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Saturday, September 14, 2019

America’s hidden racial harmony, 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, Who’s going to be President Trump’s heir? Why Are There 5,280 Feet in a Mile? and more for September 14, 2019


Daily Mail wildlife photographs
This is one of 15, all quite interesting
The Natural History Museum has released some of the best pictures from one of its annual competitions
The Wildlife photographer of the year award is a most coveted prize for photographers serious about nature
This years submissions range from urban environments, the jungle and the deep sea capturing life in the wild

Covfefe power: J.P. Morgan invents new index to measure impact of Trump’s tweets on markets
Among JPMorgan’s findings: there’s been an increase in what they call “market-moving tweets” — Trump tweets which are immediately followed by a volatility spike

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 8, 2019
Someone there doesn’t have anything better to do? Do they think reporting this will change market reactions?
The report delves into specific details of Trump’s tweeting habits. He has an average of 10 tweets a day and produced more than 10,000 since his 2017 inauguration. Most of tweets come between noon and 2pm, the report says, noting that the ones around 3pm can cause trouble for US market rates. The study also assumes that the president is asleep between 5am to 10am.

Will America soon fall, like Ancient Rome?
America’s Framers admired and largely modeled our government on ancient Rome, even though – after five centuries – Rome’s republic was replaced by an empire, which itself fell after another five centuries.
This is so far from the truth that it infuriates me!
Our Founders sought a system unlike any before it because they did not want it to fall as others had. Unlike every other system, they codified its foundation in such a way that it would take the voice of the people to change it.
They created a document that;
Limits the power of the federal government
Protects the natural rights of the American people
No other government up to that time had anything similar.
None.
Many talk about The Articles of Confederation. That document was unique in that it contained the basics of governance used by the Iroquois Confederation. The five tribes continued to rule themselves in cooperation with the others. They were the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Cayuga. The Tuscaroga joined in 1722 and it was known as The Six Nations.
The tribes had a very democratic form of government with limits.
Family leaders met as clans to determine their desires. Representatives of the clans gathered in tribal matters and the tribes gathered for confederate meetings. Women attended these gatherings and had their say through their husbands.
What we see is a form of House of Representatives and a Senate. Each clan and tribe had leaders, one for domesticate matters and another for hunting and war. 
An extremely important part was The Council of Elders. When it came to determining if something was within clan or tribal lore, history, and rules, the Elders made the final decision.
Anyone see a similarity here?
Anyhow, back to the article crying doom and gloom for the future of America.
This nation will endure as long as the constitution remains the supreme law of the land. That is why the left is so hell-bent on changing it without following the outlined amendment process.
If you want to read about the doom and gloom, go to

The Brits have a 2020 Tree of the Year
The Allerton Oak in Calderstones Park, Merseyside, was first mentioned in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book of 1086. The local court used to meet under its branches in medieval times as they had no courthouse
It seems all of them have been around for a couple of centuries or more.
The Dragon Oak, a winged dragon slain by a valiant knight.

UK police urging people to carry emergency gear
Getting a lot of criticism on Twitter.
The tweet by Police Scotland said: 'September is preparedness month. Emergencies can happen at any time and it's recommended to have a #GrabBag ready containing essential items including medication, copies of important documents, food/water, torch, radio and other personal items.'
The recommendations are part of annual preparedness month that is being promoted by local authorities and emergency services.
And here’s the post:
The post said: 'In these unsettled times, it's good to know that the police are always on hand to remind us that we should be in a permanent state of fear and borderline terror about the sword of Damocles hanging over all our heads. FEEL IT FEEL THE FEAR FEEL IIIIIIIT.'

