Preface comment: 24 legacy - yes; Mandy Pitinkin and the Islamophobic Homeland, no.
As a Homeland fan with a tiny crush on Carrie Mathison, I
had eagerly awaited the latest 12 episodes. Watching it felt like being
dumped in public. Carrie is now a civil rights activist/struggling
single mom. Islamophobia seems to be a bigger deal than violence in the
name of Allah. A not-so-subtle political agenda has crept in — against
“over-reacting” to terror, against “bigotry” and the dominance of the
“white male membership” of the intelligence community, as actor Mandy
Patinkin has said.
Even after a bomb goes off in the
middle of Manhattan the president-elect speaks with an irritated sigh of
“more witch hunts,” when she hears the sitting president call for
re-enforcement of the Patriot Act. It’s a disorienting experience to
watch the show. As if the countless fictional explosions in the previous
season and the real attacks in Boston, Orlando, San Bernardino, Nice,
Paris never happened or didn’t mean much in any case.
“The end of
the West today would mean the end of any possible civilization,” the
French philosopher Jacques Lellul wrote back in 1978. With all the
casual blaming of America (and Israel) Homeland seems to simply
accept this sad observation. The show is now covered in a creamy,
politically correct sauce, hiding the freshness and flavors we used to
love. It might be good for viewership and ratings. It is also morally
weak. I used to love the moral clarity in the writing, as well as the
realistic portrayal of the struggle with mental illness, single-mother
child-rearing, and our conduct in the struggle against “violent
extremism.” In an era when President Obama used that bland euphemism, Homeland
called Islamic radicalism by its name. It used to be more or less
aligned with President Trump’s current thinking. Now, it is backtracking
to Obama’s . . . . . What is disappointing is Homeland having changed so suddenly in
the face of a bit of criticism over the last few years; in one season
break, they went from Jack Bauer to Edward Snowden.
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See the American Spectator article, here.
You will be glad to know that the next Supreme Court appointment, should tjhat happen during the coming four years, will come from . . . . . .
President
Trump will turn to the same list of conservative potential U.S. Supreme
Court nominees he rolled out during the campaign to fill the high
court’s next vacancy, he told The Washington Times.
Catholics are reminding President Trump of his promise to re-establish the right of "religious freedom" to include "religious conscence."
The Obama administration angered Catholics when they learned that it was
targeting such groups as the Little Sisters of the Poor. Initially, the
Obama team tried to force the Little Sisters to pay for
abortion-inducing drugs in their healthcare plan. Under pressure, the
lawyers scaled back their demands, but they still sought to compromise
the nuns by making them complicit in approving the mandate.
The most pernicious aspect of this issue is rarely discussed. Just how did the Obama administration manage to put the arm on the Little Sisters in the first place? By adopting the thinking of the ACLU.
It was the ACLU's lawyers in California who first broached the idea that a Catholic institution is not legitimately Catholic if it staffs and serves a large body of people who are not Catholic. The Obama administration, under the tutelage of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius—a rabid defender of partial-birth abortion—tailored the language of the mandate to meet that test. Therefore, because the Little Sisters do not discriminate against non-Catholics in tending to their needs, they are not considered Catholic!
In sharp contrast to his predecessor, Trump has shown himself to be religion-friendly. He needs to recognize, however, that the HHS mandate is a non-negotiable issue: If he wants to keep the support of Catholics, the HHS mandate must go.
Written by Bill Donohue, President and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. He was awarded his Ph.D. in sociology from New York University and is the author of seven books and many articles.
The most pernicious aspect of this issue is rarely discussed. Just how did the Obama administration manage to put the arm on the Little Sisters in the first place? By adopting the thinking of the ACLU.
It was the ACLU's lawyers in California who first broached the idea that a Catholic institution is not legitimately Catholic if it staffs and serves a large body of people who are not Catholic. The Obama administration, under the tutelage of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius—a rabid defender of partial-birth abortion—tailored the language of the mandate to meet that test. Therefore, because the Little Sisters do not discriminate against non-Catholics in tending to their needs, they are not considered Catholic!
In sharp contrast to his predecessor, Trump has shown himself to be religion-friendly. He needs to recognize, however, that the HHS mandate is a non-negotiable issue: If he wants to keep the support of Catholics, the HHS mandate must go.
Written by Bill Donohue, President and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. He was awarded his Ph.D. in sociology from New York University and is the author of seven books and many articles.
Midknight Review has no roll in party politics.
Just to be clear: This blog is an Independent political blog. As such, it opposes the socialist Left within the Democrat Party, and the hard Right within the GOP, including David Duke, men such as Michael Savage and Info War's Alex Jones. Savage is hard hard Right, Jones is simply an idiot. And David Duke is or was a white supremacist.
Understand that all White Supremacists have their roots in the Southern Democrat Party; the same party that murdered more than 4,000 blacks via the [their] KKK and wrote every word of the Jim Crow laws. In fact, this is the same party that took this nation into Civil War, more than 150 years ago, and is threatening to do it again.
Understand that all White Supremacists have their roots in the Southern Democrat Party; the same party that murdered more than 4,000 blacks via the [their] KKK and wrote every word of the Jim Crow laws. In fact, this is the same party that took this nation into Civil War, more than 150 years ago, and is threatening to do it again.
So, Yale's Socialist Dems put on a fast. In response, the Republican students . . . .
So, Yale's Socialist Dems put on a fast. In response, the Republican students, capitalists all, set up a Bar-B-Q stand outside the doors to the fast and started selling prepared burgers and pulled beef sandwiches.
Richard Dreyfuss is right. I have changed my mind about Dreyfuss. He really is patriot.
I didn't say he was a conservative, but, maybe, labels do not apply to this one-time lib. Anyway, the past several times I have seen him on political talk sites, he has made a lot of sense. This video is no exception.
Read the following headline and ask yourself this: Shouldn't Pelosie be . . . . .
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:20 minutes ago
Pelosi slams Trump at 100-day mark: 'He hasn't really proposed anything'
As you read the above headline, ask yourself this: Shouldn't this "blonde" Democrat leader be happy with the 100 day results? I mean, if he has done nothing, well . . . . . . . no harm, no foul.
But she knows better. Trump is tearing up much of what European Progressives have accomplished over the past decade, and they can't stop him for continuing down that path.
As you read the above headline, ask yourself this: Shouldn't this "blonde" Democrat leader be happy with the 100 day results? I mean, if he has done nothing, well . . . . . . . no harm, no foul.
But she knows better. Trump is tearing up much of what European Progressives have accomplished over the past decade, and they can't stop him for continuing down that path.
You should know that May 1 is "May Day" and is a Communist holiday.
BTW,
"May Day" (that would be May 1 for you Millennial's) is a Communist holiday. That's
"number one."
Number two: I am not a "worker." I am a carpenter, and builder; you, a teacher or a butcher, a cop . . . . . but never a "worker."
(google - marxists.org/subject/mayday/articles/tracht.html
Americans celebrate Labor Day. The Comrade population goes with May Day.
Number two: I am not a "worker." I am a carpenter, and builder; you, a teacher or a butcher, a cop . . . . . but never a "worker."
(google - marxists.org/subject/mayday/articles/tracht.html
Americans celebrate Labor Day. The Comrade population goes with May Day.
Trump's first 100 - strongest start for any American president since FDR.
Accomplishments:
Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch
Initiated process of gutting EPA regulations
Ended the governments war on coal.
Taken steps to to put steel and aluminum manufacturing on map.
Caused a 73% reduction in illegal immigration at Southern Border.
Approved Keystone pipeline.
Began work on border wall (design phase).
Executive order allowing individual states to defund Planned Parenthood.
Signed 16 Executive Orders, each demanding analytic agency reviews (16 agencies), by far, the most reviews requested by any president in our history. Clearly, Trump intends sweeping changes to the Federal Government, across the board.
More bombing runs v ISIS in two months than Obama in
three years.
Signed Executive Order protecting whistle blowers at the VA. reversing Obama era policy.
Initiated the legal fight against Sanctuary cities and states.
Signed 29 pieces of legislatio, a record number of laws.
Instituted a 5 year lobbying ban.
Initiated process to take back last minute land grab (under the Monuments Bill), 1.5 million acres, by Obama.
Secured commitments to create 230,000 jobs from foreign and domestic investors.
Has already rolled by many of the Obama's energy regulations and opened opportunities for off shore drilling.
Secured investment commitments for 500 billion dollars from domestic and foreign sources at no cost to the taxpayers.
Struck Syria in retaliation for poison gas strike.
Is beginning the process of sending primary oversight for education
back to the states and local governing bodies.
Signed orders that give our vets access to outside, private sector, medical help.
Has put the Middle Class tax cut back on the table.
If your retirement is in the Market, your 401K funds have increased 10% or more.
Trump's first 100 days recorded regulatory cost of $28 million versus Obama's 100 day cost of 4 billion dollars.
A record 68 Executive orders, memo's and white papers: Understand that these executive actions are orders given to appropriate federal agencies detailing the
Government "healthy lunch program" has been terminated.
