“Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted murderer from Honduras Saturday night after he illegally entered the United States with other members of the migrant caravan,” DHS said, adding that the man was arrested along with three others while trying to illegally enter the United States.Sunday, December 02, 2018
U.S. Arrests Convicted Murderer Within Migrant Caravan | The Daily Caller
U.S. Arrests Convicted Murderer Within Migrant Caravan | The Daily Caller:
“Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted murderer from Honduras Saturday night after he illegally entered the United States with other members of the migrant caravan,” DHS said, adding that the man was arrested along with three others while trying to illegally enter the United States.
“Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted murderer from Honduras Saturday night after he illegally entered the United States with other members of the migrant caravan,” DHS said, adding that the man was arrested along with three others while trying to illegally enter the United States.
Austin Votes to Keep the Books Closed
Austin Votes to Keep the Books Closed-Austin, Texas
"It would be hard to find a better example of left-wing naiveité in municipal affairs than what transpired here in November.
Voters in the Lone Star State’s progressive bastion, overwhelmingly approved a $925 million bond package but rejected a simple ballot initiative for an independent audit of city spending.
The defeat of the audit wouldn’t be so galling if the new bonds didn’t so obviously demonstrate the need for an independent review of Austin’s books.
Spending in the Texas capital is more like what one would expect in some profligate California city. With this new bond package, Austin has been reduced to using debt to fund parks, public safety and sidewalk repair—instead of paying for them out of its $4.1 billion annual budget.
...Putting progressive ideals and special interests ahead of working people is a familiar pattern in Austin.
...As for the independent audit thwarted in the November election, Austin progressives could hardly admit they opposed accountability for their spending schemes, so they campaigned against the audit initiative as a right-wing plot funded by the Koch brothers and “dark money.”...
Lot of liberal lunacy here, read it all!
"It would be hard to find a better example of left-wing naiveité in municipal affairs than what transpired here in November.
Voters in the Lone Star State’s progressive bastion, overwhelmingly approved a $925 million bond package but rejected a simple ballot initiative for an independent audit of city spending.
Spending in the Texas capital is more like what one would expect in some profligate California city. With this new bond package, Austin has been reduced to using debt to fund parks, public safety and sidewalk repair—instead of paying for them out of its $4.1 billion annual budget.
...Putting progressive ideals and special interests ahead of working people is a familiar pattern in Austin.
...As for the independent audit thwarted in the November election, Austin progressives could hardly admit they opposed accountability for their spending schemes, so they campaigned against the audit initiative as a right-wing plot funded by the Koch brothers and “dark money.”...
Lot of liberal lunacy here, read it all!
Enviro-lies!-----Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming
Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming
Assuming there is a reduced CO2 for their area, is there going to be less growth in their vegetation and how would you measure this?
Also I'd imagine their air should be cleaner, which should also be measurable."
"Read the rules changed and I have to add comments.
My comment is, The UK is now at over 50% renewable which I would assume mean they reduced 50% of the carbon emissions.
Does the localized reduced carbon emissions translate into reduce CO2 for that area?
I understand it wouldn't be a 50% or even 25% reduction of CO2 for there area, but I'd would guess it could be measured and compared. Assuming there is a reduced CO2 for their area, is there going to be less growth in their vegetation and how would you measure this?
Also I'd imagine their air should be cleaner, which should also be measurable."
John Hofmeister, ex-Shell president: Obama 'had nothing to do' with oil-and-gas boom - Washington Times
John Hofmeister, ex-Shell president: Obama 'had nothing to do' with oil-and-gas boom - Washington Times:
Mr. Hofmeister also criticized the former president’s opposition to drilling, his increasing of permitting regulations and his handling of the Keystone XL pipeline.
“I would say that he was not a leader when it comes to energy, other than the Clean Power Plan, when he tried to remake the power generation industry without involving Congress, and the Paris accords, again without involving Congress,” he said. “So he tried to do a lot but it was not in the direction of the kind of energy that President Trump is working on.
“[Mr. Obama] was mostly in the way when it came to any carbon-based fuel, but when it came to the actual facts of the matter, because there were areas beyond his jurisdiction, things got done. The industry and the states working together did a remarkable job, which continues to this day under Trump,” he said. “So [Mr. Obama] can take credit for all he wants, but whether people believe him or not it depends on how much history do you really know versus how much history do you want to reinvent.”
Mr. Hofmeister also criticized the former president’s opposition to drilling, his increasing of permitting regulations and his handling of the Keystone XL pipeline.
“[Mr. Obama] was mostly in the way when it came to any carbon-based fuel, but when it came to the actual facts of the matter, because there were areas beyond his jurisdiction, things got done. The industry and the states working together did a remarkable job, which continues to this day under Trump,” he said. “So [Mr. Obama] can take credit for all he wants, but whether people believe him or not it depends on how much history do you really know versus how much history do you want to reinvent.”
American Gestapo-----Revealed: Mueller's FBI Repeatedly Abused Prosecutorial Discretion
Revealed: Mueller's FBI Repeatedly Abused Prosecutorial Discretion:---Mollie Ziegler Hemingway
"...The media and establishment DC who reflexively defend Mueller haven’t explained how they came to trust him so completely.
It’s a question worth asking given the bumpy historical record of Mueller’s tenure as FBI director from 2001 to 2013.
For instance, as I noted to Allen, Mueller was also “unafraid” at completely botching the anthrax killer case, wasting more than $100 million in taxpayer dollars, destroying the lives of multiple suspects, and chasing bad leads using bad methods.
Let’s look at that and other cases involving how Mueller and those he placed in positions of power used their authorities and decided what charges to pursue.
The FBI quickly focused on an innocent man named Steven Hatfill, relentlessly pursuing him for years while the real killer walked free.
As Carl Cannon wrote about the botched case, ridiculous and aggressive methods were used to go after the wrong man:
So what evidence did the FBI have against Hatfill? There was none, so the agency did a Hail Mary, importing two bloodhounds from California whose handlers claimed could sniff the scent of the killer on the anthrax-tainted letters. These dogs were shown to Hatfill, who promptly petted them. When the dogs responded favorably, their handlers told the FBI that they’d ‘alerted’ on Hatfill and that he must be the killer.
Mueller and his deputy James Comey were certain they had the right guy.
They didn’t, and taxpayers had to pay Hatfill $5.82 million for the error..."
Much, much more.
Read all!
"...The media and establishment DC who reflexively defend Mueller haven’t explained how they came to trust him so completely.
It’s a question worth asking given the bumpy historical record of Mueller’s tenure as FBI director from 2001 to 2013.For instance, as I noted to Allen, Mueller was also “unafraid” at completely botching the anthrax killer case, wasting more than $100 million in taxpayer dollars, destroying the lives of multiple suspects, and chasing bad leads using bad methods.
Let’s look at that and other cases involving how Mueller and those he placed in positions of power used their authorities and decided what charges to pursue.
- The Anthrax Bungling
The FBI quickly focused on an innocent man named Steven Hatfill, relentlessly pursuing him for years while the real killer walked free.
As Carl Cannon wrote about the botched case, ridiculous and aggressive methods were used to go after the wrong man:
So what evidence did the FBI have against Hatfill? There was none, so the agency did a Hail Mary, importing two bloodhounds from California whose handlers claimed could sniff the scent of the killer on the anthrax-tainted letters. These dogs were shown to Hatfill, who promptly petted them. When the dogs responded favorably, their handlers told the FBI that they’d ‘alerted’ on Hatfill and that he must be the killer.
Mueller and his deputy James Comey were certain they had the right guy.
They didn’t, and taxpayers had to pay Hatfill $5.82 million for the error..."
- The Democrat Berger Treated Gently
- Republican Scooter Libby Charged, But Not The Leaker
- Republican Ted Stevens Railroaded
- An Israeli Spy Ring That Wasn’t
- Incompetent Supervision
Much, much more.
Read all!
Who Wants to Support a Millionaire? - WSJ
Who Wants to Support a Millionaire? - WSJ
"A number of readers responded to Monday’s column about an Illinois school superintendent who managed to snare an annual pension of nearly $300,000—and then double-dip by returning to school part-time, collecting a total annual taxpayer payout of $419,000.
This staggering windfall for what used to be called public service amounted to nearly ten times the local median household income of $44,000.
Several Best of the Web regulars have since urged this column to elaborate on public-sector retirement benefits and their private counterparts.
But they probably won’t enjoy reading about it.
"A number of readers responded to Monday’s column about an Illinois school superintendent who managed to snare an annual pension of nearly $300,000—and then double-dip by returning to school part-time, collecting a total annual taxpayer payout of $419,000.
This staggering windfall for what used to be called public service amounted to nearly ten times the local median household income of $44,000. Several Best of the Web regulars have since urged this column to elaborate on public-sector retirement benefits and their private counterparts.
But they probably won’t enjoy reading about it.
