Bernie and his Fox News townhall

First, before posting on Bernie at the townhall, this occurred a few days before that. We link to it here for perspective on the man Fox interviewed:   Conservative journalist ejected from Bernie Sanders rally for no reason  "The latest stunt pulled at a Bernie Sanders rally goes to show just how far the left (fake center) will go in order to stifle free speech and free thought in America."
The conservative reporter commented thus:

           Kaitlin Bennett‏ 

The police officer agreed with me that I did nothing wrong, but booted me anyway. On my way out, the private security officer told me he supports me but has to do his job. Thank you @BernieSanders for exposing how intolerant the left really is towards dissenting opinions.

Tony Branco

Bernie Sanders tells Fox News town hall that he won't pay his 'fair share' in taxes unless he is forced to  . . . "I give Bernie Sanders credit for daring to appear on Fox News for a town hall in which he could expect pointed questioning from the hosts, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.  But those expectations were fulfilled when it comes to his taxes.  Two tweets from Ryan Saavedra of the Daily Wire tell the story of his position that he will pay his "fair share" only when forced to do the right thing." . . .

MacCallum: “So would you be willing to pay 52% on the money that you made? You can volunteer, you can send it back”Bernie: “You can volunteer too…why don’t you give? You make more money than I do”M: “I didn’t suggest a wealth tax”Baier: “And she’s not running for POTUS”

 Townhall agrees with Fox News on this.

 The Russians really did prefer Bernie.

Bernie Sanders Releases Tax Returns, Is Immediately Called Out For Stinginess

Considering how stingy Sanders is when it comes to charity, let’s review what he has said about people who make a lot of money and greedily hold on to it: Writing in the Burlington Free Press in May, 2011, Sanders stated, "As Vermont's senator and a member of the Budget Committee, I will not support a plan to reduce the deficit that does not call for shared sacrifice … At a time when the top one percent earns more income than the bottom 50 percent, we must ask the wealthiest people in this country to start paying their fair share of taxes … Every segment of our society, including those who have money and power, must contribute and must sacrifice."

 Bernie Sanders Explodes When Asked About His Taxes, Hypocrisy Called Out
Bernie's diverting response was Ted Kennedy-ish and shows him to be just some politician; socialist and slippery, but still, the hero of the campus left. TD

Bernie: the Perfect Democratic Socialist Candidate:

Watching Bernie at the Fox News Town Hall: Memories of the Soviet Union  . . . "In other words, although we were in the USSR at basically the same point, we apparently visited different countries. I can remember spending much of my time talking to Soviet writers, listening to their tales of oppression, and their desperate desire to leave the country for freedom in America. In several cases, they asked my help to get out, which I had no way of giving them. As they made their pleas, my schoolboy Marxism drained out of me.
. . . "If he becomes the Democratic nominee, which, even at this early date, doesn't seem unlikely, Trump will have his hands full contradicting Bernie's fervor. Like a good neo-Stalinist, he will stop at nothing for his "ideals." The Fox town hall should be a good training ground for Trump. He should pay close attention to it, keep it close by as a training video.". . .

The Progressive Revolution: From Democratic to Liberal to Progressive to Socialist

Victor Davis Hanson

Obama kick-started a cycle that moves ever farther left — even he now seems passé.

"Americans voted for Barack Obama in 2008 despite, not because of, his most partisan voting record in the Senate. They were once willing to look past his earlier dubious associations with abject anti-Semites such as the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, former terrorists like Bill Ayers, and unhinged characters such as Father Pfleger. They also averted their eyes from Obama’s often quite offensive commentary, in his autobiography and during the 2008 campaign (e.g., “typical white person” and “they cling to…” speech).

"Instead, voters were tired of the Iraq War (which was over for all practical purposes by the time of the November 2008 election).

"They were, of course, terrified by the September 2008 financial meltdown (which had been mostly stabilized four months later by the time of the inauguration) and irate at the kid-gloves treatment accorded often conniving banks and investors.

