William Barr seeks dossier's influence on FBI's Trump-Russia investigation - Washington Times

William Barr seeks dossier's influence on FBI's Trump-Russia investigation - Washington Times:

The public knows that the FBI relied extensively on the Democratic Party-financed dossier, whose list of anti-Trump allegations influenced the bureau’s overall attitude toward the candidate and eventual president.
Now, Attorney General William Barr has made it clear he wants to know more: Just how far did the discredited dossier take the FBI into the depths of a nearly three-year Trump investigation?
“What were the standards that were applied? What was the evidence?” Mr. Barr told CBS News, adding that his focus is not on the rank-and-file but on senior FBI leaders.

When liberals rule. MUST READ!-----When Radical Ideologies Corrupt Universities - Minding The Campus

When Radical Ideologies Corrupt Universities - Minding The Campus
"I keep being invited to talk about free speech on college campuses and every time I’m invited I make the same point: that this isn’t about free speech and this is only tangentially about college campuses. This is about a breakdown in the basic logic of civilization, and it’s spreading. College campuses may be the first dramatic battle but of course, this is going to find its way into the courts; it’s already found its way into the tech sector. It’s going to find its way to the highest level of governance if we aren’t careful, and it actually does jeopardize the ability of civilization to continue to function.

~Bret Weinstein

Mike Nayna’s documentary on the Evergreen State College Affair, from which I transcribed the above quote from Bret Weinstein, is a riveting watch. 

No matter how closely you followed the debacle at the time, there is really no substitute for this fascinating glimpse behind the scenes. 

Evergreen academics can be seen meekly and repeatedly submitting to ideological manipulation and on a number of occasions terrified senior faculty offer transparently insincere professions of faith in the hope of evading the vengeful fury of their mindlessly sloganeering student tormentors. 

The barely contained thirst for violence as the means to an end is palpable. 

It is sobering to imagine oneself confronted with such an uprising, and if Weinstein is right, then this alarming phenomenon may be about to spill out of the university campuses to which it has hitherto been largely confined.

This problem has already taken root in academia in the UK. 

Quillette editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann recently wrote about the un-personing of Noah Carl, whose crime was proposing that controversial research should not be suppressed, even though he had not engaged in any himself. 
“Imagine what would happen,” Lehmann invites us to wonder, “if the behavior of St Edmund’s College become a new norm.” 

It is now creeping into corporate and government life too..."

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History for June 5

History for June 5 - On-This-Day.com
Adam Smith 1723 - Author, "Pancho" Villa (Francisco Villa, José Doroteo Arango Arámbula) - Mexican Revolutionary general, John Maynard Keynes 1883 - Economist


Dennis Gabor 1900 - Electrical engineer, inventor of holography, Ken Follet 1949 - Author, Mark Wahlberg 1971 - Actor, singer (Marky Mark)


1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to demonstrate that lightning was a form of electricity.


1851 - Harriet Beecher Stow published the first installment of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in "The National Era."

Top House Republican Points To ‘Several Indications’ Peter Strzok Was FBI Leaker | The Daily Caller

Top House Republican Points To ‘Several Indications’ Peter Strzok Was FBI Leaker | The Daily Caller:

A top House Republican is asking the Justice Department’s inspector general whether Peter Strzok is the former FBI official accused of leaking sensitive materials to the press and accepting gifts from a reporter.
Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter Thursday to Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department inspector general (IG), inquiring about the identity of a former FBI deputy assistant director (DAD) who was investigated for unauthorized contacts with the press.

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Nike Celebrates Oppression of Women - Promotes "Hijabi Ballers" in New Ad

Nike Celebrates Oppression of Women - Promotes "Hijabi Ballers" in New Ad
"Nike Toronto celebrated the oppression of women in a new ad by promoting “Hijabi Ballers.”
...Who needs the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS spreading the caliphate across the world when Nike does it for them?
Nike is openly promoting Sharia law..."
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RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE:Catholic Nun Beheaded By Muslim Militia.

Instapundit Blog Archive- RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE: 
Catholic Nun Beheaded By Muslim Militia.

"The ongoing purge of Christians and Jews from the non-Israeli parts of the Middle East (ie, almost the whole region) is a story for some reason the press just isn’t much interested in reporting.--Posted by Stephen Green"

‘She Knocks The Country, She Knocks The President’: Veterans Criticize Ocasio-Cortez Over Community Meeting | The Daily Caller

‘She Knocks The Country, She Knocks The President’: Veterans Criticize Ocasio-Cortez Over Community Meeting | The Daily Caller:

“She knocks the country, she knocks the president. And that’s not what America is about,” Mazzella said.
“I just couldn’t hear her BS anymore. I just got up, got my umbrella in my hand and walked right out,” former chairman of the board and Army veteran, Anthony Vitaliano, 78, said.

