Friday, July 31, 2015

Environmental Disaster: The Renewable Fuel Standard

Environmental Disaster: The Renewable Fuel Standard:

Originally posted at the Capital Research Center

The bipartisan disaster called the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has all the usual characteristics of bureaucratic central planning: It features unrealistic (actually, impossible) goals, hidden taxes and regulatory burdens, and costly “unintended” consequences, and it’s carried out by anonymous, unelected, unaccountable government officials.
Meanwhile, RFS reduces the mileage of motor vehicles, funnels money from consumers to well-connected “crony capitalists,” raises the price of food for the world’s poor, destroys rain forest and wetlands, and expands a dead zone the size of Connecticut in the Gulf of Mexico.
It was supposed to make us more energy independent. It was supposed to protect the environment, yet it is responsible for converting millions of acres of wetlands and wildlife habitat to corn plantations. Even the “greens” have turned against it. And, like many a horror-movie villain, it’s immortal. … Or is it?

The Divine Right of Bureaucrats

The Divine Right of Bureaucrats | Gingrich Productions:

"This is a sign of a bureaucracy that has discovered how to quietly and informally leverage its statutory power for its own ends, unconstrained by Congress and fearless of any consequences.
The bureaucrats’ behavior sets an extraordinarily dangerous precedent. And worse: it takes a sledgehammer to the rule of law, the foundation of our civilization for 800 years.
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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Boehner, McConnell 'destroying party from the top'

Boehner, McConnell 'destroying party from the top':

(Greg Corombos) -

Congressional Republicans are headed toward summer recess in turmoil, and former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says it's because Republican leaders are acting like big-spending liberals and conservatives have had enough of it....

CA Poor Hit Hardest by ‘Green Energy’

Manhattan Institute: CA Poor Hit Hardest by ‘Green Energy’:

According to a report released by the Center for Energy Policy and the Environment at the Manhattan Institute, the energy policies of the state have imposed a greater burden on poorer customers in the inland and Central Valley regions of the state.
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Ted Cruz: Republicans get clobbered because we have leaders like MItt Romney, Jeb Bush who won’t speak the truth

Ted Cruz: Republicans get clobbered because we have leaders like MItt Romney, Jeb Bush who won’t speak the truth:

Ted Cruz hit back at Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush ...

Immigration As Obama's Vehicle For 'Fundamentally Transforming' America

Immigration As Obama's Vehicle For 'Fundamentally Transforming' America:

Immigration: The open borders movement has long been suspected as a scheme to turn red states blue to ensure permanent Democratic rule. A slew of new reports shows that the plot is real -- and may be succeeding. Democrats have long had trouble selling undisguised socialism to the voters, but are not without ideas. If U.S. voters won't buy the bigger government programs they seek, well then importing new voters from elsewhere might just work.

Socialism Works: Venezuela Out of Food, Doctors Make $15 a Month and There's No Beer

Socialism Works: Venezuela Out of Food, Doctors Make $15 a Month and There's No Beer:

Venezuela used to have oil literally coming out of the ground. Then the Socialists took over and under Hugo Chavez made it a model for the world... to run away from.
No jokes, no beer, no money, no food.  That's the left-wing utopia.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Military undermined by budget reductions, social engineering

JAMES LYONS: Military undermined by budget reductions, social engineering:

When President Obama announced that he was going to "fundamentally transform" America, not many Americans understood the full depth of that statement. Based on an assessment of his policies over the last six and half years, clearly one of Mr. Obama's objectives has been to diminish America's standing and leadership ...

US intelligence assessment: Obama inaction inviting more cyber-attacks

US intelligence assessment: Obama inaction inviting more cyber-attacks:

Last month, I pointed out in the Washington Post that President Obama drew a cyber “red line” in the sand in April when he signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against individuals or entities who carry out cyber-attacks or cyber-espionage against the United States – and that his failure to enforce it against China would invite more cyber-attacks.
The post US intelligence assessment: Obama inaction inviting more cyber-attacks appeared first on AEI.

Dempsey: Obama Presenting False Choice Between Deal and War

Dempsey: Obama Presenting False Choice Between Deal and War:

What information collected by Israeli intelligence reveals about the Iran talks

What information collected by Israeli intelligence reveals about the Iran talks:

What information collected by Israeli intelligence reveals about the Iran talks, TabletRonen Bergman, July 29, 2015

It is possible to argue about the manner in which Netanyahu chose to conduct the dispute about the nuclear agreement with Iran, by clashing head-on and bluntly with the American president. That said, the intelligence material that he was relying on gives rise to fairly unambiguous conclusions: that the Western delegates crossed all of the red lines that they drew themselves and conceded most of what was termed critical at the outset; and that the Iranians have achieved almost all of their goals.

BOOM! NC Congressman stands with Mark Meadows, tells CNN Boehner is a bully who MUST GO

BOOM! NC Congressman stands with Mark Meadows, tells CNN Boehner is a bully who MUST GO:

North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones is standing with Mark Meadows ...

Treason from Within

Treason from Within:





A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates
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Tocqueville Predicted the Tyranny of the Majority in Our Modern World

Born 225 Years Ago, Tocqueville Predicted the Tyranny of the Majority in Our Modern World:

We often boast about having attained some unimaginable redefinition of ourselves and our nation. How odd then, that someone born 225 years ago today could understand us with more clarity and depth than we understand ourselves.
Back in 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville accurately foresaw both much of what ails us and our remarkable uniqueness and strengths. 
The post Born 225 Years Ago, Tocqueville Predicted the Tyranny of the Majority in Our Modern World appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Stewart Just Another Dishonest Liberal Seeking Obama's Approval

Stewart Just Another Dishonest Liberal Seeking Obama's Approval:

Media: Jon Stewart isn't a fearless, funny comedian who bravely skewers politicians of all stripes with his wicked humor, sarcasm and invective. But he plays one on TV. In reality, he's just another left-wing media toady. As Stewart prepares for his final "Daily Show" taping on Aug. 6, maybe we shouldn't be surprised that, as Politico reported Tuesday, he has taken secret trips to the White House so President Obama could try to influence his show.

Boehner is No Conservative, No Matter Which Party is in Power

Boehner is No Conservative, No Matter Which Party is in Power:

So, in total, John Boehner voted to increase America's debt by 3.631 trillion-with-a-t dollars under a Republican president. So, don't believe him when he blames Barack Obama for his inability to lead a conservative agenda. The truth is, he has never been a conservative. It's time we had a Speaker who actually believes in fiscal responsibility instead of just saying it.
Tell Congress to End the Boehner Blunder

The Colossal Hoax Of Organic Agriculture

The Colossal Hoax Of Organic Agriculture:

via Forbes
Organic agriculture is an unscientific, heavily subsidized marketing gimmick that misleads and rips off consumers. The federal government should stop promoting and subsidizing it.

