Is our US Navy incompetent or did Obama seriously undermine it?

National Security, Politics

"The US Navy has been in the news lately for crashes and corruption. Is this the reasonable follow-up to 8 years of Obama’s approach to the military?"

. . . "Superficially, it appears that the Navy is having a competence problem. It’s equally likely, though, that we’re seeing a reflection of a very serious morale problem. Eight years of Obama attacks on the military may be taking their toll. Here are two things to keep in mind as you think about that theory. First, during the Obama years, the Pentagon engaged in a massive purge of officer ranks across the services. A list compiled in 2014, while the purges were still ongoing, gives an idea of the purge’s scope.

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"Once president and Commander-in-Chief, Obama . . . also made it plain that he believed the military’s best and highest purpose is to serve as a petri dish for social justice and climate change experimentation. There was one other thing he did that had to have been a real morale buster — he kicked religion out of the military. For men and women who must daily contemplate the possibility that they will be plunged into dangerous situations in the service of their country, that was cruel and unnecessary.

"In addition to reconfiguring the military He also threw away the military’s victory in Iraq, which pretty much amounted to spitting on the graves of those who died to make the victory possible and spitting in the eyes of those who, though terribly wounded, survived. In Afghanistan, he announced a pre-determined defeat date, even while keeping troops on the ground to fight an enemy emboldened by its pending victory." . . .  Hat tip to WOW! Magazine

Newspaper Clipping from Oct 13, 1975.

From the Trenches World Report  "Here is an old C.G. newspaper clipping a mother saved in her Bible.

"She had been a school teacher and believed prophesy, so she always kept up on issues, long before most ever thought of them here. "  

Hillary Clinton didn't lose because of the media, and her supporters can't accept it

"Don't You someday Want to See a Woman President?" Hillary Clinton

Scott Ferrarello‎atMoretti Underground

Washington Examiner  "That Hillary Clinton's White House hopes were stunted at least in part by an unfair news media is a conviction that continues to burn strong with her hardcore believers, even as the rest of us know that, like Santa, the Easter Bu nny, and Chris Cillizza's political insight, it isn't real.

"Complaints about the media as it relates to Clinton resurfaced this week after a New York Times reporter defended his paper's coverage in 2016.

"Critics bombarded New York Times White House Correspondent Glenn Thrush on Monday after he shared a news article on Twitter about the Secret Service running out of money to pay its staff due to President Trump and his immediate family's frequent traveling.

" 'Trump's gilded lifestyle is bankrupting the Secret Service," Thrush tweeted."

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Weasel Zippers photo

"While the nation's former top diplomat was under federal investigation for her "extremely careless" communications practices (that spinning sound is Walsh rolling her eyes), Trump was skating by a distracted media all the way to the finish line.

"Wait, that's not right.

"CNN was actually playing the infamous "pussy" tape on an endless loop, reporters were feverishly looking for his tax returns, and every news article called Trump a bigot.

"Other headlines Trump saw throughout the campaign: "Donald Trump mocks reporter's disability," CBS News (a lie); "In 1927, Donald Trump's father was arrested after a Klan riot in Queens," Washington Post (deceitful); "Donald Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S.," CNN (okay, that one was true and his proposal was popular)."

Who’s Behind Civil War In America?

Would I not be accurate in thanking an academia raised and indoctrinated by Howard Zinn's version of American History for their part in all this? TD

Noisy Room

"Larry Grathwohl’s daughter Lindsay is a free speech activist who has been attacked by the “anti-fascist” activists. She has to wear a football helmet for self-protection. “They were throwing rocks and bricks.” Her father was an FBI informant in the communist terrorist Weather Underground." . . .

ACLU recants tweet featuring white child, agrees it’s racist

Legal Insurrection

"Defender of free speech kowtows to race baiters"

"In one of the dumber things to have happened this week (and that’s a title that’s increasingly difficult to bestow), the ACLU sent what to most normal people would be a perfectly acceptable tweet.

"This one:"

No More Gone With the Wind In Memphis

John H. Hinderaker

"The dismantling of American history continues. The Orpheum theater in Memphis announces that it will no longer show the Hollywood classic Gone With the Wind:

For the first time 34-years, the Orpheum Theatre will not show “Gone With The Wind” during its Summer movie series in 2018.

