Today’s task is to cull the articles I’ve bookmarked over the past few days, pick out the ones that are informative, inspirational,thought-provoking and socially significant. After I delete those I’ll have the normal mindless drivel you’ve come to expect from me.
Obama could use 5 minute window to FORCE SCOTUS PICK Garland Obama has one last chance to force his pick for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, on to the highest court in the land. Obama will have a 5 minute window known as “intersession recess” when he can force the move.
The liberal New Republic believes that Obama should put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court during this intersession recess although they state: “Based on everything we know about Obama’s temperament and politics, he won’t resort to this.”
Most conservatives would say that based on everything we know about Obama’s temperament and politics he is highly likely to resort to this.
IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN HE’LL TRY THIS. HE ACTS LIKE THE SPOILED BRAT WHO DIDN’T GET EVERYTHING HE WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS SO HE’S SETTING ABOUT BREAKING EVERYBODY ELSE’S STUFF SO THEY CAN’T ENJOY IT.
[CtH: GREAT analogy, Pete. That’s exactly what he’s acting like!]
Frank Luntz: Obama on a ‘FU Tour,’ Trying to ‘Settle Scores’ With Republicans
[CtH: The new sugary drinks “tax is higher than the one on alcoholic beverages.” Cuz, yeah, THAT totally makes sense. I’m so sure sugar is worse for you than alcohol. NOT.]
YOU WONDER WHY PENNSYLVANIA WENT REPUBLICAN?
Sean Spicer: Trump to ‘Repeal a Lot’ of Obama’s Actions on Day One In an interview with ABC’s “This Week”, Trump’s incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that President-elect Donald Trump plans to repeal a lot of President Barack Obama’s executive actions in his first day in office.
Spicer said that the Trump administration will immediately “repeal a lot of the regulations and actions that have been taken by this administration over the last eight years that have hampered both economic growth and job creation.”
Obama will travel to the Capitol on Wednesday morning for the meeting with House and Senate Democrats, according to an invitation sent to lawmakers. The White House is casting it as an effort to unite Democrats behind a plan to protect the law, known as the Affordable Care Act. Obama also plans a major valedictory speech in Chicago, his hometown, shortly before his presidency ends.
[CtH: I had lab work today at the hospital, where CNN was blatting in the waiting room. The talking heads were hyperventilating about Trump’s eeeeeeeeevil plan to sabotage Obamacare. I sat there wondering if they’d had even the slightest concern back in 2009 about what negative effects it might have or about the totally bogus way the Democrats passed it … in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve and without a single Republican vote? I can’t say for sure, but my guess is they did not.]
Schumer: “Democrats Will Resist Trump’s Picks Vehemently!” TRANSLATION: WE’RE GOING TO BE THE SAME HATEFUL, DESTRUCTIVE PRICKS WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN
According to the report, Schumer told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he will target Trump’s pick for the head of State, Sen. Jeff Sessions for head of the Justice Department, and two other notable appointees.
Democrats will also target picks for the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, Treasury and the Environmental Protection Agency.
[CtH: And the MSM will self-righteously depict every accusation as totally legit, just like they did back when Anita Hill was the Democrat Lying Shill trying to sabotage Clarence Thomas.]
The Daily Beast‘s Jackie Kucinich said to CNN’s Nia-Malika Henderson on Sunday that it would be interesting to see what kind of reception President Obama will receive when he meets congressional Democrats next week, adding that the president has hung his party “out to dry” during his time in the White House.
[CtH: I remember hearing a story some years ago about a meeting of top Democrat leaders in Congress. Obama was “there” via conference call, but reportedly, as he yammered on and on the way he does, someone (I think it was Pelosi) hit MUTE! Then the continued their meeting.]
Democrats prepare for early ‘act of cowardice’ with GOP attempt to repeal Obamacare
QUOTH THE FOUR-TERM MINORITY LEADER
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, preparing for her fourth straight Congress in the minority — she lost her speakership in 2010, in an anti-Obamacare backlash — now says it’s the GOP that will pay a political price if it moves to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. “You break it, you own it,” the California Democrat said.
Alabama band to march at inauguration, igniting controversy GOOD ON THEM
The marching band of Alabama’s oldest private, historically black liberal arts college has accepted an invitation to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade, organizers said.
“After how black people were treated at Trump’s rallies, you’re going to go and shuck and jive down Pennsylvania Avenue? For what?” Seinya SamForay said in an interview. “What they did is a slap in the face to other black universities.”
HOW WERE BLACK PEOPLE TREATED AT TRUMP RALLIES? WITH A HELL OF A LOT MORE RESPECT THAN TRUMP SUPPORTERS WHO WERE ROUTINELY ASSAULTED BY YOUR HATEFUL RACIST BRETHREN.
SO MANY Trump Hate Hoaxes By Deranged Liberal Fascists – The Complete Video
The left has made it a sport to fake hate crimes. And since the historic November election hate hoaxes are a dime a dozen.
There have been at least 17 faked hate crimes NOT committed by Trump supporters since the November election.
What should be noted is that there were 2,000 verified hate crimes against Trump supporters since the election.
So we all know where the real hate, violence and intolerance exist.
