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Saturday, March 09, 2019

Lindsey Graham reignites investigation into FISA abuse

Lindsey Graham reignites investigation into FISA abuse:

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., reignited the investigation into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse on Thursday, demanding from the Justice Department a wide array of documentation related to the surveillance of Carter Page and other members of the 2016 Trump campaign.
The latest salvo in a long-running fight for access to documents, the GOP-led, bicameral effort was weakened when the Democrats ensnared control of the House with no intention of continuing the hunt. But Republican leaders see new hope in new Attorney General William Barr.

The way we were-----Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime ORIGINAL 1970

Boob-tube-----George Carlin - Euphemisms

Nationwide blackout in socialist Venezuela is more than just turning the country into North Korea...

Nationwide blackout in socialist Venezuela is more than just turning the country into North Korea...
"Venezuela's ruling Cuban and Chavista socialists put on quite a show last night.
So much for Vladimir Lenin's famous dictum:
"Communism is Soviet government plus the electrification of the whole country."

The "plus," they decided, was dispensible.

Here is what Caracas looked like last night:

...Here's what the intensive care unit of a local hospital maternity ward looked like:

"And the disaster was not confined just to Caracas, but to dozens of cities nationwide.
If your heart doesn't break for those women in that maternity ward, you can't be human..."
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Adults won’t take climate change seriously. So we, the youth, are forced to strike. - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Adults won’t take climate change seriously. So we, the youth, are forced to strike. - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
"Editor’s note: The authors are the lead organizers of US Youth Climate Strike, part of a global student movement inspired by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg’s weekly school strikes in Sweden and other European countries.
'We, the youth of America, are fed up with decades of inaction on climate change. On Friday, March 15, young people like us across the United States will strike from school.
We strike to bring attention to the millions of our generation who will most suffer the consequences of increased global temperatures, rising seas, and extreme weather.
But this isn’t a message only to America.
It’s a message from the world, to the world, as students in dozens of countries on every continent will be striking together for the first time...

We strike to support the Green New Deal.
We strike because our world leaders haven’t acknowledged, prioritized, or properly addressed the climate crisis.
We strike because marginalized communities across our nation—especially communities of color and low income communities—are already disproportionately impacted by climate change..."
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The Problem Is Legislative Overreach, Not Executive – American Greatness

The Problem Is Legislative Overreach, Not Executive – American Greatness:

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Burdened with so much responsibility, President Trump should have the power to carry out the promises he was elected to fulfill, particularly when it comes to a wall that would stop illegal immigration and help facilitate much-needed immigration reform that respects America’s sovereignty over the question. Conversely, those who have no such responsibility should be ignored, or at least overruled.
In a country plagued with corrupt legislators who shirk their responsibilities and a biased media that is every bit as beholden to the special interests propping up the legislature, it has become clear that Americans are safer putting their trust in the president than in Congress—particularly when that Congress is filled with today’s Democrats

Vox Exposes Racism in the Knitting Community, Revealing a Caucasian Woman Who Was Too Excited to Visit India-----Ace of Spades HQ

Ace of Spades HQ
"Vox Exposes Racism in the Knitting Community, Revealing a Caucasian Woman Who Was Too Excited to Visit India

If you don't understand how that's racist, well, that's because you're racist, Racist.

The reason why you can't be too excited to visit a country largely populated by people of a slightly different genetic make-up than you is that you might "exoticize" them and you might expect them to deliver you some kind of spiritual uplift, which forces them to do unpaid labor as your Brown Gurus.
And also appropriates their culture for your personal White Journey.

My culture isn't your Prom Dress, Hater.
(This a reference to Social Justice Warriors attacking high school girls who like Asian and Indian fabrics. Apparently Round-Eye isn't allowed to wear anything but linen and sheephide.)

This story is from a couple of weeks ago but it's as timeless as suggesting that Jews are motivated by dual loyalty and money and the blood of Christian infants.