Air-Climate-Energy

Air-Climate-Energy

Wind Energy's Absurd

We’ve posted several times about German-led companies running amok in places like Cesme in Turkey. 

Now we wonder how many other places are experiencing the same heavy-handed disrespect to local communities.

Because yesterday we were informed by a new Norwegian friend of threats to a small island called Frøya, very near to the island of Smola about which we have posted, the most recent being the tragedy of the sea eagles killed by turbines on that island.

...BUT

Its original application was for turbines with a max height of 135m and with turbines of 2.3 -3 MW. It was on this premise that the application for exemption was evaluated, having respect to consequences for nature and wildlife, consideration for cultural heritage, the zone of visual impact, shadow flicker and noise.

The company is now proposing turbines with a height of 180m and with a capacity of 4.2 MW.

So, hub height increased from 84m to 135m; an increase of 60%
Tip height increased from 135m to 180m; an increase of 33%

And the democrats focus on impeaching our President-----Chicago Crime 2019 | Chicago Murder, Crime & Mayhem | HeyJackass!

Chicago Crime 2019 | Chicago Murder, Crime & Mayhem | HeyJackass!
"2019 Homicide Clearance Rate-8.6%"

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‘Blinded By Evil’ — Robert Jeffress Blasts Disney For Georgia Abortion Law Boycott Threat | The Daily Caller

‘Blinded By Evil’ — Robert Jeffress Blasts Disney For Georgia Abortion Law Boycott Threat | The Daily Caller:

Dallas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress blasted Disney as “absolutely insane” and “blinded by evil” for threatening to boycott Georgia over its recently passed abortion bill.
The Friday night discussion between Jeffress and Fox Business host Lou Dobbs comes after Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “fetal heartbeat bill” early last month, making abortion illegal after a heartbeat is detected. Reacting to the law, Disney CEO Bob Iger said it would be “very difficult” to film in the state because of staff reactions to the law, should it take effect in 2020.

The 'Everyone Gets a Trophy' Mentality is Out of Control | Intellectual Takeout

The 'Everyone Gets a Trophy' Mentality is Out of Control | Intellectual Takeout
"Mark up another victory for the “everyone-gets-a-trophy” mentality. 
The latest victim of this mindset is a high school honor student from Texas.
A local ABC news affiliate reports:
“National Honor Society (NHS) stoles are frequent sight at high school graduation ceremonies around the country, but one Plano Senior High School student is frustrated that he won't be allowed to wear one when he puts on his cap and gown next month.
According to school practices, students are not allowed to wear NHS regalia.”
Officially, the high school has explained this situation by “saying that graduates do not wear any club or organizational regalia.”
The National Honor Society, however, “claimed school administrators want everyone to feel included in graduation and not single students out.”
...Such a scenario sounds eerily similar to the plan promoted by the demon Screwtape in C.S. Lewis’ famous letters of the same name.
Part of Screwtape’s plot to undermine education is described as follows:
“The basic principle of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. … Children who are fit to proceed to a higher class may be artificially kept back, because the others would get a trauma – Beelzebub, what a useful word! – by being left behind. …
In a word, we may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when I’m as good as you has fully had its way.
All incentives to learn and all penalties for not learning will vanish.
The few who might want to learn will be prevented; who are they to overtop their fellows?”..."
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Islam and Prison: Why Are So Many Inmates Converting? | Clarion Project

Islam and Prison: Why Are So Many Inmates Converting? | Clarion Project
"An estimated 40,000 inmates in U.S. prisons are converting to Islam every year. 
At the outset, it is important to note that religious conversion to Islam – or any religion — is not by itself an indicator of future extremism, violent or otherwise...

In Part I (below) of our three-part series on Islam in U.S. Prisons, we explore the question: Why are prisoners converting to Islam?

...Question: Can you tell us what are the main reasons why inmates are converting to Islam?...
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#1 This day 1953-----Where is your heart (Moulin Rouge)

Migrants apprehended at border are 'recycling' children to appear as a family, officials say

Migrants apprehended at border are 'recycling' children to appear as a family, officials say: 
"...On Wednesday, an agent working with the Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations discovered the two were not related after they gave inconsistent answers during interviews.
With help from other federal agents, officials discovered that the child had been used twice before for the same purpose.

• 'Recycling' of children in family fraud

Immigration authorities call the practice "recycling," explaining that migrant children are grouped with unrelated adult migrants to appear as families when apprehended..."
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New York Times Describes Fetal Heartbeat as ‘Embryonic Pulsing’

New York Times Describes Fetal Heartbeat as ‘Embryonic Pulsing’:

As LifeNews further noted:
Rather than say the word “heartbeat,” the New York Times used the words “the pulsing of what becomes the fetus’s heart.” It also described the legislation as a “so-called fetal heartbeat bill” – as if it is questionable whether the unborn baby actually has a heart or a heartbeat.
NYT is not the only outlet that has struggled in this particular area. Recently, ABC correspondent Steve Osunsami described supporters of Louisiana’s pro-life law as those who “believe that a fetal heartbeat can be detected.”
An unborn child’s detectable heartbeat is not a matter of opinion, which makes his assertion questionable.

