Government Grinches waiting in the wings

 White House in Full Crisis Mode Over the Fate of Christmas  "If Joe Biden had been asked to create a scenario where he was 100 percent guaranteed to lose his re-election bid, the supply-chain crisis would top the list.

"Even though it’s still nearly three years to Election Day, a ruined Christmas is the kind of catastrophe that the American people will never forget — or forgive.

"It may not be entirely Joe Biden’s fault. This is, after all, a global economy, and what happens in many other nations impacts the U.S. in different ways. But Biden’s nameplate is on the door to the room at the White House that says “Boss.” He will be blamed because that’s the way the game has been played for more than 230 years and it’s pretty late in the game to pretend otherwise.

"The steps Biden is taking to try and head off a complete political catastrophe are more for show than a genuine effort to mitigate the problem. Indeed, aside from jawboning, there isn’t much the president can do."...

Will Ron DeSantis Save Christmas?  "The media has been very busy issuing warnings to American consumers of late. CNN told us to get ready for emptier shelves. News outlets suggested shopping early for Christmas to avoid shortages. Pictures of dozens of container ships off the West Coast that are not allowed to dock have gone viral.  

"What can a concerned consumer do? Head to Florida.". . . 

. . . "As a couple of astute articles explain, the problem is that California has passed two laws—one for “climate change” and the other as a sop to the unions—that destroyed much of California’s trucking industry.

"Add in woes unique to the industry and COVID payments that discourage people from working and...voila!...empty Christmas stockings.

"Stephen Green, at PJ Media, explains some of what’s going on.". . . 

But of course, the more serious underlying problem is that, in a distant, wonderful past, America didn’t need to rely on containers from Asia to fill her store shelves and Christmas stockings. America was a manufacturing dynamo that fulfilled American needs and still had enough left over for the rest of the world. Those things were well-made, too.

  Marsha Blackburn Blasts Buttigieg on Supply Chain Crisis: ‘Get Back to Work or Leave the Department   ..."Blackburn’s comments come after Politico reported that Buttigieg has been on paid leave since mid-August, electing to spend time with his husband, Chasten, and their two newborn babies rather than doing his job as transportation secretary."...

"You have reached the office of Transportation Secretary Mr. Buttigieg. Your call is very important to me...

Hizzoner’s dishonor: Coward Bill de Blasio buckles to the fringe

 

https://www.terrellaftermath.com/

NY Post " In the midst of the 2020 ­George Floyd protests, New York’s City Council demanded in a pique of illiberalism that Mayor de Blasio remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from City Hall. Never one to shy away from a horrible idea, Hizzoner is now honoring this deeply anti-American request. 

"Thomas Jefferson. The author of the Declaration of Independence, the third president, and ironically, a founder of what is today the Democratic Party. 

"I suppose one can see why Blas would have disdain for Jefferson. After all he was a political figure with enormous accomplishments, while the mayor is best known for flushing two decades of progress in Gotham down the toilet in his two terrible terms. 

"De Blasio is acting like a guy in an action movie walking slowly away from a fire he set, adding statue toppling to his long resume of risible decisions as mayor. ". . . 

Joe Rogan 'absolutely eviscerated' CNN's Sanjay Gupta: Kurtz

CDC Recommends 'Horse Dewormer' Ivermectin for Refugees. So Where's the Media Outrage?  Below we see CNN doing what CNN does. Next we see Rogan standing up to this presstitution.

Youtube  "Fox News' Howard Kurtz weighs in on the viral exchange between Joe Rogan and Dr. Sanjay Gupta over CNN's characterization of ivermectin as 'horse dewormer.' "

Joe Rogan's Dust-Up With CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Exposes the Narrative  "On Wednesday, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, sat down with Joe Rogan for an extensive interview. The reason for the appearance was Gupta’s new book, World War C: Lesson From the COVID-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One. The lesson everyone should take away from the fallout of the interview is don’t ever make the corporate media your only source of information in a crisis.

"Anyone familiar with Joe Rogan’s podcast knows they are long, cover topics not remotely implied by the primary reason for the interview, and the host can be relentless. In his interview with Gupta, the fireworks erupted when discussing COVID-19. Rogan was diagnosed with the virus and made a video telling his followers how he treated the illness. The regimen included vitamins, supplements, monoclonal antibodies, and The Drug That Cannot Be Named: ivermectin.

"After Rogan’s video went viral, the corporate and left-wing media led with stories about Rogan taking “horse dewormer,” mocking and denigrating him. The narrative—that COVID-19 is deadly with few available treatments—demands it. Networks also hate Rogan, who draws more eyes and ears than any cable news host.". . . 

