It was Memorial Day yesterday! I spent the day with Josie so their were no screens. I didn’t even say anything on Twitter. Today, I’m going to wish all a Happy Memorial day and let Dan Crenshaw express it in a way only a soldier can.
Happy Memorial Day!
Abortion is a right and tax payers should pay for it. Nancy Pelosi says there is a nefarious cover up being perpetrated by Trump and the DOJ. And Juliana Margulies, Robert De Niro and Jeff Daniels don’t like the bad orange man. And non of this crap is important.
Let’s talk about the real news where real people are really suffering. Let’s go outside the box today.
First Off
The above is not unimportant. But the problem is these pretty irrelevant stories really aren’t going to change much. I listen to several podcasts a day and watch the news. It doesn’t stress me out. I actually enjoy. And it gives me fodder for my podcast and blog. Before I talk about what is important, where people really are dying, let’s go talk about the subjects in my introduction.
Abortion seems to be the only thing people can talk or Tweet about. I don’t know why everyone is flipping out. And I mean flipping. I’m not saying the debate is not hot but we have been debating this for fifty years. I also just wrote about it so I don’t feel anything in the news is new.
That whole Trump obstruction/collusion/is-that-a-hair-piece thing continues on. This is a stupid story. There have been a thousand investigations on this garbage and all have lead to the same conclusion: the is no crime. The Left has lost their narrative and just can’t find the courage to let it go. They know there is nothing else. Even Trump’s tax records are probably not going to go anywhere. His tax returns may be embarrassing for Trump but that’s about it. Articles of impeachment are supposed to be introduced today but we’ll see where that leads. It’s just stalling. Nothing is getting done.
A bunch of actors, which I mentioned above, are pissed off at Donald Trump. This is nothing new. For some reason the media, including right wing outlets keep reporting their temper tantrums. I’m going to do something different. I’m going to complement one.
Keanu Reeves has gotten himself a bit of a reputation. No, we don’t really know about his politics and he probably isn’t as dumb as everyone seems to think. It’s that he’s a regular guy. He flies commercial, rides the subway and goes to the movies like a regular person. But more, he’s a nice guy. Watch this video filmed by a fan on a New York subway.
Wearing regular clothes, not hiding himself, being a gentleman. This guy is a class act. And many have said it about him. But, this week, something happened that just cemented this opinion. I won’t go over it. I’ll just let you read the Tweet from a star-struck fan of Reeves:
You know, if the rest of Hollywood acted like this guy, maybe people would listen to them. I just thought this was a nice story about a nice guy.
But what I am a little miffed about is what is not being talked about. Though there really aren’t a lot of stories the are new or relevant, there are things going on in the world that are actually kind of important. But they are being completely ignored. Why?
Venezuela
The crisis in Venezuela continues and things are just getting worse.
The socialist government and Nicholas Maduro are under siege from the true president and opposition leader Jaun Guaido. The people, sick of being starved and dealing with the loss of basic needs like toilet paper and medicine, have take to the street upon Guaido’s request and are beginning to protest. The aim is to force Maduro out. The unrest has been going on for over a month. So far, the two sides are at a stalemate.
Venezuela was once the richest country in South America and has more oil than the Middle East. But Hugo Chavez, the first socialist president, started nationalizing business, taking away rights such as speech and gun ownership and making friends with some really bad actors like Cuba, Iran and Russia. In response, the United States placed heavy sanctions on the country. Those sanctions, along with lousy government management of business, have brought the country to chaos. Starvation, disease, unemployment and extreme inflation have made the country a craphole.
But the media says nothing. So I will tell you what is happening today.
The stalemate continues. The government is using force to make the unarmed civilian population suppressed and compliant. China, Russia and Cuba are in the country, trying to protect the Maduro regime. This is dangerous for the United States because it actually puts the enemies of the United States within shooting distance of the Motherland. Guaido has a lot to lose and must continue his attempt of reclaiming the government. This may be his only chance and he must make the most of it. Failing may cost him his life and keep the country under Maduro’s twisted reign.
So, how is Maduro keeping the country afloat or, the more precise question, how is he paying his army?
According to TheHill.com, the military says the government has become a hive of organized crime much like the mafia. They are illegally selling gold to other sympathetic countries. They are also a a heavy exporter of illicit drugs, selling to other countries. For a while, they were exporting oil to friendly countries but that has made it difficult to bring money into the country. Mismanagement has lead to far lower oil production and the lowering of oil prices has made their oil reserves worth very little. They are in such peril that the German company who sold them oil tankers have repossessed three of their tankers. Things are going south in Venezuela. Yay, socialism.
So, why isn’t anyone talking about this? Well, duh, socialism. With media darlings like AOC and Bernie Sanders pushing us toward socialism and, recently, a poll said a lot of Americans are beginning to hear their words. It was reported that 40% of Americans, especially young Americans, believe socialism is the way that will make this country great. If the Left-leaning media reported about Venezuela, people would realize that it sucks. Can’t have that! So it’s ignored.
Homeless Problem
Well, homelessness has finally become an issue in the state of California.
Gov. Gavin Newsome (D- CA) held a press conference on Tuesday revealing plans on how to combat the homeless problem in California. That’s right, he’s finally going to do something about it. What action is he going to perform to end this problem? That’s right! He’s going to create a commission! Because nothing will solve a problem better than throwing bureaucrats at it. I’m excited! These guys are going to do research. Then their going to analyze data. Then they’re going to debate on solutions. Then they won’t agree. Then they’ll created another committee to determine what data they’ll need. That committee will need more research. Then they’ll analyze that research. And there’s more. By the end, By the end, this will take two years, cost $100 million and, in the meantime, the homeless population will go from 65,000 to 130,000. And the solution will be: waste more money putting band-aids on this gaping wound. They’ll create housing projects and indoctrination…um, sorry… education programs that attempt to get people on the right track.
