May God Grant Them Freedom

 The American Catholic

This is stunning. Here is the Naser Khosro/15 Khordad intersection in Tehran, a crowded neighborhood. People chant “death to Khamenei.” The scenery speaks for itself. Watch to the end. This is beyond what the Islamic Republic has ever faced. #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/BgPTLGvqnO

— Omid Memarian (@Omid_M) October 8, 2022

Obama To Iran Green Revolution Dissidents: Drop Dead | Investor's Business Daily (investors.com)   "Hadis Najafi, Killed In Karaj, Becomes A New Symbol In Iran For Protest Against Hijab"

 Why Obama Let Iran's Green Revolution Fail - Bloomberg

. . .There was a chance for a better outcome. There is no guarantee that an Obama intervention would have been able to topple Khamenei back in 2009, when his people flooded the streets to protest an election the American president wouldn't say was stolen. But it was worth a try. Imagine if that uprising had succeeded. Perhaps then a nuclear deal could have brought about a real peace. Instead, Obama spent his presidency misunderstanding Iran's dictator, assuring the supreme leader America wouldn't aid his citizens when they tried to change the regime that oppresses them to this day.

Hadis Najafi killed in Iran protests, becomes new symbol of defiance

DeSantis Reveals What He Told Biden To Get Him To Cooperate After President Had Not Called Prior to Hurricane

Resist the Mainstream

. . ." The president telephoned Florida’s governor not long after the DeSantis response, according to a Daily Wire report.

“ 'Well, I’ll tell you what. I mean, what I told him is that the media was making a big deal that he wasn’t talking to me or whatever, and I told him, I was like, ‘Look, I want to work together for these people. Because these people are from all walks of life. Republicans, Democrats, they expect us to be able to put our differences aside,’” DeSantis said. “And nobody has done more to stand up to this administration than me in Florida over the last year and a half, as you know.”

“ 'But you’ve got to be willing to work together to help folks,” the Florida Republican continued. “And so I think the response from local, state, and federal has been pretty seamless. And I think that’s a testament that, you know what, we as a country can get things done when it counts.' ”. . .

Young women are trending liberal. Young men are not

When leftist personalities are introduced, notice the chorus of young female voices cheering them?

 The Hill  "Young women are more likely to identify as liberal now than at any time in the past two decades, a trend that puts them squarely at odds with young men. 

"Forty-four percent of young women counted themselves liberal in 2021, compared to 25 percent of young men, according to Gallup Poll data analyzed by the Survey Center on American Life. The gender gap is the largest recorded in 24 years of polling. The finding culminates years of rising liberalism among women ages 18 to 29, without any increase among their male peers. 

"Several societal forces have conspired to push young women to the left in recent years, including the #MeToo movement, former President Trump, rising LGBTQ identification and, most recently, abortion policy. Slower-cooking trends in marital status and educational attainment have also nudged the needle. 

"“I think there is a big generational shift that happened with Generation Z women who were really coming of age in the last five years,” said Kelsy Kretschmer, a sociologist at Oregon State University who studies gender politics. 

"The rift between young men and women may widen further. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a precedent that had protected abortion as a constitutional right for nearly half a century. The ruling has energized young women. New survey data, released this week, shows that 61 percent of young women consider abortion a critical issue, compared with 36 percent of all Americans.". . . 

Criminal Criticism; in which disagreement equals handcuffs followed by the Streisand effect

The city ought to apologize, invite him back to speak his comments, and amend the rules to comply with the First Amendment.

 Chris Bray, Substack  "This just keeps happening, and I’ll just keep writing about it.

"A 22 year-old Iowa resident named Noah Petersen was arrested this week at a meeting of the Newton City Council after sharply criticizing the town’s police department and refusing to be silent when the mayor told him to stop. You can read a local news story here, or see full video here. Here’s a TV news report that gets in most of the important action:

“ 'You are out of order, sir,” and, “Chief, escort this gentleman from the chambers.” Because he criticized the city government. I find the interrupted comment lumpy and cartoonish — more about this in a moment — but it doesn’t matter: The First Amendment protects dumb speech, too.

"The city’s rules for public comment (see Item #4) prohibit “derogatory statements or comments about any individual.” From the City of Newton’s website, here’s the police department’s Idiocracy-quality press release on the arrest:". . .See it at the link...

WHAT IS THE STREISAND EFFECT?

"The Streisand effect is a name for the phenomenon in which attempts to hide, censor, or prevent access to something have the opposite result—the unintended consequence of drawing far more attention to that thing.". . .

Meet John Fetterman: America’s Weirdest Senate Candidate Ever

                                            "The man is a literal spectacle."

 The American Spectator  "What’s six foot, eight inches, weighs about 300 pounds, wears tattoos, waves rainbow and marijuana flags, and points a shotgun at a black jogger? If you answered Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman, go to the head of the class.

