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Monday, December 23, 2024
Biden Gives Christmas Gift to Vicious Murderers, Commutes Sentences of Nearly Every Death Row Inmate
Biden Gives Christmas Gift to Vicious Murderers, Commutes Sentences of Nearly Every Death Row Inmate: The rationale for the commutations was bad enough, but the spectacle of a cognitively diminished Biden deciding life and death is unbearable.
Democrats Don’t Transfer Power Peacefully
Democrats Don’t Transfer Power Peacefully: If the corporate news media acted as a “free press” instead of as a Democrat-aligned “State press,” the Clinton-Obama–Intelligence Community operation against Donald Trump would have been the biggest American political scandal of the twenty-first century.
Biden hands out commutations to dozens of convicted killers on death row
Biden hands out commutations to dozens of convicted killers on death row: The affection Democrats have for convicted killers is both astonishing and deeply disturbing.
Biden Leaving a Steaming Pile of Syria Under Trump’s Christmas Tree
Biden Leaving a Steaming Pile of Syria Under Trump’s Christmas Tree: President Joe Biden is often unaware of his surroundings or behavior, but he surely knows that Christmas is almost here.
Playing Santa Claus, he is handing out gifts — pardons to existing and as-yet-unprosecuted criminals and members of Congress and special gifts to those succeeding him in the White House, particularly President-elect Donald Trump.
Concerning Biden’s cognition, we are now learning that the White House was fully aware of his mental decline since before he took office and concealed this information from the public, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Has Trump been naughty or nice? Will he receive a glittery Christmas present like a robust economy, world peace, or a secure border? Or will a nuclear war, drone attack, or pandemic be in his Christmas stocking?
Idiot's Guide to Cooking Data for Aspiring Propagandists
Idiot's Guide to Cooking Data for Aspiring Propagandists The following short guidebook will provide the aspiring propagandist, WEF lackey, Communist Apparatchik, Woke Marxist, and seasoned government bureaucrat alike with the tools and knowledge necessary to develop their promising talent into full-bloom mastery of the art of propaganda.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
The Greatest: How Donald Trump Parallels Muhammed Ali
The Greatest: How Donald Trump Parallels Muhammed Ali: Donald Trump’s path has many parallels to Ali’s.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Media loses all their marbles, claims Musk is the real president and Trump is just a puppet
Media loses all their marbles, claims Musk is the real president and Trump is just a puppet: The media have a new talking point to trash Trump—they have decided that they will say that the “elected to nothing” Elon Musk is president, and Trump is just his puppet. What a joke.
Not once have I ever seen these same people question who has been the president the last four years while Biden’s mind has clearly been shot. They intentionally spread the lie that Biden was “sharp as a tack” and doing a great job.
Labels:
Corrupt Liberal Media,
Donald Trump
Friday, December 20, 2024
Trump 2.0’s impact on social mobility: the good, the bad, and the uncertain
Trump 2.0’s impact on social mobility: the good, the bad, and the uncertain: As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second term, the U.S. economy is a top priority. According to CNN exit polling, nearly 50 percent of voters asked about their families’ financial situation today said it is “worse than 4 years ago.” Trump won 81 percent of their votes.
What will the next four years look like, particularly in terms of social mobility? There are reasons for optimism, pessimism, and uncertainty.
Before Trump, another visionary American magnate who improved America and the world
Before Trump, another visionary American magnate who improved America and the world: Christmas is a season of hope. At the level of nature, it arrives just after the winter solstice, when the day begins to conquer back the minutes lost to the night, and we can begin to look forward again to spring’s return. And at the spiritual level, it is the anniversary of the moment when the star shone brightly over Bethlehem, heralding the birth—no matter what ideas you have about religion in general and Christianity in particular—of our Judeo-Christian civilization.
Trump's 12-Year Term
Trump's 12-Year Term: It turns out, no matter your party affiliation, it may have been good for America that Trump lost in 2020.
Had Trump won in 2020, his second term would have probably looked a lot like his first term. The Democrats would have fixated on him losing the popular vote and resisted him every step of the way. The country would have remained in gridlock as Democrats rejected his platform.
And most likely, we'd now be swearing in a new Democrat president.
