Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety and National Guard to use vehicles to create a miles-long barrier to stop the flow of mostly Haitian migrants from crossing the Rio Grande. The vehicle barrier, along with the recently constructed Texas border fencing, effectively blocked the illegal crossings and enabled Border Patrol officials to reduce the population of the Del Rio migrant encampment.
Friday, September 24, 2021
Texas Forms Miles-Long Border Barrier from State Troopers and National Guard Vehicles
Texas Forms Miles-Long Border Barrier from State Troopers and National Guard Vehicles:
We are RULED by morons!-----The CDC Made America's Pandemic Worse
- The agency didn't just botch the initial test. It resisted mass testing.
It failed.
Those failures were legion, and they were spread across multiple officials, agencies, and layers of government.
Those failures were legion, and they were spread across multiple officials, agencies, and layers of government.
But no institution failed quite as abysmally as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which, through a combination of arrogance, incompetence, and astonishingly poor planning, wasted America's only chance to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 before it spread widely...Read all!
A sure path to despotism!-----Overwhelming majority of college students say shouting down a speaker is acceptable: survey | The College Fix
"Sixty-six percent of college students think shouting down a speaker they disagree with is acceptable to shut down their talk, and another 23 percent believe violence can be used to cancel a speech, according to a wide-scale survey released this week.
The 2021 College Free Speech Rankings, a follow-up on the first survey in 2020, asked over 37,000 students at 159 top-ranked U.S. colleges and universities to share their views about free speech on campus.
...Not only do 66 percent of students say it is acceptable to shout down a speaker to prevent them from speaking on campus, that result is up four percentage points from last year...Read all.
Biden’s Multi-Trillion-Dollar Spending Plans & Tax Hikes Will Have 3 Devastating Economic Consequences, New Study Warns
Biden’s Multi-Trillion-Dollar Spending Plans & Tax Hikes Will Have 3 Devastating Economic Consequences, New Study Warns
- Here are the three main ways Biden’s plans would hurt, not help, Americans’ economic fortunes.
Here are the three main ways Biden’s plans would hurt, not help, Americans’ economic fortunes.
1. Weaker Economic Growth...
2. Lower Worker Compensation...
3. Declining Standard of Living...Read all!
1. Weaker Economic Growth...
2. Lower Worker Compensation...
3. Declining Standard of Living...Read all!
Former FDA chief says US coming to a tipping point 'where masks become optional,' criticizes CDC's messaging - TheBlaze
Former FDA chief says US coming to a tipping point 'where masks become optional,' criticizes CDC's messaging - TheBlaze:
During a Wednesday appearance on the Fox News show, Gottlieb said that he believes mask mandates will begin to phase out.
"I think we're going to move to a paradigm where masks become optional, encouraged in certain settings, and it's going to be based on what the overall prevalence of infection is, and what the vaccination rate is, and whether or not you're in an environment where there are vulnerable people."
Perino responded, "Yeah, it seems like it's time to move on to that."
With excellent "graduation rates"!!-----Disgusting! Child abuse!-----Maspeth HS diplomas 'not worth the paper' they're printed on
Maspeth HS diplomas 'not worth the paper' they're printed on
- The SCI report confirms a series of Post exposes in 2019 describing a culture of cheating in which students could skip classes and do little or no work, but still pass.--Helayne Seidman
"Maspeth High School (Queens-NYC) created fake classes, awarded bogus credits, and fixed grades to push students to graduate — “even if the diploma was not worth the paper on which it was printed,” an explosive investigative report charges.
Principal Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir demanded that teachers pass students no matter how little they learned, says the 32-page report by the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools, Anastasia Coleman.
Principal Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir demanded that teachers pass students no matter how little they learned, says the 32-page report by the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools, Anastasia Coleman.
- “I don’t care if a kid shows up at 7:44 and you dismiss at 7:45 — it’s your job to give that kid credit,” the principal is quoted as telling a teacher.
History for September 24
History for September 24 - On-This-Day.com
John Marshall 1755
- 1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
- 1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.
- 1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
- 1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
- 1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
- 1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
- 1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
No, the Richest One Percent Don’t Pay 40 Percent of the Taxes.
This article is pure sophistry.
Especially the totally worthless chart below.
The rich pay far more than their "fair" share of all taxes including all the other taxes. (property/school, state, inheritance, sales, etc).
They don't drag on the system as they send their children to private schools instead of jails and social workers.
They don't fill the courts, stick hospitals with unpaid bills, shoot cops or riot in the streets.
They fund non-profits/charities, hire well-paid employees and spend money on American made products.
