:
To quote a limmerick often found on the walls of public men's rooms "no matter how you squirm or dance..."
One of the biggest embarrassments to the AGW crowd of Gang-Greenous partisans is the "missing heat". The Earth has failed to warm, despite every computer simulation showing it should, and climate modelers have argued the missing heat is being sucked into the deep oceans. We aren't seeing warming because the heat is hiding. Granted, they never could explain a mechanism for this, how it worked; it has just been an article of faith. But now we know the ocean depths are actually getting colder!
Where does that leave climate change theory?
The article continues;
Well, first off, there was far less data then than now, so we cannot confidently assume this research is valid. Second, if the oceans are warming I'd like to know where? Antarctic ice is way up, and even the Arctic is rebounding nicely. We have no surface warming. We have no warming in the Earth's tropical troposphere, either - the so-called "hotspot" predicted by all the computer models. No; we have no real warming in evidence at all.
Of course, ocean temps now are going to be higher than at the end of the Dalton Minimum of the nineteenth century. That stands to reason.
This should be good news and in a normal era it would be reported as a refutation of Global Warming theory. But not now. The article concludes:
Hew-boy!
See, we are in peril because the ocean may not be able to hold as much heat that it isn't absorbing anyway. It's clearly time to panic!
I for one intend to sleep well tonight, untroubled by this new peril.
Turns out the oceans are not only not warming due to Global Warming, but in fact are getting colder. From the U.K. Daily Mail:
A Harvard study has found that parts of the deep Pacific may be getting cooler as the result of a climate phenomenon that occurred hundreds of years ago.
Around the 17th century, Earth experienced a prolonged cooling period dubbed the Little Ice Age that brought chillier-than-average temperatures to much of the Northern Hemisphere.
Though it’s been centuries since this all played out, researchers say the deep Pacific appears to lag behind the waters closer to the surface, and is still responding to the Little Ice Age.
Around the 17th century, Earth experienced a prolonged cooling period dubbed the Little Ice Age that brought chillier-than-average temperatures to much of the Northern Hemisphere.
Though it’s been centuries since this all played out, researchers say the deep Pacific appears to lag behind the waters closer to the surface, and is still responding to the Little Ice Age.
To quote a limmerick often found on the walls of public men's rooms "no matter how you squirm or dance..."
One of the biggest embarrassments to the AGW crowd of Gang-Greenous partisans is the "missing heat". The Earth has failed to warm, despite every computer simulation showing it should, and climate modelers have argued the missing heat is being sucked into the deep oceans. We aren't seeing warming because the heat is hiding. Granted, they never could explain a mechanism for this, how it worked; it has just been an article of faith. But now we know the ocean depths are actually getting colder!
Where does that leave climate change theory?
The article continues;
If the surface ocean was generally cooling for the better part of the last millennium, those parts of the ocean most isolated from modern warming may still be cooling,’ said Jake Gebbie, a physical oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
To test this, the team compared measurements taken during the 1870s by scientists on the HMS Challenger to modern data.
During the study in the late 1800s, the researchers of the time dropped thermometers deep down into the ocean between 1872 and 1876, collecting more than 5,000 measurements in total.
‘We screened this historical data for outliers and considered a variety of corrections associated with pressure effects on the thermometer and stretching of the hemp rope used for lowering thermometers,’ Huybers said.
As expected, the comparisons showed most of the world’s ocean has been warming up over the last century.
In the deep Pacific Ocean, however, temperatures are dropping. This effect could be seen at a depth of around 2 kilometers (1.2 miles).
To test this, the team compared measurements taken during the 1870s by scientists on the HMS Challenger to modern data.
During the study in the late 1800s, the researchers of the time dropped thermometers deep down into the ocean between 1872 and 1876, collecting more than 5,000 measurements in total.
‘We screened this historical data for outliers and considered a variety of corrections associated with pressure effects on the thermometer and stretching of the hemp rope used for lowering thermometers,’ Huybers said.
As expected, the comparisons showed most of the world’s ocean has been warming up over the last century.
