February 18, 2025
Ihre Kampf
Timothy Birdnow
It's German for Up Yours....
FREE SPEECH, GERMAN STYLE
From ze Zeitungsartikel:
And here the Europeans were all upset about J.D. Vance warning that Europe was losing free speech!
It's German for Up Yours....
FREE SPEECH, GERMAN STYLE
From ze Zeitungsartikel:
You probably have heard about the 60 Minutes segment last night that focused on Germany’s criminalization of "hate speech” on the internet. 60 Minutes reporters accompanied six armed policemen as they raided an apartment at dawn, searching for evidence of a thought crime. That was one of more than 50 such raids conducted simultaneously across Germany. They also interviewed law enforcement personnel, "experts,” and a left-wing activist or two.
First the segment, which is around 13 minutes long, then some observations on it:
In Germany, it is a crime to insult someone–even a politician!–in public, and even more so on the internet. So is anyone being prosecuted for insulting leaders of the Alternative For Germany, the reviled anti-immigration party? Oddly, the 60 Minutes reporters never asked that question.
The 60 Minutes narrator says, "We were with state police as they raided this apartment,” looking for evidence of posting a "racist cartoon.” In German, "state police” is Gestadt Polizei. I’d swear I’ve heard that phrase somewhere before. You could shorten it into something catchy…
If the rest of us see echoes of the Third Reich in these efforts to criminalize wrongthink, the Germans themselves–consistent with their reputation–seem blind to the irony.
Liberals like CBS’s Margaret Brennan see a lot of advantages to the German system. And the more I think about it, the more I can see their point. There are plenty of echoes of America here. For example, a major driver of German limitations on speech was the fact that a politician was attacked on the internet, often unfairly, for four years, at the end of which time he was shot in the head. Exactly like what happened here, then, to Donald Trump–with the single exception that Trump miraculously survived. Under the German system, those who attacked Trump could be criminally prosecuted.
One or more Germans have been prosecuted for calling a politician a "pimmel,” which means dick. What a coincidence! Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has just called Elon Musk a dick, a characterization that a number of other Democrats have endorsed. Under German law, they would be criminals, subject to fines, confiscation of their cell phones and laptops, and, if repeat offenders, prison time. What’s not to like about that?
Remarkably, under German law, posting or re-posting something that isn’t true is a crime. For us conservatives, this opens endless possibilities! The most notorious misinformation of America’s modern history is the Russia collusion hoax. The reporters and editors at the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, and most other liberal outlets would all be criminals under German law for posting or re-posting the fraud. Since pretty much all of them are repeat offenders, jail time would be a real possibility. Again, since Democrats hate free speech, why shouldn’t we go along with them?
Here is another parallel between Germany and the U.S.: an activist interviewed by 60 Minutes, a leftist who advocates censorship, says that half of German internet users are afraid to express their political opinions, and rarely participate in debates online. The same is true in America! Polls show that many conservatives, maybe most, are afraid to express their political opinions online. Maybe we should adopt the German system, so that liberals who abuse them online are subject to fines, device confiscation, and, potentially, prison time.
The more I think about the German system–free speech, sure, but no insults or false statements–the more I like it. I think President Trump should advocate the same system here. That might be the one thing that could cause Democrats to, however reluctantly, embrace the First Amendment. At least until they are back in power.
First the segment, which is around 13 minutes long, then some observations on it:
In Germany, it is a crime to insult someone–even a politician!–in public, and even more so on the internet. So is anyone being prosecuted for insulting leaders of the Alternative For Germany, the reviled anti-immigration party? Oddly, the 60 Minutes reporters never asked that question.
The 60 Minutes narrator says, "We were with state police as they raided this apartment,” looking for evidence of posting a "racist cartoon.” In German, "state police” is Gestadt Polizei. I’d swear I’ve heard that phrase somewhere before. You could shorten it into something catchy…
If the rest of us see echoes of the Third Reich in these efforts to criminalize wrongthink, the Germans themselves–consistent with their reputation–seem blind to the irony.
Liberals like CBS’s Margaret Brennan see a lot of advantages to the German system. And the more I think about it, the more I can see their point. There are plenty of echoes of America here. For example, a major driver of German limitations on speech was the fact that a politician was attacked on the internet, often unfairly, for four years, at the end of which time he was shot in the head. Exactly like what happened here, then, to Donald Trump–with the single exception that Trump miraculously survived. Under the German system, those who attacked Trump could be criminally prosecuted.
One or more Germans have been prosecuted for calling a politician a "pimmel,” which means dick. What a coincidence! Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has just called Elon Musk a dick, a characterization that a number of other Democrats have endorsed. Under German law, they would be criminals, subject to fines, confiscation of their cell phones and laptops, and, if repeat offenders, prison time. What’s not to like about that?
Remarkably, under German law, posting or re-posting something that isn’t true is a crime. For us conservatives, this opens endless possibilities! The most notorious misinformation of America’s modern history is the Russia collusion hoax. The reporters and editors at the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, and most other liberal outlets would all be criminals under German law for posting or re-posting the fraud. Since pretty much all of them are repeat offenders, jail time would be a real possibility. Again, since Democrats hate free speech, why shouldn’t we go along with them?
Here is another parallel between Germany and the U.S.: an activist interviewed by 60 Minutes, a leftist who advocates censorship, says that half of German internet users are afraid to express their political opinions, and rarely participate in debates online. The same is true in America! Polls show that many conservatives, maybe most, are afraid to express their political opinions online. Maybe we should adopt the German system, so that liberals who abuse them online are subject to fines, device confiscation, and, potentially, prison time.
The more I think about the German system–free speech, sure, but no insults or false statements–the more I like it. I think President Trump should advocate the same system here. That might be the one thing that could cause Democrats to, however reluctantly, embrace the First Amendment. At least until they are back in power.
And here the Europeans were all upset about J.D. Vance warning that Europe was losing free speech!
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Hochul May Remove Adams
Timothy Birdnow
Since the Trump DOJ dropped charges against Eric Adams New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering removing him from office by invoking a rarely-used clause in state law.
In typical fashion the NPR article tries to tie Adams to corruption and to Donald Trump, claiming the only reason charges were dropped against him was because he agreed to work with the Trump Justice Department to help evict squatter illegals.
According to the article:
Who are these people? I rather suspect most of them are the same activist bunch who were angry at Adams for criticizing Joe Biden in the first place (which is what triggered the corruption investigation although the article never once mentions the fact).
Certainly Maria Torres-Springer is a huge supporter of illegal immigration and was really angry about Adams' acquiescing to work with ICE.
At any rate Adams has not been convicted in a court of law and IF he is guilty of corrimuption and bribery as the Federal prosecution alleged then he is equally guilty of those crimes under STATE law, so why hasn't Letitia James or Alvin Bragg filed state charges against him? Anyone?
So Hochul is going to overturn the will of the People and remove the mayor, ignoring democracy in the process. I thought Democrats were all about democracy and the Will of the People. If he were actually CONVICTED of a crime she'd be on solid ground, but her own state hasn't even charged him.
There is no bigger hypocrite than a Democrat.
Since the Trump DOJ dropped charges against Eric Adams New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering removing him from office by invoking a rarely-used clause in state law.
In typical fashion the NPR article tries to tie Adams to corruption and to Donald Trump, claiming the only reason charges were dropped against him was because he agreed to work with the Trump Justice Department to help evict squatter illegals.
According to the article:
"First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom, Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Chauncey Parker announced their departures Monday.