The First Family rung in 2017 at their Kailua vacation rental and spent the night before enjoying a luau Downbeat-looking Sasha and Malia return from Hawaii with their parents after last family vacation on Air Force One. The Obamas departed Hawaii around 10pm on Sunday and arrived Monday at Andrews Air Force Base. Obama spent his last day on the island visiting his grandfather’s grave and spending time at the beach.
JUST $298 FOR THE BAG MALARIA IS TOTING. A WONDERFUL BARGAIN.
CHECK OUT MOOCH IN HER WALRUS COAT AND STYLISH JACKBOOTS
Melania Trump Rocked a Black Dolce & Gabbana Minidress for New Year’s Eve WHAT A DIFFERENCE IN FIRST LADIES
On its site, the brand described the dress as being made of virgin wool and spandex. It has bows on each strap, which are embellished with jewels and a fitted silhouette that hits a few inches below the knee. The dress retails for $2,995.
TRUMP PAID FOR IT WITH HIS OWN MONEY … BIG DIFFERENCE.
[CtH: Actually, the real difference is that Trump made his dough creating jobs, while Obama became a multi-millionaire largely due to sale of his autobiography that he probably didn’t write. I’m fairly certain the taxpayers never had to pay for Michelle’s wardrobe. That’s probably not true of her staff’s salaries and benefits, which include a hairdresser and makeup artist. But the clothes themselves, no.]
[CtH: Wow … Michelle’s dress is truly heinous. Hillary had a couple of expensive designer outfits during the campaign that were butt ugly too. What’s with their lack of taste? Both of them can afford to buy beautiful clothes by designers who know how to make a woman look her best. So why do they shop with designers whose outfits are ugly and unflattering to their figures?]
[CtH: While Dearest and I were enjoying our breakfast date at the cute cafe in the hospital (following my overnight fast for tests), the Garden Club ladies showed up to take down all the beautiful decorations they’d put up for the holidays. I just had to go thank them. They’re all volunteers and those decorations had cheered me up today while I was feeling so hungry and thirsty and uncomfortable getting all those tests done. I’m glad I got there before they came down. Tomorrow would’ve been too late.]
Word is out that P-E Trump will nominate Dr. Ben Carson for the cabinet position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
The ever watchful Nancy Pelosi honked: “Our country deserves a HUD Secretary with the relevant experience. Dr. Carson is adisturbingly unqualifiedchoice. Dec 5, 2016″
Where was Fancy Nancy when Obama nominatedSan Antonio Mayor Julián Castrofor HUDSEC?
According to Politico, HUD awarded San Antonio $8.6 million in 2008 as part of the national Neighborhood Stabilization Program. On Mayor Castro’s watch, San Antonio failed to properly spend funds.
Two and a half million in renovation contracts were awarded without a competitive bidding, a typical scam politicians use to line the pockets of their campaign contributors and cronies.
Another $1.1 million was used to acquire and fix up properties that, oopsies, never went toward housing lower-income families as required by HUD.
Oh well. As one tweeter noted, “Corruption is a resume enhancer for Democrats.”
It seems that honesty, integrity, brilliance, and a good work ethic are detractors for Republicans. Plus, you know,
Dictator-Sympathizing QB Colin Kaepernick Finishes Game With More Sacks Than Passing Yards
On a snowy, windy day at Chicago’s Soldier Field, the America-hating racist punk Colin Kaepernik had a real bad, no-good, totally icky day thanks to the Bears Defense, led by nose tackle Eddie Goldman,(6’4′ and 325#) and defensive end Akiem Hicks (6’7″ and 340#) who knocked him on his ass 5 times. Big Labor threw tons of cash at Democrats, but workers voted red Big Labor pumped $530 million of workers’ dues into mostly Democratic Party groups and liberal causes over a four-year period — with dismal results, according to a new analysis.
A total of $260.4 million went to 45 different party or Democratic leaning groups, including the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, Democratic Attorneys General Association, the Working Families Party, the Center for American Progress and Planned Parenthood.
More than $21.5 million went to left-leaning civil rights groups including Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition, National Council of La Raza and the NAACP.
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi downplayed problems with the Democratic Party, saying that the party’s values “unify us.”
“I don’t think that people want a new direction,” Pelosi said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “Our values are supporting working families. What we want is a better connection of our message to working families.”
Keith Ellison: Perfect for the DNC
His Muslim Brotherhood ties and venomous anti-Israel stance make him the living embodiment of today’s Democratic Party. THEY.JUST.DON’T.GET.IT.
Hosting the event at his Virginia home was Esam Omeish, a former leader of the Muslim American Society (MAS). (Ellison has ties to MAS also: in 2008, he accepted $13,350 from MAS to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The Muslim American Society is a Muslim Brotherhood organization
Buh-Bye! Harry Reid Giving Farewell Address Thursday MAY HIS DEMISE BE SLOW AND PAINFUL…HE DESERVES IT.
I’M SURE McCONNELL WILL BE SORRY TO SEE HIS OLD PAL GO.
Outgoing Senate minority leader Harry Reid will give his final speech Thursday morning in the Senate chamber. Majority leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Sen. Deal Heller (Reid’s fellow senator from Nevada) will also be giving speeches in his honor. In the evening, there will be a reception in the Kennedy Caucus Room at the Russell Senate Office Building. The occasion will be a star-studded event of Democrats including Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Charles Schumer.
