NEW: Meryl Streep had a great chance to unify America. Instead, she poured oil on the divisive flames.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 9, 2017
My column: https://t.co/2gfv1PTwqw pic.twitter.com/WyVYXUsPkn
Heidi Klum's fond of hitting her hotel balcony after she f**ks her significantly younger boyfriend. She pretends he is an artist of some measure. Whatever gets you through. We've all been there. Klum adds topless to the repertoire so the DailyMail can buy up the bare titty photos and censor them, like hiring a hooker just to talk. It makes business sense in a world that is glaringly unfair...More.
Clemson and Alabama both exploit an unstoppable play: the run-pass option. https://t.co/AXOKSoajcb #CFBPlayoff— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 9, 2017
Democrats don't understand why they are losing in the Midwest. o_O https://t.co/BY3u8DLekF pic.twitter.com/D64LEQxiOK
— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) January 9, 2017
I spoke about middle america - my birthplace - inartfully and disrespectfully. I'm sorry for that.
— Melinda Byerley ☠️ (@MJB_SF) January 8, 2017
The portion of that Meryl Streep speech that stunned and silenced the Golden Globes. pic.twitter.com/QIcQfTqDqB— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 9, 2017
Fired Up #MerylStreep Condemns Trump at the #GoldenGlobes: https://t.co/0sS6N9CxBd via @EmZanotti cc. @LouiseMensch— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep lecturing Americans not to watch football may have just guaranteed us a second term of the orange wonder. Thanks, asshats.— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) January 9, 2017
Nothing says you shouldn't make fun of people who think differently from you like lecturing people not to think differently from you. https://t.co/NtehZPCf9s— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) January 9, 2017
#EmilyRatajkowski brings the sunshine in a slinky yellow draped dress. https://t.co/om91MK07Ie
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) January 9, 2017
The Final Countdown! 12 Days till the "Race Baiter in Chief" is out of the Oval Office! #Obama #ObamasLegacy #Soros https://t.co/Oj98iIxEAZ pic.twitter.com/kYJnCm5xfK
— BenGarrison Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) January 7, 2017
The NYT obituary for Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani https://t.co/PUsrefuYnJ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 8, 2017
We dare you to resist sultry Sabine https://t.co/DqvYRoRX0g pic.twitter.com/ou4MFAv7xy
— Page 3 (@Page3) January 8, 2017
Yesterday, I was saddened to learn that Dr. Judith Curry had resigned her position at Georgia Tech. At the same time, I was impressed by her reasoning, and with her candor. I’m certain that she’ll still make some wonderful contributions in her new role. I thought this part of her post was very germane...Keep reading.
As I noted here, Charlie Hebdo has not only surrendered but switched sides. Most of the Western media has likewise surrendered, along with major figures of the intelligentsia, the Catholic Church, and more. What none of them seem to realize, or to care about, is that if you bow to jihadis’ demands in any detail, you will not get peace. You will only encourage them to issue more demands. Self-censorship and refusal to draw Muhammad is not charity, or good sense, or prudence. It is condemning our children and our children’s children to lives of violence, harassment and misery.More.
“Charlie Hebdo has gone soft on extremists: quitting journalist,” by Laurence Thomann, AFP, January 6, 2017:
Paris (AFP) – One of Charlie Hebdo’s most outspoken journalists said on Friday she is quitting the French satirical magazine because it has gone soft on Islamist extremism.
Zineb El Rhazoui accused the weekly of bowing to Islamist extremists and no longer daring to draw the Prophet Mohammed.
Her parting shot comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the jihadist massacre that almost wiped out the controversial magazine’s staff.
“Charlie Hebdo died on January 7”, the day the gunmen attacked the magazine killing 12 people, El Rhazoui said in a damning interview with AFP.
She said she felt Charlie Hebdo now follows the editorial line the extremists had demanded “before the attack — that Mohammed is no longer depicted”.