In a joint statement, three of the officials pointed to the "extraordinary events" that have rocked Adams' administration in recent weeks. "To stay faithful to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers … we have come to the difficult decision to step down from our roles," they said."
In a joint statement, three of the officials pointed to the "extraordinary events" that have rocked Adams' administration in recent weeks. "To stay faithful to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers … we have come to the difficult decision to step down from our roles," they said."
Who are these people? I rather suspect most of them are the same activist bunch who were angry at Adams for criticizing Joe Biden in the first place (which is what triggered the corruption investigation although the article never once mentions the fact).
Certainly Maria Torres-Springer is a huge supporter of illegal immigration and was really angry about Adams' acquiescing to work with ICE.
At any rate Adams has not been convicted in a court of law and IF he is guilty of corrimuption and bribery as the Federal prosecution alleged then he is equally guilty of those crimes under STATE law, so why hasn't Letitia James or Alvin Bragg filed state charges against him? Anyone?
So Hochul is going to overturn the will of the People and remove the mayor, ignoring democracy in the process. I thought Democrats were all about democracy and the Will of the People. If he were actually CONVICTED of a crime she'd be on solid ground, but her own state hasn't even charged him.
There is no bigger hypocrite than a Democrat.
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USAID Worker Calls for "Eliminating" Trump Supporters
Timothy Birdnow
USAID worker compares Trump to Mussolini and Hitler and says "I want to eliminate Trump supporters".
https://threadreaderapp.com]/thread/1891618868398862336.html
A snippet:
Mussolini was not a monster (Hitler was) and in fact Mussolini was fairly protective of Jews and others Hitler sought to "eliminate". He acted to restrain Hitler for some time. Yes, he was a strong man politician but the times created him. This woman apparently doesn't know that.
Anyway ThIS is the type of person running things at USAID. No wonder the world is so messed up.
Calls for eliminating political opponents is the truly Nazi like approach, not MAGA.
USAID worker compares Trump to Mussolini and Hitler and says "I want to eliminate Trump supporters".
https://threadreaderapp.com]/thread/1891618868398862336.html
A snippet:
In a July 2016 piece - "#StillNotTrumpThough” - she declares "it must not be Trump” and that he is "absolutely unfit to run our country.”
"He reminds us of a reincarnation of Mussolini or pre-genocidal Hitler, if not a pre-war Milosevic (but without the breaking country to add momentum), and is lauded, just as they were," she continues.
She then calls to "ELIMINATE" his supporters, smearing them all as racist, sexist, misogynistic and homophobic:
"If your argument to support Donald Trump is that "he says it like it is”, or "some of his stuff makes sense”, "he says what everyone else is afraid to say,” congratulations- you’re probably a racist. Or sexist, or misogynistic, or homophobic, or classist, or ableist. You represent the problem we are trying to eliminate. You represent the privilege we keep talking about.”
In a January 2017 piece, she discussed Trump's death and claimed he had "no empathy" and gives "power to hate."
She says he is "in violation of nepotism and emoluments laws and almost every other imaginable conflict of interest legislation."
"He reminds us of a reincarnation of Mussolini or pre-genocidal Hitler, if not a pre-war Milosevic (but without the breaking country to add momentum), and is lauded, just as they were," she continues.
She then calls to "ELIMINATE" his supporters, smearing them all as racist, sexist, misogynistic and homophobic:
"If your argument to support Donald Trump is that "he says it like it is”, or "some of his stuff makes sense”, "he says what everyone else is afraid to say,” congratulations- you’re probably a racist. Or sexist, or misogynistic, or homophobic, or classist, or ableist. You represent the problem we are trying to eliminate. You represent the privilege we keep talking about.”
In a January 2017 piece, she discussed Trump's death and claimed he had "no empathy" and gives "power to hate."
She says he is "in violation of nepotism and emoluments laws and almost every other imaginable conflict of interest legislation."
Mussolini was not a monster (Hitler was) and in fact Mussolini was fairly protective of Jews and others Hitler sought to "eliminate". He acted to restrain Hitler for some time. Yes, he was a strong man politician but the times created him. This woman apparently doesn't know that.
Anyway ThIS is the type of person running things at USAID. No wonder the world is so messed up.
Calls for eliminating political opponents is the truly Nazi like approach, not MAGA.
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The Color Revolution Continues in America
Timothy Birdnow
Revolver argues that Norm Eisen, the architect of the lawfare against Donald Trump and the man who wrote the book on color revolutions, should be sent to prison.
I heatily concur.
He's now leading the attacks on DOGE. It's time to face the music.
Read the whole article to learn more.
Revolver argues that Norm Eisen, the architect of the lawfare against Donald Trump and the man who wrote the book on color revolutions, should be sent to prison.
I heatily concur.
He's now leading the attacks on DOGE. It's time to face the music.
Read the whole article to learn more.
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Screwing Trump at the Second Tier
Timothy Birdnow
The Revenge of the RINO's; the Elbridge Colby nominatition.
FYI: Right now, Senate GOP is derailing one of Trump’s most important nominees…
Colby was nominated for Undersecreary of Defense for Policy, but he opposed the Iraq War so the RINO/Neocon wing, led by Republican Senator RogerWicker, are gunning for him. J.D. Vance is conventiently out of town to defend the pick.
Wicker has already shot his mouth off to the press, saying he ws "disturbed" about Pete Hegseth's comments about Ukraine, for instance. And he demanding an "accounting" for accusations made against Hegseth in his confirmation hearings.
So this sneaky RiNO is quietly working against the Trump Administration even now.
Charlie Kirk bemoans the fact on X:
Right now, as JD is in Europe Senate Republicans are launching an effort to thwart one of the most important people for the new administration @ElbridgeColby @SenatorWicker and others are holding up and delaying Colby
Why?
Because he challenged the Iraq war and thinks a war with Iran would be a mistake. A position held by 90% of the American people
This is the next deep state plot against Trump.
Trump needs his full team CONFIRMED!
Right now, as JD is in Europe Senate Republicans are launching an effort to thwart one of the most important people for the new administration @ElbridgeColby @SenatorWicker and others are holding up and delaying Colby
Why?
Because he challenged the Iraq war and thinks a war…
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 14, 2025
I supported the Iraq War and am perhaps the last person to still think it was a strategically sound decision. The implementation, and emphasis on nation-building, was where it went wrong.
And I also think we need to deal with the Iran problem once and for all. They must not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. But how do we do it? Trump's approach is going to be through economic strangulation, and that's a very good way to go. Also, we can actually turn the CIA lose for a change and foment a color revolution there instead of having them hang around D.C. and try to crayola the United States like they did to Donald Trump. Bombs will be of limited value, but they will be of value. So too will cyber-attacks. Putting boots on the ground should be our measure of last resort though; Iran would be a bear to take and hold militarily. But they love America and many of their citizens want to be Westernized. Fomenting a revolution wouldn't be that difficult; it's just no prior administration wanted to do it.
at any rate Trump deserves his pick and this Wicker guy needs to pipe down. But Wicker's current term ends in 2031, so he feels safe to buck the President.
The Revenge of the RINO's; the Elbridge Colby nominatition.
FYI: Right now, Senate GOP is derailing one of Trump’s most important nominees…
Colby was nominated for Undersecreary of Defense for Policy, but he opposed the Iraq War so the RINO/Neocon wing, led by Republican Senator RogerWicker, are gunning for him. J.D. Vance is conventiently out of town to defend the pick.
Wicker has already shot his mouth off to the press, saying he ws "disturbed" about Pete Hegseth's comments about Ukraine, for instance. And he demanding an "accounting" for accusations made against Hegseth in his confirmation hearings.
