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Thursday Tidbits

Just got into a battle of wits with a guy on a Chicago Bears fanblog, of all things. It wasn’t a fair fight. He went off on a rant about teams “whiteballing” that racist punk Colin Kaepernick just because he wouldn’t stand for that “raggedy-ass flag.” That hit a sore spot with your intrepid reporter. I told him better men than him have died for his right to spread his racist horseshit, usually using all caps for emphasis. It’s been bad enough being a Bears fan the past few years, but some people just can’t help but inject their grievances into any conversation.

[CtH: I am so grateful that all three of my daughters married camo!]

What kind of man

Melania Gives Speech at UN About Protecting Children – Liberals Trash 11-Year-Old Barron

Nothing is too low for liberals.

First Lady Melania gave a beautiful speech at the UN on Wednesday calling for world leaders to protect children

Melania Gives Speech at UN About Protecting Children – Liberals Trash 11-Year-Old Barron

North Korean Defector Describes In Detail Kim Jong Un’s Extremely Brutal Executions

THIS IS WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH. STILL THINK NEGOTIATING WILL WORK?
“The musicians were brought out, tied up, hooded and apparently gagged, so they could not make a noise, not beg for mercy or even scream,” Hee Yeon explained. “They were lashed to the end of anti-aircraft guns.”

“A gun was fired, the noise was deafening, absolutely terrifying and the guns were fired one after the other,” she said. “The musicians just disappeared each time the guns were fired into them. Their bodies were blown to bits, totally destroyed, blood and bits flying everywhere.”

Hee Yeon revealed that Kim’s henchman plucked North Korean schoolgirls from their homes to work as sex slaves.

“Officials came to our schools and picked out teenage girls to work at one of his ‘hundreds’ of homes around Pyongyang,” Hee Yeon said. “They take the prettiest and ensure they have straight, good legs.”

“They have to sleep with him and they cannot make a mistake or object because they could very easily simply disappear,” she explained to reporters, citing reports from one of her friends.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/20/north-korean-defector-describes-kim-jong-uns-executions-and-sex-slaves/

Hillary Clinton claims she’s the ‘Paula Revere’ of the Russia scandal



Obama: It’s Aggravating That People Are Trying To Repeal My Flawed Health Care Law

“Now, the legislation that we passed was full of things that still need to be fixed. It wasn’t perfect, but it was better,” Obama said. “So when I see people trying to undo that hard-won progress for the 50th or 60th time, with bills that would raise costs or reduce coverage or roll back protections … It is aggravating.”

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/09/20/obama-its-aggravating-that-people-are-trying-to-repeal-my-flawed-health-care-la-n2384207

Democrats caught inciting anti-police riots in St. Louis

The St. Louis Young Democrats are working hand-in-hand with Black Lives Matter to organize protests in the city, now entering their sixth night, and the mayor says she is “listening.”

The Young Democrats tweeted Wednesday at about 12:20 p.m. that the next “protest” in response to the not-guilty verdict in the Jason Stockley trial was planned for Wednesday evening, instructing rioters where to show up and at what time, hashtagging #Black Lives Matter on the tweet.http://www.wnd.com/2017/09/democrats-caught-inciting-anti-police-riots-in-st-louis/#j5vyvPc6fRkctc1j.99Trump Assures GOP Repeal Covers What Dems Want
THEN IT’S NOT REPEALED AT ALL….WE’RE BEING SCREWED STILL, JUST DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY.  [CtH: Thank the NeverTrumping Republicans, particularly John “Songbird” McCain for this.]

“I would not sign Graham-Cassidy if it did not include coverage of pre-existing conditions. It does! A great Bill. Repeal & Replace,” Trump tweeted Wednesday.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/20/trump-assures-gop-repeal-covers-what-dems-want/

In Leaked Footage, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Has Meltdown During Live Show Filming

LITTLE LARRY DONE GONE OFF

Leftists Get Kids Cancer Fundraiser Cancelled Because It was At Trump Golf Course

The “Tri at the Trump” triathlon to raise money for kids with cancer was cancelled this week.

Leftists complained about the name.  Even after the organizers changed the name to “Tri for Good” the bitter leftists were still upset so the organizers cancelled the event.
KIDS WITH CANCER CAN’T STOP THE HATERS FROM HATING

But this year, the Tri at the Trump organizers say potential participants were triggered by the Trump name, and, over the summer, the group received several aggressive complaints about both the event, and the Trump National Golf Course.

SEVERAL COMPLAINTS?? THAT’S ALL IT TAKES TO DENY RAISING MONEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER?

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/09/disgusting-leftists-get-kids-cancer-fundraiser-cancelled-trump-golf-cource/

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The Media-Dem-NeverTrump Resistance Isn’t Working

2017_09 15 Old Mother Hubbard by Terrell

Trump’s disapproval numbers are running at around 56%, while his approval numbers are around 39%. But, Legal Insurrection, Politico, and Victor David Hanson all seem to agree that Democrats would be naive to assume this means they’re going to win big in the midterms.

