Election 2020: It’s the Crowds, Stupid!
Blue state New Hampshire and she barely gets 700 to turn out for her.
DeBlasio had 15 and Biden managed to get 30, probably including his staff.
Remember Clinton’s slogan? “It’s the economy, stupid!”
Meanwhile, someone else had 11,000 enthusiastic followers inside and countless more outside watching on big screens.
Despite CNN’s constant contention that “President Trump is on the ropes,” remember that “it’s the crowd, stupid.”
Fact-Checking Trump: Liberal Outlets Spread Lie About New Hampshire @ https://conservativedailypost.com/fact-checking-trump-liberal-outlets-spread-fake-lie-about-new-hampshire/
Illegal Workers Flee Georgia Food Plants After Mississippi ICE Raids
Sometimes the threats of raids are as effective as the actual ones.
Illegal workers fled a number of Georgia food processing plants this past week after highly-publicized raids by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at five Mississippi plants.
I sure see a lot of familiar names on that map. The Koch brothers? Big-time GOP donors. Hiring illegals? That can’t be true. Can it?
As Breitbart News reported, only 11 employers and no businesses have been federally prosecuted for hiring illegal aliens in the last year despite there being nearly eight million illegal alien workers holding American jobs at companies in the U.S.
FTC chief sees obstacle to splitting up Facebook
Social network's effort to merge WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram may help keep the company together too, FTC chief tells the Financial Times.
I previously posted the article where the FTC is considering an effort to break up Facebook, Twitter, Google, and others. It seemed an impossibility to me then and this appears to confirm that.
Facebook's plan to merge WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram could hamper any attempt to break up the social media giant, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission believes. Joseph Simmons told the Financial Times that all options are on the table as it conducts an antitrust investigation of the company, but combing the three major brands could complicate things.
"If they're maintaining separate business structures and infrastructure, it's much easier to have a divestiture in that circumstance than in where they're completely enmeshed and all the eggs are scrambled," he told the Financial Times.
"If they're maintaining separate business structures and infrastructure, it's much easier to have a divestiture in that circumstance than in where they're completely enmeshed and all the eggs are scrambled," he told the Financial Times.
This also added the following:
The US Department of Justice is also looking at antitrust concerns regarding tech companies such as Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon.
State attorneys general will reportedly kick off antitrust investigation into tech giants @ https://www.cnet.com/news/state-attorneys-general-will-reportedly-kick-off-antitrust-investigation-into-tech-giants/
President Trump Meme on Greenland
He promises not to do that and the Left goes gaga.
A whole lot of Tweets @ https://www.dailywire.com/news/50818/trump-tweets-hilarious-meme-greenland-leftists-ryan-saavedra
Here’s what’s already there:
President Trump Trolls Tlaib
Rep.
Tlaib wrote a letter to Israeli officials desperately wanting to
visit her grandmother. Permission was quickly granted, whereupon
Tlaib obnoxiously turned the approval down, a complete setup. The
only real winner here is Tlaib’s grandmother. She doesn’t have to
see her now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2019
And here comes the response:
"The Resistance," predictably, lost it. "Trump Drags Rashida Tlaib's Grandma Into His Latest Twitter Attack," a Huff Post headline read. "The president decided to comment on Tlaib's decision Friday afternoon in the kind, empathetic manner for which he's famous with a really jerky comment that referenced her grandmother," the piece said.
"The occupant of the White House's total lack of humanity is on full display," political activist and comedy writer Nick Jack Pappas replied to Trump's tweet.
Babylon Bee
San Francisco Changes Term 'Convicted Felons' To More Politically Correct 'Elected Officials' @ https://babylonbee.com/news/san-francisco-changes-term-convicted-felons-to-more-politically-correct-elected-officials
Why not? “Convicted felon” is no longer PC. It’s now “Justice involved person”
Horrified Trump Learns What Happened To Last Guy Who Called Himself King Of The Jews @ https://babylonbee.com/news/horrified-trump-learns-what-happened-to-last-guy-who-called-himself-king-of-the-jews
Tlaib And Omar Try To Sneak Into Israel Stacked On Top Of Each Other Inside A Trenchcoat @ https://babylonbee.com/news/tlaib-and-omar-try-to-sneak-into-israel-sitting-on-each-others-shoulders-and-wearing-a-trenchcoat
Under Mounting Pressure From Snopes, Babylon Bee Writers Forced To Admit They Are Not Real Journalists @ https://babylonbee.com/news/under-mounting-pressure-from-snopes-babylon-bee-writers-forced-to-admit-they-are-not-real-journalists
Did any sane person ever think they were?