So this sneaky RiNO is quietly working against the Trump Administration even now.
Charlie Kirk bemoans the fact on X:
Right now, as JD is in Europe Senate Republicans are launching an effort to thwart one of the most important people for the new administration @ElbridgeColby @SenatorWicker and others are holding up and delaying Colby
Why?
Because he challenged the Iraq war and thinks a war with Iran would be a mistake. A position held by 90% of the American people
This is the next deep state plot against Trump.
Trump needs his full team CONFIRMED!
Right now, as JD is in Europe Senate Republicans are launching an effort to thwart one of the most important people for the new administration @ElbridgeColby @SenatorWicker and others are holding up and delaying Colby
Why?
Because he challenged the Iraq war and thinks a war…
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 14, 2025
I supported the Iraq War and am perhaps the last person to still think it was a strategically sound decision. The implementation, and emphasis on nation-building, was where it went wrong.
And I also think we need to deal with the Iran problem once and for all. They must not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. But how do we do it? Trump's approach is going to be through economic strangulation, and that's a very good way to go. Also, we can actually turn the CIA lose for a change and foment a color revolution there instead of having them hang around D.C. and try to crayola the United States like they did to Donald Trump. Bombs will be of limited value, but they will be of value. So too will cyber-attacks. Putting boots on the ground should be our measure of last resort though; Iran would be a bear to take and hold militarily. But they love America and many of their citizens want to be Westernized. Fomenting a revolution wouldn't be that difficult; it's just no prior administration wanted to do it.
at any rate Trump deserves his pick and this Wicker guy needs to pipe down. But Wicker's current term ends in 2031, so he feels safe to buck the President.
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Acting Director of Social Security Resigns
Timothy Birdnow
Michelle King, acting director of the Social Security Administration, has abruptly resigned in the face of evidence of massive fraud uncovered by Elon Musk and DOGE.
King blocked DOGE access to the records in a desperate attempt to hide the wrongdoing of herself and her friends. But once the jig was up she had no choice but to resign and hope she doesn't face prosecution.
I don't think any of the bureaucrats who are now being exposed ever dreamed this stuff would come to the light of day!
Michelle King, acting director of the Social Security Administration, has abruptly resigned in the face of evidence of massive fraud uncovered by Elon Musk and DOGE.
King blocked DOGE access to the records in a desperate attempt to hide the wrongdoing of herself and her friends. But once the jig was up she had no choice but to resign and hope she doesn't face prosecution.
I don't think any of the bureaucrats who are now being exposed ever dreamed this stuff would come to the light of day!
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Trillions in "Lost" Funds
Timothy Birdnow
Trillions in untraceable spending? You know a sizable chunk went to the Democratic Party. Probably to Mitch McConnell too.
Trillions in untraceable spending? You know a sizable chunk went to the Democratic Party. Probably to Mitch McConnell too.
The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process).
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) February 17, 2025
In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for ~$4.7 Trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost…
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Podesta and Pope Francis
Timothy Birdnow
Pope Francis is an Antipope, and we may be able to prove it.
Catholic Leader John-Henry Westen: Podesta Emails Must Be Released – May Contain Damning Information on Pope Francis and His Rise to Power
Pope Francis is an Antipope, and we may be able to prove it.
Catholic Leader John-Henry Westen: Podesta Emails Must Be Released – May Contain Damning Information on Pope Francis and His Rise to Power
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Timothy Birdnow
Democrats want their party back.
More Democrats Want a More Moderate Party, Poll Says
The Democrats went along with this radicalization because of Obama; they knew he could win and this was part of the price they were willing to pay (having been radicalized by endless media propaganda about Bush being Hitler) and then Nancy Pelosi moved the Party hard left and she won (thanks to the GOP being hapless.) But now they realize this isn't their party anymore and want it back.
Trump would have run as a Democrat had the party not moved in such a radical direction if he would have run at all.
They remember Bill Clinton and "triangulation" where Clinton set himself on the right wing of the Democrat Party and won elections. They want that again.
Most Democrats like government social welfare programs and free stuff, but they didn't sign up for marxism/socialism. That is a bridge too far. So was the transgender business. They know the difference between a man and a woman and are finding it icreasingly difficult to support a party that refuses to acknowledge any. They want their union jobs, their border secure, and things like toilets that flush or light bulbs that actually put out light. They just aren't getting that with today's Democrat Party.
So there is a push for moderation. The question is, can they wrest control of the party back from the lunatic fringe. If history is any guide it is very, very hard to take power away from committed radicals.
So expect a lot of Democrats to walk out and join the Trump revollution. Not sure how I feel about that; it gives us more politcal power but threatens to water down the movement. The "big tent" philosophy is what killed the Reagan revolution in the first place.
Democrats want their party back.
More Democrats Want a More Moderate Party, Poll Says
"Data from a new Gallup survey suggests that close to half of Democrats want their party to move more toward the middle, while more than 40% of Republicans are happy with their party.
Today, 45% of Democrats and left-leaning independents surveyed indicated they would prefer a more moderate Democratic Party, up 11% from 2021, according to Gallup. Meanwhile, the number of Republicans who want their party to stay the same – 43% – has similarly climbed over the same time by 9%. Those wanting a more conservative party declined by 12%..
Today, 45% of Democrats and left-leaning independents surveyed indicated they would prefer a more moderate Democratic Party, up 11% from 2021, according to Gallup. Meanwhile, the number of Republicans who want their party to stay the same – 43% – has similarly climbed over the same time by 9%. Those wanting a more conservative party declined by 12%..
The Democrats went along with this radicalization because of Obama; they knew he could win and this was part of the price they were willing to pay (having been radicalized by endless media propaganda about Bush being Hitler) and then Nancy Pelosi moved the Party hard left and she won (thanks to the GOP being hapless.) But now they realize this isn't their party anymore and want it back.
Trump would have run as a Democrat had the party not moved in such a radical direction if he would have run at all.
They remember Bill Clinton and "triangulation" where Clinton set himself on the right wing of the Democrat Party and won elections. They want that again.
Most Democrats like government social welfare programs and free stuff, but they didn't sign up for marxism/socialism. That is a bridge too far. So was the transgender business. They know the difference between a man and a woman and are finding it icreasingly difficult to support a party that refuses to acknowledge any. They want their union jobs, their border secure, and things like toilets that flush or light bulbs that actually put out light. They just aren't getting that with today's Democrat Party.
So there is a push for moderation. The question is, can they wrest control of the party back from the lunatic fringe. If history is any guide it is very, very hard to take power away from committed radicals.
So expect a lot of Democrats to walk out and join the Trump revollution. Not sure how I feel about that; it gives us more politcal power but threatens to water down the movement. The "big tent" philosophy is what killed the Reagan revolution in the first place.
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February 16, 2025
Off Switch for Appetite
Timothy Birdnow
Wow! Scientists just discovered a neuron that switches off the appetite making the possibility of a true weight-loss medication a reality.
FTA:
This could be a godsend to the American People, who are increasingly morbidly obese. Most of America's health problems stem from being overweight.
Wow! Scientists just discovered a neuron that switches off the appetite making the possibility of a true weight-loss medication a reality.
FTA:
"Columbia scientists have discovered specialized neurons in the brains of mice that signal the animals to stop eating.
While many feeding circuits in the brain are known to regulate food intake, the neurons within these circuits do not make the final decision to stop eating.