“Gone With The Wind” was shown on August 11th, and after the theater received several comments about the showing, management made the decision to not show it again.

“ 'Several comments”? There are quite a few movies that I would vote never to show again. What do you think my chances are if I complain to theater management? This is the theater’s statement:" . . .

War on history continues: Memphis theater axes ‘Gone With The Wind’ after ‘feedback from patrons’  . . . Reaction on social media was pretty much what one would expect.

“ 'This is the stupidest thing I have read!! I will not be attending anymore Orpheum events. If they cancel showing gone with the wind, they better not show the movies roots, the color purple, or 12 years a slave. Our country has really turned into the joke of the world,” one person said on WREG’s Facebook page.

“ 'We have literally lost our minds in this country! Let’s just erase all the history so we can rewrite it! Not me. I want to see every movie, book, statue, tribute, monument, memorial, and site of every concentration camp to ensure these horrors never happen again. If you don’t teach and learn from our past you will be destined to repeat it!” another person said.

“ 'Whaaaaaaaat???! Gone With the Wind is a CLASSIC movie! It is historical and one that I believe everyone should see at least once in their lifetime. If we start banning all mention of our history, then our future generations will be doomed to repeat the past because they are not taught about what happened and why,” a third critic said." . . .

Confederate Flag Sales Booming After Removal Of Monuments  . . . “What’s really pushing sales [now] is removal of the monuments,” said Kennedy, who opened her shop in 1985. “The general feeling I get from customers that call and email is that they are just pushing back at people who are trying to revise our history. I think as long as that’s in the news,” demand will continue." . . .

Get Ready To Say Goodbye To First Lady Melania Trump

Mackenzie Wright

"A Congressman has introduced the first officially filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The measure, HR 438, was introduced on the House of Representatives floor in July. While he believes the impeachment will go through, he's not as confident that the president will be removed from office.

"Los Angeles-area Rep. Brad Sherman drafted and circulated the articles of impeachment, something he had vowed to do ever since Trump took office. According to Sherman, many House Democratic leaders have disapproved of his efforts. His only co-sponsor of the measure was Rep. Al Green (D-Texas).

"Democratic leaders have attempted to hush incessant talk of impeachment in hopes of focusing on health care bill revisions, economic issues and the investigation into Russia's interference in the presidential election. While some Democratic leaders joined in the 'impeach Trump' chants a few months ago, many of them began to realize that without evidence, these cries may have been premature and make the party look bad. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was one of the voices of reason that urged party leaders to wait until investigations were complete.

"Sherman had initially promised Pelosi to hold off on the impeachment proposal, but went on to put it through anyway. " . . . Video

2015: 60 Minutes Interview Marks A Terrifying Shift In President Obama

RedState  "From demonstrating leadership through climate change and the Iran Deal to clear disdain for insinuations that Russian President Vladimir Putin was challenging him, President Obama’s interview with Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes demonstrated the shakiest he’s sounded since the first debate with Mitt Romney. Republicans are fist bumping each other over the embarrassing moments in the interview, but we definitely shouldn’t be.

"We should be terrified.

"It wasn’t what he said in the interview that is troublesome. It’s what he told Kroft after the interview in b-roll takes. As Kroft put it, the President said he felt “liberated” because he’s not on a ballot in the upcoming election. Before we dismiss this minor comment, it’s important to remember the man and how his ego will drive him going forward.

"His decisions are being questioned and he doesn’t have an election to win. This means that he will act very brashly. This isn’t going to be a year and a few months of winding down the way many Presidents end their second term. He’s not preparing a few pardons and thinking of his greatest accomplishments to put in a memoir. He is going to ramp up. He is liberated, which for a man like President Obama means that he’s empowered. He can do whatever he wants. He will do whatever he wants.

"This interview marked a turning point. The shine that he perceived was still glowing around him is a little less bright in his own mind. He’s mad about how the interview went. He’s angry about what people are saying about his weakness. The 60 Minutes interview has made him more dangerous to America and the world than he’s ever been in the past." . . .

