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Holy Mackerel!!! What the hell is wrong with the British government?

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

Roy Larner said, "...but I'm not political at all." This would be the clue to follow to find "What the hell is wrong with the British government."

Warning issued after teetotal vegan non-smoker bores himself to death - The Rochdale Herald

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

Good to see the British are finally getting some respectable press with decent journalistic standards.

NRO: IG report says the FBI did not inform the FISA Court the 'Steele Dossier' was unreliable.

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

This seems negligent enough to suggest that the dissolution of the FISA court is the only way to fix this.

"A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to ...

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

"I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right; and he can be brought to that only when he ceased to be a man." - Frederick Douglass, former slave, Stalwart Abolitionist, Great American Treasure

It’s not a white people problem, it’s a RICH PEOPLE PROBLEM.

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

Happy to agree with you on zoning regulations. It turns out that central planning doesn't work (shocking). This video outlines a bit of the history and failure of zoning codes. Unfortunately, it doesn't pull in Texas which has no zoning and maintains some of the cheapest housing prices in this country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pq-UvE1j1Q Of course I blame architects (smile) As for overall problems, I find that we live like kings from 80 years ago.

Ohio’s “abortion murder” bill, explained - Vox

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

Nonsense. The governor of Virginia can wear blackface and promote infanticide while being reelcted. New York celebrates the ability to execute children while they are being born by turning their landmarks pink. And California hasn't valued life for decades. Trump is president and all of these pro-life state laws are being stayed by the courts. Courts should only be reactionary.

"California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case"...

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

Very interesting. A Trump advisor illegally funneling money to Clinton. Still looking for the indictment for AOCs questionable funding practices. https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/03/george-nader-mueller-indicted-campaign-finance-075046

[townhall.

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

What a really smart idiot.

Educational Progress

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

We have 4 times the college graduate percentage since then (from about 10% to 40%). We clearly do not have 4 times the number of smart people. College does not make you smarter and is an expensive trap for those who don't navigate it properly.

Merry Christmas! Hundreds of Thousands Are Losing Access to Food Stamps

RobBlair comments on Dec 5, 2019:

I remember delivering turkey dinners to local destitute people for a Thanksgiving many years ago. We had one dinner left to deliver but were unable to find the address. I went into a local store and asked the cashier, who was working a late shift during the holiday season, how to get to the address. She was unable to help. I then asked if she knew someone who is poor and would appreciate the last turkey dinner. To this she gave us an address. We went to the apartment and rang the bell, but wound up leaving the dinner in front of the door because no one was home. It didn't dawn on me, until sometime later, that the address the cashier gave us might have been her own. If I were working a late shift during the holidays, barely getting by, and I saw my do-nothing neighbor receive a free turkey dinner, I'd be a bit disheartened. I actually hope we delivered that Turkey dinner to that hard working woman's address. "Those affected by the changes announced Wednesday are able-bodied adults under age 50 without children or other dependents, a group that represents about 7% of the 36 million people nationwide using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called SNAP. Children, the elderly and people with disabilities — who make up the vast majority of SNAP participants — are not affected." - https://www.dailypress.com/nation-world/ct-biz-snap-work-requirements-final-rule-20191205-epx2t3tlezgkxa3wzcpj5dqpem-story.html Seems pretty appropriate to me.

'On this day in 1969, the FBI assassinated Black Panther leader and freedom fighter Fred Hampton in ...

RobBlair comments on Dec 4, 2019:

The politicization of the FBI is never good.

NRO: Lisa Page says her texts were taken out if context.

RobBlair comments on Dec 4, 2019:

I think this guys puts her texts into context - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsWwNOGm9Bo

Judge William Orrick of San Francisco, punishes undercover journalists, for bringing Planned ...

RobBlair comments on Dec 4, 2019:

I think Orrick just prefers the taste of authenticate baby back ribs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aQhL2QG0jg

Uncle Joe, the Spider from Mars.

RobBlair comments on Dec 3, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0A-3yIUu-o

I wonder Why Churches Have Stoppe Singing, "Onward Christian Soldiers"?

RobBlair comments on Dec 3, 2019:

"...they are called by the Christian mission "the bloc of unconvertibles”." Don't tell that to our missionary family there.

Dear liver...

