MENLO PARK, CA—Tech titan Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, came out strongly against the repeal of net neutrality Friday, calling the rollback of the Obama-era regulation an “injustice.”
“Internet Service Providers should not be able to decide what people can see online,” the man who decides what two billion people can see online every day said in a Facebook video that was placed in front of the precise amount of people he wished. “It’s a violation of a free and open internet.”
“Furthermore, ISPs should not be able to charge more for certain content,” Zuckerberg intoned, though part of his $523 billion company’s revenue comes from throttling the reach of publishers’ content unless the publisher pays Facebook to show their content to people who signed up to see it anyway.
The boss of the largest social network in the world, which is widely known to smother or close down conservative pages for violating what it calls its community guidelines, stressed that the fight for net neutrality is not over. “We’re ready to work with members of Congress and others to help make the internet free and open for everyone.”
“All content should be treated equally,” he added, the slightest hint of a grin curling up the side of his mouth as the video ended.
More stories of questionable veracity from The Babylon Bee:
Throwing caution to the wind, I put concern for my personal safety aside and accompanied my beloved child bride into the maelstrom known as the shopping mall during the holiday season. Our plan had some success, given our early arrival in an effort to complete the mission and retreat before the assault reached a fever pitch. Winding our way through the JC Penney store, we emerged onto the main battlefield and took evasive action, ducking into a Zales Jewelers. Always wanting to have my betrothed awash in finery, she picked out a nice sterling silver and topaz ring. It had to be sized, so she won’t get it until the first week of January. She pointed out our anniversary is in February so she rationalized it could commemorate our long ago nuptials. She has a mind like a steel trap.
After a trek into Bed Bath and Beyond for some smelly concoctions, we were off to the grown man’s Chuck E Cheese, Victoria’s Secret. One would have thought purchasing gift cards would be a rather simple process. As we neared the counter, much to my chagrin, there were two long lines at the checkout. It was reminiscent of a WalMart the day the welfare class get their food stamps. I gave her my bank card to pay with and found a bench outside the store. The longer I stood there, watching women peruse stacks of panties and demi bras, the dirtier I felt.
Our final mission was a lunch at the food court. We dined on mango chicken with fried rice, bang bang shrimp, and spring rolls. Billy club and mace at the ready, we elbowed our way through the frenzied throng back through the Penney store and emerged, bruised but unbroken, in the parking lot to beat a strategic retreat to the sanctity of our home territory. I don’t think I want to go through that hell again. GOP senators hold back support for tax bill over child tax credit
THE SENATE HAS TO PASS A TAX CUT BILL BEFORE RECESS AND THEY KNOW IT… SO DO THE DEMOCRATS.
TRUE TO THE OLD CANARD ABOUT HERDING CATS, ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS ARE PLAYING HARD TO GET WITH THEIR VOTE FOR THIS BILL. MURKOWSKI, FLAKE, McCAIN, COLLINS, AND RUBIO HAVE ALL SET CONDITIONS FOR THEIR APPROVAL. TO HELL WITH THE PEOPLE, WE WANT WHAT WE WANT.
“Senator Rubio has consistently communicated to the Senate tax negotiators that his vote on final passage would depend on whether the refundability of the child tax credit was increased in a meaningful way,” said Rubio spokeswoman Olivia Perez-Cubas.
Conn Carroll, a spokesman for Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee, also said Lee is “undecided” on the bill in its current form. Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, the only Republican to vote against the original version of the tax bill passed by the Senate, also told Fox News he is undecided on whether he will vote for the final version of the bill http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/14/gop-senators-hold-back-support-for-tax-bill-over-child-tax-credit.html
Illness sidelines McCain, Cochran as tax vote nears HERE WE HAVE THE COUNTRY’S LONGEST LIVING RINO AND THAT CADAVER WITH A PULSE WHO ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO PASS THE TAX CUTS. MCCAIN WILL SURELY ENJOY SOMEBODY BEGGING HIM TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE HE CLAIMS TO REPRESENT FOR ONCE, AND COCHRAN WILL HAVE TO BE STRAPPED TO A FURNITURE DOLLY AND WHEELED IN. REMEMBER, THIS WAS THE CORPSE THAT McCONNELL’S HIT SQUAD PAID VOTERS IN MISSISSIPPI TO VOTE FOR TO KEEP THE SEAT AWAY FROM A CONSERVATIVE.
I RECALL WHEN THE DEMOCRATS NEEDED A VOTE FROM KKK BYRD, THEY WHEELED HIM ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE TO VOTE… ONE SNOT BUBBLE FOR YEA, TWO BUBBLES FOR NAY.