For one thing, his numbers haven’t changed since he was inaugurated. That’s unusual. Most presidents get a honeymoon period when folks are giving the new guy the benefit of the doubt.

For another, privately done research shows the so-called “resistance” may be backfiring. Hanson writes:

There is a populist and growing resistance to the Orwellian idea that free speech is hate speech, that equality of opportunity is defined only by equality of result, and that identity politics determines the degree of government-mandated penance and reparations. … The quiet resistance is far larger than the loud Resistance and far more revolutionary. Its nature is still not fully understood by the elite Left.”

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Things of Various Importance

Not much sleep; doing what I can before nap time.

I WAS LOOKING THOUGH SOME OLD TOY WEBSITES LAST NIGHT AND I CAME ACROSS THIS AD FOR FIREARMS.
LOOK FAMILIAR? YUP, IT’S OLD DIANE FIENSTEIN HERSELF, PROBABLY FROM THE 50s, SINCE THE AD HAD AN ADDRESS WITH NO ZIP CODE.

bluebird of bitterness adds: The above is a photoshop. Here is the original:

The Creeps in Hillary Clinton’s Corner
Grant Stinchfield tells Hillary Clinton What Happened: “Hillary, you’ve spent your entire career surrounded by creeps. Never once did you tell them to get away from you. But here’s the real reason why you wanted to tell President Trump to ‘back up.’ It’s because you hate the people he speaks for—the miners you wanted to put out of business, the gun owners, the church goers, the union families, the factory workers, the people you called deplorables…For three decades, you used creeps to prop you up all in a condescending effort to look down on all of us. Now you’re nothing but a two-time loser who can’t stop whining, and my prediction is your book will be a flop because America already knows exactly what happened.”

https://www.nratv.com/home/video/stinchfield-the-creeps-in-hillary-clintons-corner

The party’s over: Republicans and Democrats are both finished
We all know just how loudly and angrily the left has been reacting to President Trump in general. But in case there’s any doubt about how the partisan right is responding to the Trump team’s moves lately, there shouldn’t be. They’re infuriated. But there’s also seems to be an understanding that there’s little they can do about it.
Somewhere, George Washington’s ghost must be smiling wide with those wooden teeth of his. It was Washington who warned against the formation of political parties and urged the nation to choose leaders for reasons that transcended partisan politics.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/14/trumps-new-reality-republicans-and-democrats-are-both-finished.html

Hillary Clinton: Time to abolish the Electoral College
POINT ONE: IF NOT FOR THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA WOULD CHOOSE OUR LEADERS PERENNIALLY
POINT TWO: YOU WON THE POPULAR VOTE BY 3 MILLION ALL RIGHT… WITH 5 MILLION ILLEGAL VOTES
Clinton won the 2016 popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, a fact she routinely brings up in her new memoir. But Trump won the Electoral College, a body of 538 members who select the president based on the popular vote in each state, meaning the person who gets the most votes nationally doesn’t necessarily win the election.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hillary-clinton-time-to-abolish-the-electoral-college/ar-AArTLti?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=ientp

Defiant Hillary To Dems: ‘I’m Not Going Anywhere’
“Well, they don’t have to buy my book, and they can turn off the radio when they hear me talking. I’m not going anywhere,” Clinton said. “I have the experience, I have the insight, I have the scars that I think give me not only the right, but the responsibility to speak out. And 2018 is going to be incredibly momentous. We have a chance I won 24 congressional districts that have a Republican member of Congress sitting in them.”
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/12/defiant-hillary-to-dems-im-not-going-anywhere/

Huckabee Sanders: Clinton book tour shows why America elected Trump

Trump Sets The Record Straight: “If We Don’t Have The Wall, We’re Doing Nothing”
The Trump administration may very well demand border wall funding be included in a deal with DACA, as TGP reported last night, Speaker Ryan believes support for it is slim to none.

POTUS Trump Sets The Record Straight: “If We Don’t Have The Wall, We’re Doing Nothing” (VIDEO)



9 Lies About DACA Trump Is Buying Into

Via Twitter, Trump praised the almost 800,000 illegal alien recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, saying they are “good, educated and accomplished young people,” but failing to mention some of the key points on the issue that he often brought to light during the 2016 presidential election.
Now, Trump seems to be buying into a handful of untruths about DACA, amnesty for illegal aliens and his working-class, middle-class voter base.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/14/9-lies-about-daca-trump-is-buying-into/

Hillary Clinton: I won | SUPERcuts! #517

April Ryan Loses It Over Don Lemon Admitting Hillary Made Mistakes Costing Her the Election
On Wednesday’s CNN Tonight, host Don Lemon took the extraordinary step of conceding that Hillary Clinton made mistakes during the election that she won’t acknowledge, but it didn’t sit well with CNN political analyst and American Urban Radio Networks White House correspondent April Ryan as she vehemently defended Clinton.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2017/09/14/

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Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows

Donald Trump is a hard man to get a feeling for. A successful businessman who got into politics and went through the primaries like a cyclone in a wheat field. Stunning the world, he defeated someone who had been all but preordained as the next president and turned Capitol Hill on its ear. He has been universally opposed by the establishment of both parties. In spite of the media’s best efforts to destroy the only man with the nerve to stand up to them, he still remains popular with those who voted for him.
He ran on repealing Obamacare and building the border wall. His own party betrayed him on health care and it looks like he gave a big FU to his own party and has worked a deal with the Democrats just to get something done. The modern definition of “bipartisanship” is, was, and always will be the republicans abandoning everything they believe in and give the liberals everything they want. There are conflicting reports about a deal he struck with the left and it is unclear exactly what his motives are.

