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So far, the Year of the Ox has brought fortune to the China Communist Party (CPP). In Anchorage, the Obama redux team from the State Department went belly up on its own soil. Slapping high fives and wearing party hats behind the Xinhua Gate, it’s the celebration of an outcome finally achieved after a four-year setback by the Trump administration. They’re toasting a Manchurian candidate in the Oval Office with a hard Left wind at his back and a dystopian family in tow. To hasten the decline of its principal economic and military adversary, mainland China media and its propaganda...

There are three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now: the Constitution, jazz music, and Baseball. They’re the three most beautifully designed things this culture’s ever produced. - Dr. Gerald Early, Washington UniversityWell don’t count on it, seeing how things are going. We all know about the left’s deep disdain for the Constitution, verbalized by none other than Barack Hussein Obama who described it as a “charter of negative liberties.” He went on to complain that it“says what the states can’t do to you, says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t...

The Biden administration has made clear its intention to talk with Iran. Since every negotiation has to have an endgame, consider both parties to the proposed conversation and what they intend to get. Before the election, Biden told a journalist he wants to "build on" the JCPOA with a new agreement to “tighten and lengthen Iran’s nuclear constraints, as we address the missile program.” He also talked about Iran’s human rights record and its “destabilizing activities, which threaten our friends and partners in the region.” At that time, Mr. Biden said the only way to negotiate a new deal was...

There could be "enough information to be able to safely vaccinate children of virtually any age" by the end of the year, Dr. Anthony Fauci said at a White House COVID-19 response briefing Friday, pointing to recent data from Pfizer on the safety and efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents. Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced this week that early results from a trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in older children, 12 to 15 years of age, showed it was safe and fully effective. The company said it plans to seek an amendment to its emergency use authorization...

The link is to a Youtube video of school children being taught to recite, in Chinese, "I am a black monster". "Low I.Q." The narrator is upset. Here is the description of he video: Racist Chinese Calls Africans N-Word With Low IQ We are changing the narratives Of Mother Africa through Youtube videos One Country At Time.We are Currently In South Africa It's Time For Africans To Unite & Tell Their Own Story!-AFRICA TO THE WORLD

I love the COVID-19 vaccines. I am truly blown away by the new mRNA vaccines and how amazingly effective they are. I love it so much that I eagerly lined up for my own vaccination when it became available. As a middle-aged man, I recognize that my risk of serious complications or death is increasing as I age, so I am happy to be protected by this incredible new technology. That does not mean, however, that I am ready to give the COVID-19 vaccine to my kids. Children are at vanishingly low risk of dying from COVID and any vaccine...

“Failure on a massive scale” – that’s what one Member of Congress called the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The Department of Defense (DoD) markets the F-35 as a stealth fighter jet that can do it all. The real truth is the project is an abysmal waste of money which does not work as advertised. Both parties, for once, need join together in a bipartisan manner to stop the crony capitalism which has led the Pentagon to allow the taxpayers to be ripped off.Congress needs to find ways to terminate the F-35 program today. The program is a money pit...

Former professional basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that Major League Baseball moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta, GA following the passage of a new voter law “means something to everybody.” Melber asked, “Kareem, what does it mean for Major League Baseball to take a stand like this right now?” Abdul-Jabbar said, “I think it’s very significant, Ari, because it shows that this means something to everybody. This is something that we all want to see end. Voter suppression is not what democracy is about. We all want to see it end. By Major League Baseball...

The Pandemic of 2020 was a tragedy for the whole world. But our all-out war against the coronavirus taught Americans a bunch of important lessons. It proved that our political system in Washington is a partisan train wreck. It proved that you can't teach kids by Zoom as well as you can in person. It proved that the CDC doesn't know what it's doing and Blue State governors will issue sweeping lockdowns even when they have no idea how much collateral harm they'll do to the rest of society. And on a much, much lighter note - and as a...