Republican Kasich, Democrat Hickenlooper Reportedly Mull Joint White House Run

Weasel Zippers

"Ah, yeah, no. What is this obsession that Kasich has with himself? Hint: no one wanted you. And yes, we know your Dad was a postman…

"Via CNBC:

Ohio’s Republican governor, John Kasich, and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, have discussed the idea of a joint run for the White House in 2020, Axios and CNN reported on Friday.

Citing an unidentified source, CNN said the discussions were not at an organizational level for a bid, which would challenge Republican President Donald Trump’s expected re-election campaign and complicate Democratic efforts to regain the White House.

“What they are trying to show the country is that honorable people can disagree, but you can still problem solve together,” it quoted the source as saying.

Kasich, who was among more than a dozen Republican candidates to be defeated by Trump in last year’s presidential primary campaign, would top the ticket, according to CNN and Axios online news outlet.

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MSM went all in on 'Russia!Russia!Russia!' hysteria and now want everyone to forget it

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Thomas Lifson  "The Awful Truth is catching up with the Fake News media, as the fantasy they obsessively peddled to delegitimize President Trump is blowing up in their faces, and they suddenly change the topic to their inevitable fallback issue: racism.  They gamble that hysteria over the imminent threat of something very, very bad because of white racists will distract everyone.  

"It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to notice the dog that isn't barking when that dog had been barking all night, every night, for months on end.

" . . .Jennifer Lifhits writes in the Weekly Standard:

Mattis: Trump Administration Considering Lethal Defensive Aid for Ukraine

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For months, the administration has been weighing providing Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons in its years-long fight against Russian-backed separatists in the east.

President Barack Obama signed off on non-lethal aid and training but hesitated to send defensive weapons to Kyiv, in part out of concerns that doing so would provoke Moscow and ramp up the conflict.

 . . . "There is no memory hole big enough to swallow months and months of hysteria – and a special counsel, no less." . . .

Sebastian Gorka Resigns From Trump Administration

 The Federalist

"Sebastian Gorka is resigning his post as Deputy Assistant to President Trump, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told The Federalist.

"In a blunt resignation letter, the national security and counterterrorism expert expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the Trump administration. “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now – ascendant within the White House,” Gorka wrote. “As a result, the best and most effective way I can support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People’s House.”

"Gorka’s letter expressed unhappiness with the direction the Trump administration’s foreign policy has taken, as signaled by the president’s recent speech on Afghanistan:

“ 'Regrettably, outside of yourself, the individuals who most embodied and represented the policies that will ‘Make America Great Again,’ have been internally countered, systematically removed, or undermined in recent months. This was made patently obvious as I read the text of your speech on Afghanistan this week…

“ 'The fact that those who drafted and approved the speech removed any mention of Radical Islam or radical Islamic terrorism proves that a crucial element of your presidential campaign has been lost…" . . .  Mollie Hemingway

California Could Start Jailing People Who Don’t Use Transgender Pronouns

The Daily Caller  "A bill that passed the California state senate and is now moving through the Assembly could threaten jail time for anyone who refuses to use a transgender person’s preferred pronoun.

"The law is currently limited in its effects to nursing homes and intermediate-care facilities, but if passed, those who “willfully and repeatedly” refuse “to use a transgender resident’s preferred name or pronouns” could be slapped with a $1,000 fine and up to one year in prison, according to the California Heath and Safety code. The state senate passed the bill 26-12 at the end of May. Since then, the Assembly Judiciary committee recommended the bill unanimously and the General Assembly held its first hearing on the legislation Wednesday.

“ 'How can you believe in free speech, but think the government can compel people to use certain pronouns when talking to others?” Greg Burt of the California Family Council testified in July. “This is not tolerance. This is not love. This is not mutual respect. True tolerance tolerates people with different views. We need to treat each other with respect, but respect is a two-way street. It is not respectful to threaten people with punishment for having sincerely held beliefs that differ from your own.”

"Titled the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Residents Bill of Rights,” the legislation also requires nursing homes and care facilities to allow residents to use the bathroom of their choice, regardless of biological sex. The bill’s author, state Sen. Scott Weiner, argues that religious views don’t hold weight in public areas.  . . .

“ 'Everyone is entitled to their religious view,” Weiner said. “But when you enter the public space, when you are running an institution, you are in a workplace, you are in a civil setting, and you have to follow the law.' ” . . .