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Friday, January 18, 2019

Air Pelosi grounded for now

Trump Postpones Pelosi’s Upcoming Trip Abroad Citing Urgency of Shutdown Negotiations "She found out on the way to the airport".
. . . "Wednesday, Pelosi wrote Trump recommending he delay the State of the Union address until the government re-opens. And now we know that was on the eve of a week-long trip abroad… in case there was any question about the gamesmanship here.
"Cue political posturing from all sides and hyperbolic claims of a pending Armageddon due to Pelosi’s trip being canceled." . . .
Breaking News Live was seething with anger over the President's actions:

Pelosi demands Trump postpone State of the Union address. This was a plea for Trump to "call Pelosi's bluff". I guess he did.

'You Liar!': Chaffetz Slams Nancy Pelosi's Call for State of the Union Delay

. . . " 'It was just two weeks ago Nancy Pelosi went to the floor and said, 'We're going to be transparent, we're gonna be a town hall, we're gonna allow debate.' She wants to shut down the debate because she knows the president will win this argument," Chaffetz said.
"He said he's proud of Trump for "forcing the issue" and demanding funding for border security, including his long-promised wall." . . .

Ted Cruz Nails It About Why Pelosi Delayed Trump's State Of The Union Address

. . . "Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave a biting answer that was dead right: Pelosi doesn’t want Trump to directly address the American people because then they will get a different message than the mainstream media will give them." . . .

Don Surber: Trump to Nancy: You're grounded . . . "She tried to stop him from meeting a constitutional obligation.
" He stopped a "public relations event."
" Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill tweeted, "The purpose of the trip was to express appreciation and thanks to our men and women in uniform for their service and dedication, and to obtain critical national security and intelligence briefings from those on the front lines."
" In other words, a public relations event.
" The Washington Post wrote, "Trump didn’t explain what authority he has to cancel Pelosi’s trip, but it would likely require the use of military aircraft controlled by his administration. He said Pelosi could fly commercial if she wanted to go forward with the visit."

" Article II, Section 2, says, "1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States..."

"What part of commander-in-chief do they not understand?" . . .

Chris Matthews: Trump’s Letter to Pelosi Made Democrats ‘Look Like Fools’ . . . "The segment concluded with Matthews and his guest debating over border security, with the host shockingly defending the need to secure the border, one way or another." . . .

Picture of ‘Pelosi’s luggage’ unceremoniously shipped back to her office after nixed trip wins the internet

Trump’s Reelection Chances May Be Better Than You Think. But Hillary's? "(H-Rod", as she is called here)

Victor Davis Hanson

"Whether or not they like Trump, millions of voters still think the president is all that stands between them and socialism, radical cultural transformation, and social chaos." (Emphasis mine, TD)
Full article . . .

What Is Hillary Clinton Thinking?
"She actually believes she still has a shot at the White House."

“They don’t know the real me.” Homer Simpson

"When Homer Simpson looks in the mirror, he sees ripped chest muscles and arms like the trunks of beech trees. When Hillary Clinton looks in the mirror, she sees America’s sweetheart. She thinks: America adores me. She thinks: America already chose me to be president once! She thinks: Everyone is comparing me with Donald Trump and realizing I’m a better choice. She is hoping for a call that will never come: an earnest, sobbing plea from the Democratic party to be their standard bearer in 2020.

"How else to explain Clinton’s latest media blitzkrieg? You’d think she’d be in Jimmy Carter mode: quiet, making a display of humility, working hard to rebuild her reputation for posterity by doing good deeds and writing non-political books (like Carter’s disarming series of memoirs). Instead, she is acting like a fired-up political candidate. The poor dear actually thinks she’s still in the game. The woman who, on Election Night 2016, slunk away in ignominy from thousands of supporters in the glass-ceilinged Javits Center without even saying thanks to the many who would have lain down in front of a bus for her, these days is once again singing her fight song. But it’s a pathetic 4 a.m. karaoke act and no one can bear to tell this frail elderly lady to stop screeching so they can mop the floors and turn out the lights. Because she has the personality of a cactus and hates everyone, H-Rod never should have entered politics to begin with, but her inability to leave it behind is an embarrassment. Not to me, mind you. Not to Republicans. We all hope she keeps talking. For us every HRC tweet and MSNBC appearance is a dopamine cookie. It is merely herself she is embarrassing." . . .

California’s New Governor Wants to Tax Drinking Water; Where will this taxing madness end?

