Devin Nunes: Democrats Paid Operatives In Ukraine To ‘Dig Up Dirt On The Trump Campaign’ | The Daily Caller

Devin Nunes: Democrats Paid Operatives In Ukraine To ‘Dig Up Dirt On The Trump Campaign’ | The Daily Caller:

Republican California Rep. Devin Nunes on Friday pointed a finger at Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party after being asked if a new Ukrainian investigation into former prosecutor Viktor Shokin has any relation to President Donald Trump’s July 2019 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The issues in Ukraine, as always, go back to the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democrats,” Nunes told “The Story with Martha MacCullum” on Fox News.

Canadian Health Care: A Warning, Not a Beacon | The Heritage Foundation

Canadian Health Care: A Warning, Not a Beacon | The Heritage Foundation

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• All Americans, regardless of political party, want access to timely, high-quality health care. The question is how to get there.
• Sanders's sanitized version of Canadian health care doesn't remotely fit the facts.
• Canada's system of socialized medicine has created high taxes and suffering patients. That's not what Americans want or deserve.

"...Do we harness the power and innovation of the private sector, or do we hand it to the government and hope for the best?
Canada has chosen the latter route, and at one of the most recent debates among Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders once again touted its government-run health care system as a model for America.
Alas, Sanders's sanitized version of Canadian health care doesn't remotely fit the facts.
No more out-of-pocket expenses?
In reality, Canadians' out-of-pocket health costs are nearly identical to what Americans pay—a difference of roughly $15 per month.
In return, Canadians pay up to 50% more in taxes than Americans, with government health costs alone accounting for $9,000 in additional taxes per year..."
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Fak-checked-True!

CNN End of Snow: “Climate change is threatening winter sports’ very existence” | Watts Up With That?

CNN End of Snow: “Climate change is threatening winter sports’ very existence” | Watts Up With That?

"As much of the USA experienced an abundance of the white stuff, CNN picked this as a good time to make an “end of snow” prediction.

Climate change is threatening winter sports’ very existence

By Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist--Updated 1904 GMT (0304 HKT) February 29, 2020

(CNN)A warming planet has major ramifications on winter snowpack across the globe, including a long-term drying trend for many. That’s a concern for winter sports enthusiasts and communities that depend on snow throughout the year. 

Not many understand this better than the climate advocacy group known as Protect Our Winters (POW). The group is an organization of professional athletes and like-minded individuals fighting for policy to protect winter sports and mountain communities.

“Increased temperatures are melting away both my sport and my livelihood,” professional ski mountaineer and POW representative Caroline Gliech told the US Senate late last year.

This year has been a prime example of what is becoming more common. Snowfall has been abysmal in California this winter. The state-wide snowpack is running far below average to date and there is little relief in sight before the season ends...

But wait, there's more!

One for the books: February ends up tied as snowiest month ever at Breckenridge Ski Resort

#1 Song this day 1950-----Red Foley — Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy 1950

Leftist Strategy Focuses on the Local Level

Leftist Strategy Focuses on the Local Level
"Why are wealthy left-wing donors across the country, the abortion industry, and national gun control groups more interested in your local school board and city council races than most of the people who live in your own town?
Because they’re funding efforts to ensure their far-left agenda pervades our entire society—from getting their abortion curricula into our schools to changing our election laws—and they want to make sure that no city, no town is left to stand against them.
National left-wing organizations are collecting and funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to flip local city councils, school boards, and county prosecutors’ offices to the left. 
They are flooding small elections with big money, and it’s giving them unprecedented influence over our local affairs and greater access to our children..."
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About time! (but TDS keeps media/Libs on the side of commies)

Black Voters Turn Their Backs on Mike Bloomberg During Church Service

Black Voters Turn Their Backs on Mike Bloomberg During Church Service:

Congregants of a historically black church in Selma, Alabama, turned their backs on Democrat presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg on Sunday as he addressed them.
The protest, which remained silent and peaceful, took place as Bloomberg was giving a speech on the 55th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a day when police attacked black citizens during a civil rights march in the town.

