Takeaways from the House Democrats’ Cohen Hearing

Andrew C. McCarthy  "Lanny Davis Productions.” That should have been the credit on this week’s big Michael Cohen drama. It’s a better fit than “House Oversight Committee.” 

"Knowledge may be power, but electoral victory is subpoena power. That’s of more practical use when the objective, under all the chatter about “collusion” and impeachment, is to render Donald Trump unelectable. Expect another 18 months of this.

"The Democrats are entitled to the spectacle orchestrated Wednesday by Chairman Elijah Cummings and Cohen lawyer (and, not coincidentally, sharp Democratic strategist) Lanny Davis. They won the midterm elections, not just fair and square but going away. The spoils that go to the victor include the authority to compel the appearance of witnesses who will support the 2020 narrative: Trump as “racist, conman, and cheat,” the theme of Cohen’s opening statement — which we may suspect the rough-edged, ambulance-chaser-turned-wannabe-Trump-bullyboy had just a tad of Lanny’s help writing. Chairman Scorsese, um, I mean Cummings, gave Cohen an extraordinary half hour to read it to America without interruption.

"Republicans are not nearly as good at this stuff, mainly for reasons beyond their control. While in the House majority, they tried their best to put the Obama-legacy Justice Department and FBI under the microscope for politicization and abuses of power in the investigations that bore on the 2016 election. But the anti-Trump press didn’t care, which meant the public never heard much about it." . . .

UPDATED: Co-Founder of Greenpeace RIPS Ocasio-Cortez: “Pompous Little Twit… You Would Bring About Mass Death”

Update: Rick Moran's commentary on "Former Greenpeace Canada President: AOC is a 'pompous little twit'"  . . . "All of that is true. The former bartender turned congresswoman knows no more about the climate than your average 12 year old - maybe less. She is parroting talking points she gets from people who are pushing a political agenda, not science. Like many ignorant people, she has adopted the extreme rhetoric of global warming hysterics because she believes it makes her sound important and smart. She is neither.

"Because of her position in the Democratic party (she gets more press than any other Democrat) she is extraordinarily dangerous. She is pushing her party off a cliff and, like lemmings, many are following her. They believe they can ride global warming hysteria to power and riches - a misplaced hope based on their belief they can scare voters into electing them.

"Thankfully, most voters are far more skeptical than your average Democrat. But surveying the political landscape today, you have to wonder what tomorrow will bring."

@AOC on millennials and social media: "We’re, like, the world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change" "We're like"?

The Gateway Pundit   "Finally someone says what we’ve all been thinking…

"Patrick Moore, the co-founder of Greenpeace, lectured Democrat darling and chatterbox "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the rules of life.

Moore opened up with the best line of the week… “Pompous little twit.” Then he went on to explain the impossibility of heating homes without fossil fuels."

". . . the U.N. told us we’d have ‘disaster’ by year 2000 ‘if global warming was not checked’"

"I must have slept through that event, thankfully, I’m still here. Global Warming zealots have been predicting doom for years, the latest being that we now have only 12 years left.

"But, back in 1989, we were told we have only 11 years left, till the year 2000. If we didn’t act, “entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels“.

"That date came and went. Yet here we are again, with the same old doom-mongering. 

When America gives up on Afghanistan, its women will pay

But we cannot stay forever; what can be done with these women short of regime change, which has not worked out well for America in the past? What if we bring about a liberal government and some Democrat like Obama gives it all back to the Taliban? TD

No, America’s departure will be a monumental tragedy for Afghan girls and women. The moment the last boot-on-the-ground departs,the Taliban and assorted paramilitary groups will torch every existing shelter for battered women and school for girls. Unrelenting fear will become the order of the day.

Fun in the sun: Jan (left) and Peg (right) Podlich at Paghman Gardens, which was destroyed during the years of war before the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan

Phyllis Chesler  "President Trump’s call for a withdrawal from Afgahanistan raises a troubling question: Is the West morally obliged to persist in a struggle that can’t be won? How much blood and treasure must we spend to save the victims of barbarism?
"No one, after all, has ever been able to conquer or transform Afghanistan. It’s a losing game. But once the United States leaves, young girls and women will be at the mercy of ruthless religious fanatics.