Traitors Must Be Prosecuted To Stop The Coup

Traitors Must Be Prosecuted To Stop The Coup
"...Undeniably, America is in the midst of a civil war. 
The only things not yet flying are the bullets.
Liberals in Congress are demanding our president be impeached for undefined offenses.
Liberal federal judges are letting themselves be used to thwart his policies at every turn.
A complicit liberal media, with the help of Hollywood, is doing its very best to enable the president’s enemies to foment in the public’s mind — without evidence — that he is a liar, a cheat and a criminal who must be removed from office. 
And Mueller's press conference brought this tempest to an even greater boil than when the president was first elected over two years ago.
Why?
For one reason, because the president has survived long enough to expose a coup attempted by former high-ranking officials within our government and complicit members of the media to bring him down.
Independent investigations have revealed they took affirmative actions in furtherance of a conspiracy to unlawfully — i.e., undemocratically — overthrow his administration, which is a crime.
In a word, they committed treason..."
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AM Fruitcake

History for June 4

History for June 4 - On-This-Day.com
Rosalind Russell 1908, Dennis Weaver 1924, Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928


Bruce Dern 1936 - Actor, Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas & the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing"), Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress


1940 - The British completed the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk, France.


1989 - In Beijing, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square to crush the pro-democracy movement. It is believed that hundreds, possibly thousands, of demonstrators were killed.

Biden Present at Russia Collusion Briefing Documented in ‘Odd’ Susan Rice Email | Breitbart

Biden Present at Russia Collusion Briefing Documented in ‘Odd’ Susan Rice Email | Breitbart:

Vice President Joe Biden was documented as being present in the Oval Office for a conversation about the controversial Russia probe between President Obama, disgraced ex-FBI chief James Comey, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and other senior officials including Obama’s national security advisor Susan Rice.
In an action characterized as “odd” last year by then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Rice memorialized the confab in an email to herself describing Obama as starting “the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities ‘by the book.’”

Conservative Lawmakers Fight the Swamp

Conservative Lawmakers Fight the Swamp:

But instead of having a robust debate, the bill was rushed through in the metaphorical dead of night. Rachel Bovard, the policy director of the Conservative Partnership Institute, explained in the Washington Examiner how this all went down. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. brought the bill to the floor after sending legislators home for vacation on Thursday.
Enter Roy.
“What [Pelosi] wasn’t counting on, however, was that one member wanted to actually read the bill—

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Alarmists issue rare prediction that can be tested – 30 years from now | CFACT

Alarmists issue rare prediction that can be tested – 30 years from now | CFACT:
"...In a rare departure from this, alarmists have issued a prediction that can be tested within the next 30 years, or sooner.
That may be too far in the future to prevent the mad hysteria currently gripping the establishment media and political discussion, but it is much more imminent than most alarmist predictions.
...The Assessment claims worsening summer heat will devastate the American farm belt. 
As observed by the Chicago Tribune, “Before mid-century, the report says, Midwest agricultural productivity will slip back to levels of the 1980s.”
...Global crop production has been setting records on a near-annual basis as the planet continues its modest warming. 
Longer growing seasons, fewer frost events, and more atmospheric carbon dioxide are playing a role in this.
Almost certainly, global crop production will not only fail to recede to 1980s levels, but will continue to set new records far into the future.
...Global crop production will have to begin a precipitous decline within the next 20 years to have any hope of meeting the Assessment’s prediction for 30 years from now.
It won’t happen, and climate realists should be poised to call alarmists out on it."
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Tucker Carlson: Mexico Is Not America's Friend | Blog Posts | VDARE.com

Tucker Carlson: Mexico Is Not America's Friend | Blog Posts | VDARE.com
"Tucker Carlson recently opined that Russia presents no danger to America’s election integrity, but Mexico absolutely does threaten through meddling with the opinions of its immigrants who reside here and may even be citizens of this country.

If anything, Carlson understates the case.

It’s been clear for a long time that Mexico is a genuine enemy of the United States. 

Its politicians may smile and pretend to get along, but they work to encourage Mexican immigrants’ loyal to the homeland and keep those remittances coming — $33.7 billion in 2018, nearly all of which comes from Mexicans of varying legality working in the US.

In 1997, Presidente Ernesto Zedillo proclaimed to the National Council of La Raza in Chicago, “I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders.”..."

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