The newly identified neurons, a previously unknown component of these circuits, are located in the brainstem—the oldest part of the vertebrate brain. This discovery could pave the way for new treatments for obesity.
"These neurons are unlike any other neuron involved in regulating satiation,” says Alexander Nectow, a physician-scientist at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, who led the research with Srikanta Chowdhury, an associate research scientist in the Nectow lab.
"Other neurons in the brain are usually restricted to sensing food put into our mouth, or how food fills the gut, or the nutrition obtained from food. The neurons we found are special in that they seem to integrate all these different pieces of information and more.”
Cells found in the brainstem
The decision to stop eating is a familiar phenomenon. "It happens every time we sit down to eat a meal: At a certain point while we’re eating, we start to feel full, and then we get fuller, and then we get to a point where we think, okay, that’s enough,” Nectow says.
How does the brain know when the body has had enough–and how does it act on that information to stop eating?
Other researchers had previously tracked the decision-making cells to the brainstem, but the leads ended there.
Nectow and Chowdhury deployed new single-cell techniques that make it possible to peer into a region of the brain and discern different types of cells that until now have been difficult to distinguish from one another.
"This technique—spatially resolved molecular profiling—allows you to see cells where they are in the brainstem and what their molecular composition looks like,” Nectow says.
During their profiling of a brainstem region known for processing complex signals, the researchers spotted previously unrecognized cells that had similar characteristics to other neurons involved in regulating appetite. "We said, ‘Oh, this is interesting. What do these neurons do?’
While many feeding circuits in the brain are known to regulate food intake, the neurons within these circuits do not make the final decision to stop eating.
The newly identified neurons, a previously unknown component of these circuits, are located in the brainstem—the oldest part of the vertebrate brain. This discovery could pave the way for new treatments for obesity.
"These neurons are unlike any other neuron involved in regulating satiation,” says Alexander Nectow, a physician-scientist at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, who led the research with Srikanta Chowdhury, an associate research scientist in the Nectow lab.
"Other neurons in the brain are usually restricted to sensing food put into our mouth, or how food fills the gut, or the nutrition obtained from food. The neurons we found are special in that they seem to integrate all these different pieces of information and more.”
Cells found in the brainstem
The decision to stop eating is a familiar phenomenon. "It happens every time we sit down to eat a meal: At a certain point while we’re eating, we start to feel full, and then we get fuller, and then we get to a point where we think, okay, that’s enough,” Nectow says.
How does the brain know when the body has had enough–and how does it act on that information to stop eating?
Other researchers had previously tracked the decision-making cells to the brainstem, but the leads ended there.
Nectow and Chowdhury deployed new single-cell techniques that make it possible to peer into a region of the brain and discern different types of cells that until now have been difficult to distinguish from one another.
"This technique—spatially resolved molecular profiling—allows you to see cells where they are in the brainstem and what their molecular composition looks like,” Nectow says.
During their profiling of a brainstem region known for processing complex signals, the researchers spotted previously unrecognized cells that had similar characteristics to other neurons involved in regulating appetite. "We said, ‘Oh, this is interesting. What do these neurons do?’
This could be a godsend to the American People, who are increasingly morbidly obese. Most of America's health problems stem from being overweight.
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Union Insurrection
Timothy Birdnow
The Federal workforce is under the bureaucracy, and the bureacracy is under the Exectuve branch, so how is Trump's action an "aggressive moves to shrink government and expand his power"? If he's shrinking government he's REDUCING his power, isn't he? Or is the bureaucracy running their own branch of government these days? Odd; I don't recall seeing a Constitutional amendment to that effect.Fed unions take lead in resistance to Trump’s presidential power grab
The author shrieks of "power heists" and how Trump is fomenting a "constitutional crisis". Guess he never actually READ the Constitution, which does not even mention a bureaucracy, much less grant it any sort of autonomy.
So basically these are employees telling their boss they are going to sabotage him. It's an insurrection.
The article goes on to state:
No, Trump isn't saying "I have the right to do whatever I want" but rather "I have the right to manage my own employees." The Constitution makes it quite clear he's responsible, and if his employees pulled some dirty tricks on the Left these people would be screaming bloody murder about how Trump bears the final responsiblity for them. So which is it?
And they have the gall to quote Jamie Raskin:
As if the four years of Joe Biden never happened. I guess we didn't have a huge influx of illegal aliens then, in violation of our laws? I guess Biden didn't cancel the Keystone XL pipeline even though contracts were signed? I guess Biden didn't let the border wall material rot in Texas even though Congress had approved the construction of the wall? I guess Biden didn't impose his tuition waiver for students even though Congress didn't authorize it and the Courts didn't order him to stop?
The hypocrisy is astonishing; they can twist the law as they please.
These people are becoming unhinged. And insurrection is in the air. Hopefully Trump will scare them straight as they face either losing their jobs or obeying their boss.
The Federal workforce is under the bureaucracy, and the bureacracy is under the Exectuve branch, so how is Trump's action an "aggressive moves to shrink government and expand his power"? If he's shrinking government he's REDUCING his power, isn't he? Or is the bureaucracy running their own branch of government these days? Odd; I don't recall seeing a Constitutional amendment to that effect.Fed unions take lead in resistance to Trump’s presidential power grab
"Trump actions against federal employees pushed them to the forefront of resistance against his aggressive moves to shrink government and expand his power."
The author shrieks of "power heists" and how Trump is fomenting a "constitutional crisis". Guess he never actually READ the Constitution, which does not even mention a bureaucracy, much less grant it any sort of autonomy.
So basically these are employees telling their boss they are going to sabotage him. It's an insurrection.
The article goes on to state:
"Trump, however, rests his power plays on Article II’s first sentence, which says "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” In 2019, during Trump’s first term, he was clear on his strongly disputed, unique interpretation of that line: "I have the right to do whatever I want as president.” That’s his version of the unitary executive theory, which has right-wing support."
No, Trump isn't saying "I have the right to do whatever I want" but rather "I have the right to manage my own employees." The Constitution makes it quite clear he's responsible, and if his employees pulled some dirty tricks on the Left these people would be screaming bloody murder about how Trump bears the final responsiblity for them. So which is it?
And they have the gall to quote Jamie Raskin:
"Raskin pointed to the Constitution’s "core duty of the president” to "take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not frustrated, not defeated, not rewritten, not overturned"
As if the four years of Joe Biden never happened. I guess we didn't have a huge influx of illegal aliens then, in violation of our laws? I guess Biden didn't cancel the Keystone XL pipeline even though contracts were signed? I guess Biden didn't let the border wall material rot in Texas even though Congress had approved the construction of the wall? I guess Biden didn't impose his tuition waiver for students even though Congress didn't authorize it and the Courts didn't order him to stop?
The hypocrisy is astonishing; they can twist the law as they please.
These people are becoming unhinged. And insurrection is in the air. Hopefully Trump will scare them straight as they face either losing their jobs or obeying their boss.
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Francis to Stack Deck in College of Cardinals
Timothy Birdnow
Pope Francis is going to employ the dirty trick the Democrats wanted to use with the Supreme Court, adding Cardinals so he can control any future conclaves, even from the grave.
From NC Register:
Why? Cardinals choose the Popes and he wants to make absolutely certain his replacement isn't a John Paul II or Benedict but a Progressive who will "lead the Church into the modern age" as he sees it.
This is so typical of a leftist; if the rules do not favor you just change them!
Lying and cheating are sins and this man will face the consequences of his sins.
Pope Francis is going to employ the dirty trick the Democrats wanted to use with the Supreme Court, adding Cardinals so he can control any future conclaves, even from the grave.