"I should know: I was once a bride, trapped in Kabul in the early 1960s. I saw great natural beauty there and experienced uncommon graciousness. But I also saw gender and religious apartheid up close.
"Although I lived in fairly posh purdah (seclusion) in a home with servants, I’d entered a medieval world of women in burqas, polygamy, child marriage, honor-based violence, honor killing, epidemic but denied pederasty, heartbreaking poverty, infidel-hatred and religious fanaticism. Back then, despite some extraordinary books about Afghanistan, Westerners knew virtually nothing about the country’s warrior culture, continuous feuds, vigilantism and woman-hatred.
"With the rise of the Taliban, particularly after 9/11, Americans learned that Afghan women were publicly beaten if their burqas slipped and an ankle or a strand of hair showed and stoned to death for alleged adultery when raped." . . .

1960’s Afghanistan Was Very Different Before The Taliban
Includes the photos at the top.

American Silliness, March 3rd, 2019

Ex-trans man now identifies as 'agender ALIEN'...

"A 33-year-old, who was born as a woman before transitioning into a man, has revealed that they think they belong to any gender, and is an alien.  

"Jareth Nebula, from Edmonds, Washington, transitioned from female to male and changed their name at the age of 29.

"The barber's shop receptionist, who also works as a model, has even gone as far as having their nipples removed in order to 'feel less human'. " . . . (Emphases mine, TD)  Did you notice the plural pronouns? You must refer to this person with the proper pronoun or face condemnation from this society.  What kind of oppression is this?

John Wayne, Frank Capra, and C.S. Lewis—Haters All!  . . . "Here’s what Hudson said about the Duke: “John Wayne was then the Hollywood legend, and I was on screen with him. The guy is an angel. He saved my life back then when no other filmmaker wanted to know me.” And Wayne, an avid chess player who would bring a board to the set for play between takes, said of Hudson: “Who the hell cares if he’s queer? The man plays great chess.' ” . . .

North Carolina Democrats want to change school grading scale so 40 percent is passing  . . . "Yes, all of the bill’s sponsors are Democrats. I checked for you." . . .
. . . "The Democrats’ solution? Change the definition of success so students who are learning less are labeled as learning more. Dumb it down, if you will."...(Herman Cain)

From the Babylon Bee:  Western Civilization Calls It Quits After Historic Run

Perhaps not as labeled, but it does illustrate the state of mind of many.TD

Socialism destroys prom: School officials ban kids from riding in limos because everyone can’t afford it  "Socialism invariably destroys everything it touches, including even proms.  

"Back in the day, some kids used to enjoy saving up enough money through the semester so they could rent a lavish limo for their year-end senior prom. But thanks to the socialist mindset of one New Jersey school’s officials, this tradition is no more." . . .

UMich prof adds one more anti-male complaint to already long list   . . . "According to The South End, a Wayne State student newspaper, the university held a “Black Girls Code” event designed for young women in the summer of 2018. The program “introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities (and is) devoted to showing the world that black girls can code and do so much more.' ”

And the hate crime hoaxes just keep on coming  "First, the situation and the article, from Breitbart.com:  Prosecutors Charge LGBT Activist with Burning Down Own Home with Pets Inside. . . 

Michigan prosecutors say Nikki Joly, a longtime LGBT activist, set fire to her home and killed her pets due to resentment from subsiding controversy over the enactment of nondiscrimination legislation he advocated for.

. . . "Being a victim in 2019 carries with it not only a sense of martyrdom but that of massive entitlement and, truth be told, its very own awarded Badge of Courage by Leftists, Demorats and the American Media Maggots.

In the land of Leftists, now, you are nothing unless you are a significant victim of ____________. And you get to choose the grievance du jour, now “traditionally” involving an -obe, -ist or -ism at the end of the word." . . . Want proof? Here:

Spike Lee’s Disservice to Black America

Lloyd Marcus

While 90% of blacks voted for Obama, blacks are only 12% of the U.S. population.  The fact that white America gave horrible black president Obama two terms and the fact that Trump has ushered in an unprecedented new era of prosperity for blacks means nothing to Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, and Oprah.  . . .

