Call between Biden and China’s Xi portends rocky road in post-Trump era

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Crazy Old Biden and the Countdown to Kamala - American Thinker:  . . . "After the election, his mental decline has become obvious.  To cover for his cerebral issues, he has not held a formal press conference and has been interviewed only a few times by friendly reporters.  His one town hall meeting was broadcast on CNN, a pro-Biden network that supports his agenda and uses most of its airtime to fume about President Donald Trump and his supporters.

"On a typical day, Biden will make a statement or issue an executive order.  He will give a speech filled with bumbled or contorted language and then immediately exit the room as reporters are ushered out shouting questions.  This is in contrast to President Trump, who gave impromptu press conferences constantly.

"Sadly, the liberal mainstream press is covering for Biden.  If Trump had acted in such a manner during his first five weeks, there would have been a press uproar.  Eventually, these mental problems will be too severe to hide, and even the liberal media will have to report on them.

"Biden is mentally deteriorating, as most astute observers knew he would.  His condition has become so worrisome that 31 House Democrats are demanding the control of the "nuclear football" be removed from the sole authority of the president. " . . .

 There's a battle going on between Khamenei and Biden  . . . "The main Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), understands how to treat Iran's mullahs.  It holds that the Iranian regime is only responsive to the language of determination.  Lifting of sanctions — which is the opposite of determination — will pave the way for the Iranian regime's blackmail, nuclear ambition, and internal repression.  Future peace negotiations in the Middle East will be in serious jeopardy." . . .

Biden's Latest Verbal Slip Might Be His Most Disturbing Yet – PJ Media  "Conservative media has been calling out what appears to be Joe Biden’s cognitive decline for a long time. During the presidential campaign, we were the ones sounding the alarm bells while the mainstream media covered for him. At times it was amusing, yet also a bit scary. This man is running for president? The most powerful position in the world?

"Now, it’s just scary.

"On Saturday, Joe Biden did it again. While attempting to list off the names of several Democrats, even he was surprised by his own forgetfulness." . . . 

Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden's support (nypost.com) . . . "Now and then, you are reminded that the Khomeinis and Khameneis, and the Osama bin Ladens, too, have a point. America’s politicians are decadent and feckless. They substitute image for reality, and when it goes wrong, they pretend it never happened. Everything about Joe Biden is false, from his teeth to the random musings that float past them. The whole world sees this, but we are enjoined not to by an administration that drifted into office on a cloud of fantasy, puffed up by a largely complicit media.

“Biden confronts China’s Xi in first call,” reports Politico. Biden couldn’t “confront” a cheese sandwich without a side order of denture paste.

“In first call with Xi since election, Biden warns him on human rights,” reports The New York Times. That’s a “warning” on “human rights” abuses that Xi says aren’t happening.

“Last night, I was on the phone for two straight hours with Xi Jinping,” Biden announced to the press on Thursday, as though boasting of the bladder strength of a younger man. “We don’t get moving, they’re going to eat our lunch.” . . .

Total Different Reactions To Trump And Biden* Bombing Syria…

  Weasel Zippers

Did Wind Power Fall Hard During the Great Texas Storm? Yep. Twice.

 

PJ Media   "Texas is that rare state that has everything: oil, natural gas, coal, space for wind and solar, rare-earth minerals, great food, good-looking people, and abundant humility.

"Maybe not that last one. And we haven’t had a Super Bowl champion in much too long a time.

"Anyway, Friday morning I pulled electric power generation data by source from the United States Energy Information Administration. EIA is reputable and authoritative, to the extent that any government agency is. Insert shrug emoji if you wish. I mostly trust their data. It’s EIA’s data everyone cites when they, accurately, say the United States reduced carbon emissions faster than other developed nations and ahead of the Paris Accords targets over the past few years. EIA’s data attributes that to the rise of natural gas as a cheap, reliable, and clean power source. So you’ve probably trusted their data too, whether you were aware of it or not.

"Here’s what their Texas energy generation graph of the past week says.

"The beige line at the top is natural gas, the green line in the middle is wind. Take note of what that line does between Feb 15-16 and then again on Feb. 17. Also take note of what the beige line is doing during that second period.

"I’ll add some arrows to point out wind’s lowest generation points": . . .

