tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341338562024-03-15T21:09:59.669-04:00Confessions of a Closet Republicanruminations & ramblings on life, politics, the arts, politics in the arts & world events by a republican actressIncognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3088125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-47692136611292316222020-11-03T00:18:00.004-05:002020-11-03T00:18:55.926-05:00The Varied Spiritual and Religious Leaders Rooting For Trump<p>There are so many interesting religious and spiritual leaders who are predicting a Trump win. Some claim to have had visions, some just have deep insight. Some are Christians, others are Lightworkers, but many agree that even though Donald J Trump might be an imperfect vessel, he has been guided to lead this country for a reason. Here's a list of people who support Trump..</p><p>Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has now written <a href="http://https://insidethevatican.com/news/newsflash/letter-32-friday-october-30-2020-vigano-to-trump/" target="_blank">two open letters</a> to Donald Trump, most recently on October 30th, whereby he warns Trump of a global conspiracy called The Great Reset, which is tied to the global lockdowns of countries and the catastrophic effect this is having on economies. </p>
<blockquote> As I said when I wrote my letter to you in June, this historical moment sees the forces of Evil aligned in a battle without quarter against the forces of Good; forces of Evil that appear powerful and organized as they oppose the children of Light, who are disoriented and disorganized, abandoned by their temporal and spiritual leaders.
</blockquote><blockquote>Daily we sense the attacks multiplying of those who want to destroy the very basis of society: the natural family, respect for human life, love of country, freedom of education and business.
</blockquote><blockquote>We see heads of nations and religious leaders pandering to this suicide of Western culture and its Christian soul, while the fundamental rights of citizens and believers are denied in the name of a health emergency that is revealing itself more and more fully as instrumental to the establishment of an inhuman faceless tyranny.
</blockquote><blockquote>A global plan called the Great Reset is underway.</blockquote>
The <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/504499-introducing-the-great-reset-world-leaders-radical-plan-to" target="_blank">Great Reset</a> is a nefarious plan by Leftist Globalists to reset the world economy. They're doing this with all these extended worldwide lockdowns due to Covid19. If you haven't read his <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/archbishop-viganos-powerful-letter-to-president-trump-eternal-struggle-between-good-and-evil-playing-out-right-now" target="_blank">first letter</a> to Trump, you should. It discusses the battle between the forces of Darkness and Light, which is most definitely what we are experiencing right now.<div><br /></div><div>This <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100020637521850/posts/652168848814360/" target="_blank">Indian Christian Holy Man</a> believes that Trump has been ordained by God to lead this country for another 4 years. He makes a powerful argument for his re-election. He also speaks of some visions he's had about Trump and this country, and asks us to pray for Trump. </div><div><br /></div><div>Dr Kynan Bridges, a pastor in Tampa, Fl, speaks about a dream about Trump. God asked this man to also pray for Trump. His dream is worth the listen.</div><div><br /></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yvyqays1aos" width="460"></iframe> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then you have a British New Age Lightworker called Magenta Pixie who also believes that Trump, flawed as he is, is here for a reason. Some of her beliefs are a little strange, but she's a fervent Trump supporter, as are many other so-called Lightworkers who believe Trump is here to fight the cabal. Magenta's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/magentapixie9/" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a>, in case you want to poke around. </div><div><br /></div><div>From another FaceBook page, Lightworkers for Trump:</div><div></div><blockquote><div>"Donald Trump is a good man, anointed by God as a divine instrument for change. </div><div><br /></div><div>"..that Donald Trump was chosen by God to lead in order to shake the corrupt systems in this world to the core. He can be rude, and crude, and lewd, at times, but there are many examples in the Bible where God chooses less than perfect men to perform his will on Earth."</div></blockquote><div></div>A self-proclaimed prophet and musician from South Africa, <a href="https://welovetrump.com/2019/02/12/prophet-kim-clement-said-in-2007-trump-would-serve-two-terms-and-build-walls-of-protection/" target="_blank">Kim Clement predicted</a>, in 2007, that Trump would run for president and win. He passed away on November 23rd, 2016, so never had the chance to see Trump inaugurated, but he also prophesied that Trump would have a second term. Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-32301338345060697902020-10-09T16:03:00.000-04:002020-10-09T16:03:06.346-04:00Best of Biden Collection- Video Joke of the dayFor a good laugh and your entertainment: <b>Best of Biden Collection</b>. <div><br /></div><div>Brought to you by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJoRlH_MT4D2F8-Om-fioQg" target="_blank">PowerTie</a> <div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-KDeNcPlgQc" width="460"></iframe></div></div></div>Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-51320206901298454032020-09-20T21:17:00.000-04:002020-09-21T23:40:11.023-04:00Resources for Voting GOP in the 2020 Elections- Get Out The Vote!<div class="tr_bq">
The Democrats are panicking and Biden voters are mobilizing. Big time.</div>
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It actually started a long while ago with invites from my lefty entertainment industry friends to join Facebook groups to rock the vote for Biden. Mind you, these same people who are so enthusiastically trying to get Biden elected are <i>only</i> voting for him because they despise Donald Trump so much. Yep, they would literally vote for Jeffrey Dahmer if he happened to be running against Trump. Ironically, in spite of all the obvious signs of dementia, including the fact that Biden is everything they hate about Trump and more, they'll still #VoteBlueNoMatterWho. Needless to say, I never joined any of those groups. But none of the few courageous vocal Trump supporters that I know on Facebook have started any similar kind of action group, and the rest of us are too afraid to jeopardize our prospects for work, since the Leftists in our industry have become so unhinged and hateful. Blackballing still exists, and getting worse.<br />
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But back to the mobilization of the Democrats- they're going at it full force. I received this pretty little postcard with a pretty little stamp addressed to Resident. Postmarked New York, which I found very odd. As you can see, at the bottom it says "When Palm Beach County Dems vote by mail, Dems win!"<br />
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Now, I've been a registered Republican for decades, so I was flummoxed as to how I wound up on someone's personal 'Vote Dem' mailing list, until I saw a friend post about this group on FB yesterday. <a href="http://postcardstovoters.org/">Postcardstovoters.org</a>.<br />
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Postcards to Voters are friendly, handwritten reminders from volunteers to targeted voters giving Democrats a winning edge in close, key races coast to coast.</blockquote>
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What started on March 11, 2017 with sharing 5 addresses apiece to 5 volunteers on Facebook so that they could mail postcards to voters in Jon Ossoff’s race grew in one month to 1,200+ volunteers nationwide and over 51,000 postcards mailed.</blockquote>
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Now, we consist of over 75,000+ volunteers in every state (including Alaska and Hawaii) who have written close to 8 million postcards to voters in over 200 key, close elections.</blockquote>
Now, it might have made a bit of a difference in those close races around the country that Republicans were winning and then wound up going to Democrats, but I'm still convinced there was some<a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2020/09/list-of-voter-fraud-cases-since-2016.html" target="_blank"> voter fraud going on</a>. But, why doesn't our side have anything similar? Or maybe we do, but I'm just not hearing about it.<br />
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We need to step up to the plate and do as much as we can to get Trump re-elected for another four years, regain the House, and retain the Senate. It's imperative! Yes, I truly believe there is a silent majority with many who will vote for Trump but are keeping it to themselves. But that's not enough. We <b><i>cannot</i></b> afford to be complacent, so I've compiled a list of ways you can get involved.<br />
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<b><u>HOW TO GET INVOLVED:</u></b><br />
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<b>1</b>. Donate to the Trump campaign and the campaigns of the numerous candidates running for House and Senate across the nation- if you have the extra cash. Many are young conservatives who support Trump, and are very enthusiastic. We have a ton of great minority candidates also running. Please support them. They are the future of the Republican Party.<br />
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<b>2</b>. Volunteer at a local campaign office for Trump, or any local candidates running for office. Ask them how you can help with their campaigns.<br />
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<b>3</b>. Check out <a href="http://keepamericaamerica.com/">KeepAmericaAmerica.com</a>. I heard about this organization listening to Sean Hannity while running errands. It lists resources on how to get involved.<br />
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<b>4.</b> <a href="http://truethevote.org/">TrueTheVote.org</a> is a conservative voting rights organization that also has resources.<br />
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As the country’s largest voters’ rights organization, True the Vote is well known for our ability to lead unified national plans to protect election integrity. Since our founding in 2009, we have been on the front lines of election fraud prevention by building action-oriented election integrity movements in key states, counties, and precincts.</blockquote>
With a panicked corrupt Democratic Party doing everything in its power to get rid of Trump, it's imperative that we make sure they don't cheat. They will and they have. No, it's not a myth as the Democrats would have you believe. There has already been a slew of fraud this year during the primaries. Check out<a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2020/09/list-of-voter-fraud-cases-since-2016.html" target="_blank"> my blog post</a>. If you can, volunteer at the polling places and elsewhere. True The Vote can help you with that.<br />
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*Organizing – Precinct-level targeting in 13 key states. Macro strategies, micro tactics.<br />
*Data Research – Positioning our multi-terabyte encrypted database as a hub for faster research and planning within the partnership.<br />
*Training and Mobilization – Training a broad base of volunteers to defend election integrity in polling places, voter registries, mail-in ballot review board, and final tabulations.<br />
*Reporting – Building out a rapid response network for communication and action. Methods include YouTube videos, multi-channel podcast, and all forms of social media.<br />
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<b>5. <a href="http://kaginfo.org/">KAGInfo.org</a> </b>has a bare bone website with resources on candidates who support KAG.<br />
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Our mission is to gather resources that will help you discover and support KAG/America First candidates.<br />
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KAGInfo.org is in its infancy. Over time, we expect to include numerous types of resources/content. Please check back occasionally to see what's new.</blockquote>
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If you discover any other site that is helpful in getting our side to mobilize, please let me know and I will add to this blog post.<br />
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I don't think I need to tell you how life changing this election will be if we lose. I know that this is the most important election of my lifetime.We're on the verge of either taking a hard leap to the left, or trying to hang on to what freedoms we still have.<br />
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#VoteTrump2020<br />
#VoteRed2020Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-68004730831611258312020-09-06T22:02:00.007-04:002020-10-10T14:20:08.018-04:00List of Voter Fraud Cases and Mishaps Since 2016- And Why I Will Vote In PersonWith the Covid19 aka Coronavirus aka Wuhan Flu/Chinese Virus (take your pick) pandemic still hovering over us like a heavy dark cloud, the Democratic Party is attempting to expand voter mail-in ballot options. As expected, the Republicans are not too keen on this idea claiming it'll be easier for the Democrats to cheat if it's implemented. The Democrats believe the same thing of the Republicans.<br />
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The fact is, it would be easy for <i>either</i> side to cheat. And both sides allegedly <i>have</i> in the past. But ever since Donald Trump was elected president the Democrats, in tandem with the never-Trump tools, have become so uber-desperate to destroy him, they're doing everything in their power to make sure he doesn't win four more years. If you're a Democrat I'll let you do your own research, this post will focus mostly on the times the Democrats have cheated, or attempted to cheat, including many times this year. I'll also include cases of incompetence and user error, and how YOUR vote could easily NOT get counted, and that includes both Republicans AND Democrats.<br />