Who’s going to be President Trump’s heir
This piece comes from The Atlantic so the leftist slant is not surprising.
What it does is give a picture of what it calls The Trump Dynasty.
It starts out with emigrant Friedrich Trump running a whorehouse in 1899 Yukon.
See how it sets the tone?
He and his new wife go to New York City to set up a real estate business. He dies and Elizabeth sets her children tasks. Fred turns out to be the mover and shaker and, of course, the author claims he isn’t exactly a sterling citizen.
Fred runs the enterprise in a clock-racing, corner-cutting scramble, selling each new house to cover construction costs for the last. He backslaps his way through Brooklyn’s political machine, cozies up to mobsters. One house in Woodhaven leads to two in Queens Village, then several more in Hollis. When the federal government starts offering loans to Depression-plagued developers, Fred is first in line—and soon he has an army of shovel-wielding workers digging 450 foundations out of the East Flatbush swampland.
Donald steps up and works with his father to spread the business to Manhattan. And, while the author skirts around it, he leaves hints here and there that the empire wasn’t exactly built upon sterling ethics.
It gives an intriguing insight into the night Donald Trump wins the presidency. Worth the read.
Ivanka comes to the fore in the campaign.
Campaign staffers grumbled that Ivanka’s policy preferences were more closely aligned with Aspen weekenders than Rust Belt voters.
I don’t know if you have the patience to get to the end of this so here is the closing paragraph. Judge for yourselves.
In that moment, there was little question what the future of the Trump family would look like. After a century and a half of striving, they had money, and fame, and unparalleled power. But respectability would remain as distant a mirage as it was when Friedrich was chasing it across the Yukon. While no one knew when Donald Trump would exit the White House, it was clear what he would leave behind when he did: an angry, paranoid scrap of the country eager to buy what he was hawking—and an heir who knew how to keep the con alive.
And The Atlantic continues the theme.

Nadler’s Fake Impeachment Inquiry
The Judiciary chairman plans a PR stunt designed to look like an official investigation.
The media’s eating it up.
But, they won’t tell you the truth.
It doesn’t even come close to the way impeachment is supposed to be done in the House. It takes a super majority vote to authorize the House Judiciary Committee to conduct an investigation. No way the Dims will ever be able to do that.
So, all Nadler’s doing is spouting hot air and playing to his low brow sycophants.

America’s hidden racial harmony
Racial harmony?
What the hell is this guy talking about.
According to the media, whites and all minorities are at war. Blood in the streets and all that stuff. Yet, here’s what he reports:
This summer, I’ve had the chance to spend a few weeks on the road, exploring the vast, forgotten America west of the Acela corridor and east of Hollywood. In June, I drove from Brooklyn to Arkansas and back, and just last week coursed through the whole continent, landing at a beach bar in Venice Beach. One thing I noticed everywhere I went, in the bars and restaurants I haunted along the way, was a level of racial harmony that belies the notion of our nation as a hotbed of racism.
The people I met along the way, and there were a lot of them, were white, black, brown, Asian, and Native American, and they weren’t self-segregated within the establishments I found. Much the opposite: they were mixing, mingling, laughing, and drinking together without even a hint of racial tension.
In my somewhat tunneled world, I can see what he’s talking about by watching who patronizing businesses, especially Latino markets. The spectrum of humanity enters and departs with shopping carts piled high.
And here’s an example of what the media touts:
Are those whites in this photo?

Inside the Plan to Flip Blue States in 2020
One move is to try to flip New Mexico.
When President Donald Trump steps on stage for a campaign rally in Rio Rancho, New Mexico next week, even his own campaign staffers know he will be facing long odds. A Republican candidate for President hasn’t won the state since 2004, when George W. Bush beat John Kerry there by a margin of just 5,988 votes. Trump himself lost the state by eight points to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and his disapproval rating among registered voters there is a crushing 57%, according to the Morning Consult voter tracking poll.
New Mexico is not the only state.
The move is part of a series of bets Trump is making to win states that went for Clinton in 2016. Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House advisor Jared Kushner says that voter data has convinced the reelection effort to fund robust field operations in a much larger number of states than in 2016. “I can see us very aggressively playing in 18 swing states,” Jared Kushner tells TIME, adding that in his view, the 2016 Trump campaign “seriously played” in about 11 swing states.
And the campaign is flush with money - $100 million on hand. The RNC also has a lot of cash on hand while the DNC is struggling to pay bills.
And, of course, the article points to “Trump’s sagging job approval ratings.”
Where do they come up with that garbage? Maybe they should get out of their offices and drive around to see all the new construction and businesses opening and reopening.