Pelosi And Schumer: Trump Agreed To ‘Enshrine DACA Protections Into Law’ Without Wall

“We had a very productive meeting at the White House with the President. The discussion focused on DACA. We agreed to enshrine the protections of DACA into law quickly, and to work out a package of border security, excluding the wall, that’s acceptable to both sides
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders disputed the Democratic leaders’ claims saying Trump did not agree to excluding the wall from any DACA fix.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/13/pelosi-and-schumer-trump-agreed-to-enshrine-daca-protections-into-law-without-wall/

Report: Trump Caves on DACA, Wants ‘Quick’ Amnesty for 800K Illegal Aliens

In a meeting with establishment politicians from the Problem Solvers Caucus and the Blue Dog Coalition, President Trump signaled a full-fledged cave on the issue of giving amnesty to nearly 800,000 illegal aliens currently protected by an Obama-created executive immigration program.
I would reserve thought on this as this is Democratic statement and nothing is written out. And there was no prior indication that the wall would ever be a part of this deal. Paul Ryan said there would be funding for the wall apart from this. So we’ll have to see how it all shakes out formally.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/13/report-trump-caves-on-daca-wants-quick-amnesty-for-800k-illegal-aliens/

Outrageous Selling-Out of the Base: Immigration Patriots Blast Trump Staffer Marc Short for Trading DACA Amnesty for Tax Cuts
As Breitbart News reported, Trump’s congressional relations aide Marc Short told reporters that he is not asking Democrats to exchange amnesty for the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens covered by the Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for the legal immigration-cutting RAISE Act, E-Verify, or even border wall funding.
Instead, Short – who previously worked in the Republican establishment and headed an organization bankrolled by the pro-mass immigration billionaire Koch brothers – tied the massive amnesty deal to tax cuts
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/13/outrageous-selling-out-base-immigration-patriots-blast-trump-staffer-marc-short-trading-daca-amnesty-tax-cuts/
Paul Ryan Says US House will Fund Border Wall This Week

Report: Dem pollsters worried that attacks on Trump not sticking
Many of the ideas party leaders have latched onto in an attempt to appeal to their lost voters — free college tuition, raising the minimum wage to $15, even Medicare for all — test poorly among voters outside the base. The people in these polls and focus groups tend to see those proposals as empty promises, at best.
Victor Davis Hansen has a great post at National Review, Two Resistances. The basic thesis is that the Media-Dem-NeverTrump Resistance gets all the attention, but the real resistance is an uprising against elites, so much so that Trump is an acceptable antidote

http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/09/report-dem-pollsters-worried-that-attacks-on-trump-not-sticking/

Tough Love: Democratic Operatives Tear Apart the Party’s Current Strategy for 2018
The president’s response to the Charlottesville violence, the rolling back of the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals, Russian collusion hysteria, the slow pace of enacting his agenda—all of these things have Democrats grinning, expect that they shouldn’t. The party’s own operatives and data crunchers have run through the numbers based on focus groups, and Democrats are still heading for the electoral ditch.
In all, while Trump’s approval ratings might be in the low 40s by the time the 2018 midterms hit, it’s appallingly naïve for the Left to think a blue wave is coming based on that factor alone.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/09/13/tough-love-democratic-operatives-tear-apart-the-partys-current-strategy-for-201-n2381001

New RNC Video Highlights Global Failures of Single-Payer Health Care Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRntMUAnkqk

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Democrats Alienate Catholics

Can a Catholic Be a Democrat

Book Description: In recent years, the conflict between his faith and the policies of his party has grown so marked that author Carlin, a cradle Catholic, lifetime Democrat, and longtime Democratic legislator, now feels compelled to consider in his new book whether, in good conscience, it’s even possible to be both a faithful Catholic and a Democratic true believer.

Excerpts from an opinion piece by Salena Zito, a columnist for the Washington Examiner:

In states like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and all through the Midwest, the Catholic vote is a very important voting bloc no matter what you are running for. The last thing Democrats should be doing is to purposefully stiff-arm people we are going to need to win.

But that’s what they’re doing.

Last week during a confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett, a nominee for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Dianne Feinstein, the Democratic U.S. senator from California, attacked Barrett for her Roman Catholic faith.

The face of the Democratic Party has increasingly become the face of celebrity, scold, and entitlement. The people they used to attract to their “stand for the working class” creed have faded from their reach; they have lost touch with their needs and values and they certainly have lost touch with any type of meaningful message.

They do not celebrate hard work, they demand supporters are pro-abortion, expect them to be agnostic and also expect them to stand for their multitude of identity politics. Instead of bringing people together and being part of a greater political party, division is the only way forward.

A nationwide exit polling data shows Trump won Catholics by 52 percent to 45 percent over Hillary Clinton. A huge swing from the past two elections for Barack Obama when Catholics voted for him by margins of 9 points in 2008 and 2 points in 2012.

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Thanks to Most Merciful God

After the horrendous devastation that Hurricane Harvey wrought, Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida and the Gulf. While it was massive and caused great damage it could have been far, far worse had it not weakened substantially before it made landfall. Our dear friends who live in the area came through it and will recover in good time. Almighty God has answered our prayers and for that I am truly thankful.

Bannon: McConnell Told Trump to Cut Out the “Drain the Swamp” Stuff

Breitbart’s Steve Bannon went after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan during the 60 Minutes interview aired Sunday night, saying, “They do not want Donald Trump’s populist, nationalist economic agenda to be implemented.”

Bannon: McConnell Told Trump to Cut Out the “Drain the Swamp” Stuff

Ex-Hillary Adviser: Dems Must Double Down on ‘Identity Politics’

New York Times reporter Nick Confessore pointed out that it is impossible for Democrats to be a majority party “absent a coalition of a substantial number of working-class white voters.” He pointed out that every Democrat who was won the presidency, including former President Barack Obama, has won over working-class white voters in places like Macomb County, Michigan. Confessore said that if Democrats don’t appeal to these voters, they will continue to be a “minority party for years to come.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/11/ex-hillary-adviser-dems-must-double-down-on-identity-politics/

UN Security Council Announces Unanimous Vote to Sanction North Korea

Monday, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to increase sanctions against North Korea after the rogue state’s latest nuclear weapons test.
GEORGE W. BUSH FOOLISHLY TRIED TO APPEASE DEMOCRATS BY GOING TO THE U.N. FOR 14 RESOLUTIONS TO SANCTION SADDAM. ALL THAT DID WAS GIVE HIM TIME TO SPIRIT HIS WMD OUT OF IRAQ AND INTO SYRIA. THE U.N. IS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.

NOW: UN Security Council Announces Unanimous Vote to Sanction North Korea

Judge orders Maryland bar to investigate lawyers who helped Clinton delete emails
WHEN A MEMBER OF THE CLINTON CRIMINAL SYNDICATE IS ACTUALLY INDICTED, LET ME KNOW, M’KAY?

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. said the complaints lodged against David E. Kendall, Cheryl Mills and Heather Samuelson were egregious and the state bar couldn’t dismiss them as frivolous.

“There are allegations of destroying evidence,” Judge Harris said at a hearing Monday morning.

He said the state’s rules require the bar to conduct investigations no matter who raises the complaint and can’t brush aside accusations.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/11/judge-order-clinton-lawyers-face-bar-investigation/

Nate Silver’s 538: Hillary Clinton Ran “The Most Negative Campaign In History”

Trump’s Hurricane Rebuilding Job

A construction labor shortage will add costs and time to the recovery.
Older construction workers have left the workforce since the last housing boom. About a third moved to higher-paying industries such as energy and manufacturing. Fewer young men are pursuing the trades or a vocational education, and some can’t pass a drug test.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-hurricane-rebuilding-job-1505074774

Jim Acosta asks White House if they think ‘maybe there is something to this climate change thing’

THIS PUNK IS A BLUE RIBBON JACKASS

MSNBC Bemoans Lack of Climate Change Discussion During Hurricane Coverage

Sub-Chicago and America’s Real Crime Rate

Neighborhood, not citywide, crime data show how deadly some portions of American cities have become—especially Chicago’s West and South Sides.

During the 365-day period beginning June 7, 2016, Chicago had 711 first- and second-degree homicides. Of those, 556 (or 78.1 percent) occurred in just ten of the city’s police districts. Those districts—which are contiguous—constitute a geographical area almost half the city’s size and house 40.3 percent of the city’s nearly 2.7 million residents.

https://www.city-journal.org/html/sub-chicago-and-americas-real-crime-rate-15341.html

Professor tells students that right-wing terrorism more of a threat than Islamic terrorism
According to audio clips of her lectures originally posted on American’s e-learning software Blackboard over the summer and obtained by The College Fix, Professor Erin Kearns said Americans seem most afraid of Islamic terrorists, but that so-called right-wing extremists here have actually committed a higher number of attacks.

Professor tells students that right-wing terrorism more of a threat than Islamic terrorism

Hillary’s ‘What Happened’ Conveniently Ignores One Of The Campaign’s Biggest Scandals
“What Happened” conveniently ignores one of the election’s biggest scandals: then-Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile’s leaking of debate questions to Clinton during the Democratic primary — a clear-cut example of DNC officials rigging the primary in favor of Clinton.

The fact that Brazile leaked questions to Clinton before two different primary debates only came out when WikiLeaks published stolen emails from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta in October.