The Hunt for Hil – SNL
Trump Could Appoint Someone Totally Unexpected To Head EPA Pick me… I’m available.
First, roll EPA standards back to 1990.
Open new areas for energy exploration,including ANWAR.
Cut off subsidies to solar and windmill businesses.Either they make it on their own or they don’t.
Approve the XL pipeline.
Do away with cafe standards, special fuel blends, and for Heaven’s sake, get rid of ethanol.
While media reports indicate the president-elect has narrowed the field down to two candidates, a new name is on the lips of some on Trump’s transition team: Dr. Donald van der Vaart.
Van der Vaart is a PhD chemical engineer who currently heads the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. If appointed and approved by Congress, Van der Vaart would be the first PhD scientist to head EPA. He also holds a law degree.
Dick Cheney To CNN Reporter: Trump Took Us To Point Where We Don’t Need You Guys Anymore Vice President Dick Cheney landed a major zinger on a CNN reporter this weekend. He was at an event with Obama’s former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. They were talking with CNN reporter Barbara Starr about national security and foreign policy.
Cheney had a few really funny lines but the one about the press was hysterical.
think one of the reasons people get so concerned about the tweets is it is sort of a way around the press. He doesn’t have to rely upon, uh, rely upon — this is the modern era, modern technology. He’s at the point where we don’t need you guys anymore.
Obama Jokes With The Eagles At Kennedy Center Honors Reception
Clinging to the tattered remains of his pathetic legacy, Ol’ Barry had to insert himself into the Kennedy Center Honors reception last night to hobknob with Al Pacino, James Taylor, and the surviving members of The Eagles, who sold more albums in the 20th century than anybody. The best of The Eagles (c’mon,you know you had it) went platinum 37 times over. Singer/drummer Don Henly, bassist Timothy B. Schmitt, and guitarist Joe Walsh attended last night. Fellow Detroit native Bob Seger paid tribute to the late Glenn Frey, who died suddenly earlier this year.
Apparently the democrats never heard what it’s called when you do the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome. Nancy Pelosi, Nancy-Pants, San Fran Nan, was re-elected as minority leader in the House. Let me repeat that…MINORITY leader. Look forward to more high comedy as they flop around like a carp out of water.
Great! It’s Pelosi! Yay! “We Know How to Win Elections”, She Said THERE ARE FAR MORE REVOLTING PHOTOSHOPS, BUT THIS IS A FAMILY-FRIENDLY WEBSITE (sorta)
Actually, this is a good thing, Nancy Pelosi will continue on as House minority leader. The vote was today and she won. The 76-year old in charge will mean more of the same and the downward spiral of the Democrat Party will continue. Tim Ryan tried to unseat her but she’s a major fundraiser for Democrat politicians and they owe here so he lost.
Ryan made a good point when he called the Democrat party the coastal party because that’s what it is. They weight heavily in favor of urban areas and pay no attention to middle America, in fact, their policies hurt the average working man and rural areas. He also talked about the need for a strong economic message.
Wait a minute … GOP rejoices over Pelosi win Before the election, the National Republican Congressional Committee trolled Pelosi. “No single person deserves more credit for House Republicans’ historic majority than Nancy Pelosi,” NRCC Communications Director Katie Martin said in a statement. “Under Nancy Pelosi’s leadership, House Democrats have become completely irrelevant.” I think there was some voter fraud in Pelosi’s leadership election. Someone let Reince Priebus vote 134 times.
Dems (Nov 9): Geez, I guess we are really out of touch with middle America
Dems (Nov 30): That thing we are doing, yeah, let’s double down
Hope for the Future?… Average Age of House Democratic Leadership is 76 House Democrats overwhelmingly decided to go with the past by keeping Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
The vote was 134 to 63 for second place finisher Rep. Tim Ryan.
Pelosi is 76.
The top three Democrats in leadership are 76 (Pelosi), 77 (Steny Hoyer) and 76 (Jim Clyburn). The average age of the Democratic party leadership is 76.
The top three Republican leaders, in contrast, are 46 (Paul Ryan), 51 (Kevin McCarthy) and 51 (Steve Scalise).
PERHAPS SOME OF YOU REMEMBER JACK CAFFERTY, LATE OF CNN. JUST BEFORE HIS CONTRACT WAS CANCELLED IN 2010, HE DID THIS PIECE ON PELOSI AND HER UNMITIGATED ARROGANCE. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET, I URGE YOU TO WATCH. IT’S ONLY TWO MINUTES, BUT CAFFERTY ABSOLUTELY BLISTERS THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT.
As some of you may be aware, your intrepid reporter has been battery-operated since 3/2013 when a pacemaker was installed to keep the ‘ol ticker ticking. Lately I’ve been suffering occasional bouts of intense pain, like electric shocks in my chest. After consulting with my cardiologist today it was decided I needed another angiogram to make sure there wasn’t a problem with the bypasses I had in 2005. It’s scheduled for Tuesday. If a stent is needed I’ll have to stay overnight. There is a possibility my Thanksgiving meal will come from the hospital cafeteria. It is what it is.
I’ve seen the Cubs win a World Series and a republican get elected president. There’s not much left to look forward to. When you spend most of your life abusing your body with cigarettes and junk food there’s a price to be paid. This is just another installment.
