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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Why the Government is Shut Down, Critics Knock Trump, Syrian Women Want to Know Where Their Men are, and lots more for December 29, 2018


Trump's Presidency Has Changed Washington, Defied Convention
Exactly what we elected him to do!!!
And we’re supporting every further effort he makes to get rid of entrenched bureaucrats and blood-sucking politicians and lobbyists.
Mr. Trump went to Washington. And he changed it.
In his first two years in office, President Donald Trump has rewritten the rules of the presidency and the norms of the nation's capital, casting aside codes of conduct and traditions that have held for generations.
In Trump's Washington, facts are less relevant. Insults and highly personal attacks are increasingly employed by members of both parties. The White House press briefing is all but gone, international summits are optional, the arts are an afterthought and everything — including inherently nonpartisan institutions and investigations — is suddenly political.
Taking a wrecking ball to decorum and institutions, Trump has changed, in ways both subtle and profound, how Washington works and how it is viewed by the rest of the nation and world.

Why is the Government Shut Down?
It’s really easy to see how the budget process works for the executive branch. The president tells the various branches to submit a plan of what they need for the next year. The president goes over it and sends what he wants to the House and Senate. Both bodies have standing budget committees and they go over the figures and decide what can be spent. They write up and pass budget resolutions and send them to the president for his signature.
It should be noted that before President Trump was elected, the US operated for over a decade without an approved budget!
Major events and policy announcements on the budget:
President Donald Trump signed the first minibus, a $147 billion minibus bill that included funding for military construction and veterans’ affairs, the legislative branch, and energy and water, on September 21, 2018.
Notice how congress made sure it had its money to operate. And there’s nowhere on the net that I can find that tells how that money is determined. But, here’s the 2019 budget for the House @ https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395271 for$1.2 billion. I can’t find one for the senate.
The judicial branch budget for 2019 is @ https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/fy_2019_congressional_budget_summary_final_0.pdf for $7.22 billion and it includes the entire federal judiciary.
The president signed a second minibus spending bill on September 28, 2018. The $854 billion bill included funding for the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Education. It also included a short-term stopgap bill to fund departments that were not funded through the appropriations process through December 7, 2018.
Legislators are also working on a third minibus spending bill to fund the departments of Interior, Treasury, Agriculture, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.
Legislators chose not to address funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including Trump’s request for border wall funding, until after the midterm elections.
So, it’s the last budget bill that’s hung up in Congress. The government in the agencies in the 3rd bill are the ones who don’t have money to operate.
In other words, THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT IS NOT SHUT DOWN!!!
And the 3rd included money for DHS, which is the department responsible for building the wall. That’s where the president has said enough. Don’t give him the money and he’ll let that part of the government shut down, sending the employees home.
A big note: 44,000 members of the Coast Guard are still performing their duties along with Border Patrol and I.C.E. agents.
I hope the whole thing now makes sense.
My question is; how long can this shutdown go on?

America’s Abysmal Divide Over President Trump
The political division in today’s America is deeper than the Mariana Trench.
And it seems to deepen every day the president does something to further his campaign promises.
Those who support him strengthen that support daily. They deeply believe in what he’s doing and wish him nothing but success.
On the other hand, the fervent, even unbalanced, hatred of the president strengthens every day too.
It’s deeply saddening.
I must admit that I had little respect for President Clinton and his adventures with women other than his wife.
I wanted to admire President Carter because of his naval service but quickly felt disappointment with his policies and actions. I deeply admire him today for his dedication to building homes for the needy.
I was disappointed with President Obama and freely admit to expressing my dislike for him on a frequent basis. I even admit to being a Birther and have a strong feeling that his Christianity was not real.
But, I never hated any of them. And certainly not similar to the hatred shown by Antifa, Democrats, or Progressives and Socialists.
I strongly believe in the adage; The vessel that contains hatred soon corrodes.
How can the haters go through their daily lives? How can they productively fulfill the requirements of their jobs? What kind of family lives do they have?
Is there even a sliver of joy in their lives?
Their hatred saddens me.
The final question is; will it ever end? Or is it only going to get worse?
What will the results be?
Too many questions and too few answers.