In the deep Pacific Ocean, however, temperatures are dropping. This effect could be seen at a depth of around 2 kilometers (1.2 miles).
Well, first off, there was far less data then than now, so we cannot confidently assume this research is valid. Second, if the oceans are warming I'd like to know where? Antarctic ice is way up, and even the Arctic is rebounding nicely. We have no surface warming. We have no warming in the Earth's tropical troposphere, either - the so-called "hotspot" predicted by all the computer models. No; we have no real warming in evidence at all.
Of course, ocean temps now are going to be higher than at the end of the Dalton Minimum of the nineteenth century. That stands to reason.
This should be good news and in a normal era it would be reported as a refutation of Global Warming theory. But not now. The article concludes:
According to the team, this could influence our understanding of how much heat the ocean has absorbed in the last century, suggesting it could be as much as 30 percent less than previously assumed.
Their findings are published in a new paper in the journal Science.
‘The close correspondence between the predictions and observed trends gave us confidence that this is a real phenomenon,’ Gebbie said.
‘Part of the heat needed to bring the ocean into equilibrium with an atmosphere having more greenhouse gases was apparently already present in the deep Pacific,’ Huybers said.
Their findings are published in a new paper in the journal Science.
‘The close correspondence between the predictions and observed trends gave us confidence that this is a real phenomenon,’ Gebbie said.
‘Part of the heat needed to bring the ocean into equilibrium with an atmosphere having more greenhouse gases was apparently already present in the deep Pacific,’ Huybers said.
Hew-boy!
See, we are in peril because the ocean may not be able to hold as much heat that it isn't absorbing anyway. It's clearly time to panic!
I for one intend to sleep well tonight, untroubled by this new peril.
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Catholic Cardinal Correct on Decline of Society at Root of Pedophilia Scandal
Timothy Birdnow
Homosexuality has become a sacred cow, and stating the obvious now engenders outrage among the Progressives and the gay community. Here is a case in point.
Homosexuality has become a sacred cow, and stating the obvious now engenders outrage among the Progressives and the gay community. Here is a case in point.
What has happened in the church is no different from what is happening in society as a whole,†Cardinal Walter Brandmüller said. "The real scandal is that the Catholic church hasn’t distinguished itself from the rest of society.â€
A study commissioned by the German Bishops Conference and published last year found that more than 3,600 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy in Germany between 1946 and 2014.
But Cardinal Brandmüller claimed that only a "vanishingly small number†of clergy had committed abuses. He said the real problem was homosexuality and claimed it is "statistically proven†that there is a link between homosexuality and abuse.
Society "forgets or covers up the fact that 80 per cent of cases of sexual assault in the church involved male youths not children,†he told Germany’s DPA news agency in an interview a few days ahead of his 90th birthday.
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A study commissioned by the German Bishops Conference and published last year found that more than 3,600 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy in Germany between 1946 and 2014.
But Cardinal Brandmüller claimed that only a "vanishingly small number†of clergy had committed abuses. He said the real problem was homosexuality and claimed it is "statistically proven†that there is a link between homosexuality and abuse.
Society "forgets or covers up the fact that 80 per cent of cases of sexual assault in the church involved male youths not children,†he told Germany’s DPA news agency in an interview a few days ahead of his 90th birthday.
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We Aren't The Only Country With an Out-Of-Control Judiciary
Dana Mathewson, with a Hat Tip to Eddie Engebretson
Increasingly -- and disturbingly -- in this country the (at least partially unelected) Judicial branch has become the strongest, when it was formed to be the weakest, and effectively taken over Congress' role as the maker of laws, not to mention the Executive branch's role as the enforcer of laws. How many times in the past couple of years has the President issued an Executive Order, that was well within his Constitutional rights as protector of this country, only to have some judge block him?
Well, it seems that the same problem exists for one of our staunchest allies: Israel. Here is a must-read article by the excellent Caroline Glick.
