The Wit and Wisdom of John Kennedy, R-La. -

 Don Surber (substack.com)

"When I was 7, America elected a fellow named John Kennedy president. He had been a senator and he was witty. His daddy was rich as he made money the way John Hancock did, by smuggling. Hancock smuggled tea. Kennedy’s dad smuggled hooch.

"In 1958, Kennedy began a speech to the Gridiron Club — a journalist organization when newspapers ruled the land — by saying, “I have just received the following wire from my generous daddy: ‘Dear Jack — Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary — I’ll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.’”

"Looking back as an adult, I realize he was not joking. He was bragging. But he was so charming that I secretly have wished for a Republican John Kennedy. Ronald Reagan came close. Donald Trump too. Maybe the John Kennedy we need is the senator by that very name from Louisiana. He uses humor and common sense to make his point and his points are always good ones.

"Early in his days in the Senate, the Republican John Kennedy said, “This is Washington, D.C. Politics is in everybody’s blood, kind of like herpes.”

"He was a Louisiana Democrat until he decided he wanted to win election to an office bigger than state treasurer. He converted to Republican but skipped the testicle-removal ceremony. In 2016, his state sent him to the Senate. He wound up on a boring committee that overlooks banks and the like.

"At a hearing on October 9, 2017, he said something that shocked the Advocate, Louisiana’s biggest newspaper.

"It reported, “During a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing last week, members of Congress expressed bewilderment that credit reporting company Equifax, under siege after a data breach affecting more than 145 million people, has received a $7.25 million contract with the IRS to validate the identity of taxpayers communicating with the agency on the telephone or through its website.”

"At the hearing, Kennedy said to former Equifax CEO Richard Smith of that contract, “You realize, to many Americans right now, that looks like we're giving Lindsay Lohan the keys to the mini-bar.' ”. . .

If “we’re coming for your children” doesn’t send a chill down the spine of parents with young children. . .I’m not sure what would.

 

AF Branco

WATCH: Defiant LGBTQ Marchers Chant: 'We're Here, We're Queer, We're Coming for Your Children' – RedState   "Despite the insincere blather about “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), the left wants nothing of the kind, and it never did. What leftists do want — including LGBTQ activists and Joe Biden’s Democrat Party — is to shove their radical ideology down the throats of the rest of us. The more we resist, the harder they push.

"If there was ever any doubt that they also want your children, that notion was blown to pieces in New York City on Friday as in-your-face LGBTQ activists marched and defiantly chanted:

We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children.

"Just taunting, or were they serious? Hell yes, they were serious, but I suspect you already knew that." . . .

. . ."In another video, signs reading “Groom Cissies” and “Drag isn’t for Cissies” can be seen.

"The ridiculous made-up term “cis,” or “cisgender,” describes a person whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. A person designated female at birth and identifies as a woman — or a person designated male at birth and identifies as a man — is cisgender.

"Here’s a thought: Why not just call people who don’t pretend to change their gender exactly what they are instead of making up a silly term that sounds “woke” or whatever?". . .

Hide Your Kids: Pride Members State Their Agenda, 'We're Coming For Your Children' (townhall.com)   "A group of progressive New York City Pride members sparked outrage after revealing the Left’s radical agenda it has in store for children. 

"The extreme activists were unafraid to hide their plan to indoctrinate minors through their LGBTQ propaganda, something Republican leaders have warned the country about." . . .

Leftist Twitter Targets J.K. Rowling For Saying ‘Cisgender’ Is 'Ideological' 'Jargon' | Newsbusters  . . ."The word “cisgender,” or “cis,” references someone who identifies as the same gender that they actually are. They’re not pretending to be a he or a she or a he/she or a neither. Most “normal” people are cisgender. To Rowling's point, this phrase is ridiculous. It makes no sense for a term like this to even exist, as anything other than “cisgender” is a delusion. There’s no such thing as “transgender” or “non-binary,” “pangender,” “third gender,” or any of the other 97 made-up genders. 

