[Babylon Bee] SAN FRANCISCO, CA‐Amid heated debate in Washington over President Trump's border wall, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in, ruling that construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall can proceed, so long as it is "short enough that a pregnant woman carrying a child in each arm could be expected to scale it without difficulty."
While that definition may seem vague to some, the Ninth Circuit's judges further clarified in their decision that "two or three feet high ought to suffice." Contractors working on the wall have been ordered to have a pregnant woman and several children on hand. Each family will be asked to stress-test climbing over the wall every ten feet to ensure all portions of the barrier are equally easy to scale. Should the sample woman have to exert herself too much, construction workers will have to lower that part of the wall.
"We are in full support of President Trump's right to secure our nation's borders, so long as his actions do not cause undue burden on those trying to get into our country illegally," the court wrote in its decision.
The Court further assured Americans that is decision is in keeping with the Constitution, claiming that they googled "What is the Constitution?" and "Constitutional Law for Dummies" several times during deliberations.
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To be fair, the stress-testing should be done with a 5th percentile Honduran pregnant women while packing food, children, drugs, water, extra clothing and assistance monies. Not to pre-guess the results but most likely, the wall will have to scrapped and existing structures removed. (sarc)
#7
The Babylon Bee is always good for a laugh, even on topics like this. Would that more people could laugh.
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#8
What about the handicappedable pregnant w/ 2 kids illegal alien community? We demand wheelchair ramps with child safe guardrails over the fence every 300 feet.
[FOX] CUCUTA, Venezuela/Colombia border ‐ As Venezuela continues to crumble under the socialist dictatorship of President Nicolas Maduro, some are expressing words of warning ‐ and resentment ‐ against a six-year-old gun control bill that stripped citizens of their weapons.
"Guns would have served as a vital pillar to remaining a free people, or at least able to put up a fight," Javier Vanegas, 28, a Venezuelan teacher of English now exiled in Ecuador, told Fox News. "The government security forces, at the beginning of this debacle, knew they had no real opposition to their force. Once things were this bad, it was a clear declaration of war against an unarmed population."
Under the direction of then-President Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan National Assembly in 2012 enacted the "Control of Arms, Munitions and Disarmament Law," with the explicit aim to "disarm all citizens." The law took effect in 2013, with only minimal pushback from some pro-democracy opposition figures, banned the legal commercial sale of guns and munitions to all - except government entities.
Chavez initially ran a months-long amnesty program encouraging Venezuelans to trade their arms for electrical goods. That year, there were only 37 recorded voluntary gun surrenders, while the majority of seizures - more than 12,500 ‐ were by force.
In 2014, with Nicolás Maduro at the helm following Chavez’s death but carrying through his socialist "Chavista" policies, the government invested more than $47 million enforcing the gun ban ‐ which has since included grandiose displays of public weapons demolitions in the town square.
A former gun store owner inside Venezuela ‐ who told Fox News he has now been relegated to only selling fishing supplies since the ban ‐ said he can’t sell any type of weaponry - even a slingshot - and underscored that even BB ammunition and airsoft guns are only issued to police and military officers.
The punishment for illicit carrying or selling a weapon now is 20 years behind bars.
This has always intrigued me. After a successful revolution, it's pretty much SOP to do everything necessary to make sure no one comes along and overthrows *you*. These guys did the exact opposite.
Many were members of the Society of the Cincinnati, and viewed politics as a temporarily necessary duty to be laid down as soon as possible in favour of returning to their real work. They loathed professional politicians
[Breitbart] WASHINGTON, DC ‐ China is using its economic clout in Africa to promote a "new international order" and encourage countries to adopt its communist ideology, experts told lawmakers on Wednesday.
While testifying before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Judd Devermont, the director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think-tank, acknowledged that not all Chinese activities in Africa are anti-ethical to U.S. goals, noting that "some are neutral or complementary to U.S. objectives and may actually benefit American interests."
Nevertheless, some of the witnesses noted that communist China is actively pursuing a new Beijing-led order on the continent.
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They couldn't live with trying to tie the National Socialist Worker Party to the right, now they're trying to define any kleptocratic authoritarian/totalitarian regime as just communist. Under capitalism the rich become powerful, under socialism the powerful become rich.
