Top liberal think tank suddenly distressed by all that money it took from a foreign government

Top liberal think tank suddenly distressed by all that money it took from a foreign government
"One of the most prominent and politically active left-wing think tanks in the United States, the Center for American Progress, has announced that it will no longer accept funding from the United Arab Emirates, the Guardian reported Friday.
...The spokesperson added, “This funding never impacted any CAP position or policy, but everybody here agrees it’s just the right thing to do.”
CAP, which was established in 2003 by former President Bill Clinton’s former chief of staff John Podesta, has reported receiving UAE funding between $500,000 and $1 million, making the foreign entity one of the think tank’s top donors.
Why would UAE donate to such a group? 
It ain't rocket science. 
CAP's staunch opposition to domestic fracking and oil and gas exploration generally works to the benefit of several foreign powers, including all OPEC members and Russia.
Naturally, CAP is just the sort of organization whose voice a foreign power such as the UAE would want to amplify in the American political debate.
Think of it as a way of meddling in foreign politics, just as Russia has done by subsidizing left-wing anti-oil organizations in the U.S. and in Europe..."
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‘Family Friendly’ Is ‘Homophobic,’ Google Employees Fret | National Review

‘Family Friendly’ Is ‘Homophobic,’ Google Employees Fret | National Review
"False charges of homophobia only diminish the real and serious struggles of those who have had to be subjected to it.
A Google vice president had to address employees’ “concerns” after many of them supported the idea that the phrase “family friendly” was “offensive” and “homophobic.”
According to an article in The Daily Caller, the trouble started when a Google executive used the phrase “family friendly” when discussing a product for children during a company-wide presentation.
One employee reportedly became so upset that he stormed out, later explaining in an internal thread that using the word “family” to mean “household with children” was “offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong.”...
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No MAGA Hats in the Opinion Workers Union Hall

No MAGA Hats in the Opinion Workers Union Hall
"This week there was a rare celestial convergence: A Super Moon, a Blood Wolf Moon, and a Lunar Eclipse. 
On earth there were also some noteworthy events: 1000 reporters lost their jobs, Mueller jumped the shark in arresting Roger Stone in the middle of the night, and the President moved on to another stage of the long Build the Wall battle.

The Opinion Workers Union Hall

Riffing on the loss of jobs by 1000 reporters, most especially those who’d been tapping away at Huffington Post and Buzz Feed spewing hateful, ill-informed nonsense, Iowahawk, had fun in a three-part tweet:

I was havin' beers with the fellas down at the Opinion Workers Union hall, and they're all itchin' for a strike. Let's see how long these management bastards last when the hot take warehouse goes empty.

But Al the union steward said it was only "temporary" and that we shouldn't rile up nothin' less'n they start bussin' in a bunch of damn Twitter scabs. Sometimes I think that sumbitch is in management's pocket, and it's time for a wildcat vote.

I spent the best 2 years of my life dragging randos and chasing hashtags, and what do I get? Carpal tunnel and goddamn pink slip. Brooklyn used to be filled with clickbait factories, now it's just busted dreams, UHauls, and opioid addicts.

The news of the discharges came after days of coverage respecting the confrontation between a make-believe Vietnam veteran and some Catholic school boys who did not take the bait to respond to his aggressive moves and were nevertheless falsely accused of the left’s favorite sin -- racism.

After a series of hoaxes in which white males were proven to have been unfairly accused of racism and sexism and such we were naturally skeptical. There was the Trayvon Martin (“white Hispanic”) nonsense, the Ferguson (“hands up, don’t shoot’) lies, the Duke Lacrosse Team hoax, the UVA fraternity debacle and the Judge Kavanaugh hokum, to name some of the publicized libels and defamations in the left’s quiver against straight white males.

Tom Maguire at Just One Minute laid out the game, It’s all worth reading. Here’s a sample: 

To belabor the obvious, how will the media come out in a showdown between Evil White Christian Trump-loving Anti-Abortions Sons of the Oppressive Patriarchy and a beloved minority? My goodness, those high schoolers might even include a young Brett Kavanaugh!

The narrative writes itself (aided by Nathan Phillips, the Native Elder, activist and provocateur), as anyone familiar with the Duke lacrosse or UVA rape fantasies has learned.

