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Sunday, September 24, 2023
The vital art of talking to strangers
The vital art of talking to strangers"Three books explain why it matters—and can easily be lost.
- Hello, Stranger. By Will Buckingham.
- The Power of Strangers. By Joe Keohane.
- Fractured. By Jon Yates.
Children are taught never to speak to unknown grown-ups, especially those regarded by their parents as untrustworthy.
The onset of adolescence and young adulthood brings a bursting desire to interact with all sorts of people, particularly the kind who might not elicit family approval.
Whether the resulting encounters are sexual or social, they confer a thrilling frisson of escape...
Third IRS Agent Says Biden's DOJ Blocked Weiss from Charging Hunter
Third IRS Agent Says Biden's DOJ Blocked Weiss from Charging Hunter:
A third IRS agent reportedly told House investigators last week that President Joe Biden’s Justice Department blocked now-special counsel David Weiss from charging Hunter Biden, seemingly contradicting Attorney General Merrick Garland’s assertion that Weiss had complete authority to charge the president’s son.
Friday Afternoon Statistic Dump - Border Patrol Reports Over 7.5 million Illegal Aliens Released into U.S. During Biden Term, 5.18 Million are Single Adult Males - The Last Refuge
Friday Afternoon Statistic Dump - Border Patrol Reports Over 7.5 million Illegal Aliens Released into U.S. During Biden Term, 5.18 Million are Single Adult Males - The Last Refuge
"The Dept of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) waiting until Friday afternoon to drop the latest statistics on illegal alien apprehensions at the U.S. southern border...
[Press release here] Since Joe Biden took office over 7.5 million illegal aliens have been encountered and released into the United States. Of that number 5.18 million were single adult males.
- This is a wholesale invasion of illegal aliens on a scale never before fathomed. Joe Biden has created this crisis, and it is getting worse.
History for September 24
History for September 24 - On-This-Day.com
Kevin Sorbo 1958 - Actor
- 1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
- 1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.
- 1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
- 1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
- 1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
- 1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Elon Musk calls out lack of 'legacy media coverage' on border crisis - TheBlaze
Elon Musk calls out lack of 'legacy media coverage' on border crisis - TheBlaze:
Elon Musk called out the lack of legacy media coverage on the crisis at the southern border, which will see more than 2 million illegal crossings at the southwest border for the second straight year.
"Strange that there is almost no legacy media coverage of this," the X CEO wrote on his account.
Riveting Reason: 'America's Cities Need Republicans and I'm Becoming One'
Riveting Reason: 'America's Cities Need Republicans and I'm Becoming One' - By Nick Arama "...Now, Eric Johnson, the mayor of one of the largest cities in the country — Dallas — is speaking out and revealing why he's decided to switch from a Democrat to a Republican in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
He says it all in the title, "America’s Cities Need Republicans, and I’m Becoming One."
Johnson explained how he'd been successful in reducing crime and property taxes in Dallas by adhering to Republican principles.
He says it all in the title, "America’s Cities Need Republicans, and I’m Becoming One."
Johnson explained how he'd been successful in reducing crime and property taxes in Dallas by adhering to Republican principles.
I have been mayor of Dallas for more than four years. During that time, my priority has been to make the city safer, stronger and more vibrant. That meant saying no to those who wanted to defund the police. It meant fighting for lower taxes and a friendlier business climate. And it meant investing in family friendly infrastructure such as better parks and trails.
That approach is working. Alone among America’s 10 most populous cities, Dallas has brought violent crime down in every major category, including murder, year-over-year for the past two years...
All—As In All—Of The “Climate Change Made This Event More Likely” Claims Are False
All—As In All—Of The “Climate Change Made This Event More Likely” Claims Are False - BY BRIGGS
- Here’s a typical recent propaganda headline: “Climate change made Libya flooding 50 times more likely: Report.” This is not so.
- Here’s another recent one from PBS: “Climate change made global summer droughts 20 times more likely” Also not true.
- The Guardian, recent: “Current heatwave across US south made five times more likely by climate crisis.” Nope.
- AP, recent: “Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say“. Nuh-uh.
The genre is now routine.
Indeed, headlines like these are now seen whenever a weather-related event classified as “bad”, like a flood, is identified.
Once the event is tagged, somebody rushes to microphone and says “climate change” did it...
Top Senate Democrat bucks Schumer over Senate dress code: 'We need to have standards' - TheBlaze
Top Senate Democrat bucks Schumer over Senate dress code: 'We need to have standards' - TheBlaze:
Fetterman wasted no time taking advantage of the new Senate dress code. On Wednesday, he presided over the chamber wearing casual clothes, mocking criticism of his wardrobe choices after his session was complete.
While Durbin's comments are significant because of the weight he pulls in the Democratic caucus, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has vowed to "hold decorum of the Senate" while lawmakers like Fetterman strut around in unprofessional garb.
