Thursday, January 02, 2020
2019 is one of the least deadly years for US police officers in decades, statistics show | Fox News
2019 is one of the least deadly years for US police officers in decades, statistics show | Fox News:
This year is ending as one of the least deadly for police officers in decades.
As of Tuesday, Dec. 31, statistics from the Officer Down Memorial Page, which tracks the deaths of officers in the U.S. and its territories, indicate that 131 police officers have died in 2019 —the lowest annual total since 1959, when 122 were killed.
This year is ending as one of the least deadly for police officers in decades.
As of Tuesday, Dec. 31, statistics from the Officer Down Memorial Page, which tracks the deaths of officers in the U.S. and its territories, indicate that 131 police officers have died in 2019 —the lowest annual total since 1959, when 122 were killed.
Desperately Seeking Regretful Trump Voters | Power Line
Desperately Seeking Regretful Trump Voters | Power Line
"On October 7, the New York Times published an article about a 2016 Trump voter who changed his mind and now intends to vote Democrat:
"On October 7, the New York Times published an article about a 2016 Trump voter who changed his mind and now intends to vote Democrat:
Mark Graham, a real estate appraiser in this faded manufacturing hub [Erie, Pennsylvania], sat with friends at a gym named FitnessU on the morning after the Democratic debate in mid-September. He had voted for Barack Obama, but in 2016 he took a gamble on Donald Trump.
***“Things have changed in the last couple weeks: More stupidity has come out,” Mr. Graham, 69, said in a telephone interview last week. He hopes Democrats nominate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., but he is not particular. “I’d vote for the Democratic nominee no matter who it is at this point,” he said.
The Times story, which admitted that “[o]utright conversions like Mr. Graham’s” are “still rare,” included this photo of Graham:
Fast forward a month, to November 12. Now the Times reports, excitedly, on a new anti-Trump ad campaign being undertaken by David Brock’s disreputable organization, American Bridge:
A Democratic group unveiled a $3 million advertising campaign Tuesday featuring people who supported President Trump but now regret it, the first wave of a yearlong effort to reclaim some of the voters in the industrial Midwest who helped tip the 2016 election...
Unfortunately, neither American Bridge nor the Times thought to check the Erie, Pennsylvania voting records to confirm Mr. Graham’s claim that he voted for President Trump in 2016.
It turns out he didn’t:An allegedly regretful Trump voter in Pennsylvania, highlighted in videos by a Democratic political action committee and by The New York Times, never actually voted in 2016...
There was a time, I suppose, when readers expected the New York Times to fact-check its news stories..."
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History for January 2
History for January 2 - On-This-Day.com
Isaac Asimov 1920, Roger Miller 1936, Jim Bakker 1939
Cuba Gooding, Jr. 1968, Christy Turlington 1969, Kate Bosworth 1973
1892 - Ellis Island opened as America's first federal immigration center. Annie Moore, at age 15, became the first person to pass through.
1974 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill requiring all states to lower the maximum speed limit to 55 MPH. The law was intended to conserve gasoline supplies during an embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries. Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.
Wednesday, January 01, 2020
Steve Scalise blasts Nancy Pelosi's fixation with the Senate: 'It's not her role' - WND
Steve Scalise blasts Nancy Pelosi's fixation with the Senate: 'It's not her role' - WND:He said Pelosi should not be trying to extend her power into the Senate.
"Well, it's not her role to go over to the Senate," Scalise said. "She could run for the Senate if she wants to be a senator."
He said that the rules of the process must be followed.
"The House has a role; the Senate has a role," Scalise said. "It's time for the Senate to do their job.
"Look, for months she was saying how important it is, they've got to remove this president immediately, he's a threat to their, you know, their whole way of life. And then, once they pass the impeachment, she doesn't want the Senate to get the papers to start the trial.
‘The Squad’ Is Silent About Anti-Semitic Stabbings in New York...
Instapundit Blog Archive SQUAD GOALS:
"‘The Squad’ Is Silent About Anti-Semitic Stabbings in New York.
"‘The Squad’ Is Silent About Anti-Semitic Stabbings in New York.
And there are plenty of Democratic Party operatives with bylines who are quite happy to help them maintain that silence.
(Politically correct) predictions for the academy in 2020 | The College Fix
(Politically correct) predictions for the academy in 2020 | The College Fix"University communities never cease to amaze us with their capacity for politically correct adolescent antics.
Each year the inanity quotient gets a giant uptick.
What are some of the possibilities in the year to come?
Your friendly neighborhood assistant editor speculates …
Your friendly neighborhood assistant editor speculates …
- —“White Fragility” author and speaker Robin DiAngelo will drop a sequel titled “White Brittleness” in the first half of the year.
“Brittleness” will focus on racism as literally a part of everything, even things you’d never, ever suspect (DiAngelo does have a PhD in multicultural education, after all).
Buying a new washer and dryer?
The name of the manufacturer can be traced back to 18th-century slaveholders. Sending a letter and putting the flag up on your mailbox?
Remember what the American flag represents.
Educators referring to what they write on with chalk as a “blackboard”? How dare you.
- —Student and faculty activists will push for further PC edits to old movies and TV shows..."
Joe Biden Suggests Coal Miners Should Learn To Code | The Daily Caller
Joe Biden Suggests Coal Miners Should Learn To Code | The Daily Caller:
Former Vice President Joe Biden suggested Monday that displaced coal miners should learn to code.
“Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well,” Biden said at a New Hampshire event Monday. He added later: “Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for God’s sake!”
Former Vice President Joe Biden suggested Monday that displaced coal miners should learn to code.
“Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well,” Biden said at a New Hampshire event Monday. He added later: “Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for God’s sake!”
Squatters break into a vacant home in Oakland then demand the owners allow them to live there "in the interest of justice" - The Daily Sheeple
Squatters break into a vacant home in Oakland then demand the owners allow them to live there "in the interest of justice" - The Daily Sheeple
"Two homeless mothers have temporarily beaten back an eviction attempt brought by the property owners of the vacant West Oakland home they have occupied – without the owner’s permission – for the past six weeks.
On Monday Judge Patrick McKinney heard from both sides inside a jammed-packed courtroom before delaying a decision on whether or not the women would be evicted.
“I want to carefully consider the issues that have been raised,” he said.
...Simon-Weisberg told the judge the women should be allowed to live in the house “in the interest of justice” and based on a needs analysis of Oakland’s homelessness crisis..."
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"Two homeless mothers have temporarily beaten back an eviction attempt brought by the property owners of the vacant West Oakland home they have occupied – without the owner’s permission – for the past six weeks.On Monday Judge Patrick McKinney heard from both sides inside a jammed-packed courtroom before delaying a decision on whether or not the women would be evicted.
“I want to carefully consider the issues that have been raised,” he said.
...Simon-Weisberg told the judge the women should be allowed to live in the house “in the interest of justice” and based on a needs analysis of Oakland’s homelessness crisis..."
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The IRS Placed A Lien On Hunter Biden For About $113,000 In Unpaid Taxes From Year He Served On Burisma Board | The Daily Caller
The IRS Placed A Lien On Hunter Biden For About $113,000 In Unpaid Taxes From Year He Served On Burisma Board | The Daily Caller:
The IRS placed a tax lien on Hunter Biden seeking $112,805 in unpaid taxes from 2015, according to records the Daily Caller News Foundation obtained.
The federal agency issued the previously unreported lien in November 2018 and it seeks unpaid taxes for a year in which Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, served on the boards of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings and the Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners.
The IRS placed a tax lien on Hunter Biden seeking $112,805 in unpaid taxes from 2015, according to records the Daily Caller News Foundation obtained.The federal agency issued the previously unreported lien in November 2018 and it seeks unpaid taxes for a year in which Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, served on the boards of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings and the Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners.
12 of the Most Mortifying Media Bias Moments of 2019
12 of the Most Mortifying Media Bias Moments of 2019
Jussie Smollett (by: zz/Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx via AP)
My immediate reaction to seeing this story was, "They only found 12"?
Indeed, the media was a target-rich environment this past year.
MAGA hat rage, Jussie Smollett, the dud Mueller report, "collusion" meltdown; the list could be endless.
Grabien, which has specialized in these "video montages" of idiotic media moments, outdid themselves this year with "The 12 Most Mortifying Media Moments of 2019."
A lot of these media flubs are of the "Don't you wish you knew what we know now" variety," like Jussie Smollett.
The media’s unfortunate habit of stepping on rakes shaped like fake hate crimes continued apace into February. When TMZ first reported that actor Jussie Smollett was the victim of a vicious hate crime, it sounded almost impossible to believe..."
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‘Evil Exists’: Trump-Supporting Armed Congregant Speaks Out In Viral Post After Taking Out Church Shooter | The Daily Caller
‘Evil Exists’: Trump-Supporting Armed Congregant Speaks Out In Viral Post After Taking Out Church Shooter | The Daily Caller:
An armed church security guard who shot and killed the gunman who attacked a church in White Settlement, Texas on Sunday spoke out in a Sunday night Facebook post.
Jack Wilson, a candidate for Hood County commissioner who, according to his campaign’s Facebook page, owns a business called On Target Firearms Training Academy, Inc. and is a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, was one of two armed volunteer security guards who took down the gunman.
Jack Wilson, a candidate for Hood County commissioner who, according to his campaign’s Facebook page, owns a business called On Target Firearms Training Academy, Inc. and is a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, was one of two armed volunteer security guards who took down the gunman.
Exposing Junk Science!
By Paul Homewood--h/t Joe Public
However the Guardian claim is based on electricity only, and not all energy, a distinction that apparently is beyond Christiana.
Furthermore, a third of renewable electricity comes from biomass, which most experts now accept is extremely bad for the environment and will not reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
When we look at total primary energy consumption, we find that Christiana’s much vaunted wind and solar power only contributes a paltry 4% in Q3, even when hydro power is added in.
Meanwhile fossil fuels accounted for 77%.
Don’t worry about facts, Christiana!
However the Guardian claim is based on electricity only, and not all energy, a distinction that apparently is beyond Christiana.
Furthermore, a third of renewable electricity comes from biomass, which most experts now accept is extremely bad for the environment and will not reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
When we look at total primary energy consumption, we find that Christiana’s much vaunted wind and solar power only contributes a paltry 4% in Q3, even when hydro power is added in.
Meanwhile fossil fuels accounted for 77%.
History for January 1
History for January 1 - On-This-Day.com
Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 - Italian politician, diplomat, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico), heir to Medici banking empire, Paul Revere 1735, Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom) 1752
George Washington Carver 1860, J. Edgar Hoover (U.S.) 1895, Barry Goldwater 1909
1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
1984 - AT&T was broken up into 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement with the U.S. Federal government.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
True North: The Principles of Conservatism | The Heritage Foundation
True North: The Principles of Conservatism | The Heritage Foundation:
The Heritage Foundation formulates policies that promote free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. Heritage does not support policies that deviate from these principles, nor are our recommendations ever influenced by donations or outside political pressure.
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