One of the greatest inventions of the 20th Century
Not the actual peeler itself but the handle. Designed for people with arthritis. The device was supposedly invented in 1928 in France.
The different types of handles considered is amazing.
And they continue to come up with more.
This is a story about the guy who came up with the latest style, the inventive and marketing process.
Article @ https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-untold-story-of-the-vegetable-peeler-that-changed-the-world
The US is set to drown the world in oil
A staggering 61% of the world’s new oil and gas production over the next decade is set to come from one country alone: the United States.
And globalists, along with eco-freaks, are whining that it will continue to destroy the world’s weather. More man-made Globull Warming alarms.
Output is set to be so vast that if US states were treated as countries, Texas is forecast to be the biggest producer of new oil and gas in its own right, with production nearly four times that of Canada.
Seven out of the top 10 biggest oil and gas producers would be US states, with only Canada, Brazil and Russia making it onto the list. Pennsylvania is set to be the third largest producer of new oil and gas, producing more than double that of Russia.
And here it comes!
The recent National Climate Assessment starkly laid out the risks the US faces from climate change. These include more extreme temperatures, rainfall, high tides, coastal flooding and forest fires, as well as worsening air quality, all threatening the health and wellbeing of the American people. These risks are highest for those that are already vulnerable, including low-income communities, some communities of color, children, and the elderly. The financial costs are staggering too, under a high emissions scenario where the world fails to mitigate climate change costs to the US economy could exceed $500 billion a year by 2090.
Got it?
To read more, go to https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/oil-gas-and-mining/us-set-to-drown-world-oil/
Trump: 'I am the chosen one' to take on China
The media just loves to take the president’s comments out of context.
I wonder if he says this stuff on purpose, just to troll them.
Here’s the full context of the comment:
Trump told reporters his life would be easier if he had not mounted a trade war with China. But he defended his actions and said he believed a trade deal between the world’s largest economies was still possible.
“I am the chosen one ... so I am taking on China. I’m taking on China on trade. And you know what? We’re winning,” Trump said, claiming a title often used to refer to religious figures such Jesus and Mohammed.
Those are the author’s words, not the president’s.
And, from what I saw in the video, he said it with a touch of irony, something the Left will never understand.
Astronauts prepare to go into space in commercial capsule
After years of hitching a ride on Russian rockets, Americans are getting close to going there on American-made rockets and capsules. The Starliner was scheduled for this month but has been delayed to at least the end of the year.
SpaceX is also compete with its reusable Falcon rockets and Dragon supply capsules.
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The Starship is due to take passengers to the International Space Station in 2020.
Ferguson, a former NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain, who helped design the way the crew interacts with the automated Boeing CST-100 Starliner, will lead its maiden voyage.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Mike Fincke will be part of the crew. It will be Mann’s first trip into space and she’s a fomer Navy combat pilot. Fincke has been into space 3 times.
And if SpaceX got there first?
“I would be very happy for them. Who brings it home is unimportant, but the fact that it gets home is most important. And I would be very proud of Doug (Hurley, a NASA astronaut training to fly aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon space craft), although he’s going to lose.”
A personal comment here. The media really isn’t doing a very good job of covering the ISS or efforts to return American equipment to space. We are not just learning what life in zero gravity is like, but many experiments will have amazing uses here on earth. This is not money being thrown away on foolish efforts. It is a vital investment in the future of Mankind.
Pig to human heart transplants 'possible within three years'
Not swine organs but human organs grown in swine. And this would be just the start of many other efforts to grow human organs for transplant.
“If the result of xenotransplantation is satisfactory with porcine kidneys to humans, then it is likely that hearts would be used with good effects in humans within a few years,” the 87-year-old said. “If it works with a kidney, it will work with a heart. That will transform the issue.”
