. . . "Actually, Barama needed a happy medium between some idiot feminist and a communist jackass, somebody who sort of knew his way around Washington but who didn't have a following of his own that would make Obama look even more clueless than he already did. And there stood Joe, hat in hand . . ." *
Poor Joe Biden. . . "To prepare for his new assignment, old Joe figured he needed to spruce up his appearance. After all, his principal was already famous for the crease of his pants, and it wouldn't do to look like some hayseed in overalls standing by that smart, clean young feller with steel in his spine. Off to the dentist, then, for a full set of shiny new choppers. These would come in handy four years later on teevee against Romney's veep candidate, who cleaned Joe's clock, though nobody today even remembers the guy's name.
"Meanwhile Joe Biden's still hanging around, though he's about run out his string. But he's been pushing and straining for so long that he just can't give it up. For the good of the country, he's gonna give it one more go, his third try for the brass ring in, what, the last hundred years? Delaware, America, and the world watch skeptically as the old war horse polishes his teeth, fixes his hairnet in place, and checks his creases." . . . * Richard Jack Rail So now he's "Sloppy Joe"? Botox, hair plugs, and veneers: Biden could escape the cosmetic surgery scrutiny Hillary Clinton endured"Cosmetic doctors are certain that former Vice President Joe Biden’s full head of hair, smooth forehead, and Cheshire Cat grin are the result of plastic surgery and other procedures.
"Around the time of the 2008 campaign, alterations in Biden’s appearance became noticeable. His hairline changed, wrinkles disappeared, his smile was brighter. “ 'Without any question Joe Biden had hair transplants,” Dr. Barry Cohen, a plastic surgeon with offices in the Washington suburbs, told the Washington Examiner.
. . . "2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton faced scrutiny for cosmetic surgery during the 2016 campaign, but thus far, there are no signs that Biden, 76, will get the same treatment as he launches his 2020 presidential bid." . . .
PJ Media"As Democrats privately admit to themselves that there was no Russian collusion, they’ve also shifted gears to focus on the question of obstruction of justice. Despite the Mueller investigation being loaded with anti-Trumpers, even they weren’t able to say that any obstruction occurred. If there’s anything the release of the Mueller report has exposed, it’s not criminal behavior or even impeachable offenses of President Trump, but rather the hypocrisy of Democrats who are willing to call anything an impeachable offense with Trump but pretended the corruption that occurred under Barack Obama was all above board. By any reasonable standard, Congress had multiple impeachable offenses they could have gone after Obama for, but didn’t. Their turning a blind eye to Obama’s corruption completely undermines their efforts today to scandalize Trump and proves that they see two standards of justice: one for Democrats, and one for Republicans. Here are five examples of impeachable offenses that Obama should have been held accountable for, but wasn’t." . . . Read more...
No scandals? Biden repeats an old Obama whopper. . . So let's get this straight here: The Benghazi coverup never happened. The IRS targeting of dissidents never happened, either. The Gold River pollution on traditional Native American lands by the EPA never happened. Solyndra never happened. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton never had an illegal private server in some guy's bathroom. She never sold 20% of the U.S. uranium supply to Russia, and her bleachbitting of her subpoenaed emails was perfectly scandal-free, as well as her smashing of Blackberries with hammers. The fact that top-secret emails turned up in Anthony Weiner's perverted computer, for the New York cops to read, was a nothingburger. "And if you like your doctor...
"Actually, the Obama administration was probably the most scandal-plagued of all administrations, and for one important reason: There was never any housecleaning. Do a bad act and let your Democratic Party affiliation be your protection. I have always suspected that former FBI director James Comey's exoneration of Hillary Clinton for her private email legal violations was the big thing that made voters break for Donald Trump in 2016. The one set of laws for one elite, and the second set for everyone else, was what got Obama's team thrown out.
"Now we are coming off more Obama scandals from the Mueller report - with President Obama in possession of Clinton's deleted emails, and questions raised about unmaskings and bad uses of FISA warrants, and Joe Biden brings up the years-old baloney about Obama being scandal free?
"Something tells me this is about trying to reset a 'narrative' now that the walls are closing in on Obama. Sound like old Joe may be singing for his supper, still trying to get that coveted Obama endorsement."
