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Sunday, September 10, 2017

Saudi Government paid two citizens in 9/11 'dry runs' | Daily Mail Online

Saudi Government paid two citizens in 9/11 'dry runs' | Daily Mail Online
Saudi government 'paid two citizens to pose as students in US and perform dry runs for 9/11', lawsuit claims

New evidence claims Saudi Arabia funded 9/11 'dry run' just two years before
The complaint was filed on behalf of more that 1,400 family members
In 1999, both men reportedly tried multiple times to gain access to the cockpit of an America West flight to Washington
The plane was forced to land, and they were arrested by the FBI
They were later released, however, and no charges were brought against them
The plaintiffs also say that the two men trained with some of the hijackers at an Al Qaeda training facility in Afghanistan

As Hurricane Irma Bears Down on Florida, the Broken Window Fallacy Is Back - Hit & Run : Reason.com

As Hurricane Irma Bears Down on Florida, the Broken Window Fallacy Is Back - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"With Hurricane Irma bearing down on the southeastern United States this weekend, cue another round of economic illiteracy from pundits and officials who will try to argue that all those flooded homes, torn-off roofs, and broken windows are actually a good thing for the economy.

The latest culprit of such misinformation is someone who should probably know better: William Dudey, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
In an interveiw with CNBC on Friday, Dudley trotted out of the ol' broken window fallacy in an effort to find a silver lining to Irma's impending, potentially devastating landfall in Florida.
"The long-run effect of these disasters unfortunately is it actually lifts economic activity because you have to rebuild all the things that have been damaged by the storms," Dudley said.
...As a clearly exasperated Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, asked this week in response to similar arguments made in the wake of Hurricane Harvey's assault on coastal Texas: "Do we really need to say it? Hurricanes are bad."
...If you're only looking at GDP data, sure, storms like Harvey and Irma might cause a temporary uptick in spending as people and businesses repair and rebuild.
But that's not economic growth; it's just replacing what's been lost.
Those resources could have been allocated in different, more productive ways if they hadn't been forced to be used rebuilding after a natural disaster..."
Read on!

The Far Left Won't Stop — Will They Try To Burn The Constitution Next? | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

The Far Left Won't Stop — Will They Try To Burn The Constitution Next? | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:

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"As we are now seeing, eradicating monuments and names affiliated with the Confederate South is just the beginning. The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. being the latest to choose political correctness over American history.

With each passing day, the list of symbols of our American history which does offend the left and the anarchists and must be censored or destroyed grows.

What are their ultimate targets?"

Media Insist Harvey, Irma Are Right Time For 'Talking' Climate Alarmism

Media Insist Harvey, Irma Are Right Time For 'Talking' Climate Alarmism
"Even with Texans still recovering from Hurricane Harvey and Florida residents fearing the worst ahead of Hurricane Irma, journalists seized the moment to promote climate change alarmism.

New York Times, ProPublica and Newsweek journalists have been calling for Harvey, which made landfall in Texas on Aug. 25, and Irma, currently predicted to reach Florida by Sept. 9, to be blamed on or linked to manmade climate change.
Journalists urged cable news networks to “start talking about climate change” during Harvey coverage, blamed that storm’s destruction on climate change instead of poor civil engineering and ignored the fact that before Harvey, there had been 12 years without a major hurricane hitting the U.S. .
“Are we still not allowed to talk about climate change?” International Business Times Senior Editor for Investigations David Sirota asked after tweeting statistics about Category Five Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6.

....Politico senior investigative reporter Josh Meyer also linked Irma and climate change.

Meyer linked to a CBS story reporting Irma was the most powerful storm recorded in the Atlantic.

Irma can only be considered the strongest Atlantic hurricane if the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico are excluded, which CBS noted.
Hurricane Wilma, in 2005, was actually the strongest storm on record.

It had both higher top wind speeds and lower surface pressure than Irma — the two measures of hurricane strength..."

Michelle Obama outshines all Democratic prospects for 2020 | TheHill

Michelle Obama outshines all Democratic prospects for 2020 | TheHill
"It cannot be overstated how eagerly the Democrats want to take back the White House in 2020.

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The Democrats face many obstacles in this effort, but the greatest threat is the fierce internal divisions within the party.
...Former Vice President Joe Biden has been busy building a national email list to communicate directly with his supporters, and Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) has already announced his presidential candidacy.
...The only person I can see accomplishing this would be none other than the party’s most popular political figure: Michelle Obama.
...as an analyst, Michelle Obama is clearly the Democrats’ best chance to reunite the party and win back the White House in 2020.
Michelle Obama is perceived as a strong, well-qualified leader with immense national popularity. Broadly, the polls show she is respected by the American people and by the near-entirety of the Democratic Party.
...According to the January 2017 USA Today/Gallup poll, Michelle Obama left the White House with a 68 percent favorability rating, compared with 58 percent for President Obama and 61 percent for Vice President Biden..."

