Saturday, January 11, 2025

One year ago:  ‘A nightmare’: Special counsel’s assessment of Biden’s mental fitness triggers Democratic panic

. . ."Asked if Hur’s report changes the calculus for Democrats who expect Biden to be the party’s nominee, this person said: “How the f--- does it not?” . . .
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Joe Biden faces backlash for needling Donald Trump over Jimmy Carter's death

"President Joe Biden is under fire from conservatives for using former President Jimmy Carter's death to take a swipe at incoming President Donald Trump. The comments came Sunday after Carter's death, when Biden was asked what Trump could learn from Carter's presidency.  "Decency, decency, decency," Biden replied." . . .

President Joe the Pathetic, who has always seemed intent on weakening his own nation -- even as he exits the world scene.  Comment to this post by JJ Stryder:

. . ."The failure of the Biden administration was evident in the man decades ago. He and Ted Kennedy on the judiciary committee skewering men with superior intelligence like Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas showed America what a petty lightweight this guys is. A proven pathological liar and plagiarist. No real positive legislation and long winded self aggrandizement speeches on display on the floor of the Senate for years. America had many chances to see this clown coming but made him president anyway." . . .

CNN Camera Cuts To Trump As Biden Slams ‘Abuse Of Power’ In Carter Funeral Speech


Biden infuriates Trump supporters with "Dark Brandon" final act  Pro-Biden Axios gives a final parting hagiography to Joe. TD



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Biden Continues to Act Like an Angry Child, Extends Protections for 800,000 Immigrants in Poke at Trump

 Bob Hoge; RedState 

"Biden is making a mockery of the transition period and doing everything in his power to thwart Trump’s –and the American people’s—hopes and desires." 

"The press for years tried to sell you on the narrative that Joe Biden is a decent, genial, value-driven guy, but so many of his actions have proven otherwise. Since Donald Trump officially became the president-elect in November, the lame-duck commander-in-chief has been waxing poetic about a smooth transition, but almost every official act he takes is designed to kneecap Trump’s stated agenda—you know, the one the American people overwhelming chose over the Biden-Harris failed vision.

"His latest move: extending temporary humanitarian protections for about 230,000 Salvadorans and 600,000 Venezuelans living in this country. It’s unclear how many of them are here illegally, but I don’t think it’s a stretch to say: a lot.

The decision in the dying days of Joe Biden’s presidency came after immigrant advocates and lawmakers urged the Department of Homeland Security to extend temporary protected status (TPS), designed to protect immigrants from being deported to countries that are engulfed in disaster or conflict.

DHS cited environmental conditions in El Salvador – which in recent times has been hit by a series of extreme weather events – which “prevent individuals from returning” to the country. The agency extended protections for Venezuelans “based on the severe humanitarian emergency the country continues to face due to political and economic crises”, the department said.

"Newly sworn-in Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) blasted the move in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday.

"These decisions were shamefully made by an outgoing administration ten days before President Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office. One would think that after handedly losing the 2024 Presidential Election when voters overwhelmingly rejected the Biden-Harris Administration's open-border policy, that you would finally understand American citizens' mandate. And yet, you continue to completely disregard the will of the majority of voters, by unilaterally deciding to allow nearly 1 million noncitizens who entered our country without original authorization to remain in the United States." . . .


Even Biden's Own Cabinet Member Is Disgusted by the Potential Use of Preemptive Pardons—'Sinks My Heart' 
 "Plenty of people, including President-elect Donald Trump, were disgusted with Biden’s slippery dealings, but you wouldn’t expect one of the lame-duck president’s own Cabinet members to speak out—yet speak out he did: . . .

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The Yellow Badge: History’s Favorite Tool for Picking on Jews

David T. Cloft  

"So, there you have it: the yellow badge, a symbol of history’s persistent habit of picking on one group for no good reason. From ancient Islamic lands to medieval Christian Europe to 20th-century Nazi Germany, this little scrap of fabric has been humanity’s go-to tool for exclusion." . . . 


"Most people think the Nazis came up with this little accessory of oppression, but, surprise! Humanity has been forcing Jews to dress differently for centuries. It’s not just a Nazi thing—it’s more like a historical tradition of “othering” dressed up as law. The Nazis were just the ones who made it globally infamous, but they were late to the party of discrimination.