Demonizing the wealthy is EXACTLY what Hitler, Stalin, Chaves, Castro, Putin, Xi have done to foment hate and increase political power.
And most of today's America hating elected democrats are following in the footsteps of their socialist/communist/National Socialist comrades.
Read this drivel and realize the same is being spread to our children by our "education" system.
Educate your children!
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No, the Richest One Percent Don’t Pay 40 Percent of the Taxes. By Jonathan Chait
"One of the sad constants of American political debate is that, anytime the tax rate on the rich is to be either raised or lowered, Republicans will repeat a certain statistic. To wit, “The Stat” is that the highest-earning one percent of taxpayers pay 40 percent of all income taxes.
Conservatives consider this fact a dispositive justification either against any proposal to increase taxes on the rich, or in favor of any plan to reduce it.
Over just the past day, I have seen it circulating — here, here, here, everywhere.
...The Stat is literally true.
...The Stat is literally true.
But it is deeply misleading — so misleading, in fact, that it routinely fools even the people who are citing it into thinking it indicates something other than what it actually means.
...The actual truth about the American tax system is that it is slightly progressive.
...The actual truth about the American tax system is that it is slightly progressive.
Lawmakers from both parties 'angrily stormed out' of classified Afghanistan briefing after Biden admin refused to answer 'basic' questions: report - TheBlaze
Lawmakers from both parties 'angrily stormed out' of classified Afghanistan briefing after Biden admin refused to answer 'basic' questions: report - TheBlaze:
Multiple lawmakers from both parties "angrily stormed out" of a classified briefing on Afghanistan this week after Biden administration officials failed to answer simple questions about its ongoing evacuation efforts, CNN reported.
Citing three anonymous sources, the network said that both Republican and Democratic members of Congress "grew frustrated" after officials from the State Department, Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and Office of the Director of National Security "failed to answer their basic questions."
Trump to Glenn Beck: I REJECTED Milley's plan to leave military equipment in Afghanistan, and 'I GUARANTEE that's what happened to Biden' - TheBlaze
Trump to Glenn Beck: I REJECTED Milley's plan to leave military equipment in Afghanistan, and 'I GUARANTEE that's what happened to Biden' - TheBlaze:
He explained why Biden's horrific Afghanistan withdrawal was "not even a little bit" like his plan, and why he thinks it was "the most embarrassing event in the history of our country."
Plus, the former president gave his opinion on China's potential takeover of Bagram Air Base, the Pakistani Prime Minister, and Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The way we were-----The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926
"Miami was the fastest growing city in the nation, in the midst of a great real estate boom.
Then nature intervened.
At the time, the United States Weather service described the hurricane of September 17 - 20, 1926 as “probably the most destructive storm in the history of the United States”
The “Great Miami Hurricane” deserves to be remembered. "
Victor Davis Hanson | Afghanistan and America's Decline
"Dr. Hanson addresses Biden’s role in the Afghanistan crisis, increased tensions between China and the US, and the future of the US-Australia relationship.
They also unpack the authoritarianism of woke politics, the mounting resistance against critical race theory in the West, and discuss Victor’s upcoming book, The Dying Citizen (October 2021)..."
"The recall rate of approved drugs certainly seems relevant to our current debates."
"Of course, this is from 2017, but what are the chances that
1) the FDA is any better today than they were 4 years ago or
2) CNN would publish a report like this today?
The recall rate of approved drugs certainly seems relevant to our current debates."
The recall rate of approved drugs certainly seems relevant to our current debates."
Yup. NPR lying again-----Facts Debunk NPR Claim that Global Warming Is Causing Dying Trees, Power Outages - ClimateRealism
Facts Debunk NPR Claim that Global Warming Is Causing Dying Trees, Power Outages - ClimateRealism
"At the top of Google News search results this morning for “climate change,” National Public Radio (NPR) claims global warming is causing a mass die-off of trees in California and throughout the country, with the trees falling on power lines and causing power outages.
"At the top of Google News search results this morning for “climate change,” National Public Radio (NPR) claims global warming is causing a mass die-off of trees in California and throughout the country, with the trees falling on power lines and causing power outages.
In reality, objective facts show forests are becoming healthier during recent years and decades, falsifying any assertion that global warming is causing dying trees and power outages.
The NPR article, “Climate Change Is Killing Trees And Causing Power Outages,” attempts to shift blame for California power outages away from utilities’ negligence and poor government forest management to blaming global warming, instead....Read all.
The NPR article, “Climate Change Is Killing Trees And Causing Power Outages,” attempts to shift blame for California power outages away from utilities’ negligence and poor government forest management to blaming global warming, instead....Read all.
