ThinkProgress Senior Editor Is Scared Of His Plumber

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ANNALS OF OIKOPHOBIA: ThinkProgress Senior Editor Is Scared Of His Plumber:

A visit from a plumber left ThinkProgress senior editor Ned Resnikoff “rattled” due to fear that the plumber may have voted for Donald Trump.

Resnikoff stated his fears in a November Facebook post, a screenshot of which is now making the rounds on the Internet.

The plumbing visit, which came four days after the 2016 election, became a harrowing experience for Resnikoff even though the plumber was “a perfectly nice guy and a consummate professional.”

“He was a perfectly nice guy and a consummate professional,” Resnikoff shared. “But he was also a middle-aged white man with a southern accent who seemed unperturbed by this week’s news.”

Resnikoff said his fear was rooted in the chance that the plumber knew he was Jewish.

“While I had him in the apartment, I couldn’t stop thinking about whether he had voted for Trump, whether he knew my last name is Jewish, and how that knowledge might change the interaction we were having inside my own home,” he said.

The “uncertainty” of the situation left Resnikoff “rattled for some time.”

This reminds me of law professor Wendy Brown’s backwoods encounter with a man in an NRA hat who helpfully fixed her car, only to be the star of a Yale Law Journal article in which she speculated that he might have been a rapist. 
That produced Doug Laycock’s memorable piece, Vicious Stereotypes In Polite Society. (Really, click through and read it, you’ll be glad you did). 
Things haven’t gotten any better in the 25 years since. 
(And I remember Laycock telling me at the time that he was disturbed to have some of his colleagues tell him — quietly, when no one was around — that he was “brave” to have published that piece. Moreso today!)

On the other hand, I had some workmen at my house a while back and the foreman looked at me and said, “You’re the InstaPundit, right? I read you all the time . . . but I’m really one of Ace’s Morons.” And I felt good about that."
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Cop Gives Man a $128 Ticket for Starting Car, Leaving It Running in His Own Driveway

Cop Gives Man a $128 Ticket for Starting Car, Leaving It Running in His Own Driveway - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"In Roseville, Michigan, it's a crime to start your car and leave it running in your own driveway, according to the police.

Nick Taylor received a $128 ticket for leaving his car running in order to warm it up—even though that's something absolutely everyone in Michigan does during winter.
 (As a former Michigander, I speak from personal experience.)
Taylor posted a picture of the ticket on Facebook. 
The ticket describes Taylor's car as "unattended."
"Let's all take a moment to thank officer dipshit K. Keary for wasting the taxpayer's money and giving me a ticket for warming up my car in my own damn driveway," wrote Taylor.
Roseville Police Chief James Berlin told Fox-8 News that leaving the keys in the ignition was a "public safety issue."
But it's unavoidable. It's freezing cold in Michigan during the winter..."

Iran: U.S. Surrendered More Than $10 Billion in Gold, Cash, Assets

Iran: U.S. Surrendered More Than $10 Billion in Gold, Cash, Assets:

"The Obama administration has paid Iran more than $10 billion in gold, cash, and other assets since 2013, according to Iranian officials, who disclosed that the White House has been intentionally deflating the total amount paid to the Islamic Republic.

Senior Iranian officials late last week confirmed reports that the total amount of money paid to Iran over the past four years is in excess of $10 billion, a figure that runs counter to official estimates provided by the White House."

Summit Daily letters: Colorado ski laws favor reckless snow-thugs

Summit Daily letters: Colorado ski laws favor reckless snow-thugs | SummitDaily.com:
"Colorado and ski company laws/rules may actually encourage some to assume they are “bullet-proof” from resort rules and to actually encourage colliders to run away when they hit someone on the slopes.
Two years ago, at Breckenridge, a twenty-something boarder and his friend were racing down the slope next to a copse of trees that ended at the wide catwalk folks use to get from one run to another.
Moving fast and not able to see beyond the trees, one nailed a 50ish skier in our group — big time!
The boarder also crashed and landed near me, got up, looked uphill, turned and appeared to be getting ready to take off.
I skied over, put my arm around his shoulder and told him he wasn’t going anywhere until we saw to the man he hit.
Almost immediately, two ski patrollers arrived and checked to see if the downed victim was seriously injured.
He didn’t seem to need
They then skied down to the two boarders and me.
The boarders told the ski patrollers I had restrained the guilty boarder, which I had.
Then things got real frosty.
They asked if the boarder wanted to press charges..."