Biden bombs when comparing Trump to Nazi official

 Bostonherald.com  "Joe Biden, who has accused Republicans of being practitioners of the Big Lie, is no slouch either when it comes to telling whoppers.

"And he can get away with it because the biased media fails to hold him accountable for anything, even when he calls Republicans Nazis. They believe him or pretend to.

"Otherwise, some straight-shooting mainstream reporter (if there are any left) might have asked Biden what the hell he was talking about when he compared President Trump, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley to Nazi Joseph Goebbels and the Allied World War II firebombing of Dresden, Germany.

"It all may be academic now that Trump is out the door, but it matters.

"But no reporter asked a follow-up question, perhaps because they had no idea what Biden was talking about. Dresden to them probably was some sort of chinaware. Besides, it sounded like more of Biden’s gibberish.

"World War II is not taught much in schools anymore, and only a diminishing number of veterans who fought in it are still with us. So, ignorance about it is understandable.

"It was a war in which the United States defeated Nazi Germany, and fascist Italy and Japan. The U.S. freed Europe from Nazi occupation and made the world safe for democracy, as quaint as that might sound today.

"Biden, prepping for his presidency — and tired of using Hitler as an insult — came up with Goebbels, who was Hitler’s propaganda minister and a master of the Big Lie. . . ."

Regrettable need for a language warning:

Syrian Woman Begs Trump & Americans To Stop Biden From Killing Innocent People…

  Weasel Zippers

"Sorry. Can’t help you. We’re traitors now remember?"

Good job to all the Biden voters out there.

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— Add_Your_Name_Here ➐ (@Tr00peRR) February 27, 2021

 Tunnel Dweller ➐ on Twitter: "Good job to all the Biden voters out there. https://t.co/FhuxOCY274" / Twitter

Biden Is Blundering Us Into World War 3 - National File   "The Joe Biden administration is blundering America into a World War 3 scenario as tensions rise globally. We are looking at a WW3 in which the regime controlling America does not represent the American people, there is zero national cohesion, and there are no clear objectives except the profit-oriented destabilization goals and petty rivalries of the Oligarchs. Such a war is not winnable for the American government, and could spark a massive bipartisan antiwar movement to challenge the bellicose decisions of the Biden regime." . . .

Woke Is Stupid: Hasbro Neuters Mr. Potato Head, Drops ‘Mister

 Legal Insurrection

UPDATE: Hasbro said it will label the toy as Potato Head, but Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head are not going anywhere. I guess they’re trying to please everyone?

"Well, earlier, the Associated Press reported Mr. Potato Head no longer exists:

Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will appear on boxes this year.

Toy makers have been updating their classic brands to appeal to kids today. Barbie has shed its blonde image and now comes in multiple skin tones and body shapes. Thomas the Tank Engine added more girl characters. And American Girl is now selling a boy doll.

Hasbro said Mr. Potato Head, which has been around for about 70 years, needed a modern makeover.

"But then Hasbro tried to save face!" . . .

Jim Acosta Showed up to CPAC and It Went Exactly How You Think

 – RedState

"If there’s one thing CNN’s Jim Acosta loves more than Jim Acosta, it’s getting Jim Acosta attention no matter what form that attention comes in, and Jim Acosta knew exactly what he needed to do in order to get some attention for Jim Acosta…he went to CPAC.

"Acosta placed himself in the middle of the crowd right next to the Fox Nation booth on radio row where people were thickest. This, of course, attracted the attention of a lot of CPAC attendees who have a lot of reasons to not like the guy.

"It wasn’t long before a crowd formed around him and he continued to make his way unopposed through the crowd but not without a “CNN sucks” chant beginning from the people." . . .

CNN's Jim Acosta Gets Schooled After Inadvertently Revealing the Real Reason He Went to CPAC – RedState

But one thing his idiotic “cancel culture” tweet does confirm with us is one of the reasons he was really at CPAC. Not to “report the news” but to make himself the news:

Biden’s Transgender Nominee for HHS Refuses to Answer Question on Gender-Altering Surgeries for Children

 Biden’s Transgender Nominee for HHS Refuses to Answer Question on Gender-Altering Surgeries for Children - American Greatness (amgreatness.com)  "Joe Biden’s nominee for Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services, “Rachel” Levine, dodged a question by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on whether or not he would support serious gender-altering procedures for minors, including puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgery, as reported by Breitbart.