"In response to Rowling’s tweet, Musk replied, “Exactly."  

Parody: Historians Now Claim Hitler Was Just Kidding When He Chanted 'We're Coming For The Jews' | Babylon Bee  . . ."It was obviously just a joke," said Dr. Werner Von Herbensherber, who serves as Professor Emeritus at the Institute for the Rehabilitation of Hitler's Image. "Though the Führer may have caused some trouble here and there, he was actually looking for acceptance and meant no harm to the Jewish people when he attempted to eradicate them from existence."

"Recently discovered film footage shows Hitler leading a celebratory parade of Nazis down a Munich street chanting "Achtung! Good news! We're coming for the Jews!" Though many people found the footage chilling, historians were quick to defend the former German leader. "He clearly didn't mean anything by it," Dr. Von Herbensherber explained. "Everyone who was up in arms about Hitler and the Nazis ‘making threats' against the Jews were clearly overreacting.' "

More evidence the media got the signal to turn against Biden

 Thomas Lifson

Joe’s time is up. He is no longer useful to the people who really run things.  The media got the message, and soon enough Dr. Jill will, too. 

 . . ."That’s it for Biden. His dementia already is obvious and troubling, and now it sems that the corruption can no longer credibly be denied. It’s time to pressure him and Dr. Jill out of running again in 2024. Ideally, if The Kamala Problem can be solved and a chosen instrument 2024 candidate (now looking like Gavin Newsom) installed as vice president so as to become an incumbent after Joe resigns or is taken out via the 25th Amendment, this all can be taken care of before the nominating process gets underway and the troublesome RFK Jr. challenge becomes serious.

"My sense that an inflection point had been reached, that the powers-that-be have decided that Joe’s corruption no longer can be successfully buried, was reinforced when White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was hounded by the assembled reporters.". . .

NBC's Monica Alba says Karine Jean-Pierre's refusal to comment on explosive IRS whistleblower allegations "creates more questions than answers" in the Biden corruption scandal.

Chuck Todd agrees: "Sure does." pic.twitter.com/2Xc9LtN8oC

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 23, 2023

The Titanic tragedy, recapitulated

 Pandra Selivanov; American Thinker   . . ."Not everyone was willing to take the trip. Josh Gates, star of Expedition: Unknown, has taken some truly insane risks in his travels around the world. He took a short trip on the Titan but refused the opportunity to dive into the wreck of the Titanic because of safety concerns about the sub. Deepwater salvage master Robert Mester refused to go down in the Titan at any depth because of a number of safety issues, including off-the-shelf electronics. Arthur Loibl did go down to the Titanic on the Titan submersible after a part of it had been repaired with zip ties.  After it was over, Loibl called the trip a suicide mission.

"Clearly, the people who go on such adventures have a taste for endangering their lives. Now, the crew of the Titan, British businessman Hamish Harding, Pakistani investor Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, have died in a catastrophic implosion. Their bodies are probably unrecoverable, leaving them to remain with the Titanic. It is a sorrowful addition to a tragedy that took place so long ago."

TITAN SUBMARINE | VIDEO THAT shows THE IMPLOSION | Submersible | TITANIC | AS - YouTube

The viral video that shows what happened to the Titan submarine. This video has millions of views and it shows how the implosion would have occurred with OceanGate’s Titan submersible.

Now, in Biden's America, it is the good guys who go to prison. When will any of the low-down thugs who have a grip on our nation go to prison?

. . ."If only we could send them all to prison for treason, the wholesale betrayal of the Founders and our Constitution, for they are surely guilty of that.". . .

