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It’s just the flu, bro. Saw this description of a new political system posted on Twitter by @PlumRemson: “Faucism: A system of public health crony capitalism marked by centralization of authority under a dictatorial bureaucracy subject to stringent pharma industry controls, media suppression of opposition & typically a policy of enforcing definitions of "problem" and "solution".” There are definitely too many Faucists in the US right now. - Fear porn: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/09/26/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html CNN says that experts are warning of a coming surge in Covid cases. This is pure trash. Only way they will get what they want is to make the...

There could not have been a more perfect illustration of the suffocating awfulness of leftist culture than one moment in this year’s Emmy’s award show. “Black-ish” actor Anthony Anderson delivered a painfully unfunny rant about black victimhood and then demanded that a clearly uncomfortable host Jimmy Kimmel shout the name of Marxist terrorist organization Black Lives Matter, “Louder, Jimmy, louder!” Which Kimmel obediently did. This is the same Kimmel who used to host “The Man Show,” a rollicking, politically incorrect display of mock-macho goofiness featuring large-breasted girls jumping on trampolines, and jokes like, “We have a serious problem in this...

Assuming Joe actually comes out of his basement to the debate, does anyone know where you will be able to legally watch it without cable? Will it be available on Fox News’ youtube stream? Thanks

Source: LightFieldStudiosWith a third Trump Supreme Court nominee, leftist ‘peaceful protesters’ are kicking up their heels. Given the gargantuan number of crimes that have occurred in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Kenosha, Chicago, Milwaukee, Miami, New York, Atlanta, Louisville, and scores of other cities, maybe the criminals, rioters, looters, ‘peaceful protesters,’ Marxists, and outright thugs find strength in numbers. As long as they commit a series of crimes en masse, then perhaps the police, state troopers, National Guard, FBI, Department of Justice, and all other agencies and organizations involved in maintaining law and order will not be able to...

Is Churchill Downs anywhere near the riot zone(s), for those thinking of sightseeing in Kentucky if covid conditions improve by next spring?ff

Philadelphia’s treasurer was fired Friday after federal authorities charged him with embezzlement and entering into a sham marriage to obtain US citizenship. Although the allegations against Christian Dunbar did not involve his work with the city, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said that he had asked the city’s inspector general to review the treasurer’s office during Dunbar’s tenure beginning in 2016, the Associated Press reported. “This review can help resolve any concerns about the office´s conduct and transactions during this period,” Kenney said. Federal prosecutors said that Dunbar, 40, stole $15,000 from two of his clients while working at Wells Fargo...

President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court not only ads another wrinkle into an already unusual election cycle, but renews the debate over the appropriateness of the deliberation. Lindsey Graham was against confirming Supreme Court nominees before an election before he was for it. On the other hand, Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama were in favor of it before they were against it. Still, despite the attempts to appear outraged, no one should be surprised that this is happening the way it is. Though the timing of Ginsburg’s death is fitting for the chaos of...

President Trump has ordered an end to training on “white privilege” and “critical race theory” in the federal bureaucracy. The directive is a good first step toward removing identity politics from federal operations. Next up should be the millions of taxpayer dollars devoted annually to cultivating race- and sex-based grievance in the sciences. The National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have all embraced the idea that science is pervaded by systemic bias that handicaps minorities and women. Those agencies have taken on the job of extirpating such inequity on the...

“I clerked for Justice Scalia more than 20 years ago, and the lessons I learned still resonate. His judicial philosophy is mine, too. A judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers, and they must be resolute in setting aside any policy views they might hold…I love the United States, and I love the United States Constitution.” – Judge Amy Coney Barrett yesterday. That 100 word statement describes in a nutshell why Democrats and their America-hating toadies in the corrupt news media hate Judge Amy Coney Barrett and will do anything they can come up with to...

On Saturday, as many expected, President Trump announced that Judge Amy Coney Barrett was his nomination to fill the empty seat on the Supreme Court. On the grounds of her intellect and abilities, Barrett is a superb choice. All who have worked with her, regardless of their political leanings, admire her, both professionally and personally. Barrett’s also an excellent choice because the Democrats are incapable of refraining from attacking her on grounds that make the Democrats look awful. Trump must have known that the leftists’ compulsions would be their Achilles’ heels. Barrett’s confirmation is a done deal because Sen. Mitch...

