Wednesday, July 03, 2019
The Meaning of American Citizenship | The Heritage Foundation
The Meaning of American Citizenship | The Heritage Foundation:
Today, regrettably, the meaning of American citizenship is distorted by ideology. Ideas sound in themselves have been pushed beyond reasonable limits. Principles have degenerated into slogans. We live in an age that venerates equality and is preoccupied with individual rights. Accordingly, we tend to think of citizenship purely in terms of the equal sharing in individual rights. We live in an age that celebrates diversity and inclusion. We accordingly think that citizenship should be extended to practically anybody without any limitations.
Britain's Version Of 'Medicare For All' Is Struggling With Long Waits For Care
"Nearly a quarter of a million British patients have been waiting more than six months to receive planned medical treatment from the National Health Service, according to a recent report from the Royal College of Surgeons.
More than 36,000 have been in treatment queues for nine months or more.
Long waits for care are endemic to government-run, single-payer systems like the NHS. Yet some U.S. lawmakers want to import that model from across the pond.
That would be a massive blunder..."
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Record High Temperatures in France: 3 Facts the Media Don’t Tell You | Watts Up With That?
Record High Temperatures in France: 3 Facts the Media Don’t Tell You | Watts Up With That?
"July 2nd, 2019 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.
"July 2nd, 2019 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.
News reporting of the recent heat wave in France and other European countries was accompanied with the usual blame on humans for causing the event.
For example, here’s the CBS News headline: Record-breaking heat is scorching France. Experts say climate change is to blame.
While it is possible that the human component of recent warming might have made the heat wave slightly worse, there are three facts the media routinely ignore when reporting on such “record hot” events.
For example, here’s the CBS News headline: Record-breaking heat is scorching France. Experts say climate change is to blame.
If these facts were to be mentioned, few people with the ability to think for themselves would conclude that our greenhouse gas emissions had much of an impact.
1. Record High Temperatures Occur Even Without Global Warming
2. Summer Heat Waves are Weather-Related, and Unusual Cold is Usually Nearby
3. Most Thermometer Measurements Have Been Spuriously Warmed by the Urban Heat Island Effect
I am thoroughly convinced that the global thermometer record has exaggerated warming trends due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.
When natural vegetation is replaced with buildings, pavement, and we add spurious heat sources like air conditioning units, cars, and ice cream trucks, the microclimate around thermometer sites changes..."
...How does this impact the recent record high temperatures in France?
There is no question that temperatures were unusually hot, I’m only addressing the reasons why high temperature records are set.
I’ve already established that (1) record high temperatures will occur without global warming; (2) weather variations are the primary cause (in this case, an intrusion of Saharan air), and now (3) many thermometer sites have experienced spurious warming.
...Some of the other records listed on that page are also from the early 20th Century, which naturally begs the question of how it could have been so hot back then with no anthropogenic greenhouse effect and little urban development..."
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Hating America-----Report: Colin Kaepernick Pressured Nike To Recall American Flag-Themed Sneakers
Report: Colin Kaepernick Pressured Nike To Recall American Flag-Themed Sneakers
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Nike is recalling an American flag-themed sneaker after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick complained that it harkened back to the slave era, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.
Nike is recalling an American flag-themed sneaker after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick complained that it harkened back to the slave era, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.
Nike had already delivered the Air Max 1 USA sneakers to stores when Kaepernick, a Nike endorser, complained about a Revolutionary War-era version of the flag stitched on the back of the shoe, according to The Journal.
The flag, designed by Betsy Ross, has 13 stars in a circle with 13 red and white stripes to represent the original colonies.
A Nike spokeswoman confirmed to The Journal that the shoes were pulled from shelves because of the flag..."
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Robert Mueller pressed to break 'Mueller rule' in July 17 testimony - Washington Times
Robert Mueller pressed to break 'Mueller rule' in July 17 testimony - Washington Times:
Robert Mueller says his 448-page report is his testimony, but that’s not stopping lawmakers from signaling they will try to coax the former special counsel to break the “Mueller rule” when he arrives July 17 on Capitol Hill.
In just one example, Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, wants details on how the FBI probe into the Donald Trump campaign got started, Jack Langer, his spokesman, told The Washington Times.
“Republicans will focus on the many shortcomings, biases and false insinuations in the Mueller report and try to find out why Mueller refused to investigate the numerous abuses in how the Russia investigation was initiated and conducted,” Mr. Langer said.
In just one example, Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, wants details on how the FBI probe into the Donald Trump campaign got started, Jack Langer, his spokesman, told The Washington Times.
“Republicans will focus on the many shortcomings, biases and false insinuations in the Mueller report and try to find out why Mueller refused to investigate the numerous abuses in how the Russia investigation was initiated and conducted,” Mr. Langer said.
History for July 3
History for July 3 - On-This-Day.com
George M. Cohan 1878 - Entertainer, playwright, composer, Franz Kafka 1883 - Author, Tom Stoppard 1937 - Playwright
Dave Barry 1947 - Humor writer, Montel Williams 1956 - Talk show host, Tom Cruise 1962 - Actor
1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
1924 - Clarence Birdseye founded the General Seafood Corp.
Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Dow celebrates best June in 81 years, S&P best in 64 years | Fox Business
Dow celebrates best June in 81 years, S&P best in 64 years | Fox Business:Investors soaked up U.S. stocks Opens a New Window. during the month giving the Dow Jones Industrial Average its best June in 81 years while the S&P notched its best in 64 years.
The rally, which continued on the final trading day of the month, gave the Dow Jones Industrial Average a 7.2 percent jump, the best since 1938, the S&P 500 added 6.9 percent, the strongest June since 1955 and the Nasdaq 7.4-percent - its best showing since 2000 as tracked by the Dow Jones Market Data Group.
Junk science!-----20 Harmful Effects of Caffeine
20 Harmful Effects of CaffeineResearch Showing Harmful Effects of Caffeine
- "More than 4 cups of coffee linked to early death.
- A Mayo Clinic partnered study found that men who drank more than four 8 fl.oz. cups of coffee had a 21% increase in all-cause mortality.
- However, those that reported that they consumed excessive amounts of caffeine were also likely to smoke and have poor fitness..." Notice how the phrase "all-cause mortality" is left undefined?
And "Mayo Clinic "partnered"?
- And we are paying for this drivel?!!!
Read it all and send to your children!-----The 2020 Referendum on the Murderers of Truth-Ricochet
The 2020 Referendum on the Murderers of Truth-Ricochet-By Brian Watt"I think it became clear to me in my formative years, that beyond good writing and bad writing, there was a style of writing that was meant to obscure.
,,,Language is the one tool that human beings have to help make sense of the world...
...It’s what we use to understand the world around us in all of its mystery, strangeness, its beauty, love, or its horror and rampant monstrous evil.
There are those, of course, who don’t use language to enlighten.
...some use language to obscure and to obliterate in an effort to institute conformity to a specific ideology or worldview.
...This can be done by dressing up a word with lipstick, rouge, eye-shadow and costume jewelry (not to ‘drag’ out the metaphor) by appending a word like ‘socialism’ with the word ‘democratic’ to make it somehow sound more alluring, sexy, and attractive even though any study of actual socialist regimes throughout 20th-century history will indicate immediately that they were anything but democratic. One could more aptly define ‘democratic socialism’ as property theft, slavery, and societal suicide-by-consensus.
Other words have been ascribed definitions opposite to their original meaning.
Words still used by virtually everyone on both sides of the political spectrum like “liberal” or “progressive” when it’s clear there is nothing liberal or progressive in the liberalism and progressivism as espoused by those on the Left and, in fact, what lies behind these terms are Marxism, communism, socialism, totalitarianism, subjugation, and slavery.