"I stopped stomaching the Academy Awards TV show years ago.  I caught Spike Lee’s hate-filled Oscar acceptance speech on YouTube.  I am a black man who is a grateful and proud American.  One could argue that Spike Lee has achieved his $40-million net worth at the expense of his fellow blacks, selling them the lie that America is a hellhole of racism against them.  Lies about America are furthered in most of Lee’s movies: blacks will never be treated fairly; cops shoot blacks on sight; and whitey schemes 24/7, conceiving roadblocks to keep blacks down.

"In his speech, Lee cited that slavery in America began 400 years ago.  And yet, while standing on stage, receiving an Oscar, Lee, a black man, acts as if slavery continues today.  Lee said his grandmother funded his college education.  He said his grandmother was the daughter of a slave and a college graduate.  Doesn’t Spike Lee’s and his grandmother’s success confirm the truth that America is the greatest land of opportunity on the planet for all who choose to go for it?" . . .

I’ve had a problem with Spike Lee’s thinking ever since his breakout movie, Do the Right Thing.  Lee’s movie ends with blacks burning down the business of a white small business–owner in their neighborhood.  The movie implies that this is justified.  I thought, this is wrong.  That white business-owner served that black community.  In his Oscar speech, Lee senselessly told America to “do the right thing” by voting out racist president Trump in 2020 — the best presidential friend of black Americans since Lincoln.

Pastor Darrell Scott Praises President Trump for Making Black History  . . . "Barely reported in the mainstream media (shocking, no?), the president touted the achievements of his administration that benefit all Americans — especially black and Latino Americans, who are experiencing the lowest unemployment rates ever recorded." . . .

                                 

  

"If you believe the news, today's America is plagued by an epidemic of violent hate crimes.

"But is that really true?

"In Hate Crime Hoax, Professor Wilfred Reilly examines over one hundred widely publicized incidents of so-called hate crimes that never actually happened. With a critical eye and attention to detail, Reilly debunks these fabricated incidents—many of them alleged to have happened on college campuses—and explores why so many Americans are driven to fake hate crimes. We're not experiencing an epidemic of hate crimes, Reilly concludes—but we might be experiencing an unprecedented epidemic of hate crime hoaxes."

From Amazon in New York. Oops...no? I guess not.

Updated: AOC Rants After WSJ Writer Says She Leads Young People 'To Take Pride In Their Ignorance.' She Ends Up Proving Their Point.

Ian Macfarlane

Daily Wire  "On Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), furious that an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal stated that she “leads a generation of young people to take pride in their ignorance—of the laws of nature, of history, of the Constitution, of the eternal battle for freedom,” sneered back on Twitter, writing, “I guess WSJ Editorial Page takes pride in their ignorance of our nation’s history of slavery, Jim Crow, & mass incarceration; willful doubt on the decades of science on climate change; targeting of indigenous peoples, and the classist, punitive agenda targeting working families.' ”

Well, reciting cliches and talking points beats informed speech any day. She had to go far back into history to get material. TD

"We learned this week that the Democrats' left and center are at each other's throats. Sandy O is making a list to see who is naughty and nice."

. . . "So where does this put all those "moderates" who ran to end all of the partisanship in Washington?  It does not help, to put it bluntly.

"It puts Speaker Pelosi in a tough place, too.  She is the speaker because of all of those "moderates," the many who promised not to vote for her." . . .

The never-closing Eye of Sauron searches the land

‘Ugly Racist Tweet’: Ocasio-Cortez Slammed For Promoting Bigotry 

When everything is racist then nothing is racist. The left has worn out any significance the word once had. TD

The Babylon Bee reported: Nation Breathes Sigh Of Relief As Ocasio-Cortez Comes Out Against Having Children  . . . "While the nation is typically baffled at Ocasio-Cortez's positions, her bold stand against having children has become her most popular policy position yet, garnering a 97% approval rating."