The Flight 93 Election

The Flight 93 Election
"2016 is the Flight 93 election: charge the cockpit or you die.
You may die anyway.
You—or the leader of your party—may make it into the cockpit and not know how to fly or land the plane.
There are no guarantees.
Except one: if you don’t try, death is certain. 
To compound the metaphor: a Hillary Clinton presidency is Russian Roulette with a semi-auto. 
With Trump, at least you can spin the cylinder and take your chances.
To ordinary conservative ears, this sounds histrionic.
The stakes can’t be that high because they are never that high—except perhaps in the pages of Gibbon.
Conservative intellectuals will insist that there has been no “end of history” and that all human outcomes are still possible.
...But how great is the crisis?
Can things really be so bad if eight years of Obama can be followed by eight more of Hillary, and yet Constitutionalist conservatives can still reasonably hope for a restoration of our cherished ideals? Cruz in 2024!
...The truth is that Trump articulated, if incompletely and inconsistently, the right stances on the right issues—immigration, trade, and war—right from the beginning.
...But for those of you who are sober: can you sketch a more plausible long-term future than the prior four following a Trump defeat? I can’t either.
The election of 2016 is a test—in my view, the final test—of whether there is any virtù left in what used to be the core of the American nation.
If they cannot rouse themselves simply to vote for the first candidate in a generation who pledges to advance their interests, and to vote against the one who openly boasts that she will do the opposite (a million more Syrians, anyone?), then they are doomed.
They may not deserve the fate that will befall them, but they will suffer it regardless."

Clinton Foundation Deceived IRS On Tax Exemption | The Daily Caller

Clinton Foundation Deceived IRS On Tax Exemption | The Daily Caller:

"Clinton Foundation officials repeatedly skirted or ignored federal laws and regulations while converting the non-profit from its tax-exempt purpose of building a presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas, into a $2 billion global machine selling political influence and access on an unprecedented scale, according to documents reviewed by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Non-profit foundations are required by the IRS to conduct activities that support the officially approved tax-exempt purpose for which the federal agency allows them to offer donors the ability to deduct contributions. Officials must report annually via the IRS Tax Form 990 to show their non-profit’s compliance with its exempt purpose."

Reviving a Constitutional Congress

Reviving a Constitutional Congress:

"The struggle for power and advantage is a constant of human society. In democracies, that struggle is organized and advertised through political campaigns and elections. It is equally present within government, but there it is not always observable. In the parliamentary systems of Europe, open competition ends with the election returns and formation of a government. At this point legislative and executive powers are fused. Struggles over policy continue, but they work themselves out in private within ministry offices and leadership councils. A well-led government can present, at least for a time, a unified, dignified, self-confident public face."

The Real Reason Hillary's Health Is an Issue

The Real Reason Hillary's Health Is an Issue | PJ Media:
"We live in age of medical miracles.
Doctors often can ameliorate all but the most extreme diseases so people can function, at least for a while.
So why should we concern ourselves with Hillary Clinton's relatively minor (most probably) coughing fits?
For the most obvious reason: like virtually everything else, she lies about it!
As the age-old legal principle goes, Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.
Her health is yet another example of Clinton's pathological tilt toward dishonesty.
Her first response to anything almost always is to prevaricate.
On Monday at an event in Cleveland, Ohio, when confronted about her coughing fit, she blamed it on an allergy to Donald Trump.
Besides being a mediocre joke at best, it was a reflex, a reach for the untrue response before any other, as if the truth would literally dissolve her in a puddle.
This fear of the truth is likely from childhood, but has morphed through years of political combat into a kind of domestic taqiyya.
Hillary, though also obviously not Muslim, observes her version of that Islamic doctrine in which it is permissible, often even required, to lie to the enemy for the good of the cause--the cause, in this case and with regularity, being the maintenance of her power.
Clinton has indeed lived her life in a world of lies, where lying was for all intents and purposes the norm.
Imagine the level of dishonesty in her communications with her husband over the years..."