‘Stimulus’ Wasted Billions of Taxpayer Money On Rural Internet Projects

Report: ‘Stimulus’ Wasted Billions of Taxpayer Money On Rural Internet Projects:

A just-released investigation details the startling waste and stupidity.

If Obama and Kerry Were Not Leading Israel to the Ovens, Why Are The Side Agreements Secret?

If Obama and Kerry Were Not Leading Israel to the Ovens, Why Are The Side Agreements Secret?: Obama and Kerry and their Easy Bake Secret Solution for Israel. 



The Ayatollahs will know more than the American people about this deal. 






Giuliani outraged at DOJ: I’d have Hillary facing criminal charges for five different crimes, right now

Giuliani outraged at DOJ: I’d have Hillary facing criminal charges for five different crimes, right now:

If former Republican New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani were still a U.S. attorney, Hillary Clinton would be facing far more legal trouble for her use of a private email server as secretary of state.
Saying the Democrat presidential hopeful should be facing at least “five different” criminal charges, the former Republican presidential hopeful blasted the Department of Justice on Wednesday for failing to hold Clinton accountable.
“I’d have her under investigation for about five different crimes,” Giuliani said during an appearance on CNN’s “New Day” program. “I think it’s outrageous that the Justice Department is not moving forward with this.






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Jon Stewart Was Called To Secret Meetings At The White House WHY?

Jon Stewart Was Called To Secret Meetings At The White House WHY?:

The Start of a Conservative Revolt?

The Start of a Conservative Revolt?:

Exasperated and marginalized conservatives in Congress are inching nearer to full revolt from the party bosses who have delivered nothing but disappointment for them.


Tuesday, July 28, 2015

"Government comedian" Jon Stewart's secret White House briefings show he was a fraud all along

"Government comedian" Jon Stewart's secret White House briefings show he was a fraud all along:

I've never been a fan of Jon Stewart, the host of the fake news program The Daily Show on Comedy Central.

Federal Government: Too Big to Manage

Federal Government: Too Big to Manage:

One of the themes in my new study, “Why the Federal Government Fails,” is that the federal government has grown too large to manage with any reasonable level of efficiency and competence. Even if politicians worked diligently to advance the general interest, and even if federal bureaucracies focused on delivering quality services, the vast size of the government would still generate failure after failure.
To learn more about the sad realities of our government, see Why the Federal Government Fails.

Paglia: Bill Clinton Is Like Bill Cosby

Paglia: Bill Clinton Is Like Bill Cosby:

The horrible truth is that the feminist establishment in the U.S., led by Gloria Steinem, did in fact apply a double standard to Bill Clinton’s behavior because he was a Democrat.
The post Paglia: Bill Clinton Is Like Bill Cosby appeared first on Breitbart.

Majority of Americans Want Congress to Reject Iran Nuclear Arms Deal

Majority of Americans Want Congress to Reject Iran Nuclear Arms Deal:



As Congress exhausts its 60-day review process of the Iran nuclear arms deal, a majority of Americans want the House and Senate to reject President Obama’s championed agreement.
CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday indicates that 52 percent of American adults want Congress to reject the agreement with Iran, which would lift international sanctions on the country while allowing it to press on with crucial elements of its nuclear work, research, and development.


CNN poll: Most Americans want Congress to reject nuclear deal

CNN poll: Most Americans want Congress to reject nuclear deal: July 28, 2015, 1:44 PM (IDT)

A majority of Americans want Congress to reject the recently-negotiated nuclear deal with Iran, even as President Barack Obama's approval rating continues to stand in net-positive territory for the second month in a row, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. Overall, 52% say Congress should reject the deal, 44% say it should be approved.

Monday, July 27, 2015

John Kerry, Lawyer to the Mullahs

John Kerry, Lawyer to the Mullahs: (John Hinderaker)

Washington Free Beacon put together this montage of John Kerry running interference for Iran’s rulers. It makes you feel confident that our interests were aggressively represented in the nuclear negotiations, doesn’t it?

Jews stood up to the U.S. government 40 years ago, and should again on Iran - The Washington Post

Jews stood up to the U.S. government 40 years ago, and should again on Iran - The Washington Post:
"Today, an American president has once again sought to achieve stability by removing sanctions against a brutal dictatorship without demanding that the latter change its behavior. And once again, a group of outspoken Jews — no longer a small group of dissidents in Moscow but leaders of the state of Israel, from the governing coalition and the opposition alike — are sounding an alarm. Of course, we are reluctant to criticize our ally and to so vigorously oppose an agreement that purports to promote peace. But we know that we are again at a historic crossroads, and that the United States can either appease a criminal regime — one that supports global terror, relentlessly threatens to eliminate Israel and executes more political prisoners than any other per capita — or stand firm in demanding change in its behavior.

"
Natan Sharansky 


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The cost of Keystone’s delay: $175 billion

The cost of Keystone’s delay: $175 billion:





"lost economic activity"


The Keystone XL pipeline is an issue that Democrats are going to have to deal with sooner rather than later. Hillary Clinton has repeatedly dipped, ducked, dived, and dodged questions about her position on the project to the ire of the environmental left. In January of 2014, the State Department concluded that the construction of […]
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Hillary Clinton's Clean Energy Plan Is A Farce

Hillary Clinton's Clean Energy Plan Is A Farce:

Power: In her latest campaign video on renewable energy, Hillary Clinton mocks Republican candidates for not facing the "reality" of global warming and the need to fight it. But it's her own energy plan that defies reality. Clinton says she has two big goals that she'll start working on "day one" to combat climate change. First is to expand solar energy supplies by 700% by installing half a billion solar panels by 2020. Second is to power "every

Counterterror expert: “deradicalization” is “practically impossible”

Counterterror expert: “deradicalization” is “practically impossible”:



Ganor is quite right in saying that “deradicalization” doesn’t work: many such programs are based on the premise that the true teachings of Islam are peaceful, and so all that needs to be done is show the jihadis how they’re misunderstanding the Qur’an and overlooking its teachings of peace, and all will be well. But […]

Video Montage: John Kerry Is Apparently An Iranian Agent…

Video Montage: John Kerry Is Apparently An Iranian Agent…: Thanks to Free Beacon for the video.


Angelo Codevilla's Take on Trump

Angelo Codevilla's Take on Trump - The Rush Limbaugh Show:

""'In the land of the blind,' so goes the saying, 'the one-eyed man is king.' Donald Trump leapt atop other contenders for the Republican presidential nomination when he acted on the primordial fact in American public life today, from which most of the others hide their eyes, namely: most Americans distrust, fear, are sick and tired of, the elected, appointed, and bureaucratic officials who rule over us, as well as their cronies in the corporate, media, and academic world.

