Pat Condell: I Vote Against You

I Vote Against You

Again, Mr. Condell speaks, this time on the university. Dumbing Down University
"Campus censorship an epidemic in UK universities."

Embarrassed by America President to visit Hiroshima

First some background: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb   "Note: This section is intended as an objective overview of the decision to use the atomic bomb for new students of the issue. For the other side of the issue, go here."

Excerpt: "The government responsible for the war would be dismantled, there would be a military occupation of Japan, and the nation would be reduced in size to pre-war borders. The military, after being disarmed, would be permitted to return home to lead peaceful lives.  Assurance was given that the allies had no desire to enslave or destroy the Japanese people, but there would be war crimes trials.  Peaceful industries would be allowed to produce goods, and basic freedoms of speech, religion, and thought would be introduced.  The document concluded with an ultimatum: "We call upon the Government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all the Japanese armed forces…the alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction."  To bomb supporters, the Potsdam Declaration was m5ore than fair in its surrender terms and in its warning of what would happen should those terms be rejected.  The Japanese did not respond to the declaration."

Will Obama “Apologize” in Hiroshima?   "The White House said people should not view President Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima, Japan, as an apology after they announced he will become the first sitting president to visit the city since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on it in 1945.

"White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that if anyone does “interpret it that way, they’ll be interpreting it wrongly.”

"Wrongly? So Obama won’t say the word “apologize,” but is it effectively an apology?

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"Benjamin Rhodes, President Obama’s national security advisor for strategic communication (who has his own credibility problems), reflected on the decision in a blog:

He will not revisit the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Instead, he will offer a forward-looking vision focused on our shared future.

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The President’s time in Hiroshima also will reaffirm America’s longstanding commitment — and the President’s personal commitment — to pursue the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.

That commitment has guided our efforts to promote non-proliferation and nuclear security — a theme at the heart of four Nuclear Security Summits that the President hosted — and to take concrete steps to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our security and in the policies of other global powers.

Finally, the visit will also symbolize how far the United States and Japan have come in building a deep and abiding alliance based on mutual interests, shared values, and an enduring spirit of friendship between our peoples.

"Despite these words, some in the administration who believe the Japanese will take President Obama’s words as an apology. Jeffrey Hornun, Security and Foreign Affairs fellow at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, said if he makes a speech “he would be in danger of his words being misinterpreted, politicized, and over-analyzed as pundits debate what he said, what he should have said, and what he did not say.”

"President Obama received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 after he said he wanted to reduce nuclear weapons during his presidency. Yet, the U.S. signed a landmark nuclear agreement that could allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. The regime has already fired off missiles since October 2015, which has “raised U.S concern that Iran wasn’t abiding by” that agreement."

Will Obama say the "A" word or perform the "B" word as below?

. . . "After all, he's not going to become Secretary General of the UN without campaigning for it."

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The leftist Democrats in one cartoon

Democrat primary in West Virginia

Drudge:
Joe Biden: ‘I Would Have Been the Best President’   "Biden has not endorsed either Clinton or Sen. Bernie Sanders, her opponent in the primary, but he said he thinks Clinton will be the nominee."

Bernie does West Virginia 

In West Virginia, Clinton also suffered from her association with Obama

American Thinker:
Ominous signs for ‘presumptive nominee’ Hillary in West Virginia primary results   . . . "If I were a Democrat superdelegate (boy, that’s a stretch for my imagination!), I’d have to wonder about throwing my lot in with a candidate so unpopular with the party’s base. How many repudiations will it take to move their votes?"

Clinton's favorability rating trend points to a Trump landslide in November   "While Hillary Clinton supporters try to hype the unfavorability ratings of her general election opponent, getting ignored in the liberal maelstrom of deceit is the skyrocketing unfavorability rating of their own presumptive nominee."

Lucianne:
What Democratic Landslide?  "Warning: Candidates in this election may be closer than they appear."

NRO
A Trump Win Would Destroy Clinton’s Legacy — and Obama’s
. . . "Trump has defeated one consistent conservative lawmaker after another in the GOP primary, and Democrats would be foolish to underestimate him. If it wasn’t obvious already, they have just as much to lose as Republicans in November." . . .

NY Post  . . . "Clinton can’t let him succeed, and instead must put him on defense with nonstop attacks on his character and lack of government experience. She’s already doing that, but is paying a price with his fierce counter-punching.

"Her big advantage is the Electoral College, and she will try to shut him down by relentlessly playing the women’s and racial cards. And it’s certain Trump will hand her gaffe gifts and display an embarrassing lack of detailed knowledge." . . .

Clinton accomplishments summed up in these posts

Defense against Rape Victim's accusation…  "Almost two years ago the Washington Free Beacon broke the story of a recording within the Clinton Library of Hillary Clinton laughing and describing her work as a defense attorney for a predatory child rapist."   Apparently she really did have a southern accent at that time.

Sidney Blumenthal Says FBI Will Announce There Are No Charges Against Clinton…  FBI Confirms It WILL Interview Hillary Clinton…

Justice’s reputation hangs in balance of Clinton probe

Related: ‘Clinton Cash’ doc set to stir up controversy as it debuts at Cannes  . . . "The film portrays the Clintons as a greedy tag team who used the family’s controversial Clinton Foundation and her position as secretary of state to help billionaires make shady deals around the world with corrupt dictators, all while enriching themselves to the tune of millions."  

