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WASHINGTON POST: THE UNSERIOUS BERNIE SANDERS

Power Line Blog  "The Washington Post editorial page yesterday took after Bernie Sanders for his childish views on energy, noting that if he had his way it would set back the cause of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Worth a sampling:

CAN THE country do without nuclear power and natural gas? Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) thinks so. But his position would set back the fight against global warming. . . he had already promised to phase out nuclear power nationwide by steadily retiring existing reactors. Mr. Sanders has also attacked fracking, the process of fracturing shale formations deep underground in order to extract natural gas. . .

In fact, if we are serious about global warming, we will ignore Mr. Sanders’s sloganeering.

"Actually, if we are serious about any subject, it would be best to ignore Mr. Sanders."

The original Washington Post article: Mr. Sanders’s war on clean energy

. . . Mr. Sanders’s rhetoric on nuclear power is even more concerning. Nuclear accounts for about a fifth of the country’s electricity, and it is practically emissions-free. Shutting down that much clean electricity generation would put the country into a deep emissions hole. Mr. Sanders argues that he will invest heavily in renewables. Yet every dollar spent to replace one carbon-free source with another is a dollar that could have been spent replacing dangerous and dirty coal plants. Under Mr. Sanders’s vision, either the country would fail to maximize emissions cuts, or it would waste huge amounts of money unnecessarily replacing nuclear plants. Unsurprisingly, the Clean Power Plan relies on nuclear, too, assuming that the country will get about the same amount of electricity from nuclear in 2030.

The List: Political Retaliation in the Age of Obama

" DHS Threatens retaliation against whistleblowers after releasing 68,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records onto the nation’s streets:" Just one of the many points discussed in this comprehensive article below. 

The Oba-glare

Nice Deb  "Obama wasn’t in office very long before his hyper-partisan administration was using brute political force to punish his political foes. It began almost immediately with the firing of Americorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin who ran afoul of Obama when his investigation identified misuse of AmeriCorps funds by a prominent Obama supporter. 

As the Obama administration winds to a close, it seems as though the retaliations have accelerated. In fact, we’ve seen four glaring examples of leftists using the levers of power to attack conservatives in just the past WEEK alone.

“ 'These are creepy people and they have a creepy agenda” –Dinesh D’Souza recently noted. He’s absolutely right.

"For the sake of posterity, I’ve compiled a list of  the many times Obama and/or his allies retaliated against his political foes from 2009 to the present." . . .Here comes one more:

"IRS whistleblower threatened to “watch her steps” when she points out illegal use of stolen Social Security cards by illegal aliens:" . . .

Many more in this article that is useful for political research. TD 

Bruce Springsteen endorsed Obama in 2008 and "At an Ohio rally, Springsteen discussed the importance of "truth, transparency and integrity in government, the right of every American to have a job, a living wage, to be educated in a decent school, and a life filled with the dignity of work, the promise and the sanctity of home...""
Is The Boss aware of the points discussed at length in the above article?

2012 FLASHBACK: Trump Slams Santorum ‘These Lost Delegates Show That He Is Badly Organized And Not A Good Manager’

Noisy Room

“ 'He @RickSantorum lost his 06 Senate race by 18 points. He is also disqualified for 18 Ohio delegates. Coincidence? And these lost delegates show that he is badly organized and not a good manager.” Donald Trump, March 2012

"Kyle Cheney of Politico found some tweets from Donald Trump from 2012, where he slammed then-presidential candidate Rick Santorum for not understanding delegate rules.

"Here is the list:

But wait! There's more! . . .

Iran Demands New Bribes And Obama Rushes To Deliver

Weasel Zippers

"Of course.

"Via NY Post:

Just how far will President Obama go to protect the nuclear deal with Iran — which he sees as central to his legacy? We’ll be finding out soon.

Tehran is loudly threatening to pull out of the accord unless it gets access to the US financial system. It would have to settle for the measly $150 billion in cash it’s already pocketed, plus the end of global sanctions.

Valiollah Seif, head of Iran’s central bank, charged last Friday that Washington isn’t living up to its part of the deal because “we are not able to use our frozen funds abroad.” Unless that’s resolved, he said, “the deal breaks up on its own accord.”

