Iran’s top leader warns ‘thugs’ as protests reach 100 cities

Politico

The government recently raised gasoline prices by 50 percent.

. . . "Since the price hike, demonstrators have abandoned cars along major highways and joined mass protests in the capital, Tehran, and elsewhere. Some protests turned violent, with demonstrators setting fires as gunfire rang out.
. . .
"In a statement issued Sunday, the Trump administration condemned “the lethal force and severe communications restrictions used against demonstrators.”
“Tehran has fanatically pursued nuclear weapons and missile programs, and supported terrorism, turning a proud nation into another cautionary tale of what happens when a ruling class abandons its people and embarks on a crusade for personal power and riches,” the White House statement said.
"In Dubai, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates told The Associated Press that America was “not advocating regime change. We are going to let the Iranian people decide for themselves their future.”
“They are frustrated. They want freedom,” Ambassador John Rakolta said at the Dubai Airshow. “These developments that you see right now are their own people telling them, ‘We need change and to sit down with the American government.’”

Nick Short 
@PoliticalShort
A courageous woman tears down a "Death to America" poster in Iran. The crowd is chanting, "Death to the dictator," in a reference to @Khamenei_ir.
h/t @HeshmatAlavi https://twitter.com/i/status/1196415462038482944

Alireza Nader@AlirezaNader
“We have no money or fuel, to hell with Palestine.” Anti regime protests in Islamshahr,

ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR: How “The Resistance” Is Shredding The Rule Of Law

In this partisan age, we should take special care not to allow the passions of the moment to cause us to permanently disfigure the genius of our Constitutional structure. As we look back over the sweep of American history, it has been the American Presidency that has best fulfilled the vision of the Founders. It has brought to our Republic a dynamism and effectiveness that other democracies have lacked.

Noisy Room  "I deeply admire the American Presidency as a political and constitutional institution. I believe it is, one of the great, and remarkable innovations in our Constitution, and has been one of the most successful features of the Constitution in protecting the liberties of the American people. More than any other branch, it has fulfilled the expectations of the Framers.
"Unfortunately, over the past several decades, we have seen steady encroachment on Presidential authority by the other branches of government. This process I think has substantially weakened the functioning of the Executive Branch, to the detriment of the Nation. This evening, I would like to expand a bit on these themes.
"First, let me say a little about what the Framers had in mind in establishing an independent Executive in Article II of the Constitution.
"The Framers and the Executive Branch  The grammar school civics class version of our Revolution is that it was a rebellion against [monarchical] tyranny, and that, in framing our Constitution, one of the main preoccupations of the Founders was to keep the Executive weak. This is misguided. By the time of the Glorious Revolution of 1689, monarchical power was effectively neutered and had begun its steady decline. Parliamentary power was well on its way to supremacy and was effectively in the driver’s seat. "By the time of the American Revolution, the patriots well understood that their prime antagonist was an overweening Parliament. Indeed, British thinkers came to conceive of Parliament, rather than the people, as the seat of Sovereignty." . . .

The Morning Briefing: Inevitable—Everyone Hates Kaepernick Now

PJ Media

"He Finally Did It

"In the three years since Colin Kaepernick knelt his way off of the San Francisco 49ers and out of the National Football League, the one thing the drama has lacked is ambivalence. 'People either hated him or viewed him as a social hero who was being mistreated and prevented from playing the game he loves.

"Now everybody just hates him.

"Throughout his supposedly unwanted hiatus from football, Kaepernick and those representing him have insisted that he is staying in playing shape and merely wanted a chance to showcase his skills for a team.

"Last week, the NFL offered him that chance. The Nike hero was supposed to work out for twenty-five teams in Atlanta last Saturday.

"As most of you probably know by now, the workout was derailed a bit because Kaepernick did what he truly does best: act like an insufferable prima donna.

At 2:30 p.m. Eastern time, with about two dozen scouts waiting at the Falcons’ facility, Kaepernick announced that the workout would be moved to a high school an hour away. Many scouts threw up their arms and headed straight to the airport. Dozens of reporters and cameramen drove south to the high school field.

