Wednesday, January 01, 2025
Will DOGE Do This? Famed Economist Breaks Down How to Take a Sledgehammer to the Deep State
Will DOGE Do This? Famed Economist Breaks Down How to Take a Sledgehammer to the Deep State:
Furthermore, just how serious this commission is remains to be seen. Yes, both Musk and Ramaswamy have put their careers on the line to make a political stand, and Musk in particular has put serious pressure on Republicans to reject a larded-up continuing resolution to keep the government open. However, the fact that DOGE’s acronym itself is a meme — so seldom a good sign when Elon is involved, it must be noted — makes one wonder whether this is just another way for Republicans to make empty promises to slash big government while sustaining it through compromises and backsliding.
Thus, if DOGE is going to be effective, it’s going to have to be brutal. Like, Milton Friedman brutal.
History for January 1
History for January 1 - On-This-Day.com 
Barry Goldwater 1909
- 1808 - The U.S. prohibited import of slaves from Africa.
- 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
- 1895 - In Battle Creek, MI, C.W. Post created his first usable batch of Monks Brew (later called Postum). It was a cereal-based substitute for caffeinated drinks.
- 1902 - The first Tournament of Roses (later the Rose Bowl) collegiate football game was played in Pasadena, CA.
- 1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
- 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
- 1995 - The World Trade Organization came into existence. The group of 125 nations monitors global trade.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Death by a thousand cuts: How Trump can contain China | Blaze Media
Death by a thousand cuts: How Trump can contain China | Blaze Media:
Selecting, inflicting, and repeating those thousand cuts require lateral thinking to help us develop mindsets that, in all our dealings with China, will help squeeze the CCP of revenue at every corner.
The thousand cuts can overwhelm the CCP with swarms of relatively small counterattacks, none of which is necessarily aggressive and few of which have much significance of their own.
One of those thousand cuts was when Trump pressured many American universities to shut down the CCP’s Confucius Institutes, believed to have been used to assess, compromise, and recruit Americans to act as spies. With pinpoint precision, his China Initiative targeted academics and researchers aiding the CCP. He imposed narrow tariffs on Chinese solar panel component manufacturers that damaged U.S. companies and blocked certain CCP-related investments.
The Artemis Experiment - @amuse
DEI in Space and Its Costs @amuse 
- The Artemis program, NASA’s flagship initiative to return humans to the Moon, has devolved into a cautionary tale of misplaced priorities.
- In stark contrast, SpaceX—under the steady hand of CEO Gwynne Shotwell—has charted a path defined by technological innovation and relentless meritocracy.
The juxtaposition is striking: NASA, fixated on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandates, languishes under the weight of delays and ballooning costs, while SpaceX rockets to success, fueled by competence and a singular focus on results.
The irony?
SpaceX is led by one of the most capable executives in aerospace—a woman whose qualifications, not her gender, define her leadership.
This "beloved" media star hates all of us! He doesn't seem to be the only one!-----DON LEMON'S LATEST MELTDOWN: 'YOU DESERVE IT, YOU F*ING IDIOTS'
MAGA supporters and immigration, calling viewers "dumb f***ing idiots" and mocking their "stupid MAGA brain." Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal
Former CNN host Don Lemon went off the rails in an expletive-filled rant about MAGA supporters and immigration, calling viewers "dumb f***ing idiots" and mocking their "stupid MAGA brain."
Lemon: "You dumb MAGA idiots—you deserve it. You’ve been co-opted by a cult and don’t even get it. Now you’re angry about immigration and triggered by Krishnan’s appointment? It’s hypocrisy at its finest, and I can’t help but gloat over your stupidity."
Source:@JebraFaushay
'Should raise some red flags': Hundreds of assisted suicides should not have been approved * WorldNetDaily * by Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News
'Should raise some red flags': Hundreds of assisted suicides should not have been approved * WorldNetDaily * by Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News:
The latest shocking "medical assistance in dying" (MAiD) report from Canada reveals that 622 of the MAiD deaths that occurred in 2023 never should have been approved at all, as they did not meet the standard requirements by law.