"Trump's attraction lies less in his words' grace or even precision than in the extent to which Americans are searching for someone, anyone, to lead against this ruling class, that is making America less prosperous, less free, and more dangerous," which goes exactly to the questions I was asking in the opening monologue of the program today, and trying to explain what has happened to the Republican opposition.  There's nobody that can say that what Obama's doing with immigration is making America better."


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The New Fascists

The New Fascists: Originally posted on Vlad Davidiuk:

At the top of the Democrat party, the leaders who stand poised to shepherd America further down the path of decay and decline stand proudly as fascists. They hide behind their claims to being “Liberals” and “Progressives”, titles that have misleading connotations and meanings. The new fascists, a development long since…

The Clintons 'live above the law'

The Clintons 'live above the law': '

They think they live differently than the rest of America'

Donald Trump and the Fed-Up Crowd | Works and Days

Donald Trump and the Fed-Up Crowd | Works and Days:

"To explain the inexplicable rise of Donald Trump is to calibrate the anger of a fed-up crowd that is enjoying the comeuppance of an elite that never pays for the ramifications of its own ideology. The elite media, whose trademark is fad and cant, writes off the fed-up crowd as naïve and susceptible to demagoguery as the contradictory and hypocritical Trump manipulates their anger. In fact, they probably got it backwards. Trump is a transitory vehicle of the fed-up crowd, a current expression of their distaste for both Democratic and Republican politics, but not an end in and of himself. The fed-up crowd is tired of being demagogued to death by progressives, who brag of “working across the aisle” and “bipartisanship” as they ram through agendas with executive orders, court decisions, and public ridicule. So the fed-ups want other conservative candidates to emulate Trump’s verve, energy, eagerness to speak the unspeakable, and no-holds barred Lee Atwater style — without otherwise being Trump.

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Emasculated Republicans Block Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood

Starnes: Emasculated Republicans Block Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood - Todd Starnes - Page 1:

"Senate Republicans had a chance to stop Planned Parenthood from butchering unborn children and selling their body parts to the highest bidder. Instead, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to put up a vote -- thumbing his nose at Senators Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, along with every pro-lifer in the nation.

That sort of emasculated leadership is why Donald Trump is surging in the polls. Americans want leaders with man-parts big enough to do the right thing.

What happened over weekend was an unprecedented display of cowardice from chicken-hearted politicians. It was a dastardly double-cross.

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Republican Candidates Are Attacking The Wrong Person

Republican Candidates Are Attacking The Wrong Person:



I find it fascinating that Republican Presidential candidates are falling all over themselves trying to distance themselves from Donald Trump and his message of how bad things really are in Washington.
Instead of attacking Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and the Obama administration for just how badly they’ve messed things up, many of [...]

Fiorina: Americans Are Right To Be Angry About Immigration

Fiorina: Americans Are Right To Be Angry About Immigration:

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said Americans are right to be "really angry" about immigration.

1/5 of the Population of El Salvador and 1/4 of Mexico Now Live in U.S.

1/5 of the Population of El Salvador and 1/4 of Mexico Now Live in U.S.:



We know the illegal immigrant population of in the U.S. has exploded since the 1990s.  We also know it has grown dramatically since President Obama initiated his “open borders” policy to allow just about anyone to come here via the border with Mexico.
The “official” number of illegal aliens in the U.S. stands [...]

Here's How the New York Times Keeps a Baseless Racial Story Alive

Here's How the New York Times Keeps a Baseless Racial Story Alive:

The left never admits that it lied, that its claims were baseless and that it's just pursuing racial divisiveness for political power. Michael Brown is still a martyr and Ferguson is still a hotbed of racism despite the fact that the case was thoroughly shot down. The autopsy of Sandra Bland showed the case was baseless.
So the left just doubles down.
Loretta Lynch, the new Eric Holder, is talking about "policing techniques" and the "frustration of minority communities." Just as with the Michael Brown case, having their lies disproved doesn't even give them pause.
Meanwhile the New York Times is showing how to keep a baseless racial story alive with its latest story, "Racial Divide Persists in Texas County Where Sandra Bland Died". What does the supposed racial divide have to do when there's no actual proof of wrongdoing?
Just pound the table. Offer lots of references to the Civil Rights Act. Blather aimlessly about divisions and tensions. Just don't talk about the fact that you have no case.
Buried somewhere near the bottom we get a little glimpse of how weak the latest Ferguson case is.
Detractors charge that the sheriff’s chain of command is lily-white; while Sheriff Smith said he could not immediately give a racial breakdown of his 85-member staff, one of his four top deputies is black. On the morning that Ms. Bland died, he said, all three jailers on duty were black or Hispanic. He acknowledges the jail’s failures to protect Ms. Bland by not placing her on a suicide watch, not checking on her in person and leaving her with a plastic trash bag that became the makeshift noose from which she was found hanging. Those appear to reflect a more general pattern; state inspectors also cited failings in 2012 when a white inmate hanged himself with a bedsheet.
And that's what we've got. Nothing. But more table pounding. More #BlackLivesMatters charades of vulnerability and "poor me, I could be shot by a cop any minute". More racism on demand.




A womanized culture is soft. Its reaction to anything bad is to weep, hold hands, put up memorials of flowers and teddy bears and generally dissolve in a puddle of tears.

A womanized culture is soft. Its reaction to anything bad is to weep, hold hands, put up memorials of flowers and teddy bears and generally dissolve in a puddle of tears.: An America with a masculine culture would have replied to this and other incidents with what 4GW theory calls the “Hama model”.

The President would have gone on television within a matter of hours to say to the nation, “As I am speaking, hundreds of American bombers are wiping the city of Raqqa off the map and killing every living thing in it. I warn all civilians in any other territory under the control of ISIS to flee. The same thing can happen to you.” Not only would this have hit ISIS hard physically, it would have deprived it of its base, a much more serious injury. If no civilians would remain in any area controlled by ISIS, ISIS could not function. The View From Olympus: Chattanooga | traditionalRIGHT

GOP PUSSIFICATION: GOP Leaders Rebuke Cruz Because They’re Compromised Punks

GOP PUSSIFICATION: GOP Leaders Rebuke Cruz Because They’re Compromised Punks:

The GOP can’t handle the truth and that’s what Ted Cruz brings.
Read more: Fox News

Sunday, July 26, 2015

When Authorities "Own" the Market, The System Breaks Down

When Authorities "Own" the Market, The System Breaks Down: Here's Why:



Central planning asset purchases aimed at propping up prices destroy the essential price discovery needed by private investors.
With investment information and feedback now distorted, private investment dries up, leaving productivity and growth stagnant.
In system language, the markets are now tightly bound to central planning policies: any change in policy has an immediate and potentially disastrous effect on the values of assets.
This is why buying assets to prop up prices is a one-way street: once you distort markets to prop up prices, you destroy information, independent price discovery and trust-- all the essentials of a market.
What authorities have created is a facsimile of a market. It looks like a market on the surface, but only gamblers and fools risk capital in markets based on false information.
Go to my main site at www.oftwominds.com/blog.html
for the full posts and archives. 
In effect, central planning asset purchases aimed at propping up prices destroy the essential price discovery needed by private investors. With authorities buying assets, investors have no place to put their money that isn't exposed to sudden policy changes by authorities.

