Headlines

Supreme Court splits on Trump tax cases, potentially shielding returns until after election

States with serious coronavirus outbreaks should ‘seriously look at shutting down,’ Dr. Fauci says

Treasury sanctions Chinese entities over Uygurs human rights abuses

Biden-Sanders Unity Plan includes commission to study reparations

Pelosi rejects White House’s $1 trillion price tag for pandemic relief

Coronavirus updates: California and Florida hit by surging infections as Fauci warns of renewed shutdowns

Weekly jobless claims total 1.3 million, total receiving benefits falls to 18 million

Soros-backed DA charges couple who painted over ‘Black Lives Matter’

Justices rule swath of Oklahoma remains tribal reservation

Treasury’s Mnuchin backs narrower coronavirus relief package as talks with Congress resume

De Blasio halts police reform bill as violence surges

Planned Parenthood attacks Kayne for accusing them of ‘Devil’s work’

Headlines

Voters in deep-red Oklahoma weigh Medicaid expansion as virus cases soar

Top CEOs see business impact from coronavirus lingering through 2021

LOL, Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over death of Soleimani

Supreme Court strikes down abortion safety law

Schumer, Pelosi to McConnell: Move on coronavirus relief

NY malls can’t open without air systems that filter coronavirus, Cuomo says

Oklahoma DA hits rioters with terrorism charges — ‘This is not Seattle’

New Jersey Democrats charged with mail-in voter fraud

House Dems propose strengthening Congress’ contempt powers to break administration’s stonewalls

Supreme Court leaves CFBP standing, but backs president’s ability to fire director

One dead and another critical after ANOTHER CHAZ/CHOP shooting

Over 60 shot, 16 killed, during weekend in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago

Killing Fields

How come, since there have been six mass shootings in the last few weeks, has there not been any hair-on-fire gun-control rantings by the Left? Here is a listing of these killing fields ... tap on a few of these hyperlinks:

3 shot dead at Oklahoma Walmart

Fresno shooting leaves 4 dead

5 dead including 3 children in San Diego shooting

LA high school shooting leaves 3 dead

California Airbandb shooting leaves 5 dead

2 dead, 12 injured at Texas homecoming party

Is it because the media is distracted with Trump’s impeachment inquiry hearings?

Maybe because California, with the most stringent gun control laws in the country, represents two-thirds of these killing fields?

Or maybe because none of these massacres involved scary-looking assault rifles?

Last possibility: the Left laments these shootings only when they offer political advantage?

Very strange ...

Trump's Trith

"I'm always true to you darlin' ... in my way." -- from the musical "Oklahoma"

President Trump is often accused of being a serial liar. Yes, he often gets his facts off a bit, but many if not most Americans think that these slips are not malicious (like his predecessor's "You can keep your health insurance.") Trump also tells fibs that flatter people for political ends. This is understandable and forgivable. Although Trump may not always be fully factually honest, he is certainly forthright.

Is one truth better than another? Only if the truthteller is forthright, logical, experienced and diligent ... in that order. Using these metrics, I think that Trump can be realistically classified as truthful ... in his own way.

Headlines

Wounded Menendez draws few [election]challengers

Israel is the latest country to signal a crackdown on cryptocurrencies

China to overtake U.S. economy in 15 years ...

Jerry Brown pardons criminal aliens to avoid deportation

Putin's main rival barred from running in election

Senate finally reveals its harassment settlements -- on Christmas

Trump lawyer sticks to prediction on quick end to Russian probe ...

Reports: PA president Mahmoud Abbas instructs staff to sever ties to U.S.

Republicans warn Trump of 2018 [election] bloodbaths

U.S. fishermen losing ground to massive offshore wind farms

MYSTERY: Fewer strong earthquakes in Oklahoma in 2017 ...

Report: 5 major conservative victories in Latin America in 2017

It’s Heeere …

Alton Nolen, aka Jah'Keem Yisrael, a radicalized convert to Islam brutally beheaded a female co-worker in Moore, Oklahoma today, tried to kill another worker, and was shot and stopped by an executive of the company from which he had just been fired ... see: Yahoo News Story.

President Obama issued a statement deploring this gratuitous gun violence and saying that Alton could have been his son …

Afterward" Even more reason to believe "its heeere" ... see: The Gateway Pundit. Since this is Oklahoma, I wonder if this band of radicalized Muslims might contain a few that entered via Mexico?

My Hero

Oklahoma Senator (and Doctor) Tom Coburn is going to retire at the end of this year, two years before his term would be up … see: Breitbart Story.  Drat!  This man is one of the few in the Senate who deserves accolades for his courage in standing up against the many degenerative forces in Washington. I have watched him numerous times on the “Morning Joe” show on MSNBC and he invariably skewers those of either political stripe who are putting their party or themselves before our national interest (which unfortunately is most of them.)

In particular he has published an annual “Wastebook” pointing out the financial fraud and abuse which is all too rife in our federal government … see: Coburn Website. This waste includes silly and expensive studies, wanton destruction of weaponry, continuing to pay the Fort Hood terrorist’s salary for years, unworkable research programs, unwanted buildings, race-car driver sponsorship, etc.  This book specifies only $30 billion out of the hundreds of billions of dollars of profligate government spending in which the good doctor knows we engage.

Also, he is outspoken out about how the Senate’s legislative process has degenerated to the point were partisan bickering is the natural result of dictatorial abuses on Harry Reid’s part … see his retirement statement above.  I suppose this frankness might be one reason he is leaving.  Another might also be his health problems which are rife.  I hope that he beats these health demons like he has fought valiantly against the demons of our federal bureaucracy.
  

He s a true statesman and will be missed.