Trump did more than any president elect in American history with regard to job creation and investment commitments, before being sworn in as President.
Has begun process of taking down Net Neutrality and its anti-free speech, anti-capitalist, pro-government controlled media including digital news and conservative talk.
Has met with 38 world leaders in the White House or in phone discussions, NATO leadership, and NAFTA negotiators, Arab leadership dealing with alliances against ISIS.
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Related Articles:
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-11-17/obama-era-court-fights-become-mission-impossible-after-trump-win
Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch
Initiated process of gutting EPA regulations
Ended the governments war on coal.
Taken steps to to put steel and aluminum manufacturing on map.
Caused a 73% reduction in illegal immigration at Southern Border.
Approved Keystone pipeline.
Began work on border wall (design phase).
Executive order allowing individual states to defund Planned Parenthood.
Signed 16 Executive Orders, each demanding analytic agency reviews (16 agencies), by far, the most reviews requested by any president in our history. Clearly, Trump intends sweeping changes to the Federal Government, across the board.
More bombing runs v ISIS in two months than Obama in
three years.
Signed Executive Order protecting whistle blowers at the VA. reversing Obama era policy.
Initiated the legal fight against Sanctuary cities and states.
Signed 29 pieces of legislatio, a record number of laws.
Instituted a 5 year lobbying ban.
Initiated process to take back last minute land grab (under the Monuments Bill), 1.5 million acres, by Obama.
Secured commitments to create 230,000 jobs from foreign and domestic investors.
Has already rolled by many of the Obama's energy regulations and opened opportunities for off shore drilling.
Secured investment commitments for 500 billion dollars from domestic and foreign sources at no cost to the taxpayers.
Struck Syria in retaliation for poison gas strike.
Is beginning the process of sending primary oversight for education
back to the states and local governing bodies.
Signed orders that give our vets access to outside, private sector, medical help.
Has put the Middle Class tax cut back on the table.
If your retirement is in the Market, your 401K funds have increased 10% or more.
Trump's first 100 days recorded regulatory cost of $28 million versus Obama's 100 day cost of 4 billion dollars.
A record 68 Executive orders, memo's and white papers: Understand that these executive actions are orders given to appropriate federal agencies detailing the
Government "healthy lunch program" has been terminated.
Trump did more than any president elect in American history with regard to job creation and investment commitments, before being sworn in as President.
Has begun process of taking down Net Neutrality and its anti-free speech, anti-capitalist, pro-government controlled media including digital news and conservative talk.
Has met with 38 world leaders in the White House or in phone discussions, NATO leadership, and NAFTA negotiators, Arab leadership dealing with alliances against ISIS.
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Related Articles:
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-11-17/obama-era-court-fights-become-mission-impossible-after-trump-win
The Obama Recovery scored another failing grade.
Of course the Marxist members of the national media will blame the 1 Q GDP number of 0.7% on Trump, despite the absolute fact that nothing Trump has done has had time to be fully implemented. The full Trump cabinet is not in place, and, the Dems have sworn to oppose any effective legislation coming from the GOP camp.
Add to these facts, the reality that consumer spending came in at 0.3% for the same first quarter after three quarters of robust spending. Understand that 70% of our nation's economy (GDP) comes from consumer spending. Also, keep in mind the fact that the "1st Quarter" comes after the Xmas season and its inherent big spending season.
Finally, you should know that the Reagan policies took two years to effect the economy.
Now you know.
Add to these facts, the reality that consumer spending came in at 0.3% for the same first quarter after three quarters of robust spending. Understand that 70% of our nation's economy (GDP) comes from consumer spending. Also, keep in mind the fact that the "1st Quarter" comes after the Xmas season and its inherent big spending season.
Finally, you should know that the Reagan policies took two years to effect the economy.
Now you know.
Read the following headline and say this outloud: "And still, the Obama Administration gave the man a full security clearnce in 2016."
CNN:
Pentagon warned Flynn in 2014 against taking foreign payments; IG launches investigation
Editor's notes: Clearly, this headline proves the ineptness of the Obama Administration. What the Pentagon's Inspector General may or may not be looking at, is the fact that the Obama Administration knew about Flynn's positioning as to taking payment for such activities in Russia, as giving speeches. Understand that Flynn was given comprehensive security clearance under Obama's Administration in 2010, and again, five years later in 2016. The controversy over Flynn is first and foremost, a problem caused by the Obama intelligence agencies . . . . period. Case closed.
Editor's notes: Clearly, this headline proves the ineptness of the Obama Administration. What the Pentagon's Inspector General may or may not be looking at, is the fact that the Obama Administration knew about Flynn's positioning as to taking payment for such activities in Russia, as giving speeches. Understand that Flynn was given comprehensive security clearance under Obama's Administration in 2010, and again, five years later in 2016. The controversy over Flynn is first and foremost, a problem caused by the Obama intelligence agencies . . . . period. Case closed.
There is "Fake News," and then there is "totally irrelevant."
Editor's notes: All of the following headlines have two things in common: One, they have no sense of relevancy, and, two, they are intended to cultivate a "negative climate surrounding the Trump Administration."
Paulina Firozi / The Hill: House Dems to force vote on bill demanding Trump taxes, visitor logs: report
So what?! What political power do they have against an united GOP?
Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com: Warren ‘troubled’ by $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee for Obama
But of course, she will do nothing and, if in the same shoes, would accept the same speaking fees.
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed: John Kasich Sounds Like He's Over The Republican Party
John . . . . . who?
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast: Alex Jones Turns on Ivanka Trump and Her ‘Democrat’ Husband Jared Kushner Over Syrian Refugees
Suddenly, liberal news portals are including headlines about Alex Jones, a man who is seen as a total nutjob by all on the right.
Paulina Firozi / The Hill: House Dems to force vote on bill demanding Trump taxes, visitor logs: report
So what?! What political power do they have against an united GOP?
Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com: Warren ‘troubled’ by $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee for Obama
But of course, she will do nothing and, if in the same shoes, would accept the same speaking fees.
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed: John Kasich Sounds Like He's Over The Republican Party
John . . . . . who?
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast: Alex Jones Turns on Ivanka Trump and Her ‘Democrat’ Husband Jared Kushner Over Syrian Refugees
Suddenly, liberal news portals are including headlines about Alex Jones, a man who is seen as a total nutjob by all on the right.
Ben Carson shares Kasich's view that 2016 race 'frustrating'
We all respect Dr Carson, but of course the losers of any primary season are frustrated . . . . hardly a relevant news item.
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CNN just took 5 minutes to prove that Trump is more unpopular with folks who already hate, than they were a few days ago. Good grief. And "they" claim to being the intellectuals in the house.
CNN just did a story on their evening news program, with this theme: Trump is getting more and more unpopular. Who did the Clinton Network News interview to prove their point?
Blacks in in Baltimore. Folks in Massachusetts where every congressional district voted for Hillary. Undocumented field workers in California. Gays in the very blue state of Maryland.
And the network took 5 minutes to prove their point: Trump is getting more and more unpopular with people who already hate him.
I am sorry, but what was the point of this idiotic bit of televised hate speech?
Blacks in in Baltimore. Folks in Massachusetts where every congressional district voted for Hillary. Undocumented field workers in California. Gays in the very blue state of Maryland.
And the network took 5 minutes to prove their point: Trump is getting more and more unpopular with people who already hate him.
I am sorry, but what was the point of this idiotic bit of televised hate speech?
Elections have consequences. Someone remind the Dems of their oft repeated rhetoric back in the Obama days . . . . . please.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems threaten to oppose short-term spending bill if GOP pushes healthcare vote
Notes: Obama Care is being amended with a Senate majority vote of 51 and the Dems are far from controlling the House vote.
In other words, the New Regressive Destructionist Party has no political power versus an united GOP.
The headline is kind a like threaten a man with an unloaded gun . . . . looks scary but, then, nothing but blow.
Notes: Obama Care is being amended with a Senate majority vote of 51 and the Dems are far from controlling the House vote.
In other words, the New Regressive Destructionist Party has no political power versus an united GOP.
The headline is kind a like threaten a man with an unloaded gun . . . . looks scary but, then, nothing but blow.
Trump's Executive Memos versus Obama's.
Here is a critical difference between Obama and Trump: One was a know nothing community organizer and the other, a super successful, big business, CEO. Nothing demonstrates the difference between the two men that the use of Executive Orders.
Trump uses Executive Orders and Memos to direct activity per one of his 16 cabinet Secretaries, but, depends on process and legislation to cement his change orders.
Barack Obama used Executive Orders/Memos to circumvent the legislative process,ignoring the need for legislation . . . . . making it profoundly simple, in terms of process, to take down most of what he claims as "legacy." The Iranian deal was not a contract of any kind. The Paris Climate Agreement, again, was not a ratified contract and is not an enforceable agreement. His attack on coal was all about agency regulations, regulations that can be reversed by the incoming department heads. His decision to weaken the military was a matter of administrative priorities based on a manufactured budgetary decision called "sequester." Get rid of sequester, and increases in military funding can be put back in place (the military suffered more than $700 billion in cuts over the Obama Error).