"Fetterman is plainly and undeniably the weirdest major party nominee to the U.S. Senate that America has ever seen. With his hoodie and tattoos — his standard attire — he looks like a biker at a bar in western Pennsylvania. In fact, indulge me with this inspired image:

"A close friend of mine, Tod, is a former police officer. He vividly recalls a 911 dispatch he will never forget: He and two other officers were called to a bar to deal with a massive hulk of a man, a prison escapee who had strewn a dozen guys across the floor and pool table. “Oh,” shrugged the giant at the cops, “they only sent three of you?” The officers sicced upon the giant a growling German shepherd named Dieter, who proceeded to fasten his jaws to the man’s testicles as the hulk resumed tossing human beings around the room.

"Fetterman looks like that guy.". . .

Fetterman is also a big-time bail-out guy. He has called for the cancellation of student debt and even aggressively campaigns for it. A hilarious ad run during the Steelers game this past weekend features a voiceover from a grumbling union worker complaining about how Fetterman wants to take money from hardworking guys who never went to college in order to bail out “blue-haired” baristas and “snowflakes” who majored in gender studies. The ad is spot on.

John Fetterman's Desperation Grows, As He Now Tries to Tie Dr. Oz to Hitler   . . ."In this instance, Fetterman shared an article from Susan Rinkunas at Jezebel, showing Dr. Oz giving remarks at a World War II museum, near Hitler's car. "Dr. Oz Stood in Front of One of Hitler's Cars at a Fundraiser and Had Jordan Peterson Call In," the headline read. Again, though, the event took place at the Lyon Air Museum and the car is there as a part of authentic history. 

Fetterman's tweet claimed that "if you're asking donors for money in front of Hitler’s literal car, then you shouldn't be running for U.S. Senate."

Your choice: The Republican...or Chuck Schumer

 If you like Chuck Schumer's agenda, go ahead and vote Democrat.  But don't think you are going to be sending some kind of independent thinker to the Senate by voting Democrat.  Whenever they get to the Senate, they will do Schumer's bidding.

  American Thinker   . . ."You might be surprised that Democrats voted with McConnell about one third of the time.  That is because McConnell voted with Schumer 34% of the time.  Those Democrats were not really voting with McConnell; they were voting with their own majority leader, Schumer, on the same votes where McConnell voted with him.

"Republicans do not have quite the same party discipline as the Democrats do.  While Democrats agreed with their leader over 97% of the time on average, Republicans agreed with theirs less than 82% of the time.  The Democrat "renegade," Sen. Manchin, still voted with his leader 91% of the time.  The Republican "renegade," Sen. Collins, voted with her leader only 63% of the time.  In fact, Collins voted with Schumer more often than she voted with her own party leader, McConnell: 70% to 63%.

"Voters should know that when they vote for a Democrat, they are getting a clone of Chuck Schumer when it comes to voting.  Maybe you find Senator Mark Kelly attractive because he was in the military and was an astronaut.  He voted with his party leader 96% of the time, even more often than Bernie Sanders and Kyrsten Sinema did.  His 96% matches that of the very liberal Edward Markey (D-Mass.).  Arizonans should know that a vote for Mark Kelly is equivalent to a vote for a Massachusetts liberal.". . .

A massive indictment of the Democrat party   "The U.S. Constitution, by limiting federal power, is designed to protect the individual citizen from external coercion.  "Man should not be in the service of society," said philosopher Joseph Campbell.  "Society should be in the service of man.  When man is in the service of society," Campbell warned, "you have a monster state, and that's what is threatening the world at this minute."  The Democrat party is behind it.". . .

Newsom and Biden: where can we find freedom from them?

When Newsom's constituency is composed of TV and Hollywood personalities, there isn't much thought for the rest of us drones. TD

Newsom wants to tax oil companies for soaring gas prices. It'll be a bumpy road for motorists no matter what

Gas prices rising again, Biden accountability, credibility falling again  . . ."President Joe Biden has taken every opportunity lately to take credit for the fact that gasoline prices fell for 99 days in a recent stretch.  That he did this by releasing millions of gallons of oil from our Strategic Oil Reserve, thereby endangering our future security, and ridiculously — if relentlessly — badgering oil companies for being profitable, was, of course, immaterial.

"As long as prices at the pump were going down, it was all duckies and bunnies...and all due to Biden.  But now that prices are rising again — by as much as 60 cents a gallon in some areas last week alone — the president will not take the blame.

'Biden was at fault for the rapidly rising gas prices shortly after he took office.  And he is at fault for high prices now.  When Trump was in office, gas prices were historically low, and America was energy independent.  Because of his policies.

"On his first day in office, Biden canceled the Keystone Pipeline, and every day since, he has slandered, harassed, and vilified virtually every sector of the American energy industry.  All in chimerical, needless, fruitless, and impossible pursuit of slowing or ending "climate change."

"Moreover, his Executive Order 13990 dramatically increased the costs and red tape involved in the exploration, extraction, and refining of so-called fossil fuels...for any company dumb enough to engage in these endeavors.