Hans A. von Spakovsky: Process Obama’s ‘Scandal-Free Administration’ Is a Myth. . . "In reality, Mr. Obama has presided over some of the worst scandals of any president in recent decades. Here’s a partial list:" . . . Biden's Latest Malarkey: Obama Administration Had 'Not One Single Whisper of Scandal'. . . "This kind of crap works on Joy Behar, and now we'll see how the rest of America likes Joe's BS. I worry that they'll like it just fine, and we'll be stuck with this grinning charlatan for at least four years, but I'm also comforted by the knowledge that so far I've been wrong about everything. "Speaking as somebody who really doesn't like Trump, every single Democrat running for president is even worse. All Americans over 35 could throw their names into a giant hat and then draw one out at random, and we'd come up with a better president." . . . Flush with pallets of cash from Obama, Iran is taking aim at Israel
Guest essay by Eric Worrall; "New York’s famous hot dogs could soon be a thing of the past."
NYC Considering Banning HOT DOGS And Other Processed Meats Over Climate Change
By EMILY ZANOTTI April 25, 2019 New York City may be on the verge of outlawing its signature encased meat, the hot dog, alongside other “processed meats,” in a bid to make New Yorkers more climate conscious. Radio station Z100 reports that Mayor Bill de Blaiso signed into law New York’s own version of the “Green New Deal” last week, and part of the NYC GND involves teaching New Yorkers to make healthy, environmentally friendly food choices by banning specific, “problematic” dishes from city menus. “The plan,” Z100 says, “will cut purchases of red meat by 50 percent in its city-controlled facilities such as hospitals, schools, and correctional facilities. The new commitment builds off of the Meatless Mondays campaign that was adopted by all NYC schools in 2017.” New Yorkers will be able to keep their precious hot dog street carts, and tourists will still be able to fill up on dirty water dogs in Times Square — at least for now. The Green New Deal only prohibits city facilities from buying and serving hot dogs and other processed meats in bulk to serve in city-run cafeterias, mostly located in city office buildings, jails, and schools." …
"What I don’t get, why is processed meat supposed to be less environmentally friendly than unprocessed meat?
"Processed meat normally has non meat fillers, like breadcrumbs or other grains or cereals, and traditionally includes animal parts which might otherwise be discarded. I don’t get how this is somehow supposed to be less eco-friendly than say eating beef steak and throwing the rest of the animal away."
The Democrats should be changing the subject, and running away from President Trump’s legal issues as fast as they can.
"It is illustrative of how completely invested they were in the hare-brained fraud of Russian collusion, that they are having such a crisis of separation from the subject. They are not the only losers in this fiasco, though they are the biggest losers.
"They are left trying to pretend that they have an invitation to impeach from special counsel Robert Mueller, but that is not correct. In his and his Trump-hating investigative staff’s desperation to attack the president, Mueller engaged in the wholly unprofessional practice of acknowledging that he could not claim there was adequate evidence to prosecute or impeach the president, but could not exonerate him, either. It was up to the House of Representatives to determine if there were grounds to impeach.
"Ahead of last week’s release of the redacted Mueller report, Attorney General William Barr in his summary explained the criteria for a charge of obstruction. Those criteria include evidence of a corrupt act with corrupt intent in contemplation of a legal proceeding. The attorney general, the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, a favorite of congressional Democrats who was supposedly considering recording Trump two years ago to canvass the cabinet to see if he was mentally unfit to be president, and the special counsel all agreed that none of the necessary ingredients for the president to be guilty of obstruction was present." . . .
Silvio Canto, Jr."A few months ago, the Golden State Warriors refused to go to the White House to join President Trump for a championship celebration. They met with former President Obama instead. "Yes, it's a free country, but should everything be about politics? The White House visit goes back years. It's about honoring a championship team, not about playing politics.
Carmelo Anthony marched in a Baltimore protest over the death of Freddie Gray in April.
LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose and others wore shirts that said "I can't breathe" to protest the death of Eric Garner in December.
The Los Angeles Clippers turned their shirts inside out to hide the logo to protest racist statements made by owner Donald Sterling in 2014.
The Miami Heat wore hoodies in solidarity with Trayvon Martin in 2012.
And the Phoenix Suns wore "Los Suns" jerseys to protest a controversial Arizona immigration law in 2010.