"Let’s rewind to the 9th-century Islamic caliphates, where the concept of marking Jews and Christians first popped up in legal decrees. Back then, Jews were classified as dhimmi, second-class citizens who were tolerated as long as they paid a tax and didn’t cause too much trouble. To make sure no one mistook them for Muslims (heaven forbid!), they were sometimes forced to wear yellow belts, patches, or hats. Apparently, even then, someone thought yellow was the universal color for “not one of us.”

"Fast forward to medieval Europe, where Christians decided to borrow this fun idea. In 1215, the Fourth Lateran Council decreed that Jews should wear distinctive clothing so they wouldn’t accidentally blend in with Christians. They couldn’t have people confusing their oppressors with their victims, could they? Yellow badges and silly hats started popping up across England, France, and Germany. Even Shakespeare got in on the act with Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. The Church claimed it was for “moral order,” but we all know it was just another excuse to make Jews feel unwelcome.

"Enter the Nazis in the 20th century, the masters of turning historical discrimination into an industrialized process. They dug up the yellow badge from the depths of history and slapped it onto every Jew in occupied Europe starting in 1939. But they didn’t stop at identification. Unlike their predecessors, who just wanted Jews to look different, the Nazis used the badge as a death warrant. It was their way of saying, “This is where history’s longest hate story meets its darkest chapter.”

"So, there you have it: the yellow badge, a symbol of history’s persistent habit of picking on one group for no good reason. From ancient Islamic lands to medieval Christian Europe to 20th-century Nazi Germany, this little scrap of fabric has been humanity’s go-to tool for exclusion. It’s not just a badge; it’s a reminder of how creative we can get in finding new ways to be awful to each other." . . .

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Douglas Murray: "Something HUGE is Going Down in America..."

Rabbi David Vigler  interviews Ben Shapiro

. . . "This is a SPIRITUAL war. We have largely forgotten about the spiritual realm and that Satan has from the beginning been after God's people, who are the Jews! (and after Jesus Christ now also the Christians). This is why the radical Islamists say: first we come for the Saturday people, (Jews) then we come for the Sunday people (Christians). The good news is that God's people will prevail because God will ALWAYS love and protect HIS people and eventually punish all their enemies on the day of Judgement. Halleluja." Comment to the video.

The Promised Seed: The Source of Blessing in God's Perfect Plan

The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet.” The Lord will stretch forth Thy strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Thine enemies.” Thy people will volunteer freely in the day of Thy power; In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Thy youth are to Thee as the dew. The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, “Thou art a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” The Lord is at Thy right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.   (Psalm 110:1-6). 

"Elsewhere, this same “seed” is described as the suffering Servant of God:" 

Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up, and greatly exalted. . . .

Bob Deffinbaugh at Bible.org   

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Friday, January 10, 2025

Blinken Admits U.S. Pressure on Israel Led Hamas to Back Away from Deals

Townhall  

"However, the Biden Administration official did question why there hasn’t been a worldwide outcry for Hamas to put down its weapons and surrender, noting that most of the global pressure to end the ongoing war has been on Israel."  Sarah Arnold 

 

"In revealing admission, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged that American pressure on Israel played a significant role in causing Hamas terrorists to back away from previously discussed deals. Blinken's comments, which surfaced amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, shed light on the complex dynamics between the U.S., Israel, and Hamas. The revelation raises questions about the Biden Administration's approach to Middle East peace efforts and whether its actions have unintentionally emboldened terrorist groups.

"During a recent interview with the New York Times, Blinken said that in the first few days after Hamass attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people with 251 taken hostage, he threatened Israel that outgoing President Joe Biden would not visit the country as planned unless the government allowed aid into Gaza. He described how, just five days after the attack, he met with Israeli leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv. During the meeting, the group debated ensuring humanitarian aid reached Palestinians for hours. This proposal raised concerns about prioritizing aid to those linked to terrorist groups rather than focusing on Israel's security.

"Here’s more of precisely what Blinken said: . . ."

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Fire, Snow And A Storm Of Climate Nonsense

Issues & Insights  

(Newsom’s insane regulations on the insurance industry has sent fire coverage premiums soaring, if homeowners can get insurance at all). I&I


"Los Angeles is burning and the East Coast and Midwest have been walloped by cold and snow. Naturally, the global warming alarmists screech and honk about human reliance of fossil fuels. It a gross and irresponsible assumption.