Mohamed Hassan

 Patricia McCarthy   . . ."Adam Schiff is every bit the pathological creep that Hunter is and yet the Democrats in the House behaved like “zoo animals” when a majority voted to censure him for his years of lying about the Russia collusion hoax.  See Scott McKay’s column at American Spectator.  McKay marvels at the fact that they rally around this “face of the lying Deep State, a smarmy jackass no more likeable than Peter Strzok.”  Well said.  No one believes a word that comes out of Schiff’s mouth but the Dems pretend he is being targeted for telling the truth!  That is their narrative and they are sticking to it, no matter how outrageous and comical.  Read McKay’s whole piece.

"When will any of these low-down thugs who have a grip on our nation go to prison?  Probably never.  They lie with impunity and most of the Republicans in Congress are such squishes that the few that lobby for justice get nowhere when they try to make a Democrat pay for his or her crime.  We do have a two-tiered system of justice, and everyone knows it.  In this administration’s view, patriots and good Samaritans must go to prison, not drug dealers, car-jackers, shoplifters, murderers or pedophiles.  To our now far, far Marxist left, those folks are victims of white supremacy and must be spared the inconveniences of abiding by the rule of law. Sadly, there are too many Soros-seated judges who go along with the pro-criminal, anti-victim agenda of the left.". . .

When he did pay taxes, he deducted his payments to prostitutes, sex clubs and porn sites.  How’s that for chutzpah?  As someone commented the other day, this is a family of feral dogs!  They continue to disavow a biological granddaughter.  Hunter sells his pathetic paintings in some sort of obvious money laundering scheme.  And poor, old, demented Joe continues to deny any malfeasance.  He denies he ever had anything to do with Hunter’s business dealings.  Once a grifter, always a grifter.  The Biden family is essentially a mob of the mafia-like variety.

Transgender Lawsuits Reveal Horrors of Procedures

  Robyn Dolgin   "Kayla Lovdahl is the perfect test case as a 13-year-old who was approved for “transgender surgery:” She could not conceive, at the time, of the possibility of suffering a lifetime of disfigurement and chronic pain.

"Ms. Lovdahl, now 18, has retained an attorney, Charles Limandri, who has employed such emotionally charged words as “barbaric and cruel” to describe the medical team’s actions in causing his client deep physical and emotional wounds.

"Essential to his case is the claim that Lovdahl was hopelessly ignorant of the statistical reality that nearly half of trans surgeries result in serious and life-threatening complications. How can a 13-year-old grasp what it means to remove perfectly healthy breasts (in female-to-male transition)?

"Sanitizing the language, Lovdahl was informed she could opt for “top” and/or “bottom surgery.” She had never heard of the term “double mastectomy” as she was wheeled into surgery for what the medical team had described as “top surgery.” Her harrowing surgical experience was spared “bottom” mutilation.

"The four doctors named in the lawsuit, associated with Oakland-based hospital Kaiser Permanente, aren’t just being accused of medical malpractice. Attorney LiMandri will assert the physicians are subjecting children to an “indoctrination” process in which they apply undue influence as part of today’s wave of transgender activism.

"A crucial element to the case is the perfunctory evaluation his client was administered before authorizing the “injurious” protocols. “Off label puberty blockers and powerful male hormone drugs” were prescribed after a one-time 75-minute evaluation, along with approving surgical options, according to the attorney. The evaluation took place when Lovdahl was age 12, having decided at age 11 she was a boy." . . .

'Backlash starting' with LGBT movement 'losing control of itself': Douglas Murray

Comment to this video: There is a big difference between "informing" and "indoctrinating". I would agree a backlash is beginning, there is such a thing as overcooking something to the point where people become totally sick of it.

Riley Gaines calls out 'disingenuous' US soccer stars Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan for stance on trans athletes

 MSN   "Riley Gaines calls out 'disingenuous' US soccer stars Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan for stance on trans athletes

"Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines made it clear how she feels about U.S. Women's National Team players Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan defending the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports. 

" 'It's disingenuous and it's virtue signaling. They want to be seen as kind. They want to be seen as inclusive, but they know in their hearts, every single person knows they wouldn't have had the opportunities and the success they had without the women's sport and category," Gaines told "Fox & Friends" Thursday. 

