New York Will Learn of the Greatest of All Tyrannies

 

Rich Terrell

And now it’s ‘Overreaction Wednesday’ 

. . . "So we have an unapologetic Democrat socialist, or so he said last night before happy supporters.  At least he is honest about it!  Let’s see how Mamdani’s socialism works out.  It certainly has not worked well everywhere else.  It destroyed Cuba, and I know a little bit about that.  So good luck New York City.  I guess there is always Florida, if you get sour with the charming Democrat socialist.

"Over in Virginia, I was surprised that AG Jason Miyares lost his reelection to a man who fantasizes about killing opponents and their families.  That’s shocking to me.  Over in New Jersey, the polls were wrong again, because the Democrats won by double digits.  At the same time, nobody outside of Virginia or New Jersey is going to remember much about last night.

"Mayor-elect Mamdani is a different story.  He will become the face and the inspiration of a new Democrat party.  How is that going to work out?  Not well, and no one is happier than GOP candidates running in 2026."  Silvio Canto, Jr.

 Bill Maher 'warns' that Mamdani will get Republicans elected everywhere else

"Bill Maher on Zohran Mamdani: "He definitely has the power and influence to elect JD Vance, or whoever is the Republican candidate next time. It is a walking commercial for the Republican Party nationally.' "

New York Will Learn of the Greatest of All Tyrannies – RedState . . .

"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about." Genuinely one of the most horrifying quotes I've ever heard from a politician.

. . . "To quote Ronald Reagan, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.”

"The reason the words are so terrifying is self-evident. Wherever government is involved, inefficiency, corruption, and incompetence follow. It's as sure as death and taxes. That basic bit of knowledge is one of the key reasons so many people are planning to flee New York as I write this. 

"By the way, Texas is full. 

"But I can't put it any better than C.S. Lewis did, who has warned the Western world about people just like Mamdani, and I think his words should be repeated again, and again, and again: 

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. 

"Mamdani is exactly who Lewis was talking about. " . . . 

Will anyone rescue New York City from its dark destiny this time?

 The voices of young college-aged women cheering Mamdani's about his plans for New York's economy and police forces sound to me like the same ones I hear cheering Hamas's murdering of Israeli families, cooking infants alive in Jewish kitchen ovens, and making keffiyeh - muffled shouts of "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!" on American campuses. Being economically ignorant as is the childlike Zohran, they are all a complement with the likes of Jasmine Crockett, AOC,and most of those sitting to the right of the person giving the SOTU and can be spotted wearing matching (Usually white) outfits and flashing paddle signs.  The Tunnel Dweller

Will anyone rescue New York City from its dark destiny this time?   ..."Remember President Ford’s “Drop Dead” retort?

"Faced with New York City’s looming insolvency, New York State Governor Hugh Carey—an old school Democrat—recruited Felix Rohatyn, the distinguished, august senior partner at the largest investment banking house in both the city and the world, Lazard Freres. Rohatyn was an exquisite financial wizard, navigating, negotiating, and delivering complex financial deals—profitable, innovative, and durable.

"Felix Rohatyn might have been the most trusted and respected financial titan since the likes of J.P. Morgan and Andrew Mellon.

"Governor Carey, with Rohatyn, formed the Municipal Finance Corp. and the New York State Financial Control Board, which commandeered operational and financial control of New York City.

"Carey championed massive loan guarantees from New York and engineered state legislation to enact sweeping tax cuts and regulatory reforms that jump-started New York state’s economy. This provided the confidence and trust enabling Rohatyn to not only refinance New York City’s debt, but to convince President Ford to shelve his “Drop-dead” posture towards New York City. Ford signed the New York City Seasonal Financing Act, through which the city secured some $2 billion in direct loans and additional loan guarantees.

"So, here we are, fifty years later, with 33-year-old communist, antisemite, and Islamic terrorist sympathizer Zohran Mamdani, who knows nothing—zero, zilch about finance or governance in any public space or the private sphere—on the cusp of being elected Mayor of New York City.

