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  • Nancy Pelosi is Now the Adult in the Room, and That’s a Huge Problem for Democrats

    03/08/2019 4:55:23 AM PST · by EyesOfTX · 15 replies
    DB Daily Update ^ | David Blackmon
    Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) Ohhhhh, the humanityyyyyyy!!!!! – All hell broke loose on social media among the snowflakes, social justice warriors and fake journalists who work for the New York Times and CNN when the judge in the Paul Manafort trial rejected American Gestapo Chief, er, “Special Counsel” Robert Mueller’s draconian sentencing recommendation. Instead of going with Herr Mueller’s recommended 19-24 years, which would have certainly been a life in prison sentence for the 69 year-old defendant, Judge T.S. Ellis III issued a sentence of 47 months behind bars. Manafort, who was convicted of literally nothing...
  • If You're Serious About Climate...

    03/08/2019 4:49:05 AM PST · by Kaslin · 18 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 8, 2019 | Mona Charen
    Do you ever wonder why people run for office? I mean, unless you're a total cynic, you must assume that at least part of the motivation is wanting to do good. Sure, those who run for office want fame and prestige, but they also have strongly held views and want to affect public policy, right? So why in the world would they engage in sabotage of the ideas they hope to advance? That's undeniably what Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey have done with their juvenile Green New Deal. Consider: The caricature of environmentalists is that they are just...
  • Venezuela hit by major blackout, government blames 'sabotage'

    03/08/2019 4:45:39 AM PST · by C19fan · 29 replies
    Reuters ^ | March 7, 2019 | Staff
    A major power outage hit crisis-stricken Venezuela on Thursday, according to Reuters witnesses, a problem the government of President Nicolas Maduro quickly blamed on "sabotage" at a hydroelectric dam that provides much of the country's power. Electricity outages are frequent in Venezuela, where the economy is collapsing under hyperinflation, with chronic shortages of food and medicine and a mass emigration of more than 3 million citizens. Critics say corruption and under investment have left the country's power grid unable to function, while Maduro says the problems are intentionally created by political adversaries.
  • Some debate questions Democrats should answer

    03/08/2019 4:39:55 AM PST · by billorites · 11 replies
    Boston Herald ^ | March 5, 2019 | Howie Carr
    I can’t wait for the Democrat presidential debates. So many questions immediately come to mind, although I’m sure they will never be asked, considering that most of the “moderators” will be Democrat operatives with press passes — think George Stephanopoulos, Jake Tapper, Chuck Todd et al. But here are some obvious inquiries for the woke 2020 presidential field: Do you agree with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that climate change will doom the world within 12 years? Given the fact that the U.S. has greatly reduced its carbon emissions even as China, India and much of the rest of the Third...
  • Joy Behar Nuances Herself Into the Far Left Corner

    03/08/2019 4:38:36 AM PST · by Kaslin · 9 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 8, 2019 | David Limbaugh
    "The View's" Joy Behar did a masterful job of revealing her political ignorance when she grilled co-host Meghan McCain on why Republicans still support President Donald Trump, given his "treasonous behavior." Behar was referring to Trump's friendly relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his taking Kim at his word when Kim denied any responsibility for the imprisonment and torture of University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who died in 2017. I can't explain Trump's remarks on Warmbier, but it is preposterous to argue that they were treasonous. Why can't Behar be content with, say, "outrageous" as a...
  • Israeli FM Refuses to Apologize for Saying Poles ‘Suckle Anti-Semitism’

    03/08/2019 4:23:06 AM PST · by Cronos · 26 replies
    The Jewish Voice ^ | 27 Feb 2019 | WNI
    Israel’s acting foreign minister tried to defuse the diplomatic spat with Poland on Monday, but he is still refusing to apologize for his remarks last week regarding anti-Semitism in that country. Warsaw has demanded an apology for Yisrael Katz’s statement that “the memory of the Holocaust is something we cannot compromise about, it is something clear and we won’t forget or forgive. Poles collaborated with the Nazis, and as [former prime minister] Yitzhak Shamir, whose father was murdered by Poles, said, ‘they suckle anti-Semitism with their mother’s milk.’”
  • Friday Fun

    03/08/2019 4:22:39 AM PST · by sodpoodle · 10 replies
    email | 3/8/2019 | unknown
    A woman ran a red traffic light and crashed into a man's car. Both of their cars are demolished, but amazingly neither of them was hurt. After they crawled out of their cars, the woman said; "Wow, just look at our cars. There’s nothing left, but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days." The man replied," I agree with you completely. This must be a sign from God!" The woman continued, "And look at this, here's another miracle....
  • Ocasio-Cortez Fundraising Email: Let's End The U.S.-Israeli Relationship

    03/08/2019 4:17:38 AM PST · by BadLands59 · 41 replies
    Townhall ^ | 3/8/2019 | Matt Vespa
    Well, if you thought there would be a day where the far left wing of the House Democratic caucus would quiet down a bit, given their anti-Semitism issues, you’d be wrong. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sent a fundraising email last night suggesting that AIPAC was coming after her and that the U.S.-Israeli relationship should be severed. No, I’m not kidding. This is insanity.
  • Bump Stock Case Expedited by Court of Appeals in DC

    03/08/2019 4:16:03 AM PST · by marktwain · 11 replies
    Ammoland ^ | 5 March, 2019 | Dean Weingarten
    The appeal by the Plaintiffs against the BATFE in the bump stock ruling has been expedited.  The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ordered the parties to submit briefs by March 4th of 2019. That is extraordinarily fast by U.S. appeals court standards. The original ruling by the Circuit court hinged on the notion that ordinary words are ambiguous, and an agency can reverse previous rulings when the agency decides to do so.  From the opinion: Most of the plaintiffs’ administrative law challenges are foreclosed by the Chevron doctrine, which permits an agency...
  • Mysterious new orca species likely identified (plus video)

    03/08/2019 4:07:49 AM PST · by blueplum · 32 replies
    National Geographic ^ | 07 Mar 2019 | Douglas Main
    At the bottom of the world, in some of the roughest seas, live mysterious killer whales that look very different from other orcas. Now, for the first time, scientists have located and studied these animals in the wild. The orcas are “highly likely” to be a new species, says Robert Pitman, a researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The scientific team made the finding in January about 60 miles off the coast of Cape Horn, Chile..
  • News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 3/8/2019

    03/08/2019 3:56:14 AM PST · by Nextrush · 5 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 3/8/2019 | Nextrush/Self
    At the top of the news from the UK....Tommy Robinson's "contempt of court" case for reporting outside a grooming gang trial involving Muslim defendants will go to trial on March 22nd..... Living proof of Venezuela's serious problems Thursday with a nationwide power outage.... A weekend of Yellow Vests rallies starting today in France. Its Week 17 of the Yellow Vests protests. A call for a weekend long presence at the Champs-de-Mars near the Eiffel Tower starting this evening..... Some 36 nations led by Iceland including the 28 European Union nations have condemned Saudi Arabia for the killing of Saudi journalist...
  • LOL: This Video Exposes AOC For The Hypocrite She Truly Is (And It's Awesome)

    03/08/2019 3:56:00 AM PST · by Kaslin · 26 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 8, 2019 | Beth Bauman
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hasn't been in office very long and we've all seen right through her. We know she's a hypocrite. She likes to tout her Socialist ideas that "benefit everyone" and the "community as a whole" but really, she's talking out of both sides of her mouth. She wants everyone to share their hard earned money but she doesn't want to share hers. She wants "dark money" out of politics, but only if that money is someone other than hers.After all, just a few days ago a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint was filed against Ocasio-Cortez, saying her chief...
  • Absurd 'Anti-Hate' Resolution Is a Disgrace

    03/08/2019 3:49:02 AM PST · by Kaslin · 35 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 8, 2019 | Mark Davis
    Even in the most frustrating of stories, there are heroes. In the case of the watered-down piece of “anti-hate” dreck passed by the Congress Thursday, it is the 23 Republicans who refused to play the ridiculous game laid out before them. What started as pressure to denounce the repeated anti-Semitic words of freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar was quickly broadened to protect her from the specific sting of rebuke. The idea arose of a broad pronouncement against anti-Semitism, a worthy idea since it does seem to be on the rise in general. But that wasn’t the point. The point was that...
  • The Democratic Party Has Normalized Anti-Semitism