#4
Yah, but all the old time African Commies were bankrolled by the Old Soviet Union. Of course, to them communism was just a sales brochure for getting developing countries trapped in the Soviet Mercantilist system. Now it'll be the brand name and brochures for the New Chinese Mercantilist System.
[National Review] Florida’s Republican state Senate president told colleagues Thursday that embattled Broward County elections supervisor Brenda Snipes cannot rescind her previously announced resignation in order to contest her suspension by Governor Rick Scott.
Snipes, whose office missed a crucial recount deadline and misplaced 2,000 ballots in the recent midterm elections, immediately tendered her resignation, effective January 4, once the elections’ recounts were concluded. She subsequently rescinded her resignation after Scott issued an executive order in which he argued she deserved to be suspended due to misfeasance, incompetence, and neglect of duty.
In a memo sent to his colleagues Thursday morning, Senate president Bill Galvano said Snipes’s resignation would take effect before the legislature had time to investigate the circumstances behind her suspension and determine if it was justified. As a result, Galvano said, the Senate would not allow her resignation to be rescinded.
The memo does, however, leave open the possibility that Snipes might challenge her suspension in court or request a suspension hearing before the Senate, which could result in her receiving back pay from November 30, 2018 through her resignation date of July 4, 2019.
[Hot Air] Let’s run through the checklist for chief of staff in Jared’s case:
1. Loyal to Trump? Yes.
2. Trusted by Trump? Yes.
3. Able to reach out to Democrats? Reach out? He is a Democrat!
4. Working relationships on the Hill? As weird as it is to say this about a thirtysomething who worked in real estate less than two years ago ‐ yes. Kushner’s been meeting with power-brokers in Congress and abroad since Trump was sworn in. Everyone understands that he holds unusual sway over the president due to his family connection so everyone’s been eager to lobby him. In a way, he already is chief of staff. Trump would just be making it official.
5. Capable of brokering legislative compromise? Another strange and unlikely yes. By all accounts he was the chief Trump-whisperer on criminal justice reform, the man who convinced POTUS to spend a little political capital in backing an idea that wouldn’t be an easy sell to his base. Then Kushner put his own skin in the game by doing a rare interview on "Hannity" to sell the plan. He was persistent enough that Mitch McConnell went from claiming there was no time to put the bill on the floor to agreeing to take it up before year’s end. It’s among the more surprising legislative developments of Trump’s presidency. Could anyone else aside from one of Trump’s own children have convinced him to do it?
6. Willing to slug it out with Russiagate enemies? Yet another improbable yes. It was Jared who allegedly encouraged Trump to take the fateful step of firing James Comey, igniting the obstruction-of-justice part of Russiagate and leading directly to Bob Mueller’s appointment. Not the smartest decision in hindsight. But Trumpers want someone who fights!, particularly who fights with POTUS’s DOJ inquisitors. Kushner’s been willing to do that.
7. Potentially facing indictment? This isn’t an official job qualification, more of an informal requirement given that virtually everyone in Trump’s orbit is now under investigation. But for the record, sure. Jared’s got this box checked too.
So: Why not? It’s an open question whether Trump would heed advice given to him by a Newt Gingrich or David Bossie but there’s no doubt that he listens to Kushner. And West Wing staff are already familiar with him. There’d be no adjustment period as everyone’s forced to get used to the new guy’s foibles. The longer this job search wears on, the more likely it is that we arrive at one of two bad outcomes ‐ namely, Trump either names someone like Seb Gorka chief of staff or decides that he doesn’t need a chief of staff at all and goes into full "wing it" mode. Might as well pick Jared.
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Jared has actually been very successful as a man behind the curtain guy. Getting shit done.
However, I would advise against him being in the official cabinet. Smacks too much of nepotism for most people. Keep Jared where he is being successful.
[WD] Mika should be fired, as so many non-liberal media members have had happened to them.
Liberal hate did not begin at President Trump’s election. They have just perfected it since then. Along with lying and hypocrisy.
Mika Brzezinski, MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" co-host, apologized on for calling United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a "butt-boy." This is a straight up homophobic slur that should be called out by the tolerant left, but many social media justice warriors along with opposition media personalities have gone crickets.