Trump 'Dossier' Story Betrays Massive Media Double Standard

Trump 'Dossier' Story Betrays Massive Media Double Standard | LifeZette:
"Fallout from BuzzFeed’s decision to publish a 35-page memo on President-Elect Donald Trump continued Wednesday, as even liberal journalists ran for cover.
The memo, which even the left-leaning digital news outlet admitted was “unverified,” alleged Russian spies have dirt on Trump of a financial and sexual nature, and that he is beholden to Russian leaders.
“We can look forward to four to eight years of this.
The American media is the most corrupt institution in our society.”

Lunch video-----Media Exposed: Donald Trump Did NOT Make Fun of a Disabled Reporter

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Federal Judge Orders Homeland Security to Produce “Preservation Requests” for Email Records for Secretary Jeh Johnson, Top DHS Officials - Judicial Watch

Federal Judge Orders Homeland Security to Produce “Preservation Requests” for Email Records for Secretary Jeh Johnson, Top DHS Officials - Judicial Watch:

"(Washington DC) – Judicial Watch announced that a federal court judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to produce this week any “preservation requests” for emails sent to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Chief of Staff Christian Marrone, and General Counsel Stevan Bunnell. The order from U.S District Court Judge Randolph Moss came in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking agency records in the personal email accounts used by the four top Homeland Security officials (Judicial Watch v U.S. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:16-cv-00967)).   The court order, issued last week after a hearing, requires DHS to comply by January 12 (Thursday).

At last week’s January 5 hearing, Obama Justice Department lawyers confirmed that nothing had been done to retrieve government records from Jeh Johnson or the other officials’ accounts.  According to the hearing transcript:"

How they "think"-----I love America. It's Americans I hate.

I love America. It's Americans I hate.:
"...Like a lot of people, I'm still trying to figure out what policy to adopt, and what marginal role I can play, in the incoming dystopia.

My official policy toward a Trump administration is straightforward enough (even if implementing it won't be): Defy, paralyze, and undermine it in any way I can. 
...A vote cast for Trump is kind of like a murder; there may be context to consider — a disadvantaged background, extenuating circumstances, understandable motives — but the choice itself is binary and final, irrevocable.
There's a case to be made that it's indefensible; that his supporters have forfeited any right to be respected or taken seriously. 
The conservatives of the heartland have lashed back against the coastal elites' condescending, classist prejudices by defiantly confirming them: that they're pathetically dumb and gullible, uncritical consumers of any disinformation that confirms their biases, easy dupes for any demagogue who promises to bring back the factories and keep the brown people down.
Ignorance and bigotry are actually the best possible motives for having voted for Trump — they are at least honest, if not honorable.
But I don't believe all Trump voters are ignorant, or bigoted; most of them are just evil..."

Democratic Senator Touts Debunked WaPo Power Grid Story

Democratic Senator Touts Debunked WaPo Power Grid Story | The Daily Caller:
"New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan appeared to be unaware during a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday that a Washington Post story about Russian hacking into the Vermont power grid has been completely debunked and retracted.
“Two weeks ago The Washington Post reported that a hacking group connected with the Russian government managed to infiltrate the Burlington Electric power company in Vermont,” Hassan said to retired Marine Gen. John Kelley during his confirmation hearing to head the Department of Homeland Security.
Hassan, who took office this month after serving as governor of New Hampshire, showed no indication during the questioning that she was aware that The Post’s story has been found to be “fake news.”
She continued her statement based on the premise that the Russian government had targeted and infiltrated Vermont’s power grid.
In its article, entitled “Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont, officials say,” The Post reported that Russian hackers had found their way into Burlington Electric’s computer systems and its power system controls.
But the power company issued a statement saying that it had not been compromised.
...The newspaper published a follow-up article several days later noting that its initial report was nearly completely inaccurate and that Russian agents neither infiltrated the Vermont system nor attempted to do so.
Hassan seemed clueless about any of those developments in the story..."

Commentary: 5 incredible things Obama could have bought instead of adding $10 trillion in debt

Commentary: 5 incredible things Obama could have bought instead of adding $10 trillion in debt – TheBlaze:
"Supporters of Obama say the debt accumulated under his watch was necessary to slow one of the worst recessions in modern history, but the truth is this gargantuan sum of cash was mostly wasted on failed social and government programs that did little to help the economy.
Just one example is the $831 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly called the “stimulus package.”
Just some of the excellent “stimuli” provided by the ARRA included

• $1.3 million for road signs advertising the success of the stimulus package, 
• $1.2 million sent to researchers at the University of California-San Francisco to study erectile dysfunction, 
• and a whopping $535 million on the boondoggle Solyndra, a now-bankrupt solar-power manufacturer.

Although common-sense economists would never argue in favor of adding $10 trillion to the national debt, to illustrate just how foolish and wasteful the Obama years have been, consider for a moment the many things that could have been purchased with just half the debt added while President Obama has been in office, about $5 trillion.
No. 1: Gigantic homes for every impoverished family
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were, on average, 9.26 million families living below the poverty level each year from 2009 to 2015.
Using $5 trillion, the United States could have purchased each one of those families a home worth $539,000, or a home worth about $269,000 plus $269,000 in cash..."
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Professor Hits Liberal Crybabies with Brutal Message That Every American Needs To Hear | The Proud Conservative

Professor Hits Liberal Crybabies with Brutal Message That Every American Needs To Hear | The Proud Conservative:

"Let’s get something straight right now. You have no right to be unoffended. You have a right to be offended with regularity. It is the price you pay for living in a free society. If you don’t understand that you are confused and dangerously so. In part, I blame your high school teachers for failing to teach you basic civics before you got your diploma. Most of you went to the public high schools, which are a disaster. Don’t tell me that offended you. I went to a public high school."

I Visited The Church Of Scientology. Here's What Happened

I Visited The Church Of Scientology. Here's What Happened:
Last week I wandered into the Church of Scientology in Pasadena, California, and what happened during my visit made me afraid for the church's members.
Pasadena, California — While shopping along Raymond Avenue in Old Town Pasadena last week, my friend and I stopped into the Church of Scientology to take a free personality test that was advertised on an A-frame chalkboard sign just outside.
As a Christian, I wasn’t really searching for guidance or salvation, but I wanted to hear the Church of Scientology’s elevator pitch. 
I wanted to know what they said to make people fork over massive amounts of money, or even distance themselves from family members in an effort to work their way up the church’s ranks.
I couldn’t help but notice how luxurious the building was. 
The church’s visitors center looked like a museum. 
There were exhibits with many informational panels complete with interactive video screens and elaborate visual props. 
During our afternoon visit, I noticed there was an indoor fountain, several movie theatre rooms and a coffee shop just in the portions of the building I wandered into.
It’s estimated that about $1.5 billion of the church’s $1.75 billion worth is tied up in real estate holdings worldwide, and some former church members claim that Scientology is nothing more than “a fundraising ploy to buy real estate, to persuade people to give them money.”
Upon entering, my friend and I were greeted by a young man at the front desk named Andrew, who wore a grin that never seemed to escape his face. 
He explained to us that we should allow an hour to take the Oxford Capacity Analysis developed by the church’s founder, L. Ron. Hubbard. 
The test would reveal our biggest strengths and weaknesses.
We were given pencils and a scantron-like test as we were guided to an area just beyond the visitors center with rows of desks that were partitioned off.
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...Many of the questions seemed to be aimed at assessing how confident and competent I was..."
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History for January 12

History for January 12 - On-This-Day.com:
Edmund Burke 1729, Jack London 1876, Rush Limbaugh 1951


Howard Stern 1954, Kirstie Alley 1955, Jeffrey Bezos 1964


49 BC - Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River signaling a war between Rome and Gaul.


1908 - A wireless message was sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.


1915 - The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.


1943 - The Office of Price Administration announced that standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.'


1949 - "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", the Chicago-based children’s show, made its national debut on NBC-TV.


1971 - "All In the Family" debuted on CBS-TV.


1991 - The U.S. Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Bush to use military power to force Iraq out of Kuwait.


1998 - Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/01/january-11-2017-narcissistic-ring.html

Narcissistic Ring Master

By Tammy Derouin

The U-Haul trucks cannot pull up to the White House soon enough!  The Liberal circus continues.  As we enter these final couple of weeks of the most anti-American administration in our history, activity under the big top goes into high gear.  It really shouldn’t be a surprise.  Anybody who thought Mr. Obama was going to leave peacefully or quietly, has not been paying attention to the last eight years.

 

You can almost hear the propaganda puppets doing their final, farewell biding for their master….Step right up!  Come one, come all!  Get your ticket to see the final act before the curtain falls.  This is your last chance to see the Master of Illusion, err…. Master of Delusion, err a… Just come and watch as the Ring Master juggles his final acts!  

The first ring is the Ring of Desperation.  There will be endless ploys to keep you entranced in a world of make-believe. The second ring is the Ring of Deceit.  As a master of illusion, he keeps his faithful audience in a perpetual state of delusion.  The magical trickery keeps his audience in the dark as he is ever so careful to never reveal his true, secretive intentions.  And last, but far from least, it wouldn’t be a Leftist Circus without the Ring of Blame.  Please check the disclaimer at the bottom of your ticket.  Should you, for any reason, not be satisfied, if you are left feeling empty, broke, used, ignored or just highly frustrated and unhappy in general with this show of shows, it is not the fault of the Narcissistic Ring Master or his rage-tag team of self-serving cohorts.   No, no matter how bad it gets, even with their fingerprints all over the evidence, it will never, ever be their fault.