Over the past several years, the term "rule of law†in Israel has been turned on its head. Rather than denote the dispassionate enforcement of duly promulgated laws, it has come to mean what President Reuven Rivlin once referred to as the tyranny of the "rule of law mafia,†that is, the rule of unchecked lawyers.
Israel’s Basic Law: Knesset defines the Knesset as the sovereign. That is because the public elects its members in national elections. Members of Knesset in turn, elect the government as the executive arm of the people’s will. That is how it works in democracies. The parliament legislates laws. The executive implements policies in accordance with the law and the mandate it receives from the public at the ballot box. The job of the judicial branch is to interpret laws.
Over the past several years, and with growing intensity in the past four years, the authority of the Knesset to promulgate laws has diminished. The combined forces of the attorney-general and the justices of the Supreme Court have seized not only the power to abrogate laws and interfere with the legislative process, but to dictate laws through legal opinions and judgments. The same goes for executive power. Not only have the justices and attorneys arrogated to themselves the power to cancel government decisions and policies, they have also asserted the power to dictate policies to the government.
Through these acts of the legal fraternity, the powers of Israel’s elected officials have been whittled down. This week we learned that Supreme Court president Esther Hayut has quietly empaneled a forum of 11 justices to determine the legality of Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People.
In Israel, Basic Laws are essentially the constitutional foundations of the state.
If Hayut goes through with adjudicating petitions against the law, even if the justices rule that the Basic Law is legal, by claiming the power to adjudicate a Basic Law, the justices will seize the power to undermine the foundations of the state.
The Law of Return, which is the anchor of Jewish peoplehood and the ingathering of exiles, has long been a red flag for post-Zionist radicals who reject Israel’s right to exist as a specifically Jewish state. There is every reason to believe that if the justices seize the power to undermine Basic Laws, they will not hesitate to go after the Law of Return.
Watching this dangerous trend of events, I have used my position as a columnist to warn the public about what is happening and to empower Israel’s politicians to fight for their powers. If Israel is to maintain its democracy, our elected officials must be empowered to challenge the legal fraternity and restore to the Knesset the sole power to legislate laws.
Given the gravity of the situation, the disputes over Israel’s borders, its energy policies, its immigration policies, its economic policies and its military policies become secondary concerns. The key question that hangs in the balance today is whether the Knesset will restore its power as the repository of the people’s will in accordance with law or will it become a mere debating society with the actual power to determine Israel’s future devolved entirely to bureaucrats ruled by a handful of unelected lawyers and judges? Because if the latter happens, the people will lose all ability to determine the outcome of every other aspect of national life.
This constitutes the core of the problem. The entire article consists of a capsule sketch of Glick's original emigration to Israel following her graduation from college (she doesn't say which one) in America, and her service in the IDF. "Most of my service was spent in negotiations sessions with the PLO. As
the coordinator of negotiations on civil affairs with the Palestinians
in the Defense Ministry, I was a core – if junior – member of the
Israeli negotiating team during the Oslo peace process years." And she gives a great deal of information about how those of us who relied, and still rely, on the Mainstream Media for information on "the Palestinian Situation" really know very little of the issues -- and most of what we know is wrong.
This is a very interesting and education article, and I urge you to read it. Go here: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0119/glick010418.php3
I must add that I greatly hope Israel finds a way to get its renegade judiciary under control, so we can perhaps how to do the same with ours!
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Tammy Bruce scolds Romney
Jack Kemp
Tammy Bruce knows about Mitt Romney's lack of character, after the Romney Presidential campaign of 2012 hired the openly gay Richard Grenell as a top national security advisor - and then created a situation where Mr. Grenell felt compelled to resign within weeks for Romney's backtracking on his decision. Mr. Grenell is currently President Trump's Ambassador to Germany.
Here ae some quotes from Tammy Bruce's article. The last sentence is a great zinger.
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Tammy Bruce knows about Mitt Romney's lack of character, after the Romney Presidential campaign of 2012 hired the openly gay Richard Grenell as a top national security advisor - and then created a situation where Mr. Grenell felt compelled to resign within weeks for Romney's backtracking on his decision. Mr. Grenell is currently President Trump's Ambassador to Germany.