"I don't know of too many fans who want to get lectured about politics when they drop $100 to go to a game.
"A day ago, I learned that NBA TV ratings are down. In fact, they've sunk to "new lows."
"To be fair, maybe they play too many playoff games, or people are not watching TV how they used to.
"At the same time, maybe they've turned off a lot of guys like me. Again, I don't really care what LeBron James thinks, especially when he is not even playing up to his potential." How the Left is saving me money. . . "The Left's recent trashing of the American icon and patriot, Kate Smith, is my best recent example."
. . . So, I thought, what else has the Left ruined for me, and in the process saved me money? Well, I no longer contribute a dime to my college alma mater, and haven't since they invited the buffoon, Chris Matthews, as their commencement speaker. Second, I attend the movies hardly at all anymore, thanks to Hollywood's antics. I can't see the character for the repugnant actor or actress. I also scaled back my cable subscription due to the disgust I have for Comcast and Disney. I read more and learn more, instead. Just last week, I chose a much more reasonable store brand sneaker over the odious Nike brand, after it made Kaepernick its spokesperson. Likewise, I gave up Ben and Jerry's ice cream for store brand and chose AMAC over the costlier AARP as a retirement organization. I wouldn't give a dime to Progressive Insurance, but in fact, I made a good deal on a less expensive policy from a competitor, with much better service.
" 'The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the first quarter and posted its best growth to start a year in four years," CNBC reported. "That's the result of putting a capitalist in the Oval Office." . . . . . . "It took a decade to recover thanks to Obama's inept administration. "President Trump waved his magic wand. Poof. The Great Recession disappeared as he rolled back taxes and regulations. America is using tariffs to protect its industries again. Today's report by CNBC said, "Exports rose 3.7% in the first quarter, while imports decreased by 3.7%. Economic growth also got a lift from strong investments in intellectual property products. Those investments expanded by 8.6%." We are Making America Great Again, or as Sloppy Joe Biden would say, “America’s coming back like we used to be.” "Like we used to be"?:GDP Growth Slows to 1.9 Percent in Obama's Final Days . . . "All told, growth under Obama averaged less than 1.5 percent annually. Analysts have called into question just how much a particular president actually impacts the economy during his tenure. But even though the labor market surged under the Obama administration, GDP numbers stubbornly held back." UPDATE: Ignorant press 'surprised' by 3.2% blowout GDP number . . . "Charles Payne at Fox News, a seasoned financial journalist, gave the bug-eyed headlines a sidelong glance in this tweet:
OMG Breaking News 1Q 2019 GDP 3.2%Monster number Bloomberg was looking for zero gaign and experts dismissed great signs along the way. This is AMAZING!!!! I have to dig into the details. . . .
Once Again, Trump’s Economy Beats the ‘Experts’"It wasn’t long ago that economists were warning that President Trump’s government shutdown — which extended into late January — would wreak havoc on an already struggling economy, especially in the first quarter of the year. "So what are these experts saying now that GDP growthacceleratedto a startling 3.2% in the first three months of the year? "Early in the year, anyone following the news was being bombarded with warnings about the economic calamity that the lengthy (partial) government shutdown would cause.
“ 'The government shutdown may have done significantly more damage than was projected at the time,” is how one writer at Seeking Alpha put it." . . .
The Hill. . . "Bruce Ohr and Steele worked on their own effort to get dirt on Manafort from a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, who had a soured business relationship with him. Deripaska was “almost ready to talk” to U.S. government officials regarding the money that “Manafort stole,” Bruce Ohr wrote in notes from his conversations with Steele. "The efforts eventually led to a September 2016 meeting in which theFBI asked Deripaskaif he could help prove Manafort was helping Trump collude with Russia. Deripaska laughed off the notion as preposterous. " 'Previously,Politico reportedthat the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington assisted Clinton’s campaign through a DNC contractor. The Ukrainian Embassy acknowledges it got requests for assistance from the DNC staffer to find dirt on Manafort but denies it provided any improper assistance. "Now we have more concrete evidence that the larger Ukrainian government also was being pressed by the Obama administration to help build the Russia collusion narrative. And that onion is only beginning to be peeled. " 'But what is already confirmed by Ukrainians looks a lot more like assertive collusion with a foreign power than anything detailed inthe Mueller report."