RobBlair comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Impose survival of the fittest

My morning smile; loved it! So much fits the times! [instagram.com]

RobBlair comments on Dec 3, 2019:

That kind of honesty will save you years of working for someone who doesn't appreciate your abilities.

TheBlaze: Climate activists want to 'rebrand' because 'Climate Change' doesn't sound threatening ...

RobBlair comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Climate Disaster!, Climate Armageddon!!, **Climate Apocalypse!!!** (or the average temperature will rise 2 degrees celsius over 100 years)

[tldm.org] Satanic practices and sin run amuck in Hollywood ... Why don't we hear about this?

RobBlair comments on Dec 3, 2019:

I guess I'd be a little surprised if drinking children's blood in Hollywood was endemic. However, it is clear to me that Hollywood has foundational problems. Roman Polanski, a convicted child rapist, was celebrate by many of the Hollywood elites and even given an Oscar(if you watch the Oscar awards one should note the brave people that refused to clap). Harvey Weinstein, a known sexual predator, had been raping women since the late 70s. His reputation was known. (Brad Pitt confronted him after he made advances on Paltrow). The whole Hollywood list of #metoo s. Prominent gay pedophiles grooming child actors https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2836062/Bombshell-documentary-Hollywood-pedophile-ring-preying-child-actors-s-linked-X-Men-director-Bryan-Singer-premiers-New-York.html etc... Of course one just has to look at the garbage being produced today to recognize a serious disconnect from what is produced vs what the market wants.

I would like to start a discussion on the current attempt of Governments across the globe, to ...

RobBlair comments on Dec 3, 2019:

Due to externalities (older unvaccinated children can get younger not yet vaccinated children sick) there is room to argue for a government mandate. It would be more just, in my mind, if the adults who chose to expose their children to the higher risk of disease were instead the ones who received the debilitating diseases. Of course, if I lived under socialized medicine, which requires my neighbors to cover my poor health decisions, there is little to no room to argue against mandated health requirements. As for the negative consequences for taking vaccines, they are well documented and researched. The vaccines I reviewed, the negatives are well offset from the benefits received. The testing samples are whole national populations.

Declaration of war, it is time to push back......Katie Hopkins speaks. [youtu.be]

RobBlair comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Ridicule the narrative - then you could at least laugh ""Don't make a fuss -- surrender your tusk," said MPS Commissioner" https://babylonbee.com/news/narwhal-tusk-surrender-bins-installed-throughout-UK

HotAir: Prominent historians deride Project 1619 as biased and anti-historical [hotair.com]

RobBlair comments on Dec 2, 2019:

My second question would be - why do you read the New York Times, a former newspaper?

FoxNews: another shootout between cartelistas and the Mexican Army [foxnews.com]

RobBlair comments on Dec 2, 2019:

I'd be OK if it just reported 4 dead and 17 criminals executed.

The latest from Marvel

RobBlair comments on Dec 2, 2019:

I now understand this. Do the British know that we don't have a copyright on our 2nd amendment? I like my comics with some sexy women in them too.

AmericanThinker: What I learned in the Peace Corps about sthole countries [americanthinker.com]

RobBlair comments on Dec 2, 2019:

I am further convinced that donating time and money into a system like that is worse than doing nothing. One of the most important functions charities need to perform is assessing who receives the gifts and how.

James A.

RobBlair comments on Dec 2, 2019:

That is such a horrible thing to say...

NBC: This is typical of what Trump's opposition writes about him.

RobBlair comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Lets complete the sentence - MadLib style (as in crazy progressive) "Womens March" - to denigrate the traditional role of women. "March for Science" - , ignore economics and starve the poor. "Families Belong Together" - by illegally crossing into another country "March for our Lives" - so that more unarmed law abiding people can be killed by murderers Genesis 11:7 - "Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

And check if he's been vaccinated for distemper

RobBlair comments on Dec 2, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K2WBVc6qR0

Understated Heroism

RobBlair comments on Nov 29, 2019:

A true man.

‘Idea laundering’: How bizarre campus ideology finds its way into the real world | The College ...

