Obama should apologize to Trump over Korea

Funny how the world's largest news gathering organization did not notice The Donald's diplomacy was not polite cave-ins to dictators behind closed doors that Democratic presidents do, but rather to confront and shame evil very publicly.

Don Surber  "Barack Obama's trademark was apologizing to world leaders. With so much practice, Obama should have no problem with apologizing to President Donald John Trump for handing over a nuclear capable North Korea.

"Oh wait, Obama never apologizes for his mistakes. From not protesting Jeremiah Wright preaching in church that America (excuse me, "G-d damn America") deserved 9/11 to illegally spying on President Trump, Obama was the worst president ever.

"But at least he'll go down as a president, as he said.
. . . 

" 'North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while it is engaged in such talks, South Korean officials said on Tuesday," the New York Times reported." . . . 

NYT’s Nat Sec. Reporter: Trump Deserves “Enormous Credit” For North Korea breakthrough. Pained looks on CNN faces, I'd say.

Oscars, and The Shape of Virtue. "Preening sanctimony"...how better?

"The show has become a parody of itself—rife with obvious herd politics, preening sanctimony, contradictory messaging, and rank hypocrisy."   Boris Zelkin

Arutz Sheva  . . . "The people who took the stage to present or to accept, by my count, half came to advance a Cause.

"That’s a turn-off. I love the movies and I respect the craft, but actors would do best if they stayed true to the Art and left politics to the politicians.

"It is true that politicians don’t know much, either.

"I’ve got my own list of actors that I’ve written off.But it’s chancy when as an actor your Cause is not our Cause and next thing, people stay away from your movies.

Sunday night’s event came alive (for me at least) when Eva Marie Saint showed up and showed what a real Movie Star looked like – sensational and without a Cause." . . .

The Shape of Virtue  . . . "If there’s anything America likes less than being lectured to by a gilded aristocracy, it’s sitting through close to four hours of those lectures while that same self-appointed nobility simultaneously sheds crocodile tears, pats itself on the back, and pretends to motivate itself to action." . . .

The high point for me: Gary Oldman's acceptance speech and praise of his adopted country, America. Yes, I said "America". 

Here is Mr. Oldman at the Awards ceremony:

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour

Here's how Gary Oldman became Winston Churchill

The Politicization of the FBI

By Joe diGenova at Imprimus

Joseph E. diGenova is a founding partner of diGenova & Toensing, LLP. He received his B.A. from the University of Cincinnati and his J.D. from Georgetown University. He has served as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Independent Counsel of the United States, Special Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Counsel to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (the Church Committee).

"Over the past year, facts have emerged that suggest there was a plot by high-ranking FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials in the Obama administration, acting under color of law, to exonerate Hillary Clinton of federal crimes and then, if she lost the election, to frame Donald Trump and his campaign for colluding with Russia to steal the presidency. This conduct was not based on mere bias, as has been widely claimed, but rather on deeply felt animus toward Trump and his agenda. 

"In the course of this plot, FBI Director James Comey, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, FBI Deputy Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok, Strzok’s paramour and FBI lawyer Lisa Page, FBI General Counsel James Baker, and DOJ senior official Bruce Ohr—perhaps among others—compromised federal law enforcement to such an extent that the American public is losing trust. A recent CBS News poll finds 48 percent of Americans believe that Special Counsel James Mueller’s Trump-Russia collusion probe is “politically motivated,” a stunning conclusion. And 63 percent of polled voters in a Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll believe that the FBI withheld vital information from Congress about the Clinton and Russia collusion investigations." . . .  Full article.

The left and gun control

Thomas Lifson: Why the left can't win on gun control

. . . It's mobilizing its tribe – including progressive corporations, Hollywood, and the mainstream media – to not just make policy arguments but also to shame and insult Americans who disagree.  The goal is to make gun ownership culturally toxic.
But shame is weaker than love.  Gun owners who've experienced a threat possess or carry a weapon because they love their families.  Teachers who wish to carry a weapon at school do so because they love the kids under their care.  These folks know that their responsible gun ownership makes their communities and families safer." . . .

David Hogg now a "celebrity student activist".  "FedEx Rejects Boycott By Stoneman Student Tyrant David Hogg, Announces Will Not Drop NRA Member Discounts."   Attaboy, Fedex!

Conservative, pro-gun survivor feels ostracized and ignored by those -- including students and the adults supporting them -- who disagree with his conservative politics.

David Brooks wrote, "progressives are getting better and better at silencing dissenting behavior."

New York State moves to ensure more school shootings  . . . "President Trump is right – the only solution to school shootings is to arm faculty and administrators.  No one can defend your own life, and the lives of people immediately surrounding you, better than you can." . . .

Farrakhan gets a pass on anti-Semitism

Tell us, Mr. Farrakhan, what do you think of Heinrich Himmler?

Newsday (Photos added by TD)

Many progressives look the other way and fail to denounce the minister’s* bigotry.   *Shouldn't this word be "Imam"?

"For the past couple of years, Republican leaders, and Donald Trump in particular, have been plagued by accusations of condoning anti-Semitism in the far-right segments of Trump’s base. But the latest anti-Semitism scandal has erupted among progressive left-wing Democrats — and they aren’t handling it any better than the Trumpists.

Calypso and Kerosene

"On Feb. 25, Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, gave a speech in Chicago in which he repeatedly and venomously assailed the “satanic Jew.” Anti-Jewish invective from Farrakhan is nothing new; the Anti-Defamation League calls him “the leading anti-Semite in America.” He has blamed Jews for the Sept. 11 attacks, apartheid, the slave trade and Hollywood degeneracy.

"What raised some eyebrows is the fact that Tamika Mallory, a co-chair of the Women’s March — the flagship of the anti-Trump resistance — attended the event and posted about it on Instagram.

"This is no isolated incident. Mallory wrote an enthusiastic social media post about Farrakhan’s appearance in Detroit two years ago. And she was involved in organizing his Justice or Else rally in Washington in 2015, along with two Women’s March co-chairs, fellow New Yorkers Carmen Perez and Linda Sarsour (who has faced allegations of anti-Semitism)." . . .

CNN’s Jake Tapper Hits Democrats For Refusing To Condemn Farrakhan, “People Want The Association”…  "Just ask Barack Obama."

Socialized Medicine: Almost A Century Of Failure Already

Hot Air

"Progressives plan to make a big push for single-payer health care in the midterms, hoping to force Democrats even harder Left than in the past four Congressional election cycles. They want a Medicare-for-all system that will eclipse private health insurance, similar to what Bernie Sanders laid out in his 2016 Democratic primary campaign. The Center for American Progress has put pressure on current officeholders to take up the cause of single payer, with considerable success; 2020 presidential hopefuls such as Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris have all signed onto Sanders’ latest legislative effort to create the program.

"Before they start creating new single-payer systems, though, perhaps they should fix the broken single-payer systems already in place. The scandals at the Veterans Administration get plenty of coverage, especially given that the VA locks veterans into its own providers and forces them to pay retail for any outside medical care. But a report on the other major system, the Indian Health Service (IHS), shows much worse performance and for a longer period of time, The Hill reports:" . . .