Easter Egg Hunts and Deluded Political Ideologies - Intellectual Takeout

Easter Egg Hunts and Deluded Political Ideologies - Intellectual Takeout  link 
"...Last Saturday, my husband and I took our four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son to an Easter egg hunt sponsored by a local school. 

To our amazement, the kids had to hand all the eggs they’d found back to the organizer, who redistributed an equal number to everyone. 

In other words, this was a Communist Easter egg hunt! 

“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,” never felt so real.

• The worst part was that my four-year-old was already spontaneously sharing her eggs with her little brother. He was too small to get any of his own. But she loves him. 
• And then her selflessness was derailed by coerced sharing. Moreover, she’d been targeting the pink eggs when she was searching. In the centralized redistribution, she only got blue ones. She complained for hours afterward. 

While I’m sad for her, I’m also glad her first significant experience with Communism was negative. 

If she ever flirts with the ideology when she’s older, I’ll remind her of this day..."

#1 Movie this week 1969-----Goodbye, Columbus | Trailer

Must read!!-----Complicit in depravity - Melanie Phillips

Complicit in depravity - Melanie Phillips  link 

• If true, the Biden team's reported grovelling to Tehran is beyond shocking

"I have written many times — as here, here, and here — about the astonishing desperation of the Biden administration to make a deal with Iran over its nuclear programme.
...The Biden administration was ready to de-list the IRGC if Iran would agree not to target Americans implicated in the killing of IRGC-Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani by a US armed drone in January 2020.
...“That proposal has been rejected by the Iranians. Iran has come up with a counterproposal that the US is now considering”.
Just consider the implications of this...Read all.

#1 This day 1961-----Del Shannon - Runaway (HQ STUDIO/1961)

They wrecked our country for...what??-----Who died of Covid in Minnesota? | Power Line

Who died of Covid in Minnesota? | Power Line link

"...Greg undertook the review of all 2020 and 2021 Minnesota death certificates which bear the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code for COVID-19 (U07.1).

Having reviewed all 10,903 such certificates, Greg’s analysis supports the conclusion that the vast majority of Minnesotans was not at serious risk of death from COVID-19 and that the campaign of fear and intimidation was simply wrong. 

Greg’s viral Alpha News column setting forth his analysis is “Who died of COVID-19 in Minnesota?” 

Subhead: “Only 291, or 2.67% of the 10,903 certificates we examined, were ‘COVID only’ with no comorbidity listed.”...Read all.

Actually, depending on Russia might be better than hoping for "Green energy" to save them.

Does Joe Biden need to eat a Snickers or is he just OLD? - TheBlaze

Does Joe Biden need to eat a Snickers or is he just OLD? - TheBlaze: 

According to Joe Biden, Putin's invasion of Ukraine has driven up gas prices and food prices worldwide. The president claims that 70 percent of the increase in inflation was the consequence of Putin's price hike because of the impact on oil prices. However, the notable thing about Biden's speech is less about the words he said and more about how he said them.

The Other Fednapping Plot

Instapundit--The Other Fednapping Plot  link

JULIE KELLY: The same FBI operation that ginned up the phony kidnapping plot in Michigan also tried to coax a Virginia man to participate in a similar scheme against Governor Ralph Northam.

Defense attorneys successfully argued that multiple FBI agents and informants attempted to induce the men to commit the crimes and blasted the government in closing arguments.

“That’s unacceptable in America,” Fox’s attorney, Christopher Gibbons, told the jury on April 1. “That’s not how it works. They don’t make terrorists so we can arrest them.”...

It’s pretty clear that the FBI was electioneering here, as it was in pushing the now-exploded Russian-collusion claims. If you’re looking for an actual insurrection, it occurred with in the FBI and the political class generally, who abused their power specifically to get rid of a democratically elected president in order to install one who was manifestly unqualified for the job.--Posted by Glenn Reynolds...Read all!

AM Fruitcake

 

History for April 18

History for April 18 - On-This-Day.com

Clarence Darrow 1857 - Attorney, famous for his part in the Scopes 'monkey trial'

• 1775 - American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though the towns of Massachusetts giving the warning that the Regulars were coming out. 
• 1847 - U.S. troops defeated almost 17,000 Mexican soldiers commanded by Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo. (Mexican-American War)
• 1906 - San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake. The original death toll was cited at about 700. Later information indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate.
• 1938 - Superman made his debut when he appeared in the first issue of Action Comics. (Cover date June 1938)
• 1942 - James H. Doolittle and his squadron, from the USS Hornet, raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
• 1945 - American war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, off Okinawa. He was 44 years old.
• 1989 - Thousands of Chinese students demanding democracy tried to storm Communist Party headquarters in Beijing.

Twitter board adopts 'poison pill' to keep Elon Musk from executing takeover - TheBlaze

Twitter board adopts 'poison pill' to keep Elon Musk from executing takeover - TheBlaze: 

The board of directors at Twitter, Inc. announced on Friday their adoption of a limited duration shareholder rights plan, commonly known as a "poison pill," to prevent tech billionaire Elon Musk from taking over the company. In a press release, the social media platform said it had adopted the plan "following an unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire Twitter."