Shocker: Minimum Wage Hikes Gutted Over 700,000 Jobs In 2013

Shocker: Minimum Wage Hikes Gutted Over 700,000 Jobs In 2013:

Are liberals better at economics or are they just more adept at selling ideas that drive purely on emotion? Increasing the minimum wage is a...

Authorities Ignore The Mosques At The Center Of Terrorist Attacks

Authorities Ignore The Mosques At The Center Of Terrorist Attacks:





No problem there… Via NY Post: Property records show the mosque attended by the terrorist who killed US soldiers at a base in Chattanooga, Tenn., is affiliated with the same Islamic group as the mosques patronized by the Boston marathon bombers and the 9/11 hijackers who attacked the Pentagon. Yet federal investigators have dismissed any […]

Proof of the Insanity of Socialism Yet we Refuse to See the Truth

Venezuela on the path to starvation. They have run out of other people's money now on the way to running out of other people's food.:

Amid Shortages, Venezuela Forces All Food Distribution into State Hands

Industry Chamber President Sounds the Alarm over Further Government Intervention


These Major Corporations Have Bailed on Planned Parenthood

These Major Corporations Have Bailed on Planned Parenthood:



Planned Parenthood’s list of 41 major U.S corporations that donate to the leading abortion provider in the America is getting shorter.
After two videos have been released showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the selling of aborted babies’ body parts and organs, many major companies are heading for cover – not wanting to be [...]

Texas Supreme Court Stops Lesbian Mayor In Her Tracks

Texas Supreme Court Stops Lesbian Mayor In Her Tracks:



We’ve reported in the past about the battle of rights in Houston, Texas where the openly lesbian Mayor – Annise Parker – pushed through a “transgender” ordinance allowing anyone to use any city bathroom they wish regardless of their actual gender.
A coalition of various pastors from the city organized a petition drive [...]

Does Hillary Clinton have ANY core beliefs other than power?

Does Hillary Clinton have ANY core beliefs other than power?:

Vermont’s “independent” “Socialist” Senator Bernie Sanders may have a lock on the left-wing vote but Hillary Clinton is doing everything she can to stop his rise.
In so doing, the ultimate crony capitalist is demonstrating, once again, that she has no core set of beliefs other than in obtaining power. Hillary is adopting Sanders’ platform attacking capitalism not because she believes it, but because she hears Bernie’s footsteps gaining on her in the polls.
In a recent speech at NYU, Hillary Clinton claimed that capitalism needs a reset and proposed changes to capital gains taxes.
The Hillary story of resetting capitalism is not about resetting capitalism. That might reflect a core ideology.
It’s about someone with no core beliefs other than obtaining and protecting her political power.

Social Justice Authoritarianism: The New Religion of the Political Left

Social Justice Authoritarianism: The New Religion of the Political Left:

At Instapundit, Elizabeth Price Foley links to the power-packed essay at Medium, in April, from Aristotelis Orginos, "Social Justice Bullies: The Authoritarianism of Millennial Social Justice."
I read it about a month or two ago. Definitely a must-read piece that resides in the larger and growing canon on the American left's ideological overreach and vicious circular firing-squad implosion.


Social Justice Bullies: A Profile in Outrageous Outrage

Social Justice Bullies: A Profile in Outrageous Outrage:

"To the social justice advocate of our time, conclusions are not contingent on facts; rather, facts are contingent on conclusions. In a global example of confirmation bias, the truth is malleable."
"The malleable truth is molded around the theoretical viewpoints of social justice. In order to uphold the sanctity of this viewpoint, adherents ostracize dissension. It’s nothing new — it’s a tactic as old as religion itself. Instead of holy texts, though, the millennial social justice advocate bows at the altar of the currently-in-vogue ideological Trinity: Marxism, Feminism, and Post-Colonialism."

Once Again, the Private Option Is Cheaper, More Effective Than Government Program

Once Again, the Private Option Is Cheaper, More Effective Than Government Program:

The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program has many problems. For starters, it will run out of money next year, which could mean 20-percent benefit cuts. The program also suffers from excessive wait times, complicated rules and procedures, inconsistent decisions, deficient rehabilitation services and insufficient protections against fraud.
Introducing an optional, private disability insurance component could ease the program’s financial problems and improve the physical and economic well-being of the disabled. Private disability insurance providers face a bottom line—if their premiums can’t cover costs, they go out of business. SSDI faces Congress—and therefore can escape financial reality. Can’t cover costs? Just ask Congress to hike raises, a request that lawmakers have a hard time refusing. Since 1956, the SSDI tax rate—taken direct from every paycheck—has more than tripled.
Originally published at The Washington Times.

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Seattle Schools Ban Soda but Give Away Birth Control without Parental Consent

Seattle Schools Ban Soda but Give Away Birth Control without Parental Consent:






Remember when it was the parent's job to mold their children? Remember when parents were supposed to teach their children how to be responsible, law abiding, and respectful citizens? Remember when we as a people believed that it was the responsibility of the parents to instill moral values into their children? Remember when it was the parent's job to make decisions about the health and wellbeing of their children?

Those days may soon be a distant memory to all but the oldest curmudgeons among us if conservatives don't begin fighting back against the liberal culture of government-based parenting.
At 13 different Seattle, Washington, public schools children are not allowed to purchase sugary drinks like Coca-Cola (even with their parents' consent), but they can be implanted with an intrauterine device (IUD) without anyone notifying their parents!
This is simply another example of the upside-down world we live in today. At schools all over America, children are banned from drinking soda, taking aspirin, running in the halls, and passing notes… but get an IUD implanted in their bodies without parental consent? No problem. These schools call parents for misbehavior, failing grades, attendance issues… but not for medical procedures? These schools must get parents' permission to take kids to museums, allow them to use the internet, or even take the child's yearbook photo, but not to undertake a risky medical procedure with extreme moral ramifications?
It's utter madness.
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Judge Jeanine SLAMS Hillary: You traded Americans’ security just to line your own pockets!