"Energy companies are rightly asking why they would invest tens of billions of dollars in new supplies geared toward the future production of energy here at home when the Biden administration has pledged to phase out all fossil fuels within ten years. ". . .  

Democrats and the economy

 

Fed’s Poor Performance Is Big Reason Inflation’s Out Of Control  

Fed leaders may need a hard landing next year to truncate that drawn-out process of reducing inflation to their target level of 2%. A major recession in 2023 may cause inflation to hit its target of 2% again in 2024, but not without an awful lot of pain first.

 Newsom wants to tax oil companies for soaring gas prices. It'll be a bumpy road for motorists no matter what

Americans Had Worst Pay Cut in 25 Years Thanks to Bidenflation

"According to an analysis, Americans have lost more of their yearly income thanks to Bidenflation than they have in 25 years.

"The numbers come from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, which released the wage and price data.  Per Just the News:". . .

Darkness at Dune: The Nightmare of Martha's Vineyard

 Ann Coulter

The good news is that, at this rate, soon there will be no difference in our country and the second-rate countries these people are fleeing. No point to applying for asylum after that! We'll all be exactly the same. The bad news is, there will be no country left where Americans can seek asylum. 

UPDATED: In stunning interview with Tucker Carlson last night, Tony Bobulinski explained how the FBI fixed the 2020 election

Hunter Biden’s Business Partner Says Disgraced FBI Agent Ignored Evidence of Bidens’ ‘Multiple Felonies’

Thomas Lifson  "Most readers already know that Tony Bobulinski was the business partner of Hunter Biden and his uncle, Jim Biden, the president's brother, as they attempted to put together deals with foreign actors.  That partnership broke up, and Bobulinski has become a whistleblower.  But his efforts to interest the FBI in multiple Biden family felonies, including against him, have come to naught.

"Last night, in a second sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson, Bobulinski laid out stunning details on how the FBI deep-sixed any public revelations, much less indictments, based on what Bobulinski says are thousands of pages of proof, including emails, text messages, recorded phone calls, and actual business documents.  Despite having possession of abundant evidence, the FBI sat on the investigation through the 2020 election, thereby depriving the public of information that almost certainly would have swayed enough votes to change the outcome and re-elect Donald Trump." . . .

Tucker Carlson and Tony Bobulinski interviews

Tony Bobulinski: FBI Official Tim Thibault Was Assigned to Biden Fraud Case But Dropped It (pronounced "Tebow" but not the quarterback) 

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” former Hunter Biden business associate Tony Bobulinski stated that if Facebook, Twitter, or anyone else had reached out to him to verify the authenticity of emails sent to him in The New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story, he would have produced the email, with the metadata, within minutes, but no one did.

The Military's Self-Destructing Perception Bubble

 

Bob Brostoski  . . ."When questioned about many of today's controversial changes or policies in the military, top brass almost always fall back on the standard answer: "the military is only a reflection of the American people."  It's here where the military is failing miserably and will probably continue to hemorrhage recruiting numbers for years to come.  There was a time when the military was a pretty accurate representation of the American people, but that is no longer the case.  The military, the most trusted and respected federal agency when I retired, is now in the ranks of the IRS and the FBI.  Somehow, the military has managed to take a combat-trained force, which also happened to be the one of the most diverse and trusted organization in the country, and succeeded in ostracizing most of its supporters.  While the military still believes that it is representing the whole country, it now seems to represent only a small group of leftists and elitists that not only hate the country, but also have historically despised the same military that is now killing itself trying to accommodate every social just crisis that hits Twitter or Facebook at any given moment.". . .

The military would benefit itself and the country by creating a task force to rebuild and depoliticize itself.  Extra care and critical thinking should be utilized in the selection of the members.  Just one hint on whom not to select to stay within the parameters of critical thinking: former secretaries of defense, generals, media talent, or anyone from the DoD Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity.   

'The Daily Show' roasts Kamala Harris with satirical video comparing her to the main character in 'Veep' |

The video was well received on Twitter, as many commentators expressed wonder that a Comedy Central affiliated Twitter account would criticize a Democratic official.

'The Daily Show' roasts Kamala Harris with satirical video comparing her to the main character in 'Veep' | Fox News  "Comedy Central's The Daily Show skewered Vice President Kamala Harris’ infamous word flubs in a Monday afternoon tweet.

"The Daily Show’s official Twitter account shared a video comparing Harris’ inept rhetoric with the satirical political character Selina Meyer from "Veep," along with the caption "The Veep reboot looks amazing.' " . . .

Comedy Central's The Daily Show skewered Vice President Kamala Harris’ infamous word flubs in a Monday afternoon tweet. The Daily Show’s official Twitter account shared a video comparing Harris’ inept rhetoric with the satirical political character Selina Meyer from "Veep," along with the caption "The Veep reboot looks amazing."