Note: Contrary to popular media propaganda, "sequester" was Barack Obama's idea, a threat he issued to the GOP in the face of GOP opposition to some of his budgetary concerns.
When you hear that the Prez has taken down "x" number of environmental regulations, the truth of the matter is this: Trump's Orders/Memo's are directives addressed to an appropriate agency, instructing that agency to review/investigate a specified group of regulations for the purpose of cancellation and/or the formulation of specific legislation. In other words, our president is using existing law and process to get things done.
By contrast, Barack refused to follow "process," choosing, rather, to function like a dictatorial tribal chieftain or third world authoritarian. In fact, he complained that he could not rule apart from Congressional review. He really failed to grasp the import of this fact: That without legislation, his "legacy" was/is doomed under the Trump Administration.
Why did Obama commit to a process that innately invited a short life? 1) Because he had no clue how to negotiate his ideas into legislative law, and 2), he was convinced that Hillary would win the election. Her success was critical to Barack Obama's established legacy. Another eight years under Hillary, would have made the rejection of Barack's "temporary" orders impossible to untangle.
If Trump cannot get legislation passed into law, supporting his orders, his legacy will suffer the same demise.
Hail to the Chief.
Trump uses Executive Orders and Memos to direct activity per one of his 16 cabinet Secretaries, but, depends on process and legislation to cement his change orders.
Barack Obama used Executive Orders/Memos to circumvent the legislative process,ignoring the need for legislation . . . . . making it profoundly simple, in terms of process, to take down most of what he claims as "legacy." The Iranian deal was not a contract of any kind. The Paris Climate Agreement, again, was not a ratified contract and is not an enforceable agreement. His attack on coal was all about agency regulations, regulations that can be reversed by the incoming department heads. His decision to weaken the military was a matter of administrative priorities based on a manufactured budgetary decision called "sequester." Get rid of sequester, and increases in military funding can be put back in place (the military suffered more than $700 billion in cuts over the Obama Error).
Note: Contrary to popular media propaganda, "sequester" was Barack Obama's idea, a threat he issued to the GOP in the face of GOP opposition to some of his budgetary concerns.
When you hear that the Prez has taken down "x" number of environmental regulations, the truth of the matter is this: Trump's Orders/Memo's are directives addressed to an appropriate agency, instructing that agency to review/investigate a specified group of regulations for the purpose of cancellation and/or the formulation of specific legislation. In other words, our president is using existing law and process to get things done.
By contrast, Barack refused to follow "process," choosing, rather, to function like a dictatorial tribal chieftain or third world authoritarian. In fact, he complained that he could not rule apart from Congressional review. He really failed to grasp the import of this fact: That without legislation, his "legacy" was/is doomed under the Trump Administration.
Why did Obama commit to a process that innately invited a short life? 1) Because he had no clue how to negotiate his ideas into legislative law, and 2), he was convinced that Hillary would win the election. Her success was critical to Barack Obama's established legacy. Another eight years under Hillary, would have made the rejection of Barack's "temporary" orders impossible to untangle.
If Trump cannot get legislation passed into law, supporting his orders, his legacy will suffer the same demise.
Hail to the Chief.
Finally, the truth about Flynn and the failings of the Obama administration.
CNN:
Pentagon warned Flynn in 2014 against taking foreign payments; IG launches investigation
Editor's notes: Two things: First this is a CNN piece, in its continuing war against the Trump/conservative/we the people system of governance. Point? "Consider the source."
Update: Documents released today, show that Flynn received a $45,000 payment for work done (a speech, I believe) to the Russian press, in 2015. His security clearance was approved in 2016, and again, before Trump.
Secondly, the story ignores the fact that General Flynn was cleared by the intelligence community, years ago, early in the Obama Administration. His clearance was investigated and approved again, in 2016, during Obama but after Flynn did whatever he did in Russia, in 2015. If there is any question as to Administration failure, it is the Obama Administration at fault, here. The Trump Administration had no reason to question Flynn's recent security clearance under the Obama Administration.
Case closed. End of discussion.
Editor's notes: Two things: First this is a CNN piece, in its continuing war against the Trump/conservative/we the people system of governance. Point? "Consider the source."
Update: Documents released today, show that Flynn received a $45,000 payment for work done (a speech, I believe) to the Russian press, in 2015. His security clearance was approved in 2016, and again, before Trump.
Secondly, the story ignores the fact that General Flynn was cleared by the intelligence community, years ago, early in the Obama Administration. His clearance was investigated and approved again, in 2016, during Obama but after Flynn did whatever he did in Russia, in 2015. If there is any question as to Administration failure, it is the Obama Administration at fault, here. The Trump Administration had no reason to question Flynn's recent security clearance under the Obama Administration.
Case closed. End of discussion.
Why you can trust President Trump as he stands against a world that hates him.
Why you can trust President Trump as he stands against a world that hates him, trust him as I do. The answer is found in his dealings with the proposed tax reform.
Understand that when he "announced" nearly two years ago, no one was more disappointed than I . . . . no one. My #1 choice was Mike Pence, then Marco Rubio, then Carly and then, no one.
While I acknowledge that the man is not a polished speaker, he is able to connect with the people on the same level as Ronald Reagan. The man is not a "showman" as was Bill or boringly "professorial" as was our most recent wannabee Muslim president, Barack.
Last week, when asked, Who is more in touch with the people (ABC/WaPost), shockingly, 38% gave Trump the most votes, 32% went to the GOP, and 28% went to the Democrats, an indication of just how lost in the political wilderness, is this party. A Progressive Democrat from the FDR days was a believer in God, the Constitution, law and order, the exceptional nature of the United States, and the prescribed legislative process. The New Progressives are none of the above and getting further and further away from the above stated principles.
That being said, during the campaign, Donald Trump promised a significant tax cut for the middle class. Over the past two weeks, the opposition media has pushed the fantasy revelation that Trump has abandoned the middle class and the economy produced by small business; that he has left behind the supply-side advisors who gave him his campaign promise, that he is now, surrounded by Keynesian financial advisors from the hated "Establishment."
Don't get lost over the use of the word "Keynesian." Understand that when you research "supply side economics" and "Keynesian economics," you will discover that there is no explanation of either of the two choices that is linear and truly definitive. As an alternative to an accurate definition of either, suffice it to say, that Trump apparently is using principles from both economic theories. He is the consummate pragmatist, after all. On one hand, we have Government intervention for the sake of a healthier economy, and, on the other hand [supply side economics], there is private sector investments and the necessary reduction of federally created barriers limiting the production of goods and services.
When tax breaks and other government incentives are offered to Big Business to the virtual exclusion of small business, as was the domestic/economic policies of the Obama Administration, the result is a stagnate economy. Barack's 8 year Real GDP average was 1.6% . Why? Because small business was ignored, if not penalized, during the Obama Tyranny. Know this: before Obama, small business provided the training and supply of more than 70% of all jobs created in this country. When Obama chose to ignore the middle class and its small business offering to the health of the economy, he made it impossible to take our economy away from recessionary levels.
With this in mind, understand that when you pass legislation (Dodd/Frank) that limits the availability of funding, when you triple regulatory pressure that only Big Business can afford, when you move from a manufacturing and export base to a service centered economy, stagnation is the necessary result.
Trump's campaign promise of "middle class tax cuts," would correct this problem. The press, as mentioned above, wanted you to believe that the President has given up on this solution.
So much for the opposition media. After two weeks of fake news regarding Trump's campaign promise to the middle class, Trump has spoken up, and in so doing, has made it clear that the middle class is at the center of his tax reform plans.
And this is why I trust this president. Over and over again, he is proving the point that he is our [first] Middle Class president. Clearly, he is determined to follow through with his declared alliance (should I say, "contract") with the Middle Class.
Next time you doubt this, just wait a week or two or 15. Sooner or later, you will realize that the Prez did not move away from his promise. Instead, he was only waiting for a time when he could get back on track. Know this: His enemies are our enemies
Hail to the Chief.
In the Commun-ist state of Washington, the pocket gopher has more rights than land owenrs.
More than the forests, this bunch of clowns oppose the building of dams and the use of our most prolific renewal source of energy (that would be "rain"). Never mind that the animal/plant population displaced by the construct of a dam, simply move to the perimeter of the lake/structure.
In California, the darter minnow has precedent over all reasonable considerations and threatens the food production of the most productive ag district in the world (the Central Valley of California).
And, now, in the State of Washington, the clowns in that state, have passed laws and regulations that guarantee the future for a small rodent/pest known as a pocket gopher. If these little pests are found on a given piece of property, the landowner must submit plans for dealing with the rodent, and secure special permits to build or use his property.
Time for militant environmentalism to be defeated, at least on the federal level . . . . and under the new administration, the EPA is being forced back to its original mission with 30% cuts to its staff and budget.
Time to build a dam or four, and re-establish the "divinity" of private property ownership.
Hail to the Chief.