Here ae some quotes from Tammy Bruce's article. The last sentence is a great zinger.
Ric, in fact, was present and listened as reporters asked if he would be joining the call and wondering why he wasn't there. The message was clear. He was facing a deliberately untenable situation, which would appall any serious person. He consulted with mentors and then resigned from the campaign.
He also made the decision to never say a bad word publicly about Mr. Romney. Ric even wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal endorsing Romney over Barack Obama, because it was the right thing to do.
Did Romney recognize Ric's display of character over the years in how he handled that debacle? Likely not.
Due to Romney's failure to defeat Mr. Obama, Ric had to wait four more years before the nation had a candidate and then president with the character to not just recognize Ric's talent but stand by him. Ric is now our Ambassador to Germany because President Trump made sure a passive-aggressive senate confirmed his nomination.
Mr. Romney says he doesn't like what Mr. Trump stands for. But perhaps the fact that Mr. Trump actually stands for something is what really outrages the also-ran.
He also made the decision to never say a bad word publicly about Mr. Romney. Ric even wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal endorsing Romney over Barack Obama, because it was the right thing to do.
Did Romney recognize Ric's display of character over the years in how he handled that debacle? Likely not.
Due to Romney's failure to defeat Mr. Obama, Ric had to wait four more years before the nation had a candidate and then president with the character to not just recognize Ric's talent but stand by him. Ric is now our Ambassador to Germany because President Trump made sure a passive-aggressive senate confirmed his nomination.
Mr. Romney says he doesn't like what Mr. Trump stands for. But perhaps the fact that Mr. Trump actually stands for something is what really outrages the also-ran.
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Matt Vespa on Tlaib's vulgar remark about Trump
Jack Kemp
From Townhall:
Read it all at Townhall.
Fay Voshell adds:
From Townhall:
Is it because she revealed the big (non) surprise that the Democrats and the entire liberal establishment want Trump gone by any means necessary? If anything,the load of manure Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unloaded about a 70 percent tax rate, among other nonsensical ideas, is probably more damaging to the party than Tlaib channeling her rabid anti-Trumpism. Itâ€â„¢s annoying, yes. It makes one rip your hair out because if a Republican had said this about Obama, calling him a motherf**ker, there would have been an uproar in the press that would've lasted until Rapture. Still, the fact remains that Democrats want to impeach Trump and they really shouldn't be mad that Tlaib decided to unveil (colorfully) what we've known for months. You cannot put the toothpaste back into the tube. If Tlaib won't speak, then her other progressive allies will and they have. Every hearing the House will hold looking into this White House is an impeachment hearing. That's the aim. There is no goodwill anymore, especially with Democrats. They're going after the president because he won an election, and Tlaib is being reamed out for merely saying what everyone already knows
Read it all at Townhall.
Fay Voshell adds:
She only expressed what Pelosi and others really want.
She and other firebrands like Ocasio-Cortez
are being allowed to run riot in order Pelosi and Schumer look moderate and
reasonable. All the while, they are working toward the same goal. I note Pelosi
didn't distance herself from the comments, merely saying she "wasn't into
censorship." That's a tell all comment.
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A 50,000 Gun Salute for an Old Sailor
Jack Kemp forwards this:
World War II Vet Gets 50,000 Cards For 96th Birthday
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World War II Vet Gets 50,000 Cards For 96th Birthday
Duane Sherman still has shrapnel in his back from when a kamikaze plane slammed into the ship he served during World War II. He was a chief sonarman aboard the USS Lamson when he lost 30 shipmates during that action.
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Now living in California, Sherman looks forward to mail call every day. So in early December, he kept asking his daughter what came in the mail that day. The war veteran kept looking for birthday cards to commemorate his upcoming 96th birthday. But day after day, no such greeting.
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"All my friends are gone" Duane said.
This was nearly a month ago in anticipation of his birthday. His daughter turned to Facebook, hoping anyone would find it in their heart to send her father a birthday card.