She dismisses reporting about the leaked emails as the media inventing a story out of nothing.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/11/hillarys-what-happened-conveniently-ignores-one-of-the-campaigns-biggest-scandals/

Dems Root Out the Believers | SUPERcuts! #515

Dem Senator Durbin: “I Respect The Fact [Clinton] Said She Is Never Going To Be A Candidate Again”

Seems almost giddy.

Naples city manager: Irma caused “very little structural damage”

Moss agreed that the storm initially was as fierce as expected. But he went on to say that the back side of the storm seemed to “peter out.” Although it was still dark, Moss said that so far they have seen “very little structural damage,” and that he doesn’t think the flooding of structures will be “very severe.”

Moss concluded that whereas getting power back could be a challenge, “all in all, I think we’re going to be back to business very quickly.”

http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/09/naples-city-manager-irma-caused-very-little-structural-damage-back-to-business-very-quickly/

Mike Pence Delivers Beautiful Tribute to Flight 93 Heroes Who Saved His Life

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN’T INCLUDE THIS BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL BY THE VICE PRESIDENT.  COMPARE HIM TO THE LAST BABBLING BUFFOON WHO WAS VEEP.

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Saturday Shorts

Organizer Of Protest That Left 5 Cops Dead Arrested For Felony Theft

Officers of the Dallas Police Department arrested Dominque Alexander on Thursday, the black activist that organized the 2016 anti-police protest in Dallas that left 12 officers shot and five dead.

Alexander faces charges of felony theft, stemming from a previous employer who claims the activist received payments between $2,500 and $30,000 from clients without transferring them to the company, the Dallas Observer reported.

Alexander pleaded guilty in 2009 to causing serious bodily injury to a 2-year-old and was subsequently sentenced to probation, FOX 4 Dallas reported. His repeated probation violations led to a final sentence of two years in prison in August 2016, but a judge counted his years of probation against his two-year sentence, and he spent less than a month in jail.

LESS THAN A MONTH!

[CtH: I sincerely hope that judge gets called to account by God for letting a child abuser walk!]

After Siding With Dems, Trump Responds to GOP Criticism With a Reminder
Trump, hearing the criticism, immediately pounced on the opportunity to send this reminder.

Donald J. Trump
✔ ‎@realDonaldTrump

Republicans, sorry, but I’ve been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn’t happen! Even worse, the Senate Filibuster Rule will….

Donald J. Trump
✔ ‎@realDonaldTrump

…never allow the Republicans to pass even great legislation. 8 Dems control – will rarely get 60 (vs. 51) votes. It is a Repub Death Wish!

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/09/08/after-siding-with-dems-trump-responds-to-gop-criticism-with-a-reminder-n2378758

Michelle Obama outshines all Democratic prospects for 2020

As I’ve said before, the Democrats need an alternative plan to rebuild and unite the party if they have any hope in winning back seats in Congress in the 2018 midterms, nonetheless the White House in 2020.  This alternative plan requires a new, united opposition, led by a political leader with widespread popularity.  The only person I can see accomplishing this would be none other than the party’s most popular political figure: Michelle Obama.

[CtH: Oh HELL no!]

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/349808-michelle-obama-outshines-all-democratic-prospects

Thrown off the gravy train: The new director takes a hard look at EPA boondoggles

Green groups are discovering that Donald Trump is not the same president as Barack Obama, whose EPA routinely engaged with them in corrupt deals flavored with an excess of sugar and grease.

The EPA had been awarding millions of dollars to environmental groups that could collect the swag by filing a law suit against the agency. “When the EPA settles or loses those suits, it then awards the groups millions more in attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act,” Walter Olson of the Cato Institute says.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/7/editorial-thrown-off-the-gravy-train/

Democrats’ top problem in 2018: The math is still against them
Failing to appeal to working-class voters in key states won by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama was a key part of Hillary Clinton’s downfall. But Hillary’s problem went well beyond swing states; it was national. Overall, Trump won 2,622 counties, while Clinton only carried 490.  Why does this matter? Because there are simply not enough coastal seats to be won for Democrats to win the House.

http://nypost.com/2017/09/08/democrats-top-problem-in-2018-the-maths-still-against-them/

MSNBC: Menendez Can ‘Hang On’ to Senate Seat ‘Months’ After Corruption Conviction
“Chris Christie’s term is up…he will be out of the office by the second week of January. So if you were to get a conviction of Menendez in the near-term future, the challenge for Menendez…is could he hang on for a couple months until a Democrat becomes governor of New Jersey?,” Kornacki wondered. He assured the show’s liberal panelists: “I’m almost sure he would do this and I’m almost sure Democrats in the Senate would have his back in doing this.”