Anonymous Democrats go behind Sen. Dianne Feinstein's back to complain about her mental fitness - TheBlaze

Anonymous Democrats go behind Sen. Dianne Feinstein's back to complain about her mental fitness - TheBlaze: 

Four U.S. senators, three former Feinstein staffers, and one California Democratic member of Congress spoke to the paper about Feinstein's reportedly declining memory and questionable mental fitness for office. These individuals say that at 88 years old, Feinstein is entirely dependent on her staff doing most of the work required to represent 40 million Californians in the Senate.

The way we were----Pacific Ocean Ditching | Pan Am Flight 845/26

Tracking Devices Reveal Where Recycling Really Goes

Guy who lives in walled city, surrounded by security, calls the rest of us racists.-----The Pope Goes Woke on Good Friday: 'We Are Racists, and That Is Bad'

The Pope Goes Woke on Good Friday: 'We Are Racists, and That Is Bad'

"Oops, he did it again. Pope Francis, who, throughout his papacy, has done a lot more political “activating” than “poping,” declared during a Good Friday interview that the West is guilty of widespread “racism,” while also claiming migrants are “subdivided” by skin color and country of origin. 

And that’s just for starters.
During the lengthy interview on Italian television, as noted by Breitbart: “We are racists, we are racists.”

There’s first-class, second-class, skin color, [whether] they come from a developed country [or] one that is not developed.

We are racists, we are racists. And this is bad.

The problem of the refugees is a problem that Jesus suffered too because he was a migrant and a refugee in Egypt when he was a child, to escape death. How many of them are suffering to escape death!...read all.

Yes. The media hates YOU!-----Good Friday: NBC Chats With Leftist in ‘Thank God for Abortion’ Shirt

Good Friday: NBC Chats With Leftist in ‘Thank God for Abortion’ Shirt link
"NBC’s Today show decided that the best way to mark Good Friday was to talk to a radical, left-wing activist wearing a t-shirt that read, “Thank God for Abortion.” 

It was part of hysterical coverage across all three network morning shows bemoaning an “abortion crackdown” across the country, with Florida’s new pro-life legislation being the latest skirmish in the “battle over abortion rights...Read all.

Elon Musk fires back at Saudi prince with massive Twitter stake after takeover offer rejected - TheBlaze

Elon Musk fires back at Saudi prince with massive Twitter stake after takeover offer rejected - TheBlaze: 

Elon Musk has fired back at a billionaire Saudi prince who is one of Twitter's largest shareholders after the royal rejected his offer to buy his share of Twitter. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company, a Riyadh-based conglomerate, said Thursday that Musk's offer to buy Twitter for $43 billion was too small.

Saudi Arabia TV mocks Biden’s cognitive decline in ‘hilarious’ comedy skit

And the bird-libs are silent.

 

Lunch video-----Highly contagious omicron in New York

Noon-toon

 

Judge issues a stinging defeat for Stacey Abrams and her campaign for governor of Georgia - TheBlaze

Judge issues a stinging defeat for Stacey Abrams and her campaign for governor of Georgia - TheBlaze: 

A judge ruled Thursday that Stacey Abrams could not begin making use of unlimited campaign donations, because she isn't yet technically the nominee for the Democratic party for the governorship of Georgia. The law allows unlimited campaign donations through the use of leadership committees, but those can only be set up by official nominees of parties running in the election.

The leaker?

 

Election theft 101-----CTCL Announces $80 Million Program to Run Elections - UncoverDC

CTCL Announces $80 Million Program to Run Elections - UncoverDC link

"The nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) now promises it will refrain from funding midterm elections in the fall. 

However, CTCL also announced on Monday its “nonpartisan collaborative” to “help local election departments improve operations, develop a set of shared standards and values, and obtain access to best-in-class resources to run successful elections.”
...CTCL says it has invited “all U.S. election departments” to be a U.S. Center for Election Excellence,” says the webpage for the Alliance. ..Much here, read all!

Pretty convenient, doncha think?

 

Think this would be reported differently if a GOPer was President??-----Morning Nets Largely Ignore Inflation Announcement – Again

EPIC FAIL? Morning Nets Largely Ignore Inflation Announcement – Again link
The NBC, CBS and ABC morning news shows largely ignored a new inflation report that showed inflation raging at 8.5 percent. 

That was the highest increase since 1981 — the same year Raiders of the Lost Ark hit the box office.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported at 8:30 a.m. ET April 12 that inflation increased by a terrifying 8.5 percent over the past year. 

This was the “largest 12-month increase” since December 1981...Read all.

#1 This day 1980-----Blondie - Call Me (Official Video)

UPDATE!!-----Man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 to play sold-out concert in Brooklyn this summer | Daily Mail Online

Man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 to play sold-out concert in Brooklyn this summer | Daily Mail Online  link

John Hinckley Jr, who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981, will play SOLD-OUT show in Brooklyn this summer after serving 35 years in psychiatric hospital

• Would-be Ronald Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr., 66, will play a sold-out Brooklyn concert in July, 40 years after attempting to take the president's life
• The tickets sold out on April 12, with Hinckley tweeting that he was 'very excited'... 

Used to be be a joke. It happened in 2020!

 

Judge issues a stinging defeat for Stacey Abrams and her campaign for governor of Georgia - TheBlaze

Judge issues a stinging defeat for Stacey Abrams and her campaign for governor of Georgia - TheBlaze: 

A judge ruled Thursday that Stacey Abrams could not begin making use of unlimited campaign donations, because she isn't yet technically the nominee for the Democratic party for the governorship of Georgia. The law allows unlimited campaign donations through the use of leadership committees, but those can only be set up by official nominees of parties running in the election.