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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Interesting News and Stuff for July 31, 2018

Rep Nunes Urging Trump to Declassify 20 Pages in FISA Warrant Signed by Rosenstein
I simply do not why the president does not. And why he doesn’t demand the release of other documents Congress wants to do their job of oversight.
The FISA warrant obtained by the FBI to spy on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page has finally been released to the public, but it's so heavily redacted, it's meaningless -- and can be misrepresented by Democrats -- unless President Trump agrees to declassify it, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chairman of the House intelligence committee, told "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo.

Republicans Prepare to Pour Millions Into California Congressional Races
About time!
Democrats have targeted seven key districts in the Golden State where Hillary Clinton won in 2016 and a Republican currently holds the congressional seat.
We have the resources to protect and strengthen our Republican majorities in Congress,” Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), reportedly said in a statement. She expressed her confidence and belief in the GOP’s effort to “elect more Republicans so President Trump can continue to deliver for the American people.”
Several days after the Democrats announced that they had out-raised Republicans in 10 of California’s 14 Republican-held congressional districts, President Donald Trump and the RNC announced that they are sending money — $8 million — from his 2020 re-election campaign to nearly 100 Republican congressional and Senate candidates.

Think Your Absentee Ballot Doesn’t Matter? Here’s Proof It Does
I voted absentee lots of times during my time in the service and never once thought it was wasted. Not once. So, if for some reason you know you can’t go to the bolls on election day, here’s what you need to do:
Step 1: Get registered and request your ballot
Step 2: Receive, fill out, and send back your ballot
How do you know your vote got counted, though?
One of the prime reasons why deployed service members fail to exercise their voting rights is they assume that absentee ballots get delayed, lost, or “forgotten” somewhere along the way. Thankfully, we’re in the 21st century now, so it’s pretty easy to see if your ballot made it into the tally: You can check the status of your ballot after sending it back.
How long do I have to do all this?
And then there’s this:
The Federal Voting Assistance Program works to ensure Service members, their eligible family members and overseas citizens are aware of their right to vote and have the tools and resources to successfully do so — from anywhere in the world. FVAP assists voters through partnerships with the Military Services, Department of State, Department of Justice and election officials from 50 States, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Follow The Federal Voting Assistance Program on Twitter @FVAP
Examples of very close elections and more @ https://taskandpurpose.com/military-absentee-ballot-voting-steps/

Socialism kills and destroys
https://babalublog.com/wpr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cyle-of-socialism-e1532872967936.png
and you shouldn’t be offended when you’re reminded of that
And it always, always ends up being led by brutal, murdering dictators. So remember that when contemplating the current Socialist Democrat movement. They want to start out with government ruling you to be followed by a dictator.
Socialism has a long, dark history of death and destruction. Because of socialism, over 100-million lives have been extinguished and billions more have been enslaved. Yet there are people who get offended when you remind them of the death and misery socialism has inflicted upon our world.
If there is anything insulting about reminding people of the evils of socialism, it is those who despite its bloody and sinister history, continue to defend and promote this vile ideology as a viable and perfectly acceptable alternative to freedom.
and this is another example of it:
Western Nicaragua Left without Medical Specialists @ https://www.havanatimes.org/?p=139072
Socialism In Action: Hungry Venezuelans Slaughter Donkeys For Food @ https://www.weaselzippers.us/392178-socialism-in-action-hungry-venezuelans-slaughter-donkeys-for-food/
Socialism Always ‘Becomes a Big Prison System at the End,’ Albanian Refugee Warns @ https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/socialism-always-becomes-big-prison-system-end-albanian-refugee-warns

CNN’s Acosta Set to Lose His White House Press Credentials
The Leftist media will scream that it’s an attack on Freedom of the Press. Those with sanity will utter sighs of relief.
But for now, Acosta’s childish actions have pushed President Trump to set his sights set on banning him from press events, perhaps permanently. And if Collins being banned is any indication, Trump may just get his way after all.
Hypocrisy
WH Attacked for Barring CNN Reporter, Gave Obama Rousing Applause for Doing the Same @ https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/wh-attacked-for-barring-cnn-reporter-gave-obama-rousing-applause-for-doing-the-same/

Ecuador, Britain in talks over Assange fate: Ecuadorian president
Word has it that he’s having severe medical problems.
[President] Moreno, who visited Spain and Britain last week, said the "ideal" solution would involve Assange accepting a "penalty" for having breached British bail conditions and then be "extradited to a country where he does not face any danger."
In other words, the Brits fine him and let him fly to Ecuador which has no extradition w/Sweden or the USA.