To the readership
During this week, ending with Trump's 100th day in office, this blog will be detailing all of what Trump has done . . . . . if that is even possible. Lots of time in research, lots of air time looking for facts as opposed to conservative propaganda.
As small as is this blog, ( and, I never try to pretend that I am "big time,"), Midknight Review - new and revised, is the largest non-commercial blog on the Internet. At times, more than 10,000 folks come to this blog in a 24 hour period. Because I am ad-free, this blog can be listed as "educational," and the rules under such a classification are much more liberal when it comes to copyright laws. Of course, I reference all my posts, keeping in mind that I am entitled to the facts of an event, no matter where I discover these facts, and those facts do not need reference.
At any rate, I plan on being quite busy, this week. I am a conservative leaning Independent, never a Republican, never a member of a tea party (although sympathetic to their cause). If I ever had a president that I could call an "Independent," it would be Donald Trump.
Looking for as much information, here, as you can find on the Internet? Visit this blog during the week, especially toward the end of the week. You will not be disappointed.
This Review blog has been warning folks for years. It is part of the New Progressive Conspiracy, to move the U.S. away from its own Constitution via "international law." Not a single Democrat will stand up against this latest subversive actions.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Apparently repealing Obamacare could violate international law
— A confidential, five-page “urgent appeal” from the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights in Geneva,
sent to the Trump administration, cautions that the repeal of the
Affordable Care Act could put the United States at odds with its
international obligations. The Feb. 2 memo, which I obtained Tuesday,
was sent to the State Department and expresses “serious concern” about
the prospective loss of health coverage for almost 30 million people,
which could violate “the right to social security of the people in the
United States.”
Notes: This Review blog has been warning folks for years. It is part of the New Progressive Conspiracy, to move the U.S. away from its own Constitution via "international law." Not a single Democrat will stand up against this latest subversive actions.
Several years ago, Hillary Clinton working as Secretary of State, involved herself in an attempt to tie the United States to U.N. edicts regarding individual gun ownership, a move that was to voids the rights of Americans to own a gun for any reason. That was her plan. It failed, but not without notice.
Today, this same international conspiracy has re-entered the narrative. According to the United Nations, health care as defined by Obama Care and, even, our social security system, are vital parts of the internationally recognized "rights for all peoples to have health care provided for them."
I have said it before, but those who support international law, are not American patriots . . . . . period. There is no gray area on this matter. If you accept this notion, work for its success, and are able to implement this subversive action, you are a declared enemy of our founding principles, you are as dangerous to our system of freedom as any Russian pundit . . . . . and Barack/Michelle Obama are at the center of this clever conspiracy to "fundamentally transform the United States of America."
Dissatisfaction, protests, violence in the streets, sheer chaos domestically speaking, and the implementation of a new federal system of governance (socialism) is the process that the New Left has in mind. But know this, the "new federal system" is already in play. It can be seen in the European Union and the United Nations.
Now you know.
We must never allow action that pretends to be "patriotic" when, at the same time and in the same breath, moves this once great nation away from its original declarations.
Understand that those original declarations were the very words used to move us away [eventually] from slavery, to allow for women's suffrage, to open our schools to all ethnicities, in spite of the fact that none of this was part of the political vision for this country in 1776.
The United Nations is hardly the world's leader for individual freedoms. In fact, that notion is an absolute joke. America, our America, is by far and away, the most important political force for individual liberties in the history of mankind.
We are in fight to the death for the survival of this nation.
If we lose, dictatorship, world wide, wins the day . . . . period.
Now you know.
When the S.F. judge shot down Trump's sanctuary cities punitive action, what exactly happened? And is there no recourse?
Look, the government is working off Obama's last "budget." That fiscal year ends with the last day of this coming September.
Understand that Trump's new budget, if it makes "compliance" as to ending "sanctuary" status a requirement for receiving federal funds, beginning October 1,2017, that will work. Right now, under contract law, the states have a contract for receiving federal funds with no penalties against sanctuary status. Why Trump is not waiting for the new budget proposal is beyond me. At any rate, eventually, he will end this lawlessness.
Update: Besides the strategy that is the new budget, October 1, there are grants, money given to entities and state governments, money given apart from any contractual ties. These grants can be taken away at any money and for any reason. In other words, pressure can be put on regional governments to comply and the smaller cities with their limited funds, will not be able to resist the law and order of this Administration.
Understand that Trump's new budget, if it makes "compliance" as to ending "sanctuary" status a requirement for receiving federal funds, beginning October 1,2017, that will work. Right now, under contract law, the states have a contract for receiving federal funds with no penalties against sanctuary status. Why Trump is not waiting for the new budget proposal is beyond me. At any rate, eventually, he will end this lawlessness.
Update: Besides the strategy that is the new budget, October 1, there are grants, money given to entities and state governments, money given apart from any contractual ties. These grants can be taken away at any money and for any reason. In other words, pressure can be put on regional governments to comply and the smaller cities with their limited funds, will not be able to resist the law and order of this Administration.
After reading this headline, you will agree that Barack and Michelle were more about enriching themselves that anything else.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee will undermine everything he believes in
— To fight the rising tide of populism, mainstream leaders need to
raise their ethical game. — Former President Barack Obama's decision
to accept a $400,000 fee to speak at a health care conference organized …
Notes: After reading the above headline, you will agree that Barack and Michelle were more about enriching themselves than anything else. The fact that they became filthy rich as occupiers of our White House, is proof of my point. Thank gawd he is one of a kind, and, good riddance.
Also, stop worrying about his efforts at establishing a "shadow government." You give him entirely too much intellectual credit. If he couldn't permanently affect this nation's sense of original purpose and protocol while pretending to be president, he certainly will not be able to accomplish that goal as an outsider and soon to be marginalized, European style socialist politician.
This is a big deal: Even the Left is disgusted with the deceit and lies told by Obama in the making of the Iranian "deal."
Barack released terrorist and outright criminals back to Iran in doing what he had to do to make the Iranian deal . . . . . thinking that this "deal" would bolster his legacy. Turns out we are just beginning to learn the truth about his ineptness as a deal maker. The storyline comes from the Left, btw, not from the conservative media. Apparently there are folks on the Left who care about the truth. Who knew ~ editor.
The following is enough of an excerpt to give the reader cause to finish the article found here, at Politico.
In his [Barack Obama] Sunday morning address to the American people, Obama portrayed the seven men he freed as “civilians.” The senior official described them as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere “sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo.”
In reality, some of them were accused by Obama’s own Justice Department of posing threats to national security. Three allegedly were part of an illegal procurement network supplying Iran with U.S.-made microelectronics with applications in surface-to-air and cruise missiles like the kind Tehran test-fired recently, prompting a still-escalating exchange of threats with the Trump administration. Another was serving an eight-year sentence for conspiring to supply Iran with satellite technology and hardware. As part of the deal, U.S. officials even dropped their demand for $10 million that a jury said the aerospace engineer illegally received from Tehran.
And in a series of unpublicized court filings, the Justice Department dropped charges and international arrest warrants against 14 other men, all of them fugitives. The administration didn’t disclose their names or what they were accused of doing, noting only in an unattributed, 152-word statement about the swap that the U.S. “also removed any Interpol red notices and dismissed any charges against 14 Iranians for whom it was assessed that extradition requests were unlikely to be successful.”
Three of the fugitives allegedly sought to lease Boeing aircraft for an Iranian airline that authorities say had supported Hezbollah, the U.S.-designated terrorist organization. A fourth, Behrouz Dolatzadeh, was charged with conspiring to buy thousands of U.S.-made assault rifles and illegally import them into Iran.
A fifth, Amin Ravan, was charged with smuggling U.S.
military antennas to Hong Kong and Singapore for use in Iran. U.S.
authorities also believe he was part of a procurement network providing
Iran with high-tech components for an especially deadly type of IED used
by Shiite militias to kill hundreds of American troops in Iraq.
The biggest fish, though, was Seyed Abolfazl Shahab Jamili, who had been charged with being part of a conspiracy that from 2005 to 2012 procured thousands of parts with nuclear applications for Iran via China. That included hundreds of U.S.-made sensors for the uranium enrichment centrifuges in Iran whose progress had prompted the nuclear deal talks in the first place.
When federal prosecutors and agents [working under Obama at the time ~ editor] learned the true extent of the releases, many were shocked and angry. Some had spent years, if not decades, working to penetrate the global proliferation networks that allowed Iranian arms traders both to obtain crucial materials for Tehran’s illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs and, in some cases, to provide dangerous materials to other countries.
. . . . . . Most, if not all, of the Justice Department lawyers and prosecutors involved in the Counterproliferation Initiative were kept in the dark about how their cases were being used as bargaining chips, according to interviews with more than a dozen current and former officials.
So were the federal agents from the FBI and departments of Homeland Security and Commerce who for years had been operating internationally, often undercover, on the front lines of the hunt for Iranian arms and weapons smugglers.
The following is enough of an excerpt to give the reader cause to finish the article found here, at Politico.
In his [Barack Obama] Sunday morning address to the American people, Obama portrayed the seven men he freed as “civilians.” The senior official described them as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere “sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo.”