Geezer drunks?-----Buicks Top List of Cars Whose Drivers Have the Most DUIs: Study
The Enclave, Encore GX and Envista all rank in the top 10 for most operators cited for driving under the influence. - Emmet White 
And as it turns out, some vehicles have a disproportionately higher-than-average rate of ownership by drivers with a DUI on record, according to a new report from Insurify...
- Notably, Buicks made up a surprisingly percentage of the top 10 list, with the recently released Envista crossover topping the charts: 72.1 out of every 1000 Buick Envista drivers has a DUI, claiming its spot atop the list by a significant margin.
- Overall, 6.4 out of 1,000 drivers have a DUI on their record, according to Insurify — which means the typical Envista pilot is 11 times more likely than average to have been cited for driving under the influence...
Biden spy chiefs sidelined FBI, researchers who suspected COVID-19 lab leak: Report | Blaze Media
Biden spy chiefs sidelined FBI, researchers who suspected COVID-19 lab leak: Report | Blaze Media:
The Biden administration was apparently suppressing the lab-leak theory both in and outside the government.
According to a new report in the Wall Street Journal, spy chiefs prevented the FBI and Pentagon scientists from providing a counterpoint to their preferred COVID-19 origin theory at an important intelligence briefing in 2021.
Jimmy Carter: Terrible President, Worse Former President | National Review
The truth is that historians have not been harsh enough. - Philip Klein 
A popular narrative surrounding the legacy of Jimmy Carter is that as president he was a victim of unlucky timing that impeded him politically but that he excelled during his long post-presidential career...
Carter’s true legacy is one of economic misery at home and embarrassment on the world stage.
- He left the country in its weakest position of the post–World War II era.
- After being booted out of office in landslide fashion, the self-described “citizen of the world” spent the rest of his life meddling in U.S. foreign policy and working against the United States and its allies in a manner that could fairly be described as treasonous...
The real Jimmy Carter was stubborn and arrogant...instead of stepping away, he spent the rest of his life simply pretending that he was still president and pursuing foreign policy goals even when it meant undermining the actual president.
The two most egregious examples of this came in his efforts to stop the first Iraq War and his freelance nuclear diplomacy with North Korea...
- Concerned by the looming threat of war after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, Carter pulled out all the stops — and then some — to try to thwart the president, George H. W. Bush...he took things to an extraordinary level. Carter wrote a letter to the leaders of every country on the U.N. Security Council, as well as a dozen other world leaders, Brinkley recounted, making “a direct appeal to hold ‘good faith’ negotiations with Saddam Hussein before entering upon a war. ...just five days before a deadline that had been set for Saddam to withdraw — Carter wrote to key Arab leaders urging them to abandon their support for the U.S., undermining months of careful diplomacy by the Bush administration. “You may have to forego approval from the White House, but you will find the French, Soviets and others fully supportive,” Carter advised them...
Worst Homelessness Crisis Ever! Those On The Low End Of The Economic Spectrum Are Being Absolutely Pulverized By This Economy
All over America, our core urban areas are teeming with tent cities, hordes of homeless drug addicts, and vast throngs of newly arrived migrants that don’t have anywhere to go. - Michael Snyder 
Fast forward to today, and homelessness in the U.S. has reached another all-time record high, and it is increasing at an even faster pace.
- We are literally in the midst of the worst homelessness crisis that our federal government has ever measured, and there is no end in sight...
- On Friday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development revealed that the homeless population in the U.S. jumped 18 percent in just one year…
Roger Stone: 'Parallels' Between JFK Assassination, Attempt on Trump 'Uncanny'
Roger Stone: 'Parallels' Between JFK Assassination, Attempt on Trump 'Uncanny':
PHOENIX, Arizona — Political adviser Roger Stone shed light on peculiarities surrounding the two failed assassination attempts on President-elect Donald Trump, telling Breitbart News that “the parallels” between those attempts and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy “are uncanny,” adding, “The problem is, it cycled in and out of the news.”