"It never takes long for the foolish to break out and Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders didn’t disappoint on Wednesday when he tweeted: “80,000 people told to evacuate. Blazes 0% contained. Eight months since the area has seen rain. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable. Climate change is real, not ‘a hoax.’ Donald Trump must treat this like the existential crisis it is.”

"Unfortunately, he speaks for the many who are uninformed and naive, as well as those who want to use the man-made global warming narrative as a means to fundamentally change this country – and the West – into a political society run by leftists who, to borrow an applicable phrase, have difficulty resisting their authoritarian impulses.

"Overshadowed by the tragic Los Angeles fires is the Arctic blast that dropped temperatures and snow in much of the country. This too, is man’s fault. But then when it doesn’t snow, well, man is to blame for that, as well.

"As we have been doing in regard to global warming for about three decades, allow us to offer some facts that don’t scream as loudly but are facts nonetheless:   

  • While “there’s a growing tendency to tie every fire, flood, or storm to climate change,” says meteorologist and climate researcher Anthony Watts, “a closer look at history, meteorology, and land management reveals that these claims are often oversimplified by low-information journalists, and fail to address more immediate, actionable causes.” Watts goes on to cover California wildfire history, explains why weather rather than climate is a factor, and discusses the impacts of policy mistakes, so read the entire piece.
  • Full article here...
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Why was John Lennon’s atheist anthem ‘Imagine’ sung at Jimmy Carter’s funeral — at the late president’s request?

Peter Barry Chowka   

"Lennon stated: “‘Imagine’, which says: ‘Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,’ is virtually The Communist Manifesto, even though I’m not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to any movement.’ [10] He told NME: “There is no real Communist state in the world; you must realise that. The Socialism I speak about ... [is] not the way some daft Russian might do it, or the Chinese might do it. . ."


"I was surprised, if not shocked, when two A-list celebrities, country singers Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood, took the microphones at the State Funeral for Jimmy Carter yesterday and began performing “Imagine,” written by former Beatle John Lennon in 1971. The song is widely described as an “atheistic anthem” and incredibly is said to be one of the late 39th president’s favorite songs." . . .

. . ."The employment of, in my opinion, this questionable song as the coda of the Carters’ careers is a fitting close of the circle to what I have known about Jimmy Carter since very early on. As I detailed in my blog published at American Thinker on December 30, 2024, the day after Jimmy Carter died, I covered Carter’s campaign for the White House in 1976 and his inauguration as the president of the United States in 1977. In those early years before the hagiography surrounding his presidency and his decades as an ex-president was firmly established, I saw and photographed Carter on many different occasions, public and private. More often than not, he came across as an angry, arrogant, and condescending man, contemptuous of his staff and reporters – not at all like the media’s portrayal of him as a “grinning Georgian” deeply imbued with Christian values."

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Of Course: It Was Arson; Started by arsonists? Magnified by bureaucrats.

Hot Air 

"The reality, though, is simpler: mentally ill homeless people, poor land management, misplaced budget priorities, and insane DEI-obsessed policies made this disaster inevitable." 

. . ."Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jillian Michaels and Sara Foster have joined Donald Trump in slamming local and state officials amid the devastating Southern California wildfires.

"RadarOnline.com can reveal the fitness personality, 90210, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer stars took to social media to express their frustrations while slamming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom. ...

"Foster, 43, made her feelings clear on X, writing: "We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty. Our vegetation was overgrown, brush not cleared.

" 'Our reservoirs were emptied by our governor because tribal leaders wanted to save fish. Our fire department budget was cut by our mayor. But thank god drug addicts are getting their drug kits."

"Like Trump, 82, Foster also called on Newsom and Bass to resign as she claimed their "far left policies have ruined our state. And also our party." . . .


. . ."And what about controlled burns? Didn’t they at least do that? No. “Forest Service Halts Prescribed Burns in California. Is It Worth the Risk?” reported KQED in October. See: If a controlled burn got messy, it would look bad, like, politically, and also, fire can be scary! So the U.S. Forest Service didn’t do them.

"Here’s Michael Wara, energy and climate expert at Stanford University, explaining: “I think the Forest Service is worried about the risk of something bad happening [with a prescribed burn]. And they’re willing to trade that risk—which they will be blamed for—for increased risks on wildfires.” Which, he says, can then just be blamed on “Mother Nature.” . . .  Hence, the dangers of an ill-informed public. TD

Of Course: It Was Arson Here's a lesson in Bureaucracies and how they affect us all. TD:

 Socialism update: No lights in Cuba, no water in L.A.  "At some point, socialism collapses. It does not have to be overthrown, it simply collapses on its own. 
"Down in Cuba, mismanagement did not update the power plants. 