A list of the African-Americans currently serving in the 114th Congress. There are 46 black members in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate. State House Senate Alabama Terri Sewell (D) California Barbara Lee (D) Maxine Waters (D) Karen Bass (D) District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)1 Florida Corrine Brown (D) Alcee L. Hastings (D) Frederica Wilson (D) Georgia Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D) John Lewis (D) David Scott (D) Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D) Illinois Danny K. Davis (D) Bobby L. Rush (D) Robin Kelly (D) Indiana André Carson (D) Louisiana Cedric Richmond (D) Maryland Elijah...

A new proposal could require Californians to work remotely three days a week - even after the COVID-19 pandemic - to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to aid in environmental efforts. A number of Bay Area residents, including employees at large tech firms, were concerned over a new proposal approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on Wednesday. The controversial proposal would effectively ensure that sizable, office-based companies kept 60 per cent of their workers at home on any given workday to curb climate change.

One of Abraham Lincoln’s first major speeches, the Lyceum Address, was a warning to America that rings truer yet today. Americans are blessed to have inherited so much from the Founders including guarantees of liberty more “than any of which the history of former times tells us,” Lincoln said in 1838. Americans’ obligation, he said, was to show, “gratitude to our fathers, justice to ourselves, duty to posterity, and love for our species in general.” That would be the formula for a young nation to thrive. In 2020, we find ourselves asking: What are the greatest dangers we face? How...

Less than a month ago, The Atlantic relied on anonymous sources to allege that President Trump refused to visit a World War I graveyard in France, calling those who died there “suckers” and “losers.” It was such a ridiculous claim that even John Bolton, who has no love for Trump, refuted it. Nevertheless, the mainstream media ran the story hard, trying to interfere with the bond between Trump and the troops. By contrast, now that footage has emerged of Biden rudely abusing troops to their faces, the mainstream media are silent. In March 2016, while he was still vice president,...

The Talk Shows September 27th, 2020 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchored by Chris Wallass, Today guest-hosted by Brit Hume in Cleveland: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.); Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.); Ken Starr; Laurence Tribe, Harvard; Sec. of Labor Eugene Scalia. Panel: Karl Rove; Katie Pavlich; Juan Williams. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Chuck U. Toad. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.); Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); Former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster. Panel: Yamiche Alcindor; author Peter Baker (“The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III”); Lanhee...

The 2007 season is the most revered college football season of the past two decades. The season featured nine teams getting ranked in the top five of the BCS rankings in November. That’s not even counting a Boston College team that was No. 2 on Oct. 28 after an 8-0 start. The season was wild, wacky and featured everything we love about this crazy sport. And 2020 could wind up being a worthy sequel. Or even “The Godfather 2” to 2007’s “The Godfather.” Saturday started with No. 3 Oklahoma losing at home to Kansas State after giving up an inexplicable...

A progressive and tenured professoriate who luxuriate in a rewarding lifestyle and station have held sway over the student body politic in higher education for generations. Bred of a style of campus Marxism seeded in the sixties and disbelievers of free-market capitalism, they shunned the rigors of the competitive workplace and snuggled up to academia as the best excuse for employment. Their avocation is a latter-day version of critical race theory (CRT), the brainchild of a Harvard law professor and early mentor of Barack Obama that breaks everything down to race, law, and power and views the American DNA as...

Tens of thousands of people swarmed the Lincoln Memorial, all with one common goal—to pray for our nation. So, it was quite a surprise, when one of the very people to be lifted up on Saturday afternoon by a sea of Christians gathering together from across the country, slipped in just as the Washington Prayer March 2020 began: Appearing from stage right—catching everyone off guard—Vice President Mike Pence. And the vice president came to say one thing to the prayer warriors flanking the National Mall: “I just want to say ‘Thank you for your prayers,’” he said. “And the president...

After William Rainsberger was arrested for murdering his 88-year-old mother, he spent two months in jail before he was released on bail. A year later, prosecutors dropped the case, citing a lack of evidence. That decision was not surprising, because Rainsberger's arrest was based on a probable cause affidavit written by an Indianapolis detective who misrepresented crucial facts and omitted exculpatory information. The detective, Charles Benner, nevertheless argued that Rainsberger could not sue him under 42 USC 1983, a federal statute that allows people to seek damages when government officials violate their constitutional rights. In a 2019 opinion, the U.S....

President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court is one more example of the president keeping his promises. In 2016, he promised, “I am going to put in… great conservative judges, great intellects.” Judge Amy Coney Barrett fits this description well. Her writings have been published by five different prestigious law reviews and she has taught at both George Washington University and Notre Dame University law schools. At Notre Dame, her alma mater, she graduated first in her class summa cum laude and was an executive editor of the Notre Dame Law Review.When President Trump...