"They were convinced that Obama might be healing and transformative as the first African-American president, supposedly only slightly to the left of a far steadier and more qualified Condoleezza Rice or Colin Powell. And half the Democrats were already becoming sick of Hillary Clinton once they became reacquainted with her on the 2008 primary-campaign trail.

"As is typical of American politics, voters in 2008 also wanted to change the party in power after it had been in the lead for eight years, and the lame-duck president fell out of favor. Voters certainly were underwhelmed by an uninspiring, herky-jerky, mostly incompetent John McCain campaign, notable for his “that’s not who we are” comments and his willingness to “lose nobly.”

"Such was the naïve dream." .  . .

Sailor Pardoned By Trump: "Obama DOJ Used Me As A Hillary ‘Scapegoat’." Video

Daily Caller  "Kristian Saucier, the U.S. Navy sailor pardoned by President Trump Friday, harshly criticized the Obama administration during a Saturday morning interview with Fox News’ Pete Hegseth.

"Saucier was charged and jailed in October 2016 for taking photos onboard a nuclear submarine in 2009. He believes his case was an attempt by the Obama administration to “take the heat” off of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server at the State Department. (RELATED: Trump Pardons Sailor Kristian Saucier)

. . . 

“ 'It was a clear attempt by the Department of Justice under President Obama to use me as a scapegoat to take the heat off of Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information,” he added. (RELATED: Sailor Seeks ‘Hillary Defense’ To Avoid Jail Time For Mishandling Classified Information)

"Saucier ended his interview by thanking Trump for pardoning him.

“ 'Thank you, sir for your bravery and for standing up in the face of so many people who said you would never do the right thing,” he stated. “You proved them wrong time and time again and thank you for having the moral fortitude to follow through on your promises.' ” 

Hat tip to Ron Kirby

Snopes goes into some depth on the subject but makes efforts to exonerate HRC.  . . . "Shipmates of Saucier and some members of the public have contrasted the cases to suggest that Saucier faced harsher penalties for a lesser offense, but intent was the core of the FBI’s recommendation not to indict Clinton, while several witnesses testified that Saucier was fully aware his actions were prohibited." . . .

What will it take for journalists and other Democrats to tell the truth to the public?

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Jack Hellner  "For over two years, the public has been treated to diatribes from people acting as journalists and other Democrats, saying Trump was guilty of colluding with Russia to win the election, even though there was never evidence those talking points were true and much evidence showing the conspiracy theory was false.

"When the Mueller report came out and A.G. Barr said there was no evidence of collusion or obstruction, some of these same people accused Barr of lying or a cover-up — with no evidence that that is true.

"We have continually been told that Trump and others should not challenge the integrity of the FBI and Justice Department no matter what they did, as they were seeking to destroy so many lives based on the fictitious collusion story based on the false dossier supplied by the despicable and corrupt DNC and Hillary.

"Now these complicit journalists and other Democrats are ripping into Barr because he is not going along with their lies that have been exposed.

"It has been clear for years that the Obama administration has spied on people surrounding Trump, but when William Barr said he was going to investigate how the spying started, these serial liars are squealing like stuck pigs.

"Journalists are lying to the public by saying there is no evidence that the Obama administration lied.  Pelosi said it was dangerous to have people like Trump and Barr in charge.  She was not scared of the president and Justice officials who spied and targeted political opponents while protecting guilty parties they liked.  She is scared of people who will actually investigate the wrongdoing." . . .

Mourning the loss of media that sought "the truth"

Rich Terrell

Funny how all the 'Russia-Russia-Russia' coverage went 'poof' at the Pulitzers after the Mueller report  . . . "This year? Nothing. Zero, Zip, Nada. Poof! I checked, even among the non-winning nominees, which took some work. There was a single entrant from among the cartoonists who had a few ignorant Trump-colluded-with-the-Russians tropes, and that guy didn't win.

"It adds up to a rather dramatic change in focus because up until now, Russia-Russia-Russia coverage has been big business for Pulitzers. Now, such coverage, which was deemed so consequential in years past, is gone." . . .