From NC Register:
Pope Francis creates five new cardinals during a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica on June 28, 2017.
Is Pope Francis About to Name New Cardinals?
NEWS ANALYSIS: Pope Francis could soon convene a consistory for the creation of new cardinals, taking the number of cardinals eligible to take part in a future conclave over the 120 limit established by Paul VI.
Is Pope Francis About to Name New Cardinals?
NEWS ANALYSIS: Pope Francis could soon convene a consistory for the creation of new cardinals, taking the number of cardinals eligible to take part in a future conclave over the 120 limit established by Paul VI.
Why? Cardinals choose the Popes and he wants to make absolutely certain his replacement isn't a John Paul II or Benedict but a Progressive who will "lead the Church into the modern age" as he sees it.
This is so typical of a leftist; if the rules do not favor you just change them!
Lying and cheating are sins and this man will face the consequences of his sins.
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Soldiers Ripped Off
Timothy Birdnow
An army travels on its stomach, the old saying goes. So why did the Biden Administration divert funds intended to feed our soldiers?
Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere
Anyone want to guess? My guess is this found its way back into the coffers of the Democratic Party.
If we can't treat our military fairly who CAN we treat fairly? They are the ones who make us safe.
An army travels on its stomach, the old saying goes. So why did the Biden Administration divert funds intended to feed our soldiers?
Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere
Anyone want to guess? My guess is this found its way back into the coffers of the Democratic Party.
If we can't treat our military fairly who CAN we treat fairly? They are the ones who make us safe.
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Losing Battle for Dems
Timothy Birdnow
Swing voters in Arizona overwhelmingly support Trump's budget cutting in a sharp rebuke to the Democrat's latest scheme to erode the Orange Menace's popularity.
It's fun watching the Democrats flounder about in a desperate attempt to find something that will stick. They just don't understand that the public has finally realized they were being punked and that what the Dems are selling the public is no longer buying.
Swing voters in Arizona overwhelmingly support Trump's budget cutting in a sharp rebuke to the Democrat's latest scheme to erode the Orange Menace's popularity.
It's fun watching the Democrats flounder about in a desperate attempt to find something that will stick. They just don't understand that the public has finally realized they were being punked and that what the Dems are selling the public is no longer buying.
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James Invokes "Rule of Law"
Timothy Birdnow
In an unhinged rant recently New York's kommisar, er, Attorney General Letitia "I will get Trump" James raged against Elon Musk and DOGE:
"Elon was not voted in by the people. The American people deserve better. We will be in the courthouse time and time again. The American people will not back d
Elon Musk was as much voted into office as was any bureaucrat; he was hired by the President to audit the federal government. Trump was elected to cut spending.
I wonder if James holds the same standard where, say, Jack Smith is concerned; no American voted for Mr. Smith yet here he was hounding then-candidate Donald Trump for political purposes.
In fact none of the agencies Musk is investigating are run by elected officials; they are all Presidential appointees.
She knows this; she isn't stupid (well, not THAT stupid). This is an argument the Democrats are using to trick the low-information types. They know full well that most of our government is NOT elected but selected, and mostly by them, which is why they are so enraged by this move by Trump to ferret out the bad actors. The bureaucracy was part of a machine they built to give themselves eternal power.
The Federal bureaucracy consists of some 3 million people, but that's just the folks who are employees; there are many more independent contractors. (I couldn't find if that three million includes the 1.5 million non-military civilian employees of the armed services.) Were ANY of these people elected?
There are 542 elected offices in the Federal government, and all of them have unelected staff (who very often write the bills and speeches and whatnot.) So James is fine with all those unelected people running America as long as it's not a guy who is trying to make cuts.
But of course the average person won't think of that and many will buy the shibboleth. It's how the liberals have always succeeded in the past. Fortunately there is new media and for those who bother to look this information is there and it can be ascertained.
James is now under investigation for her efforts to subvert immigration law. She clearly has a laissez-faire view of the Rule of Law when it suits her.
In an unhinged rant recently New York's kommisar, er, Attorney General Letitia "I will get Trump" James raged against Elon Musk and DOGE:
"Elon was not voted in by the people. The American people deserve better. We will be in the courthouse time and time again. The American people will not back d
Elon Musk was as much voted into office as was any bureaucrat; he was hired by the President to audit the federal government. Trump was elected to cut spending.
I wonder if James holds the same standard where, say, Jack Smith is concerned; no American voted for Mr. Smith yet here he was hounding then-candidate Donald Trump for political purposes.
In fact none of the agencies Musk is investigating are run by elected officials; they are all Presidential appointees.
She knows this; she isn't stupid (well, not THAT stupid). This is an argument the Democrats are using to trick the low-information types. They know full well that most of our government is NOT elected but selected, and mostly by them, which is why they are so enraged by this move by Trump to ferret out the bad actors. The bureaucracy was part of a machine they built to give themselves eternal power.
The Federal bureaucracy consists of some 3 million people, but that's just the folks who are employees; there are many more independent contractors. (I couldn't find if that three million includes the 1.5 million non-military civilian employees of the armed services.) Were ANY of these people elected?
There are 542 elected offices in the Federal government, and all of them have unelected staff (who very often write the bills and speeches and whatnot.) So James is fine with all those unelected people running America as long as it's not a guy who is trying to make cuts.
But of course the average person won't think of that and many will buy the shibboleth. It's how the liberals have always succeeded in the past. Fortunately there is new media and for those who bother to look this information is there and it can be ascertained.
James is now under investigation for her efforts to subvert immigration law. She clearly has a laissez-faire view of the Rule of Law when it suits her.
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George Soros, USAID, and the Woketopus
Timothy Birdnow
Here is a rundown on the dark ties between George Soros and USAID.e.
Soros and the Open Society deny any funding from USAID but the facts show that is at best only technically true.
From the article:
And the same left wing stooges appear in both Soros organizations and in USAID:
There is much more and it shouldn't surprise anyone. The left has always been extraordinarily devious and scheming, and George Soros is particularly nasty.
Here is a rundown on the dark ties between George Soros and USAID.e.
Soros and the Open Society deny any funding from USAID but the facts show that is at best only technically true.
From the article:
"Not only has Open Society funded the same projects as USAID, but its leaders met with former USAID Administrator Samantha Power at least twice, the Soros foundations network listed USAID among its "donor partners” in 2001, and an Open Society nonprofit actually sued USAID twice, with the cases reaching the Supreme Court both times.
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USAID and Open Society Foundations jointly funded the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project—an organization that attacked conservatives for criticizing Soros and that published the report that sparked the first Trump impeachment. USAID’s connections to the project raise uncomfortable questions about whether the agency was trying to oust Trump.
The Organized Crime Corruption and Reporting Project also attacked Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J.; Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah; and Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. These conservatives made the mistake of noticing that the U.S. Embassy to Macedonia had selected Soros’ Open Society Foundations as the main implementer for USAID projects in the Eastern European country.
According to Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., USAID awarded a $2.54 million contract to Open Society for training in "civic activism,” "mobilization,” and "civic engagement” in Macedonia in February 2017.
The East West Management Institute—which has long listed Open Society Foundations as a donor and implementing partner and which received $31.2 million from USAID in the last full fiscal year ending on Sept. 30—launched court changes in Albania that critics allege resulted in the prosecution of Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha, silencing the opponent of the country’s socialist prime minister.
