For all his soaring rhetoric, former President Barack Obama really is nothing more than a typical, cheap Washington politician brimming with false promises. And Joe Biden is even worse. He is Barack Obama minus the pretty talk.
Friday, August 28, 2020
Charles Hurt: In Latest Interview, Obama Proves He's Either a Moron or a Liar
For all his soaring rhetoric, former President Barack Obama really is nothing more than a typical, cheap Washington politician brimming with false promises. And Joe Biden is even worse. He is Barack Obama minus the pretty talk.
More Evidence That Shutdowns Are Useless | Power Line
More Evidence That Shutdowns Are Useless | Power Line
"Governments around the world have responded to COVID-19 with more or less harsh (but, of course, never complete) shutdowns of economic and social activity.
The costs of these shutdowns have been enormous, obvious and undeniable, while the alleged benefits have been hypothetical and speculative.
As experience with the virus accumulates, there is, I think, a growing consensus that the shutdowns have been worthless, or close to worthless.
"Governments around the world have responded to COVID-19 with more or less harsh (but, of course, never complete) shutdowns of economic and social activity.
The costs of these shutdowns have been enormous, obvious and undeniable, while the alleged benefits have been hypothetical and speculative.
As experience with the virus accumulates, there is, I think, a growing consensus that the shutdowns have been worthless, or close to worthless.
Dr. Gilbert Berdine, an associate professor of medicine at Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences Center, assembles some revealing information in the form of this chart, which compares daily COVID deaths per million of population in Sweden, New York, Illinois and Texas.
First, a note of caution.
I don’t know, and I am not sure whether anyone knows, whether different countries (or even states) count “COVID deaths” in the same way.
If American states follow CDC guidance, a “COVID death” does not mean that COVID was the cause of death.
It means that a person 1) died, and 2) had COVID.
Thus, gunshot victims have been counted as COVID deaths.
Do European countries follow this extremely misleading practice, and do states follow it uniformly?
I don’t know.
With that caveat, here is the chart.
Click to enlarge:
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Sooo, he's just a great guy maligned?-----Was Jacob Blake Charged With Raping a Child?
"...Analysis
In July 2020...According to a criminal complaint filed by the Kenosha County District Attorney’s office in July 2020, Blake is accused of having entered his ex-girlfriend’s home in Kenosha, without her permission, on May 3, 2020, before sexually assaulting her, taking her car and debit card, and making two ATM withdrawals of $500 each.
...Some readers might find it disturbing because it contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault and domestic abuse.
...A search of Blake’s name in Wisconsin Circuit Court records revealed only
- child support disputes and
- a June 2018 conviction in Racine County on a charge of operating a vehicle without being in possession of a driver’s license, which is not a criminal offense and was resolved with a fine...
- In September 2015, the Racine County Eye reported that Blake had been arrested after brandishing a gun at a bar in Racine,
- and that officers required the assistance of a police dog when Blake allegedly refused to comply with their orders. He was charged with several offenses, including:
- felony resisting arrest “causing a soft tissue injury to a police officer”;
- carrying a firearm while intoxicated; and
- endangering safety by the use of a dangerous weapon.
However, Blake was never tried or convicted on those charges, and in August 2020, the Racine County Eye reported that the charges appear to have been dismissed at the urging of the prosecutor and no longer appear in public court records...Read all.
Democrat Mayor: Joe Biden 'Too Weak' to Stand Up to Radical Left
Democrat Mayor: Joe Biden 'Too Weak' to Stand Up to Radical Left:
Robert Vlaisavljevich, a lifelong Democrat and mayor of Eveleth, Minnesota, blasted “weak,” “scared,” and “sleepy” Joe Biden (D) for failing to stand up to “radicals like AOC,” instead allowing them to craft his environmental policy like the Green New Deal, which he described as a “job-killing disgrace dreamt up by people who don’t live in the real world.”
This hate-spewing moron is speaking to millions!-----Jemele Hill tweets that new book shows US as bad as Nazi Germany | Fox News
Jemele Hill tweets that new book shows US as bad as Nazi Germany | Fox News
"Controversial liberal journalist Jemele Hill caused waves of shock on Twitter Sunday when she tweeted that America is just as bad as Nazi Germany.
"Controversial liberal journalist Jemele Hill caused waves of shock on Twitter Sunday when she tweeted that America is just as bad as Nazi Germany.
...As the tweet went viral, many public figures, regardless of ideology or ethnicity, responded with outrage over her analogy.
David Hookstead of The Daily Caller said: “Imagine living in this kind of delusional fantasyland.”...Read all.