Thus, abortion, the deliberate termination of growing and viable human life is called a “reproductive” right when reproduction is the direct opposite aim of abortion.
When was the last time you heard a news anchor challenge a pro-abortion advocate on the use of the term “reproductive” as it is used in “reproductive right,” in any interview?..."
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NYT Op-Ed Calls For Public Shaming Of Border Protection Agents | The Daily Caller
The New York Times published an op-ed Saturday that calls for border protection agents to face “serious social costs” and public shaming over their work at facilities housing migrant children.
In case your choice of news media sorta missed this-----US economy marks longest expansion in American history
US economy marks longest expansion in American history"The US economy has grown for 121 consecutive months following the Great Recession, marking the longest economic expansion in American history.
The economy has been on a growth spurt since June 2009 and now surpasses the previous record expansion set between March 1991 and March 2001 before the dot-com bubble burst.
- ...In another positive sign, wage increases over the last three years have been healthiest among the lowest-paid workers — showing a narrowing of the wage gap between high and low earners.
- ...The wealth gap also shrank, as the proportion of income going to the poorest one-fifth of Americans rose from 6.4 percent in 2007 to 7.3 percent in 2015, the last year for which data is available..."
The weaponization of words-----Alt-Right, Antifa, Cops, and Milkshakes Clash in Downtown Portland - Blogtown - Portland Mercury
Alt-Right, Antifa, Cops, and Milkshakes Clash in Downtown Portland - Blogtown - Portland Mercury
This propaganda, from the "News Editor" of Portland's major newspaper
"It's officially summer in the Pacific Northwest, which means it's time for our first alt-right vs. left-wing clash in downtown Portland.
This afternoon, an estimated 300 members of left-leaning groups (including Portland's Democratic Socialists of America chapter, Rose City Antifa, and Popular Mobilization) met in Lownsdale Square to protest an expected visit from members of Vancouver, Washington's alt-right contingent, Patriot Prayer.
Protest organizers danced to music and handed out homemade milkshakes to attendees.
(Only in an update, at the end of article do they "clarify" how they weaponized the milkshakes. Throwing them at police and other opponents.)
"...milkshakes thrown by protesters included a substance "similar to a quick drying cement." Despite perpetuating this allegation on social media, PPB has provider no evidence to substantiate this claim. (Yet!)
About thirty people showed up for the scheduled Patriot Prayer rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square at 1 pm—some identifying as members of the Proud Boys, a white nationalist organization labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center..."
(The SPLC is a discredited, propagandist for left-wing lies.)
This propaganda, from the "News Editor" of Portland's major newspaper
"It's officially summer in the Pacific Northwest, which means it's time for our first alt-right vs. left-wing clash in downtown Portland.This afternoon, an estimated 300 members of left-leaning groups (including Portland's Democratic Socialists of America chapter, Rose City Antifa, and Popular Mobilization) met in Lownsdale Square to protest an expected visit from members of Vancouver, Washington's alt-right contingent, Patriot Prayer.
Protest organizers danced to music and handed out homemade milkshakes to attendees.
(Only in an update, at the end of article do they "clarify" how they weaponized the milkshakes. Throwing them at police and other opponents.)
"...milkshakes thrown by protesters included a substance "similar to a quick drying cement." Despite perpetuating this allegation on social media, PPB has provider no evidence to substantiate this claim. (Yet!)
About thirty people showed up for the scheduled Patriot Prayer rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square at 1 pm—some identifying as members of the Proud Boys, a white nationalist organization labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center..."
(The SPLC is a discredited, propagandist for left-wing lies.)
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Lunch video-----#Climate Breakdown and #ClimateEmergency
"Sixteen year old climate expert Greta has announced #Climate Breakdown and #ClimateEmergency after some very hot weather in France yesterday"
Trump: US-China Trade Talks Are ‘Back On Track’ After G20 Meeting | The Daily Caller
Trump: US-China Trade Talks Are ‘Back On Track’ After G20 Meeting | The Daily Caller:
The U.S. and China fulfilled expectations that the countries would agree to resume trade talks after President Donald Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday.