Jihad Watch"France flagged “more than 78,000 people” as jihadist security threatsin 2017; three churches a day are attacked there; anti-Semitism is so prevalent (and violent) in France that it prompted the President of the Confederation of Jews in France toconcludethat “in a few decades, there will be no Jews in France.”
"But none of these facts have troubled globalist Emanuel Macron (and company), whose focus is on making everyone feel welcome in France, no matter what. Never mind those who choose not to integrate. This can be partially explained due to the fact that Macron does not believe that there is anything substantial to integrate into. He once declared that there is “no such thing” as a true Frenchman or true Dane. So it follows that Macron has a few ideas of his own about the rebuilding of the Notre Dame cathedral that would reflect his undying commitment to “diversity,” even if they are callous toward Christians and those who respect France’s heritage. Macron does not believe that the rebuilding of the Notre Dame should be intended to restore the glory of the ancient Gothic cathedral (with the painstaking labor that went into it); instead, Macron wants it to be recreated to be “consistent with our modern, diverse nation.' ” . . .
Macron’s initial promise to restore the magnificent cathedral to its former glory has been shoved aside. Now he says it will be rebuilt “consistent with our modern, diverse nation”, and at the same time the French Government has announced an international competition to redesign the Notre Dame spire
Debate over future Notre-Dame spire fuels French divisions“ 'Personally, I’m in favour of restoring it to how it was because that’s the spire that has imposed itself on the collective memory,” he told Reuters. “It would be hard to perceive (a contemporary spire) because we wouldn’t really recognise it any longer as being Notre-Dame.' ”
. . . "He’d have been better off being endorsed by the Boston Bombers. – Talk about your unwanted praise – within a few hours of the posting of his Twitter video announcing his candidacy, Joe Biden received an endorsement from possibly the last guy he’d ever want to get:"
"That’s right: The Creepy Porn Lawyer has bestowed his formal approval of the candidacy of Creepy Uncle Joe. Hooboy, that’s damn near as good as securing the treasured David Duke endorsement, huh? It’s a safe bet Avenatti won’t be receiving a thank you note from Biden for his generous gesture.
"Avenatti is no doubt thinking about what might have been for his own self. Let’s all remember that it was just a few months ago that both MSNBC and CNN were offering the Creepy Porn Lawyer hour upon hour of free air time each week, and insufferable nitwits like CNN’s Brian Stelter and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews openly touting the Porn Shyster for the 2020 Democrat presidential nomination.
"But that was all before his wife – or was it his girlfriend, I forget which – accused him of being an abuser and took him to court for unpaid alimony/child support, and before the U.S. Department of Justice indicted him for all sorts of criminal activity. But hey, unlike Paul Manafort, he’s at least out on bail and able to bestow his glowing imprimatur on the actual Democrat front-runner.
"Attaboy, Joe, you really got it going now!" . . .
"California Republicans are determined to take back the four congressional seats they lost in Orange County in 2018, among the seven the party lost statewide. "They have some political momentum, as Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats have proven incapable of doing anything except arguing about impeaching President Donald Trump. "Unfortunately, the tactic of “ballot harvesting,” introduced last November, has made it impossible for Republicans ever to win again. “ 'Ballot harvesting” involves using a third party, such as a well-trained political activist, to collect mail-in ballots on behalf of other voters and deliver them to the polls. "There is no vetting of ballot harvesters, and no limit to how many ballots they can deliver. "The tactic was legalized by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016, over GOP objections.Hundreds of thousands of ballotswere dropped off at polling places in 2018, making a difference in key races. "Democrats argue that ballot harvesting is necessary to ensure equal access to the polls — just like other innovations, such as early voting and same-day voter registration. They say that anything that makes it marginally harder to vote is undemocratic. "Democrats also accuse Republicans of trying to “suppress” the vote by pushing for safeguards to prevent fraudulent voting, such as requiring photo ID to vote or striking felons and non-citizens from voters’ rolls. "It is worth noting that what Democrats are doing in California, which they want to export nationwide, is virtually unknown in the rest of the world. "The international norm for democracy is in-person voting, with photo ID, and registration well in advance. Absentee voting tends to be restricted, and mail-in voting is rare." . . .