Instead, since Trump lost, we had four years of Joe Biden and got to see the Democrat Party unmasked. Yes, the country suffered -- badly and almost beyond repair -- but it did expose the Democrats' true colors and toxic agenda and "woke" up enough people.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Donald Trump Takes on Media Lies
Donald Trump Takes on Media Lies: We recently learned that ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit and $1 million as fees to Trump’s legal team.
Trump had sued ABC News and George Stephanopoulos in federal court in Miami after the network aired a program in which host George Stephanopoulos repeatedly lied that Trump was “found liable for rape” and “defaming the victim of that rape.”
Also part of the settlement, ABC News posted an editor’s note to its website expressing regret over Stephanopoulos’ statements during a March 10 segment on his “This Week” program.
Labels:
Corrupt Liberal Media,
Donald Trump
PolitiFact’s ‘lie of the year’ is so wrong it’s almost a lie itself
PolitiFact’s ‘lie of the year’ is so wrong it’s almost a lie itself: One of the most pernicious influences on politics over the past almost two decades has been the rise of so-called “fact checkers.” These are websites that purport to correct errors and falsehoods in public discourse. Instead, fact-checking has become a left-wing industry that does not police facts but, instead, presents its opinions as facts. Nothing illustrates this trend more perfectly than Politifact’s “Lie of the Year” for 2024.
Are leftists mentally ill?
Are leftists mentally ill?: Do people on the radical left demonstrate a mental disorder? Most people on the right roll their eyes at the hysteria and fears of the left, but what’s to be done?
Given that there were major shifts on the left in the 2024 election, is it possible that somehow sanity is breaking through? With the ongoing polarization that has burdened this country, it’s worthwhile to examine the psychological framework of leftists; both how they see themselves and how they see others. The results may also indicate whether the changes in voting behavior might continue, or whether they were situational.
A phrase that’s been coined is “Left-Wing Authoritarianism” (LWA) or Left-Wing Extremism.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
J6 Bombshell: Trump Didn't Just Offer Military to Protect Capitol, He Ordered It but Was Disobeyed
J6 Bombshell: Trump Didn't Just Offer Military to Protect Capitol, He Ordered It but Was Disobeyed: The then-acting defense secretary was sensitive to an orchestrated newspaper column - and criticism in the "Twitter sphere."
FEMA's Response and the Hurricanes of 2024
FEMA's Response and the Hurricanes of 2024 By all appearances, there is a governmental blackout regarding their disastrous response and criticisms about that response. Of interest, previous news stories between Oct 1-7, almost all center around ‘fact-checks’ that try to blunt the criticisms about FEMA, including Trump’s.
A Potpourri of the World’s Unexposed Scandals
A Potpourri of the World’s Unexposed Scandals For far too long, America’s greatest scandal has been that no important scandals can be exposed. Today, however, it seems possible this state of affairs might not remain our New Normal forever.
Liz Cheney accused of witness tampering in Congressional report, with case made for criminal charges
Liz Cheney accused of witness tampering in Congressional report, with case made for criminal charges: Is Miss Piggy about to get her comeuppance?
Could be, now that a Congressional panel has released its Jan. 6 report, stating that Cheney had engaged in witness-tampering; illegally counseling former low-level Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson to change her testimony for the purpose of Getting Trump.
Labels:
Corrupt Politicians,
RINOs
Donald Trump Takes on Media Lies
Donald Trump Takes on Media Lies: We recently learned that ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit and $1 million as fees to Trump’s legal team.
Trump had sued ABC News and George Stephanopoulos in federal court in Miami after the network aired a program in which host George Stephanopoulos repeatedly lied that Trump was “found liable for rape” and “defaming the victim of that rape.”
Also part of the settlement, ABC News posted an editor’s note to its website expressing regret over Stephanopoulos’ statements during a March 10 segment on his “This Week” program.
Labels:
Corrupt Liberal Media,
Donald Trump
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
RABBI MICHAEL BARCLAY: Trump’s superpower is inspiring ordinary people to do extraordinary things
RABBI MICHAEL BARCLAY: Trump’s superpower is inspiring ordinary people to do extraordinary things He is a lightning rod, and while he inspires an unmatched hatred in those who prefer a status quo of authoritarianism, he also inspires truly courageous actions on the part of normal people.
