Bombshells, Landmines, and Nemesis - Victor Davis Hanson

Bombshells, Landmines, and Nemesis - Victor Davis Hanson

• Ironically Joe Biden, the media, and the old House majority have provided Republicans the same tools to discover the truth that the Left had once used to destroy it.

For much of 2017 through 2021, Americans suffered the 

• “bombshell” and “walls are closing” mythologies first of Russian collusion, 
• then of supposedly vast Russian social media investments to sabotage the election.
• From there we moved on to the Alfa Bank ping-pong fable, 
• the supposed Putin bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan that Trump was said to have ignored and, of course, 
• the idea that Hunter’s laptop was just “Russian disinformation.”

These were journalistic sins of commission, warping the news cycle to advance ideological agendas and win elections. 

There emerged, however, other real landmines of omission—things the media deliberately ignores, but have the potential to go off and blow up a presidency.

• Taxes Paid (or not paid) by Mr. 10 Percent (BigGuy)...

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History for February 17

History for February 17 - On-This-Day.com

Paris Hilton 1981

• 1801 - The U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was elected president and Burr became vice president.
• 1878 - In San Francisco, CA, the first large city telephone exchange opened. It had only 18 phones.
• 1934 - The first high school automobile driver’s education course was introduced in State College, PA.
• 1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that congressional districts within each state had to be approximately equal in population. (Westberry v. Sanders)
• 1995 - Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings. He was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison.

John Kirby uses Chinese spy balloon incident to take shot at Trump, boost Biden. But here's what a top general said. - TheBlaze

John Kirby uses Chinese spy balloon incident to take shot at Trump, boost Biden. But here's what a top general said. - TheBlaze: 

A top Biden administration spokesperson used the Chinese spy balloon scandal on Monday to take a shot at former President Donald Trump. John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, told reporters that when President Joe Biden came into office, he tasked the intelligence community with conducting "a broad assessment of Chinese intelligence capabilities" to ensure the U.S. is properly defending itself from those threats.

Saved From the Titanic (1912) | The Titanic as Entertainment

Outraged Ohio residents erupt at town hall: 'Where's Pete Buttigieg?'

Tucker: At least he’s not being misgendered in court

Yes, they hate plastics too-----What the Ohio Train Derailment Says About the Dark Side of Plastics

What the Ohio Train Derailment Says About the Dark Side of Plastics

(Bloomberg) -- A Norfolk Southern Corp. train carrying hazardous materials derailed in fiery fashion on the night of Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio.

...The disaster highlights the dangers of the world’s growing reliance on plastics, which two key chemicals of concern — vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate — are used to make.
“This tragedy reminds us we have to pay attention not to just what happens to plastic when you are done with it, but the whole life cycle of using massive amounts of toxic chemicals that have to be transported all over the world to make plastic products,” says Judith Enck, a former administrator at the US Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration and now an advocate against plastic pollution...

I doubt they're joking-----It has come to this...WSJ suggests skipping breakfast to save money

It has come to this...WSJ suggests skipping breakfast to save money - DAVID STROM

• Pretty sure the suggestion was tongue in cheek, but in the days when the powers-that-be think you should be eating bugs to save the planet, it’s difficult to be sure.

The suggestion–sarcastic or serious–comes after the latest inflation report which was not exactly good news for your pocketbook. 

Despite dramatic rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and the tremendous “success” of the Inflation Reduction Act (which is, ironically, destroying your IRA), the price of breakfast foods continues to skyrocket.
Egg price increases were the wost...

Ex-MSNBC host says she couldn't criticize Hillary Clinton without network's approval - TheBlaze

Ex-MSNBC host says she couldn't criticize Hillary Clinton without network's approval - TheBlaze: 

A former MSNBC political commentator recently claimed that she could not broadcast criticism of Hillary Clinton leading up to the 2016 presidential election without first getting approval from the network's president, the New York Post reported.

CBO Warns US Treasury May Default as Soon as July

The enemy within!-----Defense Department DEI Chief Made Disparaging Remarks About White People on Twitter

Defense Department DEI Chief Made Disparaging Remarks About White People on Twitter

• “I’m exhausted with these white folx in the [professional development] sessions.”

Kelisa Wing is the chief diversity officer in the education wing at the Department of Defense. 

is herself, currently on defense, over some things she wrote on Twitter about white people.
This story is an excellent reminder of just how embedded the ideology behind diversity, equity and inclusion is at every level of our government.

FOX News reports:

Defense Department DEI education official claims past racially-charged tweets were ‘private speech’...