Thank goodness that few government workers have figured out how to soak taxpayers for more
than $400,000 annually, but as Steve Cortes noted in RealClearPolitics, “over 94,000 total public employees and retirees in Illinois command $100,000+ salaries from taxpayers.”
It’s not just an Illinois problem.
Eric Boehm wrote last year in Reason magazine:
Two retired Los Angeles city employees—Earl Paysinger, a former deputy police chief, and Emile Mack, a former assistant fire chief—pulled down more than $1.4 million apiece in pension benefits last year, giving them the largest nest eggs across all California’s public retirement systems...
...the average person covered by CalPERS (the main pension plan for the state’s workers outside of education) who retired in 2016-2017 after at least 31 years of service receives $70,092 per year.
Annual pension payments rise with inflation and Mr. Biggs adds via email that “most CA public employees are covered by Social Security, from which they’d probably get another $20k or so.”...
Annual pension payments rise with inflation and Mr. Biggs adds via email that “most CA public employees are covered by Social Security, from which they’d probably get another $20k or so.”...
Read all!
EXCLUSIVE: Google Employees Debated Burying Conservative Media In Search | The Daily Caller
EXCLUSIVE: Google Employees Debated Burying Conservative Media In Search | The Daily Caller
...Byer falsely labeled The Daily Caller and Breitbart as “opinion blogs” and urged his coworkers to reduce their visibility in search results.
“How many times did you see the Election now card with items from opinion blogs (Breitbart, Daily Caller) elevated next to legitimate news organizations? That’s something that can and should be fixed,” Byer wrote..."
Read on.
- Google employees debated whether to bury The Daily Caller and other conservative media outlets in the company’s search function as a response to President Donald Trump’s election
- “Let’s make sure that we reverse things in four years,” one engineer wrote in a thread that included a Google vice president
- Google employees similarly sought to manipulate search results to combat Trump’s travel ban
- Google employees debated whether to bury conservative media outlets in the company’s search function as a response to President Donald Trump’s election in 2016, internal Google communications obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation reveal.
...Byer falsely labeled The Daily Caller and Breitbart as “opinion blogs” and urged his coworkers to reduce their visibility in search results.
“How many times did you see the Election now card with items from opinion blogs (Breitbart, Daily Caller) elevated next to legitimate news organizations? That’s something that can and should be fixed,” Byer wrote..."
Read on.
Melania Explains The ‘Patriotic’ Christmas Decorations Throughout The White House | The Daily Caller
Melania Explains The ‘Patriotic’ Christmas Decorations Throughout The White House | The Daily Caller:
“So here we are in the Cross Hall and Grand Foyer,” the first lady stated. “This is representing — you could see the color red. It represents the bravery, heart and patriotism. So here we go to the East Room, but it’s decorated blue, and then we will see later on the State Room. And here we are, this is red, blue, and white, and it’s patriotic and it reminds us of [the] American flag.”
She added, “We have thousands and thousands of people coming through here and [seeing] the decorations. So it’s very exciting. So here we are arriving in the East Room. This represents diversity of the cities in [the] United States.”
She added, “We have thousands and thousands of people coming through here and [seeing] the decorations. So it’s very exciting. So here we are arriving in the East Room. This represents diversity of the cities in [the] United States.”
Poll: 44% younger Americans believe Obama had 'bigger impact' on US than George Washington
Poll: 44% younger Americans believe Obama had 'bigger impact' on US than George Washington"A new poll unleashes some upsetting and alarming news about the way that half of millennials and Generation Z feel about the United States.
The results of the poll indicate anti-Americanism, with people age 38 and younger not considering America to be “great,” and seeing the U.S. flag as “a sign of intolerance and hatred,” The Washington Examiner reported.
Young people who became adults while Obama was president stated that they think he had a “bigger impact” on the U.S. than founding father George Washington.
YouGov.com conducted the “State of American Patriotism” poll on behalf of the Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG) and it was the first of its kind.
Nearly half of millennials believe that America isn’t “great,” and many see the U.S. flag as “a sign of intolerance and hatred.” washex.am/2RhAwxJ
History for December 2
History for December 2 - On-This-Day.com
George Seurat 1859, Ray Walston 1914, Maria Callas 1923
Alexander M. Haig 1924, Edwin Meese III 1931 - Attorney general in the U.S., Lucy Liu 1968 - Actress, Britney Spears 1981 - Singer, TV judge ("The X Factor")
1823 - U.S. President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
1942 - A self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated by Dr. Enrico Fermi and his staff at the University of Chicago.
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