. . . "That's pretty disgraceful when you consider the reporting of Catherine Herridge, Paul Sperry, James Varney, John Solomon, Sharyl Attkisson, or Sara Carter on the matter, debunking the 'narrative' in stories with high impact -- and more importantly, in reporting was proven to be all true all along with conclusions of the Mueller report. These reporters' hard facts and deep digging all through last year deserved prizes." . . .

Then there is this revealing post from the TW on Monday:  

New Email Leak Reveals Clinton Campaign’s Cozy Press Relationship Pictures and names named of those whose names we know, shilling for the Clintons and the Democrats

Trump Agrees With Jay Leno, Decries the ‘One-Sided Hatred’ of Late Night Shows

. . . "Leno told NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday that hosting is not something he misses because these days “it’s all very serious” and “everyone has to know your politics.”

"Leno said he preferred the days of Johnny Carson, his predecessor on the “Tonight Show,” and that he’d “like to see a bit of civility come back.” Leno said with Carson, no one knew exactly where he was coming from politically. He also noted that late night comedians of that era would criticize both parties.

“ 'I used to get hate mail from both sides equally,” Leno said." . . .

He says under Trump, everything has changed. “I did it when, you know, Clinton was horny and Bush was dumb, and it was just a little easier,” Leno laughed. . . .

 . . . "But the president is not wrong here. If you watch any of these late night talk shows, it’s basically a non-stop Trump-bashing fest. Jay Leno is basically saying the same thing. Why does Hollywood hate the millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump? Shouldn’t they be allowed to be entertained without it constantly being political?"

"Law & Order": another TV show that sucker-punches half the American population
"We began watching a 2009 episode of "Law and Order" entitled "Fed" last night and I had to shut it off at the start. We saw people like ourselves - TEA par-tiers, portrayed as rifle-toting, hateful bigots. Only Hollywood is capable of inspiring dislike and outrage by the simple means of the skillful acting of those who portray people like you and me as despicable and violent. They give us the same treatment they give to pharmaceutical and insurance companies." The Tunnel Dweller . . .

This was when late-night TV was funny:

Sanctuary cities will not want Trump in their back yards.

Not in Cher's neighborhood  "The singer Cher (no last name) promised to leave this country, even this planet, if Donald J. Trump (R) became president of the United States.  Well, Trump is president, and Cher is still living in this country — and yes, in Los Angeles, California and its wealthy liberal suburbs of Beverly Hills and Malibu, where Cher lives in huuuuuge homes (she owns several here and there), surrounded by gates and walls and doormen and guards, utilizing the hi-tech security that is part of the USA." . . .
. . . "Cher immediately tweeted a self-righteous battle-cry objection amounting to nothing more than the lame it-is-OK-for-everyone-else-but-not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) excuse.  Boom! : . . .

Cher goes MAGA; Here are a few responses to Cher, most welcoming her to MAGA and the Republican Party:

Trump Just Drove A Mack Truck Through The Shameless Liberal Hypocrisy On Sanctuary Cities  "If the liberal attitude toward immigration and a host of other issues could be summed up with just one saying, it would be this one: “good for thee, but not for me.”
. . . 
"Such was the case last week when President Donald Trump brilliantly proposed - in a masterful troll job that may very well exceed all of his previous troll jobs - that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transport illegal border-crossers to … wait for it ... sanctuary cities. Sure, it’ll sadly probably never happen, and likely the only reason Trump brought it up was to do exactly what it did - expose liberal hypocrisy. But even so, you’d think liberals would be ALL OVER the notion, right? This should be so EASY, given their worldview, so why not just call Trump’s bluff and say “bring them on in?” I mean, even allowing for the typical degree of liberal hypocrisy, the very definition of “sanctuary city” means that those in charge of designating their cities as such must want them to be, you know, a SANCTUARY for illegal immigrants. The more the merrier, they’re always saying, yet when the bad orange man proposes giving them what they supposedly want, right in their own backyards, they look that gift horse in the mouth like it’s got three eyes." . . .

