The DNC Has a Political Death Wish

G. Murphy Donovan

. . . "The great divide in America is not between socialism and capitalism, male and female, black and white, or upper and lower classes anymore.  Demographic schism is a choice: choice between free man and slave, choice between producer and consumer, choice between maker and taker.  For the moment, urban America, those Democrat sinecures, are mired in a swamp of red ink, race-gender pandering, and hostile dependencies – a toxic mix, indeed.
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"Democrats are also fond of claiming to be on the "right side of history."  By what twist of logic is Marx or Mohammed right about anything relevant to freedom, democracy, or human rights?

The secular left confuses the passage of time with progress, while Islam is simply frozen in time.  Indeed, too much of ersatz Islam is rooted in a theosophy where the clock stopped in the 7th century.

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"Liberals lost the American political middle in 2016 and now appear to be in a foot race to the ideological fringes.  Collusion between American liberals and Islamic zealots is surely popular with campus sophomores and aging academic tokers, but not necessarily the choice of a nation seeking civilized futures."

National Review: A Problem Like Keith Ellison  "Republicans should take a minute to simply enjoy all this before getting on to the serious business at hand. If they cannot have Debbie Wasserman Schultz organizing opposition to them, former Farrakhan fanboy Keith Ellison of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party is a great second choice."

Dem Rep. Keith Ellison: House Democrats Will Do Nothing But “Vote No” While Trump Is President…
"Dems  claimed this was racist when Republicans made similiar statements."

Meanwhile Democrats lead the assault on Christian bakers and public figures who attend Bible-based churches.

The Obama Years in the rear-view mirror

HopeNChangeCartoons

"Here at Hope n' Change, we find that we're filled with radiant happiness each time Barack Obama does anything as president for the last time. It's a delightful reminder that his days in office - and our days of misery - are literally numbered."

Obama Family’s 2015 Hawaii Vacation Cost Taxpayers $4,823,206.88

. . . "The records obtained by Judicial Watch for Obama’s Secret Service travel to Hawaii reveal the following expenses totaling $1,234,316.67:

• Hotel and lodging costs totaled $1,000,458.63
• The Secret Service spent $165,893.88 on car rentals.
• Air and rail expenses totaled $67,964.16.

Netanyahu Plans To Team Up With Trump To Rip Up Iran Deal
" . . .Trump called the deal a “disaster” on numerous occasions throughout the campaign, terming it “the worst deal ever negotiated.” . . .

Obama Did Not Save The Auto Industry, He Saved The UAW

The Left's Coming Counter-Attack

"The last eight years have been a dumpster fire, with the foundational timbers of our republic as fuel.  You can't leave glowing embers behind.  By debating the demonstrable fantasies of the left, we grant them legitimacy, leaving them as glowing embers in the minds of successive generations." 

American Thinker  "When the Soviet Union fell, all the little commies didn't wake up the next morning and say, "You know, those wacky Americans were right all along!  Let's go do some freedom and liberty stuff!"

"No, they woke up bitter and furious...spreading out among the intelligentsia of western Europe; Great Britain; and, to a lesser extent, the United States.  They were welcomed by their fellow travelers: first and foremost, the misfit toys inhabiting the islands of academia – who were already busily nurturing bitterness and envy among their charges with the care of a master gardener.

"They threw themselves into plotting and agitating, insinuating themselves into every possible position of influence they could manage – all to keep the flame of statist oppression lit, though necessarily hidden.

"They found suitable vehicles in the international environmentalist movement and newly created issues that could be weaponized for use against that evil hegemon of economic and individual liberty, the dreaded victor of the Cold War, the United States.

"The "crisis creation" machine went into high gear, fueled by alarmist junk science and billions of federal research dollars." . . .

U.S. Christians Brace For Brutal Onslaught Of ‘Happy Holidays’ Attacks

The Babylon Bee

"U.S.—As Christmas season arrives, Christians across America have begun intense preparations to withstand the vicious attacks they expect to face during the month of December as coworkers, store employees, and even random passersby ruthlessly wish them “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas,” according to reports.

“ 'It’s brutal,” complains Dave Coleman, who has celebrated Christmas his entire life. “People I don’t know, who may not even believe in Jesus, think they can just insult me in the street by invoking an all-encompassing phrase that acknowledges multiple faith traditions? How is that freedom of religion?”

“ 'What has this country come to? It’s too much for me to handle,” he added.

"Open Doors, a watchdog group that monitors the global persecution of Christians, reports that “Happy Holidays” attacks are already up 400% this season. In response to this disturbing trend, Christians around the world have organized prayer vigils to support the victims.

"One North Korean believer spoke to reporters from an underground church meeting, on the condition of anonymity, out of concern for government threats on his life for practicing Christianity. “We stand with our American brothers and sisters during this barbaric onslaught of persecution. We pray for God’s strength to endure the torture you will encounter during your shopping trips, winter festivals, and holiday parties.”

"According to sources, Christians nationwide have formulated a strategy to lovingly respond to their tormentors by loudly screaming “And a Merry Christmas to you!” at anyone who threatens to wish them a Happy Holiday."

Angry Jill Stein Got GRILLED By Chris Wallace Over Recount Attempt!

Wayne Dupree  "Green candidate Jill Stein seemed angry and out of touch when she got grilled by Fox News Chris Wallace on her recount attempts. This was one of those times you probably sided with Chris because he was on point the entire interview. She seemed lost and continued to repeat and overtalk Wallace."

Jill Stein's Michigan recount starts at noon TODAY after judge ordered officials to start sifting through ballots immediately

ObamaCare's effects upon Physician's practices

“Due to years of mounting regulations, the solo practice in which patients stayed with the same physician for 20 to 30 years is most likely a thing of the past. That, in and of itself, is interference with the practice of medicine.

The Galen Institute: PRIVATE PHYSICIAN PRACTICE TAKES ANOTHER BLOW FROM A NEW 2,400-PAGE GOVERNMENT RULE   "Just before former House Speaker John Boehner handed the gavel to Paul Ryan, he shepherded legislation that eliminated a despised Medicare payment formula under which physicians faced a 21.2% pay reduction.

"Congress could not allow the pay cut to take place and take the risk that physicians would turn away their Medicare patients. But the “Sustainable Growth Rate” payment policy for Medicare was law—passed as part of the Balanced Budget Act in 1997 to restrain government spending.

"Physician groups swarmed Capitol Hill every year for more than a decade to oppose significant cuts, and the physician payment reductions had been averted 17 times by congressional patchwork.

"Finally, last year, the SGR was eliminated with MACRA—the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act that passed Congress with bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Obama.  It called for physicians to receive a 0.5% payment update (instead of a 21.2% pay cut), but the price was creation of a new payment program to reward quality performance.

"The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was tasked with writing the implementing rules for how MACRA would work.  Its proposed rule spelled out the details of how Washington would pay for “value” not “volume” under the fee-for-service payment system.  Physicians and other clinicians would now be financially rewarded or penalized based upon how well they satisfy a complex new system of government rules meant to improve quality of patient care and control costs." . . .

Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform.