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Michael Smith

"It is fun to make light of AOC and her comic flights of political fancy - but we should understand that while the Bolshevik Bronx Barbie is somewhat ignorant about most things, she is representative of the ignorance on which progressivism feeds.
Progressivism is growing - and we would be fools not to see that it is - and that it is out in the open now.
I once said that a openly socialist politician from Vermont could never be nominated for president by a major party, nor could he win. 

Of that, I am no longer confident.
It is no longer a political death sentence to be a collectivist.
The kiddies now think socialism is cool...and they have academia and the media on their side.

• Democrat Senators Spartacus Booker and Willie Brown's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Harris have offered up a UBI (Universal Basic Income) program that is not universal or income. It's a massive wealth transfer via tax credit scheme targeted to the Free Sh*t Army Democrat base.
• Democrat Congressman Robert Francis (Beta) O'Rourke, the Great White Irish Hispanic, captured 49% of the vote in economically booming Texas (yes, kids - in TEXAS) while running a soft socialist, anti-oil industry campaign.
• Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Crazie Mazie Hirono's partner in the Senate said a progressive would be nominated as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee in 2020

...At the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Ben Franklin was asked what form of government was established - Dr. Franklin said:
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”
In the face of growing progressive movement, whether we can keep it is the relevant question of our times. 

We are closer to losing it today than at any other time in American history..."

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‘Creepy Line’ Google Documentary: Disturbing | National Review

‘Creepy Line’ Google Documentary: Disturbing | National Review:

“If they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion,” says Epstein (who describes himself as apolitical but allows that he thought Clinton was a more qualified presidential candidate than Donald Trump). “There have to be in place numerous safeguards to make sure not only that they don’t exercise these powers but that they can’t exercise these powers.” Adds Schweizer, “These tech giants have a level of control and an ability to manipulate us that Stalin, Mao, Hitler, and Mussolini could only have dreamed of.”

The greatest threat to American journalism: the loss of neutral reporting | TheHill

The greatest threat to American journalism: the loss of neutral reporting | TheHill
"Over the past several months, I’ve watched, read and heard much about the potential Armageddon facing the profession of journalism.
I’ve watched colleagues proclaim that “fake news” attacks by President Trump, crowd chants of “enemies” and the expulsion of CNN’s Jim Acosta from the White House press room pose the greatest threats to news reporting in history.
I respectfully disagree.
...We journalists have more freedom, more reach, and more ability to inform today than ever before. But with those advantages comes an even greater responsibility to the public, one I fear is being denigrated by journalists who substitute opinion for facts and emotion for dispassion.
Beyond the killings, the threats, and the vitriol, what most threatens journalism today is the behavior of its own practitioners.
We have become too full of our own opinions, too enthralled with our own celebrity, too emotionally offended by warranted and unwarranted criticism, and too astray from the neutral, factual voice our teachers in journalism school insisted we practice.
...The traits that have made journalism great and respected and impactful for most of the past century are sorely lacking in many of today’s practitioners.

• Instead of facts, many journalists today trade in supposition and opinion. 
• Instead of dispassionate neutral coverage, many have offered emotional rants that border on disrespect. 
• Instead of covering all sides of the story, entire news organizations have chosen to pick one side over another.

...Fox News anchor Shepard Smith declared: “President Trump stands with Saudi Arabia. Today the president insulted the murder victim and sided with the Saudis, who said our CIA is wrong.”
On CNN, anchor Brianna Keilar suggested there was little difference in Trump’s annual rite of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey and his treatment of Saudi Arabia...
...My old Irish aunt once admonished me in a slightly different, but equally effective, way. She used to say, “If you want to have people listen to your opinion, become a politician. Otherwise, just stick to some damn facts, Mr. Reporter.”

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They have "cow horns". We have "microaggressions".-----Cow horn initiative rejected by Swiss voters - The Local

Cow horn initiative rejected by Swiss voters - The Local
"An initiative designed to stop Swiss farmers dehorning cows and goats has been rejected by voters at a referendum.
The initiative would have seen farmers who choose not to dehorn their cows and goats given extra subsidies to cover additional associated costs.
...However, Capaul – who has always said his initiative is about dignity for animals – refused to talk of defeat after the result became clear.
“The cow horn interest group is still in existence. We will get together soon and discuss the next step,” the farmer told national broadcaster SRF in an interview.
...However, animals with horns need more space and are more labour intensive which is why Capaul and his supporters had called for an additional subsidy for farmers who chose not to dehorn..."
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The Lefty Lies About a World Without Borders | Trending

The Lefty Lies About a World Without Borders | Trending
"My husband recently noticed a lot of movies with the UN in a positive role, and basically a world-government role.
Even though Husband is largely apolitical, this made him snort.
Because even people who are mostly apolitical know the disaster that child-trafficking, aid-stealing UN “troops” are...
...I told him that’s because the left always telegraphs their intentions. 
Before they were ready for Hilary! for instance, they ran movies and wrote books about a president that was basically Hillary for at least a decade and probably more.
...And right now the left is so near that one-world-government, no borders, give peace a chance, John Lennon’s Imagine world they can taste it.
Or so they think.
Of course, they’re nowhere near it.
What they are actually enabling is the plundering of the first world by the third and the destruction of civilization and the engine of creation and production that has lifted most of the world population to a level our ancestors would consider unimaginable wealth.
...This is akin to someone who has a house that outstrips its neighborhood by several levels deciding to leave their door open day and night. 
Particularly you know, if the house is in the middle of blighted Detroit, which metaphorically speaking, the United States is..."
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WILLIAMS: Fruits Of College Indoctrination | Daily Wire

WILLIAMS: Fruits Of College Indoctrination | Daily Wire:

Much of today's incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college campuses, and most of the uncivil and contemptuous are people with college backgrounds. Let's look at a few highly publicized recent examples of incivility and attacks on free speech.

What the media isn’t telling you about the Jamal Khashoggi affair - Conservative Review

What the media isn’t telling you about the Jamal Khashoggi affair - Conservative Review
"The legacy media isn’t telling you the full truth about Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi exile who is feared dead after he was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month. 
His disappearance has created a media firestorm, resulting in tensions between the United States and its traditional Middle East partners.

...Khashoggi the “journalist”

Pretty much the entirety of the legacy media has attached a wildly misleading “journalist” label to Jamal Khashoggi.
While he was once a journalist for several state-controlled Gulf media enterprises, Khashoggi has not been anything resembling a journalist for quite some time...

Khashoggi the “man of peace”

...Khashoggi, on the other hand, has sought to drag the Islamic world into endless conflict.

And as is typical for many Islamists, Jamal Khashoggi had a serious bloodlust when it came to violence against the state of Israel.
He expressed these violent aims in a 2014 piece for the Muslim Brotherhood-tied Middle East Monitor, in which he wrote that he hoped one day Islamic nations would join the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas in its campaign to destroy Israel.
In another piece he wrote that year, Khashoggi shamed Arab states for not supporting the jihadi terror group.

What’s next?..."

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History for November 26

History for November 26 - On-This-Day.com
Eric Severeid 1912, Charles M. Schulz 1922, Robert Goulet 1933


Rich Little 1938, Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) 1938, John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1945 - Fleetwood Mac Merchandise


1825 - The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, NY.


2003 - The U.N. atomic agency adopted a resolution that censured Iran for past nuclear cover-ups and warning that it would be policed to put to rest suspicions that the country had a weapons agenda.

Parents Called Racist After Pointing Out 30-Year-Old Man Is Not High School Age | Daily Wire

Parents Called Racist After Pointing Out 30-Year-Old Man Is Not High School Age | Daily Wire:

When a “teenager” from Iran joined students at Stoke High School in Ipswich (a county town of Suffolk, England), students and parents immediately noticed something was off.
The alleged 15-year-old boy, Siavash, was 6’1”, stubble, a large Adam’s apple, and a hairline that some viewed as receding. Students and parents believed the “teen” was closer to 30 than 15.
When parents began complaining that an adult man was in school with their underage children, they say their concerns were “dismissed as racist,” according to the Daily Mail.

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Can you handle the truth?-----Dan Bongino Presentation of “Spygate”… | The Last Refuge

Dan Bongino Presentation of “Spygate”… | The Last Refuge
"Dan Bongino delivers speech about “Spygate” during David Horowitz Freedom Center Restoration Weekend 2018.  
His presentation outlines how the big threads all connect to weave a very specific conspiracy. 
Great presentation:

"One of the key points Bongino highlights is how none of the paper-trail; nothing about the substance of the conspiracy; can possibly surface until *after* Robert Mueller is no longer in the picture.  
Until Robert Mueller is removed, none of this information can/will surface.

That’s why every political and media entity are desperate to protect Mueller; and also why Mueller’s investigation will never end.

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Tax Cut Deemed Budget Buster, But State Corporate Subsidies Total $623 Million This Year – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Tax Cut Deemed Budget Buster, But State Corporate Subsidies Total $623 Million This Year – Michigan Capitol Confidential
"Billions will keep flowing from Michigan taxpayers to a few corporations until at least 2032
In 2017, the Michigan House of Representatives rejected a promised reduction in the state’s income tax rate. 
That tax cut, had it been passed, would have saved individuals and households $463 million this year. Opponents deemed the measure a budget buster.
But this year, the state of Michigan will pay $623 million in taxpayer-funded subsidies to a small number of favored corporations. 
Many of the recipients have likely been collecting large payments for years. 
The last of these payments won’t be sent to companies until 2032..."
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Beijing to Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020 - Bloomberg

Beijing to Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020 - Bloomberg:

China’s plan to judge each of its 1.3 billion people based on their social behavior is moving a step closer to reality, with Beijing set to adopt a lifelong points program by 2021 that assigns personalized ratings for each resident.
The capital city will pool data from several departments to reward and punish some 22 million citizens based on their actions and reputations by the end of 2020, according to a plan posted on the Beijing municipal government’s website on Monday. Those with better so-called social credit will get “green channel” benefits while those who violate laws will find life more difficult.