Many U.S. farmers fume at Washington, not Trump, over biofuel, trade policies
The USDA is a natural scapegoat and a topic of conspiracy theories among farmers suspicious of its sprawling bureaucracy, career employees and its research who sometimes conflicts with what they see on their own farms.
Yet, a good number of them strongly support the president’s job efforts, often explaining that they think unnamed bureaucrats are thwarting his efforts.
Trump voter Byron Heppler, a soybean and corn farmer from Calhoun, Kentucky, said he is open to considering other Republican candidates if any emerge. He said he believes USDA’s research methods are flawed and he feels its employees want to unseat Trump, although he offered no evidence to back up those views.
It doesn’t say, but I wonder what the authors found when they asked for opinions on Trump’s efforts to move USDA offices out of the Beltway.

The Definitive Superfood Ranking
A couple of items on the list are right up my alley. Coffee and eggs. The rest aren’t bad either. It starts with Gluten-free flours at 21 and ends up with Blueberries at #1.

Why Are There 5,280 Feet in a Mile?
I love stuff like this. Such interesting things about what we all take for granted.
Why are there 5,280 feet in a mile, and why are nautical miles different from the statute miles we use on land? Why do we buy milk and gasoline by the gallon? Where does the abbreviation "lb" come from? Let's take a look at the origins of a few units of measure we use every day.
The mile comes from Roman mille passum, or a thousand paces. The mile ended up being 5,000 Roman feet, or 4,850 of ours as Romans were shorter. But our mile comes from furlongs, the length of team of oxen could plow in one day. Furlongs were 660 feet and 8 furlongs make up a mile – or 5,280 feet.
So why is a nautical mile different? And how about the acre?

Babylon Bee
New Version Of Monopoly For Christian Women Has You Recruit All The Other Players Into A Pyramid Scheme @ https://babylonbee.com/news/new-female-version-of-monopoly-has-you-recruit-your-friends-into-a-pyramid-scheme
John Bolton Waves Goodbye, Returns To Sea To Be Walrus Again @ https://babylonbee.com/news/john-bolton-waves-goodbye-returns-to-sea-to-be-walrus-again
Insane Guy Shouting He'll Buy Back Your Stuff With Your Own Money Becomes Popular Democratic Candidate @ https://babylonbee.com/news/insane-guy-shouting-hell-buy-back-your-stuff-with-your-own-money-becomes-popular-democratic-candidate
 
John Bolton Hired As National Security Advisor Of The Galactic Empire @ https://babylonbee.com/news/john-bolton-hired-as-national-security-advisor-of-the-galactic-empire

A luxury San Francisco Apartment
Gee whiz. Only $2,200 [er month for 161 square feet.
This is what you come home to;
If you can get past the urine, feces, and homeless.

The House Freedom Caucus
We keep hearing about them but nobody seems to care about what they are and how they come to be. Go to Wikipedia and the list will open your eyes.
House and Senate committees have members for both parties based upon which party has the majority. Caucuses seem to be exclusive to one party, thereby getting around the committee organization.
Many, like the Freedom Caucus, don’t keep a list of their members.
I wonder if they’re a thorn in the side of the congressional leadership.

Media Blacks Out Abortion Industry Admissions Of Baby Body Part Trafficking And Kamala Harris’ Abuse Of Power
Big trial going on in a San Francisco courtroom that the media doesn’t want the public to know about.
Well, here’s to bringing it to light.
Here’s what we’ve learned so far:
A Planned Parenthood abortionist, who is not a doctor, testified that she provided fetal tissue from the abortions she did at Planned Parenthood as a regular occurrence, and that she had heard of money being exchanged with StemExpress in some cases.
An abortionist who described herself as a public figure known for performing late-term abortions acknowledged that workers from a organ and tissue procurement company made visits to the Planned Parenthood location in Fresno, California where she worked.
The late term-abortionist said killing a baby in utero with digoxin prevented the “delivery of a live fetus,” which is “the biggest disaster and it never goes away.”
The CEO of StemExpress acknowledged that her company supplies beating fetal hearts and intact fetal heads to medical researchers.
When the CEO of StemExpress was asked about the head of a baby being attached to the body upon tissue procurement, she said the photos from CMP are accurate and show that the heads are sometimes attached and sometimes are not attached to other parts of body.
The CEO of StemExpress indicated StemExpress as a business has grown larger.
A former director for Planned Parenthood said, “We’ve been pretty successful” when asked about the ability to flip a baby in the womb to breech position in order to extract it with the head intact for brain harvesting. Doing so is more dangerous to the mother but more profitable for companies that sell baby body parts for research.
A former director for Planned Parenthood said the videos recorded by the Center For Medical Progress played during the hearing were not altered.
The only one to report this so far s FoxNews’ Tucker Carlson.
“It’s blackletter California law that you are not supposed to get a search warrant to seize the unpublished materials of a journalist, whether citizen journalist or professional journalist,” Daleiden said on Fox. “But that’s what Kamala Harris did…to protect [Planned Parenthood] from further scrutiny from the crimes of selling aborted baby body parts.”