Lack of skilled labor threatens manufacturing

Lack of skilled labor threatens manufacturing | TheHill:
"During the 2016 primary election, several presidential candidates repeatedly lamented the loss of American manufacturing jobs.
...Over the last 20 years, low-skilled manufacturing jobs have vanished from the U.S. while high skilled jobs flourish.
The central political narrative is that jobs are primarily lost to overseas competitors.
While this may be anecdotally true, low-skilled manufacturing jobs disappeared primarily as the result of automation — which, ironically, is produced by US manufacturers.
Offshoring only happened as a result of automating low-skilled operations.
I work in manufacturing (specifically metal machining) and my experience has given me much needed perspective on the issue.
Most people do not realize that manufacturing is a cannibalizing industry in terms of employment.
For example, Ethicon contracted an American engineering firm to design and build equipment that automates the production of surgical suture packets.
Prior to this equipment, American labor manually assembled each suture packet, completing one about every three to five minutes.
American manufacturers produced enough machines to outfit Ethicon’s facility in Puerto Rico.
Now, surgical suture assemblies are built at a rate of one per minute — a threefold improvement.
In other words, an American manufacturer was contracted by an American corporation to produce equipment that would send American jobs overseas. 
Once automated, production no longer requires the same skill and high wages, thus it is sent where lower wage labor simply monitors the equipment and refills materials..."

Lunch video-----The video Hillary Clinton And Obama Dont Want You To See!

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Ben Carson SILENCES Dems After Pointing Out 1 Bill Clinton Video That'll Give Hillary Migraines

Ben Carson SILENCES Dems After Pointing Out 1 Bill Clinton Video That'll Give Hillary Migraines:

"Carson appeared on Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday” this weekend and pointed out that Clinton’s stance on the deportation of illegal immigrants is eerily similar to that of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Carson referenced a “State of the Union” speech Clinton gave in 1995 where he called for deporting illegal immigrants."

Instapundit-Hope and Change

Instapundit:
THERE’S NO WORSE CRIME THAN MAKING A WOMAN FEEL BAD ABOUT HERSELF: “A woman who was body-shamed by Playboy model Dani Mathers at an LA Fitness gym has been found—and Mathers may be facing jail time for her actions.”

70Posted at 9:06 pm by Glenn Reynolds   

PERHAPS HE WENT TO BROWN: Male Vogue intern: I was fired for wearing high heels.

7Posted at 8:47 pm by Glenn Reynolds   

WELL, BROWN: Tampons coming to men’s rooms at Brown University.

Vitamin B12 as Protection for the Aging Brain

Vitamin B12 as Protection for the Aging Brain - The New York Times
"As a woman of a certain age who consumes a well-balanced diet of all the usual food groups, including reasonable amounts of animal protein, I tend to dismiss advice to take a multivitamin supplement.
I’ve been told repeatedly by nutrition experts that the overuse of dietary supplements for “nutritional insurance” has given Americans the most expensive urine in the world.
I do take a daily supplement of vitamin D, based on considerable evidence of its multiple health benefits, especially for older people. However, based on advice from the National Academy of Medicine and an examination of accumulating research, I’m prompted to consider also taking a vitamin B12 supplement in hopes of protecting my aging brain..."
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Cal State University LA offers segregated housing to shield black students from 'microaggressions'

Cal State University LA offers segregated housing to shield black students from 'microaggressions' - Washington Times:
"Segregated housing will now be available to black students at California State University Los Angeles as a means of combating “microaggressions” and “racially insensitive remarks.”
School officials have honored requests by CSLA's Black Student Union and will offer “housing space delegated for Black students” at the Halisi Scholars Black Living-Learning Community..."

NY Deli Owner Ahmed Alshami Charged with Food Stamps Fraud, Wife Yells F*ck America - Breitbart

NY Deli Owner Ahmed Alshami Charged with Food Stamps Fraud, Wife Yells F*ck America - Breitbart:

"Alshami, who owns the IGA Community Express Mart along with his wife, Nadia Alhaj, was arrested on August 19 and arraigned on August 23 on charges of misuse of food stamps, third-degree burglary, and second-degree criminal possession of public benefit cards.

After his court hearing, Alshami’s daughter flipped off local reporters while his while was caught on camera yelling, “Are you happy now? F*ck you. F*ck America.”"

WATCH: 'F*ck America,' Yells Family of Muslim Immigrant on $2 Million Bail for Food Stamp Fraud

WATCH: 'F*ck America,' Yells Family of Muslim Immigrant on $2 Million Bail for Food Stamp Fraud | Daily Wire:
"The Buffalo deli owner and Muslim immigrant Ahmed Alshami, 37, is being held on $2 million bail for alleged food stamp fraud, WKBW reported late last month. Alshami is charged with "criminal possession of public benefit cards, misuse of food stamps and criminal use of a public benefit card for defrauding the welfare system."
Upon leaving Alshami's arraignment, the deli owner's wife and daughter were caught on camera flipping the middle finger and screaming "F*ck America."
"Are you happy now?" asked the wife. "F*ck all of you guys. F*ck America, f*ck it!"