The smoke and mirror acts, which the Left is so famously known for utilizing, have been enlisted, per usual, to distract your attention away from reality........

MSNBC Host Labels 'Hard Worker' Racist, Mike Rowe DESTROYS with Facts

MSNBC Host Labels 'Hard Worker' Racist, Mike Rowe DESTROYS with Facts
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry said she took issue with the term “hard worker” and literally compared it to slave-labor.

...For Rowe, the ideology behind Harris-Perry’s words was clear. 

She seemed to be “put off” by the fact that hard work and success often go hand-in-hand.

“She doesn’t like the fact that many hard working individuals have not enjoyed the same measure of success as Speaker Ryan, who was being acknowledged on her show for his excellent work ethic,” Rowe said. 

Rowe feels it is important to fully understand how someone on the left like Harris-Perry views this idea of “hard work.

”Harris-Perry brought up the idea of slaves in the field and how their “hard work” did not help them to be successful by any means. 

She noted that she keeps a picture of slaves working in the field to remind her of this. 

Thankfully, Rowe destroyed her on that point as well..."

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CA school board pays fired superintendent $256,000 — and refuses to explain why

CA school board pays fired superintendent $256,000 — and refuses to explain why | EAGnews.org: "PLEASANTON, Calif. – A California school board fired its superintendent after only six months on the job, and agreed to a $256,000 payout, but refuse to explain the decision to local taxpayers.
The Pleasanton Unified School District fired superintendent Rick Rubino in a closed-door meeting on Friday amid an investigation into a “personnel matter” launched in December, a move that comes just six months into his tenure in the district, the Pleasanton Weekly reports.
Because the board fired Rubino without cause it is required to pay him a year’s salary and benefits, as stipulated in his three year contract approved unanimously by the board in May..."

Climate Scientist Resigns Over Climate Change

Climate Scientist Resigns Over Climate Change:

""A deciding factor was that I no longer know what to say to students and postdocs regarding how to navigate the CRAZINESS in the field of climate science," Curry wrote. "Research and other professional activities are professionally rewarded only if they are channeled in certain directions approved by a politicized academic establishment — funding, ease of getting your papers published, "

Outrageous! Jane Velez Mitchell Says Capitol Hill "Cops as Pigs" Painting Is 'Insult To Pigs' (VIDEO)

Outrageous! Jane Velez Mitchell Says Capitol Hill "Cops as Pigs" Painting Is 'Insult To Pigs' (VIDEO):
"Wow! CNN contributor and former Headline News host Jane Velez Mitchell joined Steve Malzberg today on Newsmax TV. 
Mitchell said the Capitol Hill painting where a police officer is depicted as a pig — was an insult to pigs!

Jane Velez Mitchell:

I also happen to be an animal rights activist and a vegan and I don’t think that pig is a dirty word. I feel we demonized animals especially farm animals and it’s something we need to look at. These are God’s creatures and we should show them respect. So I think the very notion of using the word pig is an insult to animals and an insult to nature….

FAKE NEWS: BuzzFeed and CNN fall for Trump Piss Story That was 4Chan Prank

FAKE NEWS: BuzzFeed and CNN fall for Trump Piss Story That was 4Chan Prank
With just ten days to go before he is sworn in as America’s forty-fifth president, the political establishment went nuclear on President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday with a double-barreled blast of “leaked” “intelligence” reports by CNN and BuzzFeed.

The documents contain explosive, but unverified, opposition research that alleges intel ties between Russia and Trump and also claims Russia holds sexual blackmail material over Trump.

One of the most outrageous unconfirmed allegations in the report claims the Russians recorded Trump watching Russian prostitutes urinate on each other in a Moscow hotel room previously occupied by President and Mrs. Barack Obama.

Now this…
Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, and CNN got played by 4Chan.

We have the goods on that nasty @realDonaldTrump with hookers smear… You will be stunned! Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/TYgiQdtOMb

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 11, 2017

According to the “leaked” “intelligence” documents: Trump disliked Obama so much that he hired two Russian hookers to piss on a bed that Obama slept on in Russia.

And the liberal media ran with this!
Seriously?

...Then there’s this…

If these journalists were real journalists and not fake journalists then they would have found that the original documents did not conform to CIA or UK intelligence requirements.