Well. Just to pick out one "journalist" as an example, Sarah Mervosh of the flailing NY Times had a choice to throw in with the Feel Great, Feel the Hate viral mob, or actually dig for some facts and perspective. Her choice was utterly predictable; her original fan fiction submission was headlined "Viral Video Shows Boys in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Mob Native Elder". 

That was walked back slightly to "Viral Video Shows Boys in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Surrounding Native Elder". Closer! Even the original video suggested something that longer video makes obvious -- these students "surrounded" Phillips by the clever tactic of standing around while he pushed into the center of their group. We all know corrections are emotionally challenging at the Times so there were a few hours of suspense while we wondered if Times would fly even closer to reality or simply Move On. Somewhat surprisingly, cooler heads prevailed.

The Walkback of Shame continued with this follow-up piece:

Fuller Picture Emerges of Viral Video Between Native American Man and Catholic Students

A fuller and more complicated picture emerged on Sunday of the videotaped encounter between a Native American man and a throng of high school boys wearing “Make America Great Again” gear outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

Interviews and additional video footage suggest that an explosive convergence of race, religion and ideological beliefs -- against a national backdrop of political tension -- set the stage for the viral moment. Early video excerpts from the encounter obscured the larger context, inflaming outrage.

So actual reporting, fact-gathering and interviewing led to a new perspective? Looking at two minutes of video and asking a longtime activist for his take on events is not reliable? Who could have guessed?

Robby Soave of Reason stared at the replays and delivered an invaluable booth review (Spoiler: the ruling on the field was overturned). CNN and USA Today are rethinking their reflexive response. As to Truth and Justice? We'll have to wait and see.

As to Lessons Learned, it's hardly news that certain stories, especially with Trump bashing, male-bashing, and Christian bashing themes, are catnip to the media and, like cats, they lose their minds. Sometimes they manage to sober up in a day or two, so giving these outrages time to breathe is a good idea. Of course, sometimes they simply move on without owning up to their deplorable instincts. Will any "journalist" lose their job over this? Don't be silly.

As Maguire notes, it’s all about money. 
With print subscriptions and ad dollars shrinking, there’s money in peddling hate..."
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Sen. Warren Targets NFL Owner With Her Tax Plan — Then People Notice Which Team He Owns | The Daily Caller

Sen. Warren Targets NFL Owner With Her Tax Plan — Then People Notice Which Team He Owns | The Daily Caller:

What Warren failed to mention is that although he certainly spent a fair amount on his “superyacht,” Snyder has donated millions to charitable causes over the years — from disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami in Indonesia to community-based organizations such as Youth For Tomorrow, a residential facility for at-risk kids in Manassas, Virginia.
Snyder also donated the $6 million emergency wing of Children’s National Medical Center — after his own daughter was born at just 27 weeks and survived —

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History for January 28

History for January 28 - On-This-Day.com
Sir Henry Morton Stanley 1841, Jose Marti 1853, Jackson Pollock 1912


Alan Alda 1936 - Actor ("M*A*S*H"), Barbi Benton 1950 - Actress, Elijah Wood 1981
     

1915 - The Coast Guard was created by an act of the U.S. Congress to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea.


1986 - The U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crewmembers were killed.

Sarah Sanders Asks Whether Hillary Clinton Be Arrested If Lying To the FBI Is A Crime | The Daily Caller

Sarah Sanders Asks Whether Hillary Clinton Be Arrested If Lying To the FBI Is A Crime | The Daily Caller:

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded to the Roger Stone news Friday in an early interview with CNN. Sanders wondered if the same standards the FBI is employing with Stone would apply to other players in the 2016 election who have lied to the FBI.
When asked by CNN about the recent arrest, Sanders said, “We’ll let the courts make the decision. A bigger question is: If this is the standard, will the same standard apply to people like Hillary Clinton, James Comey and [James] Clapper?”

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Fans of Best of the Web Today-The left's violent rejection of American Greatness defines them for all to see.

(3) Fans of Best of the Web Today-Chris Botkin

"The left is making -- if they have not already made -- the MAGA hat into a talisman, a magical artifact. 
It is a clove of garlic to their blood lust, holy water to their demonic possession, a trigger firing a silver bullet into the heart of their lunatic bestiality.