"Over in Los Angeles, environmental fanaticism means that the fire hydrants can't pump water. 

"Incredibly, no one in LA has the courage to explain why the hydrants can't pump water. 

This is the story:" . . .
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Media Commentators Seek to Regain Trust: It Won’t Work

 The American Spectator  

. . ."The Lies: Trump colluded with Putin. The Hunter laptop was a Russian deception. Nick, the kid in Covington, Ky., was an anti-Black and anti-Indian Catholic racist. Trump has dementia and insiders agree the 25th Amendment must be invoked. Biden is sharp as a steak knife and at the top of his game." . . .

"In the wake of the debacle known as the Biden presidency, certain media commentators who supported Biden and looked the other way for a time as he declined cognitively in front of their own eyes and ears, now write critical columns about Biden in an apparent effort to regain relevance and trust as the second Trump presidency is about to begin. It won’t work. Their credibility is gone, hopefully forever.

"Two examples of this phenomenon are Bret Stephens and George Will, two conservative writers who succumbed to Trump Derangement Syndrome and rendered themselves irrelevant to the new conservative movement that propelled Trump into the White House for the second time. 

"Stephens, who used to write for the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page but now writes a column for the far-left New York Times, recently criticized Biden for “four deceptions” and “four illusions” that will “not serve his legacy well.” The illusions, according to Stephens, were:"

  1. That the illegal migration on the southern border was “seasonal” and under control.
  2. That it was “highly unlikely” that the Taliban would seize power when America withdrew from Afghanistan.
  3. That inflation was “transitory.”
  4. That Biden was the best candidate to beat Trump.

The four deceptions were:

  1. That he would be a transitional president.
  2. That he would be “bipartisan and moderate.”
  3. That he was mentally and physically fit to serve a second term.
  4. That he would not pardon his son Hunter.
"It is true that Stephens also wrote columns critical of Biden on some issues and policies, but let’s look more closely at the most important of the Biden deceptions — his mental unfitness for the presidency. That mental unfitness was evident to people with eyes willing to see and ears willing to hear as early as 2020-2021, but Stephens posed as blind and deaf when it came to Biden’s cognitive decline until May 2024, when he wrote that “perceptions about the president’s physical and mental fitness are hardly baseless,” while also writing that Biden can allay such perceptions if he performed reasonably well in the debate with Trump. We all saw how that went." . . .
 investigated.   . . . "We simply don’t know who was actually making executive decisions for the country since Jan. 20, 2021. We don’t know to what extent Biden actually performed his presidential duties after swearing under oath that he would “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States.” It is imperative that Congress use its full investigatory power to answer these questions. Every key presidential aide, every Cabinet officer, and every medical professional who examined and treated the president must be questioned under oath about this conspiracy of silence and the cover-up of the president’s cognitive decline."
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Rogue Prosecutors and the Rise of Crime

 Imprimus; Hillsdale 
 "The lesson for voters across America is to pay close attention to “low visibility” local races—such as district attorney races, which directly impact public safety—to protect their communities against the kind of devastation we see in so many of America’s once great cities." 

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The following is adapted from a talk delivered on March 11, 2024, at the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series.

"The writers of our Constitution placed their faith not in specific guarantees of rights—those came later—but in a system of checks on government power. Foremost is the separation of powers among the three branches of the federal government, as well as between the federal government and the states. For this system to work as designed, people in each branch of the federal government and in the state governments must do their jobs and stay in their respective lanes.

"But what happens when district attorneys—members of their states’ executive branches—refuse to execute the laws of the land? We are witnessing the results today in blue cities across America.

"Approximately 90 percent of criminal cases in the U.S. are handled by the 2,300 elected district attorneys spread across 3,143 counties. The rest are prosecuted by U.S. attorneys operating under the Department of Justice. Until recently, elected county district attorneys upheld their end of the social contract by firmly and fairly enforcing state criminal laws and protecting citizens’ rights. Regardless of party affiliation, these gatekeepers of the criminal justice system did their job. Over the last 30 years, they played a critical role in driving down crime rates, which peaked in 1992, by prosecuting violent criminals, while at the same time creating thousands of alternatives to incarceration, such as drug courts, domestic violence courts, mental health courts, and other highly successful programs.