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We've had the ability to vote by mail for decades. It's called Absentee Ballot. I've done so in the past when working on a project out-of-state. Now, if it's an important election I haul my ass down to the polling booth to make sure my vote is counted. This year will be no different. But to blanketly send out universal mail-in ballots to every person in your state is fraught with risks, and the potential for fraud. This is how ballots wind up being sent to wrong addresses, dead people, and dogs. This is how people can vote more than once.<br />
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Since the Democrats have been trying to gaslight the American people into thinking mail-in voting is safe, and that cases of fraud, etc are few and far between, here's a long list of links to cases of various types of voter fraud and voting incompetence that have occurred over the past 5 years or so, that you can share with friends and foes alike if you plan on voting this election. I will be updating, as I discover more cases<br />
<br /><b>October 2020- Everywhere (updated)</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><u>New Jersey</u>-<b> </b>A New Jersey postman was arrested after he tossed almost <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/politics/a-new-jersey-postal-worker-was-arrested-after-he-threw-away-nearly-100-blank-ballots-prosecutors-say.html?auth=login-google" target="_blank">100 blank mail-in ballots</a> into a dumpster near his house, along with around 500 pieces of mail in another dumpster.<br /><div><b><br /></b></div><div><u>California</u>- A man in Redondo Beach, Tom Thompson, just <a href="https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/10/09/redondo-beach-man-receives-official-ballots-for-deceased-parents/" target="_blank">received mail-in ballots</a> for his parents who died over a decade ago. When he posted about it on Twitter asking for Richard Grenell's help to look into this, Grenell's <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/twitter-suspends-richard-grenells-account-after-he-posts-photos-of-mail-in-ballots-sent-to-dead-people" target="_blank">Twitter account was suspended</a> until he took down the photo of the 2 ballots because, you know, we don't have issues with mail-in voting. Many people commenting on Thompson's <a href="https://twitter.com/tthompson90277/status/1314321983216119808" target="_blank">Twitter post</a> had similar experiences. <br /><div><br /></div><div><u>Texas</u>- There are allegations of <a href="https://nationalfile.com/bidens-texas-political-director-accused-of-illegal-ballot-harvesting-at-texas-supreme-court/" target="_blank">ballot harvesting</a> by Joe Biden's political director in Texas, Dallas Jones, but nothing definitive yet. </div><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><u>Carrollton, Texas</u>- Zul Mirza Mohamed, running for mayor of Carrollton, was arrested and jailed on 109 felony counts of mail-in <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2020/10/08/carrollton-mayoral-candidate-arrested-faces-109-felony-charges-related-to-voter-fraud-police-say/" target="_blank">voter fraud</a>. Democrat.<br /><br /><u>Columbus, Ohio</u>- Almost 1 in 5 voters in Franklin County, Ohio (home to its Capitol) received the <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/nearly-50000-ohio-voters-received-incorrect-ballots-officials-say" target="_blank">wrong absentee ballots.</a> Almost 50,000 ballots had incorrect info.<br /><br />
<b><u>September 2020</u>- Everywhere (updated)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><u>Michigan</u>- Over 400 Michigan voters stationed in the military overseas, or citizens living abroad, were sent ballots with the <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/09/15/400-plus-michigan-overseas-ballots-list-wrong-running-mate-trump/5810829002/" target="_blank">wrong running mate </a>for Trump. They claim the votes will count, but who knows.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Virginia</u>- About 1,000 to 1400 voters were <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/reports-nearly-1400-virginia-voters-got-two-ballots-in-the-mail" target="_blank">sent two ballots</a> in Virginia. Allegedly, a mistake by the printing company.</div><div>
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</b><u>Minneapolis, MN</u>- Latest Project Veritas expose' - a <a href="https://thenationalpulse.com/news/watch-cash-for-ballots-voter-fraud-scheme-linked-to-ilhan-omar-supporters-says-project-veritas/" target="_blank">ballot harvesting scheme</a> for cash linked to Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar.<br />
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</b><u>Texas</u>- Four people in Texas (including Democratic commissioner, Shannon Brown) were just arrested and indicted for <a href="http://news/police/gregg-county-pct-4-commissioner-others-arrested-in-vote-harvesting-scheme/article_2d8d0a28-fea5-11ea-82ac-7b6f75954634.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share" target="_blank">voter fraud during the Democratic primaries </a>in 2018. Shannon Brown won by 5 votes after provisional and absentee ballots. (H/T @GeorgiaLogCabin.)<br />
<br /><u>Wisconsin</u>- Three trays of ballots, including absentee ballots, were <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/wisconsin-authorities-investigate-trays-of-mail-absentee-ballots-found-in-ditch" target="_blank">found in a ditch</a> in Wisconsin.<br />
<br /><u>Georgia</u>- Allegations of about <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/1000-people-double-voted-in-georgia-primary-and-may-face-charges/RR7ZPMO2SBBVLOSCUUAV7S3JEQ/" target="_blank">1,000 voters who double-voted</a> in the Georgia primaries in June. They sent in both absentee ballots and voted in person. Investigation is ongoing.<br />
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</u></b> <b><u>September 2020- North Carolina</u></b><br />
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</b> 19 non-citizens in North Carolina were <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/19-aliens-charged-voter-fraud-north-carolina-following-ice-investigation" target="_blank">charged by the Feds with voter fraud</a> for illegally voting in the 2016 elections. No mention of who they voted for.<br />
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<b><u>August 2020- New Jersey</u></b><br />
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"Judge Ernest Caposela ordered a new election for Paterson’s Third Ward for Tuesday November 3, said Scott Salmon, an elections attorney representing Third Ward Councilman William McKoy. The election will have voters once again decide which of five candidates will fill the single post for the city’s Third Ward.</blockquote>
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In June, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced <a href="https://www.nj.com/passaic-county/2020/08/nj-city-gets-an-election-do-over-after-voter-fraud-issues.html" target="_blank">voting fraud charges</a> against 1st Ward Councilman Michael Jackson, 3rd Ward Council-Elect Alex Mendez and two other men. On behalf of McKoy, Salmon filed a successful injunction to stop Mendez from being sworn into office late June."</blockquote>
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<b><u>August 2020- California</u></b><br />
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</b> A California man was charged with <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-18/la-county-man-accused-of-voting-in-three-elections-as-his-dead-mother" target="_blank">voter fraud</a> for voting both as himself and as his dead mother in three elections between 2012 and 2014. She had died in 2006. No mention of which party.<br />
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<b><u>August 2020- Nationwide</u> </b><br />
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"An extraordinarily high number of ballots — <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/08/22/904693468/more-than-550-000-primary-absentee-ballots-rejected-in-2020-far-outpacing-2016" target="_blank">more than 550,000 — have been rejected</a> in this year's presidential primaries, according to a new analysis by NPR.<br />
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That's far more than the 318,728 ballots rejected in the 2016 general election and has raised alarms about what might happen in November when tens of millions of more voters are expected to cast their ballots by mail, many for the first time."</blockquote>
The main reasons the ballots were rejected- no signature, the signature didn't match the one on file, or arrived too late.<br />
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</b> <b><u>August 2020- Nationwide</u></b><br />
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Two Democratic affiliated organizations, although they claim to be non-partisan, are arbitrarily sending <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/tens-of-thousands-of-voters-receive-sketchy-mail-in-ballot-applications_3454673.html" target="_blank">non-official mail-in ballot </a>applications to voters in 20 different states. Legal, but can lead to confusion.<br />
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The Center for Voter Information (CVI) and its affiliate the Voter Participation Center, both based in Washington, are sending the applications to voters in 20 states.<br />
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The groups were founded by Page Gardner, who has worked on multiple Democrat campaigns. The group says it is nonpartisan but was founded with the help of John Podesta, President Bill Clinton’s former chief of staff, according to documents obtained by watchdog Judicial Watch."</blockquote>
<b><u>August 2020- Nevada </u></b><br />
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1.3 million Absentee Ballots were sent to every voter in Clark, County, Nevada. <a href="https://publicinterestlegal.org/files/NV-2020-Primary-1P-1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">223,469 of those ballots</a> were sent to the wrong address, so those 223,000 plus voters did NOT get a chance to vote in the primaries. And, as it turns out, it adversely affected more Democrats than Republicans.<br />
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Democrat 92,337<br />
Republican 53,129<br />
Others 78,003<br />
TOTAL 223,469</blockquote>
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<b><u>August 2020- New York</u></b><br />
<br />
Here's one for you Democrats. 80,000 plus mail-in ballots were <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/08/05/84000-mail-in-ballots-disqualified-in-nyc-primary-election/" target="_blank">disqualified in the NYC primaries</a>.<br />
<br />
<b><u>July 2020- Nationwide</u></b><br />
<b><br />
</b> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/states-reject-tens-thousands-mail-ballots-year-s-primaries-setting-n1233833" target="_blank">Mail-in ballot issues</a> across the country.<br />
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<b><u>July 2020- California</u></b><br />
<blockquote>
"Four more men were sentenced after admitting to their involvement in a large-scale scheme to <a href="https://ktla.com/news/4-sentenced-for-their-role-in-voter-fraud-scheme-that-bribed-people-on-skid-row-with-money-cigarettes/" target="_blank">bribe homeless people</a> on Skid Row in exchange for forged signatures on ballot petitions and voter registration forms, prosecutors said Wednesday."</blockquote>
and<br />
<blockquote>
"The California secretary of state’s election data obtained by the AP showed 102,428 <a href="https://apnews.com/a45421048cd89938df7c882891a97db5" target="_blank">mail-in ballots were disqualified</a> in the state’s 58 counties, about 1.5% of the nearly 7 million mail-in ballots returned. That percentage is the highest in a primary since 2014, and the overall number is the highest in a statewide election since 2010."</blockquote>
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<b><u>June 2020: Indiana</u></b><br />
<br />
Democratic Party activist <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/vanderburgh-democratic-activist-reed-faces-felony-election-fraud-charge/ar-BB15d65d" target="_blank">Jan Reed</a> "was accused last month of illegally sending hundreds of absentee ballot applications with instructions leaving voters no choice but to participate in her party's June 2 primary election." When told to stop, she refused. Democrat.<br />
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<b><u>June 2020: New Jersey</u></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Of the 2,400 registered Republicans in Bernardsville, 500 to 700 of them received <a href="https://www.nj.com/somerset/2020/06/misprinted-ballots-with-democratic-candidates-mailed-to-republicans-in-this-nj-town.html" target="_blank">erroneous mail-in ballots</a>, listing the Democratic candidates instead of the Republicans."</blockquote>
<b><u>June 2020: Michigan</u></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Some households have received unexpected mailings for <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/14/michigan-ballot-application-mailings-dead-people-raise-gop-hackles/5335580002/" target="_blank">deceased voters or since-moved occupants </a>as part of a mass mailing of absentee ballot applications across Michigan.."</blockquote>
<b><u>June 2020- Florida</u></b><br />
<br />
Over 18,000 <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/06/29/more-than-18000-mail-ballots-not-counted-in-floridas-march-presidential-preference-primary/" target="_blank">mail-in ballots were rejected</a> in Florida's March presidential primary. Again, late arrival and signature issues.<br />
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<b><u>May 2020: South Carolina</u></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"South Carolina election officials could have counties cut ties to a Minnesota printer after about 20 Charleston County <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/after-charleston-absentee-ballots-found-in-maryland-sc-considers-cutting-ties-with-printer/article_1da1a578-9ad8-11ea-a600-d3ff845d1c9b.html" target="_blank">absentee ballots were found in Maryland</a> this week. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The ready-to-mail ballots have since made their way to Charleston-area voters, state and county election officials said, but it is just the latest problem with SeaChange Print Innovations, which prints and mails absentee ballots for 13 S.C. counties. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Some Greenville County voters received the wrong absentee ballots this year when the Democratic presidential primary and a special election for sheriff were held 10 days apart, S.C. Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire said."</blockquote>
