Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Guess Who’s Defending North Korea Now…

 "In it, the subject of foreign policy came up and Stein gave us a peek at what our position toward Kim Jong-un would have been had she been elected. It turns out that the diminutive dictator has been getting a bad rap in the American press and Stein is tired of seeing North Korea “demonized.” (Mediaite)"

Hot Air


“The demonization of North Korea is part of the run-up to regime change. she said.” “It’s part of demonizing a government that we then want to exercise regime change on.”
Host Alex Witt pushed back against Stein’s accusation saying, “It’s the North Koreans that have added the provocation in launching missiles and testing….”
“But remember where that came from,” Stein interrupted, doubling down. “Long before they began their missile tests the U.S. was conducting nuclear bombing runs against North Korea. We actually had nuclear weapons until the end of the cold war We actually had nuclear weapons stationed in South Korean.”

 . . . "Thankfully Stein never got anywhere near the point of even landing a single electoral vote in the presidential race, but it says something about the state of the far left that the Green Party was even willing to field her. Stein is a loon. There’s just no other way to describe it. And the more time she spends on the national stage, the less stable she appears.
"Hey… on second thought, maybe the Democrats should consider running her in 2020. Something to ponder anyway."

Rick Moran: Jill Stein complains about 'demonization' of North Korea


. . . "It is the fallback position of anti-Americans that everything in the world we respond to is our fault to begin with and that if only we gathered in a circle with our enemies and sang protest songs, everything would be right in the world.
"It takes a special kind of idiot to absolve a brutal dictatorship of responsibility for a crisis when that regime starves its own people in order to construct a weapon of mass destruction and speak so casually of attacking the United States."

Left-Wing Democrats Not Thrilled About Kamala Harris for President

"Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) may be courting Hillary Clinton’s donors and drawing comparisons to Barack Obama in the mainstream media as she aims for a possible presidential run in 2020. But the “Berniecrats,” the left wing of the Democratic party, are skeptical of her prospects.
Joel B. Pollak

Jerry Brown Kamala Harris (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

"RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United, a union that supported Bernie Sanders in 2016 and is often to be seen at left-wing protests in the state, toldthe New York Times last month: “She’s not on our radar … In terms of where the progressives live, I don’t think there’s any ‘there’ there.”

"Others, according to Mic.com, are skeptical of the fact that Harris has courted Wall Street donors — including Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, who donated to her 2016 campaign for U.S. Senate. They cite Harris’s decision not to pursue a civil enforcement action against Mnuchin’s OneWest bank when she was California’s attorney general.
"Mic.com quotes Winnie Wong, co-founder of People for Bernie, dismissing Harris’s claims to be “progressive”: “She is the preferred candidate of extremely wealthy and out-of-touch Democratic party donors. … Her recent anointing is extremely telling. These donors will line her coffers ahead of 2020 and she will have the next two years to craft a message of broad appeal to a rapidly changing electorate.' ” . . .

Monday, July 31, 2017

Why does anybody want to turn the reins of this nation over to the left?

Crazytrain: Jill Stein Says North Korea Forced To Make Nukes To Protect Itself From American Threat…   "Even Bernie Sanders thinks North Korea is completely insane. This woman must be certifiable."

Leftists Seek to Prevent White Painter From Paying Homage To Black Martyr
"There was a time when an artist’s rendition of something as tragic as the murder of Emmett Till would have been celebrated. Unfortunately, over the last several years, American communities have begun to self-segregate."

Media Claims There Are 15k Transgender People In Military, But Claims Are Unsubstantiated



She Said What?! Maxine Waters Just Keeps Getting Weirder!  "But the California Democrat really outdid herself on Saturday, when she said Vice President Mike Pence is well into planning his own inauguration 'cuz, you know, Trump's impending impeachment."


Leftists In Hard-Hit Youngstown, Ohio Try To Stop Fracking – The Only Business That Could Save The Area

California conservatives, tired of state's liberal politics, find friendlier abodes in Texas  California conservatives, "Tired of high taxes on everything from your home to your plastic shopping bags? Concerned that violent crime may be seeping into your once seemingly idyllic neighborhood? Worried that your children will be placed in subpar public schools?"  Want to move?

Roseanne will have a nine-year-old 'gender creative' grandson in TV revival: Casting directors are looking for a child who can play 'sensitive and effeminate'   "
Showbiz411.com reports a gender fluid child, however, will likely get a lot of attention– for its bravery in telling what seems like a more common story in recent years and from the usual detractors. The “Roseanne” reboot is obviously out to give a jolt to what is a fairly snoozy sitcom world.
"Mark would not be TV’s first gender fluid person, however. That distinction goes to actor Asia Kate Dillon, playing Taylor on Showtime’s “Billions.”
Our minds are being molded by Hollywood morals. Lord, help us.

Women's Studies Prof: 'I Wish Someone Would Just Shoot' Trump

Marble Statues Are Now Racist...
And...

I guess that's it for now and yet all this is in one day. One.

Scaramucci Ousted on John Kelly's First Day as Chief of Staff

"His tenure as White House communications director was as chaotic as it was brief."

