#1 This day 1964-----A world without love - Peter and Gordon

Why the CBO Almost Always Gets It Wrong - Stephen Moore

These days it seems that a mysterious group called "the CBO" rules the world, or at least Washington, D.C.

• They have made headlines with their absurd warning that the Trump tax bill to extend the 2017 tax cuts and other reforms like eliminating taxes on tips would add trillions to the debt over 10 years.

But we know this is wrong. 

• The flaw is that the models don't take account of the improved economy from keeping tax rates low and providing tax relief for small businesses and workers. 
• The White House estimates that this bill, combined with pro-America energy policies and deregulation, can raise the economic growth rate to nearly 3% -- which would mean at least another $2 trillion in added revenues...

The CBO does NOT fully measure the economywide benefits of lower tax rates and thus doesn't adjust for higher employment and growth -- which happens every time we cut tax rates...

It worked for Biden!

 

'If I come and talk [bleep] about her, y'all gonna have a problem': Jasmine Crockett throws tantrum as she finishes last in bid for powerful position * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs

'If I come and talk [bleep] about her, y'all gonna have a problem': Jasmine Crockett throws tantrum as she finishes last in bid for powerful position * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs: 

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, whom many in the political world say is a "rising star" among Democrats, threw a tantrum in Congress Tuesday after she came in last place in her bid to become the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee. In video of the committee posted online, Crockett is seen shouting foul language at her congressional colleagues who were urging her to "calm down."

Why Haven't Any Living Former Presidents Publicly Supported Trump for Enforcing Their Unanimous Red Line?

This is a fair question from Matt Continetti, who recites some of the relevant quotations before posing it - Guy Benson 

• I'll add to the list. President Bill Clinton described a nuclearlzed Iran as intolerable and signed the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, "which authorize[d] him to take punitive action against individuals or organizations known to be providing material aid to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in Iran." 
• President George W. Bush intoned in 2008 that "permitting the world’s leading sponsor of terror to possess the world’s deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations." He added, "for the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” 
• The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg cooed about President Barack Obama's "crystal clear promise to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon." Obama himself said in 2012 that "when the United States says it is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, we mean what we say." 
• For added emphasis, he said, "I don't bluff." President Joe Biden declared that the Iranian regime would “never get a nuclear weapon on my watch” in 2021.

AM Fruitcake

 

History for June 27

History for June 27 - On-This-Day.com 

Helen Keller 1880

• 1693 - "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page."
• 1787 - Edward Gibbon completed "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It was published the following May.
• 1801 - British forces defeated the French and took control of Cairo, Egypt.
• 1893 - The New York stock market crashed. By the end of the year 600 banks and 74 railroads had gone out of business.
• 1954 - The world's first atomic power station opened at Obninsk, near Moscow.
• 1955 - The state of Illinois enacted the first automobile seat belt legislation.
• 1980 - U.S. President Carter signed legislation reviving draft registration.

'We don't play your little games': Hegseth scorches reporter asking about pilots' sex * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

'We don't play your little games': Hegseth scorches reporter asking about pilots' sex * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has unleashed a response that scorched a reporter demanding to know why administration references to the pilots who bombed Iranian nuclear weapon sites did not pointedly note that some were male, and some female.

House Republicans investigating CHIRLA nonprofit over alleged role in ICE rioting | Blaze Media

House Republicans investigating CHIRLA nonprofit over alleged role in ICE rioting | Blaze Media: 

The letter said that CHIRLA had received nearly $1 million in taxpayer-funded grants during the Biden-Harris administration. "This raises concerns that CHIRLA may be using federal funds to support violent criminal activity that impedes the enforcement of federal immigration law," the letter reads. "As part of our constitutional oversight responsibilities, we request your voluntary cooperation with our oversight of this matter."

The way we were-----Johnny Reb Cannon Remco Toys

'What Are Birthing People?': Brandon Gill Shows Zero Mercy To Democrats'...

American sickness!

 

The dumbing down of the SAT | The College Fix

It seems many Americans aren’t in the know about the significant changes in the Scholastic Aptitude Test over the last year.

Even most of those in charge, like our legislators, were “surprised to learn” the SAT (and ACT) even “change at all,” writes Michael Torres at the James G. Martin Center.
So … exactly what’s happened with the test?