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As for its role in the Woketopus, Open Society Foundations or its partners, the Open Society Policy Center, the Open Society Institute, or the Foundation to Promote Open Society have funded:
* the American Civil Liberties Union (which pushed open borders in the Biden administration)
* the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Southern Poverty Law Center (which pushed the weaponization of federal law enforcement agencies against conservatives)
* the Human Rights Campaign (which pushed gender ideology)
* the Sierra Club (which pushed climate alarmism)
The Tides Foundation
USAID has awarded more than $27 million in grants to the Tides Center, which forms part of the Left’s dark money network I expose in "The Woketopus” along with its sister groups the Tides Foundation and Tides Advocacy.
USAID awarded the Tides Center four grants: a $24.7 million grant in 2016, of which $20 million has been spent; a $1.5 million grant in 2016, of which $147,000 has been spent; a $700,000 grant in 2014 that appears not to have been fulfilled; and another $150,000 grant that appears not to have been fulfilled.
The largest grants came from USAID’s Foreign Assistance Program, which "works to support long-term and equitable economic growth and advance U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth, agriculture, and trade; global health; and democracy, conflict prevention, and humanitarian assistance.”
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Tides, like Open Society, has funded many of the leftist groups that called the shots under Biden. The Tides Foundation, Tides Advocacy, or the Tides Center have funded:
* the Center for American Progress (which fed more than 60 officials into the Biden administration, pushing both open borders and climate funding)
* the Natural Resources Defense Fund and the Sierra Club (which pushed a crackdown on oil and gas)
* the Southern Poverty Law Center and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
* the ACLU
The Tides Center launched an organization, Palestine Legal, that represents anti-Israel rioters in court and gives them legal advice. A Palestine Legal senior attorney told a leftist magazine in January that the group has "represented or advised hundreds of students” since Oct. 7, 2023."
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USAID and Open Society Foundations jointly funded the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project—an organization that attacked conservatives for criticizing Soros and that published the report that sparked the first Trump impeachment. USAID’s connections to the project raise uncomfortable questions about whether the agency was trying to oust Trump.
The Organized Crime Corruption and Reporting Project also attacked Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J.; Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah; and Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. These conservatives made the mistake of noticing that the U.S. Embassy to Macedonia had selected Soros’ Open Society Foundations as the main implementer for USAID projects in the Eastern European country.
According to Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., USAID awarded a $2.54 million contract to Open Society for training in "civic activism,” "mobilization,” and "civic engagement” in Macedonia in February 2017.
The East West Management Institute—which has long listed Open Society Foundations as a donor and implementing partner and which received $31.2 million from USAID in the last full fiscal year ending on Sept. 30—launched court changes in Albania that critics allege resulted in the prosecution of Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha, silencing the opponent of the country’s socialist prime minister.
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As for its role in the Woketopus, Open Society Foundations or its partners, the Open Society Policy Center, the Open Society Institute, or the Foundation to Promote Open Society have funded:
* the American Civil Liberties Union (which pushed open borders in the Biden administration)
* the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Southern Poverty Law Center (which pushed the weaponization of federal law enforcement agencies against conservatives)
* the Human Rights Campaign (which pushed gender ideology)
* the Sierra Club (which pushed climate alarmism)
The Tides Foundation
USAID has awarded more than $27 million in grants to the Tides Center, which forms part of the Left’s dark money network I expose in "The Woketopus” along with its sister groups the Tides Foundation and Tides Advocacy.
USAID awarded the Tides Center four grants: a $24.7 million grant in 2016, of which $20 million has been spent; a $1.5 million grant in 2016, of which $147,000 has been spent; a $700,000 grant in 2014 that appears not to have been fulfilled; and another $150,000 grant that appears not to have been fulfilled.
The largest grants came from USAID’s Foreign Assistance Program, which "works to support long-term and equitable economic growth and advance U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth, agriculture, and trade; global health; and democracy, conflict prevention, and humanitarian assistance.”
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Tides, like Open Society, has funded many of the leftist groups that called the shots under Biden. The Tides Foundation, Tides Advocacy, or the Tides Center have funded:
* the Center for American Progress (which fed more than 60 officials into the Biden administration, pushing both open borders and climate funding)
* the Natural Resources Defense Fund and the Sierra Club (which pushed a crackdown on oil and gas)
* the Southern Poverty Law Center and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
* the ACLU
The Tides Center launched an organization, Palestine Legal, that represents anti-Israel rioters in court and gives them legal advice. A Palestine Legal senior attorney told a leftist magazine in January that the group has "represented or advised hundreds of students” since Oct. 7, 2023."
And the same left wing stooges appear in both Soros organizations and in USAID:
"Olivia Callahan, for example, served as a law clerk at USAID before taking roles at the ACLU’s Immigrant Rights Project, according to her LinkedIn profile.
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Ann Van Dusen, who spent 25 years at USAID, now serves as a senior associate at Arabella Advisors, a for-profit company that launched nonprofit entities that funnel money to the Woketopus.
Anne-Marea (Tangee) Griffin, who worked for one year at USAID, now works as a senior fellow for Africa at the Center for American Progress.
Miriam Rashid, an associate director of racial equity and justice at the Center for American Progress, worked as a graduate research fellow at USAID.
Brandon Hooks, deputy director of creator and partnership strategy at the Human Rights Campaign, served as an LGBTI office intern at USAID.
Jay Gilliam, who served as an LGBTQI+ coordinator at USAID until January, previously worked as director of global programs at the Human Rights Campaign. Before joining HRC, he spent four years at USAID.
Chika Nwankwo, who worked as a research assistant for USAID, now works on vaccines via a contract with New Venture Fund, one of the Arabella Advisors-established nonprofits. New Venture Fund sponsored Governing for Impact, a shadowy nonprofit that enjoyed tremendous access in the early Biden administration.
Cuthbert Tinavapi, who served as a USAID regional auditor, now works with the Open Society Foundations as a finance consultant.
Tinatin Tsertsvadze, an advocacy adviser at Open Society Foundations, previously worked as a USAID assistant in the nation of Georgia.
Beth Dunlap, a director at the Open Society Foundations, served as a "senior transition adviser” at USAID. In this role, she "provided strategic guidance, facilitation, and operational support to programs funding political transition in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East,” according to her LinkedIn profile. Her profile lists countries served: Myanmar, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Libya, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia, Yemen, Somalia, Ukraine, and North Macedonia.
Andrea Guardo, a former "human rights specialist” at USAID, now works in Democracy Protection for Latin American and the Caribbean at the Open Society Foundations.
Diego Garcia Devis, drug policy team manager at the Open Society Foundations, previously worked at USAID for nearly five years.
Rajiv J. Shah, president at the Rockefeller Foundation, part of the Left’s dark money network that funded climate activist groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund, previously headed USAID under President Barack Obama.
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Ann Van Dusen, who spent 25 years at USAID, now serves as a senior associate at Arabella Advisors, a for-profit company that launched nonprofit entities that funnel money to the Woketopus.
Anne-Marea (Tangee) Griffin, who worked for one year at USAID, now works as a senior fellow for Africa at the Center for American Progress.
Miriam Rashid, an associate director of racial equity and justice at the Center for American Progress, worked as a graduate research fellow at USAID.
Brandon Hooks, deputy director of creator and partnership strategy at the Human Rights Campaign, served as an LGBTI office intern at USAID.
Jay Gilliam, who served as an LGBTQI+ coordinator at USAID until January, previously worked as director of global programs at the Human Rights Campaign. Before joining HRC, he spent four years at USAID.
