The defining characteristic of today’s Democrats is that most unattractive of human failings, hypocrisy. Since Donald Trump’s improbable election, Dems and their media mouthpieces have been demanding that the rest of us recognize the existential threat he poses to the nation. Their demands are based on a litany of accused authoritarian character traits and fascistic conduct that Trump obviously doesn’t hold and in fact never committed. The reality is the Democrats are projecting -- accusing Trump of the very outrages that they themselves practiced in their obsession to prevent and then overturn his election.Thursday, February 28, 2019
The Resistance is Everything They Accuse Trump of Being
The Resistance is Everything They Accuse Trump of Being:
The defining characteristic of today’s Democrats is that most unattractive of human failings, hypocrisy. Since Donald Trump’s improbable election, Dems and their media mouthpieces have been demanding that the rest of us recognize the existential threat he poses to the nation. Their demands are based on a litany of accused authoritarian character traits and fascistic conduct that Trump obviously doesn’t hold and in fact never committed. The reality is the Democrats are projecting -- accusing Trump of the very outrages that they themselves practiced in their obsession to prevent and then overturn his election.
The defining characteristic of today’s Democrats is that most unattractive of human failings, hypocrisy. Since Donald Trump’s improbable election, Dems and their media mouthpieces have been demanding that the rest of us recognize the existential threat he poses to the nation. Their demands are based on a litany of accused authoritarian character traits and fascistic conduct that Trump obviously doesn’t hold and in fact never committed. The reality is the Democrats are projecting -- accusing Trump of the very outrages that they themselves practiced in their obsession to prevent and then overturn his election.
Must We Really Be Careful What We Do Lest We Offend Extremists?
Must We Really Be Careful What We Do Lest We Offend Extremists?
What is striking and controversial are the repeated interventions into the debate made by the government's own 'extremism commissioner', Sara Khan. Over recent years Khan has been a hugely admirable figure. The founder and leader of the women's group 'Inspire', Khan has shown a generation of British people – including, most importantly, young Muslim women – that it is possible to be resilient against the fanatics in their faith and also to argue for the rights of women. She has been an unarguable force for good, and has had to withstand appalling pressure from Islamist groups in the UK.- "It is, I think, completely misconceived to suggest that we should change our foreign policy because it might cause some people to take up arms against us. That's a form of blackmail...." — Michael Howard, former Conservative party leader
- In 2006 a small group of peers, MPs and Islamist groups sent an open letter to the then-Labour government. The signatories included the subsequently jailed Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, the subsequently disgraced (over expenses fraud) Baroness Uddin and the then-MP, now Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. This letter suggested to the UK government of the day that British foreign policy "risks putting civilians at increased risk both in the UK and abroad." This is a commonly heard argument of course, and is especially commonly heard from various extremist groups.
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Dems Reelect Trump by Staging Partisan Cohen Hearing during Nuke Negotiations.
Instapundit Blog Archive ROGER SIMON:
"ROGER SIMON: Dems Reelect Trump by Staging Partisan Cohen Hearing during Nuke Negotiations.
"ROGER SIMON: Dems Reelect Trump by Staging Partisan Cohen Hearing during Nuke Negotiations.
Or as CNN attempted to explain it to their viewer:
As John Hinderaker writes at Power Line, “Through the Looking Glass.”---Posted by Ed Driscoll"
As John Hinderaker writes at Power Line, “Through the Looking Glass.”---Posted by Ed Driscoll"
Facebook insider goes public: 'Suppression' for conservatives - WND
Facebook insider goes public: 'Suppression' for conservatives - WND:
She was a content review analyst for the intellectual property department, dealing with copyright and trademark claims.
As part of her work, she noticed some odd things on various accounts.
For example, one of the company’s engineers, Danny Ben David, had created an item called “actiondeboostlivedistribution” and was attaching it to accounts belonging to conservatives.
The insider said the obvious intent was to prevent distribution of that particular page or video.
It was one of the “methods of suppression,” she said.
It was done by disabling routine features on the page such as notifications.
As part of her work, she noticed some odd things on various accounts.
For example, one of the company’s engineers, Danny Ben David, had created an item called “actiondeboostlivedistribution” and was attaching it to accounts belonging to conservatives.
The insider said the obvious intent was to prevent distribution of that particular page or video.
It was one of the “methods of suppression,” she said.
It was done by disabling routine features on the page such as notifications.
Report: Michigan has most expensive auto insurance in country | Michigan | watchdog.org
Report: Michigan has most expensive auto insurance in country | Michigan | watchdog.org"Michigan motorists continue to pay the highest auto insurance rates in the country, a new report found.
Republicans have made insurance reform one of their top priorities and Democrats now say they are coming on board.
The average insurance rate in Michigan is $2,693 per year, according to the 2019 State of Auto Insurance Report from car insurance search engine The Zebra.