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<b><u>May 2020- Pennsylvania</u></b><br />
<b><br />
</b> Not mail-in ballot related, <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/05/21/ex-philly-election-official-pleads-guilty-to-voter-fraud/" target="_blank">but voter fraud</a>.<br />
<blockquote>
"A former Philadelphia election official has pleaded guilty to taking thousands of dollars in bribes to stuff the ballot boxes for Democrats in local races between 2014 and 2016."</blockquote>
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<b><u>April 2020- Oregon</u></b><br />
<br />
Although Oregon officials blamed the voters, 100s of people had<a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/oregon-changes-ballots-blames-voter-error/" target="_blank"> their party switched</a> to non-affiliated from Republican during the primaries. It seems in Oregon you're automatically classified as non-affiliated unless<b><i> you</i></b> opt-in. Oregon Secretary of State claims:<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“We have an automatic voter registration system that automatically marks people as nonaffiliated, we then send them a letter with a returnable postcard asking if they want to opt out or declare a party, if they don’t return that or change their party online or on our paper forms, then they remain non-affiliated. I don’t know if that is what is happening, but it might be in some cases.”</blockquote>
A pretty asinine way to run an election. One should NOT have to opt-in. I should be able to remain affiliated with whatever party I initially chose when first registering to vote until I CHANGE it.<br />
<br />
Check out the Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/164104315035112/" target="_blank">My Party Was Changed Oregon</a> that was created because of this fiasco.<br />
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<b><u>September 2019- Michigan</u></b><br />
<blockquote>
"Southfield City Clerk Sherikia L. Hawkins was charged Monday with six felony counts over "<a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2019/09/23/southfield-city-clerk-charged-six-felonies-november-2018-election/2416101001/" target="_blank">unauthorized and inaccurate</a>" changes to absentee ballots in the November 2018 election." </blockquote>
193 Absentee Ballots. Democrat<br />
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<b><u>February 2019</u>- North Carolina</b><br />
<b><br />
</b> I'll be fair and include the Absentee Ballot harvesting <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-tearful-drama-of-north-carolinas-election-fraud-hearings" target="_blank">voter fraud case</a> of Republican Mark Harris.<br />
<b><u><br />
</u></b> <b><u>January 2019- Texas</u></b><br />
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<a href="https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/30/texas-finds-95000-noncitizens-voter-rolls/" target="_blank">95,000 non-citizens </a>were discovered on Texas voter rolls.<br />
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<b><u>November 2018- Florida</u></b><br />
<br />
This Florida <a href="http://sloppy%20signatures%2C%20late%20ballots%20highlight%20perils%20of%20voting%20by%20mail/" target="_blank">Sun-Sentinel article</a> illustrates the dangers of mail-in voting- from sloppy signatures to late-arriving ballots, to fraud, and incompetence.<br />
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<b><u>November 2016- California</u></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Jerry Mosna of San Pedro found the two stacks of ballots on top of his mailbox on Saturday. All of the<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3902690/Questions-voter-fraud-man-finds-83-ballots-shipped-single-address-apartment-complex.html" target="_blank"> 83 ballots were unused and addressed to different people</a>, all supposedly living in an apartment he knows to be occupied by a single, 89-year-old, neighbor."</blockquote>
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Information on <a href="https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud">voter fraud</a> from The Heritage Foundation.<br />
<br />
<b><u>Easy To Cheat</u>-</b><br />
<br />
<b>1.</b> Margaret Menge has an interesting story on how she <a href="https://www.insidesources.com/mail-in-ballots-make-voter-fraud-easy-i-know-because-i-did-it/" target="_blank">tested the system</a> in 2011 while living in Palm Beach County, Florida, and succeeded.<br />
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<b>2.</b> This <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/political-insider-explains-voter-fraud-with-mail-in-ballots/" target="_blank">article from the New York Post</a> highlights voter fraud perpetrated by a Democratic political insider who claims he has been doing it for decades.<br />
<blockquote>
"..the political insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he fears prosecution, said fraud is more the rule than the exception. His dirty work has taken him through the weeds of municipal and federal elections in Paterson, Atlantic City, Camden, Newark, Hoboken and Hudson County and his fingerprints can be found in local legislative, mayoral and congressional races across the Garden State. Some of the biggest names and highest office holders in New Jersey have benefited from his tricks, according to campaign records The Post reviewed."</blockquote>
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<b><u>Missing Ballots- tons of them</u>-</b><br />
<br />
According to <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/24/28_million_mail-in_ballots_went_missing_in_last_four_elections_143033.html#!" target="_blank">Real Clear Politics</a><br />
<blockquote>
"Between 2012 and 2018, 28.3 million mail-in ballots remain unaccounted for, according to data from the federal Election Assistance Commission. The missing ballots amount to nearly one in five of all absentee ballots and ballots mailed to voters residing in states that do elections exclusively by mail." [snip]</blockquote>
<blockquote>
Although there is no evidence that the millions of missing ballots were used fraudulently, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, which compiled the public data provided from the Election Assistance Commission, says that the sheer volume of them raises serious doubts about election security."</blockquote>
But no-one knows for sure.<br />
<br />
<b><u>Ballot Harvesting</u>-</b><br />
<br />
Then you have the ripe-for-fraud system whereby someone is allowed to return a ballot for someone else. Here's some <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ballot-harvesting-collection-absentee-voting-explained-rules/" target="_blank">info on Ballot Harvesting</a>, and its potential for fraud.<br />
<blockquote>
"In states where the practice is legal, volunteers or campaign workers can go directly to the homes of voters, collect the completed ballots, and drop them off en masse at polling places or election offices. In some states, ballot harvesters can be paid hourly for their work collecting ballots."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Critics fear that in states without restrictions on who can return a ballot on someone else's behalf, a third party could take advantage of the system by tampering with or discarding the ballots."</blockquote>
That's what happened in North Carolina with GOP candidate Mark Harris, see February 2019 above. And this fraudulent scheme by Democrat cheaters inTexas:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>May 2020, Texas</b>- "A two-year investigation uncovered an alleged <a href="https://thetexan.news/alleged-ballot-harvesting-in-harris-county-prompts-investigation-request-by-secretary-of-state/" target="_blank">ballot harvesting scheme</a> in which people with prior forgery convictions picked up batches of mail-in ballots and a number of voted ballots were marked identically."</blockquote>
Unlike North Carolina, which only allows a close relative or legal guardian to deliver a ballot, 26 other states are more lenient.<br />
<blockquote>
"..26 states allow a voter to designate someone else to return their ballot for them, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. A dozen of those states limit the number of ballots that the designee can collect and return on behalf of voters. And 10 states allow the ballot to be returned by the voter's family member."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
California expanded its ballot collection program in 2016 to allow any person — not just a relative or housemate — to collect an absentee ballot. Operatives can be paid for ballot harvesting in California but their compensation can't be calculated based on the number of ballots they collect. </blockquote>
One has to wonder in those incredibly close races in the 2018 mid-term elections in California if that's how some of the Democrats won traditionally GOP-held House seats.<br />
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Ballot Harvesting is also being implemented in Nevada for the November general election.<br />
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This is not a definitive list, but I didn't have the time to delve further, and I didn't want to turn this into a novel. Voter fraud is NOT a myth, as Democrats would have us believe. Issues with mail-in ballots are very real, and potentially disastrous depending on how close the race is between two candidates.<br />
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Vote.<br />
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Vote in person.</div></div></div></div>Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-17055606237444142292020-07-18T20:29:00.000-04:002020-07-19T20:51:43.527-04:00Gig, Freelance, Independent Contractor Work Is Doomed If Joe Biden and The Democrats Win In 2020If you're one of the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2018/08/31/57-million-u-s-workers-are-part-of-the-gig-economy/#38bf07417118" target="_blank">57 million or so gig</a> and freelance workers out there you might want to take a good hard look at who you're planning to vote for in the upcoming 2020 elections.<br />
<br />
Any of you familiar with the new California law AB5 that took effect on January 1, 2020? That epic mess of a bill that was cobbled together by Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, and endorsed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom? The law that is pretty much decimating the gig economy in California for pretty much every independent contractor <a href="https://www.blogger.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Assembly_Bill_5_(2019)#:~:text=California%20Assembly%20Bill%205%20%282019%29%20AB5%20was%20introduced,2019.%20It%20will%20take%20effect%20January%201%2C%202020." target="_blank">other than</a> "doctors, dentists, psychologists, insurance agents, stockbrokers, lawyers, accountants, engineers, real estate agents" and some other lucky ones who happen to live in the Golden State? The bill that is basically forcing businesses to switch independent contractors to employees? The bill that could effectively bankrupt many of those companies and small businesses because they can't afford to hire those contractors full time? The bill that is making people prove that they fit the criteria of being an independent contractor through the <a href="https://edd.ca.gov/Payroll_Taxes/ab-5.htm" target="_blank">ABC Test</a>, which entails submitting a myriad of paperwork?<br />
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Guess who <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2020/07/07/joe-biden-endorses-california-law-doing-harm-to-freelancers-which-democrats-hope-to-impose-nationwide/#157014e24c74" target="_blank">supports AB5</a> and wants to <a href="https://www.sandiegonewsdesk.com/2020/06/joe-biden-pushing-for-ab-5-nationwide/" target="_blank">make it national</a>- Joe Biden. Yes, the man who some thought was the most palatable and moderate of the sorry lot of Democratic candidates running for president. Joe Biden tweeted his support for the bill <b><i>6 days</i></b> after Gonzalez actually admitted <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyBWhite/status/1263180096141062145" target="_blank">she was WRONG </a> for believing the bill wouldn't somehow adversely affect gig workers, including musicians. <br />
<blockquote>
<b>“we never intended for a band member to be another band member’s employer if they’re playing on the weekends or here and there..”</b></blockquote>
People are losing work- many their livelihoods- due to this epic failure of a law. Female home-based business owners (including women of color)- many of whom need the flexibility of freelance work- are being hard hit. Including LGBTQ folk, and those with <a href="https://medium.com/@staceybiro/ab5-limits-work-choices-for-people-with-chronic-illnesses-and-disabilities-66de12902db8" target="_blank">physical disabilities</a>.<br />
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According to <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2020/01/19/californias-ab5-leaves-women-business-owners-reeling/#40fb575f5ef3" target="_blank">Forbes</a>:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>
<b>"In recent years, a growing number of women have flocked to self-employment. Given the glass ceiling and gender pay gap in many companies, some women find they earn more as independent workers than in a traditional job. For those juggling caregiving and a heavy load of unpaid household work, running a business from home instead of commuting is often the only way they can get everything done."</b></blockquote>
And this:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>"... many independent workers in California say AB5’s complexity has scared away their clients, who are afraid of getting hit with fines by the state if they misinterpret it. Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020 budget includes about $20 million for enforcement."</b></blockquote>
<br />
But it's not just California- there are other blue states including Illinois, New Jersey, and New York <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/17/gig-economy-bills-move-forward-other-blue-states-after-california-clears-way/" target="_blank">considering similar job-killing bills.</a> If the Democrats retain Congress, retake the Senate, and win the White House those 57-plus million gig workers can effectively kiss their businesses goodbye.<br />
<br />
So which gig workers are being targeted?<br />
<br />
-Newspaper delivery workers (exempt for 1 year)<br />
-Rideshare workers (Uber/Lyft)<br />
-Food delivery drivers (Postmates etc)<br />
-Writers (can only submit 35 submissions per year per outlet, Vox Media fired hundreds of independent contractors because of AB5.<br />