Adding to my Oped on the subject:
Why (Most) Right-Wing Intellectuals Hate Trump
Similarly, the anti-Trump right-wing intellectual bristles at a political system that does not “appropriately” value their “expertise” and “superior” knowledge and which, consequently, elevates a “buffoon” like Trump to the presidency—and on the shoulders of millions of those “deplorables,” no less. Anti-Trump right-wing intellectuals traffic in information, the gold standard in today’s world, something upon which we are ever-more reliant. Yet, in this arena, the American electorate defied them and their harebrained “proposals,” offered coercively, not through persuasion. Brazenly so. Thus, they resent the man who smashed their pretensions of politics-as-white-paper-drafting-session and roundly repudiated their perceived “right to rule.”
No wonder they hate him!
Joe Scarborough: ‘Donald Trump Is on Track to Be the Worst President in Modern Times’ @ https://ijr.com/scarborough-trump-worst-president-modern-times/
Jemele Hill Does Not Regret Calling Donald Trump a ‘White Supremacist’ @ https://www.lifezette.com/2018/12/jemele-hill-does-not-regret-calling-donald-trump-a-white-supremacist/
Rev. Graham: 'News Media' Attacks on Trump Are 'Vicious and Relentless,' 'Sickening' @ https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/rev-graham-news-media-attacks-trump-are-vicious-and-relentless-sickening
Amen!
How long have they been digging and seeking to dig up 50 year-old dirt on Donald J. Trump? They’ll never give up.

And a bit of Trump support:
PARENTS OF 7-YEAR OLD Whose Phone Call With Trump Went Viral Tell The Media To Knock Off Politicizing The Call: Trump Was “Very Kind, Generous” @ https://100percentfedup.com/parents-of-7-year-old-whose-phone-call-with-trump-went-viral-tell-the-media-to-knock-off-politicizing-the-call-trump-was-very-kind-generous/

Critics Knocked Trump for Not Visiting Troops on Christmas
Oh yeah? Then how did these pictures of he and Melania [I don’t remember Moochelle ever going] at Al Asad Air Base near Baghdad in Iraq come about?
 Additionally, the president, accompanied by National Security Adviser John Bolton, met with political and military leaders during his visit to Iraq.
“We don’t want to be taken advantage of any more by countries that use us and use our incredible military to protect them. They don’t pay for it, and they’re going to have to.”
The media is so damned quick to jump all over him!
Fake News Media Eats Crow After Reporting, ‘Trump Becomes First US President Since 2002 Not to Visit Troops at Christmastime’ @ https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/12/fake-news-media-eats-crow-after-reporting-trump-becomes-first-us-president-since-2002-not-to-visit-troops-at-christmastime/
Trump finally hews to ritual of meeting troops in harm's way @ http://myconnection.cox.com/article/world/fa8ecd24-0995-11e9-8b17-3dc8a2e31599/

Dems Delaying Confirmation of '350 Great People'
It’s not easy to find out just who those 350 are. From what I understand, they are a mix of judges and sub-department heads and agency chiefs. The clearest piece on this is a press release by Senator Alexander (R-Tenn) @ https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/5/sen-alexander-democrat-delays-could-cause-trump-to-bypass-senate-on-350-key-nominees
"The Democrats OBSTRUCTION of the desperately needed Wall, where they almost all recently agreed it should be built, is exceeded only by their OBSTRUCTION of 350 great people wanting & expecting to come into Government after being delayed for more than two years, a U.S. record!" he added.

No, Trump Didn’t Reveal A ‘Covert’ Navy SEAL Team In Iraq
Another bullpoop report by an anti-Trump Newsweek reporter. I watched the video and didn’t see a single thing that would have outed a covert mission or outed members of a SEAL team.
The media stumbles all over itself trying to find negative things to say about our president.

Celebrities Supporting Our Troops Over this Holidays
Of all the charities floating around out there, the USA tops my list. It was always there for me when I traveled and USO shows in ‘Nam were jewels.
So, here’s something you won’t see on ABC, CBS, NBC, and for sure not on CNN:
Many stars — including actors Wilmer Valderrama (“That ’70s Show,” “NCIS”)(shown above right) and Milo Ventimiglia (“Rocky Balboa,” “This Is Us”), Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White, singer Kellie Pickler (above left), CrossFit world champion Mat Fraser, DJ J. Dayz, and comedian Jessimae Peluso — participated in the 18th annual USO Holiday Tour. They traveling to U.S. military bases in Norway, Bahrain and Iraq over the past week, showing their appreciation for all that the military does for our nation.