TSA not ready for an al-Qaeda attack on homeland, report finds
TSA not ready for an al-Qaeda attack on homeland, report finds: The Air Marshal National Council (AMNC) expressed “grave concerns” in a December 16 letter to TSA administrator David Pekoske regarding the U.S.’s lack of preparedness in the event of a terrorist attack. AMNC president David Londo and executive director Sonya LaBosco highlighted security risks in their letter, stating that there is a “lack of actionable intelligence” to protect “the traveling public” from a terrorist attack. Additionally, they cited “strong evidence” that al-Qaeda “has developed an explosive vest” that is capable of evading detection from “the latest magnetometers and bomb-sniffing dogs at our airports.”
Why President Trump is still being legally harassed
Why President Trump is still being legally harassed: New York judge Juan Merchan, who just denied another motion against President-elect Trump, may be an extreme political ideologue, but like all judges, he works for a government institution. He takes orders and follows directions.
Former federal appellate judge Richard Posner, appointed by Ronald Reagan, wrote a book called “How Judges Think”. Unfortunately, it should have been called “How Judges Behave”, because the job of judging really doesn’t rest on thinking; it rests on issuing a ruling, and more times than not, these rulings are wrong in law, and are also not subject to written explanations. They’re often just fiat.
Labels:
Corruption,
Democrats,
Donald Trump,
Lawfare
Trump Triumphant
Trump Triumphant: Japanese-based SoftBank Group Corp. is one of the biggest investment holding companies in the world. This week, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son attended a presser alongside President Donald Trump at his residence, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida. Son announced a $100 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years, which will create at least 100,000 jobs in the U.S. focused on artificial intelligence and related infrastructure.
Monday, December 16, 2024
Free Speech Wins the Culture War
Free Speech Wins the Culture War The election was a repudiation of the censorship regime and the culture that enabled it, but the battle for free speech is not complete until the captured institutions become homes again for free inquiry and facilitators of open conversations.
Trump is Flushing the Expert Class Down the Toilet
Trump is Flushing the Expert Class Down the Toilet: President-elect Donald Trump is taking a media break from being called a fascist or Nazi to the latest criticism of filling his cabinet positions with those not deemed to be “experts” by the self-proclaimed “expert class” of government.
Who defines “expert”? Simple: those deemed experts by the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, or administrative class embeds. In other words, it is a circle-jerk of self-professed experts insisting they are the only true experts. Confirmation bias anyone?
The Destruction of the Government’s Credibility
The Destruction of the Government’s Credibility: Right now, swarms of drones on the eastern seaboard are captivating Americans each night. Spotted in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Maryland, the flying pests often appear near military installations and other national security hotspots. While everyday Americans share videos of the crafts on social media, they are not being dismissed as “conspiracy theorists” or “kooks.” The interlopers hovering in America’s skies have equally intrigued politicians, law enforcement officers, and news reporters.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Anchor babies with birthright citizenship is an idiotic policy that encourages migrants to come to the U.S. illegally
Anchor babies with birthright citizenship is an idiotic policy that encourages migrants to come to the U.S. illegally: Birthright citizenship essentially invites people from around the world, who happen to be pregnant, to make every effort they can to come into our country, whether they break our laws to get in or not.
They don't want to take the time to go through the legal process so they just jump the line and come in to use our health care system, which they get for free, to have their babies here.
There’s an increasingly great likelihood that Israel will destroy Iran’s nuclear sites
There’s an increasingly great likelihood that Israel will destroy Iran’s nuclear sites: Several days ago, I planned to write about the likelihood that Israel would bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, but something always intervened. As the days went by, I assumed that, rather than writing that Israel probably will drop the bombs, I would be writing that Israel did drop the bombs. But here it is, the Ides of December, and no bombs. However, those bombs may still fall because Trump, the “acting president-elect,” just indicated that he believes that bombing those sites is a realistic option.
Dronegate ballooning out of control
Dronegate ballooning out of control: If we were to take the ‘authorities’ at their word, it would leave only three possibilities:
1) We have all been hallucinating and haven’t actually seen what we’ve seen.
2) The drones are alien-sent.
3) Government officials are lying to us through their teeth.