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History for September 8

History for September 8 - On-This-Day.com
Richard the Lionhearted (England) 1157, Antonin Dvorak 1841, Jimmie Rodgers 1897
        

Sid Caesar 1922, Peter Sellers 1925, Patsy Cline 1932

1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, FL.

1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York.


1935 - U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, "The Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded. He died two days later.


1945 - Bess Myerson of New York was crowned Miss America. She was the first Jewish contestant to win the title.


1952 - The Ernest Hemingway novel "The Old Man and the Sea" was published.


1966 - NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap". The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.


1974 - U.S. President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former U.S. President Nixon.


1975 - In Boston, MA, public schools began their court-ordered citywide busing program amid scattered incidents of violence.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2016/09/september-7-2016-defenders-offreedom-by.html

Defenders of Freedom

By Tammy Derouin

While going through article after article of mind blowing facts regarding the litany of reasons Mrs. Clinton shouldn’t even be running for the highest office of our land, let alone possibly winning, I was treated to a little comic relief.  A cartoon was on television and the volume was just high enough that it took my attention away from our dire reality, or so I thought.  

I was sucked into one of the more humorous and easy to sit through cartoons of the day.  Having been raised with Loony Tunes, I'm not happy with how so many cartoons, children's programs or programs in general have taken such a downward turn.  So many programs have become anti-family, anti-parent or sinister and downright distasteful.  But, that's a whole different subject.

As I shifted from half listening to full blown watching, fiction became reality.  The classic story of good versus evil played out on the small screen.  Get this; the good guys are truly the good guys!  They actually fought for what was right while protecting and defending their home territory!  They didn't lie, deceive or betray the homeland in an effort to help the enemy. 

In this one dimensional world of cartoon make believe, the bad guys are the bad guys. They state their intentions and attempt to enforce their evil plan.  They leave no room for misunderstanding.  Their mission is to concur.  They are identified as evil and all efforts are made to eliminate them.  Pampering and cuddling the enemy are unacceptable and so is making excuses for their behavior. 

This will blow your mind.  Are you ready?  When confronted by the forces of evil, the defenders of freedom do not applaud and cheer away their freedom.......

'Crooked Hillary' nickname isn't going away

'Crooked Hillary' nickname isn't going away: Glenn Reynolds:
"Donald Trump likes to call his opponent, Hillary Clinton, “Crooked Hillary.”
There’s even a #CrookedHillary hashtag on Twitter.
Meanwhile, Hillary seems to be doing her best to make that nickname stick.
The latest example came in a Labor Day Weekend document dump by the FBI.
(Federal agencies dump embarrassing material in public on Friday afternoons when they want to ensure it gets as little attention as possible. That goes double for the Friday before a long-weekend holiday.)
But the non-redacted parts of the Bureau’s heavily-redacted report were bad enough that they’ll still get some traction.
When FBI Director James Comey declined to prosecute the former Secretary of State for mishandling classified information, he said that although she was extremely careless, there was no criminal intent.
That was a bit iffy, since the statute governing mishandling of classified information doesn’t require intent.
But the new information indicates that Hillary is either criminal, or criminally incompetent. 
Or maybe both.
As John Schindler wrote on Friday:..."
Read on!

Team USA hockey coach: Stand for the national anthem or 'sit on the bench'

Team USA hockey coach: Stand for the national anthem or 'sit on the bench' - The American MirrorThe American Mirror:
"The debate surrounding Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the national anthem — and the defense of it by the likes of the NFL and President Obama — got a major reality check from the coach of the Team USA hockey team.

John Tortorella, known for his direct and unambiguous statements, told ESPN on Tuesday, “If any of my players sit on the bench for the national anthem, they will sit there the rest of the game.”

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Tim Kaine Raises Eyebrows With Glaringly Obvious Lie | National Review

Tim Kaine Raises Eyebrows With Glaringly Obvious Lie | National Review:

"Right now, the Clinton Foundation is still accepting foreign donations. And Tim Kaine is either oblivious to that fact, in denial, or just really comfortable lying about it."

2016 Election Alert! Is This How the System Will Steal the Election for Hillary?

2016 Election Alert! Is This How the System Will Steal the Election for Hillary? | The Daily Sheeple
"The majority of America can’t stand Hillary Clinton. 
It’s glaringly obvious now. 
If the system wants her in, they are going to have to pull some b.s. with the election system itself and the electoral college to get her there.

But exactly how will the system steal the election for Hillary?