Kwanzaa: A Fraud Holiday With A Racist Goal, Created By Criminal Madman
Oh boy, Posting this is going to ramp up the rhetoric and I’m going to be called all sorts of racist names for doing it.
One thing I’ve noticed this year; almost nothing on the boob tube about it nor in the news feeds.
Suddenly lost its popularity?
Those who are around my age woke up one December and discovered that the “holiday season” of Christmas and New Year’s became a trio, with the addition of something called Kwanzaa. Oh, sure there were rumblings of a new holiday. But strangely in this country where political correctness is on overload, a day invented in 1966 by a rapist who ran a Black separatist group is considered by some as a holiday on par with Christmas, or New Year’s. Kwanzaa is exclusively an American holiday and is not celebrated in any other part of the world (including Africa). The name Kwanzaa comes from a phrase of Swahili origin, “Matunda Ya Kwanza”, and translates as “First Fruits of the Harvest.” That’s right it’s supposed to be spelled with only one “a,” the very name of this supposed holiday is a typo.
Kwanzaa runs from December 26th-January 1st. It’s supposed to be a week-long holiday honoring African culture and traditions but is tainted by its founder and original purpose.
The man who created the holiday, Maulana Karenga, was convicted in 1971  of torturing two women who were members of US (United Slaves), a black nationalist cult he had founded. A May 14, 1971, article in the Los Angeles Times related the testimony of one of the women:

Guatemalan Migrant Father Declined Medical Treatment For Sick Child Before Death
At last! The truth.
The media rants and raves at the abject cruelty of ICE and the Border Patrol for letting another poor immigrant child die in their custody.
Cold hearted bastards.
Following the child’s first discharge from the hospital, both he and the father were put into a temporary holding facility where agents were aware of the child’s illness and provided the child with his medication. A few hours after the father and boy entered the facility, the child complained of being nauseous and later vomited.
It was at this point the father declined further medical treatment for his son and told officials he “had been feeling better,” an official said.
During a subsequent welfare check, agents at the facility noticed the child’s condition and transported him to the hospital. The child later lost consciousness during transit and was eventually declared dead just before midnight.
Government officials did not comment on why exactly they think the father denied further treatment for his child, despite him exhibiting more severe symptoms.
Get that? The father knew the child was ill and wouldn’t let the doctors do more to save the child’s life. The father – if he was really the father – let the child die.
Illegal Alien Children In CBP Custody To Be Medically Examined After Second Death, Agency Says @ https://www.weaselzippers.us/406677-illegal-alien-children-in-cbp-custody-to-be-medically-examined-after-second-death-agency-says/
What good will that do is the so-called parents won’t let the medical people do their job?
CBS Anchor To DHS Official: How Could You Let Sick Immigrant Child Out Of Hospital? Official: Uh, Have You Heard Of Doctors? @ https://www.dailywire.com/news/39699/watch-cbs-anchor-dhs-official-how-could-you-let-hank-berrien

‘Kick Them Out’: Syrian Women Tell Europe to Send Men Home to Rebuild Country
This is, by far, one of the best headlines I’ve read in many months. Too bad it’s only Syrian women complaining. Women from a whole lot of countries need to be speaking up.
Syrian women are complaining that there are not enough men to rebuild the county, and have told Europe and other Western countries that have absorbed their young men to “kick them out” and send them home.
Journalist at Swedish public broadcaster SVT Johan-Mathias Sommarström travelled to Damascus, Syria, and spoke to some of the students at the University of Damascus, 70 per cent of whom he observed are women.
“Look around, you just see women. The university, on the street, in cafes, just women,” students Safaa and Sheima told Sommarström.
And the article ends with this:
The conflict sparked the mass migration of mostly young men out of Syria to Europe in 2015. In response, the United Nations wrote the world’s first global governance compact on migration.
Two dozen countries rejected the agreement when signed this month, with President Trump saying in September at the UN General Assembly, “Ultimately, the only long-term solution to the migration crisis is to help people build more hopeful futures in their home countries [and] make their countries great again.”