See the screencap below:

Here’s more from the Military Times:

Lunch video-----Realistic Conflict Theory: The Psychology of War and Peace

Noon-toon

 

Baltimore Reports No Students in 23 Schools Proficient in Math: 'Scandal'

Baltimore Reports No Students in 23 Schools Proficient in Math: 'Scandal': 

The Baltimore public school system is under fire after the city said no students in 23 area schools are proficient in math, standards that are reportedly declining across Maryland. According to Fox News, 93 percent of students in third through eighth grade tested below their grade level when it came to mathematics, the outlet reported Tuesday.

Very strange. Threatened? Brainwashed?-----What caused Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest? Watch this and draw your own conclusions.

What caused Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest? Watch this and draw your own conclusions.

Claim: Plastic Coffee Cup Ban Might Increase Methane Emissions | Watts Up With That?

Claim: Plastic Coffee Cup Ban Might Increase Methane Emissions | Watts Up With That? -Essay by Eric Worrall

"Should coffee just be banned?
Having fought hard to ban plastic coffee cups, Aussie greens have realised solving plastic pollution with compostable cups might increase greenhouse gas emissions.

Why there’s concern this state’s ban on plastic takeaway coffee cups could have unintended consequences...

• Western Australia’s takeaway coffee cup ban comes into effect from 27 February.
• An estimated 1.84 billion single-use cups are used by Australians every year.
• Compostable coffee cups can still be sold but advocates say the infrastructure to properly process these cups is not accessible.

Western Australia is set to ban certain cups normally used for takeaway coffee as part of ongoing efforts to stamp out single-use plastic..

Frightening!-----Are you ready to be ‘upgraded’ to Humanity 2.0? Klaus Schwab and Yuval Harari say it’s just a matter of time before you will be

Are you ready to be ‘upgraded’ to Humanity 2.0? Klaus Schwab and Yuval Harari say it’s just a matter of time before you will be
"...World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab spoke this week in glowing terms about the rapidly advancing technologies he says will ring in the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.”

Schwab spoke about chatbots, machine learning, digital identities and the whole gamut of mind-blowing technology being developed and perfected.

• The masters of the universe, the self-appointed globalist elites, will control the digital world and in turn control people, Schwab boasted...
• “Who masters those technologies – in some way – will be the master of the world,” Schwab said.

Here he is speaking this week at the annual World Government Summit in Dubai.

Yup. Same liars!

 

Campus Reform | PROF. JENKINS: Equity is Marxism re-branded

Campus Reform | PROF. JENKINS: Equity is Marxism re-branded

• Today's Marxists believe they can to tear down every long-standing system by pushing equity.

"Marxism is alive and well in America’s universities. 

A 2006 survey found that nearly 18 percent of social scientists identified with that label, and more recent research suggests that the number of Marxists on campus has only increased since.
...Enter the latest rebranding of Marxism: “Equity,” which many are inclined to embrace because it sounds good. 

It sounds, in fact, a lot like “equality,” a traditional American value. 

Some even conflate the two words, using them interchangeably.
But they are not the same. 

• “Equality,” in our system, refers to equality before the law and equality of opportunity. 
• “Equity” demands equal outcomes. 

Big difference...

#1 This day 1977-----Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light

Always trust the gov...Peter Buttigieg!-----Important Takeaways from Ohio Gov's Train Derailment Briefing, Including a Shocking Revelation

Important Takeaways from Ohio Gov's Train Derailment Briefing, Including a Shocking Revelation - BY PAULA BOLYARD

• One of the most astounding revelations from the press conference (watch below) was that the train was not classified as carrying hazardous chemicals.

“I learned today from the PUCO [Public Utilities Council of Ohio] that this train was not considered a high hazardous material train,” DeWine said. 

As a result, the railroad was not required to notify anyone in Ohio about what the train was carrying.
...“Frankly, if this is true, and I’m told it’s true, this is absurd...

"Can anyone explain what's happening here?

 Ian Miles Cheong on Twitter: "Can anyone explain what's happening here? https://t.co/S7V3lTbYG3" / Twitter:

Remote work costs NYC over $12B annually: report | Fox Business

Remote work costs NYC over $12B annually: report | Fox Business: 

The shift to remote work is costing New York City more than $12 billion each year.  Office workers are spending $4,661 less per person in the areas near their offices than before the pandemic began, according to a Bloomberg analysis of a Feb. 12 WFH Research study. The Big Apple has seen the largest reduction in spending across the country, with a deficit of $12.4 billion a year.