Trump said the U.S. would not levy an additional $300 billion in tariffs on Chinese products, at least while talks are ongoing. He also said he would let American companies continue to work with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which BBC characterized as a “move seen as a significant concession.”
The U.S. and China fulfilled expectations that the countries would agree to resume trade talks after President Donald Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday.
Trump said the U.S. would not levy an additional $300 billion in tariffs on Chinese products, at least while talks are ongoing. He also said he would let American companies continue to work with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which BBC characterized as a “move seen as a significant concession.”
SMITH: Trouble in Paradise. The Left’s Agenda Unleashed In Hawaii Serves As A Warning | Daily Wire
SMITH: Trouble in Paradise. The Left’s Agenda Unleashed In Hawaii Serves As A Warning | Daily Wire
"...And yet upon closer examination, Hawai’i is a good forecast of where other, more politically influential, states are headed.
While California is generally looked to as the cultural canary in the coalmine for the rest of the U.S.,...
But Hawai’i has no such contrary undercurrent.
...Long before Obamacare was mandated, Hawai’i functioned under the same method of providing healthcare to all within its borders.
And before Virginia allowed for abortions up to the point of birth, Hawai’i was the first state to legalize abortion (before the Roe v. Wade decision).
...While our laws may be reason enough to reconsider moving to our state, our open corruption should seal the deal.
...With only 4 electoral votes, Hawai’i may be the last state you worry about, but we are usually among the first states to push the boundaries of civil liberties for the more influential states to follow."
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"...And yet upon closer examination, Hawai’i is a good forecast of where other, more politically influential, states are headed.
While California is generally looked to as the cultural canary in the coalmine for the rest of the U.S.,...But Hawai’i has no such contrary undercurrent.
...Long before Obamacare was mandated, Hawai’i functioned under the same method of providing healthcare to all within its borders.
And before Virginia allowed for abortions up to the point of birth, Hawai’i was the first state to legalize abortion (before the Roe v. Wade decision).
...While our laws may be reason enough to reconsider moving to our state, our open corruption should seal the deal.
- This year the FBI has labeled the number of investigations into Hawai’i as “unprecedented.”
- In just the most populous county in Honolulu alone, there are investigations into the Honolulu Police Department and the Chief Prosecutor individually as well as his whole department.
- In addition, they are currently fighting off a variety of potential FTA investigations into the mysteriously disappearing funding for a boondoggle of a rail system that has increased into the $9.2 billion range (though likely much higher) for a track that only had a potential projection of 20 miles in length.
- Hawai’i’s Department of Education...Despite a spate of local probes into HIDOE’s reported corruption and crumbling infrastructure (a majority of classrooms do not even have air conditioning in this tropical climate), the department has not been audited in the last 50 years.
- Homelessness is in the public conversation nationally, but Hawai’i has been living with rising homeless persons, very often the mentally ill or drug-addicted, in public parks and business district streets for many years.
...With only 4 electoral votes, Hawai’i may be the last state you worry about, but we are usually among the first states to push the boundaries of civil liberties for the more influential states to follow."
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Elitist Vehicles: You Subsidize Them, But You Can’t Afford Them | The American Spectator
Elitist Vehicles: You Subsidize Them, But You Can’t Afford Them | The American Spectator:
"And that’s not the worst of it.
...The typical new EV sells for south of $50,000.
Plus another couple thousand for a “fast” charger, so you can wait 30-45 minutes to get going again rather than all day.
The average person can’t afford this — in money or time.
But he is forced to subsidize this, which is an interesting thing given the hardest pushers of EVs are affluent liberals— who used to be people who feigned concern about the economic troubles of the average person.
Now they pick his pockets to fatten theirs.
...Also the nascent network of Elitist Vehicle “fast” charging hubs, which are being financed not by private businesses who see an opportunity to make money from it but by government (and crony capitalists) who see another opportunity — to take money.
...Economically, via the pincer movement of Elitist Vehicles that average people who can’t afford them are forced to subsidize, thereby reducing the economic power of the average person to afford any vehicle at all.
Politically, by illegalizing vehicles (via the elliptical route of regulations) that aren’t EVs — thereby forcing average people out of vehicles, period..."
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"And that’s not the worst of it.
...The typical new EV sells for south of $50,000.
Plus another couple thousand for a “fast” charger, so you can wait 30-45 minutes to get going again rather than all day.The average person can’t afford this — in money or time.
But he is forced to subsidize this, which is an interesting thing given the hardest pushers of EVs are affluent liberals— who used to be people who feigned concern about the economic troubles of the average person.
Now they pick his pockets to fatten theirs.
...Also the nascent network of Elitist Vehicle “fast” charging hubs, which are being financed not by private businesses who see an opportunity to make money from it but by government (and crony capitalists) who see another opportunity — to take money.
...Economically, via the pincer movement of Elitist Vehicles that average people who can’t afford them are forced to subsidize, thereby reducing the economic power of the average person to afford any vehicle at all.
Politically, by illegalizing vehicles (via the elliptical route of regulations) that aren’t EVs — thereby forcing average people out of vehicles, period..."
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Democrat homeless disaster killing San Francisco, Los Angeles, & Seattle
Democrat homeless disaster killing San Francisco, Los Angeles, & Seattle
"LOS ANGELES, CA: A rising wave of homelessness is growing and spreading in the major Democrat controlled cities on the Left Coast.
Spreading disease, drug addiction, and social disorder in its wake.
From Seattle to San Francisco to Los Angeles the quality of life is plummeting.
Democrat municipal and state authorities seem oblivious, placing the rights of the homeless above their duty to their citizens, taxpayers, and public safety..."
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"LOS ANGELES, CA: A rising wave of homelessness is growing and spreading in the major Democrat controlled cities on the Left Coast.
Spreading disease, drug addiction, and social disorder in its wake.
From Seattle to San Francisco to Los Angeles the quality of life is plummeting.
Democrat municipal and state authorities seem oblivious, placing the rights of the homeless above their duty to their citizens, taxpayers, and public safety..."
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Massive Migrant Crossings Lead to Another Shelter Opening in Arizona
Massive Migrant Crossings Lead to Another Shelter Opening in Arizona:
Border Patrol officials in the Yuma Sector announced the building of an additional temporary migrant shelter in response to “sustained large volumes of family units in the Arizona sector. Sector officials opened the new shelter for tours late last week.
Border Patrol officials began construction of a new family shelter in the Yuma Sector” on June 15 in response to the strain on resources and facilities” due to the continuing unprecedented numbers of migrant families illegally crossing the border in southwestern Arizona, according to a statement obtained by Breitbart News. The shelter became available for tours on June 28 and is expected to begin housing migrants soon.
Border Patrol officials began construction of a new family shelter in the Yuma Sector” on June 15 in response to the strain on resources and facilities” due to the continuing unprecedented numbers of migrant families illegally crossing the border in southwestern Arizona, according to a statement obtained by Breitbart News. The shelter became available for tours on June 28 and is expected to begin housing migrants soon.
San Francisco Board of Education votes to paint over school’s George Washington mural - The Washington Post
San Francisco Board of Education votes to paint over school’s George Washington mural - The Washington Post"The San Francisco Board of Education voted Tuesday to paint over a mural depicting scenes in the life of George Washington at a high school bearing his name after an advisory board said the artwork doesn’t represent the school’s values.
...Painted in 1936 by Victor Arnautoff, a native of Russia and protege of muralist Diego Rivera, the mural at the 2,000-student public school was commissioned by the Federal Art Project — a New Deal program to fund visual arts.
“...We believe students shouldn’t be exposed to violent imagery — that it’s degrading.”
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