Leslie Eastman at LI

"California Governor Gavin Newsom certainly has been busy since assuming office Jan 7th.
Within hours of becoming the state’s Chief Executive, the highly progressive former mayor of the disease-ridden city of San Francisco proposed offering free healthcare benefits to illegal immigrants under the age of 26.
"Now, Newsom is proposing to tax drinking water.

In what is sure to be a controversial move, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a tax on drinking water to help poor communities in California deal with contaminated water systems.
The plan to establish a ‘safe and affordable drinking water fund” is part of Newsom’s budget proposal, according the Sacramento Bee. A similar idea was proposed last year, but it never made it through the Legislature, the Bee reported.
Newsom wants to spend $25 million for safe drinking water as part of the cleanup effort. The exact details of the tax to raise the funds were not known.

"As a California resident, basic public health services like safe drinking water should already be taken care of by a combination of water fees and state taxes. My small family pays over $100 monthly for our water use, and California state taxes are the highest in the nation. Where exactly is this money going if it is not going to pay for necessities such as drinking water?

"State bureaucrats have been notoriously neglectful of our water infrastructure. Legal Insurrection readers may recall that it was 2 years ago that an emergency was declared when the Oroville Dam looked like it might fail. Work continues of the spillway today.
"Perhaps instead of taxing citizens more, Newsom can take some of the $144 billion budget surplus he says we have and redirect it to getting drinking water to under-served communities by enhancing our water processing and storage facilities?" . . .

You take it from here, Gavin:

Former Staffer Claims Sheila Jackson Lee Fired Her After Rape Allegtion

Legal Insurrection

"Believe all women, right? Isn’t that what the left has been saying since the #MeToo movement began?
"Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) faces a lawsuit from a former staffer who claimed the congresswoman fired her after she said a former employee of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) raped her in 2015.
"From BuzzFeed News:

The woman, identified in court papers by the pseudonym Jane Doe, alleges she was raped in October 2015, when she was a 19-year-old intern for the CBCF, by the foundation’s intern coordinator at the time, Damien Jones. The woman said she reported the alleged rape to police and told several people, including Rep. Terri Sewell, her former boss and a distant relative of her mother’s, but did not pursue legal action at the time.
Several years later, when Jane Doe was working for Jackson Lee, the woman decided she did want to pursue legal action, and told Jackson Lee’s chief of staff Glenn Rushing in early March 2018. The woman alleges that she asked to speak with Jackson Lee about it, but a meeting never happened, and several weeks later she was fired. Jackson Lee is chair of the board for the CBCF.
Jones did not return requests for comment. After leaving the CBCF in late 2015, he continued to work in Democratic politics and recently served as the regional political director for former representative Beto O’Rourke’s Senate campaign. Chris Evans, a spokesperson for the O’Rourke campaign, said in an email to BuzzFeed News, “The Beto for Texas campaign was absolutely not aware of these allegations until today and no longer has a relationship with Damien Jones.”

"Rushing told BuzzFeed that Jackson Lee’s office “had nothing to do with any of the actions that have been cited and the person was not wrongfully terminated.”
"The complaint detailed what happened to Doe:" . . . Keep reading...

Will CNN or The View cover this?

Trump grounds Pelosi junket. CNN will not speak well of this.

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Thomas Lifson: "When Nancy Pelosi seemed to cancel the State of the Union address in the House of Representatives’ chamber that she controls, did she imagine that President Trump would passively absorb the insult, based as it was on a phony contention that security concerns were the issue? President Trump is a man who openly boasts that he “hits back ten times as hard.”
So, as Pelosi and a “Condel” (congressional delegation) complete with entourage were on the busses taking them to Join Base Andrews for an Air Force private jet to whisk them to Brussels for a grueling stay in the culinary hotspot, before continuing on to Cairo and Afghanistan (“to thank the troops”), President Trump pulled the plug on a resource that he controls:
. . .

. . . "Pelosi is so rich that she could easily afford to pay for her own travel, first class. But of course, she won’t.
"I doubt very much that this is the last move that President Trump will take, denying resources to Pelosi."

Sure enough, CNN was not happy with the President's actions.
One can only hope this won't spoil their relationship.

Thursday, January 17, 2019

10 most absurd things the Left calls racist

YouTube Published on Oct 11, 2017.
""When Democrats can’t win an argument, they cry racism. You won’t believe all the times they’ve pulled this pathetic trick over the years."

What's in the old "racism" bag today? UPDATE, Jan 18, 2018

When everything is "racist", then nothing will be.