    03/08/2019 3:38:43 AM PST · by RoosterRedux · 20 replies
    The Federalist ^ | David Harsanyi
    This week, the Democratic Party was unable to pass a watered-down, platitudinous resolution condemning anti-Semitism, due to “fierce backlash” from presidential candidates, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the now-powerful progressive base. Rather than censuring Rep. Ilhan Omar, the intellectually frivolous, Hamas-supporting freshman representative from Minnesota, she was rewarded and inoculated from party criticism. More consequently, the Democrats deemed Protocols of Zion-style attacks a legitimate form of debate. That’s because Omar, despite what you hear, has repeatedly attacked Jews, not only Israel supporters, and certainly not only specific Israeli policies. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who would finally bring...
  • US urges resumption of dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo

    03/08/2019 3:20:25 AM PST · by blueplum · 4 replies
    AP ^ | 08 Mar 2019 | DUSAN STOJANOVIC
    BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A high-ranking U.S. envoy has urged Serbia and Kosovo to stop provoking each other and to resume their discussions over how to normalize relations between the two former wartime foes. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, who met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, also called Friday on Kosovo to lift a 100 percent tariff on Serbian goods so that European Union-mediated talks can resume.
  • S. Korea, US sign deal on Seoul paying more for US military

    03/08/2019 3:14:06 AM PST · by blueplum · 4 replies
    AP ^ | 08 Mar 2019 | HYUNG-JIN KIM
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the U.S. on Friday formally signed a deal on Seoul's increased payment for the U.S. troop deployment, amid worries about the future of the countries' decades-long military alliance... South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris signed the new cost-sharing deal on Friday. During a signing ceremony, Kang called the deal "the results of hard work and sometimes difficult work" that "the alliance can build upon to become stronger and greater." Harries said the deal's signing underscores "the importance of iron-clad nature of our alliance."
  • Mexico's 'hearts and minds' battle to loosen organized crime's grip

    03/08/2019 3:03:12 AM PST · by blueplum · 8 replies
    Reuters ^ | 07 Mar 2019 | LizBeth Diaz
    ,,,,Santa Rosa lies in Guanajuato state, part of the country’s industrial heartland that was long peaceful and is a major magnet for carmakers such as Volkswagen, General Motors and Toyota, but it suffered a doubling of murders last year, making it one of the most violent regions, official data shows. Eduardo Solis, head of Mexico’s automotive industry lobby, said on Wednesday the situation in Guanajuato was threatening business and had the look of a “crisis.” Security has sharply deteriorated in the gangland struggle to control fuel rackets, and at 2,609 last year, murders in Guanajuato were over 10 times higher...
  • Jewish Obstinacy in the Age of Omar

    03/08/2019 3:00:31 AM PST · by RoosterRedux · 14 replies
    American Thinker ^ | Steve Feinstein
    [T]here is an undeniable anti-Semitic aspect in current-day Democratic politics, as optimized by the many offensive statements issued by freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi, faced on one hand with growing public pressure to condemn what is seen as blatant anti-Semitism and trying to balance the need not to cause a fracture within the Democratic Party on the other hand, is trying to walk a fine line. The liberal Washington Post is even trying to give Pelosi an escape route by saying that Omar’s criticism of Israeli policies or American politicians’ actions should not be...
  • Tommy Robinson On Trial Friday March 22nd, Ban On Discussing Case Imposed

    03/08/2019 2:43:19 AM PST · by Nextrush · 11 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 3/8/2019 | Nextrush/Self
    (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS) When a senior judge was given the case against Tommy Robinson for reporting on a live video stream outside a child sex abuse (grooming) trial involving Muslim defendants in Leeds, England last May it was obvious the government had special plans. Now they have decided to try Tommy Robinson for comtempt of court on Friday March 22nd in the midst of the heated debate over Brexit. Are they interested in stirring up anger and or violence at this critical juncture days before the March 29th Brexit deadline? Also in the mix a ban on discussing the case....
  • Democrats cave to Omar's anti-Semitic strategy

    03/08/2019 2:38:54 AM PST · by RoosterRedux · 28 replies
    American Thinker ^ | Rabbi Aryeh Spero
    Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib are employing the time-tested, drip-by-drip method used successfully by Islamists in Europe against Jews and Israel. Week after week, poisonous remarks against Israel or Jews are made by Islamists, with the goal being a continuous seepage of anti-Jewish caricatures into the political discourse and into the minds of a country's population. Forced apologies are insincere, an expedient — a breather until the next time. It's death by a thousand cuts to Israel and her supporters. After a rightful uproar, Islamists try to silence critics by claiming that criticism against what they said is rooted in Islamophobia,...