In reality, some of them were accused by Obama’s own Justice Department of posing threats to national security. Three allegedly were part of an illegal procurement network supplying Iran with U.S.-made microelectronics with applications in surface-to-air and cruise missiles like the kind Tehran test-fired recently, prompting a still-escalating exchange of threats with the Trump administration. Another was serving an eight-year sentence for conspiring to supply Iran with satellite technology and hardware. As part of the deal, U.S. officials even dropped their demand for $10 million that a jury said the aerospace engineer illegally received from Tehran.
And in a series of unpublicized court filings, the Justice Department dropped charges and international arrest warrants against 14 other men, all of them fugitives. The administration didn’t disclose their names or what they were accused of doing, noting only in an unattributed, 152-word statement about the swap that the U.S. “also removed any Interpol red notices and dismissed any charges against 14 Iranians for whom it was assessed that extradition requests were unlikely to be successful.”
Three of the fugitives allegedly sought to lease Boeing aircraft for an Iranian airline that authorities say had supported Hezbollah, the U.S.-designated terrorist organization. A fourth, Behrouz Dolatzadeh, was charged with conspiring to buy thousands of U.S.-made assault rifles and illegally import them into Iran.
The biggest fish, though, was Seyed Abolfazl Shahab Jamili, who had been charged with being part of a conspiracy that from 2005 to 2012 procured thousands of parts with nuclear applications for Iran via China. That included hundreds of U.S.-made sensors for the uranium enrichment centrifuges in Iran whose progress had prompted the nuclear deal talks in the first place.
When federal prosecutors and agents [working under Obama at the time ~ editor] learned the true extent of the releases, many were shocked and angry. Some had spent years, if not decades, working to penetrate the global proliferation networks that allowed Iranian arms traders both to obtain crucial materials for Tehran’s illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs and, in some cases, to provide dangerous materials to other countries.
. . . . . . Most, if not all, of the Justice Department lawyers and prosecutors involved in the Counterproliferation Initiative were kept in the dark about how their cases were being used as bargaining chips, according to interviews with more than a dozen current and former officials.
So were the federal agents from the FBI and departments of Homeland Security and Commerce who for years had been operating internationally, often undercover, on the front lines of the hunt for Iranian arms and weapons smugglers.
Proof that Trump is no loose canon and is working to be the president of all America
Reuters:
Notes: The coming Wednesday event is proof that Trump is no loose canon, and, is working to be the president of all America. He has no desire to take us into a war-time situation without the advise and consent, on some level, of Congress . . . . . . so much for all the lies to the contrary.
Hannity's accuser back tracks, arguing that she was never harassed by Hannity.
Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
Despite Reports, Fmr Fox Guest Now Claims She Was Never Sexually Harassed by Sean Hannity
— Debbie Schlussel, a former Fox News guest, appeared on a local radio
show on Friday and recounted an incident where Sean Hannity purportedly
asked her to a hotel, and when she rebuffed his advances …
Notes: Of course, this announce comes just hours after Hannity made it clear that he was going to sue Ms Schlussel, and, in every way, come down on her like a ton of bricks (editor's choice of words). Suffice it to say, this is the end of this ugly matter.
Heather Nauert, from Fox and Friends, joins the State Department.
“The Department of State is pleased to welcome Heather Nauert as the new State Department spokesperson. Nauert comes to the department with more than 15 years of experience as an anchor and correspondent covering both foreign and domestic news and events, including the 9/11 terror attacks, the war in Iraq, and the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.”
President Trump is calling for a meeting of the entire Senate for Wednesday . . . . closed door and classified.
President Trump is calling for a meeting of the entire Senate for Wednesday. But this is not just another meeting. Rather, this will be a classified meeting to include all of the 100 Senate members. No doubt, this meeting is being called because of the critical issues facing this nation and our Asian allies because of N Korea. The primary speaker driving the closed door discussion will be Secretary of State Tillerson.
You won't believe how Trump compares to either of the two political parties:
ABC News just released their ABC/WaPost poll, showing that Trump would beat Hillary in a second election . . . . . this, after the Major Marxist Media has spent millions in a concerted effort to undermine Trump's presidency.
96% of those who voted for Trump are happy with their vote. Where Hillary won the popular vote due to California, today, the President would take the popular vote by a 43/40 percent margin. His popularity within the GOP had fallen to a 79-80 percent margin. It is now at a healthy 81% and rising
Gallup has Trump's popularity increasing by 4% in two weeks; Rasmussen gives him a 5% increase since April 10.
In terms of comparisons, Donald Trump led all contenders when asked, "Which entity is more in touch with the American people." It was determined that Trump was "more in touch" with the folks. The stats read as follows:
38% Trump
32% GOP
28% Democrats.
Given the fact that the Dems and their media outlets have waged an open assault against the Conservative political point of view, all of the above is rather surprising . . . . . and very good news for the patriotic nation.
96% of those who voted for Trump are happy with their vote. Where Hillary won the popular vote due to California, today, the President would take the popular vote by a 43/40 percent margin. His popularity within the GOP had fallen to a 79-80 percent margin. It is now at a healthy 81% and rising
Gallup has Trump's popularity increasing by 4% in two weeks; Rasmussen gives him a 5% increase since April 10.
In terms of comparisons, Donald Trump led all contenders when asked, "Which entity is more in touch with the American people." It was determined that Trump was "more in touch" with the folks. The stats read as follows:
38% Trump
32% GOP
28% Democrats.
Given the fact that the Dems and their media outlets have waged an open assault against the Conservative political point of view, all of the above is rather surprising . . . . . and very good news for the patriotic nation.
After three months, it appears that even the Senate has given up on "proving" a Russian tie to the Trump Campaign.
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Senate Trump-Russia Probe Has No Full-Time Staff, No Key Witnesses
— There are just seven part-time staffers working on the Senate
inquiry. None of them are trained investigators. And they haven't
interviewed a single player in Trump's orbit.
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russia’s election interference is supposedly the best hope for getting the public credible answers about whether there was any coordination between the Kremlin and Trump Tower.
But there are serious reasons to doubt that it can accomplish this task, as currently configured.
More than three months after the committee announced that it had agreed on the scope of the investigation, the panel has not begun substantially investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, three individuals with ties to the committee told The Daily Beast.
Editor's notes: Funny, but I am not aware that anyone of prominence is continuing this silly investigation into a Trump/Putin partnership. The fact that this Senate committee is obviously not serious about its assignment, should tell us all we need to know.
Trump via Nikki Haley has publicly scolded the Russians curing U.N. debate. The Russian meeting with Secretary of State Tillerson came off as one the coldest reception seen in the past 20 years . . . . . ice cold and unproductive. Trump's attack in Syria, was a direct slap in the face to the Russian presence in that country. All of this defeats the Hillary inspired excuse for losing the past election.
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russia’s election interference is supposedly the best hope for getting the public credible answers about whether there was any coordination between the Kremlin and Trump Tower.
But there are serious reasons to doubt that it can accomplish this task, as currently configured.
More than three months after the committee announced that it had agreed on the scope of the investigation, the panel has not begun substantially investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, three individuals with ties to the committee told The Daily Beast.
Editor's notes: Funny, but I am not aware that anyone of prominence is continuing this silly investigation into a Trump/Putin partnership. The fact that this Senate committee is obviously not serious about its assignment, should tell us all we need to know.
Trump via Nikki Haley has publicly scolded the Russians curing U.N. debate. The Russian meeting with Secretary of State Tillerson came off as one the coldest reception seen in the past 20 years . . . . . ice cold and unproductive. Trump's attack in Syria, was a direct slap in the face to the Russian presence in that country. All of this defeats the Hillary inspired excuse for losing the past election.
Fake News Story # 191: This one is about Sean Hannity
<<< Sean and wife, Jill Rhodes (since 1993)
Editor's notes: It has now become clear that some in the Left Wing media have decided to do as much damage to Fox News via "sex scandals," as possible.
This latest charge, against Choir Boy, Sean Hannity, is a perfect example and is as lame a charge against the Fox host, as any seen during these first days of the Trump Administration.
The woman charges that Hannity ask her to his hotel room, and, after she said "no," Hannity no longer used her on his show. That's it. No proof, no threat to sue, nothing. And why none of these things? Because there is nothing there.
Sean Hannity is as trustworthy a man as is in the business, at least, in terms of his sense of morality. Two decades in the business, and this is the only accusation of harassment. O'Reilly, on the other hand, has had problems dating back at least 15 years.
Update:
Understand that the woman who made this charge against Hannity, this past week, has accused Hannity of malpractice on several previous occasions to include indulgences at the expense of the Freedom Alliance (founded by Oliver North). In her complaint regarding the Freedom Alliance, she has accused Hannity of staying at 5 star hotels at the expense of the Alliance, and demanding huge sums of money from that organization.