Trump Announces National Security Team: Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn-NSA, Sen. Sessions as AG, Rep. Pompeo to Head CIA
Last night the Trump campaign announced Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn as National Security Advisor.
This morning Donald Trump announced two more members of his security team. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was the first US senator to endorse Donald Trump for president last year. Incoming CIA Director Has Reputation for Confronting Iran
Pompeo pick garners high praise from congressional sources, policy experts IN CASE YOU’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH POMPEO:
Pompeo, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, earned a reputation among his Republican colleagues for his aggressive investigations into Obama administration secrecy surrounding last year’s nuclear agreement with Iran, multiple sources confirmed.
Multiple investigations by the lawmaker unearthed documents showing that senior U.S. officials engaged in secret talks with Iran that led to the payment of nearly $2 billion to Tehran by the United States.
Dem lawmaker says Sessions would drag the country back to dark times TRUMP MUST BE DOING A GOOD JOB… ALL THE DEMOCRATS ARE PISSED OFF
In a blistering statement about a fellow lawmaker, Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez seemed to use the Republican’s full name — Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III — in an attempt to invoke Confederacy imagery.
“If you have nostalgia for the days when blacks kept quiet, gays were in the closet, immigrants were invisible and women stayed in the kitchen, Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions is your man,” Gutierrez said.
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DNC COMES DOWN TO EITHER A SCREAMING LUNATIC OR A JEW-HATING MUSLIM. SOME CHOICE.
Wednesday on SiriusXM radio’s Urban View channel with host Joe Madison, former Vermont Governor and DNC Chair Howard Dean compared the outrage of young protestors over President-elect Donald Trump’s victory to the Kent State shootings in 1970 when the Ohio National Guard killed four students or the Edmund Pettus Bridge, which was the site of Bloody Sunday in 1965, when policemen beat civil rights demonstrators.
NRCC Endorses Pelosi For Minority Leader The group credited the California Democrat for squandering their majority — losing 63 seats to Republicans in 2010 — by promoting unpopular policies like Obamacare.
“Former Speaker Pelosi has also established herself as the world’s worst election prognosticator,” the NRCC wrote in its endorsement. “Since her relegation to the minority, Pelosi has repeatedly assured reporters, cycle after cycle, that a Democrat majority is right around the corner, only to be soundly defeated each time.”
Ryan Suggests House Will Defund Planned Parenthood– Cites Bill That Would’ve Done It For 1 Year Ryan responded: “We’ve already shown what we believe with respect to funding Planned Parenthood. We put a bill on President Obama’s desk in reconciliation. Our position has not changed.”
Ryan was referring to the “Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, or H.R. 3762.
The House bill, was vetoed by President Barack Obama
“This afternoon’s vote is a victory for taxpayers and a victory for life,” Pence said after the vote. “By banning federal funding to Planned Parenthood, Congress has taken a stand for millions of Americans who believe their tax dollars should not be used to subsidize the largest abortion provider in America.”
Obama Tears Up Drilling Permits to Stop Gigantic Energy Boom in Colorado PRETTY SURE INTERIOR SECRETARY PALIN CAN FIX THAT
Jewell’s Bureau of Land Management claimed that the 25 “Mancos” energy drilling leases now being cancelled were just a non-performing portion of 65 leases on “lands managed by the White River National Forest” and “amount to less than ½ of 1 percent of the active leases on public lands in the state of Colorado.”
But the 25 properties were “non-performing” only because they have been tangled in red-tape since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, even though they were leased in 2005 during George W. Bush’s administration.
The BLM manages nearly 700 million acres of federal lands in the United States. Because of tight restrictions, the “onshore” oil and gas wells on BLM lands accounts for just 11 percent of the natural gas supply and five percent of the oil supply in the United States.
No Saudi Oil Says Trump; Saudi Arabia Fires Back
Imagine making the world’s largest oil exporter sweat it out That’s exactly what Donald Trump is doing. Despite the U.S. shale oil boom, which has made it the third largest global crude oil producer, the country still relies heavily on Saudi crude imports. Saudi Arabia is the largest Middle Eastern oil supplier to the U.S. with an 11% market share and has also invested heavily in U.S. downstream assets (refineries) to help lock in that supply. Around 31% of all U.S. oil imports are from OPEC members, while Canadian oil imports have a 41% share.
Anti-Trump Protesters Release Personal Info of Electoral College Members THEY’LL STOP AT NOTHING TO INTIMIDATE ELECTORS
A national anti-Donald Trump group called the #NotMyPresident Alliance distributed the personal information of dozens of Electoral College members to its supporters on Wednesday through a Google doc spreadsheet.
The Electoral College members targeted were those who represented states that voted Republican, BuzzFeed reported.
Pence Tells House GOP to Get Ready to Pass Sweeping Legislation Vice President-elect Mike Pence told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting Thursday to be ready to move a lot of legislation next year, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady said.
“Donald Trump is a man of action and we’re counting on you ” Pence said, according to Brady. The California Republican said that Pence mentioned a tax overhaul and Obamacare, but didn’t get into specifics.
Pence, a former House member himself, returned to the U.S. Capitol Thursday to visit with House Republicans, and he plans to meet later with top Democratic leaders in the House and Senate.