#UPDATE: 4 dead, 15 injured. Click on link for more details. https://t.co/1DYBtcy8Z0
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 8, 2017
VIDEO: Security camera captures deadly Jerusalem truck attack https://t.co/3sfGcLLySW #ArabIsraeliConflict pic.twitter.com/eBymRfflRc
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 8, 2017
Man who shot Jerusalem terrorist: Soldiers hesitated to shoot because of Elor Azaria https://t.co/ancRkwFlkD #ArabIsraeliConflict pic.twitter.com/6GUW26bw6M
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 8, 2017
Netanyahu: All signs indicate Jerusalem terrorist inspired by ISIS https://t.co/ULbDqyGC1A #ArabIsraeliConflict pic.twitter.com/rRpECtT3xc
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 8, 2017
Cadet T. was at the scene of today's car ramming attack. As he saw it unfold, he knew he had to react to protect his fellow soldiers. pic.twitter.com/cZwBDTDkpS
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) January 8, 2017
Islamic terrorist group Hamas responds to today's terror attack, which killed several Israelis and wounded many others pic.twitter.com/0jSVoPbEni
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) January 8, 2017
Confirmed: 3 IDF cadets & an officer were killed in Jerusalem truck attack earlier today. 17 other IDF officers & cadets were injured. pic.twitter.com/WtX0Ef8wt9
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) January 8, 2017
GRAPHIC VIDEO: Footage of deadly #Jerusalem truck attack https://t.co/MYn0AEvzYf (via @yosefbadichi) pic.twitter.com/otOJhPNwBj
— RT (@RT_com) January 8, 2017
Terrorist drove back and forth to increase the effect of his murderous act. The murdered soldiers caught under truck https://t.co/oKuZU2VnfX
— Emily Landau (@EmilyBLandau) January 8, 2017
I look very much forward to meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in Washington in the Spring. Britain, a longtime U.S. ally, is very special!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2017
Theresa May has revealed her vision for “the shared society” as she declares that government has a duty to intervene and correct “burning injustices” in modern Britain .Still more.
Writing exclusively for The Telegraph, Mrs May says that government should not just “get out of the way” and insists there is “more to life than individualism and self-interest”.
The article gives the most detailed insight into Mrs May’s social reform agenda since she took office and reveals a deliberate attempt to break from her Tory predecessors.
David Cameron’s “big society”, which focussed on getting charities to help tackle inequality, and Margaret Thatcher’s claim there is “no such thing as society” are both rejected.
In its place the Prime Minister outlines an unashamed pitch for why governments should intervene in markets that are not giving consumers the best deal.
“It goes to the heart of my belief that there is more to life than individualism and self-interest," Mrs May writes.
"The social and cultural unions represented by families, communities, towns, cities, counties and nations are the things that define us and make us strong."
“And it is the job of government to encourage and nurture these relationships and institutions where it can, and to correct the injustice and unfairness that divides us wherever it is found.”
The piece will be seen as signalling a major departure from generations of Tory thinking that the best way to help the most deprived is to deliver economic growth through the free market.
It also indicates Mrs May’s determination to rebrand the Conservatives as the party of the “working class” and confine the Labour Party to electoral irrelevance.
The Prime Minister's article previews a speech to be delivered tomorrow that will reveal her vision for reforming British society after almost six months of thinking inside Downing Street.
It is designed to build on her promise made on the steps of Number 10 to tackle injustice and “make Britain a country that works for everyone”.
In which I unload both barrels at the Trump & Republican "plan" to replace Obamacare. Here's why: people will die. https://t.co/dqvh6zemd7 pic.twitter.com/fvuMomuxxH
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) January 5, 2017
"This is a life & death issue..people will die if the #ACA is dismantled" -- CA @RepSpeier to @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/mKCzZiaTPz
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
At SF press conference, CA @RepSpeier vows to "fight w all our might" against GOP and Trump efforts to repeal #ACA
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
"We seem to forget how the insurance companies would manipulate the system to deny coverage- and that all ended w the #ACA" -- @RepSpeier
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
"#MakeAmericaSickAgain is what the PEOTUS and the GOP Congress intend to do" -- @RepBarbaraLee pic.twitter.com/KgyO1SIRIC
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
Dem Leader @NancyPelosi in SF says #ACA fight is "about respecting the dignity" of Americans -- and saving money pic.twitter.com/KOejE5rNet
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
.@NancyPelosi to GOP: "Do they want to go from affordable care to chaos? We just won't let them do that. We just won't let them do that."