-Photographers (can only submit 35 submissions per year per outlet)<br />
-Many musicians (the industry fought back and some will be exempt) but if you're a musician working in theme parks, forget it.<br />
-Film and TV workers not working under a Union Contract (including freelance dubbing and voice-over work, makeup artists)<br />
-Convention workers<br />
-Unlicensed manicurists (exempt for 2 years)<br />
-Health Aides (in Nursing homes and Assisted Living facilities)<br />
-Janitors and housekeepers<br />
-Land surveyors, landscape architects, geologists<br />
-Campaign workers<br />
-Language interpreters and translators<br />
-Strippers<br />
-Rabbis<br />
-Seamstresses<br />
-Commercial fisherman (exempt until 2023)<br />
-Truckers (some)<br />
<br />
Some health professionals are also not exempt. Those include:<br />
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Audiologist, clinical social worker (licensed), marriage and family therapist, nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, optometrist, physician assistant, radiation therapist, speech therapist, professional clinical counselor (licensed), respiratory therapists.<br />
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The fact that Joe Biden and the Democrats support such a job killing bill should have you truly frightened. Do your research before you vote yourself out of your freelance jobs.<br />
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<br />
More info:<br />
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Facebook Group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreelancersAgainstAB5/" target="_blank">Freelancers Against AB5</a><br />
Who's <a href="https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/09/whos-in-whos-out-of-ab-5/" target="_blank">exempt and who's not.</a>.<br />
For those in the <a href="https://laist.com/2019/12/31/ab5_california_gig_economy_workers_uber_lyft_freelance_writers_musicians_dynamex_lorena_gonzalez.php" target="_blank">Arts and entertainment</a> biz.<br />
Some <a href="https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/california-ab5-freelancers/" target="_blank">great info</a>.<br />
<br />Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-74062385193433747932020-06-21T23:48:00.000-04:002020-06-22T00:12:35.415-04:00"How Not To Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police"- Chris Rock's old but timely advice- VideoI think everyone can agree that we need police reform. There are some corrupt cops, there are some bad cops who take advantage of their positions of authority to exert power over others, and there are some that have anger management issues and should never have become cops in the first place<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.az-online.de/bilder/2020/06/03/13785881/55003866-kein-guter-cop-ueber-polizisten-wissen-george-floyd-gewissen-ZT5XHRlxdef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://www.az-online.de/bilder/2020/06/03/13785881/55003866-kein-guter-cop-ueber-polizisten-wissen-george-floyd-gewissen-ZT5XHRlxdef.jpg" width="320" /></a>Take Derek Chauvin who had at least 17 to 20 complaints lodged against him over the years, but was finally removed only after he calmly, defiantly, and mercilessly shoved his knee on George Floyd's neck, hand in pocket, for a good 8 minutes while the man begged for help, calling out for his mama. Floyd wasn't resisting as he lay face down on the asphalt like many others we've seen. In fact, for those last few minutes, he was already unconscious. No threat at all.<br />
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Yes, Floyd had a criminal past, yes, he was possibly trying to purchase something with an alleged fake $20.00 bill, yes, he was on drugs, but he didn't deserve to die. Chauvin had no right to be judge, jury, and executioner.<br />
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So, yes, bad cops exist, but there are evildoers in almost every industry and we shouldn't judge the whole by the few bad. However, this post isn't about that, it's about the fact that the majority of people of every skin color who have encounters with the police walk away with no issues. If you are not committing a major crime and you act respectfully and don't resist, you won't wind up dead on a sidewalk.<br />
<br />
However, if you're mouthy, you will most definitely get some flak. Take my mom, for instance, who has never responded well to being told what to do. Factor in a sassy attitude, couple that with an authority figure, and you have a recipe for disaster. Take that time in 2013 when the TSA officer balked at the fact that unbeknownst to my mom her Driver's License had expired. Mum made such a major stink that she almost didn't make it to California. I had to pull the TSA agent aside and explain that my mom is bi-polar and has issues. They let her through, but mum was the one they pulled aside to be thoroughly searched from head to toe. My dad and I breezed through. Then there was the time, on a trip back from South America, that my mom refused to get in the line that the immigration officer at Miami Airport had pointed us to. Whose luggage was searched? Mom's. And on a road trip with my dad somewhere down south, my mum and dad were pulled over. Not sure what the reason was, but apparently my mom mouthed off to the police officer and she was almost hauled off to jail. My mom doesn't remember the incident, and my dad is no longer with us, but my dad wrote a letter complaining about the treatment of my mom. So yeah, if you mouth off you will suffer the consequences.<br />
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That's why I thought I'd share this Chris Rock video from ages ago.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>How Not To Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police</b></div>
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It should be required viewing for all ages and races. It's very funny with some great advice.<br />
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EhJbfNs_OBM" width="560"></iframe>Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-54243167940923832092020-05-18T00:19:00.000-04:002020-05-18T00:19:33.536-04:00Out Of Touch | Kevin James Short Film Mocks Lockdown ExcessesActor Kevin James, star of The King of Queens, has filmed a very funny yet scary short that highlights the excesses of the current Covid19 lockdown, including <a href="https://thewashingtonsentinel.com/nyc-mayors-snitch-line-inundated-with-penis-pictures-and-hitler-memes/">snitching</a>, and the quarantine shamers that abound. <br />
<br />
As some cities and states are seeing the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions, others like Los Angeles county are extending it- possibly through the end of summer.<br />
<br />
With police overreach, like this man who was <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/492268-man-not-wearing-a-mask-forcibly-removed-from-bus-by-police-in-philly" target="_blank">forced off a bus</a> in Philadelphia for not wearing a mask, this film isn't so far fetched.<br />
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Not sure where James stands on the political spectrum, but he's spot on with this.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wfGAktuU93s" width="480"></iframe>Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-73027519076924680482020-04-14T20:15:00.000-04:002020-04-14T20:15:04.591-04:00Bill Maher Skewers The PC Police Over "Chinese" Virus Outrage - Blames China For CoronavirusEvery so often leftist Bill Maher gets it right. He's spot on when it comes to Islamic extremism and his support of Israel, and I'll now give him kudos for chiming in on the whole Chinese Wuhan Virus issue.<br />
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In the video, he brilliantly skewers the perpetually offended PC folk who are calling anyone who mentions anything about China in reference to the Coronavirus/Covid19 Flu as racists, in spite of the fact that many viruses have been named from whence they originated.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Seriously, it scares me that there are people out there who would rather die from the virus then call it by the wrong name. This isn't about vilifying a culture. It's about facts, it's about life and death. We're barely 4 months into this pandemic, and the wet markets in China- the ones where exotic animals are sold and consumed - are already starting to re-open. The PC police say it's racist to attack any cultural practice that's different than our own. I say liberalism lost its way when it started thinking like that. And pretended that forcing a woman to wear this [photo of a burka] was just a different way instead of an abhorrent human right's violation. It's not racist to point out that eating bats is batshit crazy."</blockquote>
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It's worth a watch.<br />
<br />
Sidenote: there are people who question the theory that the Wuhan Flu originated from consuming bats, but since other viruses have originated in those wet markets we need to make sure they are shut down forever.<br />
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People have conveniently forgotten- or were never aware of the fact, to begin with- that the man who truly developed a <b>cult</b> of personality was Trump's predecessor Barack Obama. Some saw through the thin veneer of a charismatic politician with no substance, but not many.<br />
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In 2008, journalist Lisa Lerer wrote about "Obamamania verging on obsession" in a<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2008/02/obamamania-verges-on-obsession-008605" target="_blank"> Politico article</a>.<br />
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"He walks into a room and you want to follow him somewhere, anywhere," George Clooney told talk show host Charlie Rose.</blockquote>
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Welcome to the cult of Barack Obama.</blockquote>
Over the years, there were many who actually likened him to Jesus Christ. At the Soul Train Awards in 2012, actor Jamie Foxx introduced Barack Obama as "<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jamie-foxx-obama-lord-and-savior-furor-soul-train-awards_n_2199439" target="_blank">our Lord, and Savior</a>..." The Rev Al Sharpton on the Tom Joyner Radio Show in 2014 <a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2014/04/rev-al-sharpton-compares-obama-to-jesus.html" target="_blank">compared him to Jesus Christ</a>.<br />
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Even a Danish editorial from<a href="https://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/art5473856/EDITORIAL-Obama-greater-than-Jesus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Politiken</a> in 2009 opined: "Obama greater than Jesus- The U.S. President- the practical savior of our time". You can't read the whole article unless you dish over 1 Kroner, which I did not.<br />
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There's also a blog from back in the Obama days called <a href="https://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ObamaMessiah</a> with links to many articles worshipping the man.<br />
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Barbara A. Thompson wrote a book titled "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1468587021" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gospel According to the Apostle Barack</a>". For sale on Amazon, it has an 88% <b>1</b> Star rating. 6% <b>5</b> Star. The book apparently compares Obama to Jesus. Thompson happens to be a university professor in the Agriculture Department at Florida A & M.<br />
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New York contemporary artist Michael D'Antuono depicted Obama as a crucified Christ in this portrait he painted in 2009 titled "The Truth" although he has stated he was not comparing the two.<br />
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Obama was idolized far more than Trump by celebrities, media, and ordinary folk. Remember when MSNBC's Chris "tingles" Matthews felt <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-matthews-i-felt-thi_n_86449" target="_blank">"this thrill"</a> running up his leg when Obama spoke in 2017? And then he <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-matthews-gushes-oba_n_85265" target="_blank">shared this</a>:<br />
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“I’ve been following politics since I was about 5,” said Mr. Matthews. “I’ve never seen anything like this. This is bigger than Kennedy. [Obama] comes along, and he seems to have the answers. This is the New Testament. This is surprising.”</blockquote>
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In early 2008, will.i.am was inspired to write a song- "Yes We Can"- using the words of Barack Obama's "concession" speech. I'm not sure who he was conceding to, or if will.i.am just misspoke, but you can cringe watch it on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=49&v=2fZHou18Cdk&feature=emb_logo" target="_blank">YouTube.</a><br />
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It also features John Legend and other celebrities including Nicole Scherzinger, Scarlett Johansson, and several others that I don't recognize.<br />
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And get a load of this flag with Obama's face flapping in the wind at the Lake County Florida Democratic Headquarters for several months in 2012 until some<a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flag-flap-2/#photo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> local veterans complained</a> and it was eventually removed.<br />
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Then there were all those creepy indoctrinated kids singing Obama's praises.<br />
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And his Youth Brigade.<br />
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And anti-Trumpers talk about his narcissism, but remember when Obama was selling his special limited edition U.S. <a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2012/09/obama-logo-us-flag-print-get-yours-for.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flag with his logo</a> in place of the stars and stripes for $35.00?<br />
