Sunday, March 31, 2019

Greenland Glaciers


One fact used by climate hysterics to panic the masses is that Greenland glaciers are melting ... and this melt water will swamp low-lying areas around the world. Well, what we haven’t heard is that this Greenland warming AND cooling is cyclical over a five to twenty year period ... AND Greenland glaciers are growing again ... see: The New American Article.

You see Chicken Little, climate change is a little more complicated than  the alarmists like to tell you. So you can rest easy for the next five to twenty years ... at which point Al Gore may have changed his tune to global cooling (caused bu man-made CO2?)

Crime and Punishment


Special Counsel Mueller’s inability to prove any collusion or conspiracy between Trump or the Trump campaign and Russia means that there was no national security or criminal predicate for the Obama administration’s spying on Trump and his campaign ... nor any justification for the special counsel ... be it for this charge or even obstruction of justice which was also bogus.

This does appear to have been an Obama administration attempted political coup ... and it deserves to be fully exposed and punished ... even if this means that Obama himself is implicated. Otherwise, such political criminality will be repeated ... and likely do more dastardly damage in future elections.

Sidebar: Is Mueller to be commended for being truthful and exonerating Trump on Russian collusion? If he had done this early on before the six Americans lives were ruined (not Manafort and Cohen), maybe. Therefore, to me, he and his gang of cutthroats have engaged in prosecutorial misconduct ... and his refusal to decide on the obstructing of justice charge compounds this malfeasance.

Headlines


McConnell to Trump: Healthcare’s all yours

Mnuchin says US-China trade talks were ‘constructive’

USA projected to add 1.5 million illegal aliens this year ...

Exclusive — Devin Nunez sending criminal referral to DOJ over Spygate

Trump tests post-Mueller vengeance campaign

Huawei: US has a ‘loser’s attitude’ and is trying to smear the company because it can’t compete

GDP revised down to 2.2% in fourth quarter ...

Comey: ‘Good’ that evidence doesn’t establish Americans conspiring

Watchdog report critiques DEA report Barr approved 27 years ago

London house prices see their biggest drop in 10 years as Brexit fears bite

Smollett nominated for NCAA Image lAwaed ...

S. Korean leader to meet with Trump in US on nuclear diplomacy

Advice


Have first a trade before you have an occupation. — Anon.

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Icebergs

From reddit Pics

Iceberg season in Newfoundland ...

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Uniformed Consensus


There is no greater threat to a nation than the tyranny of an uninformed consensus. — Anon.

Headlines


Trump befuddles his allies with ambitious legislative agenda

China makes unprecedented proposals on tech transfers as trade talks progress, US officials

Wild [Trump] rally set for Michigan ... MSNBC ratings slump ...

Jussie Smollett’s ‘community service’: 18 hours with Jesse Jackson

Mueller swiftly closes up shop

Attention Wall Street: Democrats are seeking higher taxes on capital gains

Pelosi: Won’t accept Attorney General’s ‘interpretation’ ...

Orange County ends jail contract with ICE

Trump’s Fed pick owes more than $75,000 in taxes, IRS says

Trump met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to discuss ‘political fairness’ and China

Trump confirms FBI, DOJ will probe [Smollett] case ...

Poll: Americans evenly split on nuclear power, despite safety record

Friday, March 29, 2019

Comfortable


It is very comforting to pretend that one’s life goes on forever. — Anon.

Brain Maturity


Scientists have determined that our brains aren’t fully mature until at least the age of 32 (for women) and 43 (for men) ... see: Medical Daily Article. Compound this with an education system that has been jiggered to feed our youth with fake history and social activism ...and our media pushing a biased agenda ... suggests that listening to our children to set national policy is suicidal.

And now we want them to vote at age 16 ...

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Stingray migration ...

Headlines

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White House Obamacare reversal made over Cabinet objections

Optimism about economy dips but Americans still feel It is in good shape under Trump: CNBC survey

DOJ: Mueller ‘details’ in weeks ...