Oh, I forgot. The commission of bureaucrats will not be broken up because when… I mean, if… this whole thing fails.
Ugh. So dumb. Gavin Newsome might of well said he would solve the homeless problem by sticking his thumb up his surgically enhanced butt.
This is what really bothers me about politics: no one want to solve the problems. Because they will be seen as mean, cruel and not compassionate. This is garbage. To solve this problem requires a little tough love. And they should show this tough love because people who are being productive are suffering. The streets are filled with human waste, drug needles, trash and rats. This leads to disease. But, at least, illegal aliens get driver’s licenses, free education, free healthcare, home assistance, food stamps all without paying taxes. Nice!
But I digress. I’m going to tell you how to solve this problem. Two ways, I came up with on my own and the third I got from Ben Shapiro. Great podcast, listen to it. Subscribe to the The Daily Wire. I do.
There are three reasons people are in the street: mental illness, drug addiction and just because. In the case of mental illness, I think it is time to bring back the asylum system. I know why they were closed in the past but we know so much more now. The mentally ill need to be taken care of because not only can they not care for themselves, they can be dangerous to others. Some can also be treated and returned back to society. But doing nothing is just irresponsible and cruel.
Drug addiction is the same way. I know this because my son was a drug addict and it cost him his life. With the drug addicted, jail or prison is hardly a way to treat them but they need far more than just a visit to a treatment center. We should build facilities that are like jails but are made for only treatment. They will be housed, will not be allowed out and will receive detox, counseling and job training. Those facilities will monitor them and keep them working so their minds to wander to drug use. Once they have completed treatment, the patients must still be monitored through outpatient treatment and if they relapse, back to the inpatient treatment facility.
These two options are expensive. But I don’t think they are more expensive than the disaster of just letting them be. There are a lot of details that would need to be worked out to verify these services do not become like the VA hospitals.
Finally, there are those who are homeless because they just are. This can be seen in San Jose. People who work live in RVs and cars simply because they can’t afford rent. Well, too bad. If one can’t afford to live someplace, they need to move. And the police should be able to tell them that. I understand they have “rights” but so do I who lives in the same neighborhood. And I shouldn’t have to step over some guy in the street or have to worry about my kids dealing with strangers in a park because hundreds of people are living there. Visit Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and you’ll know what I’m talking about.
So why is no one talking about this problem? It is a huge problem and it is continuing to grow? Take a look at the top ten cities with a homeless problem and I bet you’ll figure it out.
That’s right, eight of the ten cities are Democratically run. See, Democratic policies don’t work well. In the case of New York and California, their policies border on socialist policies. I know this because I live in California and I know Bill de Blasio is an idiot. The media sees this and know it is a huge problem so there are reports. But they report it as a national problem. They don’t report it as a failure of Democratic policy. They just won’t.
Fun Stuff
I finished reading two books and listening to another. I have an Audible account and spend two hours a day listening to fun books. I actually read history and other non-fiction books because I like to go slow.
The book I listened to through Audible was called The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I really enjoy horror and ghost stories but I have better stuff to read. That’s why I joined Audible. Reedsy.com rated this book number 14 in the 100 best horror stories so I went for it. It was written in the fifties and was alright. I wouldn’t say it was a horror as much as it was a psychological suspense novel. Written well but I could tell it was written in the fifties by a woman. The characters were really over-the-top. The writing is beautiful. I wish I can write like that. There is a Netflix series with the same name but it is about before the actual story in the book. For me the book didn’t work.
The next book that I read was The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** by Mark Manson. I bought this one by accident. I thought it was a comedy but it is actually a self-help book. I put it on my shelf for a while. But, I was waiting to get another book from Amazon, I decided to read it because it looked to be easy to read. It was excellent. Manson talks about how people are way too emotional and get upset about the dumbest things. He says we should recognize when this happens and just not give a f-. It’s a great book and it is really funny. Read this one.
The last book is The Right Side of History by Ben Shapiro. This book is about the two main philosophies of the political history of Western Civilization: Judaeo-Christian morality and Greek reason. It discusses how the two philosophies were born, how they came together, how the Founding Fathers used them to create the Constitution and the counter philosophies, such as existentialism, are suppressing those philosophies, essentially destroying Western Civilization. But panic not! Ben tells us how we, as individuals, can save what we had. It’s a great book and very easy to read. Basically, Shapiro crams 3000 years of political philosophy in 218 pages. This is a must read.
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Resources:
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/keanu-reeves-fan-posts-viral-tweets-about-actor-buying-ice-cream-cone-just-to-give-him-an-autogrpah
https://thehill.com/policy/international/445127-top-us-commander-says-maduro-mafia-poses-threat-beyond-venezuela
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Gov-Gavin-Newsom-says-he-s-serious-about-13867950.php?psid=6fL7k
Josie and I go to a college graduation and I get today’s topic. Let’s talk about the dysfunction of today’s colleges.
Celebrating Diversity
Josie, my fiance, and I were heading to her niece’s graduation from Cal State San Marcos. She is graduating with a B.S. in Biology. And she worked her butt off to get it. Josie is very proud of her. So proud that I wore slacks, a nice shirt and shaved. It was raining and I wasn’t looking forward to this. But I love Josie so I just got ready and buried my misery.
On the way to the graduation, Josie brought up something out of the blue. She said, that at Mira Costa, where she goes to school, the graduates who were Black and Hispanic were allowed to have another ceremony. It wasn’t a graduation but it was a celebration of their race. They received a sash that is representative of their “native” land. I put that in quotes because most are actually born in the United States.
Josie was pissed off about it. She thought it should be celebrated how hard she worked to accomplish her goal. Her as an individual. Not her as a Mexican (Josie was born in Mexico and is a legal resident alien). I asked her if she was going to go and she said no. She wanted to be recognized as Josie. When she asked what I thought about it, I let her have it.
Either way, it is racist. And it is racist for a couple of reasons. First, the school is being racist against the race they are supposedly celebrating. Notice that white people do not have these little ceremonies that Blacks and Hispanics are having. White people aren’t wearing sashes that represent whiteness. Is the college system celebrating Hispanics and Blacks graduating because they didn’t think people of color could actually get through college? Were the colleges surprised by their success?
And why not celebrate white people? Are we white people not any more special as the people of color? Did I not work as hard as they did to get my degree? Why is my work being minimized simply because I’m not a person of color? That sounds pretty racist to me.
The reality is, our college system is falling apart. They are becoming indoctrination centers for the Left. They embrace intersectionality and identity politics. They spit on the Constitution by rejecting free speech and dismiss on religion. They teach what we are suppose to believe and use science when it is convenient. They pamper our youth with safe spaces and rejecting speakers that will trigger their stress through violent, hate speech (yet they know nothing of the speakers for the most part).
Hell, they came up with words like “safe spaces,” “triggering,” and “speech is violence.” They also came up with the concepts of intersectionality and identity politics. They push globalization, socialism and reject American identity and exceptionalism. It is not uncommon to see some Lesbian Dance Theory teacher burning an American flag because her half-caf-half-decaf carmel amontillado was served by a barista with an “I Love Babies” pin on his apron.
Let’s break some things down and look how the colleges are dealing with this crazy stuff.
Answering the Demands
One of the biggest problems with today’s colleges is that it is the students that are running them. The patients running the asylum is never a good idea. And there have been some really bazaar demands by the students. The Daily Beast has a list of weird demands like segregated safe spaces and thee abolition of poetry classes the focus on white authors. That’s right. The students basically are looking to eliminate the Western Civilization. You can read the article below.
But the big problem with letting the students control is the lack of discipline. See, the colleges have bitten into the belief that self-esteem is everything. But this leads to near hysterical reaction by the students when they don’t get there way. An example of this can be seen when students confront a professor about his belief that students should be free to choose their Halloween costumes. What school did this temper tantrum occur? Yale University. That’s right, one of the best universities in the world.
Can you believe the disrespect? Can you believe the school did nothing to discipline these spoiled brats? What’s going to happen to these children when they get out of college and need to get a job?
I can tell you what’s going to happen. They’re going to fail. And it will be the fault of the parents and the school system. These children are not prepared for the fact that the world doesn’t give a damn about them. The world is cruel and will not care about their self-esteem. Adversity is exactly something the schools should be teaching them. Because that’s reality.
That will lead us to our next collegiate issue.
The Death of Debate
In recent years, it has been alleged that “speech is violence”. Of course speech is not violence. No matter how hateful it may be, it is not violence. I wouldn’t say calling me a jerk is the same as punching me in the face. But this has lead to bigger problems, especially when it comes to open debate on highly charged topics.
The problem with the speech-is-violence thing is that it has lead to violence countering “violence”. It gives students the justification to commit violent acts against speakers they do not like. After all, we are a country that believes in the right to defend one’s self. But that should not extend to students because they don’t like what I’m saying. But that exactly what’s happening today. Here’s an example of something that happened about a month before. Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire is assaulted while giving lecture about sex and gender. He had the audacity to say that men are men and women are women when he was attacked by a student with a Super-Soaker filled with some liquid:
Now what is really messed up here is not the attack itself. What’s really messed up is the response from school officials. Instead of apologizing to Knowles for the attack, the dean actually took the side of the assailant and blamed Knowles for putting himself in that position by expressing his beliefs. That’s like blaming a woman for getting raped because she wore a revealing dress. Just incredible.
When the schools continue to support this chaotic behavior by these turtle dove students, things can only get worse. And they have. Protesters are getting brazen, loud and violent. All because someone is saying something they don’t like. What’s funny is half the time, the protesters have no idea what the speakers have ever said. They have all the buzz words nailed like misogynist, racist, homophobic and the such. But, when asked what that particular speaker has said that was hateful, they have no idea. He just is.
No one gets more of this garbage than Ben Shapiro. Watch as Austin Fleccas interviews people who are protesting a Ben Shapiro speech at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
I love Austin Fleccas. Follow him on YouTube to see more of his videos. But this just proves the point that college students are out of control. They complain and protest just to complain and protest and feel victimized without actually knowing the stance of the speakers.
Adversity Score and the SATs
Now, you’d think with all the problems in colleges today, someone would do something to help the students grow up and shake off this victim mentality the the students have. After all, these are suppose to be adults and will have to enter the workforce right out of college. But, no. That’s not what are colleges have become. Instead of trying to fix the problem, colleges want fill their classrooms with more “victims”.
The company that runs the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), called the College Board, has decided to add something known as an Adversity Score. What this does is take census data and will apply a 15-point analysis of the area in which the test taker is from. That score will then be attached to the SAT. The idea is that this will allow colleges to weigh supposed adversity a person goes through when making the decision on whether to admit that student into the college.
This is not the first time this stat has been used. The pilot program was released last year. Fifty schools, including Yale University, have used the score last year (the chick screaming in the first video probably got in because of that).
There are problems with this besides the most obvious which is admission is not based on individual merit but where you lived. It also looks at the area based on census data and rates a group. It doesn’t look at the individual adversity. Students do not know what their score will be, how they came up with that score and cannot protest or appeal their score.
This is just terrible. Once again white and Asian students will probably be the losers in this because they live in the better areas with less crime. Asians especially. Asians in this country have a higher income, higher grades in high school and higher SAT scores. But, because colleges have become “woke”, they will have to be left behind no matter how qualified they are.