Asked about Sen. Lindsey Graham saying Fauci should go to the border to see “the biggest super spreader event in the nation – President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.” Fauci responded, “You know, I’ve become a symbol to them of what they don’t like about anything that has to do with things that are contrary to them, anything outside of their own realm. It’s a little bit bizarre. I have nothing to do with the border. Peter Navarro saying I created the virus? Think about that for a second. Isn’t that weird? Come on.” Cavoto said, “I think what Lindsey Graham...

On Friday, a man rammed a car into Capitol Police officers and then jumped out wielding a knife. One officer and the attacker died and another officer was seriously injured. Leftists instantly politicized the story, claiming that it was a white supremacist attack. Then, when it turned out the killer was a Black Muslim, they fell completely silent – or still blamed Trump. Regarding the actual event, the facts are spare: the killer, Noah Green, was 25 or so and was a passionate supporter of Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam. We know this from his Facebook...

Microsoft: "We are concerned by the law’s impact on communities of color, on every voter, and on our employees and their families. "We share the views of other corporate leaders that it’s not only right but essential for the business community to stand together in opposition to the harmful provisions and other similar legislation that may be considered elsewhere."

I guess I’m confused here. Major League Baseball announced Friday that it will move this year’s All Star Game out of Atlanta in a direct surrender to the cancel culture crowd that is outright lying about a voting procedures bill passed by the Georgia legislature. In announcing this pathetic act of cowardice, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said that the move was was “the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport”, and said it was taken after consultation with the sport’s cowardly owners, managers and current and former players. VDO.AI So, what exactly are the “values” of MLB at...

Today on college campuses, faculty are afraid to speak about a number of issues for fear of being verbally mobbed and denounced by angry students and faculty colleagues. “She and I talk openly in one another’s homes, but we know we can’t talk to anyone else.” This is not a historic quote from the days of Stalinist suppression in the Soviet Union. It is message I recently received from a graduate faculty professor in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) field referring to the secrecy with which she talks to her friend who works in university student services. Today...

As a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of the victims of the attack at the United States Capitol on Friday, April 2, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United...

As things worsen, expect to hear the white supremacist charge thrown around more often. For a long time, liberals have been accusing conservatives of being conspiracy theorists. Say anything about Hunter Biden, and you're a conspiracy theorist. Urge Andrew Cuomo to resign, and you're a conspiracy theorist. Now it's worse. Conservatives aren't just conspiracy theorists; they're white supremacists. Like those who defend Georgia's voting reforms designed to protect the integrity of the election. Or any person or business that lives or operates in Georgia. For the left, anyone associated with a bill designed to prevent voter fraud, and so deny...

Editor's Note: This column was authored by Emilie Dye.No one likes to think about people being unable to pay rent and losing their homes. But as I learned in high school reading Henry Hazlitt, “The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.” And the eviction moratorium, which the CDC extended this week for the second time, completely ignores landlords.Since September 2020, the government has essentially forced landlords to...

On Friday, Major League Baseball decided to take its All-Star Game away from Atlanta’s Truist Park in response to the state’s new voter integrity law. Liberal supporters exploded with delight after the MLB announcement. Many in the world of sports jumped on the bandwagon to congratulate the league: LeBron James Proud to call myself a part of the mlb family today. BlackLivesMatter Other leftists also went wild in support of the league’s move: Gavin Newsom Hey MLB — feel free to give us a call. In California we actually work to expand voter access -- not prevent it. Ron Perlman...

While the world has been distracted by Coronavirus, Iran has been busy making its moves. What a mere twelve months ago would have been big front-page news all across the world now barely even registers in the mainstream news media at all. Yet, despite the lack of coverage, Iran seems to be rapidly approaching the point of acquiring a viable nuclear weapon. Shockingly, nobody in the mainstream media even seems to care. At this writing, it is widely assumed that Iran is now mere weeks away from nuclear breakout status. If true, this is a crisis that is very soon...

...Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a law allowing people to buy and carry handguns in Iowa without a permit, fulfilling a longtime goal of gun rights advocates. The law, which advocates call “constitutional carry”, will take effect July 1. “Today I signed legislation that protects the 2nd Amendment rights of Iowa’s law-abiding citizens...