"Senator Paul, who is himself a doctor, asked a length question of Levine, a biological man who was born as Richard Levine, and believes himself to be a woman. Paul pointed out that “American culture is now normalizing the idea that minors can be given hormones to prevent their biological development of their secondary sexual characteristics.”

"Noting that Levine in the past has “supported both allowing minors to be given hormone blockers to prevent them from going through puberty, as well as surgical destruction of a minor’s genitalia,” Paul cited a study from The American College of Pediatricians which reported that “80 to 95 percent of pre-pubertal children with gender dysphoria will experience resolution by late adolescence if not exposed to medical intervention and social affirmation.”

"Paul then directly asked Levine if he believes “that minors are capable of making such a life-changing decision as changing one’s sex?” Levine responded with a non-specific answer, simply saying that “transgender medicine is a very complex and nuanced field with robust research and standards of care that have been developed.” Levine added that, if confirmed, he would “look forward to working with you and your office and coming to your office and discussing the particulars of the standards of care for transgender medicine.”

"Following that answer, Paul simply asked to “let it go into the record that the witness refused to answer the question.”

"In addition to his controversial stance on “transgenderism,” Levine had also faced widespread criticism for his actions while serving as Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Health. In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, when Levine forced nursing homes in the state to accept coronavirus-positive patients, he had taken extra steps to ensure that his own mother was moved out of such a facility and into private care." . . .

That was then: Richard Levine, Pictured with his ex-wife.

Rand Paul’s Rachel Levine Questioning -- The Absurd Criticism | National Review

JUST IN: Rand Paul questions Dr. Rachel Levine on puberty blockers for minors with gender dysphoria.

Good morning. Spot the item that most pertains to CNN's helium-voiced host, Brian Stelter.

 Don Surber: Highlights of the News

Good morning. Spot the item that most pertains to CNN's helium-voiced host, Brian Stelter.  Well, not this one, I can tell you. TD:

"ITEM 9: Reuters reported, "C. Arnold McClure chairs the Republican Party in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania -- deep in Trump country -- and wants to punish fellow conservatives who have turned against the former president.

"McClure is among those pushing the state party to censure Pennsylvania’s Republican senator, Pat Toomey, for voting this month to convict Donald Trump, at his second impeachment trial, of inciting the U.S. Capitol riots. McClure will apply the same standard to any Republican candidate in upcoming elections who seeks support in his rural county: Those who have defended Trump will pass 'our first litmus test,' he said. He has a simple question for any who have not: 'What the hell?' "

He is absolutely right.

Not one Democrat denounced the riots this summer that caused billion of dollars in damage.

Toomey is just another fake." . . .

right that Trump's now-suspended policy at the U.S.-Mexico border separated thousands of children from their families in ways that had not been done before. But what she did not say is that the very same “cages” were built and used in her husband's administration, for the same purpose of holding migrant kids temporarily.

 

Image by Marcus Aurelius. American Thinker

[Michelle Obama] right that Trump's now-suspended policy at the U.S.-Mexico border separated thousands of children from their families in ways that had not been done before. But what she did not say is that the very same “cages” were built and used in her husband's administration, for the same purpose of holding migrant kids temporarily.

Did Obama Admin Build Cages That House Immigrant Children at U.S.-Mexico Border? 

(snopes.com)

The claim: Michelle Obama criticized the Trump administration for putting kids in cages, but the cages were built during the Obama administration  . . . "In a 2019 interview with nonpartisan think tank The Aspen Institute, Jeh Johnson, Barack Obama's Homeland Security secretary, told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that the "cages" predate the Trump administration.

" 'Chain-link barriers, partitions, fences, cages, whatever you want to call them were not invented on January 20, 2017," Johnson said. 

"Kelly asked Johnson about a 2014 photograph of him touring an Arizona facility for migrants along with former Gov. Jan Brewer. The picture is archived on the website for the Arizona Capitol Times.

"That image was also part of another social media meme accusing Michelle Obama of lying about "kids in cages" during her DNC speech. Facebook user Eulalia Maria Jimenez posted it to her page on Aug. 18. Johnson is circled in red in the image.

"Johnson explained the picture was taken during a spike in unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border of the country.