“YOUR WHITENESS SCARES ME!” Leftist Mob Threatens Radio Host Vicki McKenna at UW Madison
Far left race protesters stood up and screamed, “Safety! Safety! Safety,” interrupting Shapiro’s address. The safe word apparently was an expression that the university is a safe space, where hate-filled rhetoric isn’t welcome….
…Campus police watched but did nothing to stop the interruptions. At one point, they looked on as the protesters stormed the stage and continued their chants. Shapiro was told by police that they were instructed not to stop the demonstrators, who made their intentions to disrupt clear on Facebook days before the speech.
Anti-Bullying Activist Arrested for Assaulting 74 Year-Old Trump Supporter
23 year-old Black Lives Matter activist Shacara McLaurin was charged with felony and misdemeanor assault after she attacked a 74 year-old Trump supporter at a protest outside of Trump Tower.
THESE LEFTIES ARE SO COURAGEOUS
Oddsmakers Say Michelle Obama Is Democrats’ Best Bet For 2020 SHE PROBABLY ALREADY MISSES THE WORLD TOURS, THE GOURMET MEALS, AND THE 35 SERVANTS… POOR BABY
Bovada, an online gambling site, says the odds of Mrs. Obama winning are 12-to-1. The next-best Democrats, Sen. Tim Kaine and Elizabeth Warren, get odds of 14-to-1.
By contrast three Republicans have higher odds: President-elect Donald Trump is a 2-to-1 bet to repeat, while Vice President-elect Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan are each given 10-to-1 odds.
Obama won’t call off anti-Trump protesters WHAT AN ASSHOLE
“I would not advise people who feel strongly or are concerned about some of the issues that have been raised over the course of the campaign, I would not advise them to be silent,” Obama said during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Obama said protests are just something Trump would have to get used to as the leader of the free world.
TRUMP EFFECT: Ford Calls Donald Trump – Says Plant Will Not Move to Mexico, Will Remain in Kentucky IMAGINE HOW THE PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO SEE THEIR JOBS SENT TO MEXICO FEEL LIKE
Bill Ford, the Chairman of Ford Motors, called Donald Trump tonight and said he will be keeing the Lincoln plant in Kentucky- Not Mexico.
Two months ago Donald Trump said Ford moving its plants to Mexico was a disgrace.
If anybody knows how to jerk the press around, it has to be Donald Trump. I can imagine he gets a real kick out of them making fools of themselves as they try to trip him up at every turn. He slipped out the other night to have dinner with his family at 21, a high-end steak house. It so happened there was a reporter there who immediately tweeted to all his co-conspirators that he was there. High dudgeon all around. How dare he actually go to dinner with his family without checking with them first? The nerve of the guy! Who does he think he is, the president?
FROM NBC: As Trump Leaves Press Behind for Steak Dinner, Incoming Admin Already Showing Lack of Transparency In a highly unusual move, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday night left his Manhattan residence without notifying the reporters covering him or giving any indication of where he was going.
The maneuver seemed to deliberately limit access to the media.
The only way the press eventually ascertained his whereabouts was after a Bloomberg reporter, who happened to be dining at the 21 Club, tweeted a photo of Trump and some of his transition team in the Midtown steakhouse.
While the dinner choice left the media mad, diners inside the former speakeasy were ecstatic.
“There was a standing ovation when he came and left,” said Andrew Testo, a 43-year-old who was eating with friends. “He was with his whole family. It was like Sunday dinner with the Trumps, but on a Tuesday. It was awesome.”
THINK HE DID IT ON PURPOSE? YOU BETCHA. AND WITH GOOD REASON.
MEDIA WAR ON TRUMP: Top 28 of 35 US News Stories on Tuesday were Anti-Trump Hit Pieces
The top stories on Tuesday show the absolute anti-Trump bias by corrupt American media.
28 of the top 35 articles are anti-Trump hit pieces.
The headlines include:
— Trump Transition Shake-Up Part of ‘Stalinesque Purge’ of Christie Loyalists
— Was Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s Attack Dog, Paid Illegally?
— There’s No Such Thing as a Good Trump Voter Noted Constitutional Scholar, Barbra Streisand, Urges Obama To Bypass Senate, Appoint Supreme Court Justice Unilaterally “According to the Washington Post, he has the power to do this since Congress has refused to vote, and apparently that can be considered a waiver of its rights to advise and consent,” she said.
Her Washington Post citation referred to an April 8 op-ed by Gregory L. Diskant, a national board member of the liberal advocacy group Common Cause, who argued that the Senate would have “waived its right” to confirm a justice if it failed to do so in a “reasonable amount of time.”
Democrats’ new Senate leader open to filibustering Trump’s Supreme Court picks COUNT ON OBSTRUCTION AT EVERY TURN
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said nominations to the high court should get support from both parties, and said the filibuster is a way to enforce that on a president. He pointedly noted that when his party changed filibuster rules three years ago, they left intact the ability to filibuster at the Supreme Court level.
“I’ll underline that we did not change the rules for Supreme Court because we thought on something as important as this, there should be some degree of bipartisan agreement,” Mr. Schumer said.
Nancy Pelosi On Trump Win: “We’ve Been Through Hell” A lot of the newer democrat reps think after 14 years as leader, it’s time to put this swaybacked nag out to pasture.