How will they do it when Trump gets crowds like these?

While Hillary pulls pitiful crowds like this?

Is this how they’re going to steal the election for Hillary?

Muskegon men-lowest employment rate in state!-----See percentage of people age 20-64 with a job in your Michigan county

See percentage of people age 20-64 with a job in your Michigan county | MLive.com:
"In 2015, 4.5 million Michigan residents had a job -- about a quarter-million less than the number in 2005, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Yet the state's unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in 2015 compared to a rate of 6.8 in 2005.
What's up with that?
Credit changes in the labor force participation rate -- i.e., the percentage of Michigan residents age 16 and older who are the labor pool, defined as people who are either working or seeking work.
Even as Michigan's employment rate is coming down -- hitting a 15-year low at 4.5 percent this past July -- the state's labor force participation rate has been largely stagnant since 2010."

Lunch video-----Rough Ride

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Obama Kept His Promise, 83,000 Coal Jobs Lost | The Daily Caller

Obama Kept His Promise, 83,000 Coal Jobs Lost | The Daily Caller:

"This Labor Day, America has 83,000 fewer coal jobs and 400 coal mines than it did when Barack Obama was elected in 2008, showing that the president has followed through on his pledge to “bankrupt” the coal industry.

A 2015 study found the coal industry lost 50,000 jobs from 2008 to 2012 during Obama’s first term. During Obama’s second term, the industry employment in coal mining has fallen by another 33,300 jobs, 10,900 of which occurred in the last year alone, "

The big problem with the Norton Shores pension fund | Fox17

The big problem with the Norton Shores pension fund | Fox17

NORTON SHORES, Mich. – Underneath the top-ranked school system and the picturesque setting beside Mona Lake, the city of Norton Shores has a problem.
It may not rear its head today or tomorrow, but in years to come, employees working for the city could be in trouble when it comes to the city’s pension fund.
It’s underfunded – way underfunded.
And if city officials don’t make changes to correct the deficit now, it could spell trouble down the line.
“These retirees are counting on this,” said Norton Shores resident and retired financial advisor Jim Riley.
“If you have a fiscal cancer, and you avoid doing any type of treatment for that fiscal cancer, it will get worse. 
And we have a fiscal cancer.”
Riley came across the problem while reading a Mackinac Center study on underfunded pension funds in the state of Michigan.
“As I looked through the list and got lower and lower and lower, I was shocked to see that Norton Shores - my town - was the 6th lowest funded pension fund of all of the top 100 cities in the state of Michigan,” said Riley.
“That’s a big, scary deal.”
Essentially the underfunding affects two separate reserves: the pension itself, and the post-employment health care fund.
The pension fund, just 51% funded, is short nearly $20 million of where it needs to be.
The health care fund is far worse – just 4% funded and nearly $38 million short, according to documents from the city.
“We have two funds that appear to be really falling off a cliff,” said Riley.
“The annual budget for Norton Shores is about $23 million, so this is almost a little less than three times the annual budget.”
So the question now for Riley and nearly 100 city employees counting on those benefits is, how does it get fixed?
Similar to Detroit’s bankruptcy issue years back, raising taxes would only serve to deter business from coming in or staying for that matter..."
Read on!!

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS

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PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

Shot: The questions about Hillary Clinton’s health are absurd.

—Chris Cillizza, the Washington Post, today.

Chaser:

McCain’s health has long been a topic of discussion in the campaign due to his advanced age — he will be 72 by the time of the November election — and his past medical problems.

McCain himself regularly pokes fun at both his age and his wounds; “I’m older than dirt and I have more scars than Frankenstein,” he jokes with audiences.

But, the Arizona senator’s campaign is well aware that concerns about whether he is well enough and up to the job are potentially perilous for a candidate seeking to win the age versus experience battle with youthful Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in the fall.

To that end, the McCain campaign knew this day would inevitably come. What was out of their control was what the records would say. Picking how the release of the records would be played in the media, however, was under their control and they sought to control it.

* * * * * * *

* TGIF: It’s become a tried and true policy in Washington that bad news tends to break late on Fridays. That’s because sharp flacks know that the attention of the American public tends to linger to movies, bars, sports and other distractions right around noon on Friday. (That is, of course, not true for The Fix who retains his laser-like focus on politics 24 hours a day, seven days a week.) By releasing the documents on a Friday — and a Friday before a long, holiday weekend no less — the McCain campaign is relying on the fact that average voters are either already on their way to Memorial Day destinations or heading there in their minds.