In January, Karen Templer, a popular knitting blogger, told her followers about an upcoming trip to India, kicking off the whole debate. The post, which discussed Templer's excitement about her childhood dream finally being fulfilled, praised India's culture and food and also noted Templer's "lifelong obsession with the literature and history of the continent."Her innocuous comments about India were immediately attacked. One commenter, Alex, noted her "words feed into a colonial/imperialist mindset toward India and other non-Western countries." Vox author Jaya Saxena also jumped on board, saying the tone Templer used, as a white person, "felt like they thought India only existed to be all those things for them."

After several days of this and other ridiculous abuse, Templer apologized for the post, writing that her earlier post was "insensitive" and that "words matter."

A Quillette article had previously examined the Social Justice Warrior invasion of another formerly-pleasant hobby enjoyed by Normies (who must be either reeducated or destroyed.)

...Below, a short video about the the new Knitcrime outbreak.

posted by Ace of Spades at 07:04 PM

Very interesting!-----"... a major flaw. Once, again, all volcanic activity is listed into a single category...volcanoes."

Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming

Will Steiner

"Recently read some abstracts of a rather long paper on the suns relationship to climate and mostly to volcanic activity on the earth.
Very interesting read.
However, there was a major flaw.
Once, again, all volcanic activity is listed into a single category...volcanoes.
The earth's own geophysics has been categorically ignored by the AGW people as being insignificant. Poppycock.
Dr. JK Hilliar of Cambridge University found over 200,000 volcanic sea mounts over 100 meters tall.
That is a significant number considering they were ALL caused by volcanic action. But here is the kicker.

SUBOCEANIC VOLCANIC ACTION HAS JUST THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON CLIMATE AS DOES TERRESTRIAL VOLCANIC ACTION.

Why is that?
SO2 released directly into the atmosphere, along with the particulate carbon that filters out sunlight...cools the climate.
Undersea volcanic activity heats the oceans and creates a warmer solution/the oceans.
The SO2 that cools the atmosphere in terrestrial volcanic action, doesn't in suboceanic release and actually adds some acidity to the oceans and is a much stronger acid than that created by CO2.
Most of all a warmer ocean holds less water and carbon dioxide in solution.
The side effect is atmospheric warming because of the water vapor in the air, even though it periodically falls out.
And CO2 is a RESULT and not a cause of climate change, as it simply does not have the ability to cause any real climate change because it cannot absorb IR and maintain heat in 3 of its 4 higher energy states that are stimulated by sunlight.
It can only be effective in hyper-concentration in an enclosed environment.
Our climate is not that and it expands when warmer."

Lunch video-----This Is The Exclusive Video For CPAC

Noon-toon

Rank-and-file Dems revolt against Pelosi over resolution to condemn anti-Semitism | Fox News

Rank-and-file Dems revolt against Pelosi over resolution to condemn anti-Semitism | Fox News:

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is "taken aback" by the growing dissent and anger among rank-and-file Democrats over a possible resolution to formally condemn anti-Semitism, a Democratic source told Fox News on Wednesday -- highlighting Pelosi's tenuous grip on control over the House and underscoring the growing power of the party's nascent far-left progressive wing.
Pelosi even reportedly walked out of a meeting Wednesday with Democrat House members, setting down her microphone and telling attendees, “Well if you're not going to listen to me, I’m done talking."

‘Ridiculous’! 125 House Dems – and one Republican – vote in favor of bill to lower voting age to 16 Conservative News Today

‘Ridiculous’! 125 House Dems – and one Republican – vote in favor of bill to lower voting age to 16 Conservative News Today
"On Thursday over 50 percent of House Democrats voted in favor of a widely panned measure to lower the voting age for all federal elections from 18 to 16.
Introduced by freshman congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and backed by the likes of anti-Semitic, Muslim freshman congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, among others in the radical freshmen class, the measure failed to pass only because of opposition from most Republicans and 108 Democrats.
Meanwhile, a whopping 125 Democrats and one Republican, Texas Congressman Michael C. Burgess, voted in favor of the measure.
It’s unclear why Burgess voted “aye.”
From comments:
...America’s public schools have been caught “teaching” blatant lies that …
#1. President Donald Trump’s plan to “Make America Great Again” is rooted in racism.
#2. That anyone who supports the president is a “racist.”
...HERE’S WHAT YOU’RE MISSING …
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Illegals "OK". Americans? Not so much.-----Starting in 2021, Americans will need to register to travel to EU | TheHill