Judge Jeanine SLAMS Hillary: You traded Americans’ security just to line your own pockets!:

When it comes to the Clintons, follow the money — and national security be damned.
That was the message Saturday night from Fox News’ Judge Jeanine Pirro when she took former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to task for putting America’s safety at risk by using a private email system to disguise how she used her office for her own financial gain.
“You can’t trust her, you can’t believe her, so why even think about voting for the woman?” Pirro said in the “Opening Statement” segment of “Justice with Judge Jeanine.”
Last week, inspectors general for the State Department and the nation’s intelligence agencies asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation of the handling of classified information during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. The IGs reported classified information had been sent from Clinton’s private server.
“You knew at the time it was classified information that you were sending on your private server,” Pirro said, addressing the former secretary of state and wannabe president. “It’s our property, not yours. Our secrets not yours to play with, profit from or leverage to line you and your family’s pockets.”
The judge said she knows the reason Clinton wanted to keep her emails secret.
“Were you afraid that people might find out the reasons for your shifts in policy decisions were donations to the Clinton Foundation connected to the sale of arms around the world that doubled when you were secretary of state, especially to those governments that gave millions to the Clinton Foundation?” she asked.
“Hillary, you’ve jeopardized this nation and the good and decent people who live in it for your own personal aggrandizement, for your personal wealth,” she said. “Building an empire for you and your family under the guise of a foundation.”

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America Under a Psychopolitical Assault: Psychotropic Drugs & Communist Labeling of Mental Illnesses

America Under a Psychopolitical Assault: Psychotropic Drugs & Communist Labeling of Mental Illnesses - Freedom Outpost:

"Transfer some of the powers of arrest from police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand. (Communist goal number 38)"



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Op-Ed The consequences of a bad deal with Iran

Op-Ed The consequences of a bad deal with Iran |:

"American weakness has brought us to this difficult moment. While we obsessed about its economic discomfort, Iran wore its duress with pride. It was never an even match. We now have to rely on a tiny ally to do the job for us. But unless we are ready to accept a nuclear Iran (and, in relatively short order, several other nuclear Middle Eastern states), get ready. The easy ways out disappeared long ago.   
President Obama has made an art form of attacking his opponents rather than substantively defending his own policies, most recently regarding the Vienna agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Essentially, Obama argues that we must either accept his wretched deal or go to war to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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US Congressman Just Dumb as a Box of Rocks

Rep. Ellison says raising minimum wage will PREVENT hostile interactions between BLACKS and COPS?!?!:

In addition to being the first Muslim representative in the ...

Media Begin Catching On To The Paid Activist DeRay McKesson

Media Begin Catching On To The Paid Activist DeRay McKesson… | The Last Refuge:

"DeRay McKesson is one-half of the most hate-filled, lying and manipulatively destructive force in the U.S.  It was/is DeRay McKesson and Shaun King who promoted all the lies from Ferguson, to Baltimore, to McKinney Texas and Charleston South Carolina.  And more recently the suicide of Sandra Bland….

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Under Obama, Blacks Are Worse Off — Far Worse

Larry Elder: Under Obama, Blacks Are Worse Off — Far Worse — The Patriot Post:

"Ninety-five percent of black voters in 2008 voted for then-Sen. Barack Obama. Surely a “progressive” black president would care about, empathize with and understand black America in a way no other president ever has or could, right? Exit polls from Pew Research show that 63 percent of all voters – and 65 percent of Obama voters – cited the economy as the number one reason they voted for him. Iraq was a distant second at 10 percent. Even for black Obama voters, “It’s the economy, stupid.”

After six years, the report card is in. The grades are not pretty. By every key economic measurement, blacks are worse off under Obama. In some cases, far worse off.

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Nothing great about the welfare state | spiked review of books

Nothing great about the welfare state | spiked review of books:

"But it’s Bartholomew’s critique of the wider welfare culture, rather than his carps at benefits systems, which provides an important corrective to what can be a narrow and mean-spirited discussion. He also offers practical solutions: let’s increase housing supply but abolish public housing; let’s have a system of ‘co-payment’ for healthcare between state and individual; let’s allow schools and hospitals to compete in markets; and let’s give individuals the opportunity to save and insure themselves to pay for social-care needs and pensions (albeit through Singapore-style compulsory bank accounts).
So what do we do with the welfare state? As Bartholomew puts it, the welfare state, rather than capitalism or communism, was ‘the ultimate victor of the turmoil of the twentieth century’. But Bartholomew makes clear that this is a hollow victory with many millions left idle and communities undermined. So yes, let’s cut the welfare state down to size and stop infantilising its dependants."


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On Planned Parenthood

On Planned Parenthood:

Ross Douthat has a characteristically good column in the New York Times this morning on the Planned Parenthood video, and the mental gymnastics required of PP/abortion supporters to minimize the impact of the horror those videos show (there are apparently ten more).  A key graph here;
"But the reluctance to look closely doesn’t change the truth of what there is to see. Those were dead human beings on Richard Selzer’s street 40 years ago, and these are dead human beings being discussed on video today: Human beings that the nice, idealistic medical personnel at Planned Parenthood have spent their careers crushing, evacuating, and carving up for parts."


Read the whole thing.


Chuck Todd: Hillary's 'Favorability Numbers Are Dismal'

Chuck Todd: Hillary's 'Favorability Numbers Are Dismal':

NBC's Chuck Todd reported this morning on a new poll showing that Hillary Clinton's "favorability numbers are dismal." In Iowa, 56% of all voters have an unfavorable view of Clinton, while only 37% have a favorable view of her. In New Hampshire, 57% view Clinton unfavorably, 37% favorably.
According to the new NBC poll, Hillary Clinton is at 55% in the Democratic primary. While Bernie Sanders comes in a distant second at 26%.
In New Hampshire, Clinton's lead is down to 13 points. Clinton's at 47% while Sanders is at 34%.

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Public schools ruining U.S. kids with 'indoctrination'

Public schools ruining U.S. kids with 'indoctrination':





Public education in America today is almost the opposite of education, according to an education expert who calls the nation’s schooling “indoctrination.”
“This isn’t some kind of huge national accident that all these legions of Ph.D experts and all these legions of committees and the U.S. Department of Education – it’s not that they’re just incompetent fools and don’t know what they’re doing,” said international journalist and educator Alex Newman. “They want the system to be doing what it’s doing, and that is destroying real education.”
Real education, according to Newman, means developing knowledgeable, well-rounded Americans who can think critically, process information, make good decisions, support themselves and serve the needs of society.
In other words, real education produces productive members of a capitalist society.


“IndoctriNation”: Look behind the comfortable myths of an educational system actively at work to alter your child’s moral values, worldview and religious beliefs

Obama Stopped Being a Christian American Upon Election to POTUS

Obama Stopped Being a Christian American Upon Election to POTUS:  

 January 20, 2009 was the date; the infamous date when the destroyer of the country called the United States of America began his crusade to kill off the hopes and dreams of as many citizens as possible, and as many symbols and patriotic sayings as he possibly could annihilate.  If some took actual lives with his deadly thrusts, the happier he was and the more he enjoyed being the “Messiah” of doom.