Chika Nwankwo, who worked as a research assistant for USAID, now works on vaccines via a contract with New Venture Fund, one of the Arabella Advisors-established nonprofits. New Venture Fund sponsored Governing for Impact, a shadowy nonprofit that enjoyed tremendous access in the early Biden administration.
Cuthbert Tinavapi, who served as a USAID regional auditor, now works with the Open Society Foundations as a finance consultant.
Tinatin Tsertsvadze, an advocacy adviser at Open Society Foundations, previously worked as a USAID assistant in the nation of Georgia.
Beth Dunlap, a director at the Open Society Foundations, served as a "senior transition adviser” at USAID. In this role, she "provided strategic guidance, facilitation, and operational support to programs funding political transition in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East,” according to her LinkedIn profile. Her profile lists countries served: Myanmar, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Libya, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia, Yemen, Somalia, Ukraine, and North Macedonia.
Andrea Guardo, a former "human rights specialist” at USAID, now works in Democracy Protection for Latin American and the Caribbean at the Open Society Foundations.
Diego Garcia Devis, drug policy team manager at the Open Society Foundations, previously worked at USAID for nearly five years.
Rajiv J. Shah, president at the Rockefeller Foundation, part of the Left’s dark money network that funded climate activist groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund, previously headed USAID under President Barack Obama.
There is much more and it shouldn't surprise anyone. The left has always been extraordinarily devious and scheming, and George Soros is particularly nasty.
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The Unhappy Women Wanderers
Timothy Birdnow
It sucks to be a liberal woman.
Just 12% are satisfied with their lives. But we all knew they were miserable, angry people. And lonely; the survey showed them three times as likely to be lonely as normal women.
Just look at Maureen Dowd; she's a miserable, lonely old hag and a proud liberal. She bought into the liberal stupidity long ago. I wrote about her woes years ago at the old Birdblog website.
So why are liberal women so unhappy? The article gives these reasons:
Science fiction writer William Tenn wrote a great story back during the golden age of s-f called Venus is a Man's World[/lin] in which an Earth ruled by women (there were few men as a result of wars and men became docile pets) produced too few real men and so women headed to the space colonies for husbands. The story - told by the little brother of a bitchy feminist type - involves her anger at a "man's man" type settler on Venus (this was when they thought perhaps Venus was habitable). Of course she secretly wanted him even while displaying open hostility, as he was not at all what she believed. She thought running her mouth was the way you fought, and was shocked at how he just DID things. No blather, just did them. In the end she married the guy (who was hard up enough to put up with her crap). The point of the story - and why I'm telling this - is that women may say they want to be strong and independent, but they don't know how to go about it in many instances (liberal women, that is) and it just makes them miserable. Men who share their values are held in contempt because they don't have the stones to stand up to them, and the men who do frgighten and disgust them. There is always another war to wage,another microaggression, another sleight to fume over. Feminism did this. Liberal women aren't happy because liberalism is essentially a doctrine of resentment.
And God made them women; they do not thrive by pretending they aren't.
It was true of Maureen Dowd and it's true of every feminist woman. In the end they are seduced by a lie, a lie that promises paradise but gives suffering and misery and emptiness. No matter how high these women rise in corporate America or how many men they dominate they will never be able to just relax and enjoy their lives.
Driven, ambitious men have a touch of this problem too, but for different reasons. In the end it's about wanting to compete with people, often for no good reason. Being satisfied with who God made you is the way to be happy; these people are not.
It's a sad fate.
It sucks to be a liberal woman.
Just 12% are satisfied with their lives. But we all knew they were miserable, angry people. And lonely; the survey showed them three times as likely to be lonely as normal women.
Just look at Maureen Dowd; she's a miserable, lonely old hag and a proud liberal. She bought into the liberal stupidity long ago. I wrote about her woes years ago at the old Birdblog website.
So why are liberal women so unhappy? The article gives these reasons:
"than their liberal counterparts.
"We’ve seen in the research that conservative women tend to be more likely to embrace a sense of agency and to have the sense that they are not, in any way, the victim of larger structural realities or forces,” he told Fox News Digital. "They’re also less likely to catastrophize about public events and concerns,” and "more likely to think of themselves as captains of their own fate,” Wilcox added.
He's right but it goes farther than that. Basically these are spoiled girls who place themselves at the center of the universe. They are "self-actualized" and proud with no particular reason to be so. They believe they are at the center of multiple circles of virtue. They push men away because they don't have control of them, then complain there are no decent men around, and often they turn to women for comfort - women with the same emotional problems. Any men they get are going to be most unsatisfactory; beta males who submit to their will. They ultimately don't want that; no woman does. Whatever else they are they are first and foremost women, made by God and three million years of biology. "We’ve seen in the research that conservative women tend to be more likely to embrace a sense of agency and to have the sense that they are not, in any way, the victim of larger structural realities or forces,” he told Fox News Digital. "They’re also less likely to catastrophize about public events and concerns,” and "more likely to think of themselves as captains of their own fate,” Wilcox added.
Science fiction writer William Tenn wrote a great story back during the golden age of s-f called Venus is a Man's World[/lin] in which an Earth ruled by women (there were few men as a result of wars and men became docile pets) produced too few real men and so women headed to the space colonies for husbands. The story - told by the little brother of a bitchy feminist type - involves her anger at a "man's man" type settler on Venus (this was when they thought perhaps Venus was habitable). Of course she secretly wanted him even while displaying open hostility, as he was not at all what she believed. She thought running her mouth was the way you fought, and was shocked at how he just DID things. No blather, just did them. In the end she married the guy (who was hard up enough to put up with her crap). The point of the story - and why I'm telling this - is that women may say they want to be strong and independent, but they don't know how to go about it in many instances (liberal women, that is) and it just makes them miserable. Men who share their values are held in contempt because they don't have the stones to stand up to them, and the men who do frgighten and disgust them. There is always another war to wage,another microaggression, another sleight to fume over. Feminism did this. Liberal women aren't happy because liberalism is essentially a doctrine of resentment.
And God made them women; they do not thrive by pretending they aren't.
It was true of Maureen Dowd and it's true of every feminist woman. In the end they are seduced by a lie, a lie that promises paradise but gives suffering and misery and emptiness. No matter how high these women rise in corporate America or how many men they dominate they will never be able to just relax and enjoy their lives.
Driven, ambitious men have a touch of this problem too, but for different reasons. In the end it's about wanting to compete with people, often for no good reason. Being satisfied with who God made you is the way to be happy; these people are not.
It's a sad fate.
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Sunday Morning Stupidity
Timothy Birdnow
On Fox News Sunday Juan Williams just said that what Vice President Vance said to the Europeans "harkens back to Naziism". The truly offensive thing is that the panel just let him get away with that claim. EVERY member of that panel should have jumped down his throat.
This shows the Left is getting desperate.
He also called Nazis "right wing" and nobody corrected him. Molly Hemmingway (from the Federalist) argued with him but did not point out that Naziism was a leftist philosophy. We have got to do that every time the Left pulls this "right wing Nazi" b.s.
Williams, whose I.Q. rivals his belt size, was arguing about how we had to fight WWII because we didn't act earlier. Odd; he and his buddies opposed every and all interventions by prior Republican administrations. I seem to remember Williams was bitterlya gainst the Afghan and Iraqi wars, yet the argument made for both was identical to the hypothetical one he now employs.
When did the Democrats ever care about displaying strength?
Later Senattor Tim Kaine was on complaining about Trump's firing the Inspector Generals "the first thing Trump did was fire all the Inspector Generals, the people who act as watchdogs". So WHY DIDN'T THESE CLOWNS DO IT BEFORE TRUMP CAME INTO OFFICE? How did spending get so out of control with these wonderful watchdogs?