It literally stands for American Greatness. 

The left's violent rejection of American Greatness defines them for all to see. 

By the vehemence of that rejection they have ensured the MAGA hat is forever the definitive symbol of the United States at this moment in time. 

The left has nothing remotely close.

I see no way around it now.
I'm going to have to get one."

Victor Davis Hanson----The double standards of the Mueller investigation - Chicago Tribune

The double standards of the Mueller investigation - Chicago Tribune

"The country is about to witness an investigatory train wreck.

In one direction, special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation train is looking for any conceivable thing that President Donald Trump's presidential campaign team might have done wrong in 2016.

The oncoming train is slower but also larger. It involves congressional investigations, Department of Justice referrals and inspector general's reports — mostly focused on improper or illegal FBI and DOJ behavior during the 2016 election.

Why are the two now about to collide?

• By charging former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI, Mueller emphasized that even the appearance of false testimony is felonious behavior.
• If that is so, then the DOJ will likely have to charge former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe with perjury or related offenses. A report from the Office of the Inspector General indicates that McCabe lied at least four times to federal investigators.
• Former FBI Director James Comey may also have lied to Congress when he testified that he had not written his report on the Hillary Clinton email scandal before interviewing Clinton. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan lied under oath to Congress on matters related to surveillance.
• Clinton aides Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin likely lied when they told FBI investigators they had no idea that their then-boss, Hillary Clinton, was using an illegal private email server. Both had communicated with Clinton about it.
• Mueller is said to be investigating whether Trump obstructed justice by requesting that Comey go easy on Flynn. If so, then the DOJ will have to look at Comey himself and DOJ officials who obstructed a federal court. 
• On at least four occasions, they were not honest about the deeply flawed Christopher Steele dossier being the source of information used in applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. 
• Comey also has said that he predicated the nature of the Clinton email investigation on his assumptions about her chances of winning the presidency — another investigatory abuse.
• The Mueller team is reportedly still looking into the possibility of election-cycle collusion with Russia by Trump officials. That track will require Mueller's DOJ counterparts to look carefully at the Clinton campaign, which paid opposition researcher Steele, a British subject, for dirt on Trump that was produced through collusion with Russian sources.
• Mueller is also said to be investigating whether Trump or his advisers broke laws concerning the release of confidential government information. If so, the DOJ may have to indict Comey. He confessed to passing along confidential FBI memos to a friend for the expressed purpose of leaking their contents to the press.

...For over a year, we have had two standards of legality when there can only be one. 
A reckoning is near.
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Democrat Ilhan Omar Blames Sanctions, Not Socialism, for Venezuela's Woes | Breitbart

Democrat Ilhan Omar Blames Sanctions, Not Socialism, for Venezuela's Woes | Breitbart:

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appointed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to the House Foreign Relations Committee, and the radical “Justice Democrat” is already drawing mockery for her position on Venezuela.
On Wednesday, the U.S. and many other nations recognized the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaid, as the interim president of Venezuela, on the basis of provisions in the Venezuelan constitution that declare any government that destroys democracy or violates human rights in the country to be illegitimate.

Gee, I Guess Now I’m Going To Have To Be Happy With Only 90% Of The Stuff I Wanted Trump To Do

Gee, I Guess Now I’m Going To Have To Be Happy With Only 90% Of The Stuff I Wanted Trump To Do
"Chill.