In Conclusion
I have a college degree. I hardly use it. It is in English Literature and I work as a computer engineer. I use it all the time, though. I’ve written three books (none published yet but I will change that soon) and maintain two blogs. I also read a lot. So I do use it and companies do respect it even if it has nothing really to do with my career.
I am also very proud of my degree. I worked full time and was the bread winner, had three kids and went full time. It was challenging and the teachers did not baby the students like they do today. I would do homework at night when I got home and would spend weekends doing homework and studying. Though I do not use the degree for my career, it prepared me for my career. It toughened me, taught me to take criticism, taught me work ethically and manage my time. Those years in college were the toughest of my life.
Our children don’t go through that anymore. They’re babied and pampered. Their self-esteem is more important than preparing a child to enter adulthood. Kids in colleges are taught about being triggered and being stressed. Colleges teach about violent speech and build safe spaces. They discourage debate that goes against their narratives and encourage the suppression of speech from those that go against those narratives.
What do we get from this? A bunch of kids that get out of college and can’t handle real life. A group of kids who can’t handle rejection or criticism. A group of kids who do not have the skills to be productive because, surprisingly, a Gender Studies degree does not have a lot of career opportunities.
And, what happens in the end? They can’t survive in the real world. That means they have to start depending on the government to support them. I believe this is the goal of the Left in the long run.
You know what also builds self-esteem? Accomplishment through hard work. I don’t need to be told that I’m a person of worth to have my emotional tank filled. My self-esteem is boosted when I complete a project at work, finish reading a book, write a blog post or publish a podcast. I feel good about my life and don’t need the drug of complements and reassurance, which gives self-esteem only a temporary boost, because I have worked at it and I know I can do anything.
I think the world of the college education is on thin ice. I even tell Josie that her kids ought to skip college and go to a trade school. Learn a usable skill. Something that will make them stand out in the world. Because these children coming out of the universities are truly worthless.
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Resources:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-craziest-demands-of-college-kids-in-2016
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47300/sat-adding-adversity-score-judge-students-social-emily-zanotti
Last week, Georgia passed a heartbeat bill, restricting abortion severely restricting abortions. On Tuesday, Alabama banned abortions including with pregnancies caused by rape and incest. Next week, Missouri is voting on their own anti-abortion bill. I guess we are going to talk about abortion.
The Laws
Some laws have been passed in a couple of states that are going to challenge Roe vs. Wade, the ruling that legalized abortion. The first law in known as the Heartbeat Bill in Georgia. This bill will ban abortion once the heartbeat of the fetus can be detected which can be as early as six weeks. Opponents of the bill are already threatening to take the state to court. The bill was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp. Anyone breaking the law would be subject to one to ten year prison sentence. The bill does not expressly say who would actually be prosecuted for abortions (whether it be the woman, the doctor or both) leaving many to speculate. Rape and incest victims are exempt from the law. This was the strongest anti-abortion bill in the United States. Until yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday, Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama signed a bill that outlawed abortion outright. Even rape and incest are not exceptions. With this law, women would not be prosecuted for abortions, only the abortion doctors. The penalty for breaking the law could be up to 99 years in prison. Ivey said this bill will surely be challenged and the bill will probably be “unenforceable” in the short term. Expectations are that this will go all the way to the Supreme Court.
Reactions
The media reaction is pretty much what we all would expect it to be. They’re hysterical. Tucker Carlson summed it up best on his show last night:
So everyone is righteously outraged. And when people get outraged on the Left, they don’t debate and do something about it. They go to Twitter and angry-Tweet about it. Bernie Sanders says:
I may be way off but murder has always been a crime. And the government doesn’t want to control the bodies of women. They don’t want women to kill the separate body that is growing within them. Finally, murder is a private decision and that’s illegal too.
Here’s one from Ilhan Omar:
She’s not exactly saying anything controversial or different from anyone else. I just want to point out that I have lived with a Muslim family. A very orthodox Muslim family. And, guess what? Muslims are also very against abortion. Just as much as Catholics or Jews.
Finally, we have the reaction of the intellectual powerhouse of the Left, AoC:
There’s a lot in this Tweet. That’s why she’s loved by the Left. She’s made women into victims, she demonized religion and she got it all wrong. No one is controlling women’s sexuality. Being held responsible isn’t controlling anything. People can go out and get birth control at any time. And, again, birth control is cheap. Finally, Religion doesn’t want to outlaw sex. They want their members to have sex and have children (within marriage). It’s in the vows during a religious wedding for Christ sake.
In the end, the media and the Left (but I repeat myself) are acting exactly like their expected. With outrage, victim hood and blame on religion and the patriarchy.
The Case Against Abortion
There are a bunch of reasons that seem to be always be used by the Left to justify abortion. Let’s go through them.
First, the baby is part of the woman’s body and, therefore, she can do what she wants with her own body. It’s as if the growing baby is like her appendix or something. I have heard a baby being referred to as “a glob of cells” and “a cancer”. This is the furthest from the truth. Even at conception. The newly conceived child a seperate and developing human being and not because the Bible says so. Science does.
During conception, the zygote already has the DNA of the mother and father but does not match either of them. In other words, the zygote is a separate being. We know this because of the discovery of test tube babies way back in 1978. The combined sperm of a man and with the ovum of a woman and let the conception happen for six days before the implanting of of the zygote into a woman. If you took a lung out of a woman, it would stop breathing. Why? Because it is part of a woman. But a fertilized ovum does not need the woman because it is independent of the woman. At two weeks, the zygote has a heart, though undetectable and organs and brain are developing. Buds for arms and legs appear. At six weeks, when most women discover they are pregnant, The baby has a detectable heartbeat, arms, legs, a brain (though still developing) and and internal organs. At thirteen weeks, the fetus has passed the miscarriage stage, has fingers and toes, starts to move a lot, has a formed brain and organs. At about 22 to 24 weeks, it is possible for it to survive outside the womb (though with much difficulty and risk). The child is separate and that has been acknowledge by every major medical association around the world.