Friday, December 13, 2024
New report: Taxpayers subsidize swanky country club memberships for World Bank and International Monetary Fund staffers in D.C.
New report: Taxpayers subsidize swanky country club memberships for World Bank and International Monetary Fund staffers in D.C.: Let’s have DOGE start here — taxpayers subsidizing swank country club memberships for World Bank and International Monetary Fund staffers in D.C.
Labels:
DOGE,
Donald Trump,
Government Spending,
Government waste
The Biden administration steals from taxpayers to undercut Trump’s border wall
The Biden administration steals from taxpayers to undercut Trump’s border wall: When President Trump left office in 2021, he left America with the beginnings of a decent wall at the Southern border. The very first thing Biden did was to stop work on the wall and begin dismantling it. We now know that he did this, not because walls don’t work but because they do. Trump has announced that he’ll resume building the wall on his return to office, so the Biden administration has gotten busy stealing from taxpayers to stop that from happening.
Joe Biden Considers A Scorched Earth Policy On His Way Out The Door
Joe Biden Considers A Scorched Earth Policy On His Way Out The Door: Scorched earth is one of the most brutal strategies in war. It can be an offensive or a defensive strategy and usually leaves a wasteland of destruction and starvation in its wake. It seems that Joe Biden, on his way out of the Oval Office, is using this strategy against America.
It’s not enough to dismantle the Department of Education
It’s not enough to dismantle the Department of Education: President Trump proposes to dismantle the federal Department of Education and return education policy to the states. That will certainly be a good move, as the federal DOE has been a key promoter of the woke component of the education establishment, but this action will not of itself restore vitality to the institution of public education in our nation. ...
Labels:
Donald Trump,
Education,
Government waste,
School spending
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Dems in the political wilderness ... and bewildered
Dems in the political wilderness...and bewildered: It's always good to remind people that fascism is far-left, as is every other collectivist ideology, because leftists are masters at lying with language as they continually work to confuse the logical arrangement of ideologies on the political spectrum.
Make American Healthcare Great Again
Make American Healthcare Great Again: The new fifth column of Democrat and RINO resisters to all things Trump is emerging. Medical care “experts” begin taunting Trump about his never offering an alternative to ObamaCare in his first term. They are incorrect.
A running list of ‘intelligence community’ screwups
A running list of ‘intelligence community’ screwups: Below are just some of the things that the Democrat intelligence community under Joe Biden has screwed up on:
A Chinese spy balloon was allowed to fly over the U.S. gathering information.
Large drones have been flying around the Northeast for weeks, and the intelligence community and FBI allege to have no knowledge of who owns them. Yet the public is told they are not foreign-owned, and the public is in no danger — how can they know that if they don’t know what they are, or who is behind them?
The borders are wide open with known terrorists and other violent criminals flowing in, yet the intelligence community is extremely quiet on the risks.
Tens of thousands of young Chinese men have come across the border, and the intelligence community seems to have little (if any) interest.
The Worst Presidents in American History
The Worst Presidents in American History: There have been 45 men who have been president of the United States. Over the decades there has been voluminous speculation over who were the worst. That distinction now belongs to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Obama was the most anti-American and radical president in American history and Joe Biden was the most venal and corrupt president in American history.
The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique
The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique The 2024 anemic Democratic campaign and the Trump electoral college and popular vote victories — combined with record defections of Hispanic and African-American voters from the Democratic Party to Trump — proved a resounding rejection of the Obama legacy and his surrogates’ left-wing visions.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Politicized Vatican Nativity Scene Sparks Backlash Against Pope Francis: 'There Are No Words'
Politicized Vatican Nativity Scene Sparks Backlash Against Pope Francis: 'There Are No Words': "Enough war, enough violence!" Pope Francis declared at the nativity scene, which implicitly celebrated both war and violence.
Rotten to the Very End: 3 Days After Election, Biden Handed Iran $10 Billion
Rotten to the Very End: 3 Days After Election, Biden Handed Iran $10 Billion: The Biden administration intends to make as many problems as it can for the incoming president as they further empower Iran.
Labels:
Government Spending,
Joe Biden
Can the DOGE finally end mismanagement of Social Security?