Starting in 2021, Americans will need to register to travel to EU | TheHill
"Americans will need to register online and pay a fee before traveling to Europe starting in 2021.
U.S. nationals crossing the pond will need a passport and a credit or debit card to apply for a European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) permit.
...Previously, Americans had been exempt from pre-registration requirements when traveling to EU nations.
...U.S. nationals will not need a prior permit to visit the United Kingdom."
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#1 This day 1972-----Harry Nilsson - Without You

Bryce Harper will save tens of millions in taxes by spurning the Dodgers and Giants :: Grabien News

Bryce Harper will save tens of millions in taxes by spurning the Dodgers and Giants :: Grabien News:
"For Major League Baseball players, three teams are at the bottom of the standings on state taxes: the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants.
That’s because California is in a league of its own on personal income taxes.
We’ve got by far the highest state rate in the nation, topping out at 13.3%.
By contrast, Pennsylvania has a low flat rate for every taxpayer regardless of income.
It’s just 3.07%.
That’s one reason why superstar slugger Bryce Harper signed an eye-popping 13-year, $330-million contract last week with the Philadelphia Phillies, spurning the Dodgers and Giants.
It was the largest free-agent deal in the history of North American sports."

He hates "brown people"?

Perdue: Five-Alarm Crisis at Border, Trump Right to Protect Americans

Perdue: Five-Alarm Crisis at Border, Trump Right to Protect Americans:

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Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) told Breitbart News on Thursday that, despite some media reports, there remains a “five-alarm crisis” at the southern border and President Donald Trump is right to take action to protect the American people.

Montage: Media Devastated After Paul Manafort Isn’t Sentenced to Life in Prison :: Grabien - The Multimedia Marketplace

Montage: Media Devastated After Paul Manafort Isn’t Sentenced to Life in Prison :: Grabien - The Multimedia Marketplace
News & Politics
"Last night a federal judge sentenced Paul Manafort, who is 69 years old, to 47 months in prison for financial crimes Special Counsel Robert Mueller uncovered during his probe into the Trump campaign's interactions with Russia.

The major media — which had been hyping the former Trump campaign manager "spending the rest of his life prison" — was, to put it plainly, furious.

Reporters and anchors angrily decried the sentencing as a mockery of justice, claiming it was an example of racism at work.

MSNBC's Eddie Glaude Jr. said the sentence shows white people “matter more” than others.

"Look, the sentencing gap reflects what I call the value gap," Glaude said. "Underneath the sentencing gap, just as underneath the empathy gap and the wealth gap is the value gap. And the value gap is the belief that white people matter more than others, particularly white people with money matter more than others.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough attacked the judge for “damaging American democracy” and acting like a Trump fanatic...

And that’s just a sampling.
For more, check out the video montage at the link above."

AM Fruitcake

History for March 9

History for March 9 - On-This-Day.com
Amerigo Vespucci 1454 - Explorer, navigator, cartographer, America was named in honor Vespucci, Mickey Spillane 1918 - Author, Yuri Gagarin 1934

Mickey Gilley 1936 - Country singer, Mark Lindsay 1942 - Singer (Paul Revere & the Raiders), Bobby Fischer 1943 - Chess player

1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature.

1983 - The official Soviet news agency TASS says that U.S. President Reagan is full of "bellicose lunatic anti-communism."

Friday, March 08, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Should Not Have Authorized Use Of Force Against 9/11 Perpetrators | Daily Wire

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Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Should Not Have Authorized Use Of Force Against 9/11 Perpetrators | Daily Wire:

Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made radical statements Monday night on Twitter, suggesting that the United States should not have authorized the use of force against those who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks — the deadliest terrorist attack in world history.