Here is what the Freedom Alliance has to say about these allegations:
Freedom Alliance has never provided planes, hotels, cars, limos, or anything else to Sean. Sean gets nothing from Freedom Alliance except our gratitude for his personal generosity and for all he has done to help the troops and our organization. We have never had to ask Sean for anything, he always generously offers his help before we have a chance to ask him. But to be clear Sean pays for all his own transportation, hotels, and all related expenses for himself and his family and friends and staff, which over the years has added up to tens of thousands of dollars. He does not use any Freedom Alliance Funds or Concert funds in any way, period.
Sean Hannity has contributed $100,000 to the Wounded Warriors Foundation, over $200,000 to the Freedom Alliance, and over tens of thousands of dollars to other military charities and individuals. We only make this information public because of the outrageous slander against him. Sean has no management or operational involvement in, or control over, Freedom Alliance. He has been a selfless patriot in his efforts to raise funds for the education of children of armed services personnel.
Finally, Sean has hired a number of lawyers (his accuser is a lawyer, as well) and is attacking this accusation in the most aggressive legal manner possible.
Understand that this is how the Left "fights back." It is seldom about policy. Rather, character assassination, established media propaganda, and outright lies, have always been the weapons of choice. If you are a Democrat, you really should be ashamed of your party. Pathetic.
ABC News, Sunday edition, makes a surprising claim: Trump would win re-election if that electon was held today.
Gallup has President Trump up 4 points over the past two weeks, and Rasmussen has the Prez up 5 points since April 10.
ABC News agrees with the increase as to Trump's popularity, but, couldn't resist the observation that this was a record low for a President at this time in his presidency. Several other presidents have scored lower during their times as president, but not in the first four months of their first term.
Having said that, ABC followed these observations with this:
"Still, it is generally believed that Trump would win re-election, if the election was held, today."
ABC News agrees with the increase as to Trump's popularity, but, couldn't resist the observation that this was a record low for a President at this time in his presidency. Several other presidents have scored lower during their times as president, but not in the first four months of their first term.
Having said that, ABC followed these observations with this:
"Still, it is generally believed that Trump would win re-election, if the election was held, today."
News Flash: Trump's first 100 days has been the busiest and most legislatively prolific period in presidential history.
1. He has secured commitments from foreign and domestic companies leading to the addition of 300,000 new jobs. Barack, with taxpayer money and his pay for play scheme we all know as the 2009 Stimulus Bill, laid the foundation for the creation of 6,400 permanent jobs.
2. Barack began efforts to give control of the Internet, to foreign powers, countries having no regard for the health of the United States. Trump began the process of taking back the Internet, almost immediately, after becoming President. It was, in fact, his first major strategy-put-into-action.
3. President Trump took action to allow Vets outside medical attention when the V.A. could not or would help with their health issues. Obama did absolutely nothing in this regard.
4. In addition to his 28 Executive Orders and Memo's (a record number), he has also signed into law, 28 pieces of legislation (another record), dispelling the rumor that this congress was a "do nothing:" congress . . . . . in spite of the Democrat effort to make it so.
Before Obama, the U.S. owned the Internet. Now, Trump is working to take it back.
In the US, under President Trump's leadership, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) signaled that it won't enforce net neutrality rules against
zero-rating, the practice of favoring certain Internet content by
exempting it from customers' data caps.
[Also, see the article at https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/fcc-rescinds-claim-that-att-and-verizon-violated-net-neutrality/ ]
Understand that " . . . . the practice of favoring certain Internet content by exempting it from customers' data caps," included a clever strategy that was to lead to the abolition of conservative talk. Under Obama tyranny, the plan was this: "favoring . . . certain Internet content" via "net neutrality" eventually meant the end of Conservative Talk Radio, for example. Beginning with Feb 3 of 2017, just 14 days after being sworn in, Trump began his efforts to reverse the damage done to our liberties via the Obama Era assault on the Internet. This blog has argued against "net neutrality" from its rhetorical inception via Obama back in 2009. That "net neutrality" was at the top of Trump's reformation list, tells us that President Trump was much more aware of the seditious nature of the Obama Agenda, coming into the presidency ~ editor.
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Kerpen explained that everything changed when Trump was elected. “But you see that all changed when Donald Trump was elected President and nominated Ajit Pai as chairman of the FCC,” he noted. “They are already eliminating onerous regulations at the FCC, and now they can get rid of Net Neutrality.”
[Also, see the article at https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/fcc-rescinds-claim-that-att-and-verizon-violated-net-neutrality/ ]
Understand that " . . . . the practice of favoring certain Internet content by exempting it from customers' data caps," included a clever strategy that was to lead to the abolition of conservative talk. Under Obama tyranny, the plan was this: "favoring . . . certain Internet content" via "net neutrality" eventually meant the end of Conservative Talk Radio, for example. Beginning with Feb 3 of 2017, just 14 days after being sworn in, Trump began his efforts to reverse the damage done to our liberties via the Obama Era assault on the Internet. This blog has argued against "net neutrality" from its rhetorical inception via Obama back in 2009. That "net neutrality" was at the top of Trump's reformation list, tells us that President Trump was much more aware of the seditious nature of the Obama Agenda, coming into the presidency ~ editor.
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American Commitment’s Phil Kerpen tells Breitbart News that we need to take back the internet from the tech-socialists:
Net Neutrality is simply the spawn of the tech-socialists, the liberals that want to control the freedom of the internet. Ultraliberal advocacy groups were fueled by $196 million from the Soros and Ford Foundations. Silicon Valley giants like Google sent 250 personnel through the Obama administration and saw regulating ISPs (internet service providers) as a way to guarantee themselves access to below-market rates for bandwidth to benefit their subsidiaries such as YouTube. They achieved this goal by reclassifying internet service providers such as Comcast or Verizon as public monopolies using a Depression-era law designed to regulate the old AT&T Ma Bell telephone monopoly. Obama And the tech-socialists Stole the Internet From the People. Now We Must Take It Back.Phil Kerpen wrote in an op-ed Thursday:
For over a decade, professional liberal organizers and agitators – backed by a tidal wave of big liberal foundations and Silicon Valley corporate money – have told a bizarre scare story that without heavy-handed government regulation, Internet service providers (ISPs) will start blocking what websites you can go to and impede free speech on the Internet. No such thing happened in the approximately two decades that ISPs were unregulated ‘information services’ under the 1996 Telecom Act. Indeed the opposite occurred as robust competition between phone and cable companies – and later wireless companies – drove speeds dramatically higher and consumers benefited from an Internet that innovated beyond our wildest dreams.Kerpen elaborated on the liberal end goals for Net Neutrality:
Robert McChesney, the founder of Free Press, was cited 46 times in the Obama Net Neutrality order. He even openly bragged, ‘At the moment, the battle over network neutrality is not to completely eliminate the telephone and cable companies. We are not at that point yet. But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.Robert McChesney even said that “In the end, there is no real answer but to remove brick by brick the capitalist system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist principles.”
Kerpen explained that everything changed when Trump was elected. “But you see that all changed when Donald Trump was elected President and nominated Ajit Pai as chairman of the FCC,” he noted. “They are already eliminating onerous regulations at the FCC, and now they can get rid of Net Neutrality.”
"Who Cares" This is a new feature for Midknight Review.
There are so many pointless or outright misleading "news stories" that it is difficult to follow all of them. While this has been a problem for ever, it has risen to new heights since DonaldTrump. The Corporate/Global/World With Borders media actually believes its opinions are worthy of attention when, in fact, that are more irrelevant than ever. In our first installment, I give you the following headlines. They are all linked to their original source, but it is the headline itself that is of interest, here. No need to click and read. You can if you must, but, it is the headline only that is read by more than 70% of folks who pick up a "news" paper or click on a news site. All of the following are unworthy of intelligent dissemination. See if you agree:
Who cares what Rachel Maddow thinks?
Brandon Morse / TheBlaze:
Rachel Maddow blames Venezuelan unrest on donations to Trump campaign
Who cares what Lizza thinks (who is this guy?). Its a headline, but is it a news story?
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker: The White House Seems Excited to Shut Down the Government
Why should I take time to read an article written by a Trump hater, base on her interpretation of events and photographic interpretation? I think the Trumps have a great marriage. So what ?!! And ditto for Ms Peretz, who couldn't keep her own marriage together.
Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair: Inside the Trump Marriage: Melania's Burden
Why is this a "news" story, serious?
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker jokes: I'll support Trump's border wall ‘if Russia pays for it’
Who cares what Rachel Maddow thinks?
Brandon Morse / TheBlaze:
Rachel Maddow blames Venezuelan unrest on donations to Trump campaign
Who cares what Lizza thinks (who is this guy?). Its a headline, but is it a news story?
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker: The White House Seems Excited to Shut Down the Government
Why should I take time to read an article written by a Trump hater, base on her interpretation of events and photographic interpretation? I think the Trumps have a great marriage. So what ?!! And ditto for Ms Peretz, who couldn't keep her own marriage together.
Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair: Inside the Trump Marriage: Melania's Burden
Why is this a "news" story, serious?
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker jokes: I'll support Trump's border wall ‘if Russia pays for it’
Fake News Story # 190: Anoither CNN story designed to cast doubt on Trump without charging him of anything sounding like "subversive." Funny how committed they are to this strategy.