Photo added by TD

"Mooch, we hardly knew ye. 
"President Donald Trump is removing Anthony Scaramucci from his role as White House communications director, just 10 days after Scaramucci took the job.
"The New York Times, which broke the story, reported that the move comes at the request of new chief of staff John Kelly after Scaramucci boasted about reporting directly to the president.
“Mr. Kelly made clear to members of the White House staff at a meeting Monday morning that he is in charge,” the Times reported.
“ 'Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director,” the White House said in a statement Monday afternoon. “Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best.”
"Axios’s Jonathan Swan reported that Kelly broke the news to Scaramucci almost immediately after being sworn in.
"Scaramucci’s White House tenure was short but tempestuous, overshadowed by his bizarre decision to call a New Yorker reporter to harangue his White House colleagues. His hiring prompted the resignations of press secretary Sean Spicer and chief of staff Reince Priebus—the latter move, ironically, leading to his own dismissal as Trump hired Kelly to replace Priebus.
"Kelly’s swift action against the erratic Scaramucci shows he is wasting no time doing the job Trump brought him in for: ending the infighting and chaos that has gripped the White House over the last sixth months. Former Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski told NBC’s Chuck Todd on Sunday that “the president made a decision to move in a new direction to bring a seriousness to his chief of staff and a pivot, so that he can have his agenda at the forefront of what he wants to get done.' ”

Feminist Rag Marie Claire Slams WWII Movie “Dunkirk” For Being “An Excuse For Men To Celebrate Maleness”…

Weasel Zippers The silliness that has metastasized in the culture of this nation!

"Mind-numbing.
"Via Marie Claire:
...But my main issue with Dunkirk is that it’s so clearly designed for men to man-out over. And look, it’s not like I need every movie to have “strong female leads.” Wonder Woman can probably tide me over for at least a year, and I understand that this war was dominated by brave male soldiers. I get that. But the packaging of the film, the general vibe, and the tenor of the people applauding it just screams “men-only”—and specifically seems to cater to a certain type of very pretentious man who would love nothing more than to explain to me why I’m wrong about not liking it. If this movie were a dating profile pic, it would be a swole guy at the gym who also goes to Harvard. If it was a drink it would be Stumptown coffee. If it was one of your friends, it would be the one who starts his sentences with “I get what you’re saying, but…”
I guess congratulations are in order for Nolan managing to unite high-brow male critics and very annoying people on Twitter under a common bromance, but to me, Dunkirk felt like an excuse for men to celebrate maleness—which apparently they don’t get to do enough. Fine, great, go forth, but if Nolan’s entire purpose is breaking the established war movie mold and doing something different—why not make a movie about women in World War II? Or—because I know that will illicit cries of “ugh, not everything has to be about feminism, ugh!”—how about any other marginalized group? These stories shouldn’t be relegated to indie films and Oscar season. It’s up to giant powerhouse directors like Nolan to tell them, which is why Dunkirk feels so basic.
All scenes, whether in commercials or programs must, repeat MUST, show the male, child or adult, being bested by the female. TD

Anthony Scaramucci OUT as White House Communications Director

Right after his wife divorced him for taking the job?

NY Times Scaramucci now gone.

Legal Insurrection

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthony_Scaramucci_at_SALT_Conference_2016.jpg

"After a mere ten days, Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House Communications Director. From The New York Times:
Mr. Scaramucci’s abrupt removal came just 10 days after the wealthy New York financier was brought on to the West Wing staff, a move that convulsed an already chaotic White House and led to the departures of Sean Spicer, the former press secretary, and Reince Priebus, the president’s first chief of staff.
The decision to remove Mr. Scaramucci, who had boasted about reporting directly to the president not the chief of staff, John F. Kelly, came at Mr. Kelly’s request, the people said. Mr. Kelly made clear to members of the White House staff at a meeting Monday morning that he is in charge.
It was not clear whether Mr. Scaramucci will remain employed at the White House in another position or will leave altogether.
"ABC News reported that Scaramucci resigned. The Times said that Trump removed him. We will update this post as more information comes out."

Political Cartoons by Gary Varvel

When the left wins elections, are these the people who vote them into office?

Mr. McCain Goes to Washington

Adam Zyglis / Buffalo News

John Fund at National Review
"He chose to operate like the standard-issue politicians he likes to rail against."
 "In 2008, presidential candidate John McCain bravely proposed a health-care reform that Fortune magazine said was a giant step toward “laissez faire liberty” in health care. He wanted to empower consumers to find the best health care and even end the tax break for employer-sponsored plans. 

"In 2015, McCain joined all but one other GOP senator in voting to repeal Obamacare. The next year he ran an ad in his primary campaign against a Tea Party Republican claiming he was “leading the fight to stop Obamacare.” That ad helped him win 51 percent of the primary vote. 

"Just this year, McCain introduced a bill to “fully” repeal Obamacare and replace it with a “free-market approach that strengthens the quality and accessibility of care.” 