One senior House Democratic aide described Tuesday’s meeting as being unusually contentious as members grappled with how the Democratic Party should rebuild following last week’s election losses, with some wanting new blood in leadership.
“After every single election cycle, she (Pelosi) says things are going to change” in how she interacts with the caucus, the aide said characterizing lawmakers’ concerns. “But then, she doesn’t do anything different. It’s the same inside circle” surrounding her.
President Trump is Going to Hit Some Very Nasty Greenies Where it Really Hurts Like a baby sea otter on MDMA, basically: frolicking and swooping and frisking and diving in the lovely warm, salty water made up entirely of the tears of Hillary voters, greens, and the bien-pensant wankerati.
THE BIEN PENSANT WANKERATI…. DELINGPOLE HAS A WAY WITH WORDS
When it comes to dealing with people who behave badly and ruin the lives of others, I’m with the Old Testament rather than the New one: don’t turn the other cheek, let alone love them as thyself, but smite them, salt them, and crush them underfoot like the mutant slugs they are.
Nowhere, it seems to me, is the kind of retribution more necessary than in the field of environmentalism.
The MSM Savaging of Melania Trump Begins
And so, a piece at Yahoo News made an issue of a dress that Melania Trump recently wore. The headline read: “Melania Trump Wore a $1,655 Fiery Red Dress for 60 Minutes Interview.”
Were readers supposed to be outraged by the price tag? Given the media’s predisposition to smear the Trumps at every turn, I’ll assume the worst intentions about the headline. COMPARING MELANIA TRUMP TO MICHELLE OBAMA IS LIKE COMPARING A MASERATI TO A DUMP TRUCK
Anyone remember the dress Michelle Obama wore a couple of years ago when she and Barry hosted French President Francois Hollande at the White House? It cost $12,000. OF COURSE HER DRESSES COST MORE…. IT TAKES 40 YARDS OF MATERIAL FOR CHRISSAKE
Hillary Makes First Appearance Since Concession: I “Never Wanted To Leave House Again” WHY, HILLARY…YOU LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY JUST WALKED OVER YOUR GRAVE
(IF YOU WATCHED “TOMBSTONE” YOU’LL GET THAT ONE)
A weary-looking Hillary Clinton said Wednesday evening at her first public appearance since she conceded to Donald Trump that she considered cancelling her speech to the children’s advocacy group but kept the commitment out of respect for her mentor.
‘I will admit coming here tonight wasn’t the easiest thing for me,’ she said at the Children’s Defense Fund’s gala in Washington, D.C.
Jason Chaffetz: We Aren’t Done With Hillary Yet “We have to get to the truth. It was was never about a political targeting of Hillary Clinton. She created one of the biggest security breaches in the history of the State Department. We still have tens-of-thousands of documents we still haven’t seen, there’s more than Hillary Clinton involved in this, you have dozens of people within the bowels of the organization,” Chaffetz said.
With Trump’s Signature, Dozens of Obama’s Rules Could Fall
Dozens of major regulations passed recently by the Obama administration — including far-reaching changes on health care, consumer protections and environmental safety — could be undone with the stroke of a pen by Donald J. Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress starting in January, thanks to a little-used law that dates back to 1996.
And it comes with a scorched-earth kicker: If the law is used to strike down a rule, the federal agency that issued it is barred from enacting similar regulation again in the future.
No, Obama can’t grant ‘amnesty’ by pardoning illegal immigrants In reality, the president does not possess this authority, as unauthorized presence in the U.S. is a civil violation, not a criminal one. Presidential pardon power only applies to federal crimes, described as “offenses against the United States” in the Constitution. As such, “a pardon can’t make someone a citizen or lawful resident,” explains John Harrison, a law professor at the University of Virginia. “Deportation is not a criminal proceeding, it’s a civil process that removes from the country someone who is not entitled to be here.”
“First of all, the president has a lot of options. President Obama didn’t do what he should have done, under the Constitution. He should have submitted that to the Congress, that’s a treaty. There’s no way of escaping the fact that that’s a treaty,” argued Giuliani.
“It should have been submitted to the Senate… he never did. What that means is, that deal is over with the current president. Trump can disavow it, as a matter of law, like that,” he continued.
Jason Riley: Harlem Gives President Trump a Chance When I asked Pace, who retired from a job in dress manufacturing several years ago, if he thought Mr. Trump would ever win him over, he responded: “He said he’d protect Medicare. I can go along with that. He said he’d get rid of the Bloods and the Crips and the gangs—get them out of here. I like that. If he does those two things, he’s my man.”
USGS Announces Largest Oil And Gas Deposit Ever Assessed In U.S. TRUMP KNOWS ENERGY IS THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE ECONOMY. HOPEFULLY, HE ALLOWS PRODUCTION TO START
On Tuesday, the USGS announced that an area known as the Wolfcamp shale contains 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
That is nearly three times more petroleum than the agency found in North Dakota’s Bakken shale in 2013.
“The Texas discovery is in a place that has been drilled before by conventional methods,” Jeff reported for NPR’s Newscast Unit. “But now that oil companies use horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — they can access reserves that previously were out of reach.”