Lunch video-----Hurricanes NOT caused by "manmade climate change"

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Kaine: 'I Don't Know Enough About A | The Daily Caller

Kaine: 'I Don't Know Enough About A | The Daily Caller:

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"Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine says he does not know much about members of so-called “anti-fascist” groups but says it is unfair to paint them with a broad brush.

When asked by The Daily Caller Thursday if “antifa” should be considered a terrorist organization, Kaine replied: “I don’t like broad brushes and I don’t know enough about them to say that they’re terrorists but people who do violent things. The law should take care of them.”"

Tortola Hurricane Hole (Before Irma) - PassageMaker

Tortola Hurricane Hole (Before Irma) - PassageMaker:
"Surrounded by mangroves, Paraquita Bay is where charter companies like the Moorings and Marine Max hide their boats from Hurricanes such as Irma.
No one has a more scientific, well thought plan.
Take a look at it, then scan down to see what the bay looks like post-Irma."
Before:

After:

John Coleman of KUSI: How the Global Warming Scare Began

#1 This day 1963-----Angels - My Boyfriend's Back

What could possibly go wrong?-----Transgender rapist moved to women's jail put in segregation after making 'unwanted advances' on other lags

Transgender rapist moved to women's jail put in segregation after making 'unwanted advances' on other lags:
"A TRANSGENDER double rapist who was moved to a women’s jail has been put in segregation after making unwanted sexual advances to inmates.

Jessica Winfield, 50, who as Martin Ponting raped two young girls, was moved after starting gender reassignment treatment on the NHS — despite still having a penis.

GETTY - CONTRIBUTOR

Jessica had gender reassignment treatment on the NHS (stock image)

She was segregated last week after being reported for making inappropriate advances to other prisoners.

A source said: “It beggars belief why a convicted double rapist like Jessica is allowed to mix with females despite still having her penis intact..."

You ought to know!

Attorney Clevenger: FBI Does Not Want People to Know How Badly They Covered up Hillary Clinton Scandal (VIDEO)

Attorney Clevenger: FBI Does Not Want People to Know How Badly They Covered up Hillary Clinton Scandal (VIDEO):

"The FBI has denied lawyer Ty Clevenger’s request to obtain documents related to Hillary Clinton’s email probe in late August.
The bureau said in rejecting an open-records request there was a “lack of public interest” in the documents on the former US presidential candidate.
On Thursday attorney Ty Clevenger joined Tucker Carlson to discuss the developing FBI scandal."

Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MORPHED INTO THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: AP Now Cal…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MORPHED INTO THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: AP Now Cal…:
"THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MORPHED INTO THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED:
AP Now Calling Illegal Aliens “Undocumented Citizens.”

Update Newspeak Dictionaries accordingly."

AM Fruitcake

History for September 10

History for September 10 - On-This-Day.com
Arthur H. Compton 1892, Arnold Daniel Palmer 1929, Roger Maris 1934

Charles Kuralt 1934, Jose Feliciano 1945, Bob Lanier 1948

1813 - The first defeat of British naval squadron occurred in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The leader of the U.S. fleet sent the famous message "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" to U.S. General William Henry Harrison.

1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.

1919 - New York City welcomed home 25,000 soldiers and General John J. Pershing who had served in the First Division during World War I.

1948 - Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars was indicted for treason in Washington, DC. Gillars was a Nazi radio propagandist during World War II. She was convicted and spent 12 years in prison.

1953 - Swanson began selling its first "TV dinner."

1955 - Bert Parks began a 25-year career as host of the "Miss America Pageant" on NBC.

1979 - U.S. President Carter granted clemency to four Puerto Rican nationalists who had been imprisoned for an attack on the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and an attempted assassination of U.S. President Truman in 1950.

1998 - U.S. President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.

Saturday, September 09, 2017

SNOWFLAKE ALERT: UC Berkeley Offers 'Support And Counseling' For Students Offended By Shapiro's Speech | Daily Wire

SNOWFLAKE ALERT: UC Berkeley Offers 'Support And Counseling' For Students Offended By Shapiro's Speech | Daily Wire:

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"If there ever needed to be confirmation that Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro’s characterization of Leftist students at American universities as “snowflakes” hits the bulls-eye, the campus-wide announcement issued by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos of the University of California, Berkeley, regarding Shapiro’s September 14 speech at the university offered just that.

Why?
Because within the announcement was this gem:"

The way we were-----Bobby Rydell - Go Away Little Girl

Boob-tube-----REMCO JOHNNY REB TOY CANNON COMMERCIAL 1960s

OPINION | Americans don't trust the media, and for good reason | TheHill

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OPINION | Americans don't trust the media, and for good reason | TheHill
Trust in the mass media is at an all-time low.
Two-thirds of Americans believe the mainstream press publishes fake news..."

