He sure seems well on his way to beating Joe Biden.-----Joe Biden Tells Voters He's 'Going To Beat Joe Biden'' - Sara A. Carter

Joe Biden Tells Voters He's 'Going To Beat Joe Biden'' - Sara A. Carter
"In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Friday, when former Vice President and 2020 hopeful Joe Biden was asked to speak directly Democrats aligned with Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren’s progressive agendas, he wasted no time saying he’s “going to beat Joe Biden” before laying out several areas of his policies.

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Good morning to everyone except people who think this is completely normal: Biden: “I’m Going to Beat Joe Biden”

“...I do believe that any going to school that in fact goes to a public university and/or community college, they should be able to go for free if income is under $125,000.”...

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Detroit Cops Have Issued 2,528 Tickets For Lockdown Violations – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Cops Have Issued 2,528 Tickets For Lockdown Violations – Michigan Capitol Confidential:

• More than 5,600 warnings and 39 parties busted, too

The Detroit Police Department has issued 

• 2,528 citations for violations related to the COVID-19 epidemic lockdown orders.

In addition to writing about 

• 56 tickets a day, police in Detroit have issued 
• 5,663 warnings and 
• shut down 39 parties and 
• 47 businesses.

The data tracks enforcement of coronavirus violations from April 4 through May 18, and was obtained in response to a Freedom of Information Act from the city of Detroit."

Lunch video-----MSNBC: Americans Are Too "Obsessed" With Freedom

Republicans Sue California Gov. Gavin Newsom over Vote by Mail Mandate

Republicans Sue California Gov. Gavin Newsom over Vote by Mail Mandate:

The Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Congressional Committee (RNCC), and the California Republican Party (CRP) sued California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) on Sunday over Newsom’s order earlier this month to send every registered voter a vote-by-mail ballot for November.

Miscalculating Risk: Confusing Scary With Dangerous | RealClearPolitics

Miscalculating Risk: Confusing Scary With Dangerous | RealClearPolitics
"The coronavirus kills...But is it the most dangerous?
Or even close?
There are four ways to categorize any given reality. 
It can be scary but not dangerous, scary and dangerous, dangerous but not scary, or not dangerous and not scary.
...To date, the virus has tragically killed nearly 100,000 people in the United States...
But on a scale of harmless to extremely dangerous, it would still fall into the category of slightly to mildly dangerous for most people, excluding the elderly and those with preexisting medical conditions.
In comparison, many have no idea that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing around 650,000 people every year, 54,000 per month...
This qualifies as extremely dangerous.
...It’s critical to be able to distinguish between fear and danger. 
Fear is an emotion, it’s the risk that we perceive.
As an emotion, it is often blind to the facts.
...Imagine if an insurance actuary was so scared of something that she graded it 1,000 times riskier than the data showed. 
This might be a career-ending mistake.
This is exactly what people have done regarding COVID-19: making decisions on fear and not data...
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Power-crazed woman!

Can we be honest with each other?

It’s Time To Bring Grandma-Killing Governors To Justice - DC Dirty Laundry

It’s Time To Bring Grandma-Killing Governors To Justice - DC Dirty Laundry
"In April, Governor Gretchen Whitmer posed and primped on The Daily Show in a “That Woman from Michigan” t-shirt as a narcissistic slam at President Trump.
That same month, that woman from Michigan issued an executive order, that the Daily Show and SNL didn’t mention, “protecting” residents of long-term care facilities, by forcing nursing homes to admit patients infected with the coronavirus.
Her order dictated that a “long-term care facility must not prohibit admission or readmission of a resident based on COVID-19 testing requirements or results” and told hospitals to discharge coronavirus patients back to the homes they had come from.
Some nursing homes were designated as ‘hubs’ and coronavirus patients were transferred into them, even though these facilities had uninfected residents...
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#1 This day 1970-----Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful

Aiding America's enemies?-----Colleges stonewall feds on China records

Colleges stonewall feds on China records:

• The Department of Education says colleges are blocking attempts to obtain documents pertaining to foreign gifts. 
• Among the countries from which the colleges have received money are China, Russia, and Iran.