Liberal hysteria over Trump is rapidly becoming self-satire It turns out that the hundred million dollars’ worth of Hillary campaign demonization has paid off in creating millions of people gripped by hysteria over the utter evilness of Donald Trump. Calling Trump Hitler is already passé so the quest for superlatives of evil is running out of material. According to a U.S. Congressman, Hitler, and even Stalin and Mao are all pikers in terms of mass killing.
This Is No Time to Go Wobbly, Donald
Trump must continue to refuse to play the game. Democrats have repeatedly proven that bipartisanship to them means that Republicans roll over for whatever Democrats want. If not, Republicans are tarred as obstructionists, racists, or whatever other epithet du jour. That’s because progressives are cultists hungry for more power so they can impose their ideological vision by any means necessary. Like Goldfinger, they don’t want Republicans to talk, they want them to die.
Obama sets new record for regulations, 527 pages in just one day “This is astonishing and should be of great concern, and intolerable, to policymakers. It is remarkable enough that the all-time record has been passed before Thanksgiving,” he added.
Obama has promised to regulate by executive authority, but the sheer number of pages of regulations being rushed through is astonishing.
Trump Could Cut $42 Billion Worth Of Regs Upon Taking Office
Trump said on the campaign trail that 70 percent of federal regulations “can go,” so the American Action Forum (AAF) put together a list of 48 major regulations Congress could invalidate under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
“Together, those rules impose more than $42.5 billion in total costs, $6.5 billion in annualized costs, and 53 million paperwork burden hours,” AAF analysts Sam Batkins and Dan Goldbeck wrote in a new report. Obama awards Springsteen, Redford and DeGeneres Medal of Freedom Before he leaves office, President Obama is decorating a starry list of entertainers, newsmakers and civilians with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
It’s no surprise that Bruce Springsteen made the cut.
On Wednesday, Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, which is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
The list honors a who’s-who of Hollywood, including Tom Hanks, Ellen DeGeneres, Diana Ross, Robert DeNiro, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, Robert Redford and Cicely Tyson.
I KNOW, I KNOW, SHOCKED, RIGHT?
The doctor actually said President Obama hasn’t done anything for us anyway. Look what just happened now. He’s in the basement of a destroyed hospital and he frankly didn’t think that anything could get worse,” Engel said.
“And he thought maybe with a new president things could get better, so frankly if you’re at rock bottom, which is what they are at in eastern Aleppo, maybe any change looks good,” he added.
At least 87 people, including four children, were killed Wednesday by air strikes over rebel-held eastern Aleppo, CNN reported.
Dem Rep Calls For Review Of Trump’s ‘Financial Empire’ “We have never had a president like Mr. Trump in terms of his vast financial entanglements and his widespread business interests around the globe,” Cummings wrote. “Moreover, we have not had a presidential candidate in modern times who has refused to disclose his tax returns to the American people.”
Under Barack Obama’s leadership, the Democratic Party has lost the White House, 11 seats in the Senate, 60 seats in the House of Representatives, 14 governorships, and 900 state legislative seats.
“[Obama] said, ‘I will take it as a personal insult if you don’t turn out and support me and have our side win.’ Well, he was personally insulted.
“Historians are going to see him as a textbook definition of a guy who won on hope and change, who won with a wave of goodwill and who completely destroyed his presidency with liberal overreach, beginning with Obamacare. Andthis is a rejection of ideology. Unless the Democrats understand that — if they go left to a Sanders or a Warren in the future — they are not going to survive as a party.”
Meanwhile, supporters of Nancy Pelosi are rallying to try and save her leadership position. Why?!
Thanks be to the programming gods who scheduled the crosstown series between the Chicago Cubs and White Sox the same time as the taffy pull AKA the Democrat National Convention. To simplify things, this is mostly a video montage of some of the lunacy that passes for liberal/socialism these days.
HILLARY WAS RESPLENDENT IN HER RETRO JOHN TRAVOLTA DISCO OUTFIT
THANKFULLY, ABOUT THE ONLY TWO LIBERAL MOPES I RECOGNIZE FROM THIS PRATTLING ARE MEATHEAD AND HANOI JANE. GUESS I’M NOT HIP ANY MORE.
Democratic National Convention – Our Fight Song
JAMES O’KEEFE ASSAULTED – THROWN TO GROUND During Undercover Op at DNC
HE HAD THE BAD FORTUNE TO PRETEND TO BE A HILLARY SUPPORTER AND GO AMONG THE SOCIALIST NINNIES
James was dressed as a Hillary Clinton supporter and walked through the Bernie supporters outside the Wells Fargo Convention Center. The Bernie supporters REALLY do not like Hillary.
WEBB HUBBELL’S LOVE CHILD SPEAKS
In a touching speech, Chelsea portrayed the former secretary of state as a doting grandma, who will drop everything ‘for a few minutes of blowing kisses and reading “Chugga Chugga Choo-Choo” with her granddaughter’
HOW CHARMING
DOTING DADDY
Bill Clinton And Tim Kaine Fight To Stay Awake During Hillary’s Acceptance Speech…
Elizabeth Warren Refuses To Say Tim Kaine Is “The Right Pick” For Hillary’s VP…
SHE WANTED IN ON THE MONEY, DAMMIT
Democrats At DNC Say Climate Change Is A Bigger Threat Than ISIS
NOT ONLY CAN THESE PEOPLE VOTE, THEY CAN REPRODUCE
Report: ‘Seat Fillers’ Being Employed At DNC, Lockdown In Place To Prevent Delegates From Walking Out During Hillary’s Speech
There are also other reports of Craigslist ads for $50 to fill the seats
Andrea Mitchell Calls Obama Greatest Speechwriter Since Lincoln
ACTUALLY, MRS. GREENSPAN, HE HAS A COUPLE THIRTY-SOMETHINGS WRITING HIS LIES. HE DOESN’T DO ANY ACTUAL WORK.