From the grooveyard of unsatisfied grievances: Stupid White Man TV Commercials

MESSAGE to large corporations, small businesses and the advertising agencies they employ:
. . . "You have no idea how many people are fed up with your campaign to denigrate, insult and ridicule white men in TV commercials. Approximately 9,000 people have visited this blog after Googling...dumb white guy TV Ads, stupid white man TV commercials, etc. You will be facing a growing backlash unless you stop this illegal, vicious attack on white men immediately! You are liable for damages in the court of public opinion, as well as a court of law.

MESSAGE to everyone who visits this blog:Get on the “politically incorrect” bandwagon to restore positive, white male role models to all of America’s children. When you see a “Stupid White Man” TV commercial, get online and contact the offending company’s corporate office. If enough people demand change, change will happen. No one really benefits when racism and sexism are allowed to flourish unchallenged.

Charter Communications and Verizon have both listened to our complaints and reversed course! Now they are making creative, inspiring, up-lifting commercials that do not insult any group of people. One by one, these corporations will get your messages...

WHITE MEN ARE NOT STUPID!
A special thanks to all the visitors to this blog who have contacted these companies!
American Patriot
Jan 10, 2013

Wait, hold on—this is an evangelical Christian school we’re talking about here?

"I’m so old I can remember a time when free speech and intellectual diversity were cherished principles on campus—ideals to be scrupulously maintained, even promoted, rather than “hate crimes” from which the fragile sensibilities of silly, ignorant little twits must be shielded."

Cold Fury

. . . On Thursday, the evangelical Christian school Taylor University announced it had invited Vice President Mike Pence to give its 2019 graduation speech. A tremendous uproar ensued, with students and alumni reporting that the decision made them “sick” and expressed support for “hate” and “harmful bullish*t.” The school told PJ Media it would not yield to pressure and was still proud to have Pence speak at graduation.

“The invitation stands. We are looking forward to hosting Mr. Pence on our campus next month,” James Garringer, director of media relations at Taylor University, told PJ Media on Friday.

Yet the pressure is mounting. As of Friday afternoon, 2,393 people have signed a petition on Change.org protesting the decision to invite Pence.

“Inviting Vice President Pence to Taylor University and giving him a coveted platform for his political views makes our alumni, faculty, staff and current students complicit in the Trump-Pence Administration’s policies, which we believe are not consistent with the Christian ethic of love we hold dear,” Alex Hoekstra, a former staffer for President Barack Obama and a 2007 Taylor University graduate, said in the petition.

"Then it looks like your education is woefully incomplete, snowflake."

Others proved more angry and visceral.

“I have never been made to feel so physically ill by an email before. Taylor University, you should be ashamed of yourselves,” Claire Hadley, who graduated from Taylor in 2015, began in a long Facebook post. “I am physically shaking. The fact that the school who claims to love and support me, and each of it’s [sic] students and alum, would invite such a vile individual to speak on the most important day of the year??”

. . . .
One comment about this blog post: 

Lessee. Maybe . . . 600 are graduates from circa 2010 – 2017. The rest, I posit, are from the Perpetual Outrage Machine that’s so popular with those who have little perception of how to function in the physical world.I read the entire comment thread on fb. I confess, it gave me a headache. This, coming from an evangelical Christian school, serves as an illustration that the mal-education is a lot further along than any of us would like.

Spire Falls At Paris' Notre Dame As Cathedral Is Engulfed In Flames

NPR

. . . "The fire broke out during Holy Week for the world's Roman Catholics. At least four masses a day take place at the cathedral. So far there have been no reports of injuries.

"According to France 24, the cathedral closed at 6:45 p.m. local time, and the fire broke five or six minutes after.

"Police in Paris asked people to avoid the area so emergency vehicles could pass. Shelters have been set up for residents who live near the cathedral.

"NPR's Eleanor Beardsley was at the scene, standing with Parisians who watched, stunned.

" 'There's kind of a silence here," Beardsley said. "People are not screaming, they're just watching it burn and people are in a state of shock. Outside in the periphery, it's pandemonium in the city. They've stopped the trains from going by here, they're stopping traffic, police everywhere. But in a tighter circle around the cathedral we're just watching it burn.' " . . .

