Friday, March 4, 2022

Trump Was Right: Europe’s Reliance on Russian Oil and Gas Emboldened Putin

 Legal Insurrection


The Democrat propagandist media has cranked its spin cycle up to eleventy as Bumbles Biden shambles off to his Delaware basement while Ukraine’s president stands shoulder to shoulder with his fellow Ukrainians as they fight the Russian invasion of their  country.

If these weren’t such dark times, it would be rather amusing how completely wrong Democrats and their media stenographers continue to be about President Trump.  They are busily swooning onto their fainting couches over Trump reportedly stating that he thought the war-mongering Putin was “smart” to take “over a country for $2 worth of sanctions.”

The Democrat propagandist media has cranked its spin cycle up to eleventy as Bumbles Biden shambles off to his Delaware basement while Ukraine’s president stands shoulder to shoulder with his fellow Ukrainians as they fight the Russian invasion of their  country.

"If these weren’t such dark times, it would be rather amusing how completely wrong Democrats and their media stenographers continue to be about President Trump.  They are busily swooning onto their fainting couches over Trump reportedly stating that he thought the war-mongering Putin was “smart” to take “over a country for $2 worth of sanctions.”. . . 

America was almost energy independent under Trump. Biden ended that. Now you’re begging a shady country to give us more oil instead of drilling again in the 🇺🇸. REOPEN KEYSTONE

SCOTUS Reinstates Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber

 Townhall  "In a 6-3 decision Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States reinstated the death penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber — and Biden stimulus check recipient — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev following a previous federal appeals court decision that vacated his death sentence.". . . 


. . ."Tsarnaev's actions in April 2013 — planning and executing the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequently murdering a MIT campus police officer, carjacking a graduate student, and fighting a street battle with police during which Dzhokhar ended up running over and killing his brother Tamerlan — resulted in a lengthy indictment, with more than one dozen capital offenses. A jury found Tsarnaev guilty on all counts and ultimately determined that six
 warranted the death penalty.

. . .As Justice Thomas writes for the Court:

On April 15, 2013, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted and detonated two homemade pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The blasts hurled nails and metal debris into the assembled crowd, killing three while maiming and wounding hundreds. Three days later, the brothers murdered a campus police officer, carjacked a graduate student, and fired on police who had located them in the stolen vehicle. Dzhokhar attempted to flee in the vehicle but inadvertently killed Tamerlan by running him over. Dzhokhar was soon arrested and indicted. 

A jury found Dzhokhar guilty of 30 federal crimes and recommended the death penalty for 6 of them. The District Court accordingly sentenced Dzhokhar to death. The Court of Appeals vacated the death sentence. We now reverse.

"Thomas also emphasized the violence and terror of the bombing carried out by Tsarnaev:". . .More...    Photos added by the Tunnel Dweller



Photos Of 17 Amputees Shown At Boston Marathon Bombing Trial (buzzfeednews.com)

Putin hopes to expose Biden's crime wave in Ukraine

Lastly, one more bad thing that will almost certainly come out of this. Just like my high school days, when bullies sense weakness, they immediately attack. China is watching closely. If Putin takes Ukraine, outplays and humiliates Biden, China will absolutely invade Taiwan. 

Wayne Allyn Root; WND  There are so many complex reasons for Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. And so many outcomes yet to be determined – sadly, all of them bad for the USA.

"First, let me tell you a personal story that explains the psychology of Putin. I grew up the only white Jewish kid attending an almost all-black middle school and then a 90% black high school. Needless to say, I was the favorite target of bullies.

"I know liberals haven't a clue about this, but whoever is in the minority in life gets tortured, intimidated and unfortunately, gets their a– kicked. A lot. That's a fact of life.

"Therefore, I got tortured, intimidated and beaten up on a daily basis. The bullies at my school stole my lunch, beat me in the bathrooms and chased me home after school.

"Most weak kids never change. I'm one of the lucky ones. A tough gang member took pity on me and taught me how to fight and defend myself. After a summer of brutal hand-to-hand combat training with my newfound tough friend, I vowed never to be intimidated again. I showed up at school ready to defend myself.". . .

. . ."No bully ever touched me again. As a matter of fact, many of those tough guys and bullies became my buddies. I gained their respect.

"The lesson is "peace through strength." Only by being tougher than the other guy can you avoid conflict.

"That perfectly describes former President Donald J. Trump. I can picture Trump telling Putin, "If you attack Ukraine, we will bomb Russia to oblivion. Don't try me." And Putin never did. Putin behaved while Trump was president." . . .

Trump knew how to handle Putin, while Biden has no clue | Israel National News - Arutz Sheva  . . ."We know three things about Putin and Ukraine, and whether Zelensky is going to end up killed or locked in the Gulag for the rest of his life, and whether more Ukrainians next will die at Putin’s initiative than have been slaughtered since Stalin mass-murdered as many as seven million during the Holodomor with the active and criminal assistance of New York Times Russia bureau chief Walter Duranty:

1. None of the present mess happened when Donald Trump was president.

2. Vladimir Putin played by the rules of international comity throughout the Trump years.

3. Biden came in, demonstrated his and Antony Blinken’s foreign affairs chops in Afghanistan, and the whole house of cards came crashing down.