Don’t expect Team Obama to even think about calling Iran’s bluff.

In fact, the State Department has already written all 50 governors asking them to reconsider their states’ sanctions on Iran.

Keep reading…

 Obama warns Congress not to stand in way of Iran deal

Palestinian Incitement Breeds Terrorism

"Fatah and Hamas celebrate Jerusalem bus blast, candies distributed in Gaza"

NY Post

. . . "Monday’s bus blast comes just days ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins on Friday. Thousands of Jewish tourists from around the world are expected to visit Jerusalem during the Passover season.

"Following the terrorist attack, video footage of Hamas supporters cheering and handing out candies in the streets of Gaza has surfaced. 

"On Hamas-run TV channel the moderator could be seen giving military-style salute while reciting verses glorifying the terrorists who carried out the heinous attack in the backdrop of an image depicting rivers of blood flowing through the map of Israel.

"Writing for the Gatestone Institute, the noted Israeli-Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh observed:

Shortly after the Jerusalem bus terror explosion attack on April 18, a number of Palestinian factions rushed to issue statements applauding the “heroic operation” and urging Palestinians to pursue the path of armed struggle against Israel.

The Palestinian jubilation over the terror attack, the first of its kind since the suicide bombings during the Second Intifada more than a decade ago, is yet another reminder of the growing radicalization among Palestinians. This radicalization is mostly attributed to the ongoing anti-Israel incitement and indoctrination by various Palestinian factions and leaders.

These terrorist murderers of innocent women and children grew up watching Palestinian children's TV such as this:

Palestinian Media Watch

We hear there is a small percentage of Muslims who support terrorism, but does that include the number of them who dance in the streets and pass out treats in celebration of Muslim acts of terrorism?  TD

Obama Immigration Plan Seems to Divide Supreme Court

Althouse   "Donald B. Verrilli Jr., the government’s top appellate lawyer... was sharply challenged by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and several of the court’s other members.
"Justice Anthony M. Kennedy questioned whether the president can defer deportations for millions of people without specific congressional authorization, saying “that is a legislative task, not an executive task.” “It’s as if the president is defining the policy and the Congress is executing it,” Justice Kennedy said. “That’s just upside down.”...
"[Roberts] pressed Mr. Verrilli on whether the president could simply deem all illegal immigrants to be legally present under the new policy. Mr. Verrilli, the solicitor general, said there are statutory constraints that would prevent the president from doing so....

Is Obama plotting yet again to harm embattled Israel?

Victor Sharpe    " . . .“Israel’s top political leaders and military commanders were stunned and shocked last weekend when they found out that US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to support the return of the Golan to Syria.”

If this is true, Barack Hussein Obama is plotting yet again a way to torment the Jewish state with yet another vile edict, one which clearly has nothing to do with enlightened statecraft but much more to do with evil witchcraft.

Business Insider photo

"The occupant in the Oval Office cannot salivate enough at the prospect of harming Israel’s security and survivability. No doubt he is fulfilling a malevolent pact he has made with a cabal of Islamists and extreme leftists; both of which ideologies have satanic hatred for Israel." 

. . . "Any thought of being brutally forced by Obama and Putin to abandon biblical Bashan (the Golan) with its immense strategic value to such Islamist foes as exist in Syria would be a betrayal of a loyal ally of the United States and of those first Jewish ancestors on the Golan who long ago "built sheepfolds for their cattle and cities for their little ones.' "

Peace and stability have prevailed along the Israeli-Syrian border since 1974  . . . "Strategic parity is created by the presence of the Israeli army only 60 km from Damascus, a constant deterrent to any Syrian aggression. The peace and serenity of the Israeli-Syrian border since 1974 testify to this." . . .

The left calls the Golan "occupied territory", but Israel has brought peace there. When held by Syria it was an ideal artillery post to kill Israelis and destroy their homes and they did often. 

Below is a view from an Israeli village of the heights Obama reportedly wants to give back to Syria.

Leak Source

When Big Bad Brother Becomes the ‘Heckler’

Jan LaRue  . . . "But where do we go for protection when government goes from protector to “heckler?”

"The powers that be are aligned against those who question official climate change orthodoxy.