Homeless Man Hands Out Resumes, Gets More than 200 Job Offers
KRON reported that Casarez graduated from Texas A&M University in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and worked for General Motors in Texas before striking out on his own in September 2017 to pursue his dream of building a startup in Silicon Valley.
He struck out, ran out of money, slept in his car until it was repossessed, and ended up on a park bench.
David Casarez @DavidCasarez17
Thank you all for the overwhelming amount of support you have given me! No amount of good deed on my part could ever repay that debt. I am responding to each and every one of you who have come across my inbox with a carefully crafted response. Thank you for the support!
Seems he won’t have to worry now, Wonder which one he’ll accept.

VA whistleblowers disciplined 10 times more than peers; managers investigate themselves
No matter how hard the president tries, overcoming the ingrained mismanagement of a massive bureaucracy appears to be almost impossible. The greatest source for uncovering graft, misuse, and mismanagement are whistle-blowers – who are supposed to be protected by the law. Apparently that doesn’t work so well in the VA.
One sentence leaps from the GAO's findings — "Whistleblowers were 10 times more likely than their peers to receive disciplinary action within a year of reporting misconduct."
Another disturbing finding — the GAO "found instances where managers investigated themselves for misconduct, presenting a conflict of interest."
VA has a policy against such a clearly flawed practice but does not have appropriate oversight measures to ensure the policy is enforced.

Van driver fired after being caught splashing pedestrians
With a big smile and chuckling, I have to admit something. When I drove the city bus here in Las Vegas, I could hardly wait for it to rain. With nowhere else to go at the time, the gutters would overflow and there was nothing more fun than having that big bus going through puddles at 45mph. Massive waves! So, I truly feel sorry for the driver of this van. He was just having a little fun like anyone else would.
Hell when you get caught.

Iraq's Christians Refuse to Return, Afraid 'They Will Again Be Targeted'
This should not surprise anyone. Although they’ve lived there for centuries, Muslims have always demanded they convert or face the penalties for being unbelievers. But, where else can they go to? It appears the western world only wants to accept Muslim “refugees” and not Christians.
Tens of thousands of displaced Christians have returned to their cities and villages in the Iraq's Nineveh Plain, but many still refuse to return to Mosul.
Before ISIS moved in, 30,000 Christians lived in Iraq's second largest city. Today, maybe no more than several hundred have returned.
"People are afraid and it's understandable that they are afraid, but they are afraid because the (jihadi) networks are still there on the ground—especially in Mosul," explained investigative journalist and author Ken Timmerman.
He understands all too well what many Iraqi Christians are up against.
It Was Like a War Against the Church”: Muslim Persecution of Christians @ https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/muslim-persecution-christians-dec-17/
A long litany of Muslim attacks against Christians
A Dozen Christian Villages in Nigeria Wiped Out by Muslims in Four-Day Killing Spree @ https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/muslims-wipe-out-christian-villages/

Starving Polar Bear Nat Geo Video/Photo Was Phony
I never was suckered by the bleeding heart story that went along with this. Sometimes animals naturally become ill and are unable to go on living. I felt this was just another stupid attempt to create something about Globull Warming.
"Photographer Paul Nicklen and I are on a mission to capture images that communicate the urgency of climate change. Documenting its effects on wildlife hasn’t been easy," she wrote. "With this image, we thought we had found a way to help people imagine what the future of climate change might look like. We were, perhaps, naive. The picture went viral — and people took it literally."
Perhaps people took the gloom-and-doom climate change narrative "literally" because Nat Geo's first line of the video was, "This is what climate change looks like." To boot, the words "climate change" were even emphasized, highlighted in the magazine's signature yellow.
"In retrospect, National Geographic went too far with the caption," says Mittermeier. (You think?!)

The Most Danceable Number One Hits
according to computer science, that is. [I’ve maybe heard 4 of them]
The Most Danceable US Billboard Number Ones since 1958
Rank Track Artist Year
1 Give It To Me Timbaland 2007
2 SexyBack Justin Timberlake 2006
3 Hot In Herre Nelly 2002
4 Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice 1990
5 Pop Muzik M 1979
6 Another One Bites The Dust Queen 1980
7 Funkytown Lipps, Inc. 1980
8 Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down Puff Daddy 1997
9 Baby Got Back Sir Mix-A-Lot 1992
10 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 1983
11 Bad Girls Donna Summer 1979
12 I’ll Be Missing You Puff Daddy & Faith Evans 1997
13 Hollaback Girl Gwen Stefani 2005
14 Fancy Iggy Azalea 2014
15 Then Came You Dionne Warwick 1974
16 Boogie Fever Sylvers 1976
17 Low Flo Rida 2008
18 Hypnotize Notorious B.I.G. 1997
19 It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me Billy Joel 1980
20 In Da Club 50 Cent 2003


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