CNN:
Sources: Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign
— Washington (CNN)The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that
suggests Russian operatives tried to use Trump advisers, including
Carter Page, to infiltrate the Trump campaign, according to US
officials.
Notes: Throughout this CNN post, it is clear that the Russians tried and failed. Yet, there is no doubt that CNN is hoping you do not get their intended bias.
The fact of the matter is this: CNN - with this post - just absolved Trump and his people, of any guilt in the nonsensical claim that he or his supporters, were enlisted by Putin to be Russian spies or agents. Sheer crap. Good to see this idiotic story fade into the realm of ether, along with the Obama agenda.
Notes: Throughout this CNN post, it is clear that the Russians tried and failed. Yet, there is no doubt that CNN is hoping you do not get their intended bias.
The fact of the matter is this: CNN - with this post - just absolved Trump and his people, of any guilt in the nonsensical claim that he or his supporters, were enlisted by Putin to be Russian spies or agents. Sheer crap. Good to see this idiotic story fade into the realm of ether, along with the Obama agenda.
In case you were wondering, the Left (i.e., the "Left Outs") is getting very religious about their feelings for Chelsea. Me? I think its hilarious.
T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Please, God, Stop Chelsea Clinton from Whatever She Is Doing
— The last thing the left needs is the third iteration of a failed
political dynasty. — Amid investigations into Russian election
interference, perhaps we ought to consider whether the Kremlin, to hurt
Democrats, helped put Chelsea Clinton on the cover of Variety.
Editor: Just read the excerpt; you will get my point.
The Prima Donnas of the scientific world are having their demonstration, today.
Editor's notes: The following is great article written by a fully blown meteorologist, Joe Batardi. The is the first of two articles dealing with the demonstration, today (Saturday), of many of the prima donnas of the "scientific" world. This first article is one written by Joe Bastardi, a man who believes that the earth is getting warmer, btw. The second post includes a written justification for this very public march against the critics or perceived critics of the larger scientific community.
I am all for science. I think the climate changes. It always has and always will. Yet I have been portrayed as anti-science and a climate change “denier” by many who will be marching for things I certainly believe in.
Just who does not believe in science? It’s a straw man the marchers are marching against.
What is questionable is the way science is being portrayed and used. Here is an example. You have seen this a kajillion times; now it’s a kajillion and one.
This shows no apparent linkage between CO2 and temperature
in a time scale that goes back millions of years. So as someone who is
acquainted with the scientific method, I am instantly skeptical of the
idea that after all this time, there is now a linkage. That does not mean there can’t be, and I am open to that argument and understand it. But as I asked in my last blog, how much linkage is there?
What I am trying to figure out is why there is a march when many of the people in that march have no tolerance for the questioning of their position. While I think it’s noble to be inclusive and diverse, are any “skeptics” included as speakers? Is there diversity of thought? Of course not. Because in spite of what you see in the graphs above and below, they ignore the obvious. The planet has always had temperature swings — larger than this and independent of CO2 — that should make any person searching for the truth skeptical as to how much CO2 contributes.
Questioning of dogma need not apply. That sounds more like religion
than science. Being for science means being for discussion. So who is
anti-science here? A classic case of “blame your opposition for what you
are actually doing.” It is not the skeptic side shutting down debate.
One must be very careful when questioning the motives in academia. There seems to be two opposing forces today in society in general: people who seek to earn their keep, and people who believe they are owed their keep. There is no question that without research — much of it done in our schools, but also government and the private sector — we would not be where we are today. But guess what fuels the economic engine that allows people the grant money, etc., for research?
I have to question motivation. For instance, if man-made global warming is such a done deal, why are we researching it anymore? Actual settled science (freezing and boiling points of water, gravity, the sun is darn hot) is not being researched. So apparently AGW is not settled science. And for a good reason — if it is true this is all man-made, it’s the first time, established by science, in recorded history. Another reason for being skeptical.
But the statement by the former EPA director that the actions have shut down a lot of business in this country and were brakes on the American economic engine really says a lot about what may be behind this. Preventing only .01 Celsius (you can’t even measure that with certainty) over 30 years was not the main reason. Instead, it was being a good example for the rest of the world. When I heard that it was so absurd to me I thought it was meant to sabotage the EPA mission. But no one said boo about it.
Finally, there seems to be a mass denial (there is that nasty word) that the progress of humans, and of course researchers, has been huge in the fossil fuel era.
The assumption that this would not continue makes no sense. In
addition, a vibrant economy seems to be a moral and ethical positive. As
far as researchers worried about grants being cut, would you rather get
10% of 50 or 15% of 10? Yes, it’s a bit of an exaggeration, though it
makes my point. The population curve and the increase in GDP and life
expectancy says to me the pie is expanding and many new challenges that
need researching are going to continue to challenge people. And science
will have to meet that challenge.
I will not be going to the March for Science. I rather doubt I would be welcome and so I would have to go in a disguise for fear of being torn limb from limb from the open tolerant marchers. But as in all questions in science, which involve why, when I look at the march, I am asking why about that.
No one is anti-science, even if a group of people wish to try to convince you of that.
Joe Bastardi is chief forecaster at WeatherBELL Analytics, a meteorological consulting firm, and contributor to The Patriot Post on environmental issues.
The Right Opinion
The March for Science is tomorrow and no one in their right
mind would say they are against it because of its name. First of all,
you are standing against the right of people to march for whatever cause
they wish. Second, you would be portrayed as someone who is against
science.The March for ... What?
I am all for science. I think the climate changes. It always has and always will. Yet I have been portrayed as anti-science and a climate change “denier” by many who will be marching for things I certainly believe in.
Just who does not believe in science? It’s a straw man the marchers are marching against.
What is questionable is the way science is being portrayed and used. Here is an example. You have seen this a kajillion times; now it’s a kajillion and one.
What I am trying to figure out is why there is a march when many of the people in that march have no tolerance for the questioning of their position. While I think it’s noble to be inclusive and diverse, are any “skeptics” included as speakers? Is there diversity of thought? Of course not. Because in spite of what you see in the graphs above and below, they ignore the obvious. The planet has always had temperature swings — larger than this and independent of CO2 — that should make any person searching for the truth skeptical as to how much CO2 contributes.
One must be very careful when questioning the motives in academia. There seems to be two opposing forces today in society in general: people who seek to earn their keep, and people who believe they are owed their keep. There is no question that without research — much of it done in our schools, but also government and the private sector — we would not be where we are today. But guess what fuels the economic engine that allows people the grant money, etc., for research?
I have to question motivation. For instance, if man-made global warming is such a done deal, why are we researching it anymore? Actual settled science (freezing and boiling points of water, gravity, the sun is darn hot) is not being researched. So apparently AGW is not settled science. And for a good reason — if it is true this is all man-made, it’s the first time, established by science, in recorded history. Another reason for being skeptical.
But the statement by the former EPA director that the actions have shut down a lot of business in this country and were brakes on the American economic engine really says a lot about what may be behind this. Preventing only .01 Celsius (you can’t even measure that with certainty) over 30 years was not the main reason. Instead, it was being a good example for the rest of the world. When I heard that it was so absurd to me I thought it was meant to sabotage the EPA mission. But no one said boo about it.
Finally, there seems to be a mass denial (there is that nasty word) that the progress of humans, and of course researchers, has been huge in the fossil fuel era.
I will not be going to the March for Science. I rather doubt I would be welcome and so I would have to go in a disguise for fear of being torn limb from limb from the open tolerant marchers. But as in all questions in science, which involve why, when I look at the march, I am asking why about that.
No one is anti-science, even if a group of people wish to try to convince you of that.
Joe Bastardi is chief forecaster at WeatherBELL Analytics, a meteorological consulting firm, and contributor to The Patriot Post on environmental issues.
[Some] Scientists rebel against those who would disagree, forgetting . . . .
Preface from the editor: [Some] Scientists rebel against those who would disagree, forgetting why they are being held up to ridicule as never before. Why you ask? Well, let me list a few "whys" off the top of my head: Katrina (2005) was only the beginning of a 2006 season that was to include as many a 17 level 2 storms in the Gulf. What happened? No a single level 2 storm for the next 12 years. They supported the Gore belief that tide-rise would flood downtown Manhattan and the foundations for the Twin Tower Memorial by 2015. More than this, virtually all of their doom and gloom predictions have failed, to include those associated with acid rain, the disappearance of the Ozone layer, the Hunger Bomb of the 1980's when the world would see massive end-of-times- starvation, the chilling predictions of the "mini-ice age" back in the 70's, and the Obama campaign challenge, "You are now about to watch the end of warming and the receding of the tides (words to this effect, spoken in Germany during his campaign for the American presidency)." Even with regard to global warming, we have a 10 year email conspiracy/scandal to hide numbers, demonstrable conclusions, and, mathematical results that did not fit the global warming end-of-times rhetoric. Heck, they can't even get their act together in counting planets in our solar system (Pluto is only a dog in a cartoon, now a-dazs) and how many eggs you can eat in a day.