Both men missed all Senate votes this week, but their presence will be crucial early next week as the GOP tries to pass the tax bill in the Senate with a razor-thin Republican majority of 52-48 — and all Democrats opposed to the legislation. Adding to the uncertainty on Thursday was Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who said he would vote against the bill if negotiators failed to expand the child tax credit. http://www.breitbart.com/news/illness-sidelines-mccain-cochran-as-tax-vote-nears/
When Reporter Asked What Trump Is Doing To Combat Gun Violence Sanders Flips The Script
“You’re Vying To Replace Jerry Springer”: CNN’s Jim Acosta Roasted For Spreading #FakeNews About Gun Control
CNN‘s Jim Acosta is at it again. The White House correspondent spread fake news about gun control to his nearly 500,000 Twitter followers on Thursday.
Acosta was widely mocked for his tweet, as per usual.
“This is a lie. If a politician said this, Jim Acosta would interrupt the press conference to live-fact-check him with readily available FBI statistics,” pointed out National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke.
Mike Huckabee Tells Mika Brzezinski To ‘Go Pound Sand’ After She Attacks His Daughter
Mike Huckabee told Mika Brzezinski to “go pound sand” after the “Morning Joe” co-host attacked his daughter, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Wednesday.
“My daughter stands strong and tough and walks into that lion’s den of a press room every day and represents women and represents the president and represents strength in an incredible way.”
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” Brzezinski expressed disbelief that Sanders could stand by President Donald Trump’s tweet that suggested Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would “do anything” for political donations. Some thought that Trump’s tweet implied Gillibrand exchanged sexual favors for political donations.
Eric Trump: Kirsten Gillibrand visited my dad’s office ‘every three days’ to ask for campaign money “I remember Kirsten Gillibrand when she came into his office every three days to ask him for money and asking for major campaign contributions,” Eric Trump, 33, told WABC radio host Rita Cosby in an interview Wednesday. “There is no one who wanted to get into his office more than Kirsten Gillibrand.
Mr. Trump lashed out at the senator on Twitter Tuesday, calling her a “lightweight,” who would “come to my office ‘begging’ for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them).”
Mrs. Gillibrand on Tuesday called the tweet a “sexist smear” and accused the president of trying to silence his accusers. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/14/eric-trump-kirsten-gillibrand-visited-my-dads-offi/
Thom Hartmann: Trump’s Tweet Slamming Gillibrand is ‘Impeachable’ Offense
BITCH, PLEASE
The perpetual outrage machine that is the left’s pathological loathing for President Trump keeps reaching new lows in absurdity, albeit only on an hourly basis.
Plenty of liberals have labeled Trump’s tweet slamming Democrat Senator and potential 2020 opponent Kirsten Gillibrand as “sexual harassment.” But liberal radio host Thom Hartmann went beyond that and described it — I’m not making this up — as grounds for impeachment. https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jack-coleman/2017/12/14/thom-hartmann-trumps-tweet-slamming-gillibrand-impeachable-offense
USA Today: Trump is ‘not fit to clean the toilets’ at Obama’s presidential library
The paper used this interpretation to argue the President is unfit for office. NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION HAS A SITTING PRESIDENT BEEN TREATED WITH THE DISRESPECT AND OVERT LOATHING THAT THIS ONE HAS… AND ALL BECAUSE HE DEFEATED THEIR CORRUPT STANDARD BEARER.
“With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, President Trump has shown he is not fit for office. Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low.”
They went on to say President Trump would be unworthy to do bathroom duty at the Obama library. http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/12/13/usa-today-trump-not-fit-clean-toilets-obamas-presidential-library-575471
‘Merry Christmas from the president and first lady!’
Melania stuns in a glittering black cocktail dress alongside The Donald in their first official holiday portrait
The 2017 Christmas portrait was revealed on Melania’s Twitter page on Thursday
Andrea Hanks photographed the couple standing in front of the White House Blue Room on December 5
The president and first lady are holding hands and smiling for the camera in the festive photo taken in the Cross Hall
Melania opted for a sleeveless Delpozo dress featuring a sparkling applique and a pair of classic black pumps, while Trump wore a tuxedo
Ivanka, who converted to Judaism when she married Jared Kushner in 2009, shared her own festive snap from the White House on Instagram
In the image, she can be seen posing with two friends in front of a Christmas tree; she wished everyone a very ‘Happy Holidays’ in her caption
FROM CURMUDGEON OVER AT PCP: CNN Christmas Songs On Tuesday, December 12th, someone started a hashtag #CNNChristmasSongs on Twitter. I thought some of them were pretty clever.
Do You Smear Who I Smear?
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fake News
Let Bias Show, Let Bias Show, Let Bias Show
O Come, All Ye Hateful
Rudolph the Red Nosed Anonymous Source
Deck The Halls With Tons Of Fake News
Rumors We Have Heard on High
I’ll Be Wrong For Christmas
Rockin’ Around The Mistakes We Make
O Holy Cow! Trump Is Tweeting Nightly!
Whose Aborted Child Is This
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Bullshit
Acosty The Snowflake
O Whine All Ye Faithful
Silent The Right
All I Want For Christmas Is Some Russian Collusion
I Saw Daddy Drinking 12 Diet Cokes
Russians We Have Heard On High
Lemon Got Run Over By A Trump Tweet
The Lemon Dumber Boy
Little Tapper Boy
It Came Upon A Source Unclear
Acosta We Have Heard, Was High
Jingles Sell
I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus http://politicalclownparade.blogspot.com/2017/12/cnn-christmas-songs.html
The plan is to relate my tale of trial in to the belly of the shopping mall beast, but that will have to wait until I return from making my appointed rounds. Meanwhile I thought you might get a kick out of some funny felines in the holiday spirit.
After Tuesday night’s results my first inclination was to just ignore things for a few days. Then I look at the stats and see that there are still a few of you who actually come here even when Chrissy hasn’t posted anything. I enjoy doing this, but as it is in life, there are good days and bad days. Your only hope is that the good outnumber the bad. I’ve seen a few facts about the race Tuesday night I will attempt to synopsize (I don’t really care if that’s a word, it just sounded good). There’s no rhyme or reason to my rants…never has been. I’m not a professional writer. I’m not a professional anything unless being a pain in the ass counts. I don’t really mean to be, but I’m really good at it.
‘You Gotta Give the Devil Its Due’: Bannon Praises DNC’s ‘Ground Game’ in Alabama “The DNC came in here — slipped in here — underneath the radar and did an amazing job of organizing — what’s my favorite word — ground game,” Bannon said.
He suggested that Democrats outworked Republicans and were able to drive voter turnout. http://ijr.com/2017/12/1034491-you-gotta-give-the-devil-its-due-bannon-praises-dncs-ground-game-in-alabama/
GOP’s Shelby played key role in Alabama Democrat’s victory Shelby, Alabama’s senior senator and the state’s most influential official, publicly opposed GOP nominee Roy Moore and declared before the election that “the state of Alabama deserves better” than a former judge accused of sexual contact with teenage girls decades ago.
A former Democrat, Shelby, 83, announced weeks before the election that he had already cast an absentee ballot for another, unspecified Republican, even as President Donald Trump and other prominent state Republicans stood up for Moore. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ALABAMA_SENATE_SHELBY?SITE=MYPSP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-12-13-18-00-24
Tammy Bruce: Republican Establishment Wants To Lose Senate Majority So Trump’s Agenda Fails Conservative commentator Tammy Bruce, in a discussion about Alabama Republican candidate for Senate Roy Moore, said the Republican establishment want the party to lose the majority in the Senate so the Trump agenda fails. Bruce cited Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), who announced he did not vote for Moore, and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who donated to the Democratic candidate Doug Jones, as examples.
“This is a test for the president,” Bruce said Tuesday on FOX News’ Hannity. “I think what you’ve seen with Shelby going against it. Jeff Flake, giving money to this guy. I think the Republicans in the Senate want to lose the Senate. I think they want the president’s agenda to fail and the only way to really achieve that is to suddenly become the minority.”
“Tammy, that is a profound, a deeply troubling thing you just said,” host Sean Hannity said. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/12/12/tammy_bruce_republican_establishment_wants_to_lose_senate_majority_so_trumps_agenda_fails.html
She may be spot on. The Republican elites care nothing for being in the majority. If they did, they’d have helped the president with his agenda. All they care about is getting their share of the money. It’s far easier to sit back and make false claims about what you would do if you had the power than to actually do it. Spin it any way you want…now the Dems can’t hold Moore over every Republican next year. Jones can’t win the general in 2020. The democrats got one of the heaviest black turnouts ever. They also offered cash for votes. Heavily black Montgomery County waited until all the other counties had reported before they released their totals. Some of you may remember the close presidential race in 1960 between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Nixon was leading, but Mayor Daley was withholding the totals from Cook County. Whoever won Illinois won the election. He waited to see how many votes they needed to steal the election. That’s where the legend of the dead voter came from. They succeeded and the rest, as they say, is history. They’ve been getting away with it for decades and will continue to because they pay absolutely no price for it.
Trump: I Was Right About the Alabama Senate Race But the president, who backed Moore’s primary opponent Luther Strange, wasn’t done commenting on the race, tweeting Wednesday:
“The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!” https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/12/13/trump-tweet-on-race-n2421942
Steve Bannon’s Big Loss in Alabama
The big loser in Tuesday’s Alabama’s special Senate election was not the Republican Party. They had already lost weeks ago, the moment the Washington Post wrote their (carefully vetted, in this instance) exposé of the thirty-year-old sexual proclivities of Judge Roy Moore.
In many ways, the Republicans are lucky not to have Moore to deal with in Congress. They can face obvious White House aspirant Kirsten Gillibrand and her merry band of hypocrites with a straight face. https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/steve-bannons-big-loss-alabama/
Why Republicans Shouldn’t Worry Too Much About Moore’s Loss Even with the loss of a seat to Jones, Republicans still retain enough of a majority to pass whatever legislation they want, provided all 51 Republican senators vote in lockstep. Senate Republicans passed a budget in October that allows leadership to pass legislation with only 51 “yes” votes and bypass filibusters from Democrats altogether.
Jones also won’t be a factor Republicans have to consider for a number of weeks. Leadership announced Tuesday that Jones will not likely be seated until after the Christmas recess, which means Republicans will maintain their 52 seat majority while finalizing tax reform and negotiating the upcoming budget agreement. http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/why-republicans-shouldnt-worry-too-much-about-moores-loss/
Comparing Moore in 2012 to Moore in 2017
Comparing Trump in 2016 to Moore in 2017
In 2012, Moore won a state Supreme Court seat. In 2017 he outperformed his margins in 32 counties, but in 35 others he did worse.
Every single county swung left compared to 2016, with some moving more than 15 points. Moore lost 12 counties that Trump won.
AS EXPECTED, THE LIBERAL GLOAT-FEST WAS NOTHING SHORT OF VOMIT INDUCING Chuck Todd Warns: ‘Every Republican’ Must ‘Fear for Their Political Lives’
“Now Republicans have to be asking themselves, is this a one-off, is this a candidate who was flawed, or is this a sign of what could happen in the 2018 midterms?” Rather than blame Moore for the loss, Todd had someone else in mind:
“First of all, Donald Trump is political toxin, period. Look at the year throughout. You have to go through – this is not a one-off. Let’s start – this started in Kansas, in Montana, in Georgia, there were all these special elections. And Democrats didn’t win them, but they were over-performing by 10 and 15 points. Democratic enthusiasm, Trump problems.” https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2017/12/13/chuck-todd-warns-every-republican-must-fear-their-political-lives
CBS Celebrates Jones Campaign Efforts, Predicts ‘GOP On the Ropes’ The first segment was narrated by reporter Manuel Bojorquez, who declared that “Alabama voters rolled back the political tides yesterday.” He highlighted the efforts of the Jones campaign in the days leading up to the election: “Jones was able to energize a traditionally weak democratic network here … He was buoy by millions in outside money and outspent Moore on campaign ads by 5-1.”
“His campaign says supporter knocked on 300,000 doors and made more than a million phone calls. And Jones had multiple campaign appearances a day while Moore shied away from cameras, dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls,” Bojorquez added. https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2017/12/14/cbs-celebrates-jones-campaign-efforts-predicts-gop-ropes
“We Did It!” – GOP Establishment and #NeverTrumpers Cheer Republican Roy Moore’s Loss
Several establishment Republicans and imposters cheered the election victory of Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama on Tuesday.
Bill Kristol‘s #NeverTrump leader Evan McMullin sent out an email on Wednesday cheering the Democrat victory.
These people have no commitment to the American people.
Democrat policies create pain and suffering on society.
These GOP elites could not care less.
So here is Evan McButthead.
Or, if you prefer, Evan McAsshat.
Breitbart News Daily Callers Explain Alabama GOP Senate Loss: ‘Mitch McConnell Is a Snake’
“I don’t see how there’s any justification for Mitch McConnell to have a fund where he gets to pick the candidate. Is that what the head of the party’s supposed to be doing?” asked Ralph in Colorado, criticizing McConnell’s influence over the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF).