"The U.S. Department of Education launched a federal investigation into Harvard and Yale Universities in February regarding alleged undisclosed foreign gifts, including ones from China, but the department has yet to receive all of the documents it requested from the Ivy League institutions in order to conduct a thorough a complete probe.

...Noting that the colleges  "claimed Freedom of Information Act exemptions and legal privileges to block record production to Congress," the letter says that "the Department has yet to receive critical information needed to confirm the accuracy of previously submitted...reports."...
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Liberal Priorities.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Questions Whether Worship Is Essential

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Questions Whether Worship Is Essential:

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told reporters this weekend it is not clear that worship constitutes something essential, challenging President Trump’s assertion it is.
“I think the case that the president is making and that may be up for debate in this country of deeming houses of worship essential, essential services and that’s one that we take into consideration,” the Democrat governor said during an hour-long briefing on opening up religious services during the coronavirus lockdown.

The Revolting Inquisition of K.T. McFarland �|� Ricochet

The Revolting Inquisition of K.T. McFarland �|� Ricochet
"In her brief but agonizing stint as Deputy National Security Advisor under General Michael Flynn, K.T. McFarland played a key role in helping the new Trump team get organized following the 2016 election. 

...In her new book, McFarland takes us back to the interviews that the FBI conducted with her. 

Their actions were shocking and, as I said in my original post, could have destroyed her life. 

...The FBI ended up scheduling three more interviews with her over several hours. Each time when she asked about her status, they insisted she was only a fact witness. 

She realized fairly early in the process they were setting her up for a perjury trap. 

Here’s her description of the methodology:

As with the three previous FBI interviews, I found the challenge was in following their format. They would ask rapid fire questions, switching back and forth from one topic to another, and one time period to another, and then circle back to the same questions again, but worded slightly differently. I forced myself to remain on high alert for hours on end, knowing that one slip-up might prove fatal...

...Once they charged Gen. Flynn, they lost interest in her. She was never accused of anything.

* * * *

Keep in mind that McFarland was no novice to the workings of government; she had served in four administrations. 
...One concluding statement she made:

If anything, I am now more convinced than ever that what we are experiencing now is not just a group of Democrats, Never-Trumpers, and the liberal media who have made common cause in their efforts to get rid of Trump. It is an entrenched self-perpetuating Washington Establishment locked into a battle with the American people over who is sovereign. Is it the American electorate who voted for populism and nationalism with Donald Trump as their flagbearer? Or does the ultimate power rest in the hands of the entrenched Administrative State and the governing class who are using the system to get rid of Trump and everything he stands for?

It is time, against at all levels of government, for us to take back our country!"
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AM Fruitcake

History for May 27

History for May 27 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794 - Entrepreneur (shipping and railroads), Wild Bill Hickok 1837 - gunfighter, scout, lawman, Vincent Price 1911 - Actor


Herman Wouk 1915 - Author, Henry Kissinger 1923 - Former U.S. Secretary of State, Louis Gossett, Jr. 1936 - Actor


1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."


1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.

Four Dead, 11 Injured in First 36 Hours of Chicago's Memorial Weekend

Four Dead, 11 Injured in First 36 Hours of Chicago's Memorial Weekend:

Four people were shot dead and at least 11 were injured as shootings occurred across gun-controlled Chicago during the first 36 hours of Memorial Weekend.
NBC Chicago reports the first shooting of the holiday weekend were recorded around 2 p.m. Friday and the last one reported during the 36-hour window took place about 7 p.m. Saturday.

The way we were-----Peggy Lee -- Is That All There Is? 1969

Boob-tube-----PT.2 - "BLAZING SADDLES": BACK IN THE SADDLE - A RETROSPECTIVE (2001)