Hillary’s Headache, Trump's odds

 We don't want a radical leftist, big government socialist, communist-kissing, groveling wimp for president. We want Hillary! TD

Bernie Sanders can cause her a lot of pain. 
" Bernie Sanders, the socialist senator from Vermont, is surging in the polls against Hillary Clinton. A Quinnipiac University survey has him within 20 points in Iowa, while three of the last four polls have found him within 15 points in New Hampshire. Judging by state polls alone, Sanders is in about as good a spot vis-à-vis Clinton as Barack Obama was at this point in 2007. So perhaps it is time to ask whether Sanders can pull off a similar upset."

"Probably not. Clinton should win, but Sanders could give her a headache whose effects last through the general election.

"The Clinton-Sanders contest has rekindled an old tension in the Democratic party. On one side are professional politicians in charge of maintaining the coalition in government. They are progressive, but they generally like the status quo and will bargain with Wall Street, health insurance companies, and other leftist bugaboos (so long as they cough up campaign contributions). On the other are left-wing activists who want to upend the status quo by reducing the role of money in politics, corralling corporate America, and radically redistributing income.

"Interestingly, a large portion of Democrats do not fall cleanly on either side. Working-class whites, African Americans, and Latinos are all major players in Democratic primary politics, yet none is a main combatant in this struggle. It is a quarrel among socioeconomically upscale whites. While average Democrats tell pollsters they prefer left-wing policies, historically they have backed establishment candidates." . . .

There Will NEVER Be a President Trump  "Before one more straight-faced political story is written about the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, the obvious begs to be stated: The man has absolutely no chance of winning.   Zero. Nada."

Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) Introduces Bill To Ban Govt. Use Of Words 'Husband' And 'Wife'. I repeat: "DEMOCRAT", "CALIFORNIA"

MRC

 

"From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH." George Orwell, "1984"

"As Orwell explained in his classic novel, "1984" changing the words used by a society is a powerful tool for tyranny. With "The Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act "(H.R.2976), Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) is trying to enforce the recent Supreme Court ruling that same sex marriage is the law of the land by legislating the federal government to strike the words "husband" and "wife" everywhere they're found in the entire Federal code, replacing them with more gender-neutral terms such as “spouse” or “married couple.”

"According to the statement released by Rep. Capps

The Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act recognizes that the words in our laws have meaning and can continue to reflect prejudice and discrimination even when rendered null by our highest courts,” Capps said. “Our values as a country are reflected in our laws. I authored this bill because it is imperative that our federal code reflect the equality of all marriages.”

. . . "Rep. Capps has convinced 24 other members of Congress to (seven from California) co-sponsor H.R.2976. Representatives: Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer Jr. (D-VA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mark DeSaulnier, (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Eliot Engel, (D-NY), Sam Farr, (D-CA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raul Grijalva, Raul (D-AZ), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda, (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum  (D-MN), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Murphy, (Non-voting DC), Norton, (D-DC-At Large), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), and Niki Tsongas D-MA." . . .

20 years of cleaning up NYC pissed away. Remember the Mayor Dinkins days? UPDATED

NY Post

 

. . . "And the growing problem isn’t solely on city streets.
"Transit hubs, including Penn Station, are plagued by surging numbers of homeless people who publicly masturbate, harass bystanders and demand free food as the city looks the other way, commuters complain.
“ 'It reminds me of the pre-[Rudy] Giuliani era,” said Jim Hoover, 60, who has been commuting through Penn Station since 1986. “The police aren’t chasing them away anymore.”
"Just outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a homeless man drunkenly knocked a woman to the floor while stumbling around the sidewalk.
"The bum, who goes by “Monk,” was arrested by a cop at the scene and taken away by an FDNY ambulance.
“ 'He’s going to get a hospital bed and a slap on the wrist,” said Timothy Arroyo, who was watching from a crowd that gathered.
“ 'He’ll be back out here tomorrow.”
"A PA source said there has been a “noticeable uptick” in vagrants at the terminal in recent months." . . .
 New York wants to bring public urination out of the shadows 

 

UPDATE: DeBlasio presiding over rapid decline in NY city quality of life  "[New]York City has never been a paradise, but for 20 years previous to the election of Mayor Bill de Blasio, quality of life had risen dramatically as a result of what's known as "broken windows" policing - enforcing minor crimes to take people off the streets and prevent them from committing major offenses.