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2017/09/08/

Menendez Videos Portray Supporters, Fail to Disclose Ties to Embattled Senator

DeVos Takes on Lawless Campus Tribunals
According to a study released this week by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, 73.6 percent of America’s top universities don’t guarantee students a presumption of innocence, fewer than half require that fact-finders be impartial, and a full 58.5 percent of institutions don’t “provide students with a meaningful opportunity to cross-examine witnesses” in cases of sexual misconduct. And this is a partial list of university legal failures. All told, 45 of the 53 rated colleges received a “D” or “F” for their commitment to due process.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451207/betsy-devos-campus-sexual-assault-title-ix-overreach-curbed

Hillary Grants First Book Interview to CBS and Jane Pauley — Her Soggiest Sob Sister
CNN’s Tom Kludt reported “the booking is a coup” – CBS Sunday Morning host Jane Pauley will get the first TV interview with Hillary Clinton since her defeat at Trump’s hands in 2016, airing Sunday. Then Kludt noted CBS owns Hillary’s publisher Simon & Schuster, so there’s really no “coup” there at all.

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2017/09/08/hillary-grants-first-interview-jane-pauley-genuflect-genuflect

Brace Yourselves For IMPACT- Illegal Alien Sitcoms Headed To CBS And CW
The shows, entitled Have Mercy and Illegal (not exactly subtle) focus on illegal aliens who are struggling to achieve their full potential in the United States.

Have Mercy will air on CBS, and stars a Latina doctor who cannot practice medicine after immigrating to Miami. After being denied the RIGHT to pursue her life’s passion, the aforementioned doctor gets to work in a shabby, makeshift clinic as a way to give back to her community. How heartwarming.

Illegal, in contrast, stars a teenage boy who is struggling to come to terms with his family’s status as illegal immigrants while also staying in school, making good grades, and dealing with puberty and all of the wonderful things that accompany being a teenager.

Brace Yourselves For IMPACT – Illegal Alien Sitcoms Headed To CBS And CW

SCARY LIGHTS SEEN OVER MEXICO DURING 8.2 EARTHQUAKE SEPTEMBER 2017

[CtH: It looks like sheet lightning or intra-cloud lightning (IC) — i.e., lightning embedded within a cloud that lights up as a sheet of luminosity during the flash.]

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Afternoon Delight

One of the advantages of being retired is that you can take a nap any time you want to. I enjoyed my weekly breakfast with my uncles this morning and felt like lying down for a bit when I got home. Woke up a little while ago and saw on Facebook a dear friend who lives in Florida plans to ride out the storm. Still praying.

It’s late, but maybe the folks who visit here early can catch this in the morning. I want you to know how much I appreciate all of you.  [CtH: Back atcha, Pete!]

Tim Kaine: ‘I Don’t Know Enough About Antifa’


THIS CLOWN COULD HAVE BEEN OUR VICE PRESIDENT. LET THAT SINK IN.

Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine says he does not know much about members of so-called “anti-fascist” groups but says it is unfair to paint them with a broad brush.
Kaine’s son, Linwood, was arrested back in March at a pro-Trump rally at Minnesota’s state capitol on misdemeanor charges in connection with lighting smoke bombs.

[CtH: Democrats never let a little thing like ignorance stand in the way of their having firm opinions about stuff.]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/07/tim-kaine-i-dont-know-enough-about-antifa/

Hurricanes Irma, Harvey are nature’s ‘wrath’ for Trump victory, Jennifer Lawrence claims

THE CLIMATE CHANGE NITWITS ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES

“You know, it’s this new language that’s forming. I don’t even recognize it. It’s also scary to know that climate change is due to human activity, and we continue to ignore it, and the only voice that we really have is through voting.”

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/09/08/jennifer-lawrence-says-hurricanes-may-be-natures-wrath-for-trump-victory.html

Hillary Accuses Matt Lauer of ‘Pointless Ambush’ in NBC Forum

Recalling the event in her self-serving account of the campaign, Clinton ranted: “Lauer had turned what should have been a serious discussion into a pointless ambush.” Why was she so upset with the morning show host who usually provided her a friendly forum? Apparently he asked too many questions about her e-mail scandal.

[CtH: Oh, the inhumanity!]

SHE JUST CAN’T LET IT GO.

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2017/09/07/

Kid Rock Gives EPIC ‘Stump Speech’ at Grand Rapids

Despite YouTube reportedly removing various copies of Kid Rock’s epic ‘stump speech,’ during his concert in Grand Rapids, TGP has obtained a copy of it. The rockstar goes on a fiery tirade against his critics, the KKK and deadbeat dads.

Rock said the issue of single parenthood was near to his heart, but that America should not reward women who can’t take care of themselves, but keep having “kid after f*cking kid.”

“Of course we should help them out, I don’t want to sound like a jerk,” he added. “But let’s help them out with childcare, job creating, and put their goddamn asses to work!”

I HAD A YOUTUBE COPY, BUT THEY’VE ALL BEEN REMOVED. THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE IT. THERE IS A COPY EMBEDDED AT LINK. SO SICK OF THIS CRAP.

MUST SEE=> Kid Rock Gives EPIC ‘Stump Speech’ at Grand Rapids Concert (VIDEO)

Sanders: I Understand Clinton’s Upset for Losing to the ‘Most Unpopular Candidate in the History of this Country’

THIS SORRY OLD BASTARD MAY BE HAPPIER THAN ALL OF US THAT SHE LOST.