Now, all this stuff is known. The Left, which is so into science when it comes to the environment, basically ignores science when it comes to biology so they can hold their narrative. This probably shouldn’t be too surprising since these are people who think men can be women and women can be men. Be this is more dangerous to abortion. Because if you buy the science, the same science that every major medical association in the world accepts, then there is no other arguments for abortion.
First, let’s talk about the reason abortion is legal today and that is from Roe versus Wade. The seven judges that ruled laws banning abortion were unconstitutional believed that the right to privacy (the fourteenth amendment) extended to the fetus/unborn child. The judges never considered the unborn child a separate and distinct human being but as an appendage to a woman. An appendage much like one’s appendix. If you accept that an unborn child is a separate human being, this is a horrid ruling. This law actually justifies the killing of babies outside the womb because of botched abortions and the killing of babies, not fetuses at this point but babies, while in the birth canal. Even liberal legal experts admit Roe versus Wade is a terrible ruling and will be overturned eventually.
The other really weak argument is that abortion is a Constitutional right. No kidding. Well, it’s not. No where in the Constitution mentions abortions. Bad argument. Going to move on.
Then there’s the argument of sentience. The unborn is not sentient so the baby is not human and I should be able to get rid of it. Crap argument. An unborn baby feels pain, reacts to stimulus and has brain activity. Because the baby can’t say, “Don’t kill me,” doesn’t mean it isn’t a human. Also, a thirty week fetus is as sentient as a five-day-old baby. I know this because my second daughter was born after thirty weeks. There are other people that don’t have sentience: people in a coma, people who have Alzheimer’s disease, people who sleep deeply. Can we kill them? Stupid argument. Moving on.
Finally, the worst and most horrific argument is the economic argument. This argument basically dismisses the life for money. What’s worse: it dismisses life for lifestyle. This argument ignores the fact the an unborn child is a child. It’s money that matters. But this brings up more and brutal arguments. I’m not ready for a child. The dad is not someone I’m not sure I should be with. I’m not sure I’ll be a good mother or he’ll be a good father. I haven’t finished school so I can’t accomplish my goals. This will ruin my career. These are all putting lifestyle above a human being. It’s disgusting. It’s lazy. It’s selfish. And all of these can be said after the baby is born. Can we kill it then?
Rape and Incest
I love when people justify abortion by bringing this up. I guarantee you that is you have an abortion debate, this will be the Left’s “gotcha” statement. And it’s so dumb.
Abortions from rape and incest make up less than 1% of abortions. Not even statistically relevant. Now, I have sympathy for these victims. I really do. As a matter of fact this really hung me up for a while. To the point maybe these people should have the opportunity to have an abortion. So I will tell someone, sure, let’s allow abortions abortions to rape and incest victims but ban them for everything else. Always crickets. The Left always uses the worst case scenarios when it comes to proving their point. And scenarios are really bad but also really rare.
But there’s a bigger point. Does a circumstance actually change a situation? Does the fact that a woman gets pregnant because of rape or incest change the fact that there is another human being in the picture. That’s a tough call. But here’s the thing, something I learned in school: it may not be my fault but it’s my responsibility. I had to deal with that with my divorce. I had to deal with that when my son died.
Here’s the thing: sometimes stuff is going to happen to us that we have to carry for the rest of our lives. It’s not our fault. We didn’t deserve it. But it is now our responsibility to deal with it and embrace the responsibility.
Or not. If someone called me and said she got pregnant because she was raped and she didn’t want the baby, I would hug her. Not debate her. And support her.
So What Happens Now
Probably not a lot.
All these cases are going to be challenged in the courts. Those courts are going to make their decisions. Then it will go to the Supreme Court.
The Alabama Law is going to be a big question mark. It’s a pretty extreme law and may not be accepted by the more moderate conservatives justices. Those being John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh. These two respect the Constitution but also respect past Supreme Court precedence, no matter how crappy it is.
This is what I think is going to happen. I think the Alabama law is going to be struck down by lower courts. When it gets to the Supreme Court, those two justices are not going to be comfortable with going against precedence and will not want to hear the case. That would make it six-to-three. Anti-abortion loses.
Where things get interesting is with the proposed Missouri law. That one, it’s not out yet, is more restrictive than the Georgia law but more flexible than the Alabama law. This one will also be challenged and struck down by the lower courts. But I believe the Supreme Court will hear this case. It will strike down portions of it but will agree to other portions.
In the end, abortion laws will be stricter in the states that desire so. Unfortunately, abortion will flourish in the states that wish to keep it and loosen restrictions. It’s just sad that states like New York and California can’t seem to follow the science and find the morality to do the right thing.
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Trump asserts executive privilege over the Mueller Report while William Barr gets held in contempt. Some of Trump’s tax returns get released and, for some reason, the media is surprised. And the most important story of the week that has been virtually ignore.
William Barr in Contempt
The stupid continues. I guess there must not be anything else happening in the world or in this country.
Oh, yeah. There is. But we are still going to focus on the non-crime.
Last week, Attorney General William Barr refused to testify in front of the House Judiciary committee last week over the format of the interview. Rep. Nadler (D.-NY), the chair, then requested the Mueller Report fully un-redacted. That includes Grand Jury testimony, information hidden for national security and information to protect witnesses. In all, less than 10% of the report was redacted.
Of course Barr is not going to do that. He can’t. What was redacted is required to be redacted by law. But that did not stop Nadler for threatening Barr with a Contempt of Congress charge. Barr went to Trump and requested he assert Executive Privilege to block Congress’ attempt to find Barr in contempt. And that’s what Trump did this morning.
But that didn’t stop Congress. The Judiciary Committee voted to find Barr in contempt. It will now go to the rest of Congress where the Democrats have a majority.