Will Mika receive any repercussions for these slurs about Pompeo? Pompeo is a Trump cabinet member, so I assume she will be in the clear. The liberal media always protect leftists as their hatred for President Trump is rampant.
[DAWN] LISTS drawn up by individual states ‐ rather than credible multilateral organizations or INGOs ‐ always run the risk of being termed biased and designed to push a political agenda, pillorying geopolitical rivals, and looking the other way where bad behaviour of friends is concerned.
The same can be said for the US list of those states Washington terms violators of religious freedom. As announced by the American secretary of state on Tuesday, Pakistain has been added to this unenviable list "for having engaged in or tolerated systematic... violations of religious freedom".
One look at those states mentioned on the list ‐ Iran, North Korea, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , China ‐ shows that apart from the Saudis, all the countries are geopolitical rivals of the US.
Hence, it is fair to ask how unbiased this listing is, what methodology was used, etc. It should also be mentioned that, especially under Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s watch, the US itself has become a less welcoming place for ethnic and religious minorities, particularly Moslems, as the alt right and far right have gained ground.
Also, some major US allies, such as India and Israel, have been left off the list, even though the saffron brigade has been making life difficult for minorities in India under Narendra Modi’s watch, while Israel has been abusing the rights of Paleostinian Moslems for the past seven decades.
The Foreign Office has rejected Washington’s "unilateral and politically motivated pronouncement". For Pakistain, it is essential that a knee-jerk reaction is avoided.
While political considerations may well be behind the listing, there is little doubt that much more can be done to make this country a more welcoming place for religious minorities. For example, while Aasia Bibi may have been acquitted, she is still not a ’free’ citizen.
To avoid getting placed on such lists, we need to make improvements on the legal plane, as well as on a societal level, to create an atmosphere of tolerance and communal harmony.
The FO should engage with Washington and ask the State Department for further clarification regarding what can be done to remove this country from the list.
The US should also realise that, instead of tarring states in this manner, it should engage on the diplomatic level to address any concerns it may have.
Washington and Islamabad must coordinate on the issue of religious freedom instead of indulging in an ugly exchange of public mud-slinging.
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[American Thinker] Historically the word "bastard" meant someone whose parents were not married. But even more than just the marital status of one’s parents, the word also carried with it an implication of defective character that was attributable to such an inauspicious beginning.
One might imagine that without the provision, protection, instruction, and correction of a father, children (boys in particular) would find harsh instruction from the world, like a child thrown into a swimming pool trying to learn how to swim.
Being thrown into the social world with little instruction can lead a child to develop a jungle-type survival skill set. Often the skills children develop are how to use people to get what you want or what to do to feel good. Those who are more capable or lucky learn how to manipulate others and indulge themselves without ending up in jail. Others never quite get the hang of how to function without attracting the attention of the police.
The statistics are clear:
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes
85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes
70% of juveniles in criminal detention are from fatherless homes.
The relationship between fatherlessness and imprisonment suggests an importance to fatherhood not often fully appreciated. The impact of fatherless homes should have been alarming 50 years ago. Today a 40% rate (80% in many black communities) indicates a society irreparably damaged. If we consider historical events that contributed to this phenomenon, we can identify three main ones:
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All of those conditions cited also have big government involvement as "solutions". So it benefits the Big Government swamp to create more of those results.
The Big Government swamp subsidizes women to create fatherless children. And they scream "For The Children" if you try to point it out or cut it, and the weasels in the press accuse you of hating children.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[FOX] CUCUTA, Venezuela/Colombia border ‐ As Venezuela continues to crumble under the socialist dictatorship of President Nicolas Maduro, some are expressing words of warning ‐ and resentment ‐ against a six-year-old gun control bill that stripped citizens of their weapons.
[National Review] Florida’s Republican state Senate president told colleagues Thursday that embattled Broward County elections supervisor Brenda Snipes cannot rescind her previously announced resignation in order to contest her suspension by Governor Rick Scott.
[Hot Air] Let’s run through the checklist for chief of staff in Jared’s case:
[DAWN] LISTS drawn up by individual states ‐ rather than credible multilateral organizations or INGOs ‐ always run the risk of being termed biased and designed to push a political agenda, pillorying geopolitical rivals, and looking the other way where bad behaviour of friends is concerned.