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By the time the chief's 96th trip around the sun hit on Dec. 30, 2018, Sherman had received more than 50,000 birthday cards from people in all 50 states and 10 countries. A salute from folks he'll most likely never see in this lifetime.
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Now living in California, Sherman looks forward to mail call every day. So in early December, he kept asking his daughter what came in the mail that day. The war veteran kept looking for birthday cards to commemorate his upcoming 96th birthday. But day after day, no such greeting.
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"All my friends are gone" Duane said.
This was nearly a month ago in anticipation of his birthday. His daughter turned to Facebook, hoping anyone would find it in their heart to send her father a birthday card.
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By the time the chief's 96th trip around the sun hit on Dec. 30, 2018, Sherman had received more than 50,000 birthday cards from people in all 50 states and 10 countries. A salute from folks he'll most likely never see in this lifetime.
Read the rest at MSN.
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Mitt's Mutterings
Timothy Birdnow
Everyone is talking about the knife-in-back op-ed by Mitt the Twit Romney and so they should; Romney has made a fool of himself before even taking the oath of office.
I figured I'd weigh in with a few observations.
First, Mr. Romney states:
Everyone is talking about the knife-in-back op-ed by Mitt the Twit Romney and so they should; Romney has made a fool of himself before even taking the oath of office.
I figured I'd weigh in with a few observations.
First, Mr. Romney states:
The departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, the appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside us, and the president’s thoughtless claim that America has long been a "sucker†in world affairs all defined his presidency down.
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Maybe we should call the Wall a Barrycade?
Timothy Birdnow
Anybody remember Barrycades? When Barack Obama was leading the government shutdown he wanted to hurt average Americans to put pressure on Republicans in Congress to give him what he wanted. What did he do? He closed the nation's war memorials to vets and put barricades around them. So walls don't work? Bleah!
Jake Hoffman has a few other observations at Townhall.
Maybe we ought to call the wall a barricade?
Anybody remember Barrycades? When Barack Obama was leading the government shutdown he wanted to hurt average Americans to put pressure on Republicans in Congress to give him what he wanted. What did he do? He closed the nation's war memorials to vets and put barricades around them. So walls don't work? Bleah!
Jake Hoffman has a few other observations at Townhall.
Maybe we ought to call the wall a barricade?
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Impeachment is a two-edged sword, or should be
Timothy Birdnow
Conservatives are clueless about how to fight fire with fire. When we are in power we take no steps to punish our enemies, but the Left most assuredly does (by the way, I have almost stopped using the word liberal as there are virtually none left; the Democrats are now hard leftists.) At any rate, on the very first day the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives they have introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump.
From the Fox article:
To quote Casey Stengel, doesn't anybody know how to play this game?
It's simple really; the Republicans should introduce articles of impeachment against some Democrat. They can't win, you say? That's the argument made by Republicans and it misses the whole point; these are not serious allegations but political theater, and intended to show the stupidity of the charges against the President. I would suggest impeaching Hillary and Bill Clinton. Neither are still in office but both are receiving pensions that can be taken away, plus the impeachment articles will bring back unpleasant memories to the public.
The whole point is not to succeed in the impeachment but to put the Democrats on the defensive. That is how they aprooach these things; always attacking, never defending. Our side is the perpetually bullied, like the kid who hides from the big upper classmen so as not to wind up with a wedgie and no lunch money. That has to change.
Tit for tat. That is the fundamental reality of politics, but the GOP won't follow that rule. It amazes me; it's like watching a high school football team playing against the NFL. Republicans are rank amateurs, and not especially talented ones at that.
Conservatives are clueless about how to fight fire with fire. When we are in power we take no steps to punish our enemies, but the Left most assuredly does (by the way, I have almost stopped using the word liberal as there are virtually none left; the Democrats are now hard leftists.) At any rate, on the very first day the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives they have introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump.
From the Fox article:
Rep. Brad Sherman is reintroducing the impeachment articles that he first filed in 2017 with Democratic co-sponsor Rep. Al Green of Texas, a spokesman said.