Mark McCloskey: Democrat Prosecutor Hounding My Family
Mark McCloskey: Democrat Prosecutor Hounding My Family:
McCloskey added, “About 250 people got arrested for those riots. The circuit attorney has let them all out of jail and is not prosecuting any of them. On the other hand, when we do nothing but defend our property, don’t put off a shot, no one gets hurt, we get arrested. If that’s not protecting the criminals against honest citizens, I don’t know what the heck it is.”
McCloskey added, “About 250 people got arrested for those riots. The circuit attorney has let them all out of jail and is not prosecuting any of them. On the other hand, when we do nothing but defend our property, don’t put off a shot, no one gets hurt, we get arrested. If that’s not protecting the criminals against honest citizens, I don’t know what the heck it is.”
Supposed to be republicans AND democrat workers in all precincts-----Poll-Worker Shortage Could Add Confusion, Delays on Election Day | National Review
"Older poll workers fear catching the coronavirus, and younger Americans, many of whom have never taken a civics course, have scant interest in civic engagement.
... two-thirds of election boards reported that in 2018 it was either “very difficult” or “somewhat difficult” to obtain a sufficient amount of poll workers...Read all.
Learning pods have arrived in Michigan. Here’s why they’re causing controversy. - mlive.com
Learning pods have arrived in Michigan. Here’s why they’re causing controversy. - mlive.com
"...But some families are treading lightly, recognizing that learning pods can potentially lead to negative outcomes.
Some argue parents that can afford to hire tutors or a nanny to oversee their learning pods could be widening the opportunity gap in already affluent communities, with spots in the groups reserved for people from the same friend circles or neighborhoods.
...“The problem with that is, for most people, the people you know are the people who share the same socioeconomic status or race.
Then these school pods become disproportionately rich and white.”...Read all.
"...But some families are treading lightly, recognizing that learning pods can potentially lead to negative outcomes.Some argue parents that can afford to hire tutors or a nanny to oversee their learning pods could be widening the opportunity gap in already affluent communities, with spots in the groups reserved for people from the same friend circles or neighborhoods.
...“The problem with that is, for most people, the people you know are the people who share the same socioeconomic status or race.
Then these school pods become disproportionately rich and white.”...Read all.
I DVRed the national news on ABC, CBS and NBC so I could fast forward to the RNC coverage.
Fans of Best of the Web Today--Michael Smith
It is amazing how uniformly negative it is and how all three perfectly dovetail with each other in asserting that the Republicans are just lying.
It is amazing how uniformly negative it is and how all three perfectly dovetail with each other in asserting that the Republicans are just lying.
Also, very, very little coverage of the riots and when there was, the rioters were uniformly called "protesters". ABC reported on Kenosha from the rioters angle and basically said that it was Trump's "climate of racism and violence" that started it all.
I don't think they can do anything else.
They have repeated these lies for so long, they now believe their own lies.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised because they were just in sync on praise for the DNC last week.
There is no doubt that if you only watched one of these outlets, you would have a negative perspective of the Republicans.
It is remarkable to witness the agitprop and propaganda in a quantity and quality the Soviets could only dream about."
Shots fired at Trump supporters, including children, who were just waving flags in South Carolina - TheBlaze
Shots fired at Trump supporters, including children, who were just waving flags in South Carolina - TheBlaze:
The incident unfolded Monday evening in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
The Fort Mill Police Department said in a statement posted to its Facebook page that the officers were called to the demonstration at about 6:50 p.m.
Demonstrators told them that three men in a vehicle drove by their group several times and yelled obscenities at them. They claimed that the driver of the vehicle extended his hand out with what appeared to be a gun and they heard gunshots ring out.
"All of a sudden you know bang bang bang bang bang bang bang,"
The incident unfolded Monday evening in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
The Fort Mill Police Department said in a statement posted to its Facebook page that the officers were called to the demonstration at about 6:50 p.m.
Demonstrators told them that three men in a vehicle drove by their group several times and yelled obscenities at them. They claimed that the driver of the vehicle extended his hand out with what appeared to be a gun and they heard gunshots ring out.
"All of a sudden you know bang bang bang bang bang bang bang,"
The "America" Biden supports-----U.S.Senator Rand Paul says attacked by 'angry mob' near White House
U.S.Senator Rand Paul says attacked by 'angry mob' near White House
© Reuters/LEAH MILLIS Protest in Washington
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© Reuters/LEAH MILLIS Protest in Washington
"Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House. Thank you to DC Police Dept for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob," the senator wrote on twitter https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1299219937517613056.
History for August 28
History for August 28 - On-This-Day.com
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749, Ben Gazzara 1930, 1943 - David Soul 1943 Actor ("Starsky and Hutch")
Scott Hamilton 1958 - Figure skater, Shania Twain 1965 - Country singer, LeAnn Rimes 1982 - Singer
1833 - Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire.
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended.
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