Rand Paul: ‘Absolutely’ subpoena Obama officials over Spygate

Poll: Voters prefer popular vote over Electoral College

Tech companies haven’t been this negative about a quarter for six years

Smollett beats rap, Prosecutor feels heat, Rahm calls ‘whitewash’

... Trump: Phony investigation started ‘very high up’ in the Obama administration

House fails to override Trump’s veto on border emergency

Green New Deal fizzles in Senate as Dems accuse GOP of putting on ‘stunt’ vote

Report: Wikipedia editors paid to protect political, tech, media figures

DHS releases 24K border crossers, illegal aliens into U.S. in two weeks


Thursday, March 28, 2019

More Ramirez



Living Life


Amiable people make good friends ... but not necessarily good leaders. — Anon.

Headlines


Mueller’s move dooms impeachment in Senate

Avenati arrested for alleged $29 million extortion plot against Nike, embezzling client’s money

Brennan: ‘I don’t know if I received bad information’ ...

MSM journalists turn on Obama CIA Director John Brennan

Supreme Court to consider new gerrymandering limitations

Trump’s tariffs costing Americans $1.4 billion per month, study shows

Israel strikes Hamas after Gaza rocket attack ...

Don Jr.: Adam Schiff is the ‘leader of the tinfoil hat brigade’ ...

Britain’s House of Commons takes control of Brexit

Democrats want full Mueller report released to Congress by April 2, while GOP resists

Russia deploys troops, equipment to Venezuela ...

France bans Iranian airline for shipping troops and weapons to Syria

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Diagones


I have ben surfing the liberal media trying to find an honest Trump accuser who, after some soul searching, has had an change of heart in response to Mueller’s exoneration of Trump in the fake Russian collusion charges. You would think that, given Trump’s clean bill of health, some stand-up Democrat would realize that it might be a good idea to get contrite and on the right side of history ... maybe some recently-elected representative from a purple district?

Despite scant evidence of such clear-eyed honesty, I have found only one liberal who has sidled up to this embarrassing moment — David Brooks, opinion writer for the New York Times. He has conceded that the media needs a little self-examination as a result of the Mueller findings ... see: NY Times OpEd.

But I don’t expect a tsunami of such half-hearted attempts at honesty.

Afterthought:  The Mueller witch-hunt was really not in vain ... the Dems did win the House last Nov.

Not So Blind Justice


Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx deciding to broom Jussie Smollett’s fake hate crime case ... and then sealing his police records.

Headlines


Battle over Mueller’s probe moves to Capitol Hill

“Two years of unceasing lies”: Russia responds to Mueller Report summary

Trump: Was an illegal takedown that failed ... Time to investigate the Democrats!

San Antonio bans Chick-fil-A from airport for lack of LGBTQ support

William Barr has some explaining to do

Tesla analyst cuts Model3 forecast,  now sees bear market in stock ahead

Bernie: Show me the whole damn report!

WaPo: Maybe Trump ‘repaying’ Putin for Kremlim’s election ‘help’

Romania to move Israeli embassy to Jerusalem

Fed’s Charles Evans says US economy is slowing but downplays recession

Nadler warns: Executive privilege cover-up danger ...

Lewis on Trump impeachment: ‘I think that day will come’

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Cats on a cool tile roof ...

Boiling Mad!


Want to get angry at all those spittle-flecked nincompoops who have been trying to pull down this country? Then please read the well-crafted reprisal of what has been going on over the last decade as outlined by The Diplomad aka, W. Lewis Amselem.

He remembers well. He analyzes well. He writes well.  And he is right on when he says that all this reptilian behavior by those in the Obama-Clinton snake pit needs to be fully exposed and fully punished. We cannot survive as a nation if we allow investigation fatigue to overcome us now. The time for justice is upon us!

Collusion


CNN: Putin and Trump concocted a collusion

To win with a profusion of voter confusion.

Despite constant fake news spin

And much to Hillary’s chagrin,

Mueller’s conclusion: ‘T’was all an illusion!

Headlines


Trump’s U.N. pick showered key GOP senators with donations

Trump’s tax cuts will boost the U.S. economy for two more years at most, says Nobel Prize winner

Iranian official claims: Netanyahu family phones hacked ...

BBC: Use of term ‘Mainstream Media’ is  an ‘assault on freedom’

Trump surprises his own aides by reversing North Korean sanctions

A trade agreement could come in weeks but it won’t erase ‘contentious’ issues, says former diplomat

Mayday? Pressure to step down to save Brexit ...