If you hire a plumber do you keep paying him even though your plumbing remains broken for years?
He whines about Congress not being included, but the same argument applies; they are the ones who blew all the money in the first place. This is like going to an abortionist for pediatric care.
He said Bill Clinton cut spending, and he did to a degree, but why? He was blowing money fast and furious until the Republican Revolution swept Newt Gingrich and the GOP into office and he had no choice. Clinton figured "if you can't beat them join them" and took credit for what the Republicans did in the legislature.
Kaine is saying DOGE is a tool for the rich to cut spending and get a big tax cut for themselves. Who cares? THEY are the ones who provide jobs, not the illegal aliens.
The Democrats are truly getting desperate and think Americans will buy the same old story from them. Rush Limbaugh used to say they always recycled the same playbook because it worked, and it did because they owned the media. But now technology has weakened the corporate media and people are realizing these same tired shibboleths are just lies.
Update: Juan Williams just said the Constitution places the courts in the position of final authority. I'd like him to provide the actual Constitutional clause where it says that - he can't because it isn't there. SCOTUS asserted this right in Marbury v. Madison and while it has worked for us, by and large, it is in no way set in stone - it is merely precedent. Congress could pass a law any time it liked putting the Courts in their place and the judges couldn't stop it (of course they could declare the law unconstitutional,but if they don't have the authority to make such a claim it's a moot point - nor do they have the power to implement their judgement.)
Alexander Hamilton, writing in Federalist 78, said of the courts:
In short it is not supposed to have the kind of power it currently exercises. Now it has power over the purse and the sword.
So Williams doesn't know what he's talking about (as usual).
On Fox News Sunday Juan Williams just said that what Vice President Vance said to the Europeans "harkens back to Naziism". The truly offensive thing is that the panel just let him get away with that claim. EVERY member of that panel should have jumped down his throat.
This shows the Left is getting desperate.
He also called Nazis "right wing" and nobody corrected him. Molly Hemmingway (from the Federalist) argued with him but did not point out that Naziism was a leftist philosophy. We have got to do that every time the Left pulls this "right wing Nazi" b.s.
Williams, whose I.Q. rivals his belt size, was arguing about how we had to fight WWII because we didn't act earlier. Odd; he and his buddies opposed every and all interventions by prior Republican administrations. I seem to remember Williams was bitterlya gainst the Afghan and Iraqi wars, yet the argument made for both was identical to the hypothetical one he now employs.
When did the Democrats ever care about displaying strength?
Later Senattor Tim Kaine was on complaining about Trump's firing the Inspector Generals "the first thing Trump did was fire all the Inspector Generals, the people who act as watchdogs". So WHY DIDN'T THESE CLOWNS DO IT BEFORE TRUMP CAME INTO OFFICE? How did spending get so out of control with these wonderful watchdogs?
If you hire a plumber do you keep paying him even though your plumbing remains broken for years?
He whines about Congress not being included, but the same argument applies; they are the ones who blew all the money in the first place. This is like going to an abortionist for pediatric care.
He said Bill Clinton cut spending, and he did to a degree, but why? He was blowing money fast and furious until the Republican Revolution swept Newt Gingrich and the GOP into office and he had no choice. Clinton figured "if you can't beat them join them" and took credit for what the Republicans did in the legislature.
Kaine is saying DOGE is a tool for the rich to cut spending and get a big tax cut for themselves. Who cares? THEY are the ones who provide jobs, not the illegal aliens.
The Democrats are truly getting desperate and think Americans will buy the same old story from them. Rush Limbaugh used to say they always recycled the same playbook because it worked, and it did because they owned the media. But now technology has weakened the corporate media and people are realizing these same tired shibboleths are just lies.
Update: Juan Williams just said the Constitution places the courts in the position of final authority. I'd like him to provide the actual Constitutional clause where it says that - he can't because it isn't there. SCOTUS asserted this right in Marbury v. Madison and while it has worked for us, by and large, it is in no way set in stone - it is merely precedent. Congress could pass a law any time it liked putting the Courts in their place and the judges couldn't stop it (of course they could declare the law unconstitutional,but if they don't have the authority to make such a claim it's a moot point - nor do they have the power to implement their judgement.)
Alexander Hamilton, writing in Federalist 78, said of the courts:
" The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword [executive] or the purse [legislative] ,”
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and the judiciary has "no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever.”
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and the judiciary has "no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever.”
In short it is not supposed to have the kind of power it currently exercises. Now it has power over the purse and the sword.
So Williams doesn't know what he's talking about (as usual).
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February 15, 2025
Adams Suing Trump, Musk
Timothy Birdnow
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is scheming to sue the Trump Administration for eighty plus million dollars for money he somehow thinks Trump and America owe his city for offering to be a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.
Here is a snippet:
Here Trump just pulled Adams' cookies out of the fire. Maybe the DOJ should take a fresh look at them...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is scheming to sue the Trump Administration for eighty plus million dollars for money he somehow thinks Trump and America owe his city for offering to be a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.
Here is a snippet:
The Adams administration’s legal team informed City Comptroller Brad Lander on Friday that they are drafting litigation to recover the $80.5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) payments, which were pulled by federal authorities on Tuesday without the mayor’s prior knowledge.
The city’s Law Department plans to initiate legal action by February 21.
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"The Law Department is currently drafting litigation papers with respect to this matter,” wrote Corporation Counsel Mureil Goode-Trufant in the letter.
"We intend to initiate legal action by February 21, 2025. As the Law Department is representing the City of New York in this matter, there is no need for an authorization for the Comptroller’s Office to engage external legal counsel.”
The letter was sent shortly after Lander urged Adams to either file a lawsuit himself or authorize him to hire outside legal counsel to sue the Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk.
"Given the gravity of the situation, we cannot afford to waste any more time,” Lander said in a statement Friday.
"If the Mayor would prefer to spend his days advancing President Trump’s agenda instead of fighting for New Yorkers, then the Law Department must allow me to do so.
The city’s Law Department plans to initiate legal action by February 21.
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"The Law Department is currently drafting litigation papers with respect to this matter,” wrote Corporation Counsel Mureil Goode-Trufant in the letter.
"We intend to initiate legal action by February 21, 2025. As the Law Department is representing the City of New York in this matter, there is no need for an authorization for the Comptroller’s Office to engage external legal counsel.”
The letter was sent shortly after Lander urged Adams to either file a lawsuit himself or authorize him to hire outside legal counsel to sue the Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk.
"Given the gravity of the situation, we cannot afford to waste any more time,” Lander said in a statement Friday.
"If the Mayor would prefer to spend his days advancing President Trump’s agenda instead of fighting for New Yorkers, then the Law Department must allow me to do so.
Here Trump just pulled Adams' cookies out of the fire. Maybe the DOJ should take a fresh look at them...
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FBI Leaking Raid Info to Venezuelan Gangs
Timothy Birdnow
An FBI agent has beencaught tipping off Venezuelan Gangs raids members of Tren de Aragua in Aurora, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California.. My question is, was this a rogue actor or is it a policy being implemented by Biden holdovers?
The individual or individuals has not yet been officially named by the DOJ.
An FBI agent has beencaught tipping off Venezuelan Gangs raids members of Tren de Aragua in Aurora, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California.. My question is, was this a rogue actor or is it a policy being implemented by Biden holdovers?
The individual or individuals has not yet been officially named by the DOJ.
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