Don Surber: The derp state:
"If anyone wants to know why the Deep State of the nation's intelligence and law enforcement services missed 9/11, they should read Victor Davis Hanson's column,
"The Trump Land Mine."
He makes the argument that in trying to get The Donald, they made the mistake of not knowing who their quarry was.
"If the deep state really wanted to dismantle and disarm Donald Trump, it would have been wise first to carefully learn how he was constructed and wired — and thus why he was especially dangerous to them.
Then to disarm him, elites would have had to offer superior agendas to his supporters, while engaging in reasoned debates and alternative visions — working with him when they found common and shared solutions, playing the loyal opposition when there did not," he wrote.
Instead they were reckless, arrogant, and easily trapped by an astute, sober man who sizes up every man when he enters a room.
They thought he was dumb and erratic.
He is cold and calculating,
Apply their performance in this attempted coup to the performance of their actual jobs.
Obviously, President Trump was not the first world leader these saps misjudged.
They got rolled by Iran, by the Muslim Brotherhood, and by the Castros.
The deep state is the derp state that is
run by elitists who think they are elite when they are ordinary. And below average.
The public watches the straw grasping each day.
Even people who are casual about politics are beginning to laugh at these Keystone Kops.
But
I wonder how many died due to the hubris of the swamp in Washington.
Fortunately, President Trump is draining the swamp.
It is about time.
Once in every generation, Drāno in every drain in D.C."
Sadiq Khan mocked for focus on junk food ad ban while London mired in stabbing crime - Washington Times:
"If the deep state really wanted to dismantle and disarm Donald Trump, it would have been wise first to carefully learn how he was constructed and wired — and thus why he was especially dangerous to them.
Lansing is trying to create what they call a "special assessment" to allow private businesses to soak up your property taxes in order to make their businesses more profitable at your expense.
It’s an onomatopoeia of our Midwestern deference.
One of Germany's leading economists, Hans-Werner Sinn, warned that the migrant crisis could end up costing German taxpayers more than one trillion euros: "The cost to the taxpayer could also be higher. So far, there are about 1.5 million migrants who have come to Germany since 2015. And no: They are not dentists, lawyers and nuclear scientists, but mostly underqualified immigrants, who have arrived in the promised land... where the standard of living without employment is higher than in many countries of origin with employment."
"President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal has produced much hand-wringing from its supporters.
The fact that this case involves a male accuser ("John Doe") and a female aggressor ("Jane Roe") makes it unusual among Title IX complaints. (Title IX is the federal statute that forbids sex discrimination in schools.)