The story will get major play no matter what — McCain is the Republican presidential nominee after all — but the audience for the stories is likely to be lower than if the documents were dropped on a Monday or Tuesday for example. (Interesting sidenote: The Fix spoke to Serbian reporters and editors yesterday and confirmed that the Friday afternoon document dump exists even in Serbia!)

—“McCain’s Health: What It Means,” Chris Cillizza, the Washington Post, May 23, 2008.

Related: “Is it true that John McCain’s injuries as a result of being tortured as a POW are the real reason he does not send e-mails (using a keyboard is painful for him)? Or is Barack Obama’s ad portraying him as a computer luddite true?”

—“McCain’s War Injuries and Computers,” “FactCheck.org,” September 17, 2008."

Communist Party USA Endorses Hillary; Media Yawns

Communist Party USA Endorses Hillary; Media Yawns
The media just loves the Ku Klux Klan. 
Here’s a small sampling of headlines:

The New York Daily News: 
Donald Trump supported by former KKK leader David Duke: 'I hope he does everything we hope he will do’

The Daily News gasped:

Donald Trump's been knighted by racist David Duke. 

The former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan told his bigoted followers that not voting for Trump would be “treason to your heritage” and implored them to volunteer for the billionaire candidate because they would find like-minded haters in the campaign.”

Then there was USA Today: Former Ku Klux Klan leader declares support for Donald Trump

The paper then wrote in breathless style:

Donald Trump once said he’s “the least racist person there is.”

Even so, multiple white nationalists have found appeal in Trump’s message and have aligned their support with the presidential candidate.

The latest is David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, who called for listeners of his radio show to support Trump and volunteer for his campaign.

‘Go in there, you’re gonna meet people who are going to have the same kind of mindset that you have,’ Duke said Wednesday on the David Duke Radio Program, as first reported by Buzzfeed.

Duke reasoned that ‘voting against Donald Trump at this point is really treason to your heritage.’

And so it went in the mainstream media universe, Trump’s rejection of Duke irrelevant to their stories.

...So with all this attention to Trump on David Duke, surely you read the news about John Bachtell, right? He endorsed Hillary and the headlines were everywhere. 

Oh, wait, sorry. Mr. Bachtell’s Hillary endorsement was apparently not newsy enough to make the mainstream media headlines.  

Curious, yes? 

If the endorsement of Trump by the ex-head of the Ku Klux Klan is big news, one would expect a Hillary endorsement by the head of the Communist Party USA would be a big deal as well.

That’s right. Hillary-supporter Bachtell is, as seen here, the very proud “national chair of the Communist Party USA.” 
That’s right, Mr. Bachtell is a literal card-carrying Communist. 
You recall the Communists, yes? 
The folks who produced Stalin and Mao? .."

All the Lies: They’ve Turned Us Into a Rotting Banana Republic | The American Spectator

All the Lies: They’ve Turned Us Into a Rotting Banana Republic | The American Spectator:

"The defining characteristics of banana republics are a matter of history. First, the law is not enforced against a chosen class in a banana republic, usually the allies of the autocrat in charge. Second, foreign policy is always performed in the autocrat’s interests and often in disregard of the nation’s actual interests. This describes how America functions in the era of President Obama.

The newly-released FBI documents on the investigation of Hillary Clinton make it clear beyond argument that the fix was in and that the FBI never had any intention of recommending that she should be prosecuted for her crimes."

The Perils of High Public Office

The Volokh Conspiracy - The Perils of High Public Office
The Perils of High Public Office

CBS News has dug up some video of Rep. Dan Rostenkowski being chased down the street by a crowd of angry seniors. 
This event took place twenty years ago next Monday -- August 17, 1989.

Here's Rostenkowski starting at 1:35 in the video:
Rostenkowski: I don't think they understand what the government's trying to do for them.
Reporter: Do you sympathize with their anger on this?
Rostenkowski: No, I don't think they understand what's going on.

As this book makes clear, Rostenkowski was comfortably within the mainstream of Congresssional and elite media opinion in dismissing the objections of his constituents as uninformed, ill-founded, or rabble-rousing. 
But, the day had long-term consequences. 
As the New York Times observed in a 2002 article, "the television images of Mr. Rostenkowski under assault struck fear in the hearts of politicians that remains to this day. 
Few want to be pitted against older people on issues involving Medicare. 
'Politicians were traumatized by the Rostenkowski episode and they remain traumatized,' said Henry J. Aaron, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution."
I devote a few pages of my book on Medicare to the subject..."
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