ESPN Host Suggests Trump Was Racist for Serving Clemson Players Fast Food
. . . " 'A lot of the kids on the team had fun with it," Kellerman said, while B-roll played of Clemson's white and black players smiling and helping themselves to the buffet of burgers and fries. "There are reasons to be upset right now, and this ain't it."
" 'I don't know, I guess I took it very differently," Qerim said. "When I saw him giving the football players—it's a predominately black sport and fast food, my thought went a very different place.' "
The Free Beacon has more.

Arrogant White Liberals Call A Shopkeeper RACIST For His 'British' Shop

7 Things You Do Every Day That Are Racist

What’s Racist, What’s Not (As of Friday, Oct. 3, 2014) "Liberals tend to devote a significant portion of their daily lives to proving how not racist they are. One particularly expedient way of doing this is to declare that something a conservative has said or done is totally racist, and then to place oneself in opposition to the thing that was racist: "See, I'm not a racist!"
"As result, the List of Things That Are Racist has grown incomprehensibly long. The Free Beacon‘s devotion to public service obligates us to provide this list (not exhaustive by any means) of what liberals do and do not consider to be racist." . . .

CNN analyst showcases the irony of the blind racism of the left. . . . [CNN analyst Areva Martin] "began to respond, but was cut off shortly after beginning her ignorant diatribe. “David, by virtue of being a white male, you have white privilege. It’s a whole long conversation I don’t have time …““Areva, I hate to break it to you, but you should have been better prepped. I’m black.”

“The View” debates: Is every Republican who supports building the wall racist?

D'Souza spars with student over "white privilege" Video:

Update, 1/18: Everything is racist: A handy list "Anything, and everybody white is racist nowadays. Who knew that the 1953 Chevy Corvette that came only in Polo White, with white wall tires, was the ultimate in racist symbolism? We are covered in the white down of racism every day. "

"Here's more:

White Castle hamburgers, white hospital coats

White highway lines, white potatoes

White clouds, white shirts

White nurses uniforms, white-out typing correction fluid

White U.S. Navy uniforms, white baseboard trim

White-out blizzards, white bridal gowns

White mayonnaise, Vatican papal election white smoke

Teeth whitening, white boards in conference rooms . . .

Much more, but you get the picture. TD

Beto O’Rourke suggests America should ditch the constitution

Intellihub "During an interview with the Washington Post, the Texas Congressman openly mulled whether the rapidly changing nature of the world meant that the founding document of the country was out of date.

Willy for Beto

Throughout the two-hour interview — which was often interrupted by bystanders urging him to run for president — O’Rourke boomeranged between a bright-eyed hope that the United States will soon dramatically change its approach to a whole host of issues and a dismal suspicion that the country is now incapable of implementing sweeping change.
When asked which it is, O’Rourke paused.
“I’m hesitant to answer it because I really feel like it deserves its due, and I don’t want to give you a — actually, just selfishly, I don’t want a sound bite of it reported, but, yeah, I think that’s the question of the moment: Does this still work?” O’Rourke said. “Can an empire like ours with military presence in over 170 countries around the globe, with trading relationships…and security agreements in every continent, can it still be managed by the same principles that were set down 230-plus years ago?”

"The bizarre quote is sure to come up again should O’Rourke decide to run for president, a scenario that looks more likely in the aftermath of his Senate challenge, which O’Rourke almost certainly knew he would lose but embarked upon anyway to increase his name recognition."

Newly elected and too big for her britches. A female "Beto", if you will

Washington Times "A funny thing happened to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, on her way to political stardom. She ran into Tall Poppy Syndrome.
"Tall Poppy Syndrome occurs when someone gets cut down to size after becoming too big for her britches, too important too fast, too superior to those around her. The tall poppy must be pruned back, lest she think she can easily dominate her peers. She must be taught a lesson.
"At age 29, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez thundered into Congress after unseating a longtime Democratic congressman. With her relative youth, Taylor Swift red lipstick, deft use of social media and unapologetic embrace of socialism, she became an instant political celebrity. The mainstream media panted after her and her radical ideas (Medicare for all, a green “new deal,” a 70 percent top tax rate), her dripping sarcasm on Twitter and even her announcement of a “self-care” break before being sworn in.

Networks Spend More Time on 1 Women’s March Than 6 Marches for Life

Townhall

"Each January, pro-life marchers gather to serve as a voice for the voiceless. And, this year, the networks should follow suit by broadcasting their voices – with more than a few minutes or seconds.