Donald Trump golfs with Kid Rock after Mueller Report conclusion

Top SDNY prosecutor in Michael Cohen case departing

Almost 400 people airlifted of stricken cruise ship off Norway

End of flu season has not been this bad in last 2 decades ...

Adam Schiff threatens to subpoena Mueller after Russian probe

Monday, March 25, 2019

Headlines


Democrats plot ways to force release of Mueller findings

Trump sends top officials to Beijing to continue China trade talks

USA posts record budget deficit ...

Imam suggests Muslims arm themselves after Christchurch

Pompeo says ‘it’s possible’ Trump was sent to save the Jewish people

Special Counsel Mueller has no sealed indictments as Russian probe ends: NBC News

Bond market signaling big recession sign ...

‘Fatal decision’ — Macron deploys armed soldiers against Yellow Vests

U.S.-backed Syrian forces declares victory over Islamic State

Euphoric IPO market might be a troubling sign for stocks

Bloomberg mocks Beto ...

UMASS-Amherst: Conservative student rejected from serving on student gov’t

Investigation Fatigue


The Mueller investigation is over. It appears to this observer to have been nothing more than an exercise in gorilla dust to keep the country distracted with bluster so that we would not focus on the many real serious scandals committed by Obama, Hillary Clinton, Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Lynch, et alia during The One’s regime. This obfuscating strategy continues into the foreseeable future with the intent to tire us out from bogus investigations so that these real Obama scandals will be swept away.

So, the fact that Mueller seems to have come up empty with his two-year investigation may not be a total loss for the Democrats. Hillary is still sipping Chardonnay in Chappaqua, Obama is ensconced with Michelle O. and Valery Jarrett in his DC manse, most of the crooked CIA, FBI and DOJ bad actors are still cashing their checks from book publishers, MSNBC, CNN and other media moguls ... and spittle-flecked Democrats are plotting new ways to negate the results of the last election ... instead of helping Trump to Make America Great Again.

“The investigation continues ...” So sad!

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Nothingburger

From Powerline Blog


Not even a pickle ...

Pearly Gates


God is, by definition, the most compassionate ... yet He still has a beautiful wall guarding His kingdom ... with a beautiful port of entry, the Pearly Gates ... through which all asylum seekers must pass ... after being vetted by St. Peter.

How can the United States Border Patrol and President Trump be immoral when they ask for a lesser wall and a more forgiving entry process?

Jackals


The best analogy I can come up with to typify the Dem’s and most of the media’s rabid opposition to our current president is ... jackals. Packs of sniveling jackals nipping at the heels of their sworn enemy Trump  ... an enemy who is still standing despite all this constant harrowing harassment.

And, to this observer, the fact that Trump has gotten so much done despite these nipping jackals, has brought to me a sense of respect for this man who so often goes out of his way to eschew respect.

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Venice nook ...”One Kir Royale please ... and I’ll have a Campari and soda.”

Headlines


Can Trump survive Mueller?

Indonesia airline Garuda canceling $6 billion order for 49 Boeing 737 Max jets

Two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan ...

Turn in smartphones! How Mueller kept lid on Trump-Russia probe ...

How the FAA delegated oversight to Boeing

Trump says GDP growth would have topped 4% if Fed had stopped rate hikes sooner

Report: Biden advisers consider Stacey Abrams as running mate

Report: Final ISIS state stronghold in Syria falls

Trump to recognize Israel sovereignty over Golan Heights

Crashed jets reportedly lacked key safety features because Boeing charged extra for them

Freshmen Dems to meet with Obama next week ...

E.U. leaders unanimously agree to grant Brexit delay

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Cough Drop


Both my wife and I contracted bad chest colds last week ... one of the joys of having lots of young children around. We both went to the doctor to check things out. My visit included x-rays which resulted in a clean bill of health.

However, the next day I did receive a text from my primary physician saying that, upon review by a radiologist, my left lung did show a calcified nodule that necessitated my coming back for more x-rays. Going immediately to the Internet I found that my chances of having lung cancer was about 40%.

After a sleepless night, I went for my follow-up x-views early the next morning ... and later that PM I got another happy clean bill of health back by text from my doctor.

What? What could have happened the first time? Aha! I think I may have solved the mystery. I vaguely remembered that I had a cough drop in my tee-shirt vest pocket for that first x-rays. That was most likely the reason for this first false diagnosis ..