US or UK intelligence would never say “CONFIDENTIAL / SENSITIVE SOURCE.”

The Trump-Russia intel document headers are “CONFIDENTIAL / SENSITIVE SOURCE” and the source is allegedly ex-MI6.

The US and UK don’t use that header in ANY sensitive material..."

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Lunch video-----2016: Nightmare on SJW Street

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FLASHBACK: Meryl Streep cheers convicted child rapist - The American MirrorThe American Mirror

FLASHBACK: Meryl Streep cheers convicted child rapist - The American MirrorThe American Mirror:

"A woman who stood up and cheered a convicted — and admitted — child rapist is now the guiding light for Trump opponents everywhere.

Hollywood snob Meryl Streep used the Golden Globes awards ceremony to look down her nose at Donald Trump and middle America."

Obama's Legacy -- Revisionist History Exposed, Video

Obama's Legacy -- Revisionist History Exposed, Video | National Review:
"This evening, President Barack Obama will deliver his last address to the nation.
No doubt, he will cast his legacy in a positive light and avoid mentioning the many problems the nation has encountered over the past eight years.
If you recall, he recently said he was “proud” to end his presidency without any scandals, an assessment that is not even remotely true.
America Rising has produced a video countering the revisionist history Obama will likely dwell on this evening. 
Don’t forget what has really been going on since 2008: "

ISIS Pushes Fire As The Newest Terror Weapon

ISIS Pushes Fire As The Newest Terror Weapon – American Military News:
"In the latest issue of ISIS’ magazine Rumiyah, the Islamic terror group advocates for jihadists and lone wolves to use an easy, cheap weapon to continue to commit terror attacks: fire.
The publication pushes for Islamic fighters to terrorize communities with arson as it is a simpler method than trying to obtain a gun or vehicle, The Daily Beast reports.

A section of the fifth issue of Rumiyah features flames on the cover and has a section titled “Just Terror Tactics,” which has previously been used to advocate for mass shooting and truck attacks.
It boasts the headline “ARSON ATTACKS.”
“This is a quick option for anyone intending to join the just terror campaign,” the publication says.
“With some simple and readily accessible materials (i.e. flammables), one can easily terrorize an entire nation,” it continues.
The article, which begins by praising its “brothers” such as the terrorists at Ohio State and Berlin, focuses on how incendiary attacks have been seen throughout the ages..."

Intelligence Report Has No Evidence To Back Hacking Claims

Intelligence Report Has No Evidence To Back Hacking Claims | The Daily Caller
"The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released Friday the unclassified version of a report on Russian election interference efforts that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called “stunning.” 
The report, however, is devoid of evidence for the allegations that Russia was involved in an effort to hack Democrats and leak information, and focuses more on the Kremlin-funded news network RT.
This means the federal government has yet to produce evidence to the public to back up the claim Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Party figures. 
The report just rehashes past allegations. Michael Weiss, an editor for The Daily Beast and a senior fellow at the Scrowcroft Center, said on Twitter, “So this declassified intel report is… underwhelming. 
All open source, old news.” (RELATED: Experts Call Declassified Russia Report ‘Disappointing,’ ‘Underwhelming’)..."

Tech Exec: 'Middle America' Is 'A Sh!thole' | The Daily Caller

Tech Exec: 'Middle America' Is 'A Sh!thole' | The Daily Caller:

"Byerley says that the first thing those in middle America need to realize is that “no educated person wants to live in a shithole with stupid people.” Particularly, in a “shithole” filled with people who are “violent, racist, and/or misogynistic.” In Byerley’s opinion, “big corporations,” do not consider moving to the heart of America because “those towns have nothing going for them.”"

Nearly half of U.K. students can't focus on their studies because of 'problems,' says survey

Nearly half of U.K. students can't focus on their studies because of 'problems,' says survey - The College Fix:
"Life is pretty bleak for students in the United Kingdom, if The Prince’s Trust Youth Index 2017 is any indication.

Sponsored by financial services firm Macquarie, the survey by the U.K. charity found that “overall wellbeing of young people in the UK has dropped to its lowest level since the study was launched in 2009.”

Among its findings from “a sample” of 2,215 people ages 16 to 25 who answered questions by online survey provider YouGov:

48 percent of youth “experienced problems during their school or college years that prevented them from focusing on their studies” (46 percent of those “did not talk to anyone about their situation”)

45 percent “did not believe in themselves when they were at school”

58 percent said “recent political events have made them anxious about their future”

Other findings: About one in three think they’ll have a worse standard of living than their parents, and two in five feel like it’s “unrealistic” for them to eventually own a house or get a “steady job...”

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