"Mamdani’s communist manifesto for New York City, calling for higher taxes, wealth redistribution, rent control, free food, free health care, free transportation, and more, including dismantling the NYPD and FDNY, will not only defy gravity but will also make the city uninhabitable.

"Hugh Carey and Felix Rohatyn clones don’t exist. New York City’s dark destiny, which won’t be confined to the five boroughs, is a hellscape about to unfold and descend upon the greatest metropolis the world has ever seen." . . . 

New York City Has Fallen, Socialist Mamdani Elected Mayor    "The capital of American capitalism, a longtime beacon of prosperity, opportunity, and innovation, has just elected its first openly socialist mayor. He has pledged to punish the wealthy, crack down on landlords, freeze rents, open city-run grocery stores, make public transit free, and tackle the city's crime through “mental health services,” whatever that may entail. Mamdani will also be the city’s first Muslim mayor."

"What this moment makes clear is that Republicans must seriously re-engage in the debate between free markets and socialism, more vigorously than ever before. That means advancing economic plans that demonstrate the power, effectiveness, and fairness of the free market, not just more tax cuts. Republicans have too often lost the rhetorical battle over economic systems. For too long, capitalism has been equated with maintaining the status quo; it must now stand for something greater amid the growing discontent in America’s cities. Let’s restore the honor and dignity of work, revive the American work ethic, and reduce our dependence on government welfare programs and on government itself to solve our problems."

9 Times Michelle Obama's Behavior Had Us Scratching Our Heads

 

Rich Terrell

The List

"Michelle Obama is one of a kind. There are several signs that she wears the pants in her relationship with former President Barack Obama, and while Michelle's life has changed significantly since leaving the White House, she remains a prominent American figure — a reminder of a simpler and more peaceful time in American politics. She was adored by many during her tenure as first lady, receiving a minute-long standing ovation from the crowd when she made an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in 2016." . . .  More...

• "Michelle Obama had everyone talking when she hugged the queen
• The first lady's 2011 undercover trip to Target had people making all kinds of assumptions
• That time Michelle Obama admitted she couldn't stand her husband for 10 years
• She revealed in her book that she and Barack aren't everything to each other
• When she admitted she gets to tease her husband --- but he doesn't get to return the favor
• When Michelle Obama completely fumbled a gift exchange with Melania Trump
• She didn't show up at Jimmy Carter's funeral
• She also let her husband attend Trump's inauguration by his lonesome

Why Michelle Obama says she’s angrier than her white friends? - The Times of India

The Tricky Exceptions to the ‘A’ vs. ‘An’ Rule

 Word Smarts

"We’re taught in grade school to use “a” before words beginning with consonants and “an” before words that start with vowels. But this simple grammar rule is more complex than it seems." 

"Some grammar rules are as straightforward as can be — at first glance, at least. We’re taught in grade school to use “a” before words beginning with consonants and “an” before words that start with vowels. That means you could plant “a herb garden,” right? Then why does “an herb garden” sound slightly better to our American ears? It’s because this simple grade-school grammar rule is more complex than it seems.

What Are Indefinite Articles?

'The English language has two types of articles: definite and indefinite. They identify whether a noun is specific or generic. “The” is a definite article — the only definite article in English, in fact — and it indicates that we are referring to a particular noun. For example, “John bought the car” refers to one very specific car.

'“A” and “an” are indefinite articles, and they can refer to any person, place, or thing. For example, if “Tom will bake a cake,” it could be chocolate, vanilla, or lemon. We don’t know what Tom has planned, based on the language used.

'When To Use "A" or "An"

'If “the” is the only definite article in English, why are there two indefinite articles? The simple answer is that they’re used in different situations, namely in regard to the letters that follow in the next word. Use “a” if the word that follows begins with a consonant:

They’re adopting a cat.

Did you wear a raincoat?

I’m eating a strawberry pie.