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Speaking of narcissism, dating back to Franklin D Roosevelt every former president has built a presidential <i>L</i><i style="font-weight: bold;">ibrary </i>to house donated collections of historical papers and memorabilia (both public and private) from their time in office. Although the libraries themselves are funded by the individual the facility is run by the federal government's National Archives. But Obama isn't building a library, no, he's building a <i style="font-weight: bold;">Center </i>because a library would probably be too pedestrian for the likes of a narcissist. According to the Washington Examiner <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/obamas-narcissism-gets-its-monument" target="_blank">Obama's future facility</a> allegedly will<i> not</i> be like all the others:<br />
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There will be no books, no presidential papers or documents, nor printed matter of any kind related to the Obama presidency, except for, presumably, what’s on sale at the gift shop.</blockquote>
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There will be no cables, no memoranda or manuscripts, no official records of the presidency it’s designed to celebrate. The Barack Obama Presidential Center will not be a historical archive, scholarly resource, or even museum, so much as a vast, 33-acre monument to Obama, spread over multiple structures and a manicured landscape.</blockquote>
Not sure if that's quite accurate, but if you want to see what Obama is focusing on, check out the list of artifacts they're <a href="https://www.obama.org/history/artifact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">asking the public</a> to donate to the museum. It includes materials starting with his formative years.<br />
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Our goal for the Museum collection is to preserve and activate a rich and multifaceted record of President and Mrs. Obama’s lives and legacy in order to share the lessons of history and to help inspire, connect, and empower people to change their world.<br />
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Your material does not need to be one-of-a-kind or of high monetary value for it to have historical significance. We are interested in materials that tell the stories of the communities and individuals that helped to shape or were impacted by the Obamas’ unique journey and time in the White House. </blockquote>
So this isn't just a monument to commemorate his time as president, this is a vanity project to pay homage to his whole darn life. If that isn't the definition of narcissism, I don't know what is.<br />
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However, not everyone was thrilled about having his private center built on public land in Chicago South Side's Jackson Park. In fact, there was a lawsuit filed claiming a bait and switch, and likening it to an<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obama-center/ct-met-obama-center-lawsuit-20180514-story.html" target="_blank"> "illegal land grab."</a><br />
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A federal lawsuit filed by a Chicago nonprofit in an attempt to block the Obama Presidential Center from being built in Jackson Park accuses organizers of pulling an "institutional bait and switch" by shifting the center's purpose away from being a true presidential library.<br />
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Protect Our Parks Inc. also claims in its lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court on Monday, that the Chicago Park District and the City of Chicago don't have the authority to transfer public parkland to nongovernmental entity such as the Obama Foundation.<br />
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The plaintiffs accuse the Obamas of committing an about-face on original plans for the Jackson Park site to be home to a national presidential library that would hold historic documents and archives from Barack Obama's presidency under the National Archives and Records Administration's supervision.</blockquote>
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But the Obamas prevailed.<br />
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There is a major difference between Trump supporters and Obama sycophants. Yeah, there are those who revere Trump like the vast majority of Democrats revered Obama without conditions, but the rest of us support him in spite of his faults. We support him warts and all because this country is thriving like it hasn't done for years, and because we are fully aware of how the devious Democratic Party in tandem with the complicit media has been trying from day one to get rid of him. We have witnessed how Hollywood elites along with the #resist movement Twitterati have vilified and called for his resignation and impeachment from before he took office. We are cognizant of the fact that the majority of Social Media Platforms and tech companies have targeted his base simply because we support him.Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-22548758172513324022019-12-06T16:39:00.000-05:002019-12-06T16:39:12.907-05:00Adam Schiff's Horror Movie Alter EgosThere's something terribly <i>off</i> about Adam Schiff. Apart from being a despicable little man who has clear signs of being a sociopathic liar:<br />
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<b>Creating elaborate lies for their own gain with no care about who gets hurt is a hallmark of sociopathic lying. Sociopaths are compulsive pathological liars. </b><br />
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<b>Sociopaths lie without conscience.</b><br />
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<b>That means that they can look you right in the eye and lie to you and not show the usual markers that would give them away.</b><br />
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<b>It also means that they don’t care about collateral damage.</b><br />
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<b>They get their mind set on a goal and they will make up whatever they need to in their attempts to achieve their goal. It doesn’t matter what the consequences are to others as a result of their lies. It doesn’t matter if other adults get hurt and it doesn’t matter if children get hurt. It doesn't even matter if their own children get hurt. </b> </blockquote>
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Ann Silvers "<a href="https://annsilvers.com/blogs/news/how-sociopaths-fool-you-with-their-lies" target="_blank">How To Spot A Sociopathic Liar</a>" </blockquote>
He did get <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/04/schiffs-false-claim-his-committee-had-not-spoken-whistleblower/" target="_blank">4 Pinocchios</a> from the uber-liberal, Trump-hating Washington Post for lying about his first-hand knowledge regarding the Ukraine Whistle-Blower complaint. (I'm still convinced the Whistleblower is Schiff himself.) But that's not why I'm writing this post. It's just that there's also something incredibly <i>creepy</i> about the man. You know, <i>otherworldly </i>creepy. Maybe it's those eyes.<br />
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Or his monotone vocal quality. And I started thinking about how <i>alienesque</i> he seems and how he'd be perfectly cast in a film along the lines of the horrifically scary Sci-Fi film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" starring Donald Sutherland where aliens are duplicating humans and then killing them.<br />
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But he'd also make a great serial killer ala Hannibal Lector in "The Silence of the Lambs" played by the incredible Anthony Hopkins.<br />
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Then there's Carrie in the horror flick by the same name, starring a young Sissy Spacek. Yeah, it's a woman, but those eyes.<br />
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Last but not least, writer-turned-killer Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson in "The Shining."<br />
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So, which part is Schiff a perfect fit for?Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-26928211737673424682019-12-06T00:58:00.000-05:002019-12-06T01:26:31.871-05:00Pelosi and the Democratic Party of Hate- Yes you do hate Trump, Nancy!After announcing that the Democratic majority Congress will begin drafting articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi was asked by reporter James Rosen if she hated the President. The Sinclair TV network journalist obviously hit a major nerve because the botox queen launched into a hissy fit of denial.<br />
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<b>“I don’t hate anybody!" “I was raised in a Catholic house! We don’t hate anybody. Don’t accuse me of hate!”</b></blockquote>
The meltdown continued with a non sequitur stuttering diatribe where she accused Trump of being a "coward."<br />
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<b>“I think this President is a coward when it comes to helping our kids who are afraid of gun violence. I think he is cruel when he doesn’t deal with helping our Dreamers, of which we are very proud. I think he is in denial about the climate crisis.” </b></blockquote>
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<b>“However, that’s about the election. This is about the Constitution of the United States and the facts that lead to the President’s violation of his oath of office.”</b></blockquote>
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Sure, Nancy, we all know what you, Adam Schiff, and the rest of the Democratic Party anti-Trump folk (in tandem with the Republican never-Trumpers) are praying for and <i>have</i> been praying for ever since Trump won the Republican nomination back in July 2016.<br />
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We're not stupid, Madam Speaker. We are <i>very</i> aware of the <a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-unhinged-left-in-their-own-words.html" target="_blank">rabid hatred</a> that you, your fellow party hacks and supporters have been displaying over the past three unbearable years. The loathing is palpable. YOU and your fellow Democratic members of Congress and Senate have fomented that antipathy through your actions and your vitriol. You have pitted the American people against each other and divided this nation irreparably all because of your hatred of <b>ONE</b> man and your blatant refusal to accept the fact that he won the presidency.<br />
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For three years Democrats have attempted to get rid of a duly elected President, not because he's done anything wrong- this country is doing better than it has in many years- but because they flat out hate him and fear he'll get re-elected in 2020. They never gave Trump a chance. Calls for impeachment started soon after his inauguration in early 2017 and have continued through today. Here's a<a href="https://news.grabien.com/story-things-democrats-have-said-trump-could-be-impeached" target="_blank"> list of 98 things</a> Democrats hoped would lead to impeachment, starting with Joaquin Castro.<br />
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The haters have done their level best to come up with something that would stick, something that would force him to resign, and have failed at most every attempt including<a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/03/24/706385781/mueller-report-finds-evidence-of-russian-collusion" target="_blank"> Russian collusion</a>.<br />
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It's not just Trump that the Democrats are targeting with their poisonous hate, it's anyone who supports him regardless of race. Their <a href="https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/trump-supporters-attacks-violence-hatred-media-bias/" target="_blank">intolerance has become insufferable</a>. They've turned everyone who supports Trump, regardless of their level of support, into pariahs. We've been vilified, attacked physically and verbally, threatened, called names. We've been called a basket of deplorables, racists, Nazis, Putin-lovers. Debra Messing from "Will and Grace" fame called for people to<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/debra-messing-called-outing-trump-supporters-trump-likened-her-mccarthy-n1050006" target="_blank"> publicly out</a> Trump supporters hearkening back to McCarthy era days.<br />
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In November 2018, Breitbart put together a <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/" target="_blank">massive list</a> of "Acts of Media Approved Violence Against Trump supporters." There have been plenty more in the year since that was published. There's even a website dedicated to <a href="https://www.attacksontrumpsupporters.com/" target="_blank">attacks on Trump supporters</a> including a list of the fake hoax hate crimes blamed on Trump supporters, but it's in no way comprehensive.<br />
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If you're at all active on Social Media- Facebook and Twitter- you'll experience that hostility first hand. I've seen it. It's incredibly vicious and nasty. And it's only going to get worse.<br />
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The Democrats have fully embraced the dark side. All that hate has shut down their ability to think clearly, so seeing the proverbial light will be well nigh impossible. It's going to be a very rough and bumpy road to election 2020.<br />
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Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-25522866686888045012019-11-10T23:01:00.000-05:002019-11-10T23:01:03.883-05:00Veterans Day 2019 - Short videos honoring our VetsWith heartfelt thanks to those who serve and have served- who fought and continue to fight for our freedom. We are forever indebted to you brave Souls. You are a blessing not only to this country but to the world.<br />
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The 1st video is a tribute to veterans, the 2nd is a very touching short film. You'll need a Kleenex.<br />
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You will also be touched by the video in my post from 2012 - <a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2012/11/veterans-day-2012-i-fought-for-you-video.html" target="_blank"> "I fought for you."</a><br />
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<br />Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-1027105685291845592019-10-19T21:12:00.000-04:002019-10-25T12:19:21.838-04:00Tulsi Gabbard Is NOT A Friend of Conservatives"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" comes from an ancient Sanskrit proverb that suggests enemies can come together to fight against a common enemy. We've seen this occur most notably during WW11 when Germany betrayed the Soviet Union's pact with the Nazis to divvy up the land between their borders. The Soviets in tandem with the U.S and Britain were instrumental in defeating the Nazis.<br />
