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Monday, October 23, 2017
Letter Penned A Day Before Titanic Sank Sold At Auction For $166K
Yeshiva World News
"A letter written by one of the Titanic’s passengers a day before the ocean liner sank has sold for 126,000 pounds ($166,000) at an auction in England.
"The handwritten note, on embossed Titanic stationery, was penned by first-class passenger Alexander Oskar Holverson on April 13, 1912 — the day before the ship hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic, killing more than 1,500 onboard.
"Holverson, a salesman, was on the Titanic with his wife, Mary. He had intended to post it to his mother when they arrived in New York.
"Auction house Henry Aldridge & Son, which specializes in Titanic memorabilia, said Saturday the letter was “the most important Titanic letter we have ever auctioned” because of its content, historical context and rarity.
"In the letter, addressed to “My dear Mother” and stained with saltwater marks, Holverson described the Titanic as “a giant in size and fitted up like a palatial hotel.” He added: “The food and drink is excellent.”
"In a poignant line, he also wrote: “If all goes well we will arrive in New York Wednesday AM.”
"The letter, one of the last known to have been written on board by the disaster’s victims, was found in Holverson’s pocket notebook when his body was recovered. It was later sent to his family.
"His wife survived the disaster, Aldridge said."
Democrat cancer metastasizes
Made manifest in the person of Frederica Wilson, who has apparently been working overtime on the mind of the young war widow:
Aided by Democrat Party hack, George Stephanopoulos.
"I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband's name, and that’s what hurt me the most because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country why can’t you remember his name?"
Wilson had a partisan reason to publicize the family’s anger with Trump and the media had a partisan reason to amplify it.
Fallen soldier's widow 'very angry' about Trump's call
Aided by Democrat Party hack, George Stephanopoulos.
"I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband's name, and that’s what hurt me the most because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country why can’t you remember his name?"
Wilson had a partisan reason to publicize the family’s anger with Trump and the media had a partisan reason to amplify it.
Fallen soldier's widow 'very angry' about Trump's call
. . . "Johnson, days after being informed of her husband’s fatal firefight, said she was barred from seeing her husband’s body or given any straight story on how he died in Niger.
" 'I need to see him so I will know that that is my husband," Johnson, who's expecting to give birth to their daughter in January, said.
"She added: “They won’t show me a finger, a hand; I know my husband’s body from head-to-toe and they won’t let me see anything.' ” . . .
The soldier had been in the hands of terrorists for long enough to have been badly mistreated. Had his widow been shown his body, can you imagine what venom would have spewed from the mouths of liberal hacks over that?
"Despicable People"
Dem Congresswoman Who Attacked Trump Over Vet Message Voted Against Bill Giving Death Benefits To Families Of Troops Killed In Afghan War…
Townhall
Townhall
"When clownish Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D), accused the president of callousness in his condolence call to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, it was a new low for a party setting new lows at a record pace."
. . . "Calls from a president are not spontaneous. Staff calls and sets up a time convenient for both. So that Wilson was there was not a coincidence, it was planned. It was going to be a painful call to receive, as every condolence call is soon after losing a loved one. That the Johnson family was upset after it was not surprising; what was is how Wilson marched right to a receptive media to spin their grief into a political knife.
" Wilson’s actions were despicable, as was the media’s adopting of her word as gospel and her tactics. Basic human decency was torched when the president’s response was portrayed as “an attack on a Gold Star family” and not what it was – a refutation of a partisan attack by an activist Democrat and media.
"President Trump never has been critical of Johnson’s widow. He’s been critical of Wilson and her fellow travelers in journalism. But you’d never know that if you watched CNN or MSNBC. They are lying to their audience because, well, that’s what they do.
" It’s what they did when Trump responded to the attacks of Khizr Khan at the Democratic National Convention. He never once was critical of Captain Humayun Khan, the hero who lost his life serving our country, nor did he say anything about how the Khan’s grieved.
"But being a Gold Star family does not grant absolute carte blanche on everything else. This was demonstrated by the media’s response to General John Kelly’s lecture to the press on Thursday. Joy Reid and Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC’s reliably dumbass-duo, accused Kelly of being a racist for rebutting a black woman’s claims with facts. It seems Gold Star parents such as Kelly are sacred only to the point what they say conflicts with the progressive agenda. Reid and O’Donnell are unworthy of respect.
"But they are not unique, they are all too common." . . .
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| Legal Insurrection |
President Trump criticizes congresswoman Frederica Wilson, called by others, the "clown in a sequined cowboy hat".
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| The Slammer |
Circa "President Donald Trump continued to attack congresswoman Frederica Wilson on Sunday, calling her a "gift" to the Republican party.
"Wacky Congresswoman Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the Republican Party, a disaster for Dems," Trump wrote. "You watch her in action & vote R!"
"President Donald Trump took another jab at Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) on Saturday, tweeting that the “wacky” congresswoman was “killing the Democrat Party!”
“ 'I hope the Fake News Media keeps talking about Wacky Congresswoman "Wilson in that she, as a representative, is killing the Democrat Party!” Trump wrote on Twitter." . . .
“ 'I hope the Fake News Media keeps talking about Wacky Congresswoman "Wilson in that she, as a representative, is killing the Democrat Party!” Trump wrote on Twitter." . . .
Sunday, October 22, 2017
The Obama Administration’s Uranium One Scandal
Andrew C. McCarthy
"Not only the Clintons are implicated in a uranium deal with the Russians that compromised national-security interests."
"Let’s put the Uranium One scandal in perspective: The cool half-million bucks the Putin regime funneled to Bill Clinton was five times the amount it spent on those Facebook ads — the ones the media-Democrat complex ludicrously suggests swung the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.
