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Trump as a “racist” Adriana Cohen is a Boston-based writer and critic of media bias. This is long but well written. _____________________ COHEN: If actions speak louder than words, President Trump is no racist. If he were truly one, he'd be oppressing minorities, not uplifting and empowering them with policies he's implemented that improve their lives. Take criminal justice reform. President Trump led the charge and passed the First Step Act — working with leaders of the black community and lawmakers including Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. Thanks to President Trump's leadership, his administration has succeeded in freeing thousands of inmates,...

As is often the case, Tom Maguire speaks what many of us are thinking. This week, following the Democratic debates and a poll indicating that only 25% of Democrats want a “bold, new agenda” he tweeted: “Per this poll, this is not a 'Time For A Change' election; It's a 'Can We Please Catch Our Breath And Have Something Like Normal For Five Minutes, Please, I'm Begging Now' election. But Dems, transfixed by the Twitterati, aren't listening. Too bad.” With him, as well, I share this favorite exchange of the last “debate”: INSLEE: ...I've heard you say that we need...

Video games. Why were there no mass shootings until the advent of video games in the late eighties-early nineties?

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) This is the cancer the political left represents in our country. – After another tragic mass shooting took place in El Paso early Saturday afternoon, Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit reports that leftwing activists discovered the shooter had a profile page on “MyLife.com” on which he listed himself as a “registered Democrat.” Within an hour after the shooting had made the news, these activists had gone into his page and changed pretty much every element of his profile, including his party affiliation to “Republican.” The new profile also now says he was...

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23).

Chinese state media has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s accusation that China had failed to stop the sale of painkiller fentanyl to America, saying Beijing had done its part and the US “only has itself to blame” for the opioid crisis. In a commentary on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua rejected Trump’s claim in a tweet last week, calling it “blatant slander”. “China has made unprecedented efforts in addressing the fentanyl issue, in terms of issuing laws and regulations, conducting an overall market inspection and stepping up police investigations,” the commentary read. “Chinese law enforcement has uncovered cases...

“The herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they implored Him to leave their region” (Matthew 8:33–34). It’s startling to realize that some people do not respect Jesus as much as the demons do. But that was exactly the case for this city (probably ancient Gerasa). The populace wanted nothing to do with the Lord but actually begged Him to leave their area. Mark’s account of the incident gives us more clues to their...

Patrick Crusius was identified as the suspect in the shooting at Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, by multiple news outlets including NBC, CNN and USA Today. Crusius, 21, is from the Dallas/Fort Worth area and is currently in police custody. Officials said during a press conference there were 20 people dead and 26 injured. Officials also confirmed the existence of a manifesto, which they said is a part of their investigation. They did not confirm the manifesto was written by the suspect. Law enforcement told ABC News he told them he wanted to kill as many...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Old Testament) 2 Kings 10 Servants of Baal Killed 18 Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now summon all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests. See that no one is missing, because I am going to hold a great sacrifice for Baal. Anyone who fails to come will no longer live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal. 20 Jehu said, “Call an assembly in honor of Baal.” So...

If at first you don’t succeed… - Racism!- Misogyny!- Homophobia!- Islamophobia!- Russia Russia Russia!- Collusion!- Obstruction! - Racism!… try, try, again. That’s the modus operandi and mantra of the Left. Anyone, anywhere, anyhow to achieve their objective. Maybe ‘white supremacist shooters’ will finally do the trick. How do you spell ANTIFA?Whatever they do the one thing we know is that it will be Trump’s fault. Because Orange Man Bad.All I know for certain is that each of us has but a finite number of days on this earth and nobody knows for sure what that number is. It is wise...

Lowe’s Cos. told thousands of store workers this week their jobs were being eliminated as the company outsourced tasks such as assembling barbecue grills and janitorial services. The home-improvement chain notified maintenance staff and assemblers that put together grills, wheelbarrows and other products that they were being laid off, according to the company and employees. Those roles will be taken over by third-party companies

From their new CD Western Gospel, here is Quicksand Soup with the tune Blind Bartemeus (2019). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Today’s Cryptogram AZGJ WAP BUCF WAZW TN SUDP TD WAP BUCGS TN WU KZFP WATDYN ZQQPZC BAZW WAPM ZCP DUW. -–P.C. HPZSGP Today's Cryptogram is from The Arkansas Gazette You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post...

All Trump's hateful rhetoric and NRA's fault, but I da'sn't say so explicitly just yet, 'cause that would be politicizing. So I'll just hint.

The Talk Shows August 4th, 2019 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro; Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend, Ind.) NOPE*. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) NOPE*; Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Steve Bullock (D-Mont.) NOPE*; National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas; Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. NOPE*, Michael Bennet, D-Colo. NOPE*, and Tim Scott, R-S.C. THIS WEEK (ABC): Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney; Democratic presidential candidate and former...

The Walmart – Cielo Vista Mall shooter in El Paso, Texas was identified this afternoon as Patrick Crusius from a Allen, Texas outside of Dallas.Washington Examiner reporter Anna Giaritelli posted the name and a photos of the alleged shooter, sourced to law enforcement, “A law enforcement official in El Paso told me the Walmart shooter is in custody. Patrick Crusius of Dallas. Just turned 21 years old this week.”Patrick Crusius has a profile on MyLife.com.MyLife is an American information brokerage founded in 2002 as Reunion.com. MyLife gathers personal information through public records and other sources to automatically generate a “MyLife Public Page” for each person,...

*** following the landslide victory in the Republican primary by conservative State Sen. Dan Bishop, few are making any big bets on Democrats taking the Charlotte-based 9th District in the special election Sept. 10. Bishop is a solid supporter of President Trump and clearly cut from the swashbuckling mold of many of the conservatives elected to House in the Republican sweeps of 2010 and '14. In surprise results, he rolled up 48 percent of the vote over eight opponents. "Dan Bishop powered his way through the 'redo' Republican primary last night, easily defeating all comers," political analyst Marc Rotterman told...

Full Title: El Paso Terrorist Is a Hardcore Progressive and White Nationalist: Wants Universal Income And Universal Healthcare “In the near future, America will have to initiate a basic universal income to prevent widespread poverty and civil unrest as people lose their jobs (to automation). Joblessness is in itself a source of civil unrest. The less dependents on a government welfare system, the lower the unemployment rate, the better. Achieving ambitious social projects like universal healthcare and UBI would become far more likely to succeed if tens of millions of defendants are removed.” “I am against race mixing because it...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has condemned recent outbursts by President Donald Trump targeting lawmakers of color and inner cities as "dangerous, divisive and diversionary" and says he believes they are fueling white nationalist extremism. In an interview, the longtime civil rights leader called Trump's vilification of African Americans an attempt to divert the nation's attention from its real problems, including Russian election interference, border detentions and a tax cut benefiting the richest Americans at the expense of the poor. "The real debate is that a foreign power is expected to be involved in our election next year," Jackson said, referring...

In Milwaukee, idiot left wing protestors told their own children to march in the street in front on oncoming traffic. Anyone who isn’t an idiot can guess what happened next. In Milwaukee, a bunch of idiot left wing protestors told their own children to march in the street in front on oncoming traffic.Anyone who isn’t an idiot can guess what happened next.Fortunately, none of the innocent children – who were only doing what their idiot parents had told them to do – were hurt.It could have ended up much worse.Still, the surprise expressed by the idiot parents is hilarious.What exactly did...