Chicago mayor defends 'sanctuary city' policy after police release immigrant who later rapes 3-year-old girl - TheBlaze

Chicago mayor defends 'sanctuary city' policy after police release immigrant who later rapes 3-year-old girl - TheBlaze:

• 'If ICE is complaining, then they should do their job better'

"Christopher Puente, 34, was being held in Chicago police custody stemming from a June 2019 arrest for theft. 

ICE said they expected CPD to hold Puente until he could be transferred into ICE custody, so that he could be deported.
However, CPD did not hold Puente, and he was subsequently released into the general public.
Then, last month, Puente allegedly lured a 3-year-old girl inside his restroom stall at a Chicago McDonald's and raped the child, leading to her hospitalization..."

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AM Fruitcake

History for March 3

History for March 3 - On-This-Day.com
Alexander Graham Bell 1847, Jean Harlow 1911, Jennifer Warnes 1947 - Singer


Miranda Richardson 1958 - Actress, Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1962 - Olympic track and field gold medalist, Jessica Biel 1982 - Actress ("7th Heaven")


1952 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld New York's Feinberg Law that banned Communist teachers in the U.S.


1991 - Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The scene was captured on amateur video. (California)

ICE: Chicago released previously-deported felon who went on to sexually assault toddler | Fox News

ICE: Chicago released previously-deported felon who went on to sexually assault toddler | Fox News:

Chrstopher Puente, 34, was arrested on Feb. 19 for sexually assaulting a 3-year-old despite ICE's previous request that police continue detaining the previously deported felon. According to a press release on Thursday, Puente had two felony convictions for forced-entry burglary and forgery.
Despite his background, Chicago declined ICE's June 2019 request to detain Puente -- raising more concerns about a jurisdiction already under fire for defying ICE. A CBS affiliate reported that Puente confessed to placing "the child on his lap while he was in a restroom stall, pulled off her pants, and covered her mouth when she started calling out 'daddy daddy.'"

The way we were-----Welcome to Southern California (1953)

Boob-tube-----Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood 2019 - SNL

An Obama Holdover in an Obscure Government Arm Helped Cause the Country’s Coronavirus Crisis | Frontpagemag

An Obama Holdover in an Obscure Government Arm Helped Cause the Country’s Coronavirus Crisis | 

• Who really decided to bring infected people to the United States?

Two months after the outbreak of the coronavirus, #TrumpVirus began trending on Twitter. 
Why?
Because it’s the only chance that the Democrats have of winning back the White House in 2020.
Saddled with broken primaries whose nominee, after a possible brokered convention, will either be a Socialist who admires Communists, a senile lecher who admires young girls, or a billionaire who admires power, the coronavirus is a much more effective candidate than Sanders, Biden, or Bloomberg.
#TrumpVirus follows in the footsteps of #TrumpHurricane which attempted to blame a natural disaster and local corruption in Puerto Rico on President Trump.
And that just dusted off the smears and slanders of Hurricane Katrina and substituted Puerto Ricans for black people and Trump for Bush.
...The truth about disaster relief and pandemic management is that it hasn’t changed much between administrations.
The Bush administration dealt with SARS in much the same way that the Obama administration addressed swine flu.
And the Trump administration is doing most of the same things.
That’s because the actual decisions are being made by bureaucrats based on existing protocols..."
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Think Trump is 'outrageous?' He's nothing compared to these presidents�

Think Trump is 'outrageous?' He's nothing compared to these presidents

• Unprecedented, unprecedented. 
• Everything is unprecedented. 
• Nothing like this has ever happened before.
• Except it pretty much has. 