'Alternatively, use “an” if the following word begins with a vowel:

She needs an eye exam.

I gave him an umbrella.

Can you get an avocado from the store? More...

 

Bill Gates throws in the towel on climate change

Don Surber Substack  

"Adaptation makes more sense than ditching gasoline cars for electric vehicles or replacing perfectly good nuclear power plants with windmills. Mankind adapts. It always has and always will."

In 1973, Meathead told Archie the world would freeze to death. In 2001, Al Gore told the media the world would go up in flames. Both Meathead and Al Gore were pushing the end of capitalism and the industrial age. Both men were wrong.

"The stupidity continues because there’s gold in them thar lies.

"But the mines are tapping out.

"Bill Gates caused a little stir by calling for a new approach to using the ecology to end capitalism. He wrote, “Although climate change will have serious consequences—particularly for people in the poorest countries—it will not lead to humanity’s demise. People will be able to live and thrive in most places on Earth for the foreseeable future.”

"Gates is not a genius. He is stating the obvious. He also called for diverting climate change money to other liberal causes. He does this one step ahead of the law of con men eventually being caught.

"Climate change alarmism is dying because none of Al Gore’s over-the-top predictions came true. Polar bears are thriving. It still snows. People aren’t starving

"In fact, obesity rates in the world have tripled in the past 32 years, rising from 4.8% for men in 1990 to 14% in 2022. Among women it rose from 8.8% in 1990 to 18.5% in 2022.

"The world is not merely surviving, it is thriving. Carbon dioxide makes plants grow. It is a great time to be alive.

"His new approach is to stop making predictions. Think long-term. Replace Eve of Destruction with In the Year 2525. That way, no one can ever prove you wrong.

"By the way, both songs suck.

"Gates pulling back from climate alarmism because the failure of its predictions have discredited it. As Nobel physicist Richard Feynman said, “It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.”

"The public knows this intuitively." . 

Cruz Calls for Judge Boasberg’s Impeachment for ‘Abusing His Power’

 Judge James Boasberg is the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011. He previously served on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and has been involved with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Recently, he has been in the news . . . 

Daily Signal

. . . “Arctic Frost was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus. Contrary to what [Jack] Smith has said publicly, this was clearly a fishing expedition,” the Iowa senator said at the press conference. 

"The subpoenas, sent to 34 separate people and 163 businesses, were given to the Senate Judiciary chairman through whistleblower disclosures.

“Judge James E. Boasberg, that radical leftist judge who is out of control, who has been issuing nationwide injunctions one after the other trying to stop President Trump from carrying out his mandate for the voters,” Cruz said, alluding to complaints over the federal judge’s handling of the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal aliens. " . . .

Judge Boasberg Keeps Getting Assigned Trump Cases. Lawmakers Want to Know Why. | House Judiciary Committee Republicans    Townhall

"Judge James Boasberg, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, has repeatedly been assigned cases to do with President Donald Trump's second term, as Townhall has been covering. Congress has taken notice, and the House last month passed a bill to rein in rogue judges like Boasberg and others. Questions still remain, though, and on Monday, Townhall obtained a letter from Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Chip Roy (R-TX) regarding such concerns. The letter was sent to Angela D. Caesar, the Clerk of the Court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

"As the letter begins in part by mentioning, the second Trump term has been hit with over 30 nationwide injunctions, with the term having started just over 100 days ago. 

" 'Many of these nationwide injunctions have raised concerns that Article III judges are exceeding their constitutional authority by replacing the policy decisions of the duly elected President with their own preferences, eroding public trust in the integrity and fairness of our judicial system. Many high-profile cases challenging policy decisions of the Trump Administration have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (District Court)," the letter mentions early on, referencing a key concern as well as previewing how Congress may look to be doing more. "As Congress considers potential legislative reforms to address the abuse of nationwide injunctions and adjust the national distribution and local assignment of cases challenging Executive Branch policy decisions, we write to request information about the District Court’s assignment of cases."

