Monday, October 09, 2017
‘Count down days to death’ in Israel
‘Count down days to death’ in Israel:
"In one of the fieriest speeches directed at Israel by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, he called for the ethnic cleansing of all Jews in Israel, the destruction of the Jewish state and told Israelis to begin a “count down to death.”
The speech echoed recent rhetoric recently by the Iranian regime and its military officials, who said Tel Aviv would be “destroyed” if Israel made “a mistake,” and that Israel would not survive for more than 25 years.
“Israel should remain silent and count down the days to its death, because any minor mistake would lead to its demise as fast as lightning,” said Iranian army commander Maj.-Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi."
The speech echoed recent rhetoric recently by the Iranian regime and its military officials, who said Tel Aviv would be “destroyed” if Israel made “a mistake,” and that Israel would not survive for more than 25 years.
“Israel should remain silent and count down the days to its death, because any minor mistake would lead to its demise as fast as lightning,” said Iranian army commander Maj.-Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi."
Knowingly exposing others to HIV will no longer be a felony in California - LA Times
Knowingly exposing others to HIV will no longer be a felony in California - LA Times:"Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday that lowers from a felony to a misdemeanor the crime of knowingly exposing a sexual partner to HIV without disclosing the infection.
The measure also applies to those who give blood without telling the blood bank that they are HIV-positive..."
Ban Gas-Powered Cars? California Is Thinking About It | Power Line
Ban Gas-Powered Cars? California Is Thinking About It | Power Line
"It isn’t enough for California to contemplate its own state-run single payer health care system that would require, at a minimum, tripling the state budget.
Now a lawmaker wants to have the state ban gasoline-powered cars by the year 2040.
I certainly hope California follows through and tries this.
If nothing else, it will provide wonderful black market opportunities.
Think of all the meth labs that will convert to mini-refineries, not to mention the smuggling.
It is doubtful we can legally confiscate existing cars, so look for California’s rolling stock to become the equivalent of all those 57 Chevys and Buicks we see on the streets of Havana.
"It isn’t enough for California to contemplate its own state-run single payer health care system that would require, at a minimum, tripling the state budget.
Now a lawmaker wants to have the state ban gasoline-powered cars by the year 2040.
I certainly hope California follows through and tries this.
If nothing else, it will provide wonderful black market opportunities.
Think of all the meth labs that will convert to mini-refineries, not to mention the smuggling. It is doubtful we can legally confiscate existing cars, so look for California’s rolling stock to become the equivalent of all those 57 Chevys and Buicks we see on the streets of Havana.
Such a scheme assumes widespread availability of electric cars...
...Chaser, from Holman Jenkins’s column yesterday in the Wall Street Journal:
...Chaser, from Holman Jenkins’s column yesterday in the Wall Street Journal:
Fiat admits to losing $20,000 on every electric vehicle it sells in Europe. General Motors loses $9,000 on every Chevy Bolt. Even Tesla is partly sustained by selling zero-emissions credits to conventional car companies that actually make money (unlike Tesla).
Second Amendment & Armed Citizenry vs. Government Force: Historical Precedents | National Review
Second Amendment & Armed Citizenry vs. Government Force: Historical Precedents | National Review
"History shows that an armed citizenry can, in fact, challenge a government it sees as unjust.
...it falls to me to take on the assertion, made in the New York Times by Michael Schermer, that guns in the hands of citizens aren’t a bulwark against tyranny.
But, of course, they are.
...Schermer writes: "Gun-rights advocates also make the grandiose claim that gun ownership is a deterrent against tyrannical governments.
...If you think stock piling firearms from the local Guns and Guitars store, where the Las Vegas shooter purchased some of his many weapons, and dressing up in camouflage and body armor is going to protect you from an American military capable of delivering tanks and armored vehicles full of Navy SEALs to your door, you’re delusional."
...But, Schermer has avoided the real argument.
The “defense against tyranny” claim does not hold that any one individual, or a tiny group, can defend any claim against the government with the force of arms.
And, of course, equal firepower was never the issue.
Even in the 1770s, an American government could raise a larger and better-outfitted force than what was present at Ruby Ridge or Waco Texas.
Civil society and good lawyers are all the defense you need against a non-tyrannical government.
But a tyranny, an invader, or a pretender-government are more effectively resisted with guns.
Sometimes people put Schermer’s argument more baldly.
They ask something like this: “Do you really think Bubba in camo gear hiding in the forest is going to take on the U.S. military? The U.S. military has nuclear weapons!”
Who exactly do you think has stymied the U.S. in Afghanistan for 16 years?
The Taliban is made up of Afghan Bubbas...
...The British Empire controlled one quarter of the world’s territory and ruled one quarter of the earth’s population in 1922.
In that very year, they were forced to make an effective exit from the main part of their oldest colony, Ireland.
...With just the moral support of the society they are living in, and a number of rifles, a small group of men can make it impossible for tyrants to rule."
"History shows that an armed citizenry can, in fact, challenge a government it sees as unjust.
...it falls to me to take on the assertion, made in the New York Times by Michael Schermer, that guns in the hands of citizens aren’t a bulwark against tyranny.
But, of course, they are.
...Schermer writes: "Gun-rights advocates also make the grandiose claim that gun ownership is a deterrent against tyrannical governments. ...If you think stock piling firearms from the local Guns and Guitars store, where the Las Vegas shooter purchased some of his many weapons, and dressing up in camouflage and body armor is going to protect you from an American military capable of delivering tanks and armored vehicles full of Navy SEALs to your door, you’re delusional."
...But, Schermer has avoided the real argument.
The “defense against tyranny” claim does not hold that any one individual, or a tiny group, can defend any claim against the government with the force of arms.
And, of course, equal firepower was never the issue.
Even in the 1770s, an American government could raise a larger and better-outfitted force than what was present at Ruby Ridge or Waco Texas.
Civil society and good lawyers are all the defense you need against a non-tyrannical government.
But a tyranny, an invader, or a pretender-government are more effectively resisted with guns.
Sometimes people put Schermer’s argument more baldly.
They ask something like this: “Do you really think Bubba in camo gear hiding in the forest is going to take on the U.S. military? The U.S. military has nuclear weapons!”
Who exactly do you think has stymied the U.S. in Afghanistan for 16 years?
The Taliban is made up of Afghan Bubbas...
...The British Empire controlled one quarter of the world’s territory and ruled one quarter of the earth’s population in 1922.
In that very year, they were forced to make an effective exit from the main part of their oldest colony, Ireland.
...With just the moral support of the society they are living in, and a number of rifles, a small group of men can make it impossible for tyrants to rule."
Delingpole: Netflix's 'Magic School Bus' Warns Kids 'Use Green Energy or a Monster Will Eat you'
Delingpole: Netflix's 'Magic School Bus' Warns Kids 'Use Green Energy or a Monster Will Eat you': "Use alternative “clean” energy or a hideous monster will eat you.
This is the heartwarming green message aimed at winning the hearts and minds of young children in the animated Netflix series The Magic School Bus Rides Again.
According to Newsbusters:
Episode 12, “Monster Power,” teaches kids that a monster will eat them if they don’t use alternative clean energy sources. Albert, one of the students, has seen a movie in which the evil monster loves pollution and is “coming for us next for what we’ve done to this planet!” With the class camping in the woods, Miss Frizzle and the other students help him come up with clean energy alternatives (wind, water, etc) so they won’t be eaten.
The series’ makers, Scholastic, have taken their cue from Soviet-era propaganda cartoons demonstrating the evils of capitalism through the medium of avant-garde animation..."
Police Just Found Items in Stephen Paddock's Room That Are Raising a Lot More Questions, Wow
Police Just Found Items in Stephen Paddock's Room That Are Raising a Lot More Questions, Wow:
"If the investigation into Stephen Paddock and the Las Vegas shooting wasn't puzzling enough, new potential evidence has emerged that has law enforcement officials scratching their heads."
"If the investigation into Stephen Paddock and the Las Vegas shooting wasn't puzzling enough, new potential evidence has emerged that has law enforcement officials scratching their heads."
CDC Reports Rise in Obesity Related Cancers | PerfScience
CDC Reports Rise in Obesity Related Cancers | PerfScience:
"Obesity-related cancers have witnessed a spike in the United States in the recent years as per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.
The report added that obesity-related cancers accounted for 40 percent of all cancer cases diagnosed in the United States in 2014.
Between year 2005 and 2014, cancers related to obesity have registered an increase of seven percent, the CDC report informed.
The overall cancer rate has declined across the United States.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer associates 13 cancers with overweight and obesity. As obesity rate has been rising in the United States and other regions across the world, health experts have witnessed a rise in cancer rate.
As per CDC data, nearly 65 percent of the adult population in the United States can be considered as overweight or obese.
Heath experts consider meningioma, multiple myeloma, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, and cancers of the thyroid, postmenopausal breast, gallbladder, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, ovaries, uterus and colon and rectum (colorectal) as cancers related to overweight...
Read on!
"Obesity-related cancers have witnessed a spike in the United States in the recent years as per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.
The report added that obesity-related cancers accounted for 40 percent of all cancer cases diagnosed in the United States in 2014.
Between year 2005 and 2014, cancers related to obesity have registered an increase of seven percent, the CDC report informed.The overall cancer rate has declined across the United States.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer associates 13 cancers with overweight and obesity. As obesity rate has been rising in the United States and other regions across the world, health experts have witnessed a rise in cancer rate.
As per CDC data, nearly 65 percent of the adult population in the United States can be considered as overweight or obese.
Heath experts consider meningioma, multiple myeloma, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, and cancers of the thyroid, postmenopausal breast, gallbladder, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, ovaries, uterus and colon and rectum (colorectal) as cancers related to overweight...
Read on!
History for October 9
History for October 9 - On-This-Day.com
Bruce Catton 1899, Aimee Semple McPherson 1890, Otto Schnering 1891
John Lennon 1940 - Musician (Beatles), John Alec Entwistle 1944 - Musician (The Who), Jackson Browne 1948 - Musician
1781 - The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War took place in Yorktown, VA. The American forces, led by George Washington, defeated the British troops under Lord Cornwallis.
1812 - During the War of 1812 American forces captured two British brigs, the Detroit and the Caledonia.
1855 - Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine motor.
1872 - Aaron Montgomery started his mail order business with the delivery of the first mail order catalog. The firm later became Montgomery Wards.
1919 - The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The win would be later tainted when 8 Chicago White Sox were charged with throwing the game. The incident became known as the "Black Sox" scandal.
1975 - Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Soviet scientist is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb."
1986 - U.S. District Judge Harry E. Claiborne became the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment. The U.S. Senate convicted Claiborne of "high crimes and misdemeanors."
1986 - The musical "Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened in London.
Sunday, October 08, 2017
Second Amendment Is the Argument | National Review
Second Amendment Is the Argument | National Review:
"You may be someone who believes that it would be safer to eliminate guns from the hands of the public, and that’s fine — but you still need to view your activism through the lens of constitutional process. You need to be lobbying legislators to amend the Constitution, rather than lobbying officials to create laws that disregard it. Why? Because the Constitution always matters. If you want to say that it shouldn’t always matter, or that should matter except on this issue, then really, what you’re saying is that it never truly does — because you yourself have already stated that exceptions are okay. Either the document has integrity or it doesn’t. Either it has the power to protect our freedoms or it doesn’t — and to me, that seems like an easy choice.
Vice President Mike Pence leaves Colts-49ers game after players reportedly kneel | Fox News
Vice President Mike Pence leaves Colts-49ers game after players reportedly kneel | Fox News
"Vice President Mike Pence spoke out on Sunday about why he left a football game between the Indianapolis Colts-San Francisco 49ers game...
"Vice President Mike Pence spoke out on Sunday about why he left a football game between the Indianapolis Colts-San Francisco 49ers game...
“I left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem,” Pence tweeted.
The Possible Las Vegas Motive That Only Mark Steyn Is Talking About | Daily Wire
The Possible Las Vegas Motive That Only Mark Steyn Is Talking About | Daily Wire
"...Which begs the question: Why did he spend energy and time sneaking all those firearms into the hotel knowing that when bullets started flying, he wouldn’t get the chance to use even half of what he had on hand?
The writer of the email quoted in Steyn’s article believes the answer to motive is “publicity." Specifically, that “this man [Paddock] wished to telegraph to America in graphic form the hard irrefutable evidence that guns and gun ownership, and the ease of gun purchase in America are an evil and must be controlled.
On that hypothesis, everything now makes sense."
There’s no hard evidence to support this theory, of course, but one must admit, with the meager information we currently have at hand, it makes sense.
Steyn’s reader believes that Paddock did leave a message, “it only happens to be implicit instead of explicit.
That message is ‘guns.’
And that message is being trawled over every minute of every day on every network in America."
...If it is the case, however, that Paddock believed he was killing for “righteous” ends, this is clearly sinister idealism at work..."
"...Which begs the question: Why did he spend energy and time sneaking all those firearms into the hotel knowing that when bullets started flying, he wouldn’t get the chance to use even half of what he had on hand?The writer of the email quoted in Steyn’s article believes the answer to motive is “publicity." Specifically, that “this man [Paddock] wished to telegraph to America in graphic form the hard irrefutable evidence that guns and gun ownership, and the ease of gun purchase in America are an evil and must be controlled.
On that hypothesis, everything now makes sense."
There’s no hard evidence to support this theory, of course, but one must admit, with the meager information we currently have at hand, it makes sense.
Steyn’s reader believes that Paddock did leave a message, “it only happens to be implicit instead of explicit.
That message is ‘guns.’
And that message is being trawled over every minute of every day on every network in America."
...If it is the case, however, that Paddock believed he was killing for “righteous” ends, this is clearly sinister idealism at work..."
Gun Control Supporters’s Misguided Moral Superiority | National Review
Gun Control Supporters’s Misguided Moral Superiority | National Review:
"As has been explained a million times, the so-called gun-show loophole applies only to private sales between citizens of the same state, not to all gun-show sales or to all Internet sales. If you buy a gun from a licensed dealer, the dealer is required by law to make sure that you’re legally eligible to buy that gun, no matter where you buy it."
Instapundit » Blog Archive » JULIE KELLY: Hey Lefties, Where Are Your Pussyhats Now? “So, let’s take a little trip down Socia…
Instapundit » Blog Archive » JULIE KELLY: Hey Lefties, Where Are Your Pussyhats Now? “So, let’s take a little trip down Socia…: OCTOBER 8, 2017
JULIE KELLY: Hey Lefties, Where Are Your Pussyhats Now?
“So, let’s take a little trip down Social Media Lane and see how our virtuous, high-minded celebs who wanted Trump charged with rape a year ago have reacted to the Weinstein story.
Do you hear the crickets?
I sure do.”
Related: Not even one “Weekend Update” joke about Harvey Weinstein on last night’s “SNL.”
“So, let’s take a little trip down Social Media Lane and see how our virtuous, high-minded celebs who wanted Trump charged with rape a year ago have reacted to the Weinstein story.
Do you hear the crickets?
I sure do.”
Related: Not even one “Weekend Update” joke about Harvey Weinstein on last night’s “SNL.”
Nancy Pelosi Hails 'Debt We Owe' to Parents Who Bring Kids to U.S. Illegally
Nancy Pelosi Hails 'Debt We Owe' to Parents Who Bring Kids to U.S. Illegally:
"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is again telling illegal aliens that their act of breaking U.S. immigration law is a net positive for the country, this time “thanking” them and saying the U.S. “owes them a debt” for bringing kids into the country illegally."
Angst in Ann Arbor!-----Can we stop down playing this rivalry please? | mgoblog
Can we stop down playing this rivalry please? | mgoblogCan we stop down playing this rivalry please?
October 8th, 2017 at 12:01 AM
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Can we stop down playing this rivalry please?
Good call this morning Desmond. How many times do we need to lose to inferior MSU teams for us to take this seriously? Even most of John L's teams played us down to the wire. I'm sick of us playing down to MSU and we even looked uninspired out there. Meanwhile MSU is jacked up and played smart, ran the ball, and hung on to the ball. What is the problem here?
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