"The NFL -- which often gets things like this wrong -- responded like adults, but if you read between the lines here, you can see that they’re really over Kaepernick:" . . .

Read the comments on Kaepernick
One of his disciples:

‘Today’s young generation will see the collapse of Israel and America,’ says senior Iranian cleric

JNS

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative in the Quds Force Ali Shirazi: Our confrontation with the U.S. will continue “until the leaders of the White House and the Zionist regime are annihilated.”

Senior Iranian cleric Ali Shirazi

 . . . "Senior Iranian cleric Ali Shirazi said in speech that aired on Iran’s Yazd TV on Nov. 4 that Iran’s confrontation with the United States was “in keeping with the teachings of the Koran, the Prophet Mohammed and the Jurisprudent Ruler” and will continue “until the leaders of the White House and of the Zionist regime are annihilated” and the “oppressive foundations of the global arrogance are disrupted.”

“Allah willing, [this] collapse will occur as soon as possible,” he added.

"Shirazi delivered his speech at a rally celebrating the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which led to the Iran hostage crisis.

"The following are excerpts from his address:

"Ali Shirazi: “The Iranian people are facing the global arrogance in keeping with the teachings of our religion the teachings of the Koran, the teachings of the Prophet [Mohammed], the teachings of the imams, and the teachings of the current Jurisprudent Ruler. The confrontation with America will continue until the oppressive foundations of the global arrogance are disrupted, and until the leaders of the White House and of the Zionist regime are annihilated.

Mr. Kelleyanne Conway, George Conway: Let's Face It, This Elise Stefanik Character Is 'Trash'

Guy Benson

"He's a man perhaps best known for trolling his wife and her boss on Twitter, to the endless delight of his new political allies, and now he's expanding his blast radius.  Reacting to Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-NY) aggressive questioning of witnesses and other tactics during the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment proceedings last week, George Conway decided to not only urge people to donate to her 2020 opponent, but to add a little bit of color commentary about Stefanik herself, for good measure: . . ."

Places where you can leave your spare quarters!

Bob's Blog

"The satirical Babylon Bee reports,

WORLD—Airports around the world are reporting record revenues after introducing a long-awaited feature: the ability to turn off CNN on television sets in their terminals.

For just one quarter, you can turn off CNN for a full fifteen minutes while you're waiting for your flight, leaving you with the "far superior" experience of just staring at a blank screen.

"At long last," said one man waiting for his flight at LaGuardia as he dropped a few dollars' worth of quarters into the "Turn CNN Off" slot. "Honestly, I might fly more now." He's not alone: airports expect a 426% uptick in traveling over the holidays as flyers no longer have to worry about having the droning words of CNN hosts pounded into their heads for hours on a layover.

The feature has been one of the most-requested by travelers along with the dismantling of the TSA and pretzel bags with more than 3 pretzels in them.

The money-making move has inspired moments of human compassion and unity as travelers lend each other money or leave quarters behind atop the television sets for future travelers to turn off CNN. One anonymous philanthropist at DFW prepaid for over a year of CNN-less travel throughout the terminal.

"It's great to see what humanity can accomplish when we unite," said one man at LAX as he rummaged through his pockets to lend a quarter to a woman who wanted to turn off the CNN screen near her. "Here you go, miss. Enjoy your flight!"

CNN is protesting the move, saying it has cut their viewing audience in half, leaving them with just one.

A similar program is being rolled out in hospital waiting rooms throughout the country.

Epstein's Prison Guards Could Face Criminal Charges

Zero Hedge  "While the political and financial elites across the globe (and certainly in the UK) are doing everything in their power to bury the Epstein scandal - so to speak-  both literally and metaphorically, CBS reports that such efforts face a hurdle as Federal prosecutors in New York are considering bringing criminal charges against the two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein on the night of his death.

"As a reminder, Epstein, who was 66 at the time of his death, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10."