01/20/09 was also the date when nearly half of the country abandoned their citizenship and bowed down to this fakir who could not even produce a legitimate birth certificate.  To this date, some six and a half years later, an entire political party are still so enthralled with his mysticism and witchcraft; in actuality his clumsiness, incompetence, stupidity and crass arrogance in lieu of anything unknown, has stupefied still nearly half of this nation’s perceived intelligentsia who fawn on his glib tongue and eloquent gift of gab.

New EPA Regulations Could Gut Millions Of Jobs For Black and Hispanic Americans

New EPA Regulations Could Gut Millions Of Jobs For Black and Hispanic Americans:

So, the EPA wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent of 2005 levels by 2025. It’s part of the Obama White House’s Clean Power Plan...

MAD AS HELL AND NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE

MAD AS HELL AND NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE: Matthew Continetti over at the Washington Free Beacon on “Rev…:

MAD AS HELL AND NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE: Matthew Continetti over at the Washington Free Beacon on “Revenge of the Radical Middle: Why Donald Trump Isn’t Going Away.”

My own preference isn’t to describe this middle as “radical” (because I don’t think they are) but “patriotic.” They abhor the cronyism of Washington elites, and reflect a major “values gap” between DC and Main Street, USA.  The irony, of course, is that Trump does not share their values, really–except perhaps on immigration and a few other patriotism-centric issues upon which he’s wisely capitalizing. But at least Trump is finally giving a voice to the Silent Majority’s deeply felt patriotism.  The great middle is craving a leader who is unafraid to be unabashedly patriotic.
The question is: Why aren’t more GOP presidential hopefuls getting a clue and matching Trump’s vigor on these issues? Are they simply too weak, and are waiting for Trump to stop stealing “their” spotlight? Or are they too weak on these issues to really care?

The Myth of Iran’s Peaceful Nuclear Program

The Myth of Iran’s Peaceful Nuclear Program:

The deal assumes that Iran wants lower electricity rates. Iran's constitution tells us that it wants Jihad. And, unlike Obama, Iran's leaders can be trusted to live up to their Constitution.
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Ted Cruz speaks truth about the pusillanimous Republican establishment. As he points out Mitch McConnell is Harry Reid. But, Harry Reid was ruthless and McConnell is a wimp.

Ted Cruz speaks truth about the pusillanimous Republican establishment. As he points out Mitch McConnell is Harry Reid. But, Harry Reid was ruthless and McConnell is a wimp.:

Ted Cruz goes off on GOP leaders, says Mitch McConnell lied on Ex-Im Bank
Texas senator says winning chamber was useless
Sen. Ted Cruz brazenly tore into his own party’s leaders Friday, saying Republican rule in the Senate is hardly different than it was under Democrats, as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tried to appease both parties with a compromise on the highway bill.

Hey Seattle! How’s that $15 an Hour Minimum Wage Law Working Out For Ya?

Hey Seattle! How’s that $15 an Hour Minimum Wage Law Working Out For Ya?:

The first phase in of Seattle’s $15 an hour minimum wage has been in effect for a little more than 3 months and there are already signs of trouble.
The law of unintended consequences is a bitch, ain’t it?
You can’t blame the workers. They have been presented with a golden opportunity to game the system and have taken full advantage. With more time on their hands, many of them will almost certainly find additional work “off books” thus raising their income anyway.
Those companies who can afford to not only pay their workers the new wage, but raise prices sufficiently to help pay for the increase will survive. Those who work in industries where profit margins are small and highly sensitive to labor costs will have trouble. One thing is certain; there will be fewer workers receiving the minimum wage and fewer companies operating to pay them.

Liberal fascism in California--Investigating the Planned Parenthood whistle blower

Liberal fascism in California--Investigating the Planned Parenthood whistle blower: Fox News:

Rather than go after the people selling aborted baby body parts, the liberals are attacking the messenger. They appear to be on teh side of a cover up.

UK: Muslims “sick and tired” of Cameron’s words about “Islamist extremism”

UK: Muslims “sick and tired” of Cameron’s words about “Islamist extremism”:



The witless panderer Cameron insisted in his speech that Islam was a peaceful religion, but this sop to the War-Is-Deceit crowd didn’t placate them. The fact that he is talking about Islamic terrorism at all, in however toothless and mealy-mouthed a fashion, sends them into paroxysms of rage. 

Bishop Mark of Berlin: A Voice in the Wilderness

Bishop Mark of Berlin: A Voice in the Wilderness:



Orthodox Bishop Mark (Arndt) is that rare example of a Christian hierarch speaking the truth about Islam. Islam is at its core anti-human… Reading the Quran, you will see that all of this [extremism] lies at the foundation of Islam. One must look truth in the eye: this is all anti-human, it is directed against humanity… 

Obama admits that lifting of sanctions will increase Iran’s ability to finance jihad terrorists

Obama admits that lifting of sanctions will increase Iran’s ability to finance jihad terrorists:



“Hezbollah for example, threatening to fire missiles at Israel, has no shortage of resources. We have seen that even in times of distress, Iran is able to allocate resources in what it sees as its strategic priority.” And he just enabled them to do even more of that.

Black teens are victims of liberal minimum wage laws

Black teens are victims of liberal minimum wage laws: Thomas Sowell:

Proof the left doesn’t care about the consequences of its policies
Black teenage unemployment was in teh single digits before the minimum wage was imposed and each time it is raised the unemployment of black teens goes up sometimes approaching 50 percent.  But liberals don't care that they are killing the opportunity to get work experience for these teens.

Ya Think? Sane Democrats Worried Party Is Moving Too Far Left

Ya Think? Sane Democrats Worried Party Is Moving Too Far Left:

The “Progressive” overreach is now heading straight off the cliff — have a nice ride:

The Democrats are in the grip of a mania that can only end in total victory over the country as founded or their electoral destruction. Given their abysmal track record as the party of slavery, segregation, secularism and sedition, we can only hope it’s the latter.

What the Syrian Weapons Charade Says About the Iran Deal

What the Syrian Weapons Charade Says About the Iran Deal:

The Wall Street Journal has an eye-opening expose today about how Syria failed to comply with its obligations under the agreement with the United States to get rid of all of its chemical weapons. Reporters David Entous and Naftali Bendavid write, “One year after the West celebrated the removal of Syria’s arsenal as a foreign-policy success, U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the regime didn’t give up all of the chemical weapons it was supposed to.” Indeed, Bashar Assad continues to drop chemical weapons, specifically chlorine bombs.