So what does this mean? Executive Privilege is actually a very vague term. That’s why it is not used very often. Basically, it protects the President in a few ways. Attorney client privilege and state secrets fall under the act. Also, conversations between advisers and foreign countries is protected. But we really don’t know if this is protected because we don’t know what is in the redacted portions of the report.
It is also unclear what will happen with the contempt charge. Barr never lied and the redactions were not done on his own or with the President. Mueller and Rosenstein, no fans of the President, had input on what was to be redacted. So did the FBI, CIA and other agencies. The redactions are legitimate.
This whole thing is going to end up in court. And it is a waste of time and money. There’s nothing going to be in the hidden material that is going to change the overall findings in the report. Dems are just wasting time because they have no other leads to impeachment.
But they are doing exactly what everyone thought they would do: Finding any way to keep the narrative alive. Listen, Trump wasn’t perfect. There’s a lot of embarrassing stuff in that report. But Barr didn’t hide anything except what was mandated by the law.
Absolutely nothing is going to come of this.
The Leaks Continue
I’m not sure what’s worse: the fact that Donald Trump lost a lot of money in the 1980s or that the media is so contemptible that they violate the privacy of another American citizen.
The New York Times released an article, declaring that they had the 1040 tax returns of Donald Trump from the year 1985 to 1994. In those tax returns, Trumps businesses had lost $1.7 billion in that decade. The media is absolutely amazed by this. And they are really being vicious about it.
This reaction from the media is probably half the reason Trump doesn’t want to and shouldn’t release his tax records. No matter what is in them, he is going to get blasted. If he makes money, he is part of the 1% and a bad man and shouldn’t be President. If he loses money, which is what we have here, he is incompetent and shouldn’t be President. If he is not worth as much as people thing, the media will just make fun of him. It’s a no win situation.
The media and the democrats keep saying they want to see his tax records because they want to make sure he has not done anything illegal, mind you, without any evidence. Of course, that is a stupid reason to want to see them. It is not the job of Congress to see if Trump broke any laws. That’s the job of the IRS. And Trump has been in business since the 1970s and has never been in trouble with the IRS. So all this is is a way for Democrats to look for more dirt so they can dig up another reason for impeachment.
I’m also a little surprised by everyone being shocked that Trump lost money in the 1980s and 90s. I knew that he lost a lot of money throughout his career. He went bankrupt four times. Everyone knew this. Trump, himself, said he had lost a lot of money. This was all public record. But he media and the Democrats act like this is some big huge surprise. His financial distresses were the reason I did not vote for him in 2016. I was sure his cowboy-style business sense would translate well when running our economy.
I really don’t care if Trump releases his taxes. I don’t think it would be a bad thing because it would be nice to know as much as possible about the country’s President. But I would vote for him in 2020 anyway. I think the reason that Trump is not releasing his tax records is, not because he is doing anything shady, but because of ego. I have a feeling he is not as rich as he makes himself to be. That’s important to Trump. It’s part of the image he has tried to establish for decades.
But I don’t blame him for not releasing them. Look at the mockery he received with the little information.
The Real Story of the Week
It looks like the trade war with China is picking up steam.
The President raised existing tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25% percent across the board, up from 10% in most cases, and began the process of placing 25% tariffs on a further $325 billion worth of goods. The idea is to even the playing field with China, which has taken advantage of our current trade deals.
For the last couple of days, the Chinese and United States have been negotiating a way to end the trade war. Some assume that the new round of tariffs are to force the Chinese to work harder during the negotiating. But, if that’s the case, it backfired. Chine responded by saying they “deeply regret” the U.S. move and would respond.
President Trump went to Twitter to give his two cents:
So, apparently, Trump is not afraid of going to the mattresses with China. And I can see why. China’s economy is not as strong as ours by any stretch of the imagination. When the United States struggled during the Great Recession at the end of the George Bush term in 2009, China economy fell into a depression. See, the United States is the biggest importer from China. When we are in recession, their economy suffers exponentially. Trump’s thought is, if we use tariffs, we will raise prices on Chinese products, forcing U.S. business and citizens to buy American. This could work but there are still some risks.
First off, tariffs are not as great as President Trump makes them sound. In fact, one could say they are just a tax on all except the industry that it benefits. Let me give you an example. I own a business that builds widgets. Each widget needs a pound of steel. The United States sells steel for $10 a pound but China sells it for $5 a pound. Trump puts a tariff, raising Chinese steel to $15 a pound. Now I have a choice. Do I pay $10 a pound and pass the extra cost onto those who buy my widgets or do I move my factory to Mexico where there are no tariffs and I can get my steel for $5 a pound? Harley Davidson was faced with the same issue. When Trump put a tariff on steel from Canada, Mexico and the EU, Harley Davidson moved their factory to Europe. And Trump was pissed.
The other problem is that China owns 28% of our nation debt, which is never a good thing. We owe China $4.01 trillion of our $22 trillion. That’s a mighty chunk of change. I’d be a little wary to tick off the country that we owe so much money to.
I would rather see Trump fix us instead of attacking China. We need to make our industry stronger and more competitive. First, kill unions. Unions are driving wages way above the value of the work being done and the additional costs are being passed on to the customer. Unions had their place when kids were losing their hand in machines but they have lost their value and have become too powerful.
Next, lower taxes on manufacturers. The less that manufacturers have to pay in taxes, the less it costs to make the product. That leads to reinvestment into the company which leads to jobs. It also lowers the cost of the product. With that, ease unnecessary regulations. Regulations cost businesses money to maintain compliance and some of the things they have to do are really unnecessary.