"Among the cases that Boasberg has been assigned include not only the administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) for deportations, but also to do with administration officials' handling of the Signal app. The letter notes that Boasberg was assigned such "high-profile" cases less than two weeks apart. He was also assigned cases to do with the Department of Government of Efficiency and federal funding for programs that violate civil rights laws. While the latter was dismissed, this was due to the plaintiff's request.

"The DC District Court’s local rules are used

 to assign cases, but again, questions still remain. As the rules mention:00000The Clerk shall create a separate assignment deck in the automated system for each subclassification of civil and criminal cases established by the Court . . . . The decks will be created by the Liaison to the Calendar and Case Management Committee or the Liaison’s backup . . . . The Calendar and Case Management Committee will, from time to time determine and indicate by order the frequency with which each judge’s name shall appear in each designated deck, to effectuate an even distribution of cases among the active judges.

"Effectively, this process is like 'drawing from a deck of cards, in which each judge is their own suit, with a number of cards equal to the number of cases they can draw before the case-assignment deck is reshuffled and reloaded,'" the letter went on to explain, still citing the rules. "Moreover, the likelihood of a case being assigned to a particular judge 'depends on how many cases the judge has already drawn from the deck and how many more cases the judge is required to draw that cycle.'" . . . More...

Do Californians Realize How Badly They’re Getting Ripped Off?

  Issues & Insights 

  "So, the question I have for every Californian is: “What is wrong with you? Why do you put up with this? Why are you content to let California be a one-party state?”  Most of your leaders should be in jail, not winning reelection."

"Let’s say you paid top dollar to go to a fancy, five-star restaurant, and the waiter served you warmed-over McDonald’s. Would you ever go back?

"Maybe, if you didn’t know any better.

"I started thinking about that after I recently changed my residency from Virginia to California (for reasons I won’t go into) and noticed that my state income taxes had gone up by more than 33%.

"Over the course of the year, I will pay California $2,115 more than I’d been paying in Virginia, which is hardly a low-tax state (Virginia has the 14th highest income tax burden in the country). Not only are income taxes higher, California’s sales tax is 66% higher, and the gasoline tax is almost double Virginia’s. Those are just the ones I know about.

"So, I decided to look into what exactly I’m getting for the five-star cost of California’s government for basic services governments are expected to provide.

""It’s infuriating. California is ripping off its taxpayers big time. Consider:

"Crime: Despite having roughly the same number of police officers per capita, California has a “crime index” that is 47% higher than Virginia’s, and California has the sixth-highest rate of violent crime of all 50 states. Virginia has the 14th lowest.

" 'Education: If you’re a teacher, California is a great place to live. They are the highest paid in the nation and have the fourth-lowest student-to-teacher ratio. But if you’re a parent? Your children are getting screwed. Eighth-grade reading, math, science, and writing scores are significantly below the national average, while Virginia’s are significantly higher. Virginia ranks 7 in average SAT scores, and California comes in 23rd.

"Infrastructure: Despite having the nation’s highest gasoline taxes, California ranks in the bottom three when it comes to road conditions, with more than 25% of its roads in serious need of repair. In Virginia, just 9% of its roads are in poor shape.

"Opportunity: How much economic opportunity are California’s sky-high taxes buying? None. The state ranks dead last in U.S. News and World Report’s “opportunity” ranking. And it ranks 47th in the Rich States, Poor States ranking of economic outlook.

"It has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 5.5%, the most people on welfare, and the most homeless people.

"It has the most progressive income tax yet is the fifth-worst state when it comes to income inequality. (Virginia comes in 29th on tax progressivity and 22nd on income inequality.)

"It is the least affordable state for housing. Virginia is 35th." . . More...

Cleaning up after Democrats in Dearborn

“DEARBORNISTAN” FBI averts potential ISIS (Islamic State) linked Halloween terrorist attack  Video

Douglas Murray stands with the state of Israel inside a country that has become very anti-Israel: Canada.   Video...   "Thousands rose to their feet for Douglas Murray’s blistering speech, and for good reason.