"This was predictable from an incompetent who, in but one year, has presided over a complete breakdown of the social order. America successfully was rehabilitating from four Obama years of rot and decay, and Biden has proven transformative, introducing chaos marked by America suffering a severe nationwide collapse in urban law and order, a parallel breakdown at the southern border, historic inflation and economic dysfunctioning, a racial-based social cacophony that has undone racial harmony that reigned only a few years before, a cultural collapse in public education that sees children brainwashed to worry about personal pronouns and whether they are incorrectly gendered bodies while being taught lies in history and corrupted math.". . .

Has Lia Thomas No Shame? UPDATE: Not according to SI

 National Review

The SI piece refuses to delve very deeply into the controversy, making the profile a thinly disguised puff piece.



"Lia Thomas, the male swimmer currently dominating female Ivy League swimming, is utterly shameless. And so is Robert Sanchez, the writer who profiled Thomas in an exclusive interview for Sports Illustrated. Sanchez writes:
In her first year swimming for the Penn women’s team after three seasons competing against men, Thomas throttled her competition. She set pool, school and Ivy League records en route to becoming the nation’s most powerful female collegiate swimmer.

"It is true that Thomas “throttled” the competition. But the rest is a lie. Thomas is not “en route to becoming the nation’s most powerful female collegiate swimmer” because Thomas is not actually a female swimmer

"Thomas tells Sanchez, “I want to swim and compete as who I am.” Very well. But athletes should also compete according to what they are — male or female. To ignore this biological distinction is to make a mockery of female sports.". . . 

'Sports Illustrated' Profile of Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas – PJ Media   "How can you write more than 4,000 words about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and not mention that Thomas’s rank when swimming as a man was 462? The Sports Illustrated profile of Thomas mentions right at the top that when swimming as a female, Thomas is ranked number one in the NCAA.

"Somehow, it kinda slipped SI author Robert Sanchez’s mind that Thomas, when swimming as a man, was a mediocre swimmer. And that omission illustrates the problem with SI’s profile of Lia Thomas.". . . 

Gender dysphoria is real and those afflicted with it deserve our sympathy and support. It’s a shame that those who wish to have a serious discussion about the issues surrounding transgenderism are automatically branded as haters if they don’t toe the trans line on athletics.

"Haters", "Racists"; how can those two words shut down the use of wisdom and reason? TD

And Beto is still talking [about] the lights going out

Our family suffered some through the power outage, but it will take more than that for us to elect that silly sitcom personality to office. TD

Silvio Canto, Jr.   . . ."So the stage is set.

"At this point, it looks as though Gov. Abbott has a stronger hand — i.e., job growth and the number of relocations to Texas. 

"On the other hand, Mr. O'Rourke avoids specifics and speaks about the lights that went out a year ago.  And does not mention President Biden.

"At the moment, Gov. Abbott leads Mr. O'Rourke by 8.8 points.  Over the next few weeks, the governor will likely be endorsed by his fellow Republicans, Mr. Alan West and Mr. Don Huffines.  It should give him an uptick in the approval polls.  Who endorses Mr. O'Rourke now?  I don't know, but don't expect V.P. Harris or Sen. Bernie Sanders to visit Texas anytime soon.

"By the way, the GOP did well in south Texas, the most Hispanic area of the state: "Republicans celebrate in Texas, as Democrats gird for November."

"Gov. Abbott is saying the GOP will carry the Hispanic vote in November, and that looks like a better bet after Tuesday's primary.  And, once again, Beto is still talking about the lights that went out 13 months ago.". . .

2019: Mark Steyn: Beto O’Rourke ‘A Parody Of Rich White Privilege’ | The Daily Caller

Conservative pundit and author Mark Steyn called former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke “a parody of rich white privilege” in a party obsessed with diversity and identity politics.


On top of that, O'Rourke descends to lying about opposition;  RELATED: Beto O’Rourke: ‘Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt,’ Trump Tried To Collude With Russia)   

Democrats put the "Dem" in Demagoguery  


Beto spoke on the need for reparations:


Beto’s Apology Tour (politicalwire.com)  We await his apology for the border wall.

One place he did not visit was on Wednesday was the border wall, which he has repeatedly criticized Abbott for supporting.

Parody material: Beto Criticized For Jumping Up Onto Elderly Woman To Deliver
Campaign Speech | The Babylon Bee
   "Has Democratic candidate/heartthrob Beto O'Rourke gone too far? Despite being a white male, Robert Francis has started to win the hearts and minds of the Democrats, in part because of his impassioned speeches about things---not because of what they actually say (even Beto's not 100% sure what his speeches are about), but because of his charisma as he leaps up on tables, barstools, and countertops to implore his fellow Americans to vote for him or something.". . .



Kamala serves up another incoherent word salad - American Thinker

Imagine the effect of a Harris visit on the heads of Poland and Romania. Will they be reassured about America's leadership role?

 

Thomas Lifson"Has there ever been a pairing of a POTUS and a veep where neither one could be counted on to answer a straightforward question without becoming incoherent?  The fact that we now live on a knife's edge with the potential for nuclear war greater than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis makes the subnormal leadership capacity of the Executive Branch all the more alarming.


"Watch and wince as Kamala is asked a question that any briefing book would have covered: will the administration sanction Russia's oil and gas sector?

"Her answer:

As it relates to what we need to do domestically as well as what we need to do in terms of this issue generally, we have, as the president said, reevaluated what we're doing.. . .