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Missing: a baby bonnet ...

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Van van

Headlines


Pence woos 2016 anti-Trumpers to bankroll billion dollar re-election

Trump finally got his wish from the Fed, but not for the reasons he wanted

Fed: GDP growth will only be 2.1% for year ...

Maine House announces bill to rename Columbus Day

Aides struggle to see strategy in Trump’s Conway, McCain fights

US allies defy Trump administration plea to ban Huawei from 5G networks

Half of Americans don’t know all First Amendment rights ...

Illinois crowds protest radical abortion bill

EU has no choice but to approve Brexit extension

Fed holds the line on rates, says no more hikes ahead this year

Border Patrol says detention centers are full; Starts releasing ...

Poll: Kamala Harris rising as Beto O’Rourke edges in


Friday, March 22, 2019

It’s Mueller Time!


Today might be the day ...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s staff is departing for Greener-New-Deal pastures ... and the world is waiting with debated breath for his report that is supposed to finally drive a well-done steak through Donald Trump’s non-black heart.

Mueller has been charged with determining if Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia to overturn the results of the last presidential election ... and, subsequently, obstructed justice in the investigation of this offense. Mueller is clearly a dichotomy. As a former head of the FBI under Bush ‘43 and Barack Obama, many swear to Mueller’s apolitical and impeccable integrity. While others, like myself, feel that Mueller is in the vanguard of a slow-motion coup against a sitting president. Absolutely shameful!

Why do I feel this way? Because during the last two years enough evidence has presented itself to suggest exactly the opposite ... that it was Hillary Clinton and her henchmen who conspired with Russia to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Through a cut-out  law firm, the DNC paid for the infamous “PeePee Dossier,” a manufactured and unsubstantiated document which attempted to tie Trump and Company with the Ruskies. It was used illegally to wiretap the Trump campaign and collude with the main stream media to constantly besmirch Trump and destroy many around him.

If Mueller had been an honorable prosecutor, he would have, in the first months of his investigation, swung to investigation the obvious culprits in this drama, Peter Strzok, Bruce Orr, James Comey, Lisa Page, Rod Rosenstein, John Brennan, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, Sally Yates and possibly dozens of others in this Deep-State cabal who came very close to pulling off this disgraceful spook coup.

Many of the innocent have been smeared by Mueller and his thugs ... and all the truly giilty are walking ... a forever stain on our Democratic governance.

Living Life



Vanity is a passionate and flattering lover ... until the money runs out. — Anon.

Headlines


World leaders tell Biden: We need you

EU regulators hit Google with $1.7 billion fine for blocking ad rivals

Finland world’s happiest country ... America lowest ranking ever ...

Harris: ‘Open’ to discussion on eliminating Electoral College

Trump administration withholds report justifying ‘shock’ auto tariffs

A day before it crashed, Lion Air’s Boeing plane was reportedly saved by off-duty pilot

The Conway Show! Trump rips ‘husband from Hell’ ...

Germany furious at U.S. ambassador for calling out low defense spending

Mueller’s old boss delays departure as probe wraps up

FedEx just warned the whole globe is slowing

Border battle: 1million illegals with final deportation orders — still remain in country ...

CNN stunned to find pro-Trump Latinos: We want longer and taller wall

Thursday, March 21, 2019

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The magic flute ...

Free Speech


Donald J. Trump has been an over-the-top practitioner of free speech ... probably well beyond what our Founding Fathers had in mind ...

Headlines


Mulvaney on cusp of permanent status upgrade

Elon Musk never sought approval for a single Tesla tweet, regulator tells judge

Poll: Sanders tops Trump in Wisconsin ...

Donna Brazile hired as Fox News contributor

Rep. Devin Nunez suing Twitter for $250 million

Deutsche Bank reportedly loaned more than $2 billion to Trump over two decades

6 people in audience for DeBlasio in NH ...

Democrats worry Census citizenship question could endanger House majority

Warren calls for ‘full-blown conversation about repararions’

‘Jaws of death’: England could face water shortages within next 25 years

Poll: 71% say economy in good shape ...

Donald Trump donates first quarter, 2019 salary to Homeland Security

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Quotable Quote


Twitter is the bathroom wall for America. — Greg Gutfeld

How Come?