"The official explanation for Epstein's death was suicide, although skeptics have suggested that Epstein's sudden death was all too convenient as it also buried the toxic secrets of countless implicated "luminaries" and Wall Street and Beltway VIPs across all sectors of US life." . . .

Libs circulating doctored photo of Rep. Elise Stefanik giving the finger after Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony

 Twitchy

"You can tell that Rep. Elise Stefanik hit a nerve during the impeachment hearings Friday, as George Conway and a bunch of follows are posting their donations to her opponent’s campaign and celebrating already that she won’t be reelected. Don’t be too sure though; they tried to shut her down Friday, but she persisted.

"You know they’re desperate when they’re passing around a Photoshop of Stefanik giving the finger as former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was receiving a standing ovation from the Democrats.

ms_mims@ms_mims

Replying to @observantjulie and 2 others

https://twitter.com/observantjulie/status/1195703751396536320/photo/1pic.twitter.com/fp2asZxV9E @EliseStefanik
giving America the finger. Classy.

Sullen pout on #Stefanik's face. #NewYorkers, you can obviously do better.

Vote @TedraCobb

 Stefanik posed for this picture as Ambassador Yovanovich was getting a loud standing ovation after giving testimony yesterday.

NY21 deserves better than this childish loser. https://t.co/V13LYg2DMc pic.twitter.com/necHqvJUjH

— Brian J. O'Malley (@BrianJOMalley) November 16, 2019

No, she didn’t “pose” for that photo and a quick scan of the video from which the still was captured proves it’s faked.

This is photoshopped. Here’s full video. pic.twitter.com/kF2oedu82F

— Wozinator (@WozvilleNation) November 16, 2019

The film ‘JoJo’ Rabbit’ and the Brainwashing of Children Today

Dr. Rich Swier  
“For that reason we must insist that all organs of education which may be useful for the instruction and training of the people have to fulfill their duty towards the community. Such organs or organizations are: Education of the Youth, Young Peoples Organization, Hitler Youth, Labor Front, Party and Army–all these are institutions for the education and higher training of our people.” – Adolf Hitler, Speech before the Reichstag on January 30, 1937.
“The book press and the newspaper press, lectures and art, the theatre and the cinema, they are all organs of popular education.” – Adolf Hitler, Speech before the Reichstag on January 30, 1937.

"Today in America children are being brainwashed to “fulfill their duty towards the community [collective]” from kindergarten to the 12th grade. From the Community College to the Colleges and Universities education has become an “organ” of the state. If you don’t believe me then just ask any student what they know about Fascism, Socialism, Communism, or Marxism. Then ask them what they know about America and her role in stopping each of these ideologies.

"To understand how a brainwashed 10-year old boy can create his own fantasy world go see the satirical film JoJo Rabbit by Fox – Searchlight. Watch the trailer:"

Certain ideas and beliefs are forbidden by the intelligentsia.

"Today the the intelligentsia promote: homosexuality, are the followers of Mohammed, promote the myth that blacks are still in slavery, and are most likely Communists, Socialists, or Democratic Socialists. The Democrat Party has become the new Fascists. These protected classes have infiltrated our school system to further their agendas. For example: if you are white you are labeled a racist, if you are straight you are homophobic, and if you support the U.S. Constitution you are an imperialist. Get the picture?"

. . . 

"Obedience to the state is the primary lesson being taught in our schools, colleges and universities. Safe spaces, microaggressions, and any thought not considered proper (the First Amendment be dammed(sp)) trigger immediate and devastating responses from students, faculty and administrators in our schools."

Daily Gouge

"It’s Friday, November 15th, 2019…but before we begin, consider what passes for reasoned, seasoned political analysis in the MSM:"

ABC Chief Political Analyst: GOP Rep. Stefanik a ‘Perfect Example’ of the Failures of Electing Someone ‘Because They Are a Woman’ 

Remember Hillary saying to a crowd, "Isn't it time we had a woman for a President?