"Whenever you see the word “unprecedented” in the media, you should ask yourself: Has this reporter ever read a history book? 
Make the case against Trump if you want to, but if you pretend the sorts of things he does are without precedent, you simply make yourself look ignorant.
Virtually any presidency you examine is guilty of far worse acts than whatever you think is the worst thing Trump has ever done, from John Adams’ Alien and Sedition Acts...
Even Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and did nothing to stop his troops from shutting down newspapers they didn’t like. 
...You say Trump is an unprecedented threat to civil liberties? 
Woodrow Wilson’s administration threw people in jail for opposing his policy to join WWI the year after he campaigned on the slogan “He kept us out of war.” 
A leading political figure of the day, Eugene V. Debs, was imprisoned and still behind bars when Wilson left office two years after the end of the war. (The administration of Warren G. Harding let him out). 
Imagine Trump throwing, say, Beto O’Rourke in jail for opposing his Iran policy. 
Wouldn’t that be more outrageous than anything he actually has done?...
Much here, read all.

Why Have The American People Decided To Throw Out Their Political Leaders And Start Over? | The Daily Caller

Why Have The American People Decided To Throw Out Their Political Leaders And Start Over? | The Daily Caller:

Now that Sen. Bernie Sanders is surging and a populist-left Sanders versus populist-right Trump race looks more and more likely, it might finally be time for America’s leadership class to start looking inward and asking what’s going on. People don’t throw out all their normal political leaders for a TV-host billionaire and a socialist who honeymooned in the Soviet Union when they are satisfied with the state of affairs in their country. Something’s going wrong for the American people. They are desperately searching for new political leaders who will shake things up.

And Seattle ain't alone!-----Seattle needs $5,400 per taxpayer to get out of 'financial trench,' report finds | KOMO

Seattle needs $5,400 per taxpayer to get out of 'financial trench,' report finds | KOMO
"SEATTLE – Seattle would need $5,400 per taxpayer to dig itself out of a ‘financial trench’ and pay all of its bills.
That’s according to a new report that analyzed the fiscal health of the nation’s largest 75 cities.
 The Emerald City ranks the 44th worst and earned a “D” grade for its financial health.
...That financial burden equates to $5,400 per Seattle taxpayer. 
Meaning, if retirement benefits and other costs aren’t reduced, taxpayers will have to pay that amount in future taxes without receiving those benefits..."
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California sees surge in Chinese illegally crossing border from Mexico - Los Angeles Times

California sees surge in Chinese illegally crossing border from Mexico - Los Angeles Times
"The number of Chinese immigrants illegally crossing the Mexican border into California has skyrocketed in recent years, the result of a lucrative smuggling industry, mass migration from China and a diversifying pool of migrants settling in the United States.
...Before then, “we just weren’t getting [Chinese nationals],” said Wendi Lee, a spokeswoman for the Border Patrol..."
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Lunch video-----Zombie Climate Science

"In this video I explore in more detail the fundamental fraud at the core of climate science."

Noon-toon

White House Announces More Coronavirus Travel Bans on Iran

White House Announces More Coronavirus Travel Bans on Iran:

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday additional travel bans on travelers from Iran, and warned Americans not to travel to certain areas of Italy and South Korea.
The United States currently bans some travel from Iran, but that ban will be expanded to include foreign traveling from Iran or through Iran in the past 14 days.

#1 Movie this week 1954-----The Long, Long Trailer: Not Making the Grade

Government transportation!-----MTA: Subway Robberies on the Rise

MTA: Subway Robberies on the Rise
"NEW YORK - Robberies are on the rise in the subway system, according to new numbers released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The MTA says 75 robberies were reported last month, up from 35 in January of last year.
That's an increase of 114 percent.
...The NYPD's Transit Bureau is blaming repeat offenders for the upward trend.
"I want to assure everyone that we have a watchful eye on some of our most prolific offenders, some who have been arrested several times since the beginning of the year," said NYPD Transit Bureau Assistant Chief Vince Coogan..."
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#1 This day 1976-----"Love Machine Part 1"-The Miracles (with Billy Griffin)

Worth bookmarking-----What We Know About the Coronavirus, From Symptoms to Who Is at Risk - WSJ

What We Know About the Coronavirus, From Symptoms to Who Is at Risk - WSJ
"Scientists and public-health officials are learning more about the new coronavirus behind an epidemic that has reached dozens of countries. 
We are updating our questions and answers regularly to keep up with their findings. 
Here is what they know so far, and how you can minimize your risk.