Yet there are people who truly want her to be president! Here are some of them:

Transgender Activism Has Produced a Legal Absurdity

NRO  

. . . "In 1972, Congress enacted the federal law known as Title IX. Title IX provides generally that no school that receives federal funding — a category that includes public grade schools and high schools as well as nearly all colleges, public or private — may “discriminat[e]” “on the basis of sex.” Everyone understood from the beginning, and the Obama administration still agrees, that Title IX allows schools to have single-sex restrooms, locker rooms, and showers. A regulation dating from 1975 says exactly that — a school “may provide separate toilet, locker room, and shower facilities on the basis of sex” — and goes on to specify only that “such facilities provided for students of one sex shall be comparable to such facilities provided for students of the other sex” (emphasis added)." . . .

Of course: another group of victims! Fat 'activist' rails against 'thin privilege' and 'fat oppression'

"Fatphobia"?  "Thin privilege"? You have to read this to believe it.

Rick Moran

. . . Tovar’s talk, entitled “Dispelling Myths: Fat, Fatphobia, and Challenging Social Stereotypes,” was designed to help students understand that “fat phobia” is rampant in a “white, heteronormative society” that is looking to actively oppress people with larger body types. Society’s bias against fat people is, apparently, a form of bigotry and discrimination, evident in everything from sexual preferences to the size of seats on public transportation.She even, reportedly, compared society’s anti-fat culture to so-called “rape culture,” and chastised society for its obsession with what she termed “thin privilege.”

. . . "As predictable as this "social justice" madness has become, the damage it does to society is real and lasting. We are being Balkanized by those who are slicing our culture into ever smaller pieces, each with an "authentic" voice of oppression. The goal is to eliminate "normal" as a dominant feature in society. We should be able to tolerate anyone. But when they start demanding special treatment to make white males pay for their perceived (or delusional) oppression, it is right and proper to slap them down and point out how ludicrous their importunings are."

How about these for victims?

Cleveland News Station: “Eliminate Discrimination: NYC Bars Can’t Refuse To Serve Alcohol To Pregnant Woman”…

The Shapeshifter

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Shapeshifting  But will I vote for him over any Democrat? Yes indeed.  As previously declared, we are not choosing a president; we are choosing a government, including a Supreme Court.

PRESIDENT FAILURE AND HIS FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE'S SMART DIPLOMACY:

• The Daily Mail: White House BRAGS about how it tricked reporters into cheerleading for Obama’s Iran nuclear deal by creating a media ‘echo chamber’
• Belmont Club: The Men Who Would Be King
• Washington Post: Why the Ben Rhodes profile in the New York Times Magazine is just gross
• NY Post: White House admits it played us for fools to sell Iran deal
• The Lid: Obama Adviser Ben Rhodes Explains: He’s The “Ventriloquist” To Mainstream Media’s Dummies
• PJ Media: Meet the Flimflam Man Behind Obama’s Foreign Policy ‘Narrative’
• WFB: Ben Rhodes, Liar
• Ben Shapiro: Hillary Clinton Lies… A Lot:

The truth (and lies) behind why Hillary is unfit to be president
. . . "Voters distrust Clinton with good reason. She has repeatedly looked them in the eye and told bald-faced lies. But it is the callousness and ease with which she lies that should be more troubling. Despite the murders of four Americans at the hands of terrorists while serving as secretary of state, Clinton claimed we "didn't lose a single person" in Libya under her watch. She has even had the gall to call one of the victim's mothers a liar, even though we know it was Hillary who lied about the cause of the Benghazi terrorist attack." . . .

A Trump Win Would Destroy Clinton’s Legacy — and Obama’s

NRO

. . . "But Trump isn’t just playing in the Republican primary anymore. And if he’s competitive in November, or wins, it will be a loud, clear signal that Obama’s presidency largely failed. Eight years of his policies and leadership left Americans angry, disappointed, and frightened enough to be willing to roll the dice on Trump."

With Gender Bender Bathrooms, Liberals Jump the Shark

American Thinker  . . . "Rights talk has turned out to be political gold for liberals, so why not combine the right to be creative with the rights of helpless victims? You demand your right to be edgy and out there with the demand to be cosseted as a helpless victim in your safe space." . . . 

Obama’s Toilet Revolution   . . . "Barack Obama and his militant Justice Department don’t care at all about individuals confused or rebellious about their gender. As with all revolutionary activity, the goal is to seize upon crisis in order to further the aggrandizement of the State, and its control over every competing area of society.

"Obama’s response to North Carolina is a classic Leftist maneuver of setting up a straw man, or transgender in this case, to ensure and continue to expand federal power over the states. From a revolutionary perspective, states with their 10th Amendment constitutional sovereignty are antithetical to the long-term objective of an international socialist system. " . . .  

Wow! Obama drives down coal company stocks, and Soros buys them on the cheap

Thomas Lifson

Notice Obama's touch of affection

"I have always believed that global warming is a gigantic scam, driven by greed and lust for power. Now comes the shocking news, via Steve Milloy writing on Breitbart, that following President Obama’s use of CO2 emissions as a weapon to drive major coal companies near bankruptcy, the ultimate politically connected speculator George Soros is buying up stock in major coal producers on the cheap.

"I predicted last week that the left wasn’t going to kill off the coal industry so much as it was going to steal it. That prediction is already becoming true courtesy of billionaire George Soros.
"U.S. Securities and Exchange Act filings indicate that Soros has purchased an initial 1 million shares of Peabody Energy and 553,200 shares of Arch Coal, the two largest publicly traded U.S. coal companies. As pointed out last week, both companies have been driven perilously close to bankruptcy by the combination of President Obama’s “war on coal” and inexpensive natural gas brought on by the hydro fracturing revolution." . . .