• First, the paper and pencil version of it is no more; everything is online in an “adaptive” assessment. This means test takers “are served easier or harder questions in later portions of each section based on their early performance.”
• The College Board, creator of the SAT, notes in its Digital SAT Suite of Assessments that two main goals of its changes were to “make [the test] shorter and to give students more time per question.”
• The “Reading and Writing” section of the test scaled back its 500-750-word reading passages to 25-150 words (“the length of a social-media post”) — with just one question per passage...

Expert explains Trump strike did NOT violate Constitution | Blaze Media

Expert explains Trump strike did NOT violate Constitution | Blaze Media: 

“Did the president need to have congressional permission before striking Iran over the weekend?” Glenn asks.

China Is Buying Up The World's Ports...And No One Is Talking About It

America's Midnight Hammer, the NeoCon Dogs of War and Trump Derangement - John Kass

So now that Iran’s dream of nuclear weapons has been buried under the mountains—the result of the Trump administration’s Midnight Hammer and massive, 30,000-pound Bunker Buster bombs dropped by U.S warplanes over the last weekend—do you breathe a sigh of relief?

Are you pleased that the decrepit old Supreme Leader of Iran doesn’t have his coveted nuclear weapons?

• Or are you of the bitter ones unable to ignore the demons of your Trump Derangement Syndrome as the latent Democrat inside you licks at your soul?
• Is that the same internal demon that hushed the Democrats when Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden dropped bombs on the Middle East without seeking Congressional approval?
• Is it the same demon that hushed the Democrats as President Joe Biden—bought and paid for by China in need of Iranian oil—was shuffling off into his senility, maintained as a waxen effigy by cynical Democrat White House staffers, even as Iran pursued nuclear weapons?...

Lunch video-----IT'S THE SUN, STUPID | Dr Willie Soon

Noon-toon

 

Democrats unanimously vote against condemning 'mostly peaceful' anti-ICE riots | Blaze Media

Democrats unanimously vote against condemning 'mostly peaceful' anti-ICE riots | Blaze Media: 

Notably, the resolution "recognizes the right to assemble and protest peacefully" and "condemns unequivocally the violence perpetrated against Federal, State, and local law enforcement." Despite claiming to hold the same values outlined in the resolution, Jeffries and his 205 colleagues voted against the resolution.

Awww. He cheated and got caught!

 

Professor Judith Curry: Climate Science Has Become Pseudo Science Charles Rotter

𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠.

• “Your funding, 
• salary increase, and 
• tenure case are tied to agreeing with the ‘consensus.’ 

It’s really about careerism and resources. They all have to dance to that same drum beat to get professional recognition and professional advancement,” says Dr. Judith Curry, professor emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology, describing the state of climate science and research in recent years....
Interviewer: The media wanted, you know, something, you know, a sensational story. 

Every hurricane, every flood, every wildfire was caused by, you know, fossil-fueled warming...

All the same??

 

Below is a list of U.S. presidents who have deployed airstrikes or military actions without specific Congressional approval.

Every U.S. president from Truman to Biden has authorized military airstrikes or operations without direct and new Congressional approval at some point during their presidency - Ken Blackwell

All of these actions were justified under the president’s constitutional authority as Commander in Chief or under previous authorizations such as the 2001 or 2002 AUMF (Authorization for Use of Military Force) 

None of these are predicated by congressional votes beforehand:

• before Clinton at link.
• Bill Clinton• Bosnia (1995) – NATO airstrikes in Bosnia without Congressional approval.• Iraq (1998) – Operation Desert Fox airstrikes against Saddam Hussein.• Kosovo (1999) – 78-day NATO bombing campaign without Congressional approval.
• George W. Bush• Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia (2001 to 2009) – Authorized drone strikes relying on the 2001 AUMF but without specific country-by-country authorization.
• Barack Obama• Libya (2011) – Air campaign as part of NATO action to topple Gaddafi, without Congressional approval.• Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen (2014 to 2016) – Airstrikes against ISIS and other terror groups under 2001 AUMF, no new authorization sought.
• Donald Trump• Syria (2017 & 2018) – Airstrikes against Assad regime over chemical weapons, without Congressional approval.• Iraq (2020) – Ordered airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
• Joe Biden• Syria (2021 & 2022) – Airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia groups.• Somalia & Yemen (ongoing) – Continued air campaigns under prior AUMFs.
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Summary: Every U.S. president from Truman to Biden has authorized military airstrikes or operations without direct and new Congressional approval at some point during their presidency.

#1 This day 1974-----Lightfoot, Gordon - Sundown (LIVE - Midnight Special - 1974)