Glenn Greenwald

This is such an important exchange. CNN loves to herald itself as vital warriors against disinformation and lies, while vilifying independent voices like Joe Rogan as a plague on our discourse. Yet here, Rogan all but forces Sanjay Gupta to admit CNN lied about him *on purpose*.

Ivermectin bad; puberty blockers just fine?

Get ready: Out come Nativity scenes with masked Jesus, Mary, Joseph

. . . "We are replacing a religion founded on love and the promise of eternal life with one of fear, distrust, obsequiousness, and opacity.

"Last Christmas, the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy put up a large indoor Nativity scene that would have been beautiful and uplifting to look at — were it not for the cloth masks covering everyone's faces.

"Similarly, in Bilbao, Spain, the diocesan Museum of Sacred Art housed a Nativity scene featuring masked figurines...and a Christmas star made out of masks and gloves.  And a crib made out of toilet paper rolls.

"Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus wearing masks?  Jesus's crib made from rolls of toilet paper?

"We are now trying to make God into our pathetic image(s).  Why would the Virgin Mary or the Son of God need to wear a mask?  Maybe this year's Nativity scenes will show them sporting vaccine passports.". . . 

Pulitzer Prize Parody Nominations: Cinema Felines, Gendered Airlines, and Cheese-Cars Streamlined

RedState

"Our weekly recognition of less-than-meritorious excellence in journalism is worthy of Pulitzer consideration.

"As an extension of the media-mocking venture at Townhall, Riffed From The Headlines, we once again recognize the exalted performances in our journalism industry and compile worthy submissions to the Pulitzer Prize board in numerous categories. To properly recognize the low watermark in the press, let us get right to the latest exemplars of journalistic mis-excellence.". . . 

Pulitzer Overlooks Egregious Errors to Award Prize to New York Times’ Fatally Flawed "1619 Project" From the Duranty hall of shame:

Drivers In UK Fed Up With Climate Protests…

 Weasel Zippers

MIKE

@ExInfanteer

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Oct 13

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@stillgray

Only a matter of time before they get a proper kicking. All it takes is for a crowd to form and give people a semblance of anonymity.

Climate change protesters are true heroes of the working class. pic.twitter.com/3YCzavhbOK

— Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) October 13, 2021

Fed up British Drivers Respond Accordingly After Eco-Activists Block Traffic on a Busy Roadway

"During the Antifa/Black Lives Matter-led “protests” that took place last year here in the U.S. after the officer-involved death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, there were numerous instances where so-called “peaceful protesters” took over busy streets, blocking them and preventing the normal flow of traffic from one place to the next in an effort to spread their warped “Defund the Police” message, a message that backfired spectacularly on House Democrats in the November 2020 elections.

"There were angry confrontations in some instances where either the demonstrators surrounded the vehicle or jumped on the vehicle, or the irritated drivers proceeded to try their luck and approached the agitators who were blocking the streets, trying to force their way through. Injuries and arrests were reported at some of them. In a couple of instances, deaths were reported as a result of the confrontations.

"In any event, I said all that to say that many of us here in the states can definitely identify with the feelings of frustration and anger over being prevented from going where one needs to go due to a street-blocking “sit-in” protest being put on by radical left-wing activists, whether it be on your way to work, to visit family and/or friends, or to just be out for a leisurely stroll as one often does, especially on a beautiful fall day like today.". . . 

Who Is Really Running the Destroy-America Biden Regime?

 100%FedUp

There are only two people, I believe, who qualify as possible candidates for choreographing the massive coup attempt currently taking place before our eyes. Both have spoken of their contempt ––if not searing hatred––for America, and both have tried mightily over decades to bring down our country. And, most importantly, both have the brains and power and track records to place them in frontrunner contention...

...“Guilty as hell, free as a bird—America is a great country.” Bill Ayers, Weather Underground founder....“The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.” George Soros, hedge-fund billionaire.

. . . "In less time than a normal human pregnancy, putative president Biden managed to accomplish the following:

• Crashed our booming economy,
• Destroyed our energy independence,
• Opened our southern border to hundreds of thousands of illegals––many of them diseased, drug- and sex-traffickers, career criminals, jihadists, et al,
• Accelerated Iran’s production of nukes,
• Promised the disaster of hyperinflation,
• Expressed “great confidence in” the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, after the General––prodded by his dominatrix, Nancy Pelosi?, as the NY Post’s Miranda Devine suggested––conspired with China against President Trump and told military officials not to take orders from him.
• Orchestrated the disastrous pullout from Afghanistan––another Milley debacle––leaving behind, to this day, hundreds of stranded Americans and Afghan allies, billions of dollars of U.S. armaments and Black Hawk helicopters and airplanes, massive troves of the rare-earth mineral lithium (“the new oil,” as Dave Hodges reports), as well as Taliban-Isis-Al Qaeda terrorists in charge, and 11 heroic but dead U.S. Marines.