RobBlair comments on Nov 26, 2019:

This is actually a pretty important concept for everyone to understand so I will summarize: Idea Laundering - A social hypothesis is formed and then promoted using a cadre of like minded intellectuals who, with the weight and power of their academic prestige, publish articles in social journals and then point to those peer reviewed articles to substantiate the never tested hypothesis. I'd think the correcting response is to peer review the published articles and tarnish any journal that doesn't hold itself to a high academic standard. As an example - Social Hypothesis - non-affirmative counseling of children with gender dysphoria, so called conversion therapy (Johnny you are not a girl) is harmful to them. Here is the published article which asked trans adults how much it hurts them to know that their dysphoria wasn't affirmed as a child. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2749479 Last week the American Medical Association noted their support for conversion therapy to be legally banned by medical practitioners. A reasonable response to this article is provided in the comments just under the article.

What's going on, American folks? Did you know anything about this? Sounds very serious.

RobBlair comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Not now, we're busy impeaching the president for double parking. We'll get to these side shows later...

Were The Nazis Socialists? - YouTube

RobBlair comments on Nov 26, 2019:

The beginning discussion regarding Hitler's evil usurpation of power and the lack of courage by those with moral authority is important for us to dwell on. Both the Nazis and the socialists use(d) scapegoats to establish their power structure. The Nazis used the Jews. And the socialists typically use the "rich" (9:00 in this video). I say typically, because we also see the use of companies, races (white) and gender (male). Rule 13 - "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." is used, not to promote an ideal, but to garner power. Both the Nazis and Socialist countries amount to absolute state authoritarianism. If Hitler, Stalin or Mao (or even Chavez/ Maduro) woke up and decided you were to be tortured and killed, that's what wound up happening. A definite contrast that I think helps keep socialists from gaining the infamy they deserve - While Nazis promoted the outright murder of their scapegoats, socialists steal from theirs. Even so, the theft of property and food amounted to the murder of millions in both Russia and China. I want to come back to 9:00 in this video because this statement is beyond ignorant and can only be achieved with a very provincial outlook. When people are rewarded in a capitalistic system it is because they have provided a good or service that others voluntarily pay for. Even China has, to some extent, forgone the socialist central planning model as a failure and replaced it with a quasi capitalistic system which has created many billionaires in China. Finally, Nationalism under a creedal system that states "all men are created equal and are endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is a good thing that directly fights against racism and authoritarianism that has been a plague to human kind throughout history.

JonMyers: serving field-grade officer explains why disobeying the commander-in-chief is sedition...

RobBlair comments on Nov 26, 2019:

That Lt-Col mentioned a whole office that had a consensus at odds with the President. This kind of talk is getting a lot of us citizens interested in ripping out the military establishment in DC. Sedition indeed

TheWeek: McConnell can't be trusted with impeachment.

RobBlair comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Cocaine Mitch has already teased the idea that he will tie up the Democratic "contenders" during a lengthy post impeachment investigation. I look forward to hearing from Hunter and Joe Biden as factual witnesses. Tying the "whistleblower" to Schiff's mechanizations and lies should provide a day of entertainment. We'll see if he can be honest under oath. Could also use the time to dig into Ukrainian election interference and ties with the Democratic machine. All this attention can be refocused back at its source. I expect weeks of entertainment.

[youtu.

RobBlair comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Having melted metal at the exit point of a running gun seems a bit dangerous.

When red flag law defenses illustrate the issues with them... [bearingarms.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Very insightful.

Complete List Of Clinton Associates Who Allegedly Died Mysteriously Or Committed Suicide Before ...

RobBlair comments on Nov 25, 2019:

The biggest problem with this list is that the weakest example can be cited and shown to be mostly preposterous. The tale that must be spun to resolve all of them would, even if true, have to be filed under fiction. Snopes has compiled a biography on each of these which is actually decent - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-body-bags/

Joe Rogan on Immigration and Social Democracy

RobBlair comments on Nov 25, 2019:

He goes full circle. It's not the one family that crosses into the country illegally, it's the 100 other families where she came from that now think they should leave where they are situated and risk a long trip into a country where they have to assimilate. Its the children dying on the border, it's the criminal syndicate of coyotes that get paid to escort (and often abuse) these people illegally across the border. It's the burden of these thousands of new families that now have to assimilate, require medical treatment, schooling, and other resources that were pooled away by Americans for Americans. I say he goes full circle because he wants to reduce the losers mooching off of the system but his solution is education. It should be obvious that this education will not exist outside of those that have assimilated, which requires a control on immigration that he is against. Happy thoughts on a sinking ship will not fix the problem.