. . . "After criticism, Dowd deleted the tweet, and claimed that he was misunderstood for “just saying we need more millennials or more women [which] isn’t going to solve the problem of needing more leaders with integrity.' "

. . . Here’s precisely what provoked Dowd into dissing Stefanik:

“During the hearing, Stefanik won praise from conservative commentators for a sharp line of questioning which probed corruption allegations involving Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company which employed Hunter Biden.

Dowd and others criticized Stefanik for succumbing to partisan loyalties in response to her questioning of the impeachment witnesses. “She has campaigned on country over party and done exact opposite in office,” Dowd tweeted.“ . . .

Compare and Contrast: Media Cheered Elizabeth Warren’s “Persisting” but Scolded Elise Stefanik’s

Democrats Concede Their Impeachment Argument Is Failing

Meanwhile the show goes on, at least for a little while longer. And while it might not be must watch TV, the result of this effort will help to define the 2020 race for president. Right now, the White House has every reason to be just fine with that. 

Earl of Taint

The Federalist  "CNN reports that in a private meeting this week, top Democrats conceded that the polls on impeachment were unlikely to shift, and that their basic message is failing to break through for huge swaths of Americans. This is very close to admitting that their ultimate goal, of removing president Trump from office will not be achieved.

" 'The reason this would mean game over for the removal effort is that only a significant uptick for impeachment in polling, especially among Republicans who have been rock solid in support of Trump, could lead to GOP votes to convict in the senate. This may sound cynical, but why should Republican senators defy the wishes of the vast majority of their voters based on the Democrats’ vague and shifting arguments? 

"Even more telling than the concession that polls won’t be moving is the admission their messaging is failing. This can only really mean one of two things. Either Adam Schiff and his inquiry have failed to prove Trump engaged in impeachable and removal offenses or the 44 percent of Americans who oppose impeachment are too stupid, or brainwashed to accept the case for impeaching Trump.

"It’s pretty clear which of these two things Democrats think is going on. Rep. Steny Hoyer had this to say, “And sadly, apparently, Trump was perhaps right when he said of his own supporters that he could shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue and they would not require any accountability.” . . .

"A party that would stoop to cheap sexism and dirty photoshops doesn't really have an argument, does it?"

Monica Showalter:Truly the party of Harvey Weinstein: Democrats go vile -- and sexist -- against Rep. Elise Stefanik  "Democrats are always yelling about sexism. Pay no attention to the sorry reality that Harvey Weinstein and pretty much every sad sack caught up in the #MeToo scandal was a Democrat, and a lot of them very connected Democrats.

"They're also all about hurling middle fingers and moving the general discourse downward. A look at this video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib is proof of that, assuming you can't stand to take a gander at her explosive profanity. 

So now we have Democrats pulling the same stunts they're famous for, only this time projecting them out onto a Republican who threatens their rice bowl. They're not just acting out the behavior they denounce, they are also falsely and dishonestly trying to pin the doings they denounced onto her.

"Here's the Washington Post's account of the young but effective Republican woman now in their crosshairs, Elise Stephanik: . . ."

. . . "They're also all about hurling middle fingers and moving the general discourse downward. A look at this video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib is proof of that, assuming you can't stand to take a gander at her explosive profanity. 

"So now we have Democrats pulling the same stunts they're famous for, only this time projecting them out onto a Republican who threatens their rice bowl. They're not just acting out the behavior they denounce, they are also falsely and dishonestly trying to pin the doings they denounced onto her.

"Here's the Washington Post's account of the young but effective Republican woman now in their crosshairs, Elise Stephanik: . . ."

For you pro-Trump NASCAR fans: Republican Elise Stefanik tangles with Schiff to defend Trump during hearings  "Representative Elise Stefanik, once best known for becoming the youngest woman elected to Congress, stepped into center stage this week as a vocal defender of President Donald Trump during televised impeachment hearings.

• . . . " 'Will the chairman continue to prohibit witnesses from answering Republican questions, as you’ve done in closed hearings and as you did …” Stefanik interjected on Friday.
• “The gentlewoman will suspend,” Schiff said.
• “… this week…” she continued
• “That is not a proper…” Schiff began.
• “When you interrupted our questions?” she asked.