Along the lines of regulation, let the business control the cost of their labor. Raising minimum wage is a terrible idea. One philosophy of economics I learned in college is that, in a free market system, the worker cannot work for what they’re worth. I can’t remember who said that. But the idea is business will pay a worker a fair wage, which is based on the market. If a business tries to underpay their workers, they will either get a lower quality worker or no workers at all. It’s in the business’ best interest to pay an employee a fair wage. Government shouldn’t be making this determination.
Finally, the United States need to control the debt. And, by that, I mean our real debt. I mentioned this before, but our debt is actually in the vicinity of between $70 and $80 trillion. That’s due to college debt, social security medicare and other expenses. How do we control our debt? Stop spending, especially on programs that just hand money to people. It’s stupid and we will pay for it in the future. I’d hate to see us end up like Greece one day.
Well that was far more on the trade war with China than I thought I would actually right. But it is an important issue.
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Israel and Hamas declare a cease fire after Hamas launches a huge missile attack. The United States sends an aircraft carrier to the Middle East. Venezuela mulls asking for military support from the United States. And the Left continues to have their priorities all lined up.
Cease Fire Declared
This weekend, brutal fighting has occurred between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas. In all, Hamas fired 640 missiles, 320 hitting their targets. Four Israelis were killed.
In response, Israel continued it’s policy of “targeted killing” of militant leaders and launched attacks on hundred of targets. It was reported that 24 Palestinians were killed including civilians. One killed was a terrorist who transferred money between the terrorists and Iran.
Egyptian mediators finally negotiated a cease fire between Hamas and Israel. Many Israelis are not happy about this. They believe any cease fire just allows Hamas to recover and regroup. Many believe not enough is being done to eradicate Hamas and other terrorist organizations within the Gaza Strip.
Benjamin Netanyahu refused to confirm the cease fire and has said that operations are ongoing saying, “The campaign is not over and requires patience. We are preparing to continue.”
Israel has been under constant attack by these animals on the Gaza Strip. Of course the media and the Left put the blame squarely on Israel. Israel did not start this weekends violence and their response, though massive, targeted terrorists and their infrastructure including bases, communication centers and weapon depots.
The Palestinians made it clear that a bunch of civilians were killed including two pregnant women, two babies and a toddler. I kind of doubt that. Hamas has been saying that Israel has been killing innocents for years. They do that to stir sympathy from the West. And it works. Especially the the anti-Semitic members of Congress. Look at what the genius Ilhan Omar said:
As usual, she forgot to mention that the Palestinians started it by lobbing nearly 700 missiles this weekend. But she hates Israel and all Jews, so her reaction is hardly surprising. Then there is this genius, Rashida Talib:
Well, I’ll answer her first question: When Hamas decides to get out of the Gaza Strip. The reality is it is Hamas that is suppressing the Palestinians, not the Israelis. In fact, Muslims in Israel are treated with respect and have the same freedoms that the Jewish population has. So this is a stupid statement.
We’ll have to see what happens over the next few days and see if this cease fire holds. But Israel has the right to defend itself and I think they have showed great restraint.
Speak Quietly and Carry a Big Stick
The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber task force to the Middle East because of intelligence information about Iran planning attacks on U.S. interests and forces in the area.
The National Security Adviser, John Bolton said the deployments are meant to, “send a clear unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on the United States interests or those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.”
The force was already being deployed to the area but the deployment was being expedited.
So that’s awesome. But, at least, we have an administration who will confront terror threats with the threat of force. Iran is run by a bunch of cowards. They won’t face the United States directly. You know why? Because they’d get their butts kick and they know it. So, like a fly to a gorilla, the buzz around and annoy us. They perform cowardly terror attacks with their weak-minded followers. The wage war through other countries like they are doing on the Gaza Strip and in Yemen. They are a terrible country that wants to rule the world.
That’s what make Talib’s and Omar’s Tweets so galling. They keep telling us the United States is the terror state while ignoring the actions and continually supporting regimes like these. Well, the President doesn’t give a damn what they think. He hardly even acknowledges the opinions of these idiots.
In the end, we need condemn and show our power. The United States does not have a lot of friends, especially within the country itself. Heck, we have politicians who run with the promise to make the country better but, in the next breath, say they hate it or have allegiances to other countries. It’s good to see that this country is taking a stand against all that threaten our well-being.
Venezuela
Last week, the people of Venezuela, headed by the president-elect Juan Guaido, started their quest for overthrowing the evil socialist dictator,
Nicolás Maduro. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the street to take back their government.
Guaido, who is seen as the legitimate president by over 50 countries including the United States, was backed further by some defections from the military and Maduro’s government. According to the U.S., Maduro was ready to leave to country for Cuba but was convinced to stay by Vladimir Putin.
This is going to be a very dangerous time for Guaido and other dissidents. Though there were some defections, there were not a lot. Guaido needs the help of the military since the population has been disarmed by the Chavez regime. His people are going up against armed soldiers and tanks. If this uprising fails to be successful, they never have another chance again. Guaido must know this because he has requested military assistance from the United States.
Though all options are on the table for how to help Guaido, the administration has always been a little gun shy when it comes to using the military. Wars may be popular when they start but people get tired of dealing with if the war goes on for too long. Also, whenever we enter a war it always ends up being our responsibility to clean up the mess. That includes helping the country rebuild the government, infrastructure and military. We are at $22 trillion in debt and really can’t afford the extra expenses. Another problem is Juan Guaido himself. He’s to a right wing capitalist. He’s also a socialist. I’m not sure replacing a socialist dictator with another socialist is a recipe for going through this whole thing again in another ten years.
There are reasons to to help, though. The first is the humanitarian crisis down there. People are dying of sickness, starvation and crime. The average Venezuelan has lost 24 pounds. Maduro is also dealing with other Evil regimes like Cuba, Russia and Iran. We should not want those countries involved with any country within the hemisphere. Finally, Venezuela was a rich country until Hugo Chavez got his claws into it. Helping that country could be very good for trade. That is, if we can stomach a socialist as president.