The anatomy and physiology of a pig’s heart is similar to that of a human’s, so they are used as models for developing new treatments. Hopes for a successful heart attack treatment were raised in May after a genetic therapy showed promise in pigs.
An international team of researchers, including UK scientists, found that delivering a small piece of genetic material called microRNA-199 into a heart damaged by an attack caused cells to regenerate.
White House scraps plan to seek return of unspent foreign aid
“We voted for it. You spend it.”
That’s the message from “key Congressional figures” over the administration’s decision to return almost $4 billion in unspent foreign aid.
A senior administration official, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said the White House was persuaded not to move forward after hearing from lawmakers from both parties.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who fought the cuts, sounded an air of caution while traveling in Ottawa on a diplomatic visit that the fight over the rescissions was over.
"With respect to rescission, the president is still contemplating," he told reporters. "What I have consistently said, with respect to every penny, the State Department spends, including our foreign assistance budget, we've got to get it right and make sure we're using it in ways that are effective."
I wonder if Pmpeo’s dislike of the effort will cost him with the president.
Trump signs exec order to streamline student loan debt forgiveness for disabled vets
I don’t know if I’m okay with this. Seems to me that if one takes out a loan for an eduction, they’re obligated to repay it. Disability factor should not play a role.
"For the last decade, veterans seeking loan discharges have been required to submit an application to the Secretary of Education with proof of their disabilities obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs," reads the Presidential Memorandum.
"The process has been overly complicated and difficult, and prevented too many of our veterans from receiving the relief for which they are eligible. This has inflicted significant hardship and serious harm on these veterans and has frustrated the intent of the Congress that their Federal student loan debt be discharged."
The executive order is designed to fix that by streamlining the process, and shifting the responsibility from eligible veterans, to the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Education.
Seems to be a bit of a PR stunt here. Veterans have dozens of service groups to turn to when seeking things from the governmen. Disables Vets. Vietnam Vets. This list goes on an on. Volunteers do nothing but find way to help vets. So, to claim it’s “too complicated” seems to be a bit of a stretch to me.
Secretary of the Navy calls for review of JAG, including Marines
The Navy has pie in its face after losing the Gallagher courts-martial.
"There is value in applying this review and its subsequent recommendations across the Department of the Navy," Cmdr. Jereal Dorsey told Task & Purpose. "The review's purpose is to confirm the uniformed legal community is structurally and organizationally sound and best supporting the good order and discipline our integrated naval force."
In his Aug. 21 memo, Spencer wrote that the Navy and Marine Corps will provide recommendations about whether any policies, authorities, and statues need to be updated and whether any "corrective actions" are necessary.
Both the Navy and the Marine Corps have 15 days to explain how they will conduct their reviews and 90 days to provide Spencer with the results, the memo says.
I could never figure out how this or some other cases came to be. The Uniformed Code of Judicial Conduct is as clear as a bell on investigations and how charges are filed. And by whom. There is a strict chain of command on each level and I can only think that some commanders have been blind-sided by their advisors.
I wonder if the review will find out who did what and why.
Where is FBI Director Wray?
Seems he’s missed a whole lot of staff meetings.
Wray’s whereabouts during key FBI meetings have been unknown by most subordinates and likewise hidden from the public but his deputies are running the show.
They say he’s trying to keep as much of the declassified FISA materials secret and deleting content from the DOJ IG report.
What’s he afraid of?
So who is running the FBI while Wray is busy burrying its suspected crimes? Or does it even matter?
The growing sentiment in the intelligence community is Wray is merely a placeholding puppet for the politicized FBI bureacrats — many whom have been fired — who helped destroy the reputation of the FBI. And broke many laws in the process.
Wray has not made any sweeping reforms to improve the Bureau, which is in worse shape than when he took the job to supposedly fix it.
DNC chairman begging for cash
He says they can’t win if they don’t match or exceed the donations the RNC and Trump campaign are raking in.
According to the Washington Examiner, DNC Chairman Tom Perez sent an email to supporters where he called the recently released record-breaking fundraising numbers from the Republican National Committee (RNC) “daunting” and called for Democratic donors to “turn up the heat” on their fundraising efforts to stop the party’s candidates across the nation from being “overwhelmed by the GOP’s money machine.”