Oh, great. Russia takes over Venezuela’s oil industry
The oil workers have quit and Maduro’s military can’t take up the slack. The once oil-rich country is near bankruptcy and Cuba is too poor to help more.
So, who steps in?
Why Russia, of course.
We already learned that Russia was sending bombers to Venezuela for military exercises and supporting the country’s imploding economy. What could Vladimir Putin have wanted in exchange? We’re probably seeing the answer come into focus as Russia moves in to “help” Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro as we head into the new year. Putin is going to bail out Maduro’s failing government with some cash in exchange for establishing some measure of control over that nation’s vast crude oil reserves that are currently lying mostly dormant.
Do you think Putin will also step in to the argument between Venezuela and Guyana? I wouldn’t be surprised.

The good, the bad, and the ugly of England's universal health-care system
This appears to be an honest assessment of the system set up in 1948 after WWII.
Why should we Americans care about it? Because the Democrat party line is to establish universal care here. We must look at these pros and cons in order to make an informed decision.
The National Health Service, or NHS, is the United Kingdom's public universal health system. It was established in 1948 after World War II, and has since grown to become a massive operation: The NHS sees a million patients every day. It employs 1.7 million people, which makes it the fifth biggest employer in the entire world. And of course, it is free at the point of use for U.K. residents. If you walk into an NHS hospital with a broken arm, you'll walk out with a cast, a few x-rays, and zero bills to pay. That's because people who live in the U.K., myself included, contribute to the NHS through taxes and national insurance payments (the U.K.'s version of Social Security).
And, here’s the biggest problem:
But this system is far from perfect. It is plagued by funding problems and staff shortages. We encountered the NHS's dark underbelly after postnatal complications landed us in the hospital. The NHS gave me a healthy baby, yes. But the NHS also gave me nightmares that still wake me from a dead sleep, even nine months on.
The NHS is practically begging doctors from other countries to come to work for it, even offering fully-paid tuition to medical school for pre-med students.
A similar system exists in Canada and it should surprise nobody that many Canadians cross the border to get their much-needed treatments here. The only advantage to us is, that like Mexico, medications there are much cheaper than here.

Fast-food industry turns to seniors as reliable workers
Have you seen it where you live?
But here’s a News Flash that potential employers seem to be rediscovering: Senior citizens have a lifetime of job discipline experience in work and social settings in the real world, not online, an attention span beyond four seconds and the accompanying self-confidence that makes them ideal for customer interactions in such retail work.
Many retired folks are looking for part-time work, a little extra cash and don’t have the long-term career ambitious expectations for advancement and pay increases.
So, where are young people going to start out their work careers?

How Much of the Internet Is Fake?
Some of us [like me] spend hours every day scanning the web for news and information. How many of us stop to ponder just how much of what we see is generated by humans? According to this, a lot of it isn’t!
How much of the internet is fake? Studies generally suggest that, year after year, less than 60 percent of web traffic is human; some years, according to some researchers, a healthy majority of it is bot. For a period of time in 2013, the Times reported this year, a full half of YouTube traffic was “bots masquerading as people,” a portion so high that employees feared an inflection point after which YouTube’s systems for detecting fraudulent traffic would begin to regard bot traffic as real and human traffic as fake. They called this hypothetical event “the Inversion.”
The metrics are fake.
The people are fake.
The businesses are fake.
The content is fake.
Our politics are fake.
We ourselves are fake.
And the final paragraph asks; “Where does that leave us?”
My response is; screwed!

The Babylon Bee
Waiting Period Mandated For Nerf Gun Purchases @ https://babylonbee.com/news/waiting-period-mandated-for-nerf-gun-purchases

Public Service Announcement: You May Now Play Christmas Music @ https://babylonbee.com/news/psa-ok-now-you-can-play-christmas-music
Survey: Most Voters Skeptical of Polling Accuracy
A poll to learn that people don’t trust polls. How’s that for irony?
A HarrisX survey posted on The Hill's website found 52 percent of registered voters are doubtful about surveys they hear about in the news media.
According to the survey, 29 percent of respondents said they do not believe most polls, but they do trust a few; 19 percent said they "almost never" believe polls are accurate.
While the majority were mistrustful of polls, 15 percent of respondents said they "almost always" believed in polls they heard about in the press. Thirty-three percent said they believed most polls but not all of them.

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