...So we lost this round? 
So what? 
We’ve lost before, and we’ll lose again. 
This is for the long-haul folks. 
It’s a marathon, not a sprint. 
...Trump’s instincts have been right all along.
We doubted he could win.
 He did.
We doubted he would actually remake the courts.
He has.
We doubted he’d fight for the wall, but he did, and he paid a price.
Who else would have withstood the heat this long?
Who would have even picked the fight?
Mitt? Jeb!? Chet the Unicorn?
Name the Republican you want to replace him with.
We’ve been attacking for two years, racking up conservative triumphs you’ve never experienced unless you were one of us who was of age during the Reagan years.
Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh – what other GOP president would have held course and made them happen?
Trump’s remaking the courts and rebuilding our military.
He gutted Obamacare and Obama’s regulations.
He’s pulling us out of useless wars, useless agreements with Iran, and useless climate change scams. He’s got clarity on Israel, on the garbage mainstream media, and America’s useless elite.
...So calm down. 
Don’t be manipulated. 
If you want the wall, keep backing the only possible politician who has any chance at all of delivering one. 
Will he? 
Maybe. 
Maybe not. 
But if you don’t support him, your chances drop to zero.
We lost a fight. 
We have not lost the war. 
We only lose if we do what Nancy and Chuck want and turn on the President.
Chill.
Now, if you want to see what will happen if we abandon Trump like the Democracts are trying to manipulate us into, check out my latest novel, Wildfire, and my earlier installments People’s Republic and Indian Country. 
We better get out heads right and look at the long-term fight instead of wetting ourselves every time stuff doesn’t go our way.
We’re going to lose a lot of fights before we win this war."
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The left’s bigoted obsession with MAGA hats

The left’s bigoted obsession with MAGA hats
"The fundamental offense of the Covington Catholic high-school kids wasn’t so much allegedly mobbing, mocking or getting in the face of an American Indian drummer at the Lincoln Memorial.
It was wearing red Make American Great Again hats.
That was the actual, incontestable conduct that created the predicate for the presumption of guilt and all the rest of the grief they’ve been subjected to since.
For much of progressive America, if you are wearing the hat, you are suiting up for Team Racist. 
You are marking yourself out as a bigot and a goon.
Your individuality doesn’t matter anymore, only the cap..."
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Mark Levin: ‘Nancy Pelosi Is America’s First Fascist’

Mark Levin: ‘Nancy Pelosi Is America’s First Fascist’:

“It is a fascism that not only accepts but embraces anti-Semitism – because that’s what fascists do. It is a fascism that embraces Farrakhan. It is a fascism that embraces Hamas and Hezbollah. It is a fascism that embraces Antifa and Black Lives Matter. It’s a fascism that embraces William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn and Khalidi, and you name them. It’s a fascism that tries to destroy an honorable man, Brett Kavanaugh. It’s a fascism that tries to destroy the children of the president of the United States. It’s a fascism that wants to take 70 percent of your wealth. It’s a fascism that destroys the Constitution, while waving it around.
“Nancy Pelosi is America’s first fascist. And that’s a fact.

Harrabin Peddles Latest Arctic Nonsense | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

Harrabin Peddles Latest Arctic Nonsense | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
"More nonsense from Roger Harrabin:

A rapid climate shift under way in the Barents Sea could spread to other Arctic regions, scientists warn.

The Barents Sea is said to be at a tipping point, changing from an Arctic climate to an Atlantic climate as the water gets warmer.

A conference in Norway heard that the Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea – both further to the east – are likely to become the new Arctic frontier.

The scientists warn that it will affect ecosystems.

It may also impact on global weather patterns, although there’s no agreement on that.

They’re concerned because the north Barents Sea has been governed by an Arctic climate since the end of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years ago.

The Arctic Ocean has a cold, fresh surface layer which acts as a cap on a layer of warm, saltier Atlantic water beneath.

But now in the Barents Sea there’s not enough freshwater-rich sea-ice flowing from the high Arctic to maintain the freshwater cap.

And that’s allowing warm, salty Atlantic water to rise to the surface.

In what’s known as a feedback loop – the more the layers mix, the warmer the surface gets. And the warmer the surface gets, the more the waters mix.

So it’s now only a matter of time, the researchers say, before this section of the Arctic effectively becomes part of the Atlantic. It could happen in as little as a decade, they warn….

And in another puzzle, freshwater in the western Arctic seems to be increasing as it diminishes in the eastern Arctic. Scientists are still struggling to fathom the complexities of human impact on the planet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46976040

Why on earth should any of this have to do anything to do with “human impact on the planet”?

You only have to go back to the 1920s to see exactly the same climatic changes in that part of the Arctic.

https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/1520-0493%281922%2950%3C589a%3ATCA%3E2.0.CO%3B2

This period, called the Warming in the North, is well known to scientists, and lasted from around 1920 to 1960..."

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