And he added this;
He went on to say that the person who has been chosen to run for the party in the 2020 presidential election would not “stand a chance” against the president and the Republican “fundraising machine” without more money.
Is The Clown Car siphoning off money that would otherwise go into DNC coffers?
Michigan teachers given 2-day propaganda session on Islam
And the taxpayers paid for it.
Concerned about a two-day mandatory teacher-training seminar on Islam conducted by a Muslim consultant hired by Michigan’s Novi Community Schools District, TMLC filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to the workshop.
Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Law Center, commented on the results of their investigation, “We found that the teachers were subjected to two days of Islamic propaganda, where Islam was glorified, Christianity disparaged, and America bashed—all funded by Novi taxpayers.”
Moreover, during the past five years the school district has presented no teacher-training seminars focusing on Christianity, Judaism or any other religion – only Islam.
And they will claim it all has to do with cultural diversification and understanding.
Government telling you how to heat/cool your home
When I lived in the barracks, the temperature was set and there was nothing we could do to change it. Now, the powers-to-be want to tell you how to heat and cool your homes. I wonder how many of these smart meters have been installed in business places.
Fox 5 NY is reporting that Energy Star, a federal program managed jointly by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency that provides information to consumers about energy efficiency is asking consumers to keep their temperatures set at 78 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
According to Energy Star, keeping your central air thermostat set to 78 degrees is optimal for both cooling and energy efficiency, but this recommendation only applies to the times when you are home.
While you are away from the house during the day, you should keep the thermostat set to 85 degrees or higher.
While you sleep, Energy Star recommends keeping the temperature set at 82 degrees or higher.
We keep our home set at 79 all the time. (And I still have to put on a long-sleeve shirt or sweater because of the cold air blasting on me.)
25 0f 30 Worst Congressional Districts For Blacks Are Run By Democrats…Ilhan Omar’s Is #1 On List
The complete list with lots of data is @ https://100percentfedup.com/25-0f-30-worst-congressional-districts-for-blacks-are-run-by-democratsilhan-omars-is-1-on-list/
I’m not going to post anything but the 5 districts represented by Republicans.
6. Ohio’s 1st Congressional District - Rep. Steve Chabot (Republican Party) – Parts of Cincinnati. He’s on Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, and Small Business
19. Illinois’s 13th Congressional District - Rep. Rodney Davis (Republican Party) – just south of Chicago. He’s ranking member of the Administration Committee
20. Illinois’s 12th Congressional District - Rep. Mike Bost (Republican Party) Very south tip of the state. He’s on appropriations-Higher Education
21. Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District - Rep. Eric A. “Rick” Crawford (Republican Party) Northeast part of the state. Ex-Army on Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure
27. Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District - Rep. Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican Party) Northeast part of the state. Former veterinarian w/some military service. On Agriculture, Science, Space and Technology, and Armed services
All Republicans are white and have only been in office since 2010 or later
Of course, the districts of Elijah Cummings, Tim Ryan, and Frederica Wilson are on the list.
President Trump challenges birthright citizenship
And the furor starts.
It all hinges on the 14th Amendment to the constitution.
But, it comes down to how it’s interpreted.
In a interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in July, Michael Anton, a former Trump national security adviser, pointed out:
… "there’s a clause in the middle of the amendment that people ignore or they misinterpret -- subject to the jurisdiction thereof…
"What they are saying is, if you are born on U.S. soil subject to the jurisdiction of the United States -- meaning you’re the child of citizens or the child of legal immigrants, then you are entitled to citizenship. “If you are here illegally, if you owe allegiance to a foreign nation, if you’re the citizen of a foreign country, that clause does not apply to you.”
And it’s something that bothers me to no end. How can an illegal suddenly gain constitutional rights? If they’re not here legally or are citizens, how do our most basic rights serve them?
Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Wednesday, President Trump again threatened to end what he called the "ridiculous" policy of birthright citizenship, which awards citizenship automatically to those born in the United States.
"We're looking at that very seriously," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for Kentucky. "Birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land -- you walk over the border, have a baby, congratulations, the baby's now a U.S. citizen. We're looking at it very, very seriously ...It’s, frankly, ridiculous."
The question is; what can he realistically do about it?
More @ https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/trump_challenges_birthright_citizenship.html
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