California: Imagine what the Democrats can do to the entire nation!

 

How To Slow, Reverse The California Exodus. . . "This domestic migration away from California is attributed to quality of life and economic concerns. Rising crime, urban blight, and growing inconveniences, such as worst-in-the-nation traffic, erode the state’s quality of life.

"From an economic perspective, residents face steep housing costs, high-priced energy, expensive cost of living, and high taxes. Extortionate taxes and unaffordable housing costs alone turn California’s 14 percent average income premium compared to other states into a nearly 20 percent net income deficit.

"Businesses have also given up on California. Since 2008, thousands relocated either fully or partially elsewhere. ". . . 

Activist Judges Are the Latest Threat to California Businesses  "An activist judge with a questionable track record has made a head-scratching decision to overturn the votes of millions of Californians.

"Alameda County Judge Frank Roesch recently ruled in favor of a union-backed lawsuit aimed at dismantling Proposition 22 — a ballot measure that provided job protections for gig workers while allowing them to retain the flexibility of being freelancers. But last fall, Prop. 22 passed by more than 58 percent of the vote with almost 10 million Californians voting in favor of the ballot measure. Now, thanks to one union-friendly judge, it’s as if those votes don’t count.". . . 

Thanks to Biden's policies, prepare for a cold, expensive winter

 Andrea Widberg  "One of the wonders of the modern age is that fossil fuel allows us to avoid freezing in the winter and overheating in the summer.  Climate change fanatics, however, who ignore that the Earth's climate has cycled endlessly between hot and cold for billions of years, desperately want to return us to a pre-modern state.  Their efforts are paying off, for the U.S. government is warning of a 54% increase in winter heating bills.

"Upon entering the Oval Office, Biden immediately shut down the Keystone Pipeline and ended new drilling on federal lands.  While Trump had brought America to energy independence and affordable energy, Biden reduced America to a vassal of oil-producing countries.

"Thanks to this policy, gasoline prices keep climbing.  In my neighborhood, they've increased by almost 78% in just nine months.  The same is true everywhere.

"Like all Biden policies, this is devastating for the middle and working classes, for it doesn't just make commuting more expensive; it increases the price of every single item in America.  Fuel is needed for farming, manufacturing, shipping, wholesaling, and retailing.  Every aspect of life becomes more expensive when fuel prices rise, with the middle and working classes bearing the ultimate burden.

"All of this is in the name of fighting alleged climate change.  That is a faith, not a science.  We humans can pollute, and I believe we have a moral obligation to keep our environment clean and healthy, but the whole climate change theory is a joke and a bad one at that.". . . 

Media Cover for Joe Biden as Gas Prices Surge to Levels Not Seen Since Joe Biden Was VP 

 ... 'Biden will not suffer.  Just as Obama kept the White House at a toasty 75 while his policies left Americans in the cold, expect Biden to do the same.  And at home in Delaware, this man, who got fabulously wealthy in politics (it pays to have a bagman for a son), can keep the house as warm as he wants."...

Will Biden’s Vaccine Mandates Tank The Economy?

 . . . The Biden administration’s policies have been not only among the most worker-unfriendly in history, they’ve openly encouraged people not to work. The labor force breakdown could have a disastrous impact on U.S. economic growth for years to come, triggering another recession. If so, it would be yet another unforced error by the worst American president in recent history.

54% hike expected in heating bills

"The Biden administration is putting the screws on America's furnaces this winter, as its anti-fracking, anti-pipeline, and anti-energy policies take hold.

"Already, natural gas prices have nearly doubled so far this year.". . . 

Protesters in Rome Chant F**k Joe Biden while Marching Past the American Embassy

 . . .”While it is unclear what, if anything, sparked the anti-Biden chant heard at many public events in America, The Daily Wire notes that “The protest coincided with the visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to Rome. At one point, Italian security officials had to take Pelosi and her husband out of a Mass in Rome’s St. Patrick’s Church.' ”. . . 

 Trending Politics  "Turns out the Italians are fans of Brandon too.

"This past weekend, on October 9th, anti-vaccine mandate protesters in Rome, Italy chanted “f*** Joe Biden” as they marched past the American Embassy, which was long the route of their march through the Eternal City.".  . . 