Southern Poverty Law Center refuses to classify Antifa as a “hate group”

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"Of course.
The SPLC and Antifa have the same overall goal: to destroy the freedom of speech and allow only Leftists access to the public square.
The SPLC demonizes and tries to destroydissenters (including foes of jihad terror) by lumping them in with the likes of the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis.
Antifa, a genuinely violent and hateful group, doesn’t make the list because it doesn’t dissent from the Leftist agenda, it works to advance it...

"...The leader of the Southern Poverty Law Center said the organization condemns the antifa movement but won’t brand it with the center’s often-cited “hate group” designation..."

Obama Called DACA 'Temporary' [VIDE | The Daily Caller

Obama Called DACA 'Temporary' [VIDE | The Daily Caller:

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"Despite an angry statement about President Trump’s decision to rescind DACA, former President Barack Obama admitted in 2012 that the program was intended to be temporary.
During a speech announcing the new Department of Homeland Security Policy, Obama explained that the protections for dreamers were just “temporary relief.”"

TWO YEARS AGO TODAY: Ordinary Americans lead the way on racial healing.

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Instapundit » Blog Archive » TWO YEARS AGO TODAY: Ordinary Americans lead the way on racial healing. After the Charleston sho…:
"TWO YEARS AGO TODAY: Ordinary Americans lead the way on racial healing.

After the Charleston shooting, citizens of South Carolina, both black and white, joined hands, and more than 15,000 of them marched in a show of love and friendship. As columnist Salena Zito wrote, “They met in the middle; they wept, smiled, laughed, hugged, turned strangers into friends. Homemade signs with messages of outreach, love and solidarity flapped in the wind, as prayers and hymns filled the air. There wasn’t a major network or cable news channel, only local TV crews, rolling cameras to record America doing what it does best — opening its heart; the networks always seem to be on hand for looting or rioting.“

They do, indeed. But many people still noticed, even if the national agenda-setters were, as usual, more interested in spotlighting hate than love.

Today: In devastated Houston, ‘nobody hates anybody’ as people come together.
“You hear nothing but bad press, you hear nothing but, you know, this group hates this group, and then you find out: nobody hates anybody.
Everybody comes together.”

Why is the press so eager to convince us of the opposite?

UPDATE: A friend comments on Facebook: “It doesn’t take a disaster like Harvey to bring out the best in us; it takes a disaster like Harvey for the press to notice the everyday decency of most people.”

In emergency meeting, Virginia elections board votes to scrap all touch-screen voting machines | Virginia Politics | richmond.com

In emergency meeting, Virginia elections board votes to scrap all touch-screen voting machines | Virginia Politics | richmond.com:

"The Virginia State Board of Elections voted Friday to discontinue use of all touch-screen voting machines throughout the state because of potential security vulnerabilities, forcing 22 cities and counties to scramble to find new equipment just weeks before voting begins for the November gubernatorial election.
Behind closed doors at an emergency meeting in Richmond on Friday afternoon, the board heard about specific vulnerabilities identified after a cybersecurity conference this summer in Las Vegas, where hackers showed they could break into voting machines with relative ease..."

Lunch video---Harvard students call Charles Murray a 'white nationalist'

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Can 'DREAMers' Receive Federal Bene | The Daily Caller

Can 'DREAMers' Receive Federal Bene | The Daily Caller:

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"Conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham claimed Tuesday that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the Obama-era immigration program, grants recipients access to federal benefits.

Verdict: True

DACA recipients can participate in Social Security and Medicare, and lower income DACA recipients may claim a major tax credit. They are still ineligible, however, for most forms of welfare including food stamps and Medicaid."

Another Hollywood star rips Trump and his followers – right before her new movie releases – TheBlaze

Another Hollywood star rips Trump and his followers – right before her new movie releases – TheBlaze:
"Hollywood celebrity Jennifer Lawrence appeared to insult Trump voters while promoting her new movie in a long and somber interview with Channel 4 News.
In the latter end of the interview, she blames those who voted for President Trump for climate change and the devastating hurricanes hitting the southern coast of the country.

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The report asked Lawrence how she felt that the United States appeared to be in the grip of the “end of days.”
“It’s scary,” she responded, “you know, it’s this new language that’s forming, I don’t even recognize it.
It’s uhm, it’s also scary to know, it’s been proven through science, that human activity, that climate change is due to human activity, and we continue to ignore it, and the only voice that we really have is through voting.”
“And we voted, and it was really startling,” she said, “you know you’re watching these hurricanes now, and it’s really hard especially while promoting this movie, not to feel mother nature’s rage and wrath.”
“And it’s not just about climate change in America, is it, it seems to be a time of huge division,” the reporter asked."