That's almost double the national average of $1,470..."
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CRAZY CNN Op-Ed Suggests Military Action If Trump Refuses To Concede Defeat In 2020 - The Lid
CRAZY CNN Op-Ed Suggests Military Action If Trump Refuses To Concede Defeat In 2020 - The Lid:
"Besides the fact that it’s CNN and they hate Trump, where the blooming hell do they get these ideas?
Besides, the author, Joshua Geltzer, made an egregious error in his ridiculous article.
According to Geltzer:
It does, however, pledge loyalty to the Constitution, promising to defend it from all enemies foreign and domestic..."
"Besides the fact that it’s CNN and they hate Trump, where the blooming hell do they get these ideas?
Besides, the author, Joshua Geltzer, made an egregious error in his ridiculous article.
According to Geltzer:
…our civilian and uniformed Defense Department leaders have a role to play. The health of our democracy rests, in part, on not involving the military in transfers of power. And that should continue. But imagine the most extreme scenario, with Congress certifying Trump’s defeat but Trump refusing to leave office. In those circumstances, the military would no longer owe its loyalty to Donald Trump as of noon on January 20, 2021. And it’s worth asking the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as they testify before Congress in coming months, to affirm that they understand that and would act consistently with it....
...To start with, his premise is fundamentally flawed since Clinton LOST in 2016 and it shouldn’t even be given the time of day.
Additionally, it is Ms. Clinton and her friends in the Democratic Party who refuse to admit they lost the election fair and square.
But there’s something seriously wrong with his alleged “analysis.”
If you haven’t caught it by now, I’ll point it out to you.
He claims that “…the military would no longer owe its loyalty to Donald Trump as of noon on January 20, 2021.”
The military does NOT ever pledge its loyalty to the president. It does, however, pledge loyalty to the Constitution, promising to defend it from all enemies foreign and domestic..."
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Pinkerton: Why the People’s Republic of China Fears Religion�
Pinkerton: Why the People’s Republic of China Fears Religion�:
Perhaps that’s what the Chinese government fears most: the sort of spiritual and psychological transformation that undid Soviet communism. Yes, the Beijing government possesses many tools of tyranny, including its new social credit system. And yet no tool that the communists possess can get inside the human soul.
Thus the godless authoritarians—by turns, cruel toward their people and fearful of the future—are left to rage.
In the meantime, the faithful of all faiths, knowing that their greatest power is hidden in their own souls, might prayerfully hope that better days will come to China.
Perhaps that’s what the Chinese government fears most: the sort of spiritual and psychological transformation that undid Soviet communism. Yes, the Beijing government possesses many tools of tyranny, including its new social credit system. And yet no tool that the communists possess can get inside the human soul.
Thus the godless authoritarians—by turns, cruel toward their people and fearful of the future—are left to rage.
In the meantime, the faithful of all faiths, knowing that their greatest power is hidden in their own souls, might prayerfully hope that better days will come to China.
United Methodists Fracture: LGBTQ Plan Rejected - The Atlantic
United Methodists Fracture: LGBTQ Plan Rejected - The Atlantic:- The mainline denomination voted on Tuesday to toughen its teachings against homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and LGBTQ clergy.
- It must now decide whether it will stay together.
At a special conference in St. Louis this week, convened specifically to address divisions over LGBTQ issues, members voted to toughen prohibitions on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy. This was a surprise: The denomination’s bishops, its top clergy, pushed hard for a resolution that would have allowed local congregations, conferences, and clergy to make their own choices about conducting same-sex marriages and ordaining LGBTQ pastors.
This proposal, called the “One Church Plan,” was designed to keep the denomination together. Methodist delegates rejected its recommendations, instead choosing the so-called Traditional Plan, which affirmed the denomination’s teachings against homosexuality..."
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• Chart: The State Of The Unions | Statista
• Chart: The State Of The Unions | Statista:
"Trade union membership has experienced a significant decline in the United States.
Back in 1983, the membership rate was 20.1 percent and they fell to just 10.5 percent by 2018. Today, there is a significant difference on membership between states and a total of 29 (and the District of Columbia) have membership rates below that 10.5 percent average..."
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"Trade union membership has experienced a significant decline in the United States.
Back in 1983, the membership rate was 20.1 percent and they fell to just 10.5 percent by 2018. Today, there is a significant difference on membership between states and a total of 29 (and the District of Columbia) have membership rates below that 10.5 percent average..."
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Respected Think Tank Shatters Michigan ‘Teacher Shortage’ Myth – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Respected Think Tank Shatters Michigan ‘Teacher Shortage’ Myth – Michigan Capitol Confidential:
A well-respected research organization released a report this month refuting the often-stated claim in the media that Michigan has a teacher shortage.