"According to the Associated Press, “Thousands of demonstrators marched down Rome’s famous Via Veneto and other streets on Saturday, some smashing their way into a union office and clashing with police as they protested Italy’s new “Green Pass” vaccination requirement for employees to enter their offices.”

"The Green Pass is a certification system that will become mandatory beginning on Oct. 15, 2021, and is required for both public and private workplaces.

"By requiring all employees to have the pass to come to work, Italy has in effect mandated that all working-age Italians receive the vaccine."...

Who Is in Control? The Need to Rein in Big Tech

"The following is adapted from a speech delivered at Hillsdale College on November 8, 2020, during a Center for Constructive Alternatives conference on Big Tech."

In these ways the Web was different. No one owned it, owned the information on it, or could kick anyone off. That was the idea, at least, before the Web was captured by a handful of corporations. 

Imprimis  "In January, when every major Silicon Valley tech company permanently banned the President of the United States from its platform, there was a backlash around the world. One after another, government and party leaders—many of them ideologically opposed to the policies of President Trump—raised their voices against the power and arrogance of the American tech giants. These included the President of Mexico, the Chancellor of Germany, the government of Poland, ministers in the French and Australian governments, the neoliberal center-right bloc in the European Parliament, the national populist bloc in the European Parliament, the leader of the Russian opposition (who recently survived an assassination attempt), and the Russian government (which may well have been behind that attempt).

"Common threats create strange bedfellows. Socialists, conservatives, nationalists, neoliberals, autocrats, and anti-autocrats may not agree on much, but they all recognize that the tech giants have accumulated far too much power. None like the idea that a pack of American hipsters in Silicon Valley can, at any moment, cut off their digital lines of communication.

"I published a book on this topic prior to the November election, and many who called me alarmist then are not so sure of that now. I built the book on interviews with Silicon Valley insiders and five years of reporting as a Breitbart News tech correspondent. Breitbart created a dedicated tech reporting team in 2015—a time when few recognized the danger that the rising tide of left-wing hostility to free speech would pose to the vision of the World Wide Web as a free and open platform for all viewpoints.

"This inversion of that early libertarian ideal—the movement from the freedom of information to the control of information on the Web—has been the story of the past five years.". . . 

. . ."In these ways the Web was different. No one owned it, owned the information on it, or could kick anyone off. That was the idea, at least, before the Web was captured by a handful of corporations. . .

Hat tip to John Uhrig, Texas. 

Kill Back Better

Serenity's mother complained that the police and prosecutors are "just bickering." That was her assessment of the situation -- not that Chicago has a prosecutor who won't prosecute murder. This may explain why -- in addition to George Soros's $2 million donation -- Foxx was reelected last year.

 Ann Coulter

"This isn't a Chicago story. It's a Democrat** Party story.

"Kim Foxx, the state's attorney for Cook County and darling of MSNBC, has managed to increase murders in Chicago to astounding levels even at a time when we're all getting used to astounding crime figures. Nationwide in 2020, murder and non-negligent manslaughter were up 29.4%, according to the FBI. That's more than double the previous record of 1968, when murders increased by 12.7%.

"Under the careful management of Foxx, murders in Chicago were up 55%. To put this in perspective, last year, there were nearly as many murders in Chicago (population: 2.7 million) as in New York City and Los Angeles combined (total population: more than 12 million).

"Perhaps you've heard about the Wild West shootout in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago two weeks ago? One group of gang members shot up the house of rival gang members at around 10 in the morning. They blasted the house with more than 70 rounds, using handguns that had been modified into automatic weapons. Their rivals fired back from inside the home, in a gun battle that lasted so long, it was still going on when the police arrived.". . . 

..."But as I said, this is not a story about Chicago. Kim Foxx is a dangerous nut, but she's not a random dangerous nut. She is the Democratic Party's beau ideal of criminal justice"...

..."Liberal moneybags George Soros has spent millions of dollars installing criminal-friendly prosecutors around the country. (Back before it was "anti-Semitic" to mention Soros' pro-murder campaign, The New York Times ran an article boasting of the old prune's role in electing inert prosecutors, like Foxx.)"...

..."MSNBC, mouthpiece of the Democratic Party, was ecstatic the night Foxx won the election that would make her Cook County's top prosecutor, with Lawrence O'Donnell giddily interviewing the pro-criminal Foxx. She was triumphantly interviewed again that weekend by Al Sharpton."...

..."As dead bodies pile up in Chicago under Kim Foxx, remember: This is the criminal justice "reform" Democrats want for the entire country."...