"That changed in 2015 with the launching of the George Soros-funded “progressive prosecutor” movement. This movement is animated by two beliefs. The first is that the entire criminal justice system is systemically racist. The second is that the only way to fix the system is to dismantle it by replacing law-and-order district attorneys with pro-criminal and anti-police district attorneys. The sick irony of this movement is that in the areas where it has prevailed, the most harm has been done to the racial minorities whose interests it purports to represent.

Origins of the Movement

"The progressive prosecutor movement—more accurately called the rogue prosecutor movement—is the predictable outgrowth of efforts by earlier Marxist radicals to alter or destroy the American way of life. At its root is the belief that our country and its institutions, including capitalism, are racist. One of the early leaders of the movement to abolish prisons is the infamous Angela Davis, now in her 80s, who in her 2003 book, Are Prisons Obsolete?, equated prisons to modern-day slavery. “The prison,” she wrote, “has become a black hole into which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited”; throwing people into prison, she continued, “relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.' ” . . .

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CA Dem Becomes Sputtering Mess When Asked Why Assembly Is Holding Special Session on Trump As Fires Rage

 Rusty Weiss; RedState

"Rather than fighting Trump, Newsom probably should have listened to him. The president-elect repeatedly advised the Democrat governor to clear out forest floors in an attempt to limit wildfires."

"California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D) was left a sputtering mess responding to a reporter demanding to know why Democrats are holding a special legislative session to combat Donald Trump while wildfires are ravaging Los Angeles.

"Ashley Zavala, capitol correspondent for KCRA-TV, confronted Rivas on why, despite the devastation, he is going through with a special legislative effort designed to find ways to undercut the incoming president.

" 'Is now the right time to have a special legislative session on allocating money to fight Trump in a way that you could already do without a special legislative session?" Zavala wondered.

“ 'Um, so I'm, ya know, I'm here t-to address this, this, uh, you know, these, these, these, these… wildfires. This is a historic wildfire," a flummoxed Rivas replied. "This is a historic event, these wildfires, as I mention, are gonna be quite possibly some of the worst wildfires and disasters in the state and national history.' " . . .                

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Jonathan Turley on The Trump Sentencing: Curtain to Fall on Merchan’s Hamlet on the Hudson

"As predicted, the two federal cases never saw a trial in Florida or Washington, D.C. In Georgia, Fani Willis was dropped from her racketeering case, which has gone nowhere due to her own misconduct. It is like the Allied forces launching the Normandy Invasion to capture Monaco."  JT


Trump Sentenced to Unconditional Discharge in New York Hush Money Case

"Trump won’t face punishment, but will be labeled a felon." Which the TV leftists will savor as they recite those words slowly.

Jonathan Turley on The Trump Sentencing: Curtain to Fall on Merchan’s Hamlet on the Hudson  "Below is my column in the Hill on the sentencing this week of President-Elect Donald Trump in Manhattan. Judge Juan Merchan waited to schedule the hearing for just ten days before the inauguration, limiting the time available to appeal. His order suggests that, if there is any interruption or delay in his sentencing, he might follow the advice of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and suspend sentencing for four years, a terrible option that we previously discussed. One could call that passively aggressive, but it seems quite actively aggressive.
"Here is the column: . . 
."But the whole point of a trophy-kill case is the trophy itself. Merchan will not disappoint. While indicating that he is inclined to a sentence without jail or probation, he will finalize the conviction of Trump just 10 days before his inauguration. In so doing, he will formally label the president-elect a convicted felon."

 Disappointment from the Supreme Court  

. . ."This very disappointing order will present us with the spectacle of one of the most corrupt, if not the most corrupt, and unethical “judges” — a word I put in quotation marks to express the deep disdain I hold for this person, who has been referred to as the Captain Ahab of the Judiciary — passing judgment on the former and future president of the United States solely for the purpose of giving the Democrat party its “pound of flesh.” . . .

 Trump's Surprisingly Mellow Response to SCOTUS Decision on Sentencing

. . ."Presently, there's a pending interlocutory appeal on the immunity issue, and once Trump has been sentenced, there will be a direct appeal of the judgment and sentence as well. The ultimate resolution of the matter may be months — if not years — away. But for all the effort expended to "get Trump," what they got was a second Trump presidency."  Susie Moore   Also here.

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