Muslim Immigration Should Be Halted in Wake of Chattanooga Terrorism Attack

Tancredo: Muslim Immigration Should Be Halted in Wake of Chattanooga Terrorism Attack:

Okay, “Muslim immigration halted in wake of Chattanooga terrorism attack” isn’t today’s newspaper headline. But it ought to be.
We ought to halt all legal immigration and refugee resettlement from Muslim-majority countries and declare an indefinite moratorium — until two changes occur. First, we must devise a better way to identify and deny admission not only to terrorists but also to persons who sympathize with radical Islamism. It will surprise the average American to learn we are not capable of doing that today.

FROM COMMUNISM ON, EVERY SHITTY VIOLENT MOVEMENT HAS ATTRACTED BORED, OVERPRIVILEGED WESTERNERS: Wh…

FROM COMMUNISM ON, EVERY SHITTY VIOLENT MOVEMENT HAS ATTRACTED BORED, OVERPRIVILEGED WESTERNERS: Wh…:

FROM COMMUNISM ON, EVERY SHITTY VIOLENT MOVEMENT HAS ATTRACTED BORED, OVERPRIVILEGED WESTERNERS:

  What Westerners migrating to ISIS have in common with Westerners who sympathized with communism. They’re both political philosophies that weaponize losers.

Friday, July 24, 2015

'A New Dark Age'

'A New Dark Age':

"If God does not exist, then everything is permissible." Ivan Karamazov's insight came to mind while watching the video of Deborah Nucatola of Planned Parenthood describe, as she sipped wine and tasted a salad, how she harvests the organs of aborted babies for sale to select customers.

John Kerry is Making Stuff Up

Making Stuff Up:

When the secretary of state says, as John Kerry did last week in his Senate testimony, that the Obama White House is “guaranteeing” Iran won’t have the bomb, you can be sure that—well, you can be pretty confident that he doesn’t mean it. And that someday soon he’ll pretend he never said it.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

‘Beyond insane': House Dems want to investigate group that EXPOSED Planned Parenthood

‘Beyond insane': House Dems want to investigate group that EXPOSED Planned Parenthood:

According to Democrats, an organization that dismembers children then sells the body parts is the real victim here.
A group of House Democrats have responded to the undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood executives haggling over the price of aborted baby parts, by calling for an investigation … into the organization that exposed them.
Treating aborted babies as a way to turn a profit earns deafening silence from liberals.
But exposing the depraved practice?
Well, that’s just criminal, according to Democrats.
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B'BYE REPUBLICAN PARTY: An Open Letter to My Abuser

B'BYE REPUBLICAN PARTY: An Open Letter to My Abuser ⋆ Doug Giles ⋆ #ClashDaily:

"Dear Establishment Republican Party,

It pains me to say it, but it is what it is. I trusted you, and you betrayed me.

This day has been a long time coming, but I think that I have finally overcome the self-blame, guilt and despair that has made me continue to believe that someday you might actually change and do what you promised to do. Time and again you have broken your promises, and I now realize that it’s not me, it’s you. I have finally found the strength to state the obvious; specifically, that it’s not my fault. It’s yours. Like all abusers, you are the one who have serious emotional and psychological issues. You are the serial liar. You are the one who deliberately and with premeditation, deceived me, and the one who continues to lie to me to get what you want. Yes, I guess I enabled you but continuing to trust you, hanging on, hoping that you would finally do the right thing, but now I see what’s going on.

Seeing the many scars I bear, people sometimes ask me “Why don’t you just leave? Why do you continue to be played for a fool?” As any victim of serial abuse can tell you, leaving is easier said than done. I bought into the idea that I needed to stay because the alternative was so much worse. That’s what you told me. You also told me you would protect me from that alternative, which you claimed you feared as much as I did, and even vowed to fight to defeat it. You didn’t. You lied, and abused me some more.

I refer to your promise to offer some opposition to Barack Obama’s intentional and calculated destruction of our country, which he promised even before he was first elected in 2008, when he vowed to “remake” America. I didn’t think the country I grew up in needed remaking, and you told me you agreed. Yet, you stood by while Obama flouted our laws, and blew his nose on the Constitution. He gave the finger to Congress, which we entrusted to you, subordinating the will of the people to the will of the detestable United Nations. He has dissed our allies and built up our enemies, all as payback to “unfair” and “racist” America.

Don’t give me that hurt look. The scales have fallen from my eyes, and I see clearly. Here are just a few examples of how you have betrayed my trust."


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Army’s top general blames Obama for ISIS disaster; ‘It’s frustrating to watch it’

Army’s top general blames Obama for ISIS disaster; ‘It’s frustrating to watch it’:



President Obama’s misguided decision to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq early was a mistake that led directly to the rise of the Islamic State, the Army’s retiring chief of staff told Fox News Wednesday.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News, four-star Gen. Ray Odierno painted a bleak picture for America’s future efforts in the Middle East.
“It’s frustrating to watch it,” Odierno said. “I think it would have been good for us to stay.”
Odierno had spent more time in Iraq than any other U.S. Army general, reported Fox. He said Iraq had been relatively stable with a promising outlook before the Obama administration ordered troops to pull out of the country in 2011.
“If we had stayed a little more engaged, I think maybe it might have been prevented,” Odierno said.
“I’ve always believed the United States played the role of honest broker between all the groups and when we pulled ourselves out, we lost that role.”
Odierno said with more cuts to Army troops underway, his concern about the U.S.’s foreign policy is growing. He noted that enemies of freedom are emboldened by America’s shrinking military.
“Two years ago, we didn’t think we had a problem in Europe. [Now] Russia is reasserting themselves,” Odierno said. “We didn’t think we’d have a problem again in Iraq and ISIS has emerged.
“So, with Russia becoming more of a threat, with ISIS becoming more of a threat, in my mind, we are on a dangerous balancing act right now with capability.”




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Still Needed: Stronger Welfare Reform

Still Needed: Stronger Welfare Reform | Cato Institute:

"There is reason to worry that this could result in a net weakening of work requirements. But, if we actually want to help the poor escape poverty, we know that work is one of the keys to achieving that goal. In the United States, only 2.7 percent of full-time workers are poor. Even part-time work makes a significant difference. Only 15.8 percent of part-time workers are poor, compared with 23.2 percent of adults who do not work.

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What O'Malley Says Is True - But He Doesn't Know It

What O'Malley Says Is True - But He Doesn't Know It | American Action News:

"Martin O’Malley was booed off the stage at Netroots Nation 2015 because he said “All lives matter.” He was booed off the stage because he didn’t say “Black lives matter.” Saying that all lives matter is actually considered offensive to some because it apparently symbolizes white supremacy or something.