The SLF is led by Steven Law, McConnell’s former chief of staff. The SLF spent millions of dollars supporting Sen. Luther Strange’s (R-AL) failed primary campaign against Roy Moore. http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/12/13/breitbart-news-daily-callers-explain-alabama-gop-senate-loss-mitch-mcconnell-snake/
Dems Find Winning Formula
“The Democrats finally got their narrative shifting win even if it was the result of accusing an honorable man of being a child molester and plumbing the gutters of racial demagoguery. The party and its radical left backers in California threw everything that they had into this election and it worked, setting up three years of sexual smears to come that they hope will result in their return to power.
However, they couldn’t have pulled it off without a huge helping hand from Republicans who with the exception of President Trump, refused to support their own candidate and losing a Senate seat that should have been theirs for the taking. It’s probably more accurate to attribute Jones’ big win to Moore being fragged by his own troops led by Mitch McConnell who made it clear that the judge would never be seated if he did win by threatening an immediate ethics investigation into the four-decades-old allegations from a handful of women.
Will the women now simply go away? That is probably a pretty safe bet, they have served their purpose. Even with their win, it took a massive mobilization of black voters and a registration of felons to beat Moore and now that they have served their purpose, the Democrats will forget about them and move on to the next race.” – DONN MARTEN
Dem Rep Hijacks Rosenstein Hearing To Talk Sexual Harassment
Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee went on an inexplicable rant about sexual harassment claims during a congressional hearing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
“What intentions does the Department of Justice have to allow these women, who are accusing the president of sexual misconduct and have never been heard in terms of a public setting…what does the Department of Justice intend to do?”
“If they file a lawsuit, they’re free to do so, it would be a Department matter” Rosenstein responded somewhat incredulously. http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/dem-rep-hijacks-rosenstein-hearing-to-talk-sexual-harassment-video/
It cost the democrats and the McConnell mob $100 million and a non-stop 6-week assault by their media hitmen to keep just enough republicans at home to eke out a narrow victory. The commie prick will serve the next two years but in all likelihood will not be re-elected in a state like Alabama. The democrats couldn’t care less. They picked up an invaluable seat to encourage the mindless army of parasites who support them that they can wrest back the House next year.
The first item on the agenda? Of course: IMPEACH TRUMP!!
I still do not watch broadcast news but I’m sure there are back slaps all around at a smear campaign well done. Such is the state of politics today. The key for success seems to be to have a bevy of women come forward against every vulnerable republican male and accuse them of sexual misconduct. At least this takes away Franken’s excuse for not leaving the senate.
ALABAMA ELECTION RESULTS: Judge Roy Moore Against “Lynch Mob Media” …Update: DEMOCRAT JONES WINS ALABAMA
Democrats are excited that black turnout is at 30%.
REMEMBER THEY WERE OFFERING $1-$100 TO VOTE FOR JONES? HOW’D THAT WORK OUT?
GOPe Spent $500,000 to Defeat Roy Moore and Campaigns Against Him — Then Trashes Steve Bannon When He Loses
Republican elites spent at least $500,000 against Republican candidate Roy Moore in Alabama.
Anti-Trump presidential candidate Evan McMullin spent $500,000 on digital and TV ads that ask Alabama conservatives to reject Republican nominee Roy Moore’s Senate bid.
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell told Roy Moore to step down.
Republican Senator Richard Shelby told CNN on Sunday that he would not vote for Judge Roy Moore.
Roy Moore lost tonight in Alabama to ultra-liberal Doug Jones by .7% in a special election with a very low turnout
These GOP elites must be wiped completely out of the Republican party. These are not honest people. They do not give a rat’s ass about your well-being.
CtH: This just makes me even more TRUMP than I was before! And I didn’t even like him when I voted for him. I’ve just been super impressed with what a great job he’s been doing. Plus, I love his wife.
Alabama Senate Special Election – JONES wins
While this was a candidate specific loss, it certainly will be spun as part of a wave that started in Virginia and will be a precursor of the midterms. It also means that the Trump agenda is on the ropes, with just a single vote margin next year. Tax reform needs to pass this year (since Jones will not be seated until next term), or it may not get done. You probably can forget anything else big getting done before the midterms, not with McCain and Collins and a couple of others who barely vote with Trump.
EXPECT THIS KIND OF BULLSHIT FROM NOW UNTIL NOV. 2018:
Clinton celebrates Jones’ victory: ‘Onward!’
Hillary Clinton celebrated the victory of Alabama Senate candidate Doug Jones (D) on Tuesday, calling for Democrats to “compete everywhere.””Tonight, Alabama voters elected a senator who’ll make them proud,” Clinton tweeted. “And if Democrats can win in Alabama, we can — and must — compete everywhere. Onward!”