"On Friday, tens of thousands – if not hundreds of thousands – of Americans from across the country will attend the 46th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. The rally celebrates life, especially of the unborn. Occurring around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States, the event also condemns abortion.

"But in the past six years, the march has attracted fewer than 30 minutes total of coverage from the broadcast network news shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC.

"This year, the march’s theme, “Unique from Day One: Pro-life is Pro-science,” stresses that science supports the pro-life movement – from revealing unique DNA at fertilization to showing that an unborn baby’s heart beats at six weeks.

"The 2019 march stands out because of its congressional speakers: both Democrats and Republicans will take the stage. They include Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), and State Rep. Katrina Jackson (D-LA).

“ 'The right to life is a non-partisan issue and, regardless of politics, we should all unite for life and stand against abortion, the greatest human rights abuse of our time,” announced Jeanne Mancini, the March for Life president, in a Jan. 8 press release.

"And, hopefully, the 2019 event will stand out in one more way: media coverage. Despite high-profile speakers like the president, abortion’s relevancy in the news, and the march’s status as one of the nation’s largest rallies, many in the media routinely downplay or misrepresent the march and its attendees. " . . .

DNC, NAACP No Longer Listed as Women’s March Sponsors

Legal Insurrection

The anti-Semitic views of the leaders and their embrace of Louis Farrakhan is catching up with them…

"The Women’s March had a huge blow over the weekend when the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) quietly withdrew its support.
"Sometime between then and today, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and NAACP no longer appear on the sponsor list. The NAACP’s Youth & College division is still on the partner list.
"From Haaretz:

A leader of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, which defines itself as “the voice of Jewish Democrats and socially-progressive, pro-Israel values” said Tuesday in a statement she welcomed the move, but that her group continued to encourage participation in marches that were not directly affiliated with the embattled Women’s March.
“JDCA supports the objectives of the Women’s March and stands with sister marches across the country this weekend,” said Halie Soifer, JDCA executive director “At the same time, we welcome the DNC, SPLC, Emily’s List, and other organizations’ decision to not sponsor and participate in the Women’s March and take a principled stand against anti-Semitism.”

"They didn’t have a choice after Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory failed miserably on The View on Monday when confronted over her love and admiration for the anti-Semitic racist Louis Farrakhan.
"Mallory appeared on The View along with co-leader Bob Bland. Meghan McCain asked both of them if they would condemn the anti-Semitic statements by Louis Farrakhan.
"Bland had no problem doing this. Mallory could not:" . . .

Beto bombs bigly in long interview with the Washington Post

Thomas Lifson "When a CNN[!] anchor warns that “It’s a fine line to walk between being a blank canvas and an empty vessel,” a pretty boy, Kennedyesque empty suit progressive candidate, already recognizable by his first name alone, is in trouble.

Could the American electorate be this shallow? Video added by TD

"Beto looks like a beta, if we are to judge by the Washington Post’s account of his “lengthy” interview with their writer Jenna Johnson. The title gives away the verdict: “Beto O’Rourke’s immigration plan: No wall but no specifics.” The lead paragraphs are no kinder. Jenna Johnson wrote:

In a digital ad that recently went viral, Beto O’Rourke tore into President Trump’s desired border wall with soaring footage of the Rio Grande Valley and an explanation of what the wall would do: cut off access to the river, shrink the size of the United States and force the seizure of privately-held land.
It noted that most undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States in the past decade came not over the border but on visas that then expired.
So what should be done to address visa overstays?
“I don’t know,” O’Rourke said, pausing in a lengthy interview.

"The vacuity was so obvious that even CNN anchor Brianna Keilar felt compelled to raise the alarm. The segment is embedded below, but Tommy Christopher of Mediaite cuts to the chase:

Keilar brought up O’Rourke’s recent interview with The Washington Post‘s Jenna Johnson, during which O’Rourke seemed to have trouble answering several questions. . . .

Picture elite US Troops lining up to present arms for this guy.

When it comes to the border, 'Beto' doubles down on dumb "Just when you think politics cannot get any stupider in this country, in skateboards Robert Francis O’Rourke."That would be the same Robert Francis O’Rourke of privileged upbringing and expensive boarding school pedigree who today goes by “Beto” because it sounds Hispanic now that he has decided to get into electoral politics.

"Whatever happened to all the outrage over “cultural appropriation”? You cannot say it is only a problem when conservatives or Republicans do it. Just look at wacky left wing Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose national political ambitions have been crushed by her shameless smash-and-grab at trying to be “Pocahontas” for electoral purposes.