Can the DOGE finally end mismanagement of Social Security?: When Social Security was established, it was intended to be a self-funding system from the employer and employee contributions. This self-funding is why Social Security is not an entitlement. The fund is, instead, a horribly managed defined benefit pension plan — horribly managed by legislation, not by negligence.
The advent of DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) has provided the mechanism, impetus, and political will to challenge the status quo.
What is a Democrat, anyway?
What is a Democrat, anyway?: I’ve riled up intense anger from Democrat acquaintances by referring to their party as the Democrat Party rather than the Democratic Party. One of those acquaintances even responded by saying, “That’s like me calling your mother a whore.”
Everyone, especially conservatives, should immediately cease calling the Democrat party the Democratic Party.
The Democrat party has shown beyond a doubt that it is the farthest thing from being democratic. That’s why it’s losing voters and elections. The Republican Party is now far more “democratic” than the Democrat Party.
Destroying the Climate Change Myth
Destroying the Climate Change Myth: The magic words “global warming” are surrounded by left-wing mythology. We’ve all heard apocalyptic predictions about what will happen if we don’t start walking everywhere we go and heating our homes by burning dried animal manure.
It’s time to discuss how that mythology arose and why it needs to be replaced with the truth.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
DOGE should streamline the military academies to save money
DOGE should streamline the military academies to save money: I hear that two patriotic billionaires are trying to cut federal spending. Considering we are beyond broke ($32 trillion in debt and counting), I hope they are successful. I have a modest suggestion for reducing federal spending that involves downsizing and consolidating our military training.
I live near the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Unlike many of my neighbors who Ohhh and Ahhh at the grandeur of the place and speak of it as the Second Coming, I see it as a Sacred Cow, long overdue for a visit from the auditor if not the butcher. The USNA is an empire we can ill afford. It’s like that song from the musical “Damn Yankees” (Whatever USNA Wants, USNA Gets).
Trump's second term is shaping up to be different from his first
Trump's second term is shaping up to be different from his first: President Trump’s Wild Bunch returning to power signals not just a change in leadership but a focus on substance over style.
If we use his first-term performance as a gauge to measure what to expect in his second term, we can see that there are fundamental differences this time.
Let’s start with the first thing that will change — strategy.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you can already see the structural changes from first term Trump vs. today: fast, out-of-the-block, decisive picks that imply loyalty to a cause, not just to Trump personally.
Climate ‘scientists’ discover they’ve been underestimating a major factor, and all their climate models are in fact wrong
Climate ‘scientists’ discover they’ve been underestimating a major factor, and all their climate models are in fact wrong: Climate scientists recently discovered that they’ve been underestimating the impact of a particular organic compound in the atmosphere, and the oversight’s significance is so profound that it’s left existing climate models completely obsolete. As Jo Nova writes, “This is so big, it may change the sacred ‘climate sensitivity’ of the whole Earth”.
Isoprene is what’s known as a volatile organic compound, or a VOC, and “has a recognized role in protecting plants against many abiotic stresses” like “heat stress…drought…[and] oxidative stress” with trees being the greatest emitters. (When the chemical isoprene interacts with other compounds in the atmosphere, the products are a number of secondary organic aerosols.)
Leftists now making ridiculous claims that Trump's policies 'will ruin you'
Leftists now making ridiculous claims that Trump's policies 'will ruin you': Vladimir Lenin in his many letters to other communists, used to rant and rave about other revolutionaries, calling them "idiots," who "are going to ruin everything."
Today's leftists are now weirdly echoing that early Soviet boss in their admonitions to voters.
Labels:
Corrupt Liberal Media,
Liberalism
Monday, December 09, 2024
US Report on Covid Response: Ten Truths and an Elephant Family
US Report on Covid Response: Ten Truths and an Elephant Family There are ten important conclusions of the report, supported by scientific evidence. However, there is an entire family of four elephants-in-the-room missed by the report – either ignoring scientific evidence or citing only weak evidence. First, the ten truths.
How to destroy your country in 10 easy steps
How to destroy your country in 10 easy steps: There have been countless people (myself included) who at one time or another have said, "The way those rotten (insert name of political party or group) are (insert action), they're destroying the country!"
Hyperbolic invective aside, enough of those specific accusations have been made that they form a blueprint of sorts and wouldn't you know, they're all in play!
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