Besides failed "scientific" predictions (was it truly "science" if the predictions failed?), and, their willingness to lie for the greater good, we have their politicians. These are folks we elect and re-elect who use all this "information" to scare the working class into voting for them, who to steal wealth from that same working and prosperous class, who line their pockets with some of this redistributed, and, untold wealth . Far worse is their willingness, even their insistence, to criminalize all descent, whether protected by the Constitution or not . . . . . hardly an "American value."
Even the reading of the following article gives us reason for pause. They never stop trying to fool people. In the following article, as a real time example, you will read of their in-the-streets protest, and, the "non-partisan" nature of this protest. This is a "non-partisan" protest . . . . . . (?). As you read, make note of the encrypted, and even, not too subtle references to the politics of the day complete with their condemning tone against nationalism and the Trump effect. As it turns out, this protest is PURE POLITICS. All the real non-partisan scientists are working in their labs, trying to come up real solutions to our health problems.
Read and enjoy their fantasies:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of scientists worldwide left their labs
to take to the streets Saturday along with students and research
advocates in pushing back against what they say are mounting attacks on
science.
The March for Science, coinciding with Earth Day, was set for more than 500 cities, anchored in Washington and to be joined by dozens of nonpartisan scientific professional societies in a turnout intended to combine political and how-to science demonstrations.
Marchers in Geneva carried signs that said, "Science — A Candle in the Dark" and "Science is the Answer." In Berlin, several thousand people participated in a march from the one of the city's universities to the Brandenburg Gate landmark. "We need to make more of our decision based on facts again and less on emotions," said Meike Weltin, a doctorate student at an environmental institute near the capital.
In London, physicists, astronomers, biologists and celebrities gathered for a march past the city's most celebrated research institutions. Supporters carried signs showing images of a double helix and chemical symbols.
The protest was putting scientists, who generally shy away from advocacy and whose work depends on objective experimentation, into a more public position.
Organizers portrayed the march as political but not partisan, promoting the understanding of science as well as defending it from various attacks, including proposed U.S. government budget cuts under President Donald Trump, such as a 20 percent slice of the National Institute of Health.
Signs and banners readied for the Washington rally reflected anger, humor and obscure scientific references, such as a 7-year-old's "No Taxation Without Taxonomy." Taxonomy is the science of classifying animals, plants and other organisms.
The sign that 9-year-old Sam Klimas held was red, handmade and personal: "Science saved my life." He had a form of brain cancer and has been healthy for eight years now. His mother, grandmother and brother traveled with him from Parkersburg, West Virginia. "I have to do everything I can to oppose the policies of this administration," said his grandmother, Susan Sharp."
Scientists involved in the march said they were anxious about political and public rejection of established science such as climate change and the safety of vaccine immunizations.
"Scientists find it appalling that evidence has been crowded out by ideological assertions," said Rush Holt, a former physicist and Democratic congressman who runs the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "It is not just about Donald Trump, but there is also no question that marchers are saying 'when the shoe fits."
Judy Twigg, a public health professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, was aiming one of her signs at the president. The sign showed the periodic table of chemical elements and said: "You're out of your element Donny (Trump)." For Twigg, who was wearing a T-shirt that said "Science is not a liberal conspiracy," research is a matter of life and death on issues such as polio and child mortality.
Despite saying the march was not partisan, Holt acknowledged it was only dreamed up at the Women's March on Washington, a day after Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.
"It's not about the current administration. The truth is we should have been marching for science 30 years ago, 20 years, 10 years ago," said co-organizer and public health researcher Caroline Weinberg. "The current (political) situation took us from kind of ignoring science to blatantly attacking it. And that seems to be galvanizing people in a way it never has before. ... It's just sort of relentless attacks on science."
"The scientific method was developed to be nonpartisan and objective," Weinberg said. "It should be embraced by both parties."
Christine McEntee, executive director of the American Geophysical Union, a global professional organization of earth and space scientists, cited concerns by scientists and threats to research as a result of elections in the U.S. and other countries.
Threats to science are heightened in Turkey and elsewhere in Europe, said McEntee, who planned to march with geophysical scientists in Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, who exposed the dangerous lead levels in the drinking water and children's blood in Flint, Michigan, planned to march in Washington and speak to the crowd.
"It's risky, but that's when we make advancements when we take risks ... for our heart rates to go up, to be a little anxious and scared and uncomfortable," she said before the event.
Besides failed "scientific" predictions (was it truly "science" if the predictions failed?), and, their willingness to lie for the greater good, we have their politicians. These are folks we elect and re-elect who use all this "information" to scare the working class into voting for them, who to steal wealth from that same working and prosperous class, who line their pockets with some of this redistributed, and, untold wealth . Far worse is their willingness, even their insistence, to criminalize all descent, whether protected by the Constitution or not . . . . . hardly an "American value."
Even the reading of the following article gives us reason for pause. They never stop trying to fool people. In the following article, as a real time example, you will read of their in-the-streets protest, and, the "non-partisan" nature of this protest. This is a "non-partisan" protest . . . . . . (?). As you read, make note of the encrypted, and even, not too subtle references to the politics of the day complete with their condemning tone against nationalism and the Trump effect. As it turns out, this protest is PURE POLITICS. All the real non-partisan scientists are working in their labs, trying to come up real solutions to our health problems.
Read and enjoy their fantasies:
Scientists leave labs, take to streets to defend research
By SETH BORENSTEIN
The March for Science, coinciding with Earth Day, was set for more than 500 cities, anchored in Washington and to be joined by dozens of nonpartisan scientific professional societies in a turnout intended to combine political and how-to science demonstrations.
Marchers in Geneva carried signs that said, "Science — A Candle in the Dark" and "Science is the Answer." In Berlin, several thousand people participated in a march from the one of the city's universities to the Brandenburg Gate landmark. "We need to make more of our decision based on facts again and less on emotions," said Meike Weltin, a doctorate student at an environmental institute near the capital.
In London, physicists, astronomers, biologists and celebrities gathered for a march past the city's most celebrated research institutions. Supporters carried signs showing images of a double helix and chemical symbols.
The protest was putting scientists, who generally shy away from advocacy and whose work depends on objective experimentation, into a more public position.
Organizers portrayed the march as political but not partisan, promoting the understanding of science as well as defending it from various attacks, including proposed U.S. government budget cuts under President Donald Trump, such as a 20 percent slice of the National Institute of Health.
Signs and banners readied for the Washington rally reflected anger, humor and obscure scientific references, such as a 7-year-old's "No Taxation Without Taxonomy." Taxonomy is the science of classifying animals, plants and other organisms.
The sign that 9-year-old Sam Klimas held was red, handmade and personal: "Science saved my life." He had a form of brain cancer and has been healthy for eight years now. His mother, grandmother and brother traveled with him from Parkersburg, West Virginia. "I have to do everything I can to oppose the policies of this administration," said his grandmother, Susan Sharp."
Scientists involved in the march said they were anxious about political and public rejection of established science such as climate change and the safety of vaccine immunizations.
"Scientists find it appalling that evidence has been crowded out by ideological assertions," said Rush Holt, a former physicist and Democratic congressman who runs the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "It is not just about Donald Trump, but there is also no question that marchers are saying 'when the shoe fits."
Judy Twigg, a public health professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, was aiming one of her signs at the president. The sign showed the periodic table of chemical elements and said: "You're out of your element Donny (Trump)." For Twigg, who was wearing a T-shirt that said "Science is not a liberal conspiracy," research is a matter of life and death on issues such as polio and child mortality.
Despite saying the march was not partisan, Holt acknowledged it was only dreamed up at the Women's March on Washington, a day after Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.
"It's not about the current administration. The truth is we should have been marching for science 30 years ago, 20 years, 10 years ago," said co-organizer and public health researcher Caroline Weinberg. "The current (political) situation took us from kind of ignoring science to blatantly attacking it. And that seems to be galvanizing people in a way it never has before. ... It's just sort of relentless attacks on science."
"The scientific method was developed to be nonpartisan and objective," Weinberg said. "It should be embraced by both parties."
Christine McEntee, executive director of the American Geophysical Union, a global professional organization of earth and space scientists, cited concerns by scientists and threats to research as a result of elections in the U.S. and other countries.
Threats to science are heightened in Turkey and elsewhere in Europe, said McEntee, who planned to march with geophysical scientists in Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, who exposed the dangerous lead levels in the drinking water and children's blood in Flint, Michigan, planned to march in Washington and speak to the crowd.
"It's risky, but that's when we make advancements when we take risks ... for our heart rates to go up, to be a little anxious and scared and uncomfortable," she said before the event.
With a 20/1 negative to positive headline ratio, you would think the GOP and Trump are dead in the water. Think again.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
RNC raises record-setting $41.5M haul
— The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday announced it
raised $41.5 million in the first three months of 2017, its
strongest-ever total for the first quarter following a presidential
race. — “Our record-setting fundraising pace has been fueled …
Notes: Once again, the Democrat talking points come face to face with reality. When all talk and no action meets Donald Trump, who do you think comes out the winner?
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