"He delivered a simple, unvarnished message to the Palestinian-Muslim leadership and to the world: the Jews in Israel will defend themselves, whether the Muslim-Arab world, the West, the UN Show more" . . .

  https://twitter.com/i/status/1982039473736085575

Townhall's Mamdani art gallery

 Townhall's Mamdani art gallery

Mamdani's old posts come back to haunt him; here's why   "New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has found himself in controversy over his past social media posts.

"The controversy was sparked by his old tweets and a recent visit to a Brooklyn mosque during the campaign trail.

:One of the resurfaced tweets shows him giving the middle finger to a Christopher Columbus statue in Astoria, demanding its removal." , , ,

New Yorkers Will Pay the Price for Mamdani’s Hubris 

. . ."Ask yourself: ‘Who would hire me if they had to pay $2,030 an hour?’ There are a few superstars worth millions a year, but most of us aren’t. Sadly, the same result applies to numbers less than “2,030,” including “30.” Good intentions notwithstanding, the sad consequence of the minimum wage is to render the most vulnerable amongst us unemployable." . . . 

Democrats are letting their crazies off-leash because they're afraid of them

D. Parker 

"It can be quite amusing and disturbing at the same time when someone who has lost the plot openly states that "... we are not the crazy ones. They want us to think we are crazy. We are sane."

"But there she was the other night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez herself, making that claim.  

Because it's the same as someone claiming he is patriotic – if you have to speak up and say it, no one believes you are.

"The good news is the violent left is coming apart at the seams; the bad news is that they are still coming after us, the pro-freedom right.

"The violent commie-fascist far left are supplanting the sane people in the party, because the latter are afraid of their crazies like everyone else.  

"Violent leftists are still full of rage against freedom, the country, and President Trump in particular.  

"It's to the point that left-leaning publications are openly warning them that they are going overboard and driving away normal, sane voters.

"But that's the problem for them in general, and because of this, they're openly splitting themselves apart in a leftist cold civil war, but the far-left end of the party is increasingly embracing threats and violence.  

"And these always have a chilling effect on some.  

"So, read what their saner voices are saying, and then listen to their new threats.  Because while they might be destroying themselves, leftists seem to always like to burn things down in the process when they don't get their way.

"For some reason, the violent commie-fascist far left isn't listening to their saner voices." . . .

Below: Victor Davis Hanson knows exactly where this is headed: The Fresh, New ‘Jacobin’ Faces of the Democrat party.

D. Parker is an engineer, inventor, wordsmith, and student of history, former director of communications for a civil rights organization, and a long-time contributor to conservative websites.  Find him on Substack.

Obama supports the Brothas, but the Sistas....um...

 

Spanberger: I Won’t Work with Trump on Creating Jobs, ‘You Don’t Work with the Arsonist’  

Democrats are letting their crazies off-leash because they're afraid of them 

"It can be quite amusing and disturbing at the same time when someone who has lost the plot openly states that "... we are not the crazy ones. They want us to think we are crazy. We are sane."

" 'But there she was the other night, [teeny-bopper] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez herself, making that claim. 

"Because it's the same as someone claiming he is patriotic – if you have to speak up and say it, no one believes you are.

"The good news is the violent left is coming apart at the seams; the bad news is that they are still coming after us, the pro-freedom right.

"The violent commie-fascist far left are supplanting the sane people in the party, because the latter are afraid of their crazies like everyone else. 

"Violent leftists are still full of rage against freedom, the country, and President Trump in particular. 

"It's to the point that left-leaning publications are openly warning them that they are going overboard and driving away normal, sane voters.  

"But that's the problem for them in general, and because of this, they're openly splitting themselves apart in a leftist cold civil war, but the far-left end of the party is increasingly embracing threats and violence.

"And these always have a chilling effect on some. " . . . More...