"Then, last Friday, McCain faced a choice on the Senate floor. He could vote with all but two of his GOP colleagues for “a skinny repeal” bill and get to a conference committee, where negotiators from the House and Senate could devise a bill that might pass both chambers. Or he could effectively leave Obamacare in place, dooming any realistic effort at curbing it given the uniform Democratic opposition to any real reform." . . .

Here's Why McCain Voted Against 'Skinny' Obamacare Repeal Bill
“We must now return to the correct way of legislating and send the bill back to committee, hold hearings, receive input from both sides of aisle, heed the recommendations of nation’s governors, and produce a bill that finally delivers affordable health care for the American people.”


The Trump administration threatened federal aid to Alaska if its two Senators didn't fall in line with yes votes on Obamacare repeal and replace efforts.



Report: Fans rising up against possible Kaepernick signing in Baltimore

 Yahoo Sports "If recent comments by Ravens coach John Harbaugh regarding the potential signing of quarterback Colin Kaepernick were meant to be a trial balloon, it apparently is made of lead.

"Mike Silver of NFL Media reports that the Ravens “have heard from numerous fans regarding Kaepernick in the last couple of days, many staunchly opposed to his signing.”
"It’s hardly a surprise, given that Giants co-owner John Mara already has provided all anti-Kaepernick fans with the blueprint for shouting down a potential Kaepernick signing.
“ 'All my years being in the league, I never received more emotional mail from people than I did about that issue,” Mara said in May. “If any of your players ever do that, we are never coming to another Giants game. It wasn’t one or two letters. It was a lot. It’s an emotional, emotional issue for a lot of people, moreso than any other issue I’ve run into.”
"It’s impossible to know whether the fans from whom the Ravens have heard are only Ravens fans, or whether they are fans of other teams who simply want to see Kaepernick remain unemployed. Regardless, it’s no surprise that those who don’t want to see Kaepernick on an NFL team are trying to block it from happening at a time when it appears that it could." . . .

Dangerous leak in the White House: Donald Trump Will Attack Weapons Site In North Korea ‘Within The Next Year’

Remember Obama leaking intel on an Israeli attack on the still-budding Iran nuclear program?

Weasel Zippers


"So here’s a question. Whoever is leaking this is most definitely leaking classified highly sensitive information. Either this is disinformation or it’s real and someone should go to jail and could undermine our potential actions.
Donald Trump is poised to order a military strike against North Korea ‘within the next year’ after the communist state said it had successfully fired a ballistic missile capable of hitting the US mainland.
Senior military sources in Washington DC told The Mail on Sunday that Pentagon officials have laid out plans to obliterate a nuclear weapons facility operating deep within a mountain in the rogue state.
The move, which could spark retaliation attacks from dictator Kim Jong-Un, would be a major step towards all-out war to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. It comes after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 6,500 miles on Friday night.
The Pentagon said the missile flew about 2,300 miles almost straight up before plunging into the sea off Japan about 620 miles from its launch site.

The Obama Administration Repeatedly Leaked Intel To Spite Israel

"In March 2012, four unnamed intelligence officials revealed details about Israel’s access to air bases in Azerbaijan in an effort to protect Iran from a potential Israeli strike. By doing so, the Obama administration prioritized its relationship with Iran, the world’s biggest state sponsor of terrorism, over Israel — a longtime ally to the United States with a stable, democratic government in a region that’s otherwise plagued with volatility."
The spiteful, vindictive, petulant Obama on display for the left to admire.

The Federalist



. . . "In 2013, the Department of Defense quietly declassified an intelligence report revealing details about Israel’s secret nuclear program. The timing is significant, as it occurred around the same time tensions between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rapidly escalated, suggesting this may have been a swipe at Israel.
"The decision to declassify the report was a startling change in diplomatic protocol, as the United States had kept quiet about Israel’s development of nuclear arms for decades. Israel itself has never publicly acknowledged its nuclear program, for fear that it could escalate tensions in the region.
"Several months later, an Obama administration official told the press that Israel had carried out a strike on a Syrian military base, CNN reported. Israel did not take credit for the attack, and Israeli officials were “furious” about this leak, which reportedly came directly from the White House." . . .
It may be time for an "apology tour" to America's allies by President Trump.

Check your 'cognitive privilege,' all you smart people!

"One of my favorite expressions is "There's no fool like an educated fool," and I appreciate it from abundant personal experience.  Merit is under attack on both the left and the right, in part because it is so often confused with education and privilege."

Thomas Lifson  "Progressives, crazed with identifying new forms of oppression attached to the currently fashionable catchword "privilege," have finally embraced the stupid as a victim class.  Hey, let's celebrate stupidity!  Just ponder for a moment all the potential grand marshals for the inevitable Stupidity Day Parade in New York City once the stupid are organized into a grievance-powered pressure group. 
"And where else but at a university, a temple of higher learning? "
"In this case, one funded by taxpayers.  The following is from a genuine column in the student newspaper of the University of Iowa.  A student suddenly has discovered that being smart is just like being white: an unfair privilege. " . . .





In a related column, this student speaks of "micro moments" to support "white privilege".