After being asked if people will ever get answers about what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, Stone replied, “In 2015, I wrote a book on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It’s called The Man who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ. It’s a New York Times best seller. But when I look at that, and I look at this, the parallels are uncanny.”
Supercut: 2024’s Most Mortifying Media Moments
If there is a trend we've discovered over the last 8 years of creating this year-end compilations, it's the corporate media's increasingly transparent desperation to ensure Americans obey our self-appointed philosopher kings - Tom Elliott 
And it's probably for this reason that trust in the media collapsed this year to historic lows...
So don't blame us when you notice that most of this year's most mortifying media moments are political. Their obsession is not something we're able to cure...
So don't blame us when you notice that most of this year's most mortifying media moments are political. Their obsession is not something we're able to cure...
- ...In July someone at the White House had the bright idea of labeling viral clips of Biden's dementia as "cheap fakes." Being cheap fakes themselves, the thought manipulators at CNN/MSNBC/etc. all dutifully began employing this term themselves.
- In an attempted "gotcha," CNN's British reporter, Donie O'Sullivan visited Trump rallies and interviewed MAGA voters about their thoughts on "democracy." When Mr. Sullivan was corrected that the United States is a republic, not a democracy, O'Sullivan became incredulous, reaching to "experts" like Anne Applebaum to explain that anyone who disagrees with progressives' contemporary notion of the United States being a pure democracy are themselves fringe cranks hellbent on "attacking democracy."
- Trying to breathe enthusiasm into Kamala's comatosed candidacy, professionals of journalism volunteered as hype men at the DNC Convention, informing viewers the energy inside was absolutely electric. Ultimately when it came time to manufacture ratings for Kamala's primetime address, CNNMSDNCABCBS circulated rumors of an imminent Beyonce performance ... but the beehive was not to be, and that DNC fable turned out to be just as fake as the crowds they were paying to attend Kamala's rallies...
History for December 31
History for December 31 - On-This-Day.com 
Simon Wiesenthal 1908
- 1879 - Thomas Edison gave his first public demonstration of incandescent lighting to an audience in Menlo Park, NJ.
- 1929 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne" as a New Year's Eve song for the first time.
- 1946 - U.S. President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
- 1955 - General Motors became the first U.S. corporation to earn more than one billion dollars in a single year.
- 1979 - At year end oil prices were 88% higher than at the start of 1979.
- 1997 - Michael Kennedy, 39-year-old son of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado.
- 1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin resigned. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was designated acting president.
Monday, December 30, 2024
Five 'Accomplishments' Joe Biden Touts As Successes - but Which Were Failures
Befuddled and confused, inarticulate, showing flashes of unfounded anger and creepy whispering, Joe Biden will go down in history as one of the worst presidents in the history of the republic. - Ward Clark 
But he's not going quietly into that good night; instead, he's touting five so-called "accomplishments" of his term that, against all available evidence, he (or whoever is pulling his strings) see as successes.
- The president’s first two years in particular saw a number of bipartisan bills reach his desk at a time when Democrats controlled the House and had the majority in a 50-50 Senate.
- Biden made good on a key campaign promise when he nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court. She became the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.
- Another of Biden’s most high profile campaign promises was to forgive student loan debt, and while the effort was caught up in various lawsuits, he ultimately found ways to deliver relief to millions of Americans.
Study of American history seeing an unprecedented renewal * WorldNetDaily * by Jack Miller, Michael Poliakoff, Real Clear Wire
Study of American history seeing an unprecedented renewal * WorldNetDaily * by Jack Miller, Michael Poliakoff, Real Clear Wire:
The study of American history and government is undergoing an unprecedented renewal, akin to the phoenix – a mythical bird that is reborn by rising from the ashes of its predecessor.
Major universities have recently launched independent institutes, sometimes called "schools of civic thought," dedicated to the in-depth exploration of an American political tradition that goes beyond partisan politics. These institutes have independent hiring authority and significant state funding.
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