But, only time will tell. The uprising has been going for a week. People have died. Maduro is in hiding. And the people keep filling the streets.
Mueller Report
So, we have Israel being bombed, Iran threatening us to the point of sending the military and people in Venezuela, apparently sick of eating dogs, have decided to overthrow the illegitimate socialist dictator.
So what are we talking about here? Take a look:
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This is such an unnecessary story and the Dems behavior has just become asinine. I have been avoiding this whole thing because it is just so stupid. Hell, I’m not even going to waste a lot of time on it now. Here’s the story in only a few lines.
What the hell?? This has been the most transparent process in political history. How was he lying about his summary or about the Mueller letter if he released the report? How is he a lackey for a guilty President if he released the report? How is covering up the guilt of the President when he… wait for it… released the report?!
This is just stupid. I mean, a congressman showed up with a glass chicken and a bucket of KFC as a metaphor that Barr is scared to be interviewed by the House. Look at this:
What a frigging joke. If it weren’t for the fact they could damage the fantastic and honorable career of a two-time Attorney General, I’d laugh.
Listen, this whole thing is just deflection. The Left is in trouble. Trump was spied on. The FBI showed political bias during the Trump and Clinton investigation and he’s investigating it. The FISA court is being investigated. That means the Obama White House probably started the investigation. Of course we’ll know next month when the Horowitz investigation is completed. Pretty sure that report will be release too.
That’s all I have to say about that. This is real Deep State crap.
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Dan Crenshaw scorches a heckler at a TPUSA event. There’s some scratching being done at the Coachella Music Festival. Drug dealing is for the birds in Brazil. And new San Francisco 49er, Dre Greenlaw, reeks of toxic masculinity and there is a woman out there that’s thrilled about it. Let’s have some fun with the news today!
Crenshaw Rocks
Dan Crenshaw, a Republican congressman from Texas, has had quite a life. He was a Navy Seal for 10 years, served in Afghanistan where he lost his eye to an improvised explosive device and was heavily decorated. On a whim, he decided to run for congress and won. You can imagine, after the experiences he has had in his life, he doesn’t take a lot of guff. Especially from some privileged, snot-nosed college brat. Well, at a Turning Point USA conference, he proved just that:
Crenshaw has always been really laid back when it comes to getting razzed by people. He just takes it in stride and doesn’t let anything bother him. Probably has something to do with the hard work becoming a Navy SEAL, experiencing the terror of war and losing his eye, and almost his life, while serving. Little things like getting called a Nazi by a college kid probably ain’t going to phase this guy much.
This isn’t the first time he had to put up with garbage and he handled it like a true gentleman. When SNL’s Pete Davidson dismissed his war injury as, “getting blown up or something,” the outrage against Davidson was brutal. Crenshaw took it in stride. Annoyed that his service and the service of all his comrades was dismissed but it didn’t matter much. When SNL invited Crenshaw to join Davidson for a skit so Davidson could apologize, he graciously accepted. Not only was the skit funny (funniest that SNL has had in a long time) the apology and Crenshaw’s speech at the end was touching. Watch:
This is a good guy. He’s what people should be like. This is the man who should get the attention instead of garbage like Ilhan Omar or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. He doesn’t take life too seriously. Heck, this is a guy who showed off his Capt. America glass eye.
But he knows what’s important. And he thinks he can make a difference. Don’t be too surprised if he ends up being a Presidential candidate in the near future.
Ew!
This story really got me curious because I live in San Diego and love music. The Coachella Music Festival always sounded like a good time. But, every time I mentioned it to someone, I got the same answer. Don’t do, it’s very sketchy. Well, this story pretty much proves that point.
Apparently, there’s an app that you can download called HerpAlert. This app will allow the user to report the disease. Once reported, the app will assign you to a doctor to get checked for a low price. The app with then log the recorded case and keep statistics. Apparently, the area with the Coachella Music Festival has seen a little bump in cases reported: 250 reported cases per day! At most, an area may have 12 cases reported per day. Before this, the most cases were reported in Los Angeles the day after the Oscars (there’s a shock). That was only 60 a day.
Apparently, they must play a lot of Al Green at the Coachella Music Festival.
This Ain’t No Stool Pigeon
In Brazil, police went to raid the house of suspected drug dealers. But their pet bird started screaming, “Mama, police” alerting the dealers. It did little good, the police caught a man and a teenage girl. They also recovered several bags of crack cocaine. The bird can be seen below at the police station.
There are some who doubt the story though. Apparently the bird has been silent since being picked up. A veterinarian also said that the police have walked by the house many times and the bird said nothing. The bird will be sent to the local zoo and be trained to fly
This may be a shock but it is not the first time animal-alert systems have been used. In Columbia, a parrot was taken in for screaming, “Run, run” when the police approached another home suspected in drug dealing.
What It Is to Be a Man- And It Ain’t Toxic
This is a great story. Dre Greenlaw was picked 148th overall by the San Francisco 49ers. He played for the Arkansas Razorbacks and had a pretty decent career playing linebacker.
But that’s not the story.
Greenlaw was at a party where alcohol was being served. He was under age at the time and probably shouldn’t have been there, but there are a couple of people who are glad he was. A girl was drinking and a stranger spiked her drink. She became incapacitated. As the stranger was leading her out of the house, Greenlaw blocked his way and told the man, “She’s not going anywhere.”
The appreciative father posted this on Twitter after Greenlaw was drafted:
This is an awesome story and shows what true masculinity is. You can bet I will be following this kids career and rooting for him.
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/46497/report-coachella-attendees-suffer-massive-herpes-emily-zanotti
https://www.dailywire.com/news/46587/police-detained-parrot-warning-its-owner-about-ashe-schow
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dad-san-francisco-49ers-draft-pick-dre-greenlaw-for-save-daughter