"The photograph you're referring to was a facility in Arizona — I recognize the photograph because Gov. Brewer was with me — and it was during the spike ...  and we had a lot of unaccompanied kids, we had a lot of family units. And under the law, once they're apprehended by the border patrol, within 72 hours, we have to transfer unaccompanied children to (the Department of Health and Human Services). And HHS then puts them in a shelter, and they find placement for them somewhere in the United States." Johnson explained." . . .

What We’re Reading Today: Biden’s Bad Month, Kids In Cages Woke Coke … And More

 Issues & Insights    "Headlines that caught our eye.

COVID Mania

Fauci: Vaccinated people still can’t dine indoors ‘because of the safety of society’ — Washington Times

10 Crazy Examples of Unrelated Waste and Partisan Kick-Backs in New ‘COVID’ Bill — FEE

Biden Era

Neera Tanden’s nomination is sinking, Xavier Becerra’s should sink too — Powerline

An Awful First Month for the Biden Administration — Fox News

Biden’s Attempt to Resurrect Iran Nuclear Deal Off to Bumpy Start — MSN

Actions Don’t Match ‘Unity’ Rhetoric — The Hill

Congressional Democrats bully cable providers to drop Fox, Newsmax, OANN — Washington Times

Biden Takes On Trump’s Migrant Policies and Confusion Reigns at the Border — New York Times

Media Bias

Media Can’t Get Enough of Biden’s ‘Empathy’ — Washington Free Beacon

‘Kids in Cages’ Rhetoric Disappears: WaPo, CBS Report on ‘Shelters,’ ‘Migrant Facilities’ at the Border — Legal Insurrection

Here’s a look at a few more examples of media hypocrisy as “kids in cages” become “shelters” under the loving embrace of Joe Biden — Not the Bee

Nolte: PolitiFact Finally Admits Brian Sicknick Not Killed by Fire Extinguisher — Breitbart

Capitol Protests

Capitol violence marked by security breakdowns, witnesses tell senators in wide-ranging hearing — Just the News

Law enforcement officials lay out evidence Capitol riot was ‘coordinated’ attack — The Hill

Big Tech   Amazon yanks bestselling book about transgender issues from online store without explanation — Just the News

Misc  REPORT: Former Obama Staff Colluded With Iran to Undermine Trump — PJ Media

'Slavery ended over 130 years ago': Former NFL player Herschel Walker says Black Americans shouldn't get reparations

AfterMath; Rich Terrell

 Yahoo.com  "Herschel Walker said during a US House hearing that Black Americans should not receive reparations.

" 'Reparations teach separation," Walker argued. "Slavery ended over 130 years ago."

"The Democratic-led House is poised to create a commission to study reparation proposals. 

"The former NFL player Herschel Walker on Wednesday said Black Americans should not receive reparations for slavery.

"A virtual congressional hearing on the issue was being held for House Resolution 40, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, which would create a commission to study reparation proposals.

"Walker, a standout athlete at the University of Georgia who won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 before launching a long professional football career, questioned the logistical feasibility of reparations and dismissed the idea itself as divisive.

" 'We use Black power to create white guilt," he said early in his opening statement. "My approach is biblical. How can I ask my Heavenly Father to forgive me if I can't forgive my brother?' " . . .

Obama comes out of the woodwork, touts reparations for blacks - American Thinker

. . . "Which happens to be the wokester signature issue of the day, now that the federal government is turning on the money spigots for every cause under the sun.

"Fox pointed out that this wasn't Obama's earlier position on reparations, an idea he opposed during his 2008 election. But instead of saying he'd changed his mind owing to the need to be "on the cutting edge" of fashionable leftist thought, and therefore still relevant, the vacay-happy ex-president declared that only the resentful bitter clingers of this country were responsible for stopping him in his redistribution-of-the-wealth socialist dream. In other words, whitey did it.

"Naturally, he was supercilious and patronizing, demonstrating clearly enough that he hasn't changed a bit: . . ."

Out of ammo, Democrats yell 'racism' as Biden's nastiest left-wing cabinet picks go down in flames  . . . "Becerra not only has far left positions but a record as vindictive prosecutor, going after the Little Sisters of the Poor to force them to support abortions against their consciences, to take just one example, and there are many more. He's also got the odor of corruption: His 2008 nomination for U.S. Trade Representative fell apart after news emerged that he lobbied for leniency for a drug trafficker after the latter's rich dad made big donations to the Democratic Party. Pay for play, Xav? He's also an extremely unpleasant person:" . . .