"But now, with the far left wing mayor leading the charge, more and more minor crimes are not being enforced. Predictably, this has led to a surge in violent crime and an invasion by vagrants and homeless people that hasn't been seen since the pre-Guiliana days." . . .

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 De Blasio and Dinkins: When cops and mayors feud
. . . "After a fanatic assassinated two cops on Saturday, de Blasio clearly understood he had to do something to calm the waters between himself and the NYPD.
"But it was telling that de Blasio could not restrain himself during a press conference he called on Monday to try to set things right with the NYPD — reserving his greatest passion for an unplanned defense of anti-cop demonstrators against the media.
"So, yes, he has three years to fix things. Problem is, he’s Bill de Blasio.
"And Bill de Blasio gives every indication that, left to his natural instincts, he’ll just make things worse."

Clinton’s stumbles fray Democrat nerves

 

Financial Times   "Tactical blunders. A strained relationship with the media. An insurgent rival drawing enormous crowds.

"For Hillary Clinton, the past few weeks of her 2016 presidential campaign have brought back uncomfortable memories of her failed bid in 2008. 

"Three months in to what should be one of the best funded, best organised campaigns in history, Mrs Clinton has been unable to draw a line under a series of controversies, or to generate the kind of grassroots enthusiasm that will be crucial to maintaining momentum in the gruelling months ahead. 

"As she prepares to outline her economic vision for the country in a high-profile address on Monday in New York, Mrs Clinton’s team is betting that a rollout of popular, middle-class friendly policies such as paid sick leave and universal prekindergarten provision will help to reset the debate."

 

The goodie wagon is coming! Hillary will this election if it takes every dime this nation has. TD

 

 

Megyn Kelly Goes There: Why Is Obama Ignoring Murder of Katie Steinle?

Debra Heine "Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple accused Megyn Kelly of “crossing a line” on her Fox News show The Kelly File Thursday night because she had the audacity to ask a question a lot of Americans are wondering about.

"Why doesn’t the president give Katie Steinle, the woman killed by an illegal immigrant in San Francisco, the same attention he gave to cases involving Freddie Gray, Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin?

"Kate’s murder has since exploded into a national debate on illegal immigrants, sanctuary cities and crime. With the White House ducking the issue of its own acquiescence in these cities’ decision to flout the federal immigration laws which were duly enacted. When asked repeatedly this week to speak to this case, White House spokesman Josh Earnest declined to weigh in other than to refer folks to the Department of Homeland Security.

"A stark contrast to what we saw after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson. A man we know was attacking a police officer at the time of his death. His funeral saw three Obama officials in attendance, his death drew comments from President Obama personally and his administration also sent in the DOJ and 40 FBI agents dispatched to Missouri after Michael Brown was killed. Where is the swarm of agents in San Francisco?

"Then there was Freddie Gray in Baltimore, a repeat drug offender who was killed in police custody. Here again his funeral was attended by three Obama administration officials and again the President spoke personally to Freddie Gray’s death. And again sent the DOJ in to investigate. When Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida, the president spoke to his death which was later ruled to be in self-defense. But Katie Steinle, nothing. No comments, no swarm of FBI agents, no DOJ investigation, nothing. Why?"

Jimmy Carter Says Hillary Will Win Thanks to This ‘Stupid’ Reason

 

 Bridget Johnson  "Former President Jimmy Carter has tipped his hat toward Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as the liberal standard-bearer seeking the Democratic nomination — but concedes that “stupid” campaign finance laws will hand victory to Hillary Clinton.

"Carter told PBS that “more inherently” Sanders and Elizabeth Warren speak better on the issue of income inequality.

“ 'The senator was in the forefront of saying equality and doing away with discrimination economically, constraining Wall Street, and doing away with the domination that the rich people now have over the political system,” Carter said of the Massachusetts Democrat.

“ 'And so since Elizabeth Warren decided not to run, I think Bernie Sanders has kind of inherited her mantle for promoting less distinction on an economic basis of American citizens.”