As Biden Continues to Foment Border Crisis, Governors Step Up
As Biden Continues to Foment Border Crisis, Governors Step Up:
With President Joe Biden’s administration completely neglecting the crisis at the southern border, states have to step up to secure the nation and keep Americans safe.
To nobody’s surprise, one state doing so is Texas. As the Biden administration wastes millions of taxpayer dollars each day by not continuing to build a border wall, Texas is filling the void and building a wall of its own.
An entire political party full of them!-----Here's How to Tell Within 5 Minutes If Someone Isn't as Smart as They Think | Inc.com
Here's How to Tell Within 5 Minutes If Someone Isn't as Smart as They Think | Inc.com
"...His certainty provides a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect, a type of cognitive bias described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger in which people believe they're smarter and more skilled than they actually are.
"...His certainty provides a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect, a type of cognitive bias described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger in which people believe they're smarter and more skilled than they actually are.
Combine a lack of self-awareness with l ow cognitive ability and boom: You overestimate your own intelligence and competence.
As Dunning, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, says, "if you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent.
As Dunning, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, says, "if you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent.
The skills you need to produce the right answer are the very same skills you need to recognize the right answer."
As Bertrand Russell said, "one of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision."
Or as my grandfather said, "the dumber you are, the more you think you know."...Read all.
As Bertrand Russell said, "one of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision."
Or as my grandfather said, "the dumber you are, the more you think you know."...Read all.
Lunch video-----...A lot of unqualified and fake chips appear
"...the head of an electronics company said: “Now, chips aren't available even with additional money. Speculation in the chip market is widespread, and the price of some products has increased five times compared with the end of 2020.”
Democrats Spend Big, and We Pay, for Their Socialist Dream
Democrats Spend Big, and We Pay, for Their Socialist Dream:
It’s the closest thing I can think of to capture current reality in Washington, D.C., as the kids—the Democrats running the White House and Congress—throw their big party and breathlessly spend their parents’ money (in this case, our money), knowing that the party will be over when adults return.
The $3.5-plus trillion spending binge that Democrats are rushing to pass is not following a period of austerity. Record spending and debt have been piled on since the Obama years, using government to spend its way out of a government-induced economic collapse. And then we had the COVID-19 challenge and massive new government spending to get out of that.
Portland Activists Survey Themselves and Conclude Un-Woke Cops Are to Blame for Their Riots
Portland Activists Survey Themselves and Conclude Un-Woke Cops Are to Blame for Their Riots
Results of a survey taken after the Portland riots of 2020 and 2021 have just been tallied by a cop-watch organization and the conclusion is that un-woke cops – not actual rioters, protesters, rabid communists, and looters – are the reason they were so bad.
...Yeah, about that survey …
KOIN TV reports that the suggestions come, in part, from a survey by community activists in a cop-watch group called “Portland United Against Hate.” Activists “used a crowdsourcing tool called “ReportHatePDX to gather ‘first-hand testimonials from citizens engaged in First Amendment activities over the summer of 2020.’”...
Here are a few of the other suggestions that the activists had for wrangling those pesky, riot-inducing cops:
- Making police less scary looking by getting rid of riot gear, which conveniently also makes cops more vulnerable to injury...
Here’s the live tweet. Notice there’s no deadline mentioned for the survey...Read all.
Democrats Agree: Criticizing Our Behavior Is Racist, Sexist, Homophobic
Democrats Agree: Criticizing Our Behavior Is Racist, Sexist, Homophobic
"Democratic politicians have repeatedly argued that criticizing a Democrat's behavior just isn't something a normal, kindhearted person would ever do.
Their critics, by definition, are exclusively composed of racists, sexists, homophobes, xenophobes, white supremacists, and other bigots.
"Democratic politicians have repeatedly argued that criticizing a Democrat's behavior just isn't something a normal, kindhearted person would ever do.
- When several media outlets reported that Vice President Kamala Harris presided over a "toxic" work environment where "people feel treated like s—t," the VP's allies lashed out at the "gendered" criticism voiced by former Harris staffers and current Biden administration officials. Senior Democrats even suggested sexist media coverage was to blame for Harris's low approval rating.
- BuzzFeed reported similar allegations from former staffers against Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.), who reportedly "berated staff in front of others, demanded grueling hours, and maintained an office culture marked by constantly changing expectations and little tolerance for error." The Democratic congresswoman insisted she was the real victim. "Women of color are often unjustly targeted, regularly held to higher standards than their male colleagues, and always put under a sexist microscope," said Jayapal's chief of staff, Lilah Pomerance, who dismissed the comments from former staffers as "cherry picked" and riddled with "ugly stereotypes."
On the other hand, you're probably a racist...Read all.
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