Headlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites.

Immigration official okays Syrian immigrants with fake passports ...

Media and CIA fall for "golden shower" hoax ...

NBCBuzzFeed takes fake news to a new level  ...

Trump on alleged Russian blackmail: 'I'm a germophobe ... '

Obama refers to himself 75 times in his farewell address

California storms add 350 billion gallons to parched reservoirs

China defends globalism at Davos. Xi say populism spans poverty and war

Scientists grow beating human heart [from stem cells] ...

Update: Flotida airport shooter is Islamic convert ...

Gunman shouting 'Alihu Akbar' opens fire in Spanish supermarket

Left-wing Vegan denied Swiss passport because she's 'very annoying'

Chicago undercounts murder rate ...

One Finger Salute

I have previously predicted that President Obummer would do many things in his last year in office to show his disdain for the American people ... see: Hell Year and Skulduggery. Now we see yet another of his one-finger salutes ... coming on the heels of the San Bernardino, Paris and Brussels Islamic terrorist attacks ... and defying the obvious concerns of his citizenry. Obummer is re-pledging to admit 100,000 Syrian immigrants to the U.S. this year ... not in 2017 as he originally dictated ... posing an obvious threat and economic burden to the communities wherein they are to be settled ... see: Washington Examiner Story.

Me thinks that the more criticism that Obummer gets, the more punishment he intends to inflict on us. Maybe we should try a different tactic and distract him for another ten months with oodles of paeans, encourage him to play more golf, and have him teach economics at Columbia ... he is obviously well qualified ... see: Real Clear Politics.

Christmas Tree Ornaments

Today Paul Ryan donned a fur-lined red suit with a pillow beneath ... all he needs now is a red hat and to whiten his beard ... to validate his position as the Santa Clause of Congress. The House is ready to pass a $1.1 trillion omnibus budget bill that includes a large number of Christmas tree ornaments: -- largess for NASCAR tracks, race horses, Hollywood, college students, UN Climate Fund, Syrian immigrants and many more mark-up handouts to buy support ... see: Washington Times Story.

I thought that this new Speaker of the House was going to fix things in our broken legislature? If he had such designs, he seems to have forgotten them and is reverting back to the old pork-barrel ways.


Afterward: Now we know why Romney/Ryan lost in 2112.

A Bright Line

After the Paris attacks and the revelation that at least one of the suicide bombers was a recent Syrian refugee, a bright line has been drawn between President Obama's insistence that the United States accept as immigrants many thousand un-vet-able Syrians  ... and the push-back from many Republicans (and some Democrats) who believe that this is an invitation for future terrorist attacks here at home. So far the governors of 22 states have indicated that they do not wish Syrian immigrants to be relocated in their states ... defying President Obama who says that this is inhumane and unAmerican.

Hillary Clinton's former State Department attack dog, Ben Rhodes, has indicated that the United States can thoroughly vet such immigrants "from the available data" while many intelligence officials and many (Republican and Democrat) on the intelligence committees in Congress saying that this is impossible ... no such data exists. Thus the bright line has been drawn that should define the political landscape for the next year.

This bright line is also now separating the candidates for president ... with most Republicans opposing Syrian immigration while most Democrat candidates are ducking for cover. I do believe that this will be the defining issue ... at least for the foreseeable future ... in the race for the White House. Watch for the Obama administration to throw up all sorts of political gorilla dust to confuse this issue ...while most common-sense Americans push back against this political insanity.

Will Obama win this argument? He certainly has the bully pulpit of the presidency on his side ... as well as the Christian golden rule working in his favor. But then again, self-preserving common sense and the suspicion that Obama's motivations are not Christan but more Muslim-inspired work against his stance ... and the stance he expects his acolytes to follow ... including Hillary Clinton. Watch and see if she toes the line on this one. If she does, it may be her downfall.