[CtH: I think he’s a tad confused about how “Most Unpopular” is determined.  To my way of thinking, the woman who LOST should get that trophy. ]

Limbaugh: If Ryan and McConnell would Work with Trump “for Just 3 Months” to Pass His Agenda, “Dems wouldn’t have a Prayer for 25 Years”

But they have not listened to Trump. They have not enacted his agenda. They have fought him every step of the way. It’s totally insane. They don’t want Trump to get credit for anything. They would rather see the entire Trump agenda fail. But they may be about to find out Trump can get things done without them.

DoJ makes “shocking” flip in SCOTUS religious liberty case

JUST THINK…A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN’T DESPISE CHRISTIANS

In a major upcoming Supreme Court case that weighs equal rights with religious liberty, the Trump administration on Thursday sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

The Department of Justice on Thursday filed a brief on behalf of baker Jack Phillips, who was found to have violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act by refusing to created a cake to celebrate the marriage of Charlie Craig and David Mullins in 2012.

https://hotair.com/archives/2017/09/08/doj-makes-shocking-flip-scotus-religious-liberty-case/

Bannon on 60 Minutes: Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell ‘Trying to Nullify 2016 Election’

Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon believes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) are trying to “nullify” the 2016 election because they do not believe in the economic nationalist agenda that got President Donald Trump elected.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/08/bannon-paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-trying-to-nullify-2016-election/

When Is A Scandal Not A Scandal? When There’s A Democrat Involved

Corruption: A sitting U.S. Senator is currently on trial for bribery, and if he’s found guilty it could have major political ramifications. Haven’t heard about this case? That’s because the Senator in question is a Democrat.

A CNN story this week about the opening of the trial against New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez noted that “Democrats are eager to avoid the subject of Menendez’s bribery trial.”

The New York Times wrote an entire piece without identifying Senator Menendez as a Democrat from New Jersey, only later admitting that Menendez is a Democrat in updated version of the story two days later.  AP and NBC both tweeted out a story that Bob Menendez is a Republican.

http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/when-is-a-scandal-not-a-scandal-when-theres-a-democrat-involved/

Trump’s Justice Department Lets Lois Lerner Off The Hook

IT’S NOT WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE’S GUILTY, BUT CAN YOU PROVE IT?
HOW I LOATHE THIS ARROGANT BITCH

The Justice Department says it will not prosecute former IRS executive Lois Lerner for targeting conservative groups during the 2010 and 2012 elections.

“After this process, the Department determined that reopening the investigation would not be appropriate based on the available evidence,” Boyd wrote Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam, the chairman of the subcommittee on tax policy.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/08/trumps-justice-department-lets-lois-lerner-off-the-hook/

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Liberal Hypocrisy

2017_09 Amy Barrett

One of Trump’s nominees for appeals court is Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame Law School professor and a Roman Catholic. Democrats Feinstein, Hirono, and Durbin made her religious convictions an issue during her confirmation hearing.

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse noted that this line of questioning violated the Constitution’s religious test clause.

Durbin said that, because Barrett has been “outspoken” on the topic of “how a person with strong religious beliefs becomes a judge and looks at American law”, the questions were legitimate.

I think it’s more to the point to say that Democrats can’t stand conservative Christians, especially not the Catholic ones, and that they have zero qualms about making religion an issue when it suits them. You KNOW they’d be screaming bloody murder if Republicans asked a Muslim jurist how his faith would influence his judicial conduct.

Remember when long-time Leftist Sonia Sotomayor said she’d be a good SCOTUS judge, because she was a “wise Latina”?

Obama et al. didn’t care that she had never issued any important decisions, made a name for herself as a legal scholar or particularly respected jurist, and that 60% of her lower court decisions had been overturned on appeal. They only cared that she could be relied on to ignore the law in favor of promoting Progressive causes.

Barrett herself said, “It is never appropriate for a judge to apply their personal convictions, whether it derives from faith or personal conviction. My own personal church affiliation or my religious belief would not bear on the discharge of my duties as a judge.”

Not that they believed her.  Personally, I think they assume everyone is as willing to prostitute themselves for politics as they themselves are.

Sources:

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The Art of the (Backstabbing) Deal

Donald Trump is a businessman, not a politician. That fact, as much as perhaps any other, is why he bested 16 other primary foes and stunned the nation by besting the heir apparent, a sociopathic liar who never met a dollar she didn’t covet. Make no mistake, he is a far, far better alternative to the evil Cankles was prepared to wreak. Still and all, Trump’s forte is making deals. The republicans gave him nothing. He did away with a lot of onerous regulations and the climate change scheme through executive order, but was so eager to appear presidential he’d have signed any legislation they sent him.

They gave him nothing. No border wall funding, no tax cuts, not even the so-called ‘skinny repeal’ of Obamacare. Whether out of spite or cowardice, they have fought him on almost anything. So, Trump decided if they won’t deal with him, the democrats will. And they did. Democrats had absolutely no power to stop anything, and Trump handed them the power to attach amendment to any legislation while denying anything to republicans. DACA will be the first amendment rider with making Obamacare permanent close behind. The dems now have the best of both worlds… they get to have their own way and trash Trump like they always do. Witness the savagery displayed after Sessions announced the ending of the DREAM act, only to have Trump gave Congress 6 months to fondle each other after which he will “revisit” it.