Wolf Blitzer Dances to ‘Sweet Caroline’ at Democratic National Convention
IT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE REPUBLICANS, ISN’T IT?
Wolf Blitzer, wine in hand, and Gloria Borger danced and sang with aplomb while “Sweet Caroline” blared out at the CNN Grill in Philadelphia.
MSNBC: Clinton Speech Sounded Like Bernie Sanders Could Have Delivered It
“They believe they’re going to win this election by making this—because it’s anti-Trump, and that gives her the luxury of, I think, campaigning on a more progressive agenda because of Trump,” Todd said. “That appears to be the calculation they made. I just—it’s not going to win over a lot of extra Republicans, put it that way, but I don’t know if that was the goal of the speech.”
Protestors break through barrier at DNC
Bernie Delagate Speaks Out Against Fraud at DNC *Seat Fillers*
HEY DUMMY: THE SYSTEM REALLY IS AS RIGGED AS BERNIE COMPLAINED IT WAS
Black Lives Matter’ Cries Interrupt DNC Moment of Silence for Slain Policemen
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez called for the moment of reverence “in honor of all of American fallen officers,” but after a few seconds, a few people shouted the famous phrase out.
Nancy Pelosi said Democrats are having a hard time getting the white male vote because of “Guns, Gays and God.” She was essentially saying they are too stupid to know what’s good for them. Pelosi’s condescending attitude is exactly how Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the arrogant Leftists think about average Americans.
THEY’RE GETTING WARMER
Galatians 6:7 “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
After the events of yesterday, this is the obligatory post about the latest massacre of innocents by the filthy scum who foment violence as their forebears once transmitted the plague that wiped out 1/3 of Europe.
In their feckless naïveté, France, Germany, and much of the continent welcomed in millions of these rabid curs, who totally rejected the law of the land while demanding the host of these parasites respect Sharia. London even recently elected one of these slimy bastards as mayor. They just don’t get it. What’s worse is that the closet Muzzie who laughingly calls himself the president plans to scoop up tens of thousands more before he slips away and his presumed successor wants to bring in another million during her first term.
There’s no need to go into the details, everybody already knows them. He was a Tunisian Muslim “migrant” named Mohammed. At last count he left 84 dead and 202 wounded. Read the headline and it was plain what kind of mutant would commit such an atrocity. All the candlelight vigils, colored lights, prayers and calls for “understanding” are worth nothing. The only thing they understand or fear is sheer force. Brutality meted out in greater measure than it is given. The current world leadership, spearheaded by a phony who wears his love for Islam on his sleeve is incapable of what must be done. With the possible exception of Russia and China, most countries wait for America to be the world’s policeman. First we have to have a leader with a full set of balls.
Statement by the President on the Attack in Nice, France
On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and other loved ones of those killed, and we wish a full recovery for the many wounded. I have directed my team to be in touch with French officials, and we have offered any assistance that they may need to investigate this attack and bring those responsible to justice. We stand in solidarity and partnership with France, our oldest ally, as they respond to and recover from this attack.
On this Bastille Day, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience and democratic values that have made France an inspiration to the entire world, and we know that the character of the French Republic will endure long after this devastating and tragic loss of life.
Clinton to Resettle One Million Muslim Migrants During First Term Alone
Based on the most recent available DHS data, the U.S. permanently resettled roughly 149,000 migrants from predominantly Muslim countries on green cards in 2014. Yet Clinton has said that, as President, she would expand Muslim migration by importing an additional 65,000 Syrian refugees into the United States during the course of a single fiscal year. Clinton has made no indication that she would limit her proposed Syrian refugee program to one year.
2014 Netanyahu warns: Islamic terror will come to France
“We’ve seen that,” Nance said. “We call them EDPs. Extremely disturbed persons, or emotionally disturbed persons. We had a case in France last year where a man beheaded his supervisor, you know, put his head on a stake and claimed that he did it in some form of radical jihadism.”
Hillary Clinton’s Answer to Nice, France Terror Attack: We Need to Launch an “Intelligence Surge”
Hillary Clinton joined Bill O’Reilly last night on The Factor to discuss the latest deadly jihadist attack in France.
Hillary told Bill her priority was to launch an “intelligence surge.”
Trump wants to shut down the border and put a temporary ban on Muslim migrants from Islamist hot-spots.
Hillary Clinton: “One of my priorities is to launch an intelligence surge. We still do not have enough intelligence cooperation between our agencies and those in other countries.”
Lucy Nesbitt-Comaskey was in Nice when terror broke out on Thursday
She said her ‘lovely shopping’ now ‘doesn’t mean anything’
On Friday she issued a grovelling apology via Facebook for her remarks
CHEERS!