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It happens quite often when it comes to foreign policy, but the enemy of my enemy is not <i><b>always</b></i> our friend- take Tulsi Gabbard. Kudos to her for giving Kamala Harris a pummeling during the 2nd Democratic Debate when she <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/31/tulsi-gabbard-wrecks-kamala-harris-abusive-prosecutorial-record/" target="_blank">called Kamala out</a> on her abysmal record during her tenure as California Attorney General.<br />
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"She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations, and then laughed about it when she was asked if she’d ever smoked marijuana. She blocked evidence that would have freed a man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California. And she fought to keep cash bail system in place that impacts poor people in the worst kind of way."</blockquote>
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And more kudos for giving Hillary Clinton a monumental smackdown in response to HC <a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/hillary-clinton-tulsi-gabbard-russian-asset-jill-stein-third-party-usa-election-news/f6aed9aa-9b63-457b-83d8-0028c8cd1d6b" target="_blank">insinuating Tulsi is a "Russian asset"</a> during a podcast interview with Campaign HQ's David Plouffe.<br />
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Hillary Clinton called Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard "the favourite of the Russians" in a recent interview while describing 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as "a Russian asset."<br />
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During a podcast appearance this week on Campaign HQ with David Plouffe, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee did not mention the Hawaii congresswoman by name, but said she believes the Russians have "got their eye on somebody who's currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate." </blockquote>
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"They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far. And that's assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she's also a Russian asset."<br />
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Great! Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HillaryClinton</a>. You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain. From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a ...</div>
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concerted campaign to destroy my reputation. We wondered who was behind it and why.<br />
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"It's now clear that this primary is between you and me. Don't cowardly hide behind your proxies. Join the race directly."</blockquote>
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And she's not the only one who believes Hillary has her eyes set on a third presidential run in 2020. There has been speculation from others including <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/416164-ex-clinton-aide-hillary-will-run-again-in-2020" target="_blank">ex-aide Mark Penn</a> who said as much back in November 2018. I certainly wouldn't be surprised, considering Clinton's power-hungry lifetime goal has always been to sit in the Oval Office. And it makes total sense calling Tulsi a favorite of the Russians. It's straight out of her playbook. After all, Clinton was the catalyst for the whole Russia/Trump collusion fiasco we've lived with for three unbearable years, and the subsequent rush by Democrats and their leftist supporters to call anyone they disagree with a Russian Bot or any variation thereof. So while I can understand why conservatives would come out in support of Tulsi after the Hillary hit- being called a Russian bot/asset or whatnot is irksome as hell- please remember Tulsi is NOT our friend. In many ways, she's as left as the rest of the Democratic presidential hopefuls.<br />
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If you haven't done your research I'll help you out a little. But here's her<a href="https://www.tulsigabbard.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> website</a> for more in-depth information on all the issues, including teaming up with Bernie Sanders to raise the minimum wage, gun control, etc.<br />
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<u><b>MEDICARE FOR ALL</b></u>: She's a co-sponsor of H.R.1384 - Medicare for All Act of 2019, which would provide universal health care to all Americans. Plus she's on the Medicare for All Caucus.<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">CLIMATE CHANGE</u>: " Tulsi is a top leader in fighting for urgent action to address climate change." "I support the carbon neutrality goals of the Green New Deal and the awareness it has brought across the country on the critical issues of energy independence and the climate crisis.."<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">ABORTION RIGHTS:</u> She supports the right to choose.<br />
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And if that's not enough the<a href="http://progressivearmy.com/2019/01/22/in-defense-of-tulsi-gabbard/" target="_blank"> website Progressive Army</a> talks about just how progressive Tulsi is.<br />
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There might be some issues like her non-interventionist foreign policy stance that many conservatives might embrace, but other than that, she's not even a centrist.<br />
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<br />Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-13897261225840166732019-09-20T11:30:00.000-04:002019-09-20T11:30:00.482-04:00Black Rapper Bryson Gray aka B.Surius Creates Rap #MAGAchallenge on TwitterYou might have noticed the #MagaChallenge floating around your Twitter feed recently. It's a series of random videos by mostly "people of color" rapping about their support for Donald Trump, MAGA, and their contempt for the Democratic party that has shamefully kept them in chains for decades.<br />
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It all started with Bryson Gray whose Twitter handle is @SuriusVsVodka. Gray aka B.Surius and KingVodka is a conservative black rapper from North Carolina who decided to throw out a challenge to all MAGA (Make America Great Again) Trump supporters to come up with their own versions of his rap song "MAGA Boy."<br />
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MAGA BOY. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGACHALLENGE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MAGACHALLENGE</a> I want y’all to your own rap to it too then tag me! Lets make liberals cry! 😂 <a href="https://t.co/vQ9cBr5XJV">pic.twitter.com/vQ9cBr5XJV</a></div>
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With the onset of the #Blexit and #BlackNotDemocrat movement, we've seen a slew of blacks and Latinos leaving the Democratic Party. Not surprisingly, the Democrats have not taken kindly to the ever-increasing loss of a good chunk of their voter pool, and these new conservatives are now being subjected to the wrath and hatred from the Left that the rest of us have been experiencing since Trump took office. At least those of us who support Trump. Since they can't be called the leftist's favorite word "racist"- though I've actually seen some black conservatives called that- Dems have resorted to hurling racial epithets at them: "Uncle Tom" and far worse. This is touched upon in a powerful song that B.Surius wrote and produced called "Black Not Democrat".<br />
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Apparently, Instagram flagged the video claiming it was hate speech. Bryson later mentioned on Twitter that it was reinstated, but I can't seem to find his Instagram account to verify. More conservative censorship.<br />
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You can find An0maly, Hotep Withit and G.Notes Justice's <a href="https://culttture.com/2019/an0maly-raps-over-viral-maga-challenge-beat-bryson-gray/" target="_blank">versions on Culttture</a>, along with the Instagram notice. And search for<a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23MAGACHALLENGE&src=typeahead_click" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> #MagaChallenge on Twitter</a> for some of the great raps that people have come up with. It's a thing of beauty.<br />
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This whole thing needs to go viral, although that might be a huge challenge in a country where leftists (including the media) shun anyone who doesn't toe the proverbial liberal line, and who loathe Trump so much they have literally spent the past 2 plus years trying to find something- anything- to take him down.<br />
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Here's a great one.<br />
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Alright here’s my entry in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGACHALLENGE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MAGACHALLENGE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SuriusVsVodka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SuriusVsVodka</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/robsmithonline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@robsmithonline</a><a href="https://twitter.com/kr3at?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kr3at</a><br />
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And here's one from<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTDO49NJtLA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> some white Brits</a> from "across the pond" just for fun.Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-71326198572208236762019-09-11T01:59:00.001-04:002019-09-11T02:00:51.652-04:009/11 2019- Never Ever Forget Hard to believe it's been 18 years since we were viciously attacked by Islamist terrorists on September 11, 2001. Almost 3,000 people were mercilessly killed on that day, and that's not counting all those first responders and civilians who have since died- and will die in the future- from 9/11 related injuries and diseases from toxins and dust at Ground Zero. That accounts for another 1,400 or so people to date. That's a hell of a lot of people. Murdered in cold blood.<br />
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It's estimated around <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/september-11-attacks/8737671/911-Jumpers-from-the-World-Trade-Center-still-provoke-impassioned-debate.html" target="_blank">200 people fell </a>or jumped to their deaths. I cannot even fathom what they must have been going through at the time when they had to make the decision to either jump or burn to death. Horrifying.<br />
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In 2015 news.com.au <a href="https://www.news.com.au/world/pictures-of-911-that-show-you-why-you-should-never-forget/news-story/news-story/d2a2e905e26b4d098285e665a742b407" target="_blank">published 30 photos</a> from 9/11 as a reminder of why we must never forget September 11.<br />
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Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-47211553035469169642019-06-12T22:03:00.001-04:002019-06-12T22:03:36.297-04:00Funny Parody Video: Bernie Sanders and Other Dems Discussing How To Get Rid of TrumpFor a little levity, here's a talking picture video produced by @TheUnitedSpot featuring Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, along with fellow Socialist congresswomen the daft Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and anti-Semite Ilhan Omar, and the evil Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Rep Maxine Waters and Senate Minority Leader Chuckie Schumer discussing how to take down our duly elected President Donald Trump.<br />
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WARNING: Some might find a few words offensive, but it's pretty darn funny.<br />
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McAleer is again dealing with censorship of sorts. A staged reading of <b>FBI Lovebirds: Undercovers </b>set to be performed on June 13 has been canceled by Washington D.C. Mead Theatre because of "threats of violence". Apparently, threats were posted on Kristy Swanson's Twitter page. She stars with fellow conservative Dean Cain in the project which is based on the entire anti-Trump texts between senior FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page.<br />
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“We are appalled,” they said in another statement. “The Mead Theater withdrew the event, citing ‘threats of violence.’ In actuality, this is an attempt to squash the content of FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers and what it reveals about the anti-Trump forces in the government. They knew we are filming the play and planning to release it online. That’s why they banned us. They just don’t want the truth out there.”<br />
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The statement continued: “In fact, the theatrical establishment is really afraid of the way we are using Verbatim Theater, which utilizes only the actual words and texts from Strzok and Page. ... The intolerant left can’t challenge the actual, verbatim text.”</blockquote>
Whether the theatre legitimately canceled over security concerns or not- it's still censorship!<br />
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Maga Dogs on Etsy sells a cute bandana kerchief for your doggy. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MAGADOGS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Purchase here.</a><br />
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Right and Ready sells a large assortment of clothing and accessories with the MAGA theme. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/RightAndReady?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=696998553" target="_blank">Purchase here.</a><br />
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The Donald Store sells hats and t-shirts. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheDonaldStore?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=628339639" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purchase here.</a><br />
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Get KAG Swag has some skirts, leggings, the usual hats, and other Trump/MAGA-related items. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/getKAGswag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purchase here.</a><br />