The Citizens Research Council of Michigan published a 66-page report in February with the conclusion that available research does not support claims of a teacher shortage in Michigan’s public schools.
The report should serve as a sharp rebuke to a mainstream media that for at least two years has reported as fact that Michigan’s public schools are suffering from a teacher shortage.
Dozens of media outlets have published news reports repeating an alleged teacher shortage without questioning the narrative.
The list includes the Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, MLive, the Herald-Palladium, the Cadillac News, WDIV-TV, the Daily Mining Gazette, Bridge Magazine, Michigan Radio, Detroit public TV, WDET and the Garden City Telegram, among others.
...The rationale for promoting a teacher shortage narrative is largely political..."
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- Uncritical media has repeated this false teachers union claim
A well-respected research organization released a report this month refuting the often-stated claim in the media that Michigan has a teacher shortage.
The Citizens Research Council of Michigan published a 66-page report in February with the conclusion that available research does not support claims of a teacher shortage in Michigan’s public schools.The report should serve as a sharp rebuke to a mainstream media that for at least two years has reported as fact that Michigan’s public schools are suffering from a teacher shortage.
Dozens of media outlets have published news reports repeating an alleged teacher shortage without questioning the narrative.
The list includes the Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, MLive, the Herald-Palladium, the Cadillac News, WDIV-TV, the Daily Mining Gazette, Bridge Magazine, Michigan Radio, Detroit public TV, WDET and the Garden City Telegram, among others.
...The rationale for promoting a teacher shortage narrative is largely political..."
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Democratic Primary & Reparations: Not Serious Project | National Review
Democratic Primary & Reparations: Not Serious Project | National Review:
One group of Democrats proposes something daffy, vague, and impractical, and another group of Democrats says, “Of course that’s daffy, vague, and impractical — but at least they started a conversation!” This is said in the tone kindergarten teachers use with toddlers who test the maxim that there is no such thing as a dumb question. It’s something to see: a political party condescending to itself.
None of the Democratic 2020 contenders currently talking up reparations for slavery is serious about the project. Those of them who are serious about anything are serious only about winning the party’s nomination and the role that flattering a small but influential congregation of left-wing intellectuals might play in that.
None of the Democratic 2020 contenders currently talking up reparations for slavery is serious about the project. Those of them who are serious about anything are serious only about winning the party’s nomination and the role that flattering a small but influential congregation of left-wing intellectuals might play in that.
Deadline Detroit - Sacred Heart Seminary: Ground Zero for Catholic Abuse Scandal in Detroit
Deadline Detroit - Sacred Heart Seminary: Ground Zero for Catholic Abuse Scandal in Detroit
That’s what Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel told Catholics last week, warning them not to trust the church to self-police its abuse scandal.
She said that, like Michigan State University investigating Larry Nassar, the Catholic Church is more interested in protecting itself than serving its flock.
I share her suspicions.
Self-policing didn’t work well when I was a high school student boarding at Sacred Heart Seminary in the 1960s.
From the close of evening prayers until we sat down to breakfast in the refectory the next morning, Grand Silence was in force.
You were supposed to be praying for discernment about your vocation, not joking around with your classmates.
Talking was punishable with demerits, and enough demerits could get you expelled.
But any time the proctor was out of the dorm, teenage taunts and tricks would erupt.
For some of the less pious among us, our seminary years were spent learning how to defy arbitrary rules that were enforced by a larger patriarchal code of Grand Silence.
I didn’t learn about what that code protected at Sacred Heart until decades later, when a close friend finally revealed that he’d been assaulted by a faculty priest during his senior year.
He was not the only victim..."
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The author, a freelance writer and former Detroit Free Press reporter, attended Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit in the 1960s.
By Michael Betzold
“If an investigator knocks on your door, ask to see their badge, not their rosary.”That’s what Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel told Catholics last week, warning them not to trust the church to self-police its abuse scandal.
She said that, like Michigan State University investigating Larry Nassar, the Catholic Church is more interested in protecting itself than serving its flock.
I share her suspicions.
Self-policing didn’t work well when I was a high school student boarding at Sacred Heart Seminary in the 1960s.
From the close of evening prayers until we sat down to breakfast in the refectory the next morning, Grand Silence was in force.You were supposed to be praying for discernment about your vocation, not joking around with your classmates.
Talking was punishable with demerits, and enough demerits could get you expelled.
But any time the proctor was out of the dorm, teenage taunts and tricks would erupt.
For some of the less pious among us, our seminary years were spent learning how to defy arbitrary rules that were enforced by a larger patriarchal code of Grand Silence.
I didn’t learn about what that code protected at Sacred Heart until decades later, when a close friend finally revealed that he’d been assaulted by a faculty priest during his senior year.
He was not the only victim..."
Read all.
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