Elevating the sickest loons in the community to POWER ain't workin"!-----Portland trans activist 'destroyed and defecated inside teen girl's car over 'transphobia' claims: Car towed away because it was considered a 'biohazard' | Daily Mail Online
Portland trans activist 'destroyed and defecated inside teen girl's car over 'transphobia' claims: Car towed away because it was considered a 'biohazard' | Daily Mail Online
- Portland trans activist 'destroyed and defecated inside teen girl's car over 'transphobia' claims: Car towed away because it was considered a 'biohazard'Vivien Shemansky, 44, faces a slew of charges following the vile act
- The transgender activist allegedly defecated and destroyed a teen's car
- The victim's mom slammed woke Portland politics for endangering he daughter
Hearing witness promptly corrects AOC for spewing 'complete falsehood' about oil and gas emissions - TheBlaze
Hearing witness promptly corrects AOC for spewing 'complete falsehood' about oil and gas emissions - TheBlaze:
Not only did Sgamma open her testimony by calling out Ocasio-Cortez for her "complete falsehood," but with data in hand, Sgamma corrected the record.
"I just want to start off by correcting something the ranking member said in her opening statement. She claimed that oil and gas production on federal lands is responsible for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions," Sgamma said.
Repeating the lie might work for them.-----HuffPost White House Reporter's 9/11 Tweet Is Really Something
HuffPost White House Reporter's 9/11 Tweet Is Really Something - Julio Rosas"HuffPost White House reporter S.V. Dáte reiterated his belief on Monday that the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 were not nearly as bad as the riot on January 6, 2021 because the latter involved former President Donald Trump.
- Dáte accused Trump of being a lesser American who nearly ended "our democracy," something Osama Bin Laden "could not come close to..."
"...In 2021, Dáte said he believed January 6 was "1000 percent worse." ...
EXCLUSIVE: Dead Man Walking – RNC 2024 Technology Fail By Jim Hoft
EXCLUSIVE: Dead Man Walking – RNC 2024 Technology Fail By Jim Hoft "The 2024 national and state elections will be won or lost not with consultants, ads, yard signs or harvesting ballots at evangelical churches, but with the aggressive application of advanced technology.
We live in a tech-driven age.
Unfortunately, this past week, the Fractal team learned the RNC wasted tens of millions of dollars investing in obsolete, 1980s technology.
We live in a tech-driven age.
Unfortunately, this past week, the Fractal team learned the RNC wasted tens of millions of dollars investing in obsolete, 1980s technology.
If left to the RNC data team, GOP candidates will lose every close election in 2024...
Heh!-----Massachusetts Mayor Scott Galvin Sounds Alarm on Woburn Migrant Crisis | National Review
Massachusetts Mayor Scott Galvin Sounds Alarm on Woburn Migrant Crisis | National Review
- The Democratic mayor of a small Massachusetts city is urging state lawmakers to reform a 40-year-old “right-to-shelter” law that is putting immense strain on the area as thousands of migrant families arrive.
The law now covers a rising influx of migrant families, although individuals are not covered under its provisions.
Galvin told the New York Times the law was “passed at a different time, and was not meant to cover what we’re seeing now.”...
Galvin told the New York Times the law was “passed at a different time, and was not meant to cover what we’re seeing now.”...
Biden's DHS offers work authorization, legal status to 470,000 Venezuelan migrants - TheBlaze
Biden's DHS offers work authorization, legal status to 470,000 Venezuelan migrants - TheBlaze:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security declared Wednesday that it would offer work authorization and temporary legal status to nearly half a million Venezuelan migrants already in the country.
Tucker Carlson goes to Argentina — and shows us what it's like to live in a country where the government can't stop printing money
Tucker Carlson goes to Argentina — and shows us what it's like to live in a country where the government can't stop printing money - By Monica Showalter
"Argentina is a developed country, with an educated population, a huge middle class, and tremendous natural resources....
The problem is inflation — 165% inflation as of July, according to Steve Hanke's inflation index, which is the most accurate reading.
Tucker Carlson went down to Buenos Aires to find out exactly what that is like, exploring in a mere ten minutes on Twitter just how normal people have to live with it on an extended basis, all because its socialist government can't stop printing money.
It's a doozy. See it here...
"Argentina is a developed country, with an educated population, a huge middle class, and tremendous natural resources....
The problem is inflation — 165% inflation as of July, according to Steve Hanke's inflation index, which is the most accurate reading.
Tucker Carlson went down to Buenos Aires to find out exactly what that is like, exploring in a mere ten minutes on Twitter just how normal people have to live with it on an extended basis, all because its socialist government can't stop printing money.
It's a doozy. See it here...
History for September 23
History for September 23 - On-This-Day.com
Caesar Augustus 63 B.C.
- 1779 - John Paul Jones, commander of the American warship Bon Homme, was quoted as saying "I have not yet begun to fight!"
- 1806 - The Corps of Discovery, the Lewis and Clark expedition, reached St. Louis, MO, and ended the trip to the Pacific Northwest.
- 1930 - Flashbulbs were patented by Johannes Ostermeier.
- 1951 - The first transcontinental telecast was received on the west coast. The show "Crusade for Freedom" was broadcast by CBS-TV from New York.
- 1952 - Richard Nixon gave his "Checkers Speech". At the time he was a candidate for U.S. vice-president.
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