How A Priest With No Money Honored Flight 93’s Heroes Where They Fell
Father Fonzie, an unassigned Catholic priest, had no money but managed to gain possession of an abandoned church in the neighborhood of Shanksville, PA. He struggled until Aug 2022 when the owner of 84 Lumber called. She took one look and offered $25k in material and labor to repair it. It was ready on Sept11 of that year.
He spent every waking hours of the next 10years keeping it going until his death.
Information: Visit flight93memorialchapel.org or contact director@flt93memorialchapel.org

Where us fatties are
OK, so it’s not PC to say that. I don’t care. I’m a blob of fat and hate every second of not losing it.
"Almost 50 years into the upward curve of obesity rates we haven't yet found the right mix of programs to stop the epidemic.”
"Isolated programs and calls for lifestyle changes aren't enough.
“Instead, our report highlights the fundamental changes that are needed in the social and economic conditions that make it challenging for people to eat healthy foods and get sufficient exercise."
Diet and exercise.
That’s the secret, isn’t it?
How does one exercise when one can barely stand up – and then with only a rollador?
And what’s the secret to a diet that keeps blood sugar levels from dropping like a stone?
(Just came back from a visit to the ER and my BS was at 32 – hypoglycemia.)

Not again! Another Dorian?
Here comes Tropical Storm Humberto moving down on the Bahamas.
All President Trump’s fault.
PTC 9 was bringing heavy rain showers and gusty winds to the east coast of Florida and The Bahamas on Friday morning, including the islands of the Northwest Bahamas hardest-hit by Hurricane Dorian earlier this month. Settlement Point, on the western end of Grand Bahama Island, which was devastated by Dorian, recorded sustained winds of 28 mph, gusting to 32 mph, at 2 am EDT Friday morning. As of 11 am EDT Friday, the top surface winds found by the Hurricane Hunters in PTC 9 were just 25 mph, though the plane had not sampled the entire circulation yet.
Are the media outlets going to fall all over themselves hysterically like the last time?
And, to add to it all:
New tropical wave off the coast of Africa a threat to develop

EPA Repeals 2015 Rule Defining “Waters of the United States”
Another Obozo overreach repealed by the Trump administration. Another promise kept.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army announced today that the agencies are repealing a 2015 rule that impermissibly expanded the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act. The agencies are also recodifying the longstanding and familiar regulatory text that existed prior to the 2015 Rule, ending a regulatory patchwork that required implementing two competing Clean Water Act regulations, which has created regulatory uncertainty across the United States.
Maybe farmers will no longer be fined for having ponds on their own properties.
“Repealing the WOTUS rule is a major win for American agriculture. The extreme overreach from the past Administration had government taking the productivity of the land people had worked for years,” Secretary Perdue said. “Farmers and ranchers are exceptional stewards of the land, taking great care to preserve it for generations to come. President Trump is making good on his promise to reduce burdensome regulations to free our producers to do what they do best – feed, fuel, and clothe this nation and the world.”

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2019
It’s had to say which of these is my favorite. They’re all funny.
Of course, the rhino spritzing the bird isn’t bad either.

Eddie Money, '2 tickets to Paradise' singer, dies at 70
32 years ago. Seems like yesterday

DOJ Inspector General Has Finished FISA Abuse Investigation
It’s been sent to the DOJ and FBI to redact – black out – the classified stuff.
Now we’re going to see the Dims whine an demand a complete report without any clippings. And, they’ll take it to court.
"We have now begun the process of finalizing our report by providing a draft of our factual findings to the [DOJ] and the FBI for classification determination and marking," Horowitz continued. "This step is consistent with our process for reports such as this one that involve classified material. Once we receive the marked document back from the [DOJ] and the FBI, we will then proceed with our usual process for preparing final draft public and classified reports, and ensuring that appropriate reviews occur for accuracy and comment purposes."

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