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Here's someone on RedBubble who sells portraits of conservatives including Reagan and Churchill and many others. You can also purchase cellphone cases and a bunch of other products of the at work. <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/rightposters/portfolio/recent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purchase here</a>.<br />
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It's not easy to make a living in the arts so go support fellow conservative artists.Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-52907312847704938592019-05-21T22:32:00.002-04:002019-05-21T22:32:55.028-04:00The White House Creates Tech Bias Form - Report Censorship of ConservativesAs most people have probably noticed by now, Social Media platforms are targeting big-time conservatives and others who don't toe the liberal line. They are being suspended in droves, many forever, from Twitter and Facebook, often for no good reason.<br />
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If you spend any time on Twitter you will also notice that many of your fellow conservative followers wind up in what has been coined Twitter Jail. Most have no clue what landed them there and Twitter usually doesn't let you know. Those with a large following are usually targeted more than those of us with few followers, but even I wound up being <a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2018/10/silencing-and-censoring-conservative.html" target="_blank">blocked by Twitter</a> from posting during the Kavanaugh hearings last year. One day I discovered I had been locked out for alleged suspicious behavior. After contacting them I received an email claiming my account had exhibited "automated behavior" that violated Twitter rules. I had to jump through a zillion hoops to prove I was not a spammer, and my account was finally unlocked- right after the hearings ended. Interesting timing. I was unable to post for days, even though I had immediately provided everything they had requested. Maybe my case wasn't censorship, but it sure felt like it. Ever see those "Caution: This account is temporarily restricted" notices. Yep, usually conservatives. And even though there are liberal celebrities and others who post vile things on Twitter, rarely if ever are they suspended. It's so obvious who they are censoring.<br />
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Many times it's the result of some snowflake liberal who reports someone for something they took offense to. <a href="https://twitter.com/LuckyGuySam" target="_blank">This kid on Twitter</a> got a gay conservative suspended forever because @GayPatriot responded to someone with the word "tranny". He is so proud of what he did he pinned the post where he confessed to being the one who took @GayPatriot down.<br />
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I fear this is going to get worse especially if the Democrats take control of the White House and Senate. It is imperative we don't lose in 2020.<br />
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In the meantime, for what it's worth, the White House has created a tech bias form where you can report any censorship. Do it now. It's so important to make sure our voices are not silenced before it's too late.<br />
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<a href="https://whitehouse.typeform.com/to/Jti9QH" target="_blank">Report here.</a>Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-64727054795154438182019-05-13T21:07:00.000-04:002019-05-13T21:07:33.514-04:00"It's Not A Coup!"- What's Really Going On In Venezuela Socialist loving liberals keep claiming that what is happening in Venezuela is a coup backed by the American government. The dire situation in that country, both economic and political,<i> also</i> caused by United States interference.<br />
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Comedian/writer/actress Joanna Hausmann, a Venezuelan/American living in New York puts that fallacy to rest in the video below where she explains what is <i>really</i> going on over there. And it's not the fault of the big bad imperialist United States of America and its unholy goal of oil dominance.<br />
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"What is happening in Venezuela is NOT a U.S. backed coup"</blockquote>
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"This is not a fight between the Venezuelan Right Wing and the Venezuelan Left Wing. This is a fight of the great majority of Venezuelans to democratically get rid of an illegitimate and punitive dictatorship. A dictatorship of countless human rights issues"</blockquote>
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"The people of Venezuela are seeking fair democratic elections using the laws written in our constitution."</blockquote>
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"Juan Guaido did not just <i>declare </i>himself president out of nowhere, that is not how it works."</blockquote>
She then explains who Juan Guaido is, and how he was elected as an "<i>interim</i>" president until <i>democratic</i> elections can be held. She then delves into why Nicolas Maduro <i>is</i> "illegitimate" and why the elections were considered "illegitimate" by the international community as a whole, including some European socialist countries.<br />
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As for Maduro's alleged popularity in Venezuela?<br />
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"80 percent of Venezuelans disapprove of Maduro's government.." </blockquote>
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"He took the minimum wage from $350.00 a month to $7.00 month."</blockquote>
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"Inflation hit 1.7 million percent in 2018."</blockquote>
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"According to U.N. projections over 5 million people have left the country causing a refugee crisis of Syrian proportions. That's more than 10 percent of the Venezuelan population."</blockquote>
A while back I was talking to a friend who lives in Colombia who told me about the huge influx of refugees pouring into that country from Venezuela. Hausmann's claims are true.<br />
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As for all that money from the Venezuelan oil industry, one of the largest reserves in the world? Stolen by politicians and others with ties to Maduro and Chavez, which is usually what happens with communist/socialist oligarchies. Those ruling at the top have all the money and privileges, while the 'people' get a pittance.<br />
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From a <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article215493015.html" target="_blank">Miami Herald article</a> last year:<br />
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A web of former Venezuelan officials and businessmen was charged in Miami Wednesday with operating a massive $1.2 billion international money-laundering racket funded with stolen government money that was invested in South Florida real estate and other assets.<br />
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The defendants are accused of embezzling funds from Venezuela’s vast oil income and exploiting its foreign-currency exchange system to amass illegal fortunes in the United States and other countries, according to a federal criminal complaint.<br />
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The complaint describes a Venezuelan government culture in which officials, politicians and businessmen connected to President Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, the late Hugo Chávez, have plundered the national oil company, PDVSA, to enrich themselves while impoverishing the South American country.</blockquote>
But the Socialist loving lefties blame the ills in Venezuela not only on the U.S. but Israel and the Saudis as well.<br />
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Ronda on Twitter is convinced that we- along with the Israelis and Saudis- are responsible for the demise of the Venezuelan economy.<br />
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@39_Ronda<br />
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The US, Israel, and Saudi purposely manipulated oil prices, to crash the Venezuelan economy! Saudi flooded the market with oil, even taking a lose for Wall Street and Tel Aviv. It has nothing to do with socialism and everything to do with the greed of a few.</blockquote>
Many lefties happen to be anti-Semitic as well, so not surprising they blame Israel. Ronda also happens to be an anti-Israel, pro-Pali tool.<br />
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Sadly, you can't change their minds.<br />
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If Joanna can't convince you, what about <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/28/the-left-keeps-getting-venezuela-wrong/" target="_blank">this from Foreign Policy-</a> they endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016.<br />
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James Bloodworth has this to say about how "the left keeps getting Venezuela wrong."<br />
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Venezuela is engulfed in a government-inflicted economic crisis twice the size of the Great Depression, which has provoked the largest movement of refugees in the recent history of Latin America. Meanwhile, the regime that has presided over this catastrophe is morphing from a nasty autocracy to a potentially full-blown dictatorship.</blockquote>
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Yet much of the Western socialist left has persisted in ignoring the trajectory of Venezuela in order to sustain a fantasy of “21st-century socialism.” It’s reminiscent of the Western apologists for the Soviet Union that Arthur Koestler once compared to peeping Toms “who watch History’s debauches through a hole in the wall” while not having to experience it themselves.<br />
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This willingness to stand by a brutal dictator—albeit passively—belies a deeper sickness on the contemporary left. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, few on the left have had much real idea as to what a contemporary socialist economic program would—or should—look like in practice.</blockquote>
Although he is also critical of those on the right who he claims are glomming on to the current affairs in Venezuela in order to paint the modern Socialist movement as a failure. It's definitely worth a read.<br />
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H/T: <a href="http://brockley.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bob from Brockley.</a>Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-86292475146110429282019-05-07T20:15:00.000-04:002019-05-13T00:40:30.996-04:00The Hypocrisy of Some Hijabis- Comedian Sadia AzmatsI have no issues with those who choose to dress modestly. To each his own, as they say. And almost every religion has its conservative faction. What I <i>do </i>take issue with are those who use it as a political statement, those who force their women to dress conservatively, and those who might dress modestly but act in a contradictory fashion.<br />
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Take Sadia Azmats, a British Muslim stand-up comedian who wears a head covering, and then dresses like this.<br />
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The whole point of dressing "modestly in Islam, is not to call attention to oneself. Yet here Sadia is wearing skin-tight pants and red stiletto f-me shoes. Then again, she told <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/05/horny-muslim-women-like-me-arent-supposed-to-exist-during-ramadan-9384470/" target="_blank">Metro UK</a> a few days ago:<br />
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<blockquote>It’s Ramadan, the month where Muslims not only fast our stomachs (during daylight hours) but when we Muslim women strive for modesty wherever it can be sought out. </blockquote><blockquote>The ‘modesty’ part is a bit of a problem for me. I’ve had sex during Ramadan (after Iftar, not during the fast which isn’t permitted) and it’s great. </blockquote><blockquote>Well it’s great all year round but there is a heightened sense of arousal given the increased awareness of primal urges through the hunger and thirst. If I had a choice, I’d give up a sandwich over semen. </blockquote><blockquote>But when I’m not observing fasting during the 30 days of Ramadan then society imposes upon me an almost involuntary fasting by holding me to a higher set of expectations than I do of myself. </blockquote><blockquote>Society expects me to be a ‘good girl’ and to lower my gaze around men. Muslim women are supposed to be bastions of culture, tradition, and responsibility, especially during Ramadan. </blockquote><blockquote>Muslim women like me – rounded, complicated, emotive and above all horny – aren’t even supposed to exist.</blockquote>Say whaaat? Premarital sex in Islam is haram (forbidden) and considered a sin. According to<a href="https://www.al-islam.org/marriage-and-morals-islam-sayyid-muhammad-rizvi/chapter-three-islamic-sexual-morality-2-its" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Al-Islam:</a><br />
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<blockquote>(A) Pre-Marital Sex<br />
Pre-marital sex is absolutely forbidden in Islam, no matter whether it is with a girl-friend or a prostitute. Pre-marital sex is fornication (zina).</blockquote><br />
It also happens to be punishable according to Sharia law.<br />
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Do not go near adultery, surely it is an indecency, and an evil way [of fulfilling sexual urge]. (17:32)<br />
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Fornication and adultery have severely been condemned in the saying of the Prophet and the Imams. In Islam, pre-marital sex is considered an immoral act against the rights of Allah and one's own sexual organs.<br />
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Pre-marital sex is a sin punishable by the Islamic court. If an unmarried man and an unmarried woman are found guilty of fornication in an Islamic court, their punishment will be as the following:<br />
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The woman and the man who fornicate scourge each of them a hundred whips; and in the matter of God s religion, let no tenderness for them seize you if you believe in God and the Last Day; and let a party of the believers witness their punishment. (24:2)<br />
