If Jussie Smollett lied, look at the harm he caused Chicago — and America - Chicago Tribune

If Jussie Smollett lied, look at the harm he caused Chicago — and America - Chicago Tribune
"As TV actor Jussie Smollett told the tale, he was the victim of a politically motivated hate crime on a downtown Chicago street at 2 a.m. on a January morning.
That’s the story the Chicago Police Department investigated for more than three weeks.
...Smollett’s story about a hate crime riveted America.
Smollett said he was attacked by two men who hit him and yelled slurs.
They wrapped a rope around his neck, he said, splashed a chemical akin to bleach on him and shouted “This is MAGA country!” as if to connect their deed to President Donald Trump via his “Make America Great Again” campaign catchphrase.
...If Smollett’s story was bogus, the damage goes deeper: Smollett’s celebrity status generated intense national interest in his shocking allegation, exploiting the bleak narrative that America in 2019 is a place where intolerance not only occurs, but flourishes..."
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A warning to Americans!!-----What Happened When I Bought A Home With Sunrun Solar Panels

What Happened When I Bought A Home With Sunrun Solar Panels:

• Third-party ownership and decades-long contracts can create real headaches.

"...The location was a big draw, as was, at least initially, the fact that the red pitched roof of the two-car garage was outfitted with 17 solar panels. 
We’d get to do our bit for the planet.
...Two days after walking through Jug’s ham shack, we made an offer.
A week later, just before we entered escrow, we learned the solar array hadn’t belonged to Jug. 
It was, in the language of the industry, a third-party-owner, or TPO, system, belonging to Sunrun Inc., the largest provider of residential solar in the U.S.
I started looking into the TPO model..."
Long and worth the read!

Lunch video-----Jussie Smollett is a Complete Idiot

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South Korea Survives Trump’s Stress Test | The Heritage Foundation

South Korea Survives Trump’s Stress Test | The Heritage Foundation:

In sealing the deal, South Korean officials made new friends in the West Wing, while earning the respect of President Trump for being tough negotiators.
More importantly, the South Koreans significantly increased their commitment to the alliance. This gives Trump a stronger hand to play in pressuring North Korea leader Kim Jong Un on denuclearization at the Hanoi Summit. The U.S.-South Korea alliance now represents a more committed, formidable deterrent to North Korean aggression.

Medical marijuana user loses workplace case in appeals court

Medical marijuana user loses workplace case in appeals court:
"A Michigan Court of Appeals ruling could reinforce zero-tolerance workplace rules for marijuana even in cases in which a person has a medical marijuana card.
The Detroit Free Press reports Tuesday's ruling came in a lawsuit brought by Angela Eplee of Dimondale, who had said that the Lansing Board of Water and Light rescinded a 2017 job offer after she tested positive for marijuana even though she had a card allowing her to use the drug.
The board denied the test result was the reason for withdrawing the offer.
The trial court's dismissal of the case was upheld by the appeals court..."
Read on.

Worst Mich. clerk will shape election reforms | Politically Speaking

Worst Mich. clerk will shape election reforms | Politically Speaking
"Somehow, some way, Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey has been named to serve on an election reform committee created by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
Despite Winfrey’s wayward reputation for Election Day messes, Benson may have decided that the panel had to include the clerk from Michigan’s largest city.
...The incumbent clerk barely won re-election after an aggressive campaign by Lt. Gov. Gilchrist that focused substantial criticism on the botched election process she oversaw in 2016.
When Gilchrist sought a recount, a review of the vote was deemed impossible – just as in the 2016 presidential election — because ballots at numerous precincts were badly mishandled.
Now, Benson has appointed Winfrey to a 25-member Election Modernization Advisory Committee to help oversee implementation of reforms approved by state voters attached to Proposal 3 last November.
Winfrey and the group will study ways to make Michigan “a national model for clean, efficient and secure elections,” the secretary of state said..."

#1 This day 1963-----"HEY PAULA" Paul and Paula 1963 - HQ STEREO

2020 Democrats Embrace Race-Conscious Policies, Including Reparations - The New York Times

2020 Democrats Embrace Race-Conscious Policies, Including Reparations - The New York Times
"From the very first day of the 2020 presidential race, when Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts blamed “generations of discrimination” for black families earning far less than white households, Democratic hopefuls have broadly emphasized racial justice and closing the wealth gap in their policy platforms.
But in recent weeks, some candidates have started embracing specific goals and overtly race-conscious legislation that even the most left-wing elected officials stayed away from in recent years.
Last week, Senator Kamala Harris of California agreed with a radio host’s recent suggestion that government reparations for black Americans were necessary to address the legacies of slavery and discrimination. Ms. Harris later affirmed that support in a statement to The Times.
...The morally driven policy goals of Ms. Harris and Ms. Warren reflect a broader shift in the importance of race and identity issues in the Democratic Party..."
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Yes, he did!

The Number Of Illegals Caught At The Southwest Border Nearly Doubles, DHS Reports | The Daily Caller

The Number Of Illegals Caught At The Southwest Border Nearly Doubles, DHS Reports | The Daily Caller:

Apprehensions of illegal migrants at the southwest border in January increased dramatically from the same time last year, and experts predict 2019 will experience increases in illegal migrant arrests overall.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — a subset agency of the Department of Homeland Security — reported a total of 47,893 apprehensions of illegal migrants in January at the southwest border, a region of the U.S.-Mexico border that is the most active. The number marked an increase of nearly 22,000 arrests, or 84 percent, from January 2018.

Environmental Activists Pushed Chinese-Friendly Policies with Obama Administration

Environmental Activists Pushed Chinese-Friendly Policies with Obama Administration

• Green group denies need to register as foreign agent

"State Department email records show that environmental activists who have denied operating as foreign agents in response to congressional inquiries partnered with Obama administration officials to advance climate change policies that were beneficial to China and detrimental to the United States, according to energy policy analysts and attorneys who have reviewed the electronic correspondence.
The World Resources Institute, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit devoted to curtailing greenhouse gas emissions... relationship with China's government and the impact this relationship has had on their political activism.
...WRI had denied its relationship with the Chinese government impacted its political activism to the point where it would be required to register under FARA.
However, the committee had obtained "communications" between WRI and "senior U.S. government officials" that suggest WRI has been operating to influence U.S. policy at behest of Chinese government officials, the letter explained.
...The email records demonstrate that Obama State Department officials devoted considerable time, attention and pubic resources toward assisting Morgan and WRI in their efforts to assist China's climate advocacy, Chris Horner, an attorney with Government Accountability and Oversight, told the Free Beacon.
..."WRI's overtures in very high places prompted State to scramble its China team to convene with Morgan to assist WRI's project on behalf of the Chinese, and led to WRI matchmaking Obama officials with Chinese officials eager to help make sure the climate train that they had, together, gotten to run so well, kept on chugging," Horner said.

AM Fruitcake

History for February 22

History for February 22 - On-This-Day.com
George Washington (U.S.) 1732 - First President of the United States., Frederic-Francois Chopin 1810, Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892
   

Robert Young 1907, Lea Salonga 1971, Drew Barrymore 1975 - Actress


1630 - Quadequine introduced popcorn to English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner.


1885 - The Washington Monument was officially dedicated in Washington, DC. It opened to the public in 1889.

Judicial Watch Sues for ‘Coup’ Documents - Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch Sues for ‘Coup’ Documents - Judicial Watch:

Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for all records of communication of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the Office of the Attorney General Jeff Sessions, or the Office of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussing the 25th Amendment or presidential fitness. Additionally, the lawsuit seeks all recordings made by any official in the Office of the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General of meetings in the Executive Office of the President or Vice President.
The suit was filed after the Justice Department failed to respond to three separate FOIA requests dated September 21, 2018 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-00388)). The lawsuit seeks all written and audio/visual records of any FBI/DOJ discussions regarding the 25th Amendment and plans to secretly record President Trump in the Oval Office.

The way we were-----I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing- The New Seekers

How to play Pull-a-Smollett: the game of social engineering

How to play Pull-a-Smollett: the game of social engineering

"At the risk of losing the punch line in the translation, let me start with a Russian joke:

"We're sorry, but you're no longer welcome in our house."

"Why is that?"

"The last time you visited, one of our spoons went missing."

"What nonsense, why would I steal your silverware?"

"We're not saying you did, we found it a day later, but the resentment still remains."

While the stain on this poor fellow's reputation was accidental, we are now finding that such stains can be engineered, especially if the media is on your side. 
Consider the Trump-Russia collusion scenario. 
None of the claims against Trump have proven to be true, but "the resentment remains."
All of the examples of hate and violence by Trump supporters have also proven to be hoaxes, and yet the response usually is, "even if this one's a hoax, you can't deny that Trump has created an atmosphere of resentment, and so many hate crimes in the news can't all be hoaxes."
This is a projection...READ ALL!
In the meantime, here's a list of previous winners and their inspirational stories, courtesy of The Daily Caller.

A LIST OF HOAX 'HATE CRIMES' IN THE TRUMP ERA

• Anti-Muslim Hate Crime In Michigan Turns Out To Be A Hoax (Nov. 2016)
• Bisexual Student Fakes Trump-Inspired Hate Crime (Nov. 2016)
• Gas Station Racism Goes Viral - Then Police Debunk It (Nov. 2016)
• White Men Rob Muslim Woman Of Her Hijab And Wallet - Except It Never Happened (Nov. 2016)
• Church Organist Vandalizes Own Church (Nov. 2016)
• "Drunk White Men" Attack Muslim Woman In Story That Also Never Happened (Dec. 2016)
• White Guy Sets His Own Car On Fire, Paints Racial Slur On His Own Garage (Dec. 2016)
• Prankster Tricks Liberal Journalist Into Spreading Anti-Trump Hoax (Dec. 2016)
• Student Writes Anti-Muslim Graffiti On His Own Door (Feb. 2017)
• Israeli Man Behind Anti-Semitic Bomb Threats In The U.S. (April 2017)
• Hoax At St. Olaf (May 2017)
• Fake Hate At Air Force Academy Goes Viral (Sept. 2017)
• K-State Fake Hate Crime (Nov. 2017)
• Racist Graffiti Carried Out By Non-White Student (Nov. 2017)
• Waiter Fakes Note Calling Himself A Terrorist (July 2018)
• Waitress Fakes Racist Note, Blames Law Enforcement (July 2018)
• New York Woman's Hate Crime That Wasn't (Sept. 2018)
• Student Faked Racist Notes (Dec. 2018)
• The Covington Catastrophe (Jan. 2019)
• Bonus: Anti-Semitic Vandal Exposed As Democratic Activist (Nov. 2018)
• Bonus II: Trump-Inspired Racist Blaze At Black Church Was Carried Out By Black Churchgoer (Nov. 2016)

Giant List Of MSM-FueledHate-Crime Hoaxes Meant To Frame Trump Supporters | Zero Hedge

Giant List Of MSM-FueledHate-Crime Hoaxes Meant To Frame Trump Supporters | Zero Hedge

 Tyler Durden
"As Brian Stelter and CNN work overtime to pretend that the MSM didn't uncritically promote Jussie Smollett's absurd "hate crime" story in a giddy rush to frame Trump supporters as violent, journalist and photographer Andy Ngo has pushed back.

In a running thread of hate-crime hoaxes that the MSM either uncritically reported - or gave little attention to once the truth came out, Ngo lists hoax after hoax designed to smear conservatives. 

Click on the first tweet and go from there, or keep scrolling: 

Andy Ngo

✔@MrAndyNgo

 · Feb 17, 2019

Right after Donald Trump’s election, the SPLC really stoked panic. A pro-gay Episcopal church in Indiana was vandalized w/“Heil Trump,” a swastika, & an anti-gay slur. Turns out it was the gay organ player who did it. He was only charged w/a misdemeanor. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/11/13/indiana-church-vandalized-slurs/93772448/ …

Indiana church vandalized with slurs

St. David's Episcopal Church in Bean Blossom was vandalized sometime Saturday night.

indystar.com

Andy Ngo

✔@MrAndyNgo

Days after the Pittsburgh massacre, Trump supporters were blamed for Nazi vandalism at a Brooklyn synagogue & fires in a Jewish community. Turns out the perpetrator was a gay black man who had worked with city council on an initiative to fight hate crimes. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/brooklyn-synagogue-anti-semitic-graffiti/ …

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New York Times: Trump's Border Reforms Are Working

New York Times: Trump's Border Reforms Are Working:

A New York Times‘ article on the migrant caravans shows President Donald Trump’s border security reforms are successfully curbing the northward flow of migrants.
One-third of the 6,000 migrants who reached the border just in the November caravan have given up their effort to cross the border, the Times says: “Data from Mexican officials suggested that harsh policies he has introduced to crack down on asylum seekers may already be achieving some of its intended effects.”

Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside - Chicago Tribune

Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside - Chicago Tribune
"Something important has been lost in the embarrassing saga of Jussie Smollett..
What’s been lost is this:
I’m told that two dozen detectives were assigned to the Smollett case.
Can Chicago afford that, what with all the unsolved murders and shootings in this town?
No.
There were some 18 people killed in Chicago after Smollett began telling his story in late January, that story in which he cast himself as the hero, about having to fight off pro-Trump racists.
...But two dozen detectives for Smollett just doesn’t seem right.
Make no mistake.
I’m not blaming the detectives, or the Chicago Police Department.
They work for a politician.
His name is Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who famously announced a few years ago that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
...“This was an attempted modern-day lynching,” tweeted Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris of California.
“No one should ever have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.”
...It was a perfect anti-Trump story. It fit the prevailing narrative of many in the media (who are themselves liberal Democrats) that Trump supporters are racist and just itching to find some minorities to beat up.
...Or you might consider CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin.
She looked into the camera, and sighed, and her sigh was full of her politics.
“This is America in 2019,” she said.
We get it, Brooke. 
We’re terrible. 
Donald Trump is the president, and everything’s gone to hell.
A few weeks ago, after Smollett began telling his tale — in which he’s the hero fighting oppression and hatred — a 1-year-old child was shot in the head.
It looked like a street gang may have been targeting his mother.
She’s been shot before.
The child, Dejon Irving, is on life support.
I don’t think there were two dozen detectives assigned to Dejon Irving’s case.
But he’s not a star to be used by politicians in pursuit of power. 
He’s not a symbol.
Politicians don’t tweet his name. 
He’s just a little boy from Chicago, shot in the head."
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The true cost of faked hate crimes | Spectator USA

The true cost of faked hate crimes | Spectator USA
Should we punish fraudulent victims as vigorously as real criminals?--Douglas Murray
"Some years ago I was introduced to one notion of how to tackle dishonest and insincere accusations of racism.
The idea was not just that there should be a social cost to making a dishonest claim, but that the cost should equal that borne by somebody who is accurately and correctly identified as a racist.
Without such a disincentive, there is no reason (other than decency and honesty, which may sometimes be in short supply) for people not to level such accusations insincerely.
Since Monday night I have been wondering, amid much else, whether some similar aspiration could be encouraged regarding hate crimes.
...It couldn’t have been better for some people. 

Nancy Pelosi and other leading Democrats tried to pin the hate crime on the White House.

In a frankly horrible piece of self-aggrandizing, sandpaper-voiced publicity-seeking, an actress called Ellen Page – with the complicity of Stephen Colbert – auditioned for chief weaponizer of the hate crime. 

Perhaps just as Pelosi has had to use the delete button on her Twitter account, so Colbert and Page may now be wishing their attribution of blame against the Vice President hadn’t gone quite so viral. In her potty-mouthed way Page had insisted that, ‘There [bleep] isn’t a debate’ over whether what happened to Jessie Smollett was a hate crime or not..."

Except that there was, and is, a debate..."
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Lunch video-----John Stossel - Recycling Stupidity

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New York's abortion 'barbarism' having ripple effect - WND

New York's abortion 'barbarism' having ripple effect - WND:

A prosecutor dropped one of the charges that had been brought against a man suspected of stabbing and killing a pregnant woman in Queens on Feb. 3, noted the American Center for Law and Justice.
“We told you that New York’s barbaric abortion law would have real life (and death) consequences. Unfortunately, we’re already seeing the first evidence of that,” the organization, which has demanded from the state information about the abortion lobby’s influence on the law, said ACLJ.
After the law was signed Jan. 22 by Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Virginia tried to pass a similar law. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam drew attention when, in defense of the bill, he advocated infanticide.
ACLJ said that in the Queens case, an “unspeakably savage crime that’s hard to even comprehend, let alone describe, will now go unpunished.”
“A man attacked his pregnant girlfriend in New York, reportedly dragging her out into the public vestibule of their apartment building and stabbing her repeatedly in the stomach as neighbors say she pled for the life of her unborn baby,” ACLJ said