However, all lives matter. Every last one. Whether it be the unborn child that Planned Parenthood wants to treat as an old car that is only as valuable as the parts that can be salvaged to the black person who is unjustifiably killed while in police custody to a white person who is killed by an illegal immigrant (one who has been in trouble with the law several times) to the Marines killed in a terror attack on our home soil. Every one of these lives matters, no matter what the militant Left would have you believe."


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No Lives Matter

No Lives Matter - Derek Hunter - Page 1:

"Who would have thought it? With all the issues facing the country and the world, the thing that got people the most upset so far this election season is a politician saying “all lives matter.” But that’s where we find ourselves, and it’s incredibly sick.

A group calling itself #BlackLivesMatter has become a vocal part of the progressive left. It is not a productive part, nor a large part. But it is extremely vocal, and the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

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Legal and Evil

Legal and Evil - Laura Hollis - Page 1:

"But, most significantly, the argument about the "legality" of selling baby body parts is vaguely deceitful. Because what those who are outraged want to say and aren't saying is that the sale of body parts of aborted children is immoral. It is immoral because the killing of innocent human children in their mothers' wombs is immoral. That is immoral because it is evil.

And yet, it is legal.

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Under Obama, Blacks Are Worse Off -- Far Worse - Larry Elder

Under Obama, Blacks Are Worse Off -- Far Worse - Larry Elder - Page 1:

"Ninety-five percent of black voters in 2008 voted for then-Sen. Barack Obama. Surely a "progressive" black president would care about, empathize with and understand black America in a way no other president ever has or could, right? Exit polls from Pew Research show that 63 percent of all voters -- and 65 percent of Obama voters -- cited the economy as the number one reason they voted for him. Iraq was a distant second at 10 percent. Even for black Obama voters, "It's the economy, stupid."
After six years, the report card is in. The grades are not pretty. By every key economic measurement, blacks are worse off under Obama. In some cases, far worse off.

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Privatization to the Rescue

Privatization to the Rescue:

Every day, we interact with and benefit from private contractors providing government services, often without realizing it. Having to decide between higher taxes or fewer services from government is a false choice, and lawmakers should continue to experiment with privatization and other ways of using market principles to improve the quality of service for taxpayers without taking more and more of their hard-earned money.

Hypocrisy and Incompetence: Why the GOP Fails

In a snapshot? Jeb Bush and John McCain have just illustrated exactly why Donald Trump is surging in the polls.
And sure enough, there the CBS Phoenix affiliate reporting that John McCain himself has admitted to his angry constituents he had no idea what was going on with veterans in the Phoenix VA. Which is to say, this fits the idea of the politician-as-incompetent exactly.
There is a long, long way to go in this campaign. But instead of bashing Trump, it might do the GOP Establishment some good to take a long, long look in the mirror and realize a central fact.  Donald Trump’s success is coming about precisely because of the conduct of Republican Establishment politicians like Jeb Bush and John McCain. And make no mistake. The base of the GOP gets this exactly.
And to say they are mad at this stew of hypocrisy, incompetence, and timidity is an understatement. There’s a phrase for this. That would be, “You reap what you sow.”

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Boston, NYC Mayors: Punish Those Who Disagree With Us

Boston, NYC Mayors: Punish Those Who Disagree With Us:

Two big-city mayors are telling Donald Trump he cannot do business in their towns because they don't like what he's saying. So now we've reached the place in American history when thoughts are punishable.

More Revelations of the Mosques of Greater Boston

More Revelations of the Mosques of Greater Boston:

For years now we have seen radicals and terrorists coming out of Boston mosques especially the Islamic Cultural Society Mosque in Roxbury. Charles Jacobs in particular and Americans for Peace and Tolerance have spent years trying to educate the public and specifically the Jewish community about the dubious characters active in these mosque. For that he has been excoriated by his own Jewish community, rabbis and Jewish leaders. Why? because they are so invested in inter-faith activities with the mosques.
Boston is a problem as has been documented all too many times. But if you think it is limited to just Boston, you are not paying attention.

Billions Lost From Keystone XL Pipeline Delay

Report: Billions Lost From Keystone XL Pipeline Delay:

A new report by the American Action Forum, a center-right policy institute, details adverse economic consequences of the Keystone XL pipeline's delay.

John Kerry and Lies About Iran | Gingrich Productions

John Kerry and Lies About Iran | Gingrich Productions:

"It is beyond alarming that Mr. Kerry — or anyone else in the Obama administration — can fail to take at their word fanatics who openly seek nuclear weapons while chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” on national television. The deal is no victory for peace. It’s a surrender to a violent and dangerous regime.
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UK Labour Member: We Shouldn't Have Recognized 'Palestine'

UK Labour Member: We Shouldn't Have Recognized 'Palestine':

Liz Kendall, candidate for the leadership of the British Labour party, says recognizing Palestine was not the “right thing to do”.


Most Americans don’t believe Iran will uphold nuke deal

New survey finds close to half disapprove of agreement and think it will have little effect on US-Iran ties

'Americans, This Deal Imperils Your Families'

'Americans, This Deal Imperils Your Families':

Ex-envoy Michael Oren debunks claim that Iran deal was best option: 'A good deal is still possible for those with the courage to forge it.'


Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Left campaign to restrict free speech, religion - Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Left campaign to restrict free speech, religion - Washington Times:

"They will have lost the ability to exercise their rights as endowed them by that same Creator. Others can, under force of law and threat of official sanction, compel them to provide talents and labors despite their beliefs. Sen. Baldwin, a lawyer who should know better, wants to legitimize this coercion at cost to the amendment we all profess to cherish. These are proposals for a trash can.

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SELF-DELUSION: The Chamberlain-Obama Comparison is Apt

SELF-DELUSION: The Chamberlain-Obama Comparison is Apt: By Thane Rosenbaum

There’s been a lot of talk lately proclaiming Barack Obama the second coming of Neville Chamberlain. The analogy may be facile, but it is not far-fetched. The accord just reached in Vienna, at best, only temporarily cools off Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The Iran deal will be remembered either as a masterful display of diplomacy or as a hopelessly naïve delusion.
Wishful thinking is not a sound basis for foreign policy. When it comes to Iran, the stakes are too high to gamble on good faith. Israel and Saudi Arabia have good reasons to worry. And when before have these two nations had anything in common?
Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist and Distinguished Fellow at NYU School of Law, where he directs the Forum on Law, Culture & Society.



On Abortion Harvesting

On Abortion Harvesting:

Welcome to The Culture Of Death.
The descent into Barbarity has started with the harvesting of the body parts of innocent children who have been murdered in the womb.
It will soon proceed to the harvesting of the body parts of the Euthanized.
In the future, it will be the body parts of the Healthy that will be harvested at the point of a gun.