Columbia.

RobBlair comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Colombia

Half the people in America think you are wrong, and yet you don’t want to btalk about it ?

RobBlair comments on Nov 25, 2019:

As for politics, I think only 20% of the population are truly engaged. The other 80% read the billboards just before voting. So only 10% know enough and are inclined to hate my position. Do I have an open mind - not really. I hate being wrong though so I will change my position. I regurgitate Daily Wire. If I discover they are lying to me, they will get dropped. Unapologetic liars and the people that rely on them are a scourge to our social health. No, conservative propaganda tends to be crap. However, the conservative positions are actually wiser, more intelligent and better informed than the progressives.

TownHall: Arresting Roger Stone vs arresting Jeffrey Epstein [townhall.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 22, 2019:

This is infuriating

Prager Video. "Andy Ngo and Attacks by ANTIFA." [twitter.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw0fFPoDG04

Netanyahu charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, capping a dramatic political year - ...

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

I heard there were some legal attacks coming for Netanyahu but these are farts in the wind. Making deals with the press to get favorable reviews and articles is an everyday problem everywhere. Its usually called lobbying. They want us to believe that Netanyahu had no one else overseeing the deals with corporate entities? The guys been around for a long time. Didn't they find anything more substantial?

A bad news week for socialists in the US- [ammoland.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Every week should be a bad news week for socialism everywhere.

Pope Proposes Making ‘Acts Against The Environment’ A Sin – Summit News

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Now we need him to work on finding out what the other 4 were. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXeTsWGPT0w

No ratings... [facebook.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

They really need to ditch these bad actors

StrategyPage: Israel, Islamic Jihad & Iran [strategypage.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Remind me. Why did Obama favor the jihadis over Bashar Al-assad?

Rise Up and Disavow the BULLSHIT: America Continues to Burn… [federalobserver.

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

As a follower of Ann Coulter, a lot of this rings well for me. However - "Some of these establishment turncoat Double-Speakers and outright liars, such as Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA‘s ... now denigrate the new generation of America First and obstruct their efforts to move the government to enforce current immigration law and seal our borders." “I think the biggest issue in America is immigration, and without this president, we would not even be talking about it,” said Kirk. “He’s stayed so disciplined on it. He did not waver, and he really stayed in a way that said, ‘Here’s the issue, and here’s a solution to it.'” - Charlie Kirk So your problem with Kirk is not on immigration - https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/02/28/charlie-kirk-immigration-biggest-issue-america/ To believe that demographics is destiny is, on its surface, empirical, but at its roots, racist. If Western Culture is the best culture, then it will survive and be past on to our heirs. It will also be distributed to our neighbors and other fellow citizens. However, if our culture continues to encourage families to fall apart and not produce children, people to ignore their spiritual lives, an inward reflection instead of outward proselytizing and fails to show courage against obvious deceits, then it is not the best culture. However, I know it to be the best culture. I just think our approach needs to be more pragmatic and we need to seize back the reins of communication. Conservatives are not racist but the far left is. When a black or Hispanic or woman runs for office, they are just another fellow conservative to us. But to the left, they are a lightening rod for all that they hate and should therefore receive more of our support. Further, little Nicky needs to be ditched. He is poison.

And she fits right in with central casting.

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Brings to mind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pr36CANB04

Titania Mcgrath

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

"Name me one good thing that a straight white male has ever achieved for society." I would have said - "He fathered you, but I understand if you disagree." Thank you Andrew Doyle.

It's both fascinating and hilarious.

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Show Must Go On - Queen (sung by Schiff) Empty spaces, what are we living for Abandoned places, I guess we know the score On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for Another hero, another mindless crime Behind the curtain, in the pantomime Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore The show must go on The show must go on, yeah Inside my heart is breaking My make-up may be flaking But my smile still stays on ... Ooh, I'll top the bill, I'll overkill I have to find the will to carry on On with the show On with the show The show, the show must go on

A little off topic, but I think important, Don't ask me why man made disasters fascinate me, ...

RobBlair comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Engineers learn from mistakes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQ8LehUWSE

Trump (Yep, Trump) Tightens Canadian Border: The people fighting to fill Canada with illegal ...