Cheers Can Be Heard on CNN as Dem Jones Takes the Lead in Alabama
In the early part of the 10:00 p.m. Eastern hour, and before the Alabama Senate race was called for Democrat Doug Jones, cheers could be heard on CNN’s live broadcast as Wolf Blitzer announced Jones had taken the lead. “All of a sudden, Doug Jones is taking the lead.”
“Hale County just came in, which puts him back in the lead,” explained Inside Politics host John King as they stood in front of the map. And as they spoke an audible whoop from off-camera could be heard.
THERE WILL BE HOURS AND HOURS OF COMMENTARY ABOUT THE REBUKE OF THE TRUMP AGENDA AND THE BRIGHTENING FUTURE FOR DEMOCRATS ALL DAY TODAY AND FOR SOME TIME TO COME.
I’ll be gone a large part of the day and we’re braving the hordes at the mall to get gift cards for our 11 and 16 year old granddaughters at…Victoria’s Secret. YAAAA!!!!!!
After my blood pressure came down, DW said they have a line of things for younger girls called “Pink.” A call to my eldest confirmed this and said they LOVED Victoria’s Secret. I always viewed it like Larry The Cable guy does… like a grown man’s Chuck E. Cheese.
While we’re there we’ll stop at the food court. There’s a little place called the Thai Hut that serves Mango Chicken. Really yummy. She doesn’t know it yet, but I’ve put a little away and plan to stop by Zale’s Jewelers (hint: I don’t wear jewelry). It never hurts to put a little honey on the biscuit, know what I mean?
[CtH: Pete and Dearest are tied for the PoliNation Husband Award! I’m getting a closet and a pedometer for Christmas. I asked for the pedometer, cuz I’ve been getting strong enough lately that we have been able to take Daisey out on the Rail Trail! Yay me!! And I want to know how far I walk for my Rehab Stats Report I give my 2 doctors. We’ve measured our street, so that’s easy, but the Rail Trails don’t have any mile markers. The closet was a TOTAL SURPRISE! He just up and cleaned it out and said I could have it! He’s a pack rat, so this was a MAJOR thing for him. God works in mysterious ways His wonders to behold!]
It’s going to be difficult going through this garbage for awhile, but I’ll do the best I can.
BABY PARTS:Two companies have admitted guilt for selling baby body parts in a $7.7 million settlement with the district attorney in Orange County, CA. In the agreement, DV Biologics LLC and DaVinci Biosciences LLC must cease all operations in California within 60 to 120 days and admit liability for violations of state and federal law prohibiting the sale or purchase of fetal tissue. This news comes just days after the Justice Department started an investigation into the trafficking of fetal body parts.
TAX CUTS:The Treasury Department says the GOP’s proposed tax plan “would pay for itself and more, actually boosting revenue by $300 billion over 10 years.” Treasury’s numbers differ from that of a congressional forecast by taking into account the potential for stronger economic growth.
HYPOCRITE:New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand tooted, “We won’t be silenced”, about Trump’s alleged history of sexual abuse. Ben Shapiro and others pointed out that she had not only been silent for years about Bill Clinton, while she benefited from her association with the Clinton family, but had literally fawned over Slick Willy in public.
SPACE:Remember when Obama told NASA to focus on making Muslims feel good about their contributions to science while proving climate change would kill us all? Trump just signed his first Space Policy Directive 1 (SPD-1) directing NASA to lead an innovative space exploration program to send American astronauts back to the Moon, and eventually Mars.
SICK:Big name celebrities are preparing to celebrate Baby Jesus’ birth by fundraising for America’s largest producer of aborted babies. The show description reads, “Let’s have a fun night and get into the holiday spirit for a great cause at Feliz Navipod’s Feliz Navidad Variety Show. A night of comedy and music benefiting Planned Parenthood. PLUS, free Christmas treats!”
FAKE NEWS:Believe it or not, this is a real Newsweek headline — “Because of Donald Trump, people are attacking synagogues and burning Israeli flags.” Yes, because nobody ever did those things before Trump recognized Jerusalem. ::eyeroll::
I read somewhere or other that the term “right wing” for fascists originated in the British government, where the communists were seated on the far left while their mortal enemies, the fascists, were seated as far away from them as possible, on the far right, so as to minimize the likelihood of brawling.
Butfascism truly belongs to the big government left side of the political spectrum, where top down regulations trump individual freedoms. It was invented by an Italian and was first put into practice in Italy. In brief,it is simply socialism with a national identity.
Fascism bears no resemblance to right-wing conservatism, where grass roots responsibility and individual freedoms come first and government power is carefully limited.
This FLOTUS seems to have a true heart for suffering children. It seems like every time she travels, I see a story about how she visited the pediatric ward of a local hospital.
This holiday season, she visited with patients and staff at Children’s National hospital in the nation’s capital. Then-FLOTUS Bess Truman began the now-traditional practice more than 60 years ago.
Mrs. Trump answered questions from the kids and read The Polar Express to them.
Her favorite Christmas song is “O Holy Night.”
Her favorite family Christmas tradition is eating dinner on Christmas Eve before they attend midnight Mass or worship services on Christmas Day, followed by another family dinner. “On the 25th, Santa comes. We open the presents and spend time together.”
Her favorite thing to eat for Christmas dinner is “healthy food. You feel very good after. Not too much eating,” she said. “The most important part is to spend time with the family.”
Her dream Christmas destination would be to “spend my holidays on a deserted island, tropical island with my family,” she said.
It was not Mrs. Trump’s first visit to Children National. She visited earlier in the year to help prepare a “healing garden” for patients that she helped dedicate on a follow-up visit.
U.S.—The aftermath of the sexual revolution is working out just splendidly, reported a nation filled with perverts, pedophiles, and sexual predators Friday afternoon.
The country currently reaping the consequences of decades of declining sexual morals reported it would do it all over again in a heartbeat, further stating that it was “really proud” of the progress it had made over the past fifty years. When asked about the numerous scandals, controversies, and painful repercussions of the sexual revolution coming to light in recent months, nearly every person in the nation confirmed it was “feeling great” about the sexual revolution and its insidious consequences.
“This is fine—totally fine,” one political commentator on NBC filling in for Matt Lauer said. “I think the sexual revolution is working out just great, and I’m proud to live in the US where we’re uninhibited by outdated ideas about human relationships, like monogamy and faithfulness.”
According to the country with dozens of famous celebrities, television pundits, and politicians currently embroiled in sexual scandals, the sexual revolution was a necessary period that allowed the nation to throw off the outdated, restricted shackles of religion and biblical morality.
“I really pity all those backward parts of the world that haven’t had the privilege of experiencing their own sexual revolution,” one politician said as he checked Twitter to see if his own personal indiscretions had been revealed yet. “One day, they’ll be enlightened too.”
Obama still doesn’t get it – optimism, not whining, grows an economy
IT’S SIMPLE. HE HAS NO CLUE HOW AN ECONOMY WORKS AND COULDN’T CARE LESS. HIS FOCUS WAS ON SHOVING SOCIALISM AND RACIAL HATRED DOWN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’S THROATS. HE REVELED IN THE MISERY HE CAUSED.
What Obama never understood is that there is a close and important correlation between optimism and growth. Optimistic consumers spend money. Optimistic investors buy stocks. Most important, business leaders who view the future positively will invest in growth.
The optimism unleashed on November 8, 2016, was astonishing. The very next month, consumer confidence soared to a 15-year high, according to the Conference Board, “well ahead of analysts’ expectations.” To be precise, the index rose to 107.1 from 98.6; economic gurus were forecasting 101.5. It wasn’t the “current conditions” survey that popped, but rather the “future” outlook that jumped to the highest level since 2003.
“Tonight, I am directing the World Trade Center spire to be lit in red, white and blue as a symbol of our essential values of freedom and democracy, a bright spire showing the world that those core principles will always shine brightly in New York.”
CELEBRATES A FAILED SUICIDE BOMBING WITH A LIGHT SHOW…BRILLIANT
Trump Blames NYC Terror Attack On Immigration Policies
Today’s attempted mass murder attack in New York City—the second terror attack in New York in the last two months—once again highlights the urgent need for Congress to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people,” Trump said in a statement.
The alleged terrorist Akayed Ullah, 27, entered the U.S. in 2011 through extended family chain migration. The terror attack left four, including Ullah, injured.
Sarah Sanders Gets Into It With CNN Over Fake News Question: ‘I’m Not Finished!’
I ALWAYS CONSIDERED THE LATE TONY SNOW AS THE BEST PRESS SECRETARY I EVER SAW. BUT SARAH SANDERS SURE IMPRESSES ME. FOR ALL THE BITCHING IN THE MEDIA ABOUT BULLYING, THEY ARE BY FAR THE RUDEST AND MOST ILL-MANNERED EVER TO CRAP ON THE PROFESSION. SHE GIVES AS GOOD AS AND BETTER THAN SHE GETS. YOU GOTTA LIKE THAT.
“There’s a very big difference between making honest mistakes and purposely misleading the American people. Something that happens regularly. You cannot say that it is an honest mistake when you are purposely putting out information that you know to be false or when you’re taking information that has not been validated, hasn’t been offered with any credibility and continually denied by a number of people including people with direct knowledge of an instance. I am speaking about the number of reports over the last couple weeks. I am stating that there should be a certain level of responsibility in that process.”
Journos Fret Over Sarah Sanders Calling Out Fake News
Journalists lost their minds on Monday when White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders battled CNN’s Jim Acosta over fake news.
“A number of outlets have had to retract and change and rewrite and make editor’s note to a number of different stories,” Sanders said of the false stories being peddled by the likes of CNN, Bloomberg, and ABC. “There’s a very big difference between making honest mistakes and purposely misleading the American people.”
Brzezinski Blasts Huckabee Sanders for Attacks on Media: ‘She Does Not Say Anything That Is Truthful and She Does Not Intend To’
[CtH: Just cuz you’re offended, doesn’t mean it isn’t 100% true.]
Frum and Bernstein Talk About Trump Instead of Media’s Mistakes
Dem Rep. Bobby Rush Sued for $1 Million to Collect Unpaid Loan for Church He Founded
Wellness center connected to church has received $17 million in gov’t grants
FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FROM ILLINOIS, BOBBY RUSH IS A FORMER BLACK PANTHER WHO IS JUST A BIG A CROOK AS THE REST OF THEM. A YOUNG COMMUNITY ORGANIZER NAMED BARACK OBAMA RAN AGAINST HIM IN 1990. HE WAS DEFEATED SOUNDLY BECAUSE HE WASN’T BLACK ENOUGH FOR CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE.
Democratic representative Bobby Rush is being sued for $1 million after failing to make payments on a loan he received for a church he founded in his home district in Illinois.
A wellness center linked to the church has also collected more than $2.6 million in taxpayer-funded government grants in 2017 and more than $17 million in grants since 2008, according to records.
Now, the loan Rush secured has gone delinquent, and the creditor is seeking to recoup the money through the Cook County court system. A $1.1 million judgment was issued against Rush for $542,000 in unpaid principal, $441,000 in interest, and nearly $50,000 in attorney fees.
Jerry Brown: ‘I Don’t Think President Trump Has a Fear of the Lord’ California Governor Jerry Brown went Biblical on Sunday evening, telling CBS News’ 60 Minutes that President Donald Trump does not fear God because he does not believe in climate change.
[CtH: Seriously? I’m supposed to CARE what Jerry Brown thinks about God?]
Why Lois Lerner believes U.S. taxpayers have ‘no legitimate’ reason to see her tea party testimony ONE OF MY FERVENT HOPES IS TO ONE DAY SEE THIS ARROGANT CRONE AND THAT SNEERING WEASEL JOHN KOSKINEN FACE FELONY CHARGES.
[CtH: It would be so beautiful to see her marched off in an orange jumpsuit.]
Ms. Lerner and her former chief lieutenant, Holly Paz, have said they faced death threats in the past, and say they fear any more attention to their behavior would spur a new round of harassment.
They said there’s “exceedingly low” public interest in having their depositions released, and they said tea party groups are pushing for disclosure out of “spite.”
SPITE? IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES?
Dem Senators Call on Trump to Resign ‘Immediately’ “I think he should immediately resign, and if he doesn’t, we should have the investigation,” she said, calling the allegations “credible.”
Three of her colleagues, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), agree Trump needs to go. His crimes, they argue, are equal to or worse than those that derailed their colleague Al Franken’s career.
We’ll teach you not to wish Jake Tapper a “Merry Christmas”
Horror of horrors, when the interview concluded, Ambassador Haley said, “Merry Christmas” to Tapper. Why is that an issue? Because Jake Tapper is Jewish. Despite the fact that this goes on between people of all faiths (or none) all over the country every day at this time of year, you just knew somebody would jump on it.
At the conclusion of his next interview with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tapper demonstrated how to acknowledge someone of the Jewish faith.
“If I don’t see you before Tuesday,” Tapper told Schiff, “Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year’s as well.”
TRUMP CURSE CONTINUES: Leftie Rocker Rushed to Hospital for Emergency Operation after Snarky Trump Tweet
It’s real, folks.
@JohnMayer
Idea: somebody should tell Trump they want to make a 3-D scan of his head for a statue but really it’s an MRI.
1:24 AM – Nov 29, 2017
A week later, Mayer was rushed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy last week. Palestinians use ambulances to transport and shield rioters
A repeat during anti-Trump riots of what we saw in Gaza 2014, the misuse of medical facilities and transport.
The reaction to Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to move the Embassy has not generated nearly the heat and fury as predicted.