" 'Now they've achieved what they've achieved. They've accomplished what they wanted to accomplish, so they don't care," she continued. "They would rather give girls up, give away our opportunities to be seen as kind and inclusive when in reality this isn't inclusive, it's exclusive."

SEN TUBERVILLE CALLS OUT USWNT STAR MEGAN RAPINOE OVER STANCE ON TRANSGENDER PARTICIPATION IN WOMEN'S SPORTS

https://youtube.com/shorts/iPfzV5VQNBw?feature=share

Hunter Biden's Lawyer Attacks the IRS Whistleblower, Paints Joe Biden Into a Corner –

 RedState

(See: Hunter Biden Claims Joe Biden Was in the Room While He Threatened Chinese Official to Pay Up, DOJ Sunk the Investigation)

. . ."If you’ve seen Hunter Biden’s lawyer on television, you know what kind of person he is. I’ll leave it at that and stick to what is in that statement, and there’s a lot to critique.

"For example, the idea that the investigation was so long because it was just so thorough is laughable. Five years is an eternity for a case that ultimately ended up with two misdemeanors of not filing taxes (resulting in no jail time) and pre-trial diversion. We know that the DOJ had Hunter Biden dead to rights as far as FARA violations and false statements go. We also know there were numerous other crimes evidenced on the infamous laptop, including possible sex-trafficking charges and drug charges. Yet, none of that made it into the final plea deal.

"The far more reasonable explanation for the length of the inquiry isn’t thoroughness but purposeful, politically motivated delay. Further, the investigation absolutely cut corners. Search warrants weren’t served, lawyers were tipped off, and charges in two venues other than Delaware were blocked by DOJ officials.

Five Quick Things: The George Floyd–ization of Adam Schiff -

"You can’t fight your war of attrition on local police without having a fraudulent hero like George Floyd to push the public relations, and so you can’t pursue the political annihilation of Trump without having an Adam Schiff being martyred to the cause of Our Democracy."

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

You can’t pursue the political annihilation of Trump without having a Schiff martyred to the cause of Our Democracy.

Jason Seiler

"Boy, what a spectacle the House Democrats made on Wednesday, no? You had to know they’d behave badly in response to efforts at holding Adam Schiff, their designated hitter when it came to spreading the Trump–Russia myth, accountable for his lies, but this?

"You’d look at that cast of characters straight out of the Star Wars cantina scene, and you’d struggle to find any coherent thinking behind it. (READ MORE: With Schiff, House Democrats Declare Moral Bankruptcy)

"The thing is, though, there is some.

"1. They’re Not Wild Animals; They’re Zoo Animals — And There Is a Zookeeper

"The impression you get from seeing the current batch of House Democrats, now that they’re not led by the doddering octogenarians Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and James Clyburn, is that they’re a collection of wackos, radicals, perverts, and hooligans: an unruly mob disguised as a congressional caucus.

"And that’s a rational impression. You can’t ascribe strategic thinking to a group that has, for example, the purple-haired cat-lady Rosa DeLauro so prominently included.

"But the Democrats in the House seem to have galvanized around three principles that they’ve made the core of their existence in this Congress — and that they’re hoping to ride back to power in 2024.

"The first is that they fight together. It would have been pretty easy to throw Schiff overboard and then go on the offensive against all the Republicans with so much as a hangnail of ethics. You’ve seen how the Senate Democrats have launched an unprecedented assault on the Supreme Court, which is a thinly veiled attempt to delegitimize the court before it explodes the regulatory welfare that is Chevron deference and, in so doing, knock out a key pillar of Deep State governance. 

"But they’ve closed ranks around Schiff, even though he’s a colossal liability. Think about it — poll after poll shows that Americans have lost faith in the government’s ability to operate honorably and to not meddle in elections, and what Schiff did was weaponize the source of that distrust. He’s literally the face of the lying Deep State, and he’s a smarmy jackass no more likable than Peter Strzok at that. And it doesn’t matter. They won’t leave any of their wounded in the field." . . .

