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Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, said President Donald Trump was “not that smart” during an interview on MSNBC on Saturday. Host Stephanie Ruhle asked, “Speaker Pelosi said you should not debate the president because he has fidelity to fact or truth. Does she have a point?” Biden said, “Look, the people know the president’s a liar. They know that. It is not going to come as a surprise to them.” He added, “My guess is it’s going to be a straight attack, it’s going to be personal. It’s the only thing he knows how...

A proud Boys rally and simultaneous demonstrations opposing it placed the city on high alert Saturday as the events unfolded. But there were no large clashes between dueling protesters or with police as of 9 p.m. and participants in the various events disbanded hours earlier. But as the Proud Boys went home peacefully the Antifa/BLM rioters went downtown and continue with looting and burning. Law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly late Saturday, forcing protesters from downtown Portland, Oregon, and making several arrests. Unlawful assembly was announced just before midnight by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Images showed protesters crowded in...

On 22 September, 2020, a powerful video put out by #FightBack, was published on Youtube, with a mirror site on Bitchute. This is a review of the 11 minute video. I give it 4.5 stars.  #FightBack is collecting funds for Kyle Rittenhouse's defense. From Fightback.law:   Fightback.law is a Texas 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization established to promote social welfare through advocacy and just treatment of people and organizations with respect to their civil and constitutional rights. Link to youtube videoIn case the youtube video is taken down (social media is reported as saying Kyle is a "mass killer"), here is a ...

For Democrats and supporters of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, the hope is that the version of the former vice-president who faced then congressman Paul Ryan back in 2012 shows up to debate Donald Trump on Tuesday in Ohio. The Biden who showed up for the Ryan debate helped turn around Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Ask just about any Obama campaign alumna or Democratic strategist and they will concede that Obama’s performance against Mitt Romney in the first debate was lacking. “I would describe what he did in 2012 as a circuit breaker,” said Tad Devine, who ran Vermont senator Bernie...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night. Naturally, I will agree to take one also. His Debate performances have been record setting UNEVEN, to put it mildly. Only drugs could have caused this discrepancy??? 9:34 AM · Sep 27, 2020

Maria Bartiromo opened up Sunday Morning Futures with this breaking news– Durham Investigation Report Before November Election UNLIKELY! -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjVgxL5rmBc

Veterans, gamers, history buffs and gun enthusiasts are shelling out to take part in military simulations. In February, a group of several hundred military enthusiasts gathered to play-fight in Clovis, Calif., at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. They had come for an event called the Road to Kharkiv, a simulation of a fictional NATO mission into Eastern Ukraine, hosted by a company called MilSim West. Roughly half of the participants played NATO troops; the other half, Russian forces. Visually, they were almost indistinguishable from a real-life military unit.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Lambs, Sheep, and Shepherds. Genesis 39 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, 4 Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar...

“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth” (Proverbs 27:1 KJV).

In an interview with NBC's Pete Williams, Attorney General William Barr says that some are expecting U.S. Attorney John Durham's report on alleged government surveillance abuse--too soon. Barr says it will likely be closer to late spring or early summer 2020.

A tsunami of Democrats seeking ballots through the mail in this pandemic-plagued presidential election year is upending the very dynamics of voting in Ohio. The impact of this ground-shaking change shows up in two major ways: The outcome of the presidential race in the bellwether Buckeye State appears even more unpredictable than usual. Ohio could be among the states where election fraud is alleged simply because the leader in the presidential vote could shift dramatically on election night and possibly shift back a week-and-a-half later. Before COVID-19 hit, more Ohio Republicans than Democrats voted by mail, generally speaking. Democrats favored...

Yesterday afternoon at a Long Island laundry mat, my daughter and I were busy doing a few loads. While I was transferring clothes into the dryer, the overhead big screen TV had CNN’s preview of the upcoming SCOTUS nomination. One of CNN’s panel began speaking about how he suspects Trump will not transition peaceably when Biden wins in November. I could not stand it any longer and with my outside talking voice, “Trump will not have to transfer power. He is going to kick Biden’s butt.” An elderly black lady loading clothes into her dryer asked me, “You think so?”...

Today is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The source is Leviticus, the third of the “Five Books of Moses” in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament.) The Books, also known as the Torah or Pentateuch, appear in the following order: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Leviticus, Chapter 16, establishes the Day of Atonement as ordained by God for the ancient Israelites to cleanse themselves of sin. The Almighty said to His people:"This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no...

Solid red state with an 'establishment' GOP representative. POTUS should endorse her Democrat opponent just b4 election day. With a GOP surge we can afford one loss for 2 years. Put a real scare into all the never-Trumpers. She had no business running in the Senate primary against an established GOP Senator while carpetbagging from Va. She wanted the easy way in without working hard-entitlement. Now the 'difficult' choice for her is to stay on as a future Speaker or move to the upper chamber when the old guy quits. I say nip it in the bud right in front...

For the extreme numbers nerds! Click through to the interactive predictor. (Probably not mobile friendly though) The election predictor was made using available CNN exit poll data. Adjusting the values therein will "trickle" down to individual states proportionally by that state's exit poll data. For example, if you predict that men will vote Trump by 5% more, the ratio will adjust proportionally according to how that particular state voted for Trump. The high third party prevalence made it tricky, so I provided three options to split third-party (3P) data. I don't recommend mixing crosstabs too much - the poll data...

Over the last few decades, Americans have enjoyed an ever-increasing love affair with the games of college and professional football. Eventually, the National Football League (NFL) surpassed Major League Baseball to become the country’s top sports attraction. Unfortunately, in recent years, political activism has interfered with Americans being able to enjoy the game. It started to move in a disturbing direction in 2016 when San Francisco Forty-Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to protest during the playing of the National Anthem before the start of each game.  His kneeling protest was adopted by other players, causing an uproar in the country....

Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. BALTIMORE, Wednesday, Sept. 26. Hon. WM. L. YANCEY, who is stumping in support of the Breckinridge ticket, spoke yesterday at Easton to a large and enthusiastic audience. Mr. YANCEY said he would have to ask their indulgence, on account of his broken voice and jaded condition -- the former having been injured by his constant efforts in behalf of BRECKINRIDGE. He however asked their attention while he endeavored to reason with them, as one frank and honest man should with another. Appealing to no prejudices or passions, but rather to their higher and better...

Though Spain’s last execution is often misremembered as that of handsome anarchist Salvador Puig Antich in 1974, that milestone actually occurred with the shooting of five anti-Franco terrorists in three different cities on September 27, 1975. It was an ugly coda to an ugly regime and a 40-year history of political killings. Gen. Francisco Franco had the previous year been forced by his failing health to hand over power, raising hopes for a democratic transition. But after surprisingly recovering, Franco surprisingly took back his strongman role — and anti-Franco revolutionary movements that had been biding their time greeted the return...

September 27 2020 Sunday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 136 Reading 1 EZ 18:25-28 Thus says the LORD: You say, "The LORD's way is not fair!" Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair? When someone virtuous turns away from virtue to commit iniquity, and dies, it is because of the iniquity he committed that he must die. But if he turns from the wickedness he has committed, he does what is right and just, he shall preserve his life; since...

Last year, students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, one of the nation’s most prestigious public schools, marked a map hanging in a hallway with their families’ far-flung places of origin: from Seoul to Beijing to Hyderabad. Twenty years ago, 70 percent of TJ students were white; today, 79 percent are minority, most from Asian immigrant families. TJ is a testament to American meritocracy’s melting pot—but last week, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand announced a plan to reduce the number of Asian students at this selective high school. In a four-hour online...