"But at the same time, Carter said, he knows “that the stupid decision by the Supreme Court on Citizens United to let money dominate America’s political system is giving, I would say, Hillary Clinton a big advantage that will be, I think, overwhelming toward the end of the campaign.”

"Sanders “speaks more for a liberal and the active wing of the Democratic Party,” the former president said.

 

“ 'I think he’s been a lot bolder in his promulgation of his own ideas than has Hillary Clinton,” he added. “But I think she is going to come along later and win.”

"Carter also commented on race relations, noting that after the Civil Rights Era “I think the United States kind of breathed a sigh of relief and said, well, we have resolved the race issue now, and there won’t be anymore, detectable, at least, elements of an American society where whites are in the supreme position, to the detriment of blacks.”

"“And I think the recent high public about the police and black confrontations and the tragedy in Charleston have reminded us that we still have a long way to go,” he said. “There’s still an innate racism in our country that needs to be addressed accurately.' ”

 Bridget Johnson is a veteran journalist whose news articles and opinion columns have run in dozens of news outlets across the globe. Bridget first came to Washington to be online editor at The Hill, where she wrote The World from The Hill column on foreign policy. Previously she was an opinion writer and editorial board member at the Rocky Mountain News and nation/world news columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News. She is an NPR contributor and has contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Politico and more, and has myriad television and radio credits as a commentator. Bridget is Washington Editor for PJ Media.

Israel’s peace fantasists in action

 

Caroline Glick


"The Saudis are in play, casting about for partners.

"In a clear vote of no-confidence in US President Barack Obama’s leadership, Saudi King Salman led several Arab leaders in blowing off Obama’s Camp David summit this week. The summit was meant to compensate the Sunni Arabs for Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.

"Salman’s decision is further proof that US-Saudi relations have jumped the tracks. For 70 years the Saudis subcontracted their national security to the US military. Deals were closed with a wink and a nod. That’s all over now.

"Obama has destroyed Washington’s credibility. Salman views its gentleman’s agreements as worthless. All he wants now is military hardware. And for that, he can send a stand-in.
The Saudis never put all their eggs in America’s basket. For 70 years the Saudis played a double game, maintaining strategic alliances both with the liberal West and the most reactionary forces in the Islamic world. The Saudis pocketed petrodollars from America and Europe and transferred them to terrorists and jihadist preachers in mosques in the US, Europe and worldwide." . . .

Show love and tolerance or be destroyed!

Oregon Wedding Cakes Are Just the Excuse   "Theoretically, liberalism picks pluralism over public morality, nowhere more so than in the intimate realm of human sexuality.

" But the regulatory state has gotten so large, and so powerful, with such extensive reach into Americans’ livelihoods, that the Left cannot resist using it to impose its sexual moral views on the rest of us.

"Take Melissa and Aaron Klein, whose little Oregon bakery refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. It is not technically a crime to refuse to bake a gay wedding cake, so instead of being tried in a court of law, they were tried by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.

" Why can gay bakers refuse to bake a Celebrate NOM (the National Organization for Marriage) cake, but Aaron and Melissa Klein must bake a gay wedding cake or pay the penalty?"

Christian Man Asks Thirteen Gay Bakeries To Bake Him Pro-Traditional Marriage Cake, And Is Denied Service By All Of Them

Why Does It Take A Donald Trump To Rouse Republicans On Sanctuary Cities?

Why Does It Take A Donald Trump To Rouse Republicans On Sanctuary Cities? . . . "California Gov. Jerry Brown and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, both of whom helped enact laws to thwart deportations of illegal criminals, have stayed out of sight.

"Most of the attention, however, has focused on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, who immediately brought up the disproportionate criminality among illegal immigrants and was attacked with the race card, the nativist card, a beauty queen he employs and corporate boycotters tut-tutting their political correctness." . . .