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
So #MakeAmericaSickAgain is the slogan Democrats cooked up to oppose Republican health-care reform efforts. That’s because, as you may recall, before 2010 America’s streets were strewn with the bodies of the neglected and dead.More.
Since Democrats are focusing their campaign on the myth that Obamacare is working for most Americans, it’s imperative they create the impression no viable alternative exists. After all, it’s been nearly a week since the new congressional session started, and Republicans still haven’t produced a comprehensive plan to replace a massive federal health-care law.
The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof leaves a blank paragraph in his column to illustrate what a Republican “plan” to replace Obamacare will look like, before indulging in the customary “people will die!” scaremongering. (Kristof’s newspaper, by the way, featured a piece headlined “Republicans’ 4-step plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act” the same day his column ran.)
Now, if by “plan,” Kristof is using the contemporary Left’s definition, meaning a expensive, constricting federal regulatory scheme that forces Americans to participate through a series of mandates, then one hopes Republicans never have a “plan.” If the word “plan” still means “a proposal for doing or achieving something,” the GOP have many.
Although there may not be space in either of Kristof’s truth barrels to mention this proposal put forward by the speaker of the House, or the numerous other conservative plans that have been floated, they do exist even if he doesn’t approve. Figuring out a way to turn them into legislation that can pass both houses and meet the approval of a new populist president (who, by the way, isn’t even in office yet) will probably take more than a couple of weeks.
You can have plans. And they can change. I know this because Democrats had many big plans in 2008 but they did not have a finished bill ready to go on day one. This, even though they’d been talking, campaigning, and promising to reform the health-care system for decades. When running for president, Barack Obama (supposedly) opposed the idea of an individual mandate — the device on which Obamacare’s rickety viability hinges — yet it was only later part of the plan. While he was changing his mind, the Senate Finance Committee held 31 meetings to develop Obamacare specifics.
Democrats also had to drop the “public” option and rejigger their abortion coverage to make the bill politically palatable for the moderates in their own party — not the GOP. Even after this the Democrats, who passed the basic structure of Obamacare without having to worry about any Republican opposition, were only later forced to use reconciliation to make it acceptable for the House.
Perhaps Republicans are embracing a newfound competence by avoiding those political pitfalls. Perhaps they’re looking for consensus on timelines and specifics that will make it more feasible. Most likely, it’s going to be messy again. It’s not unprecedented.
Of course politicians grapple with the reality of power. Democrats have grappled with the failure of their policy promises for six years. Krugman, like everyone else perpetuating the myth that there are no replacement plans, act as if coverage can only exist through fake state-run exchanges or welfare.
Don’t worry, though; today’s “they have no plan!” is tomorrow’s “that plan is extremist!”
It is worth reiterating that the replacement plan doesn’t have to be conceptually or functionally similar to Obamacare, no matter how often the Paul Krugmans of the world demand it. The comprehensiveness and rigidity of Obamacare are things to avoid. So replacement plans can be passed piecemeal...
Islam is terror. Jihad is terror. While there may be Muslims who claim to be moderate, the moderates are truly those who reject the violent teachings of the Koran. Islam teaches hate, while Christianity teaches love.Keep reading.
As we continue to import Muslims in the name of "refugees," the reality is, what we are experiencing is an invasion. And those who have invaded our shores have also turned Americans into Muslim killing machines.
On Friday a gunman killed five people at a Florida airport, and according to the FBI, he specifically traveled to Florida to carry out the terrorist attack. 26 year-old Esteban Santiago is the suspected gunman in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport shooting that claimed five lives. He sports a Muslim-style beard, and is most recently from Alaska. He served in the Army National Guard, Alaska was his last duty station. He entered the National Guard in Puerto Rico.
In November, Santiago paid a visit to the FBI office in Anchorage, telling agents he was hearing voices and being directed by U.S. intelligence agencies. According to the report, he told the FBI that the U.S. Government forced him to watch ISIS videos. The ruse of government mind-control will have many, I am sure, shifting the blame from Islam, to the United States. My thought is, "Is it possible both Islam and the Obama administration are to blame?"
The military has stated that Santiago's nine years of service in the National Guard included one 10-month tour of Iraq, where he was awarded a combat action badge...