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Maybe we could create safe zones in those countries? Maybe encouraging people to leave their homes and families to travel hundreds of miles into countries that haven't agreed to host them is not compassionate? If Canada really needs people to assimilate into their culture, they could try assimilating people from the adjacent country of Quebec (smile)? https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/president-trumps-bullying-makes-a-mockery-of-asylum/

The South African Revolution in the Northern Hemisphere [youtu.be]

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Wait? Which one is the quarterback and where are their helmets?

"Here’s something you don’t see every day: an internet-averse anarchist announcing on social ...

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I've been politically irresponsible and disengaged for 40 years so this isn't my fault. But now I'm going to sweep in and save the day against [FILL IN DISASTER]. I love the world (clearly I don't). Signed - comic book author I don't care who is watching the watcher after you vote to give the watcher all the power to destroy the economy in some environmental goose chase that couldn't possibly matter without the support of China, India and, eventually, Africa. Go read your works again. Maybe work on an insight that will limit the government's power after you've given it this kind of authority.

Study by IDW-linked Heterodox Academy shows that Jordan Peterson is a gateway to the alt-right

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

"With his focus on corruption and ideological orthodoxy in the academy, especially his resistance to imposed speech on gender norms, many critics argue that he has attracted the interests of a male-dominated and white-supremacist following on social media sites such as Gab and 4chan. Others contend that Peterson serves as something of a ‘gateway drug‘ to more hostile alt-right content." that last phrase "...'gateway drug' to more hostile alt-right content." More? What content was mentioned that was alt-right? We are talking about: corruption idealogical orthodoxy in the academy resistance to imposed speech on gender norms This goof could have been avoided if they had a conservative POV represented. As it stands, the obvious bias of the authors is there for all to see plainly. And, their inability to seek out a decent peer review speaks to their honesty. As noted in other comments, the biggest failure of this article is not defining the "alt-right." By not defining the 'alt-right' clearly, the authors have just substituted everything outside of their narrow political window, things that they disagree with or hate, as alt-right. This is the same mistake the now discredited SPLC made.

A farmer, Willem Daniel Ackermann, appeared in court at Groblersdal, after he was arrested by police...

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Perpetrator was trespassing, breaking and entering and carrying a weapon. Unless the black man is crippled or something else thats pretty radical... Not guilty

NRO: Speaker Pelosi say we can't trust Trump's fate to the electorate [nationalreview.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Considering the last 2 elections, I'm not sure I can be as optimistic as Nancy, but I do appreciate the spectacle she is making of her party.

So overt racism is ok on this IDW site, as well as holocaust denial and anti-semitism.

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Call it out and point the way. I'm happy to join with you in a discussion against racism.

Freedom is a very interesting and terrifying concept because, in part, we don't fully understand the...

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

The art of being free - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rm1nuqJ3SI

Ben Carson calls Maxine Waters a hypocrite lacking ‘basic manners’ in testy exchange on ...

RobBlair comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Ben Carson is a brain surgeon and clearly doesn't have the expertise to deal with someone like Maxine Waters.

DailySignal: Highlights from day 3 of impeachment hearings [dailysignal.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 19, 2019:

So the Democrats went from Quid Pro Quo to bribery because the Latin wasn't catching on (at least thats their take). I decided to go through some other Latin to see what else applies - audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret - slander boldly, something always sticks acta est fabula plaudite - The show is great - applaud contra bonos mores - against good morals corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - When the republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous corruptus in extremis - Mayors office motto from "The Simpsons" cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare - Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault ex dolo malo - from fraud falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus - If you lie about Russian Collusion you lie about everything https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)

[youtu.be] Eric swallowwell ..I AM FARTUCUS....

RobBlair comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Democrat Finally Release Something of Substance - https://babylonbee.com/news/democrat-releases-something-of-substance

CarlCannon: The Gettysburg Address; partisanship and reactions [realclearpolitics.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Those words are carved in stone

Gun violence, human rights, and knowing who is responsible for it- [bearingarms.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 19, 2019:

The police are our hired hands not our handlers.

How judges ignore the Constitution on the right to keep and bear arms- [ammoland.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Now watching - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeMwdtbPR6g

NRO: Israel's new style of warfare [nationalreview.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Allowing the poor in Gaza to continue to be pawns of Iran doesn't sit well with me. If Mexico were launching rockets near my family, I'd want every rocket responded too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahy_0BVuLd4

Our betters are angry we're not giving impeachment our rapt attention.