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If the unmarried man or woman commit fornication more than once, then they will be punished three times by hundred wipes, and if they are proven guilty for the fourth time, then they will be put to death.6 (As for adultery, its punishment is even more severe because married persons have no excuse, whatsoever, to commit adultery. The shari'ah says that married persons guilty of adultery should be stoned to death.)<br />
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Therefore, pre-marital sex is out of the question as a means of fulfilling the sexual urge.</blockquote><br />
So, on the one hand, Sadia is wearing a hijab to show her devotion to her Allah:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="https://www.onepathnetwork.com/why-do-some-muslim-women-wear-a-hijab-headscarf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The hijab is worn</a> by Muslim women as an act of obedience to God’s command in the Quran, where Allah (God) says:</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">“And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment….” (Quran 24:31)</blockquote><br />
And yet she's blatantly going against Islamic law by having pre-marital sex.<br />
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How's that for breathtaking hypocrisy.<br />
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I've written in the past about Muslim hijabi hypocrisy: <a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2013/03/bizarre-fancy-hijabs-worn-in-london.html" target="_blank">Bizarre hijabs</a> worn by London women, and the <a href="https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2012/05/hypocrisy-of-hijab-high-fashion.html" target="_blank">Hypocrisy of Hijabi High-Fashion</a>. Yes, indeed, it exists.<br />
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Sadia wants to wear the hijab, I honestly don't care, but act accordingly.Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-26451831356032089962019-05-05T23:08:00.001-04:002019-05-05T23:08:25.879-04:00Paul Harvey's 1965 Speech About The Dangers of Socialism- VideoTime to ratchet up the blogging considering the current state of affairs in our beloved land. It's going to be an exceedingly long two years.<br />
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Since the Democratic Party is swinging way left, with many young socialists currently in Congress, and the daddy of them all Bernie Sanders ranking second in the polls for the 2020 Democratic presidential race, albeit way behind Biden, the following video seems very timely.<br />
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In 2017 Joe Marranca put together a short film titled "<b>We Were Warned: Freedom to Chains</b>" highlighting a speech the eloquent conservative radio host Paul Harvey gave back in 1965 warning the American people about the dangers of giving in to Socialist influences. What Harvey discusses well over 50 years ago is uncannily apropos. And scary.<br />
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Did you know that the Chinese receive subsidized postage?? Courtesy of the good old U.S.A?? I didn't.<br />
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According to the Forbes article:<br />
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These super low shipping rates are being subsidized by the U.S. Postal Service. Yes, the United States and, in a roundabout way, the U.S. taxpayer is footing the bill so that Chinese merchants can ship their products to the USA for dirt cheap, essentially losing millions to support a dynamic where domestic American businesses are being undercut by foreign merchants who are immune to any and all intellectual property and consumer safety laws.</blockquote>
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And when did this happen? Under Obama's watch!<br />
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In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service made special agreements with the national postal carriers of China and Hong Kong (and subsequently South Korea and Singapore) to allow tracking-enabled packages not exceeding 36” or weighing over 4.4 pounds to be sent to the U.S. for extremely low rates. They called this shipping option the ePacket, and the rates are so low that it's cheaper to ship small parcels from China to an American city than it is to send that same parcel domestically. </blockquote>
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So basically, shipping a 1 pound package from New York to Beijing cost around $50 back in 2017, whereas the cost for a Chinese merchant to ship that same 1 pound package to NYC was a mere $3.66! No doubt, the U.S. postage rates are more now, and the Chinese are still offering free shipping.<br />
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Thank you Obama.<br />
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The shipping inequality has created a huge trade imbalance especially for those international e-Commerce businesses operating in this country. There's no way to compete. And it costs our country money:<br />
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The impact of this international postal rate imbalance for the USPS is dire. As pointed out in an article on the Washington Post, the USPS loses around a dollar on each ePacket coming in from China. The USPS Inspector General admitted that his agency lost $75 million handling mail from foreign shippers in 2014 alone.</blockquote>
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Who knows how much more we have lost in the four years since.<br />
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And did you know that international postal rates are set by the United Nations?? I didn't.<br />
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International postage rates for incoming packages are set by a U.N. agency called the United Postal Union (UPU). This is a body that was established in 1874 -- subsequently being absorbed into the U.N. -- that is currently made up of 192 countries which meets every four years to revise its policy and set new terminal fees, with each country getting one vote a piece. While the voting system of the UPU is egalitarian, the shipping rates that it sets are not.</blockquote>
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This is crazy. Thank God Trump is trying to do something about trade imbalance. Not that there is much we can do about the shipping travesty, since apparently we could do away with the ePackets, but then China would revert back to the <a href="http://www.upu.int/en.html" rel="nofollow">UPU</a> fees, which are even less.<br />
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Read the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/11/05/how-the-usps-epacket-gives-postal-subsidies-to-chinese-e-commerce-merchants-to-ship-to-the-usa-cheap">Forbes article </a>for all the details re how unfair this all is. It will make your blood boil.Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-78047008736079725082018-12-19T01:35:00.000-05:002018-12-19T01:51:33.013-05:00Air Force Vet Brian Kolfage Sets Up Go Fund Me Page To Build The Border WallSo if the Democrats refuse to finance a border wall, we the people will. At least that's what Brian Kolfage, Jr is aiming for.<br />
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Kolfage is a triple amputee Air Force vet who has set up a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Go Fund Me page</a> to pay for the wall. He says that if the 63 million or so Trump voters paid $80 each, the wall would be funded.<br />
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With all the scammers out there you wonder if this is legit or not? It seems pretty legit to me. On his Go Fund Me page he has a slew of information on how this will all work, and ways to contact him, including his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Brian.Kolfage.jr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: xx-normal;">A majority of Americans who voted to elect President Donald J Trump voted for him to Make America Great Again. President Trump’s main campaign promise was to BUILD THE WALL. And as he’s followed through on just about every promise so far, this wall project needs to be completed still.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">As a veteran who has given so much, 3 limbs, I feel deeply invested to this nation to ensure future generations have everything we have today. Too many Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens and too many illegals are taking advantage of the United States taxpayers with no means of ever contributing to our society.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">I have grandparents who immigrated to America legally, they did it the correct way and it's time we uphold our laws, and get this wall BUILT!It’s up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: xx-normal;">“If the 63 million people who </span>voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall.” That equates to roughly 5Billion Dollars, even if we get half, that's half the wall. We can do this. Democrats are going to stall this project by every means possible and play political games to ensure President Trump doesn’t get his victory. They'd rather see President Trump fail, than see America succeed. However, if we can fund a large portion of this wall, it will jumpstart things and will be less money Trump has to secure from our politicians.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: xx-normal;">This won’t be easy, but it’s our duty as citizens, just as the greatest generation did with war bonds. This needs to be shared every single day by each of you on social media. We can do it, and we can help President Trump make America safe again!</span><span style="font-size: xx-normal;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: xx-normal;">Contact all the media and ask them to run this story. We are working hard to make this happen but we cannot do it without the mainstream media.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: xx-normal;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style="font-size: xx-normal;">• How do you know this is not a scam? I'm using my real name, my real information, you can contact me and hold me accountable. People who try to scam you will not be upfront with their information, they will hide and not use their name. I have a public figure Facebook page with a blue check mark issued by facebook that verifies my identity. I'm a retired United States Air Force member who was wounded in Iraq, and lost 3 limbs. I have a website BrianKolfage.com where you can verify more about me. I will respond. I've been on Fox News many times, you can see I'm credible and a real person. The Gary Sinise Foundation also built me and my family a home. Do your research before donating, and contact me if you have any questions.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-normal;">• 100% of your donations will go to the Trump Wall. If for ANY reason we don't reach our goal we will refund your donation.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-normal;">• We are working with a law firm on a legal document that will bind the government to using the funds for the border wall itself, nothing else.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-normal;">• We will hold all funds and not release a single penny until we have all legal aspects covered to ensure our money goes only to the wall.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-normal;">• If we don’t reach our goal or come significantly close we will refund every single penny.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />
• How will we get the funds to the right place? We have contacted the Trump Administration to secure a point of contact where all funds will go upon completion. When get this information secured we will update. We have many very high level contacts already helping.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />
• Republican Representative Steven Palazzo of Mississippi is introducing legislation to direct the Treasury Department to issue government savings bonds which would allow us to fund the wall this method. This is just one option, there are others on the table being discussed.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><blockquote class="tr_bq">LET'S GET THIS WALL BUILT! And make America Safe Again!<br />
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</blockquote>In just a few days he's raised $393,000 as of this writing. And it's a trending campaign. People are donating anywhere from $5.00 to $500.00.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;">To donate on <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall" target="_blank">Go Fund Me.</a></blockquote>Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-4404223367335776422018-12-16T13:36:00.001-05:002018-12-16T15:52:15.562-05:00New York's Naked Cowboy Sings Trumps Praises In Time's Square- VideoI love it when someone you would never think was a Trump supporter actually is.<br />
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New York's Robert John Burck, aka the <a href="https://www.nakedcowboy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Naked Cowboy,</a> performs in New York's Times Square with a cowboy hat clad in tight skivvies with Trump on his rump, guitar in hand, and entertains tourists. He also happens to be <a href="https://mediabutter.com/naked-cowboy-nyc-trumpster/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">married to a Mexican</a> woman who was an undocumented immigrant, but has no qualms about singing the praises of building a wall.<br />
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Avi Yemini, an Aussie Jewish blogger met up with him and posted this very funny pro-Trump song-- Sounds Like A Good Plan To Me.<br />
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Enjoy! I had a good laugh. Takes a second to load on my blog.<br />
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Meet the one man in New York who bloody LOVES Trump.<br />
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RT to make it go viral! <a href="https://twitter.com/debbie1ala?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@debbie1ala</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AustLiberty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AustLiberty</a> <a href="https://t.co/1PHZLykjJZ">pic.twitter.com/1PHZLykjJZ</a></div>
— Avi Yemini 🇦🇺🇮🇱 (@OzraeliAvi) <a href="https://twitter.com/OzraeliAvi/status/1029268511405879296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Apparently he makes a pretty darn good living at it.Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.com0