When time is running out on the “Wheel of Fortine” TV game show and Pat Sajak gives the wheel one last spin, how come he always lands on a dollar amount? Throughout  the many hundreds of times I have seen this show, Sajak has never spun a zinger. Strange?

Headlines


‘Middle-Class Joe’ rakes in millions

Desperate to get through to execs, some cyber security vendors are resorting to lies and blackmail

Beto beatsBernie, raises $6.1 million in 24 hours ...

Beto O’Rourke: Ban AR-15 sales in America

2020 Dems warm to expanding Supreme Court

Credit Suisse raises S&P 500 forecast: see 20% gain for 2019

Prosecutors scrutinize development of Boeing 737 MAX ...

Al Gore: 99,9% of scientists agree with me on climate change

Islamophobia ‘very present on both sides of the aisle,’ Tlaib says

OPEC cancels April meeting, leaving price-boosting cuts in place through June

China says it has arrested 13,000 ‘terrorists’ ...

WA Senate passes bill keepingTrump off ballot until he releases tax returns

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Focus


Before beginning my bloveating, I hope we can stipulate that both American political parties want world peace ... and, perhaps more importantly, gaining and keeping their party in power. However, setting the stage for the 2020 presidential election, to me, the following seems to be what the donkeys and elephants are focused on:

Democrats: more abortions (“women’s reproductive health”), tax increases, more welfare spending, reparations, diversity and inclusion, more regulation, a “living Constitution,”  illegal immigrant voting, open borders, free trade, delay in Iran’s nuclearization, socialism, sanctuary cities, defanged military, suppress “hate speech,” globalism, drastic cures to climate change, pack the Supreme Court, guaranteed national income, lower voting age to 16, infanticide, multiple genders, weakened Israel, eliminate Electoral College, border walls are immoral, Russia is pure evil, anti-guns

Republicans: higher economic growth, free speech, expansion of the middle class, less regulation, strict interpretation of Constitution original intent, secure borders (including a wall), resurgent domestic manufacturing, fair trade, denuclearizing of North Korea and Iran, higher wage growth, capitalism, rebuild U.S. military, nationalism, dismiss global warming hysteria, only living U.S.  citizens voting, Spaceforce, strong Israel, allies paying for U.S. military protection, two genders, Russia could be helpful, pro 2nd Amendment

Reading back over these party positions, I am struck by how negative the Democrats stances are and how positive are the Republicans’. When campaigning, pluses are generally better than minuses.

Fractured Definition


Embark — Dorthy’s aunt vocally imitating Toto.


Headlines



How the Democrats White House hopefuls turn against tech

President Trump attacks the late John McCain over his involvement in the Russia investigation

Trump threatens ‘Saturday Night Live’ with federal investigation

Jeanine Piro’s show won’t air this Saturday after remarks about Ilhan Omar

May asks lawmakers for ‘honorable compromisesy’ to back Brexit deal

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand formally launches presidential campaign

All in the Family: Barack Obama’s brother asks if Michelle isn’t ‘Michael’

CO joins eleven states agreeing to nix Electoral College for popular vote

DeBlaio implies Jeff Bezo’s affair played role in Amazon deal’s collapse

China plans a solar panel play in space that NASA abandoned decades ago

[Beto’s] Gafftastic day!

Macron in hot seat after Yellow Vests rampage

Monday, March 18, 2019

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Birdeater spider ...

Headlines


Mueller’s busy week offers new signs his report is coming soon

Europe turns its concerns to China’s growing clout as Xi visits

Border agency says ZERO new walls have gone up!

Sweden: Serious crimes committed by returned ISIS fighters

‘Not one woman has got that kind of coverage’: Beto backlash begins

Macron’s Africa visit reveals determination to weaken China’s grip on the continent

Yellow Vest ‘ultimatum’ rally turns violent in France ...

Christchurch shooter most closely aligned himself with China

Bernie Sanders’ staffers unionize in the first for a presidential campaign

Amazon’s 2nd headquarters faces new blocks in Virginia funding vote

Pentagon budget proposal in three words: ‘China, China, China’

Sanders receives stitches after cutting head on shower door

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Beto


Come see the blue-light special!

Fractured Definition


Extort — A fancy sweet pastry baked by a former spouse.