Will Democrats Take ‘Yes’ For An Answer on DACA, or Demagogue Compromises to Protect a Wedge Issue?
IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/09/06/former-hillary-aide-blasts-daca-compromise-n2377295

Unforgivable: Donald Trump just made Chuck Schumer POTUS
The president’s total capitulation occurred in a Wednesday meeting with congressional leaders from both parties. Earlier, Minority Leaders Pelosi and Schumer proposed a plan to tie Hurricane Harvey relief to a short-term debt ceiling increase until mid-December. President Trump agreed to support the Democratic plan. To make matters even worse, the president said Wednesday that his administration will always “automatically” agree on increasing the debt ceiling.

https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/unforgivable-donald-trump-just-made-chuck-schumer-potus

YOU CAN KISS THE 15% CORPORATE TAX RATE GOODBYE. DEMOCRATS WANT NO PART OF IT AND THE REPUBLICANS CAN NO LONGER DO ANYTHING.

GOP leaders ‘shocked’ following Trump deal with Democrats
Several Republicans briefed on the meeting said that Trump, who has been absent a major legislative achievement for his first seven months in office, was hungry for a deal.
“The President was in deal-cutting mode,” a Republican familiar with the meeting told CNN. “He was sick of this fight.”

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-leaders-shocked-following-trump-deal-with-democrats/ar-AArpdNB?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE12DHP

TRUMP Goes Around Do-Nothing Republican Leaders and Strikes Debt Limit Deal with Pelosi-Schumer
During a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House, Trump surprised his GOP colleagues when he granted Democrats’ request that Republicans pass a Hurricane Harvey relief package with a three-month debt increase. Top White House officials and GOP leaders had spent the past few days urging Republicans to raise the debt ceiling through the 2018 midterm election.

How Trump Caved To Dems Over Debt Ceiling, Govt. Funding
“We had a very good meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. We agreed to a three-month extension on debt ceiling, which they consider to be sacred — very important — always we’ll agree on debt ceiling automatically because of the importance of it,” Trump told reporters Wednesday aboard Air Force One.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/06/how-trump-caved-to-dems-over-debt-ceiling-govt-funding/

Trump’s Deal with Democrats Is a Warning to Republicans — Establishment and Conservative Alike
The deal is a warning to Republicans — primarily to the party establishment, which has fought Trump at every turn, but also to conservative Republicans, who have long worried about Trump shifting leftwards.
By working with Democrats, Trump can bypass the Republican leadership, GOP moderates, and personal foes like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). However, it also means that he can cobble deals together between liberal Republicans and the Democrat minority, leaving conservatives out in the cold.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/06/trumps-deal-democrats-warning-republicans-establishment-conservative-alike/

BANNON IS GONE, GORKA IS GONE; NO CONSERVATIVES LEFT. UBER-LIBERAL IVANKA NOW TRUMP’S MAIN ADVISER.

Ivanka Trump Pitches Conservative Leaders on Doubling Child Tax Credit
Trump did not provide numbers on what the policy would cost overall, or whether it would apply to all taxpayers or just those who are below a certain income bracket. The initiative is one previously alluded to in an April White House document that outlined the administration’s vision for tax reform. Part of the appeal of the tax credit is that it benefits regular working families, according to meeting attendees who spoke to Politico.

Ivanka Trump Pitches Conservative Leaders on Doubling Child Tax Credit

Schumer: Debt Ceiling Deal “A Really Good Moment of Some Bipartisanship”

[CtH: So says the man for whom “bipartisanship” means “our side gets everything we want.”]

McConnell on Debt Limit Deal: ‘The President Agreed With Sen. Schumer and Congresswoman Pelosi’

HE COULD HAVE ADDED: ‘WE DON’T CARE AS LONG AS WE KEEP OUR JOBS AND GET OUR SHARE OF THE MONEY.’

Meet the Swamp: Donald Trump Punts September Agenda to December After Meeting with Congress

CHECK THE SMUG LOOK ON SCREWMER’S FACE.

[CtH: Wait, what?  I thought anyone who agreed to sit in the same room with Trump was a traitor to the Resistance.]

Congress has to pass an emergency funding bill for the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Louisiana and Texas and raise the debt ceiling. They also need to pass a budget or a continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown. The group also discussed the future of DACA recipients and Trump’s six-month window allowing Congress to come up with a solution before the program ends.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/06/meet-the-swamp-donald-trump-plans-agenda-with-pelosi-ryan-mcconnell-and-schumer/

Ann Coulter: We Made Donald %#&@ Trump PRESIDENT — What Else Can We Do?

Congress has tried to sneak through amnesties three times in a little more than a decade. Every time, the American people somehow found out — despite the best efforts of the press — rose up in a rage and killed the proposed bills.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/06/ann-coulter-made-donald-trump-president-else-can/

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