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Maybe if they broadened the scope of impeachment into a discussion on congressional fashion and... oh they did - https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2019/11/15/washpost-slams-jacketless-jim-jordan-ny-times-oozes-over-bow-tie Actually, congress, I'm not much in favor of your Ferris Buehler reenactment - at 0:27 https://youtu.be/MLWGDxGh2G4?t=27

NewsMax: Chief Justice blocks order forcing Trump to provide tax returns [newsmax.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

"...investigating issues related to hush money payoffs to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal" - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/16/eight-years-of-trumps-tax-returns-subpoenaed-by-manhattan-da-vance.html Clinton v Jones Case - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_v._Jones https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/520/681/ The Clinton v Jones decision was specific to allowing private (non-state) lawsuits to proceed against the President. However, the opinion contains this - "If this case were being heard in a state forum, instead of advancing a separation-of-powers argument, petitioner would presumably rely on federalism and comity concerns, 13 as well as the interest in protecting federal officials from possible local prejudice that underlies the authority to remove certain cases brought against federal officers from a state to a federal court, see 28 U. S. C. § 1442(a); Mesa v. California, 489 U. S. 121, 125-126 (1989). Whether those concerns would present a more compelling case for immunity is a question that is not before us." In Mesa vs California it was determined that the little state guys couldn't sue the Federal Post Office for traffic violations. I'm pretty sure this squares with that.

'Rich people should pay more tax.

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

We need to recenter our thinking about taxes. Step one, is this a valid government expense and why? If the free market can solve the problem then it is best to keep the government from screwing it up. Arguing that economy of scale will reduce the overall cost is ignorant considering history. Further, any program you bond into red tape legacy will hamper future progress. Step two, who should pay for it? If this a program that will benefit corporations, then corporations should be taxed for it. If this is a program for individuals then it should be covered by individuals. The program should be proportioned based on the benefit. We should stop using government taxing as a charity proxy. FYI, you Brits each earn 13.8% more than what is shown on your paystub. You earn it and then your employer pays it as a tax. In the US they play that game with our Social Security. I'd like to see some more transparency with the taxing.

Do they realize how ridiculous they look??

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Consider that for much of this country, people are getting their news from ABC, CBS, NYT, Washington Post, etc... If you are listening to the radio announcer talk about the fabric and style of the emperor's clothes, how would you possibly know that he's naked?

Sky News, Australia. "China s Mass Detention of Muslims is Horrifying." [youtu.be]

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

All people are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We don't need our imaginations to see what happens when we abandon this creed of freedom.

MSM are silent, but Daily Wire will provide [dailywire.com]

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

I like Megyn Kelly. She's the kind of journalist, I think, who would have the courage to tell the ABC President where he can put that apology/retraction letter that he foisted on Amy Robach. We should pursue a culture that honors the courageous in this time of cowardice.

Iran.

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Frawnz vawn cawnt - "We're gonna show you a bunch strife. The reason for this tragic strife is because some people have demands or something. What those demands are? We have no idea, we're just reporters. Meanwhile, look at this strife. These people will continue until they are heard... What? sorry cutting out. Too much strife." Actual news - https://iswresearch.blogspot.com/2019/10/iran-pushes-iraq-to-brink.html

When I looked at this article all I could think was what a HUGE load of manure this was.

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

57% - Trump is wrong and should be impeached 13% - Trump is wrong but shouldn't be impeached 25% - Trump was not wrong 4% - Didn't respond Doesn't consider voting potential and my response would be "didn't respond" or "Trump is wrong and should be impeached" - not sure whether I want to encourage the Democrats to continue running into the burning building or not (probably hang up since I don't want to lie). I wouldn't vote "Trump was not wrong" because the burden of proof is on the Democrats. They must prove that Trump was wrong and not vice versa.

Do you believe people are naturally good, or evil? Why?

RobBlair comments on Nov 18, 2019:

I have children - I don't need to teach them to be bad. Dennis Prager, at a Hillsdale speech observed that it is mostly people living in a Western Democracy that are delusional enough to think people are inherently good.

There are MILLIONS of undocumented migrants in South Africa.