"Speaking of hot house gases, watch Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who is Jewish, lecture a Catholic priest for “disagreeing” with the Pope’s tweets, which Boxer affirms as climate change catechism. This follows Boxer telling a philosopher that his opinion is a toxic emission since he’s not a “scientist” of the Pope’s caliber. Galileo, call your office.

"President Obama decreed in his State of the Union address last January that man-made climate change, not terrorism nor ISIS, is the biggest threat to the future of the planet.

"Who can forget the images of terrified Parisians, Californians, and Belgians fleeing the fury of displaced polar bears?" . . .

Liberal Grievance Mongers Demand Tech Firms Shun Republican Convention

Downtrend

"Liberal activist groups are flexing their muscles by demanding that big tech firms pull out of July’s Republican National Convention. The perpetually aggrieved whiners are denouncing the event as a forum for racism and hate speech and have undertaken a campaign to pressure companies including Microsoft and Google to stay the hell away from Cleveland if they know what’s good for them. It’s yet another effort by America’s rancid bund of political correctness Nazis to stomp their rainbow colored jackboots up and down on anything that offends their overly delicate sensibilities.

"Politico reports that “Liberal groups call on Google, Microsoft to pull out of GOP convention”:" . . .

PolitiFact rates Bernie's voter turnout claims 'Mostly False'

Politico

"It is one of Bernie Sanders' most repeated lines on the trail: "We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low," he often says, particularly in the run-up to caucuses and primaries, such as the one in delegate-rich New York on Tuesday.

"But that claim is "Mostly False," according to a fact check and analysis by PolitiFact published Tuesday, finding that while the Vermont senator has won several states thanks to large turnout, his overall argument is "pretty thin.' " . . .

John Kasich goes full Democrat, tells Christians to ‘get over it’ on religious liberty

comicallyincorrect.com

Joe Newby   "For the second time, the George Soros*-funded John Kasich told Christians to “get over it” on religious liberty laws and laws that require people to use the bathroom designated for the gender with which they were born.

“What I’d like to say is, just relax,” he said during an appearance at CNN. “If you don’t like what somebody’s doing, pray for them, and if you feel as though somebody is doing something wrong against you, can you just for a second get over it? You know?”

“ 'You know?”  Is that how our potential presidents respond to issues now?  . . . 

"It’s not the first time he’s told Christians concerned about religious freedom to take a hike.  And chances are it’s not going to be the last."

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This report on Breitbart also claims Kasich has Soros help. I can visualize Soros wanting to keep Kasich in the race if he sees Trump being the weakest candidate against Hillary.

" . . .In addition, Soros has been financially linked to the National Immigration Forum—the group behind the “Evangelical Immigration Table (EIT). As Breitbart reported in 2013, the Evangelical Immigration Table “is actually a front group for players on the institutional left including billionaire George Soros… EIT is running a $250,000 advertising campaign in favor of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill.' ” . . .

*Politifact claims, No, George Soros is not bankrolling John Kasich's campaign Contrary to what the above article states, Politifact says Kasich is not funded by George Soros.
Perhaps the rumor started from the following:

This quote is from FactCheck.org: Stanley Druckenmiller, a former hedge fund manager who was the chief strategist of Soros Fund Management from 1988 until 2000, has given $450,000 to the super PAC, including two $150,000 donations in February. The PAC has also received $200,000 from Scott Bessent, who was the chief investment officer of the same Soros company from 2011 until 2015, when he left to start his own hedge fund firm, in part, with a $2 billion investment from Soros. Combined, the two men account for 6.5 percent of the PAC’s funding.
Druckenmiller has long funded Republican candidates and committees while occasionally donating to Democrats, according to his contribution records. In 2015, he contributed to super PACs supporting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, both of whom dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination. In February, Bloomberg reported that Druckenmiller confirmed that he would support Kasich, who he said “has been my favorite all along.”
Bessent, on the other hand, has more evenly divided his contributions between Republicans and Democrats, according to federal records. 

What has Soros funded? Here is one thing:

According to OpenSecrets.org, which tracks campaign contributions, Soros has given $7 million this cycle to Priorities USA Action, a super PAC that supports Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. He also gave $25,000 to the pro-ClintonReady PAC, and $1 million to American Bridge 21st Century, which funds opposition research against Republican candidates and causes.