Navy knew of Titan's implosion on Sunday, but allowed wall-to-wall media coverage to overshadow bad news for Biden and the Democrats

 Thomas Lifson   . . ."Hunter Biden’s wrist-slap plea deal, the Pentagon’s “accounting error” that is sending billions more to Ukraine, John Durham’s congressional testimony, and yesterday’s IRS whistleblower testimony were all shoved aside form media space by obsessive coverage of the “drama” whose grim conclusion the Navy picked up last Sunday.

"The technology of the SOSUS system that the Navy used to listen for the Titan may be top secret, but the existence of the system isn’t. There is a long Wikipedia article on it, for example. So, protecting national defense secrets was no cause to suppress the finding.

"Hey, the media got a compelling cliffhanger of a story to draw readers and eyeballs, the Coast Guard the useful information, and the Biden regime got a lot of silence on stories it didn’t want publicized, at least until the real powers-that-be decided to let the public know and signal the Bidens to prepare for the end of their grifting."

The Balancing Act: Who hates America more? Russia, China or Joe Biden and Democrats?

He wants to take our guns yet he just gave the Taliban some $83 billion in military equipment, making the group the best armed force of its size in the world.  

 Placerville, CA; Mountain Democrat  . . ."Who’s orchestrating this “defiling” of America? Is it avowed leftist Sandy Cortez (AOC), who has advocated thrift store shopping to her audiences while she is ensconced in the latest designer outfits. Maybe it’s leftist, “I own three homes” Bernie Sanders. Or other members of the leftist Cortez squad? Maybe Rashid Tlaib, “good for thee but not for me,” the leftist squad member who wants mask mandates for everyone but herself (ditto for ex-bartender Cortez  — and I write that in no derogation of an otherwise honorable profession). Maybe it’s George Soros.

"There are people buried deep in the bureaucracy who crave power against American ideals and work to destroy this country through the use of now meaningless words like racist and racism. If you don’t agree with the left, you’re a racist. But if you’re a white person, that in and of itself makes you a racist. 

"Most ironic is that this country was founded on merit, self-reliance, independence and hard work. The mantra of the left is a person’s failure is founded on victimhood and racism. The left wants everyone to be government dependent — part of the collective. Hard work and merit mean very little, if anything. That’s the reason socialism and communism fail; they defy human nature."

America's decline has to be by design

. . ."The cumulative effect of nearly two years of Democratic control has fundamentally changed the United States, just as the Biden administration  hoped it would."

Washington Examiner   "November 07, 2022 "Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele ruffled a lot of feathers when he declared in a March Twitter post, “The most powerful country in the world is falling so fast, that it makes you rethink what are the real reasons. ... Something so big and powerful can’t be destroyed so quickly, unless the enemy comes from within.”

"Fox News’s Tucker Carlson played a clip from a forthcoming interview with Bukele on Tuesday night in which he expands on his tweet. “The demise of the U.S. has to come from within. The enemies have to be inside,” he begins. “No external enemies can cause so much damage as internal operations.”

"Sadly, he is right.

“Cities that were pristinely beautiful 30 years ago are wastelands,” Bukele tells Carlson. He cites Los Angeles, San Francisco , Philadelphia, and Baltimore and says he would not live in them.

"He continues, “When you look at how the cities are eroding so fast, this has to be by design. Who would make so many stupid decisions? ... They’re literally giving people drugs in some U.S. cities. Or they say we’re going to give you money if you don’t work.”

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“ 'They make all of these laws that make no sense. If you have high crime, [they say] ‘Okay, I have a solution. Let’s defund the police.’”

"He makes the obvious point that those who make these laws know very well what the consequences will be.

“ 'They can’t be so dumb,” he concludes. “Of course, they’re not. They’re smart. They’re very smart people. So, why are they doing these things? Because it’s by design. It has to be by design.' ”. . .