Obama's Scandal-Free Delusion

Obama's Scandal-Free Delusion:

"In fact, Obama was a perpetual power-abusing machine. He was so routinely high-handed and selectively contemptuous of the rule of law that people were beginning to think presidential authoritarianism was the new normal. How ironic that so many of Obama's enablers are now projecting these sins onto President Trump, who — to this point, at least - hasn't actually crossed the line into flouting the Constitution. The left believes — and acts on the belief — that the ends justify the means, and so, it naturally assumes we will do the same. Obama was hell-bent on fundamentally transforming America as founded, and he was willing to scratch, bite, kick, steal and flush the rule of law to accomplish it — and he did, like no president before him. In other words, Obama's lies were OK because lies are sometimes necessary for the greater good.
For your review, let me just give you a list of examples, many of them snatched from my two Obama books, which chronicled his two disgraceful terms. Not all technically qualify as scandals, but enough do."

Activists demand slavery reparations for black University of Chicago students - The College Fix

Activists demand slavery reparations for black University of Chicago students - The College Fix: "University denies activist claims that it has ‘ties to slavery’
Claiming that the University of Chicago is founded on free slave labor, student groups there recently held a “teach-in” arguing that the university owes some of its black students slavery reparations.
The event continued to advance pressure on the prestigious private school to offer such restitution, lobbying that included a “Rally for Reparations” late last year, which included calls for “reparations” for African American community members in the South Side of Chicago, where the university is located.
At the late February teach-in, the groups Reparations at UChicago, the UChicago Socialists and UofC Resists, the organizers of the event, were joined by representatives from a graduate student union and a local Black Lives Matter chapter, as reported by The Chicago Maroon.
The demands cite the founding of the original University of Chicago in 1856 on land donated by Stephen Douglas, who purchased the property using profits from his Mississippi slave plantation. 
But University of Chicago leaders insist the institution is a functionally different entity from the original university..."
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Rhode Island Bill Would Impose Fee For Accessing Online Porn - Slashdot

Rhode Island Bill Would Impose Fee For Accessing Online Porn - Slashdot
"If a recently introduced bill passes the General Assembly this session, Rhode Island residents will have to pay a $20 fee to access sexually explicit content online. 
The bill, introduced by Sen. Frank Ciccone (D-Providence) and Sen. Hanna Gallo (D-Cranston), would require internet providers to digitally block "sexual content and patently offensive material." 
Consumers could then deactivate that block for a fee of $20. 
The Providence Journal reports:
Each quarter the internet providers would give the money made from the deactivation fees to the state's general treasurer, who would forward the money to the attorney general to fund the operations of the Council on Human Trafficking, according to the bill's language. If online distributors of sexual content do not comply with the filter, the attorney general or a consumer could file a civil suit of up to $500 for each piece of content reported, but not blocked, according to the bill.

NYT Reports On Gang Violence In Sweden | The Daily Caller

NYT Reports On Gang Violence In Sweden | The Daily Caller:

• The New York Times reported Sunday on the increasing problem of immigrant gangs in Sweden
• TheNYT criticized President Donald Trump for commenting on the problem over a year ago
• TheNYT took great pains not to mention where the violence was coming from

The New York Times published a report Sunday on Sweden’s growing problem with immigrant gangs — more than a year after the paper chided President Donald Trump for calling attention to the same worrisome development.

...one of more than 100 incidents involving military-grade explosives in the Stockholm metro area that police have attributed to an “arms race” among immigrant gangs, reports TheNYT. 

There were only a few such incidents in Sweden until 2014, but since then, the number of explosions and seizures of grenades has shot up and remained worryingly high.

...Though TheNYT readily reported on the nature of the violence, it was somewhat more circumspect about its origin. 

Nowhere in the story do the words “Muslim” or “refugee” appear. 
The only mention of the word “asylum” is to describe a witness to the explosion.."

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The Politicization of the FBI - Imprimis

The Politicization of the FBI - Imprimis:
"Over the past year, facts have emerged that suggest there was a plot by high-ranking FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials in the Obama administration, acting under color of law, to exonerate Hillary Clinton of federal crimes and then, if she lost the election, to frame Donald Trump and his campaign for colluding with Russia to steal the presidency. 
This conduct was not based on mere bias, as has been widely claimed, but rather on deeply felt animus toward Trump and his agenda.
In the course of this plot, FBI Director James Comey, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, FBI Deputy Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok, Strzok’s paramour and FBI lawyer Lisa Page, FBI General Counsel James Baker, and DOJ senior official Bruce Ohr—perhaps among others—compromised federal law enforcement to such an extent that the American public is losing trust. 
A recent CBS News poll finds 48 percent of Americans believe that Special Counsel James Mueller’s Trump-Russia collusion probe is “politically motivated,” a stunning conclusion. 
And 63 percent of polled voters in a Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll believe that the FBI withheld vital information from Congress about the Clinton and Russia collusion investigations.
I spent my early legal career as a federal prosecutor. 
I later supervised hundreds of prosecutors and prosecutions as a U.S. Attorney and as an Independent Counsel. 
I have never witnessed investigations so fraught with failure to fulfill the basic elements of a criminal probe as those conducted under James Comey. 
Not since former Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray deep-sixed evidence during Watergate has the head of the FBI been so discredited as Comey is now..."
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Parkland Shooting: Did Obama-Era School Discipline Policies Enable It? | National Review

Parkland Shooting: Did Obama-Era School Discipline Policies Enable It? | National Review:

"Broward County had adopted guidelines designed in part to limit law-enforcement involvement with students, even those who posed a threat.
The closer you look at the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., the more you realize that it might have been one of the most preventable significant crimes in recent American history. We’re familiar by now with the government’s sins of omission — how it failed to act time and again in the face of evidence that the shooter presented a clear and present danger to the public.
But how about a sin of commission? Did an Obama-era policy designed to reduce the “school-to-prison pipeline” prevent police from using available tools that could have stopped the shooting?"

The Destroyer of Worlds | The Z Blog

The Destroyer of Worlds | The Z Blog: 
"...A big part of this lunacy is the fact that the Left was sure that Trump could not win the election. 
It’s not that they were sure they had the better choice. 

It was that they were completely convinced that there were no circumstances where Trump could become President. 
They were so sure, in fact, that they had all of official Washington convinced of this as well. 
A month before the election there was no one in either party talking about a Trump victory. 
In fact, the topic of debate was the size and scope of the Clinton victory.
...Of course, in a world where the scrupulous following of protocol is essential to maintaining the status quo, a break down in the rules puts everyone at risk. 
That seems to be Trump’s game here with the spying charges. 
The establishment has tossed out the rules in their effort to attack him, so he is threatening to further bust up the system, which works to his favor and to their disadvantage. it’s a foolish game the Left has decided to play as they have much more to lose in a world without rules.
...That’s probably why he went nuclear over the weekend. 
He’s looking around at a city full of crooked politicians calling for investigations so he is turning the table and threatening to open the investigation up to everything. 
Imagine Trump coming out and asking for a special prosecutor to look into Obama, Clinton, the IRS people, the DOJ and maybe even the FBI itself. 
There’s a lot of people in Washington with a lot to hide and Trump certainly knows it, which is why he is going on the attack over the tapping of his offices.
A long time ago I pointed out that Trump was The Mule, the character from the Asimov novels. Trump is the destroyer of worlds, not because he has some grand vision of the future and wants to plow under the existing order to make room for his utopia. 
He is the destroyer because the old order can only exist if Trump does not exist. 
His rise to the White House is the nullification of the established order. 
It’s why Washington is going for total war to destroy him. 
They see it is a matter of survival.
It’s probably too late. 
The Mule has arrived."

Venezuela bans private gun ownership - BBC News

Venezuela bans private gun ownership - BBC News:
June 1, 2012
The government implemented a gun amnesty ahead of the introduction of the new law
Venezuela has brought a new gun law into effect which bans the commercial sale of firearms and ammunition.

...Under the new law, only the army, police and certain groups like security companies will be able to buy arms from the state-owned weapons manufacturer and importer.
The ban is the latest attempt by the government to improve security and cut crime ahead of elections in October.
...The government has been running a gun amnesty in the run-up to the introduction of the new law to try to encourage people to give up their illegal arms without fear of consequences.
Analysis---By Sarah GraingerBBC News, Caracas
Besides the health of President Chavez, security is the main concern for voters ahead of presidential elections in October.
While voters don't seem to hold Mr Chavez responsible for the insecurity, the situation has worsened throughout his 13 years in office.
...Criminal violence is set to be a major issue in presidential elections later in the year..."
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And this:
Crime in Venezuela...which has the second highest murder rate in the world

2018----"Crime in Venezuela is widespread, with violent crimes such as murder and kidnapping often increasing annually. The United Nations has attributed crime to the poor political and economic environment in the country,^[1][2] which has the second highest murder rate in the world.^[3][4] Crime has grown so pervasive in Venezuela that the military is ordered to avoid public places during nighttime hours since criminals often attempt to steal their weapons, with robberies in the country often targeting unaware individuals using a kill first, steal later method.^[5]

Rates of crime increased rapidly during the presidency of Hugo Chávez..."

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History for March 6

History for March 6 - On-This-Day.com:
Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806, Ed McMahon 1923
 

Leroy Gordon ‘Gordo’ Cooper 1927, Marion Barry 1936, Shaquille O'Neal 1972 - Basketball player


1820 - The Missouri Compromise was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by U.S. President James Monroe. The act admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibited slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory.


1836 - The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers.


1857 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision ruled that blacks could not sue in federal court to be citizens.


1899 - Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser.


1960 - Switzerland granted women the right to vote in municipal elections.
1960?!!

1960 - The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.


1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his plan to establish a draft lottery.


1992 - The last episode of "The Cosby Show" aired. The show had been on since September of 1984.

Violent criminals among illegal immigrants caught in California raid derailed by Dem mayor | Fox News

Violent criminals among illegal immigrants caught in California raid derailed by Dem mayor | Fox News:

"Of those 232, 180 “were either convicted criminals, had been issued a final order of removal and failed to depart the United States, or had been previously removed” from the country and had come back illegally.
The arrests included 115 who "had prior felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as child sex crimes, weapons charges and assault, or had past convictions for significant or multiple misdemeanors."
The numbers might have been greater, but for the intervention of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who tweeted out a warning of the impending raid, tipping off others who might have been caught."

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Buss: The condoning of cowardice

Buss: The condoning of cowardice: 
"...Qualities traditionally considered “good” — bravery, sacrifice, even just fulfillment of basic job duties — are apparently no longer necessary in the face of evil. 
Instead, some thought leaders tell us that we’re not to go too hard on those who display cowardice and fear. 
...Something has changed following Parkland. 
The overwhelming narrative has been to assign moral agency to inanimate objects: the guns. Everybody else, and the morality of their action or inaction, is somehow irrelevant.
...one Parkland student David Hogg defended the inaction. 
And while he’s only one student, the predictably disappointing cable news media have made his point of view the defining meme for the moment.
Peterson, “just like every other police officer out there at heart — is a good person. 
...Peterson’s rectitude has been defended by others who claim that the “good guy with a gun” couldn’t stop the bad guy with a gun, and therefore armed officers aren’t the answer to stopping school shootings. 
But he doesn’t get to be the “good” guy with the gun unless he had proven he was willing to actually be good. 
That involves going to every length to stop the shooter and protect students — his most basic duty.
Otherwise he’s just a guy with a gun.
...So now a growing number of Americans seem comfortable with the position that courage and bravery are hard qualities to live by, and so, not expected even in an instance that cries out for them. 
We’re willing to give a pass to those too cowardly to stop evil, even if it comes in the form of an AR-15.
It’s a downright terrifying prospect for our future. 
Because no matter how hard gun control advocates want a world in which no one has guns, and no one is evil, that world will never exist. 
We will always need good guys — those who are actually “good” — to stop the bad."
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SO MUCH WINNING: The United States will dominate the oil industry for the next 5 years...

Instapundit » Blog Archive » SO MUCH WINNING: The United States will dominate the oil industry for the next 5 years, Internation…:
"SO MUCH WINNING: The United States will dominate the oil industry for the next 5 years, International Energy Agency forecasts. 
“Oil demand will keep expanding over the next five years, and the United States will fulfill most of the world’s growing appetite, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. . . . The IEA projects the United States will pump 17 million barrels a day of crude oil, condensates and natural gas liquids, easily defending its title as the world’s top producer of petroleum products.”

"I remember when Barack Obama mocked Sarah Palin for suggesting that we could “drill our way out” of our energy problems.
You know, kinda like he mocked Trump for suggesting he could bring back manufacturing, or when he mocked Romney for suggesting that the Russians were a threat."---Posted by Glenn Reynolds"

NYC Homeless Staying In Shelters Longer | The Daily Caller

NYC Homeless Staying In Shelters Longer | The Daily Caller:

"Homeless persons in New York City on average stayed nearly 100 days longer in shelters in 2017 than four years ago, according to an upcoming report from the Manhattan Institute.
Under Mayor Bill de Blasio, the average adult homeless person stayed in the shelter for 383 days in 2017 compared to the 293-day average stay in 2013.
“The more comfortable an adult or a family feels in a temporary housing situation, the weaker the motivation could become to move back into the community,” Stephen Eide, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, told the New York Post, which first reported on Manhattan Institute’s study expected to be released this week."

Tariffs on steel, aluminum are long overdue - MarketWatch

Tariffs on steel, aluminum are long overdue - MarketWatch
"Yesterday, President Donald Trump said that he has decided to impose tariffs of 25% on all steel imports and 10% on aluminum imports, promising to sign the measures next week. Trade remedies for steel and aluminum are long overdue.

Trump promised quick action after announcing investigations of the national-security threats imposed by steel and aluminum imports nearly a year ago. 

Delays worsened the import crisis for thousands of U.S. steel and aluminum workers, many of whom are facing layoffs and plant-closing announcements.

The crisis in steel and aluminum trade is driven by the development of massive amounts of excess production capacity, which has led to import dumping by China and a number of other countries singled out in the Commerce Department’s reports on its Section 232 investigations into the impact of imports of steel and aluminum products on national security.

The United States is the world largest importer of steel, and imports exceed exports by nearly four to one. 

Ten steel furnaces have closed since 2000, and we have lost 52,000 U.S. steelmaking jobs (37.8%) since January 2000..."

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China is selling a lot of steel to third countries, which then process the steel into products sold into the United States.

State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0. - The New York Times

State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0. - The New York Times:
"WASHINGTON — As Russia’s virtual war against the United States continues unabated with the midterm elections approaching, the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections or sow distrust in democracy.
As a result, not one of the 23 analysts working in the department’s Global Engagement Center — which has been tasked with countering Moscow’s disinformation campaign — speaks Russian, and a department hiring freeze has hinde  red efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the Russian efforts.
...The United States spends billions of dollars on secret cybercapabilities, but these weapons have proved largely ineffective against Russian efforts on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere that simply amplify or distort divisive but genuine voices in the United States and elsewhere.
...On Wednesday, Mark E. Mitchell, a top official in the Defense Department, said much wrangling remained before any of the promised $40 million is transferred to the State Department.
“We’re still a ways off,” Mr. Mitchell said..."
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Andres Anduaga, Mexican man, assumed identity of U.S. citizen Abraham Riojos for 37 years - Washington Times

Andres Anduaga, Mexican man, assumed identity of U.S. citizen Abraham Riojos for 37 years - Washington Times:

"SAN DIEGO — California court records show a Mexican man assumed the identity of an American citizen and received more than $360,000 in U.S. government benefits for nearly four decades.
Documents obtained by the San Diego Union-Tribune reveal Andres Anduaga used a fake birth certificate in 1980 to develop a seemingly legitimate persona by applying for a California driver’s license, Social Security number and U.S. passport. The official U.S. documents identified him as Abraham Riojos, born in Texas in 1958."

20 New Science Papers Find Climate is Driven by Solar Changes | Principia Scientific International

20 New Science Papers Find Climate is Driven by Solar Changes | Principia Scientific International
"Earlier this month, the first installment in the accumulating list of hundreds of new peer-reviewed scientific papers supporting a skeptical position on climate change alarm was made available. Included on the list were 38 papers linking climate changes to solar forcing: 38 Sun-Climate Scientific Papers, January-March 2017

Just in the last few weeks alone, another 20 scientific papers were identified which link solar variations to climate changes, which means 58 papers have already been published in 2017.

20 New Sun-Climate Papers

High Solar Activity (Warming), High Crop Yields – Low Solar Activity (Cooling), Low Crop Yields

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1. Huhtamaa and Helama, 2017

...“The rapid mid-15th century cooling, which followed a major atmospheric circulation change over the North Atlantic (Dawson et al., 2007; Meeker and Mayewski, 2002) and coincided with the culmination of the Spörer solar minimum (Miyahara et al., 2006), has been evidenced in various summer and winter season reconstructions of the region (Haltia-Hovi et al., 2007; Helama et al., 2009b; Klimenko and Solomina, 2010; Luoto and Helama, 2010; Zhang et al., 2015).”

“The culmination of the ‘LIA’ [Little Ice Age] in Finland has been commonly dated to the late 17th and early 18th centuries ad (Luoto, 2013; Luoto and Helama, 2010; Tiljander et al., 2003), which is synchronous with the onset of the phase of the lowest yield ratios in our reconstruction. The Maunder solar minima (c. 1645–1715) and several volcanic eruptions preceded the culmination (Shindell et al., 2003).”..."
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