All the Areas Where Illegal Aliens Aren’t Deported, on One Map

"A map created by the Center for Immigration Studies shows over 200 states, counties, and cities in the United States known as “sanctuaries” for illegal immigrants. In these locales, law officers disobey Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer orders for criminal illegal aliens and hinder the flow of pertinent information about them to federal immigration agents. Depending on the definition of a sanctuary city, the number could exceed 300." . . . Read more
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All the Areas Where Illegal Aliens Aren’t Deported, on One Map

NRO

"A map created by the Center for Immigration Studies shows over 200 states, counties, and cities in the United States known as “sanctuaries” for illegal immigrants. In these locales, law officers disobey Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer orders for criminal illegal aliens and hinder the flow of pertinent information about them to federal immigration agents. Depending on the definition of a sanctuary city, the number could exceed 300." . . . Read more

Silly State of the Union

 Links accumulated over this past few days giving a snapshot of what we are becoming as a nation and a culture.  The Tunnel Dweller

Lib Rag Salon Calls For Law To Make Flying The Confederate Flag A “Hate Crime”… 
The pushback begins   At left...

"Racialised" College Group Warns Whites: "Your Race is Taking Up Space and Silencing Others" . . . " According to the Racialised Student Collective, simply being white is oppressive to people, even if you do not speak or act in a racist manner. They judge you poorly based completely on the color of your skin and regardless of your actions."

Belle Of The Ball! Caitlyn Jenner Chooses Her Gown For Upcoming ESPY Awards
 . . . “ 'Caitlyn Jenner has decided to wear a dress designed by Patricia Field, who is not only amazingly talented, but also a huge supporter of the transgender community,” a source close to the Kardashian clan tells Radar." . . .

"Racist moonbat wipes b**t with U.S. flag, posts vile photo on Facebook"   "Personally, I don’t know which is worse — the picture, or the fact that it’s been liked by so many people.
But that’s not all.  Some of the comments she made on the photo shows what she thinks of white people" . . .

Dana Loesch asks why bakeries need to follow laws but sanctuary cities don’t
. . . "Loesch raised the question of why Aaron and Melissa Klein should be forced to bake a cake against their religious beliefs when a “sanctuary city” such as San Francisco can simply ignore federal law and let illegal immigrants with criminal records roam free." . . .

Comically Incorrect

Contracts and Consent Week at College Insurrection:   "It’s getting to the point where college students who date will need their own lawyers."

• Advocacy Group Makes Sexual Consent Contracts Available to College Students
• U. of Minnesota Takes Up ‘Affirmative Consent’ Rule
• Megyn Kelly Reports on College Sexual Consent Contracts

Hillary And Bernie To Attend La Raza Convention In Kansas City… 
 If you do not know the import of this, we'll be happy to provide you with insight. TD

Confederate Flag First, Fleur-De-Lis Next?  "Now that the Confederate flag has been used as an excuse to eviscerate the history of the South, others are looking to destroy more symbols that are part of the region’s history, including Louisiana’s fleur-de-lis" . . .Begin the purge of American History. 

TIME surprised gamers don’t like Kate Upton’s Game of War ads either. . . "Really? They were more irritated by Kate Upton’s cleavage than the fact that they couldn’t skip the ad?  Usually when people complain about the Game of War ads, Kate Upton’s cleavage is the only redeeming feature, and it’s the awful voice-over, total lack of gameplay footage, and sheer frequency of their appearance that irritates people." . . .  "Will you be my hero?"

Megyn Kelly: Why Is Obama Ignoring Murder Of Katie Steinle?

Real Clear Politics " FOX News' Megyn Kelly opened Thursday night's broadcast of her show with a monologue asking why President Obama and the White House won't give Katie Steinle, the woman killed by an illegal immigrant in San Francisco, the same attention it gave to cases involving Freddie Brown, Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin."

. . . "A stark contrast to what we saw after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson. A man we know was attacking a police officer at the time of his death. His funeral saw three Obama officials in attendance, his death drew comments from President Obama personally and his administration also sent in the DOJ and 40 FBI agents dispatched to Missouri after Michael Brown was killed. Where is the swarm of agents in San Francisco?

"Then there was Freddie Gray in Baltimore, a repeat drug offender who was killed in police custody. Here again his funeral was attended by three Obama administration officials and again the President spoke personally to Freddie Gray's death. And again sent the DOJ in to investigate. When Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida, the president spoke to his death which was later ruled to be in self-defense. But Katie Steinle, nothing. No comments, no swarm of FBI agents, no DOJ investigation, nothing. Why?"