Newsweek: Catholic churches are being desecrated across France - and officials don't know why   . . . " 'I think there is a rising hostility in France against the church and its symbols," but "it seems to be more against Christianity and the symbols of Christianity." . . .
Close to my lifetime was the burning of Jewish synagogues in Nazi-occupied lands, TD

Some around the world do not share this sense of loss: ‘ALLAH EST GRAND’: Muslims laugh as blaze destroys Notre Dame cathedral during Holy Week

Damien Rieu posted these reactions of some middle-easteners:  “Allah est grand,” Mohamed Mouara commented at the sight.

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Below: "Here is "The forest", the exceptional frame of # NotreDameDeParis which dates in part from 1220." Damien Rieu

To walk this platform is to walk above this:

The Cathedral Notre-Dame

Standing the test of time: Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

2016: France jails 'jihadist' woman (22) accused over foiled terror attack in Paris

Ines Madani, the jihadist who wanted to blow Notre-Dame

The Journal  "ONE OF THREE women allegedly involved in a foiled plot in 2016 to blow up a car packed with gas canisters near the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was today sentenced to eight years in prison by a French court for earlier offences.

"Ines Madani, 22, was sentenced following a three-day trial during which she was accused of encouraging would-be jihadists to go to Syria and participate in attacks against France between March 2015 and June 2016. 

"She used Telegram – an encrypted messaging app widely used by jihadists to communicate. 

"Judge Isabelle Prevost-Desprez said that Madani was “recruited” by Oumar Diaw, also known as Abou Barrou, an influential jihadist of the Islamic State group. 

"She used Telegram – an encrypted messaging app widely used by jihadists to communicate. 

"Judge Isabelle Prevost-Desprez said that Madani was “recruited” by Oumar Diaw, also known as Abou Barrou, an influential jihadist of the Islamic State group. 

"She used different pseudonyms on social networks, pretending for example to be Abu Souleymane, a jihadist returned from Raqa to carry out attacks in France. 

“ 'You had some autonomy in the management of your personality…. Your determination marks your dangerousness,” Prevost-Desprez said. 

"Madani’s lawyer, Laurent Pasquet-Marinacce, said her client, aged 18 at the time, was “a girl in search of recognition and love”.

“This (the sentence) is an acceptable decision,” she said.

"Madani’s trial for trying to set fire to the car filled with six gas cylinders near Notre Dame will begin on 23 September."

EXCLUSIVE: New Email Leak Reveals Clinton Campaign’s Cozy Press Relationship

Wikileaks exposes secret list of 65 mainstream media reporters who are part of the Clinton mafia   George Stephanopolous: no surprise there.

Much credit to The Gateway Pundit via MU

"Here is another, completely different list, of 25 mainstream reporters who were invited to a dinner at John Podesta’s house on April 9."

The Intercept; Glenn Greenwald  "INTERNAL STRATEGY DOCUMENTS and emails among Clinton staffers shed light on friendly and highly useful relationships between the campaign and various members of the U.S. media, as well as the campaign’s strategies for manipulating those relationships.

"The emails were provided to The Intercept by the source identifying himself as Guccifer 2.0, who was reportedly responsible for prior significant hacks, including one that targeted the Democratic National Committee and resulted in the resignations of its top four officials. On Friday, Obama administration officials claimed that Russia’s “senior-most officials” were responsible for that hack and others, although they provided no evidence for that assertion.

"As these internal documents demonstrate, a central component of the Clinton campaign strategy is ensuring that journalists they believe are favorable to Clinton are tasked to report the stories the campaign wants circulated.
. . . 
"At times, Clinton’s campaign staff not only internally drafted the stories they wanted published but even specified what should be quoted “on background” and what should be described as “on the record.”

"One January 2015 strategy document — designed to plant stories on Clinton’s decision-making process about whether to run for president — singled out reporter Maggie Haberman, then of Politico, now covering the election for the New York Times, as a “friendly journalist” who has “teed up” stories for them in the past and “never disappointed” them. Nick Merrill, the campaign press secretary, produced the memo, according to the document metadata:"  The memo: