Sunday, October 06, 2019
Instapundit Blog Archive JOEL KOTKIN: Elites Against Western Civilization
JOEL KOTKIN: Elites Against Western Civilization
"JOEL KOTKIN: Teaching youth that there is nothing good about our democratic cultural inheritance, the intellectual class is working to discredit our past and demolish our future.
"JOEL KOTKIN: Teaching youth that there is nothing good about our democratic cultural inheritance, the intellectual class is working to discredit our past and demolish our future.
"The intellectual class across the West—encompassing its universities, media, and arts—is striving to dismantle the values that paced its ascendancy. Europe, the source of Western civilization, now faces a campaign, in academia and elite media, to replace its cultural and religious traditions with what one author describes as a “multicultural and post-racial republic” supportive of separate identities....
...The driving force for these changes has been the ascendant clerisy, which, reprising the role that the Church played in medieval times, sees itself as anointed to direct human society, a modern version of the “oligarchy of priests and monks whose task it was to propitiate heaven,”...
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Climate 'activist' at AOC event: 'We have to eat the babies'
Climate 'activist' at AOC event: 'We have to eat the babies'
"A woman at Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s town hall today took climate extremism to the next level.
After saying the Green New Deal is great but it doesn’t work fast enough, she declared her own plan: eating children.
Donning a t-shirt that read, “Save the Planet, Eat the Children,” the unhinged rant she delivered declared that bombing Russia would not be enough because there would still be too many people.
She referred to a Swedish scientist who declared earlier this year that we need to start eating human corpses to fight climate change...
...Later, she punctuated her plea by saying, “We have to eat the babies. This is very serious. Please give a response.”...
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"A woman at Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s town hall today took climate extremism to the next level.
After saying the Green New Deal is great but it doesn’t work fast enough, she declared her own plan: eating children.
Donning a t-shirt that read, “Save the Planet, Eat the Children,” the unhinged rant she delivered declared that bombing Russia would not be enough because there would still be too many people. She referred to a Swedish scientist who declared earlier this year that we need to start eating human corpses to fight climate change...
...Later, she punctuated her plea by saying, “We have to eat the babies. This is very serious. Please give a response.”...
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Flashback--'Obama's War on Whistleblowers': More Prosecuted as Spies than Ever Before | Breitbart
Flashback--'Obama's War on Whistleblowers': More Prosecuted as Spies than Ever Before | Breitbart:
The Obama administration waged war on whistleblowers during its tenure, reportedly prosecuting at least eight leakers under the Espionage Act – more than under all former presidents combined.
Members of the Obama administration also reportedly retaliated against whistleblowers, namely those linked to the federal government’s gun-walking scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious.
The Obama administration waged war on whistleblowers during its tenure, reportedly prosecuting at least eight leakers under the Espionage Act – more than under all former presidents combined.
Members of the Obama administration also reportedly retaliated against whistleblowers, namely those linked to the federal government’s gun-walking scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious.
History for October 6
History for October 6 - On-This-Day.com
George Westinghouse 1846 - Founder of Westinghouse Electric Company and invented railway braking systems, Florence Seibert 1897, Carole Lombard 1908
Shana Alexander 1925, Hafez Assad (Syria) 1930, Elisabeth Shue 1963
1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and France in an address to Reichstag.
1961 - U.S. president John F. Kennedy advised American families to build or buy bomb shelters to protect them in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.
Saturday, October 05, 2019
ACLU Sues To Make Trump Administration Pay Migrant Families Separated At Border | The Daily Caller
ACLU Sues To Make Trump Administration Pay Migrant Families Separated At Border | The Daily Caller:
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday, demanding the federal government pay damages to migrant families who were separated under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court in Arizona, calls for punitive and compensatory damages from the Trump administration, according to court filings. The progressive organization also wants the government to create a new fund that covers the cost of mental health care for families that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court in Arizona, calls for punitive and compensatory damages from the Trump administration, according to court filings. The progressive organization also wants the government to create a new fund that covers the cost of mental health care for families that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
CRIMINAL OFFENCE: German Bill Making 'Denigrating' EU Flag & Anthem ILLEGAL On Brink Of Becoming Law | Politicalite UK | News For The People By The People
CRIMINAL OFFENCE: German Bill Making 'Denigrating' EU Flag & Anthem ILLEGAL On Brink Of Becoming Law | Politicalite UK | News For The People By The People
"...Germany’s Bundesrat, the Upper House of his Parliament, has passed a law which will see anyone who ‘denigrates’ the EU flag and/or anthem face up to free years in prison.
"...Germany’s Bundesrat, the Upper House of his Parliament, has passed a law which will see anyone who ‘denigrates’ the EU flag and/or anthem face up to free years in prison.
GOP Senators Ask Intelligence Community’s IG About Classified Leaks Of Whistleblower Complaint | The Daily Caller
GOP Senators Ask Intelligence Community’s IG About Classified Leaks Of Whistleblower Complaint | The Daily Caller:
Two Republican senators are asking the intelligence community’s inspector general whether he is investigating leaks of classified details of the whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump, as well as leaks for news stories published about the Trump-Russia investigation.
“As you are aware, there have been a number of leaks of highly sensitive information in the past two years, arguably perpetrated to advance political or personal interests to the apparent detriment to the national security and the integrity of federal administrative, law enforcement, and counterintelligence investigations,” Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin wrote Wednesday to Michael K. Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general (ICIG).
“As you are aware, there have been a number of leaks of highly sensitive information in the past two years, arguably perpetrated to advance political or personal interests to the apparent detriment to the national security and the integrity of federal administrative, law enforcement, and counterintelligence investigations,” Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin wrote Wednesday to Michael K. Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general (ICIG).
Chemistry Expert: Carbon Dioxide can't cause Global Warming | PSI Intl
Chemistry Expert: Carbon Dioxide can't cause Global Warming | PSI Intl
"...Why on earth do we attribute any heating of the oceans to carbon dioxide, when there is a far more obvious culprit, and when such a straightforward examination of the thermodynamics render it impossible.
Carbon dioxide, we are told, traps heat that has been irradiated by the oceans, and this warms the oceans and melts the polar ice caps.
While this seems a plausible proposition at first glance, when one actually examines it closely a major flaw emerges.
In a nutshell, water takes a lot of energy to heat up, and air doesn’t contain much.
In fact, on a volume/volume basis, the ratio of heat capacities is about 3300 to 1.
This means that to heat 1 litre of water by 1˚C it would take 3300 litres of air that was 2˚C hotter, or 1 litre of air that was about 3300˚C hotter!
This shouldn’t surprise anyone.
If you ran a cold bath and then tried to heat it by putting a dozen heaters in the room, does anyone believe that the water would ever get hot?
The problem gets even stickier when you consider the size of the ocean.
Basically, there is too much water and not enough air..."
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"...Why on earth do we attribute any heating of the oceans to carbon dioxide, when there is a far more obvious culprit, and when such a straightforward examination of the thermodynamics render it impossible.
While this seems a plausible proposition at first glance, when one actually examines it closely a major flaw emerges.
In a nutshell, water takes a lot of energy to heat up, and air doesn’t contain much.
In fact, on a volume/volume basis, the ratio of heat capacities is about 3300 to 1.
This means that to heat 1 litre of water by 1˚C it would take 3300 litres of air that was 2˚C hotter, or 1 litre of air that was about 3300˚C hotter!
This shouldn’t surprise anyone.
If you ran a cold bath and then tried to heat it by putting a dozen heaters in the room, does anyone believe that the water would ever get hot?
The problem gets even stickier when you consider the size of the ocean.
Basically, there is too much water and not enough air..."
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Bombshell: UKRAINIANS Donated More Than ANY Other National Group to THE CLINTON FOUNDATION - DC Dirty Laundry
Bombshell: UKRAINIANS Donated More Than ANY Other National Group to THE CLINTON FOUNDATION - DC Dirty Laundry
"In a 15 year accounting of foreign donors, England donated 8.4 million and Saudi Arabia 7.3 million to The Clinton Foundation.
Ukraine beat both of those countries.
Ukraine?
...Ukraine became a vast pool of U.S. taxpayer-funded “aid” that poured into that long-corrupt nation and then saw piles of kickbacks returned to powerful and politically-connected recipients.
The far-left media is still trying to ignore how many times Joe Biden grabbed some of that Ukraine stash for his family but chances are it wasn’t anywhere near what the Clintons did – and all with the blessing of President Obama.
See for yourself . . .
"In a 15 year accounting of foreign donors, England donated 8.4 million and Saudi Arabia 7.3 million to The Clinton Foundation.
Ukraine beat both of those countries.
Ukraine?
...Ukraine became a vast pool of U.S. taxpayer-funded “aid” that poured into that long-corrupt nation and then saw piles of kickbacks returned to powerful and politically-connected recipients.
The far-left media is still trying to ignore how many times Joe Biden grabbed some of that Ukraine stash for his family but chances are it wasn’t anywhere near what the Clintons did – and all with the blessing of President Obama.
See for yourself . . .
And check out this excerpt from a 2015 report:
Between 2009 and 2013, including when Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state, the Clinton Foundation received at least $8.6 million from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, according to that foundation, which is based in Kiev, Ukraine.
It was created by Mr. Pinchuk, whose fortune stems from a pipe-making company. He served two terms as an elected member of the Ukrainian Parliament and is a proponent of closer ties between Ukraine and the European Union..."
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Kamala Harris Says She Might Confiscate ‘As Many As 10 Million’ Guns | The Daily Caller
Kamala Harris Says She Might Confiscate ‘As Many As 10 Million’ Guns | The Daily Caller:
Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris re-iterated her support for a mandatory gun buyback program Wednesday, saying a government under her leadership may confiscate “as many as 10 million” guns.
Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris re-iterated her support for a mandatory gun buyback program Wednesday, saying a government under her leadership may confiscate “as many as 10 million” guns.
Andy McCarthy: 'There is no impeachment inquiry' - WND
Andy McCarthy: 'There is no impeachment inquiry' - WND:
Pointing out that the House has not voted as a body to authorize an impeachment inquiry, as required by the Constitution, he says the Democrats are conducting a "made-for-cable-TV political soap opera" designed to help them win the 2020 election.
A "haughty" Sept. 27 letter from House Democrats directing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cooperate in their demands to depose State Department officials and review various records "is nothing more than an informal request for voluntary cooperation," he says.
"Legally, it has no compulsive power. If anything, it is rife with legal deficiencies."
A "haughty" Sept. 27 letter from House Democrats directing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cooperate in their demands to depose State Department officials and review various records "is nothing more than an informal request for voluntary cooperation," he says.
"Legally, it has no compulsive power. If anything, it is rife with legal deficiencies."
Five public colleges have Pell Grant graduation rates under 1 percent. They’re in the same state. | The College Fix
Five public colleges have Pell Grant graduation rates under 1 percent. They’re in the same state. | The College Fix
"...In fact, one state is responsible for all four-year public colleges with graduation rates under 1 percent for Pell Grant recipients.
"...In fact, one state is responsible for all four-year public colleges with graduation rates under 1 percent for Pell Grant recipients.
...For the 2016-2017 year, the most recent data available, Georgia had five public colleges with Pell graduation rates under 1 percent, ranging from Bainbridge State College (0.0 percent and $6.48 million in received aid) to Atlanta Metropolitan State College (0.6 percent and $8.63 million).
East Georgia State had perhaps the worst overall numbers: It received $9.34 million in Pell Grants, covering nearly 60 percent of its total population, but graduated only 0.1 percent of them. (Bainbridge State, with the 0.0 rate, merged into Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College after that academic year. ABAC’s 2016-2017 rate was 8.4 percent, and it received $6.27 million.)..."
East Georgia State had perhaps the worst overall numbers: It received $9.34 million in Pell Grants, covering nearly 60 percent of its total population, but graduated only 0.1 percent of them. (Bainbridge State, with the 0.0 rate, merged into Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College after that academic year. ABAC’s 2016-2017 rate was 8.4 percent, and it received $6.27 million.)..."
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