"He will be introducing the same articles he introduced last year once the House is in session this afternoon,†Sherman spokesman Shane Seaver told Fox News.
The move is one of several indications that despite the go-slow approach of Democratic leadership, some in the rank-and-file will be eager to launch impeachment proceedings now that they're in the majority. A Detroit Free Press op-ed co-authored by incoming Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan, said the House does not need to wait for the outcome of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe "before moving forward now with an inquiry in the U.S. House of Representatives on whether the president has committed impeachable 'high crimes and misdemeanors' against the state: abuse of power and abuse of the public trust."
"He will be introducing the same articles he introduced last year once the House is in session this afternoon,†Sherman spokesman Shane Seaver told Fox News.
The move is one of several indications that despite the go-slow approach of Democratic leadership, some in the rank-and-file will be eager to launch impeachment proceedings now that they're in the majority. A Detroit Free Press op-ed co-authored by incoming Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan, said the House does not need to wait for the outcome of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe "before moving forward now with an inquiry in the U.S. House of Representatives on whether the president has committed impeachable 'high crimes and misdemeanors' against the state: abuse of power and abuse of the public trust."
To quote Casey Stengel, doesn't anybody know how to play this game?
It's simple really; the Republicans should introduce articles of impeachment against some Democrat. They can't win, you say? That's the argument made by Republicans and it misses the whole point; these are not serious allegations but political theater, and intended to show the stupidity of the charges against the President. I would suggest impeaching Hillary and Bill Clinton. Neither are still in office but both are receiving pensions that can be taken away, plus the impeachment articles will bring back unpleasant memories to the public.
The whole point is not to succeed in the impeachment but to put the Democrats on the defensive. That is how they aprooach these things; always attacking, never defending. Our side is the perpetually bullied, like the kid who hides from the big upper classmen so as not to wind up with a wedgie and no lunch money. That has to change.
Tit for tat. That is the fundamental reality of politics, but the GOP won't follow that rule. It amazes me; it's like watching a high school football team playing against the NFL. Republicans are rank amateurs, and not especially talented ones at that.
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Pelosi at Valley Forge
Jack Kemp
I wonder how loyal lifetime Democrat voters who are union federal employees feel about being out of work without a check while Pelosi was resting at a resort in Hawaii. These federal employee Democrats are having to endure hardships while their "leaders" are living in the lap of luxury. This is the Dems payback to their loyal thirty year voters, namely the middle finger. At least at Valley Forge, George Washington was living besides his loyal troops and enduring the cold, not sun bathing in Hawaii.
I wonder how loyal lifetime Democrat voters who are union federal employees feel about being out of work without a check while Pelosi was resting at a resort in Hawaii. These federal employee Democrats are having to endure hardships while their "leaders" are living in the lap of luxury. This is the Dems payback to their loyal thirty year voters, namely the middle finger. At least at Valley Forge, George Washington was living besides his loyal troops and enduring the cold, not sun bathing in Hawaii.
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Ebola in Sweden?
Timothy Birdnow
A possible case of \Ebola showed up at a Swedish hospital. According to Breitbart:
Ebola is a filovirus (string shaped rather than round), one of only a few ancient RNA-based viruses (most viruses are DNA based) and is terribly lethal. There are several strains, including Ebola Sudan, Ebola Tai Forest, Ebola Bundibugyo, and the benign-in-humans Ebola Reston and Ebola Bombali. There is also the closely related disease Marburg. Ebola Zaire is by far the most lethal. All of these viruses (save Reston) cause hemorrhagic, which leads to high fevers and severe bleeding. Eyes turn bright red from blood, noses drip blood, and the patient often vomits blood. Eventually the patient crashes and bleeds out, often pouring blood from the mouth and rectum. It's a horrible way to die.
Only recently has a vaccine been developed. It is still largely unproven, and does not cure the disease - just keeps people from catching it. There is no cure for Ebola, and death rates make Smallpox look positively benevolent.