THE LATEST ON THE CORONAVIRUS

• The global death toll is now about 3,000—China’s death toll as of Saturday was 2,870
• U.S., Australia and Thailand report their first coronavirus deaths
• Armenia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Ecuador and Qatar each reported their first infections over the weekend
• Japan ran a slimmed-down marathon in Tokyo to protect the Olympics from the threat of the epidemic

TRACKING THE CORONAVIRUS

VIEW IN DEPTH

What is a coronavirus?

This virus belongs to a family of viruses known as coronaviruses. Named for the crown-like spikes on their surfaces, they infect mostly bats, pigs and small mammals. But they mutate easily and can jump from animals to humans, and from one human to another. In recent years, they have become a growing player in infectious-disease outbreaks world-wide.

Seven strains are known to infect humans, including this new virus, causing illnesses in the respiratory tract. Four of those strains cause common colds. Two others, by contrast, rank among the deadliest of human infections: severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS.

This new virus is called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or Sars-CoV-2. The disease it causes is called Covid-19. (The number stands for 2019, the year it emerged.)

What are the symptoms of the illness and how do you know if you have it?

The virus infects the lower respiratory tract. 
Patients initially develop a fever, cough and aches, and can progress to shortness of breath and complications from pneumonia, according to case reports. 
They might develop nausea, with vomiting and diarrhea. 
Some become only mildly ill, or are infected but don’t get sick. 
Others are mildly ill for a few days, then rapidly develop more severe symptoms of pneumonia..."
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Cruises reacting to fears! Grab a deal while you can!

‘Anyone In This Room Remember A Better Time To Be An American Conservative?’: Mike Pompeo Touts Trump Admin At CPAC | The Daily Caller

‘Anyone In This Room Remember A Better Time To Be An American Conservative?’: Mike Pompeo Touts Trump Admin At CPAC | The Daily Caller:

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took the stage at CPAC Friday and said that President Donald Trump “will not stop winning.”
“I’m thrilled to be here at the largest Conservative gathering in the country except every Trump rally,” he began, before asking the thousands of conference goers in the audience if “anyone in this room remember[s] a better time to be an American Conservative? We are safer than ever, our economy is more prosperous than ever and President Trump will not stop winning,” he said.

Democrats Demand Open Borders for the Coronavirus | Frontpagemag

Democrats Demand Open Borders for the Coronavirus | Frontpagemag
"...three Chinese nationals were apprehended illegally entering Texas with flu-like symptoms, and had to be quarantined.
"Luckily they did not have the coronavirus," he said. "But this is a wake-up call."
Border Patrol personnel have been handed respirators and told to isolate the large number of Chinese migrants who are continuing to illegally enter the United States.
The last thing that the border states need are infected illegal aliens coming through, blending into the population, and spreading the disease to health care workers, and in poor neighborhoods.
But that’s exactly what the Democrats seem to want.
Senator Elizabeth Warren announced that she was introducing a plan to redirect money from the border wall to fighting the coronavirus.
...every Democrat 2020 candidate wants to dismantle border security and enable the rapid entry of migrants into the United States.
That means putting Americans at risk, not just at the border, but also at airports and seaports..."
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History for March 2

History for March 2 - On-This-Day.com
Sam Houston 1793 - First President of the Republic of Texas, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904 - Writer, poet, and cartoonist, Tom Wolfe 1931 - Author


Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 - Former Soviet President, Karen Carpenter 1950 - Singer (The Carpenters), Daniel Craig 1968 - Actor


1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.


1917 - Citizens of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship with the enactment of the Jones Act.