"The Facebook-ad buy, which started in June 2015 — before Donald Trump entered the race — was more left-wing agitprop (ads pushing hysteria on racism, immigration, guns, etc.) than electioneering. The Clintons’ own long-time political strategist Mark Penn estimates that just $6,500 went to actual electioneering. (You read that right: 65 hundred dollars.) By contrast, the staggering $500,000 payday from a Kremlin-tied Russian bank for a single speech was part of a multi-million-dollar influence-peddling scheme to enrich the former president and his wife, then–secretary of state Hillary Clinton. At the time, Russia was plotting — successfully — to secure U.S. government approval for its acquisition of Uranium One, and with it, tens of billions of dollars in U.S. uranium reserves.
"Here’s the kicker: The Uranium One scandal is not only, or even principally, a Clinton scandal. It is an Obama-administration scandal." . . . Read more here.
'Another missile test will mean WAR' Shock warning of Chinese BLITZ on North Korea
"CIA chief Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that North Korea could be only “months” away from gaining the ability to hit the United States with nuclear weapons."UK Express
"President Jinping was said to be "boiling with fury" after North Korea recently tested a missile just as China was gearing up to host a pivotal global economic conference.
"The former US ambassador to China Max Baucus recently claimed the only time he saw the Chinese leader use "undiplomatic language" was in relation to Kim Jong-Un.
"Professor Sho-Hu, who has ties to China's defence and foreign affairs establishment, suggested that the time may have come for a military solution to the problem.
"He said: "The Chinese government is mad, China’s top leader is mad. China wants to punish North Korea.
" 'China once had special relations with the Soviet Union but they had war with that country.
" 'They also had a very special relationship with Vietnam but then they had a war with them in 1979
" 'The relationship between China and North Korea is worse than both of those.
" 'I will say, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies.' " . . .
UPDATE....NFL HELL: Several Stadiums Nearly Empty As Anthem Protest Backlash Rolls Into Week 7 (PHOTOS)
The thing to be sure of is the time these photos were taken. Are photos taken after kick-off and not just before or after the game?
The Gateway Pundit "Several NFL stadiums are nearly empty post kick-off as the National Anthem controversy rolls into week 7.
In a search for Oct 22 crowd photos this one came up, but Rams-49ers (it appears) was Sept 21:
The Gateway Pundit "Several NFL stadiums are nearly empty post kick-off as the National Anthem controversy rolls into week 7.
"Plenty of empty seats visible at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida as the New York Jets play the Miami Dolphins."
"If the NFL thought Americans would ease the backlash against the league — they were sadly mistaken. Photos of empty stadiums from around the league show how dire a situation kneelers have spurred. Stadiums were nearly empty in Week 6, as well." . . .
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Media Ignored Obama Telling Police: Risking Your Lives Is Part Of ‘Job You Signed Up For’
Ever notice when Obama was irritated by a question, he would begin his response with, "Look....." ?
Weasel Zippers
Weasel Zippers
"Obama started the war on police.
"Via Daily Wire:
The media predictably exploded this week after a Democratic congresswoman attacked President Donald Trump for allegedly making insensitive remarks to the family of a fallen U.S. soldier — accusing the President of saying callously that the soldier “knew what he signed up for.”While other Gold Star families had come out and said that President Trump was respectful when he called them — suggesting the media and Democrats were taking his remarks out of context — the media instead focused on portraying the President as a heartless monster.What the media did not do was point out that former President Barack Obama said essentially the same thing to a graduating class of police officers in Columbus, Ohio in 2009:The job you signed up for is not easy. It can mean long shifts and late nights. It demands focus, and determination, and great bravery in the face of unknown dangers. When you run into that building or chase down that suspect, you will be risking your own life in order to protect the lives of men and women you have never met, and some that you may never know.But you knew all that when you joined the academy. You knew the risks involved, you knew the sacrifices required, and yet you stood up and said, “I’ll take that risk. I’ll make that sacrifice. I will do that job.”During the Obama administration, many — including top police officials — blamed the president for creating a “war on cops,” often citing “systemic racism” in law enforcement while rarely urging people to support the police.
The fall of higher education
Alan Fraser "Parents who continue to send their children to college and alumni who continue to contribute to colleges should have their heads examined. We've gone way beyond "this is embarrassing."
1. "Northwestern doubles its programming on 'deconstructing masculinity'"
"The first event of this academic year in November will tackle 'toxic masculinity[.]' ... The program ... started in spring 2016 with a grant from the U.S. Justice Department."
"The first event of this academic year in November will tackle 'toxic masculinity[.]' ... The program ... started in spring 2016 with a grant from the U.S. Justice Department."
2. "Swarthmore students burn American flag on Columbus Day"
3. "Students storm library, shut down College Republicans meeting"
4. "Marquette University hosts 'Black Male Appreciation Luncheon'"
5. "Grizzly Bigotry At The University of Montana"
6. "200 pro-life posters torn down at Loyola Marymount University"
7. Marquette University, a Jesuit-run university, to host LGBT 'Pride Prom' in campus ballroom
8. "Columbia University Pledges $100 Million To Campus Staff 'Diversity'"
9. Eastern Illinois University's 'Lincoln Hall' eyed for name change
10. "Hillary Clinton in talks with Columbia University to take on professor role"
One option under discussion is an esteemed "University Professor" role that would allow Clinton to lecture across a range of schools and departments without the requirement of a strict course load, one source said.
11. "University Refuses Research On Growing Numbers Of Trans People Who Want 'To Go Back'"
12. "Students at Cambridge University are being warned that they may have to study books with upsetting content – the plays of William Shakespeare. Lecturers claim the advice is to protect undergraduates' mental health, even though several of the Bard's works are known for their depiction of sex and violence."
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