For decades epidemiologists have worried about a pandemic of Ebola. Ebola mutates easily and could mutate into a flu-like form, perhaps. With modern jet travel it could spread across the entire world. Imagine an Ebola outbreak similar to the Spanish Flu outbreak during the First World War; that took the lives of twenty million people and infected half a billion. Imagine a half billion people infected with Ebola!
Also, we must remember that there were efforts to use recombinant DNA technology back int he sixties and seventies to produce bioweapons (frightening Richard Nixon enough that he canceled the bio-weapons program) and with modern CRISPR technology it may well be possible for terrorists to unleash such an evil thing.
At any rate, Ebola showing up in Sweden could be a very, very bad thing.
A possible case of \Ebola showed up at a Swedish hospital. According to Breitbart:
The Emergency Room of a Swedish hospital was closed down Friday morning after a patient recently returned from Africa arrived vomiting blood, a possible symptom of the deadly and contagious Ebola virus.
The unidentified patient was transferred by ambulance from Enköping hospital to the University teaching hospital at Uppsala which has a specialist infection clinic capable of treating them in isolation. The infection has not yet been confirmed.
The Ebola virus is so contagious the ER room in the Enköping hospital was closed for decontamination Friday morning with patients redirected to Västerås hospital instead, reports Sweden’s Afton Bladet. Staff who came into contact with the patient are also being treated.
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The paper states the patient started showing symptoms over the past 24 hours, having travelled from Burundi, East Africa within the past three weeks. Burundi itself is not a known Ebola area but is adjacent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda which have both seen Ebola outbreaks in recent years.
Local newspaper the Upsala Nya Tidning reports their attempts to get comment from the hospital have been unanswered as the leadership team remain in a "crisis meetingâ€.
The unidentified patient was transferred by ambulance from Enköping hospital to the University teaching hospital at Uppsala which has a specialist infection clinic capable of treating them in isolation. The infection has not yet been confirmed.
The Ebola virus is so contagious the ER room in the Enköping hospital was closed for decontamination Friday morning with patients redirected to Västerås hospital instead, reports Sweden’s Afton Bladet. Staff who came into contact with the patient are also being treated.
[...]
The paper states the patient started showing symptoms over the past 24 hours, having travelled from Burundi, East Africa within the past three weeks. Burundi itself is not a known Ebola area but is adjacent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda which have both seen Ebola outbreaks in recent years.
Local newspaper the Upsala Nya Tidning reports their attempts to get comment from the hospital have been unanswered as the leadership team remain in a "crisis meetingâ€.
Ebola is a filovirus (string shaped rather than round), one of only a few ancient RNA-based viruses (most viruses are DNA based) and is terribly lethal. There are several strains, including Ebola Sudan, Ebola Tai Forest, Ebola Bundibugyo, and the benign-in-humans Ebola Reston and Ebola Bombali. There is also the closely related disease Marburg. Ebola Zaire is by far the most lethal. All of these viruses (save Reston) cause hemorrhagic, which leads to high fevers and severe bleeding. Eyes turn bright red from blood, noses drip blood, and the patient often vomits blood. Eventually the patient crashes and bleeds out, often pouring blood from the mouth and rectum. It's a horrible way to die.
Only recently has a vaccine been developed. It is still largely unproven, and does not cure the disease - just keeps people from catching it. There is no cure for Ebola, and death rates make Smallpox look positively benevolent.
For decades epidemiologists have worried about a pandemic of Ebola. Ebola mutates easily and could mutate into a flu-like form, perhaps. With modern jet travel it could spread across the entire world. Imagine an Ebola outbreak similar to the Spanish Flu outbreak during the First World War; that took the lives of twenty million people and infected half a billion. Imagine a half billion people infected with Ebola!
Also, we must remember that there were efforts to use recombinant DNA technology back int he sixties and seventies to produce bioweapons (frightening Richard Nixon enough that he canceled the bio-weapons program) and with modern CRISPR technology it may well be possible for terrorists to unleash such an evil thing.
At any rate, Ebola showing up in Sweden could be a very, very bad thing.
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