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03/25/2018 12:44 Comments ||
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Like Anon and LL point out, it appears he's setting things up for some controlled spending, but we will have to wait and see how this turns out in practice. It's certainly a good sign, however.
#14
it can influence only its execution by passing new laws
Term is more restrictive than it needs to be. How about "it can influence its execution only by passing new laws, or by amending / repealing old laws" etc. Congress has largely abdicated its primary duty of legislation for the greater duties of fund raising and self-re-election.
Donald J. Trump
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Because of the $700 & $716 Billion Dollars gotten to rebuild our Military, many jobs are created and our Military is again rich. Building a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our Country, is all about National Defense. Build WALL through M!
#16
My favorite part will be when some outfit like planned parenthood wastes a ton of money in court trying to get "their" money...
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
03/25/2018 15:41 Comments ||
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#17
^ THIS
Posted by: Frank G ||
03/25/2018 16:32 Comments ||
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Perhaps it is really easy for President Trump to throw back at this cabal/coterie/gaggle what's already been passed. And, there are soooo many geezers in both houses of Congress that were around then that I'm sure many/most of them voted for it.
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Prompted by Snowy Thing’s comment, I followed the link to the White House site, which does indeed say exactly what is presented. Then I clicked on the Budget tab, which has two posts for March 23rd. Herewith the second:
Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
March 23, 2018
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
In accordance with section 6 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 1625; the “Act”), I hereby designate for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism all funding (including the rescission of funds) and contributions from foreign governments so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as outlined in the enclosed list of accounts.
The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed memorandum from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
It’s a strange political fact, but nearly every major anti-gun group has been a front group. The NRA is maligned 24/7 and yet it’s completely obvious whom it represents. Despite the efforts to tie it to everyone from firearms manufacturers to the Russians (if you can’t tie any random Republican thing to the Russians these days, you won’t be working at the Washington Post or CNN for very long), it represents its five million members. Anti-gun groups tend to represent shadowy networks.
Take Everytown, the noisiest and most dishonest anti-gun group on the scene. The one consistent thing about anti-gun groups is that that they are usually the opposite of what their name says they are.
Everytown for Gun Safety was formed out of two other groups: Moms Demand Action and Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Both are actually front groups for Michael Bloomberg, the lefty billionaire and former boss of the Big Apple, who used New York City resources to host at least one of its websites.
So Everytown is really New York City.
March for Our Lives is on every cable channel, but who runs it? The photogenic teen fronts are out front. But it’s obvious to everyone that a bunch of teens don’t have the resources and skills to coordinate a nationwide movement. Instead it’s the experienced activists who are actually running things.
The March for Our Lives Fund is incorporated as a 501(c)(4). Donations to 501(c)(4) groups are not tax- deductible. And they don’t have to disclose donors. That’s why they’re a great dark money conduit.
But the March for Our Lives website suggests that donors who want to make a tax-deductible donation should write a check to the "March For Our Lives‐Everytown Support Fund". How will Bloomberg’s organization provide support for the supposed student group?
Add Trump to that list of Br'er Rabbits who are ensnared by the tar baby. The fable states that Br'er Fox comes up with a tar baby to trap Br'er Rabbit. The more Br'er Rabbit fights, the more ensnared he becomes with the tar baby.
Except with the NRA or gun sales, it doesn't usually work out as in the fable. NRA membership and gun sales usually increase with every attempt by the left to limit or disarm the country.
Bloomberg is pushing March for Our Lives. Many left-wing mayors are also behind "March." George Clooney and other Hollywoodie types are also supporting the march. Probably, Soros money is in there somewhere.
#2
When these "youths" discover how the older generation has put them in hock forever, they are going to have bigger things to worry about. Some of them will even realize they were distracted by a bright shiny object dangled by older people (celebrities) when they should have been looking at something entirely more destructive to their lives later on.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
03/25/2018 11:30 Comments ||
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It is the Facebook generation meets participation trophies meets self-esteem teaching in elementary school.
they all crave attention and it is not so much the cause as it is the attention.
This young useful idiot Hogg is really at his root a toxic narcissist craving attention. He's a sicko.
#4
This young useful idiot Hogg is really at his root a toxic narcissist craving attention. He's a sicko.
And a bit of a maroon. I was amused by his outrage the other day over how his school mandating clear backpacks is a violation of their 1st Amendment rights.
#5
Hogg is a gift to the NRA. His raised fist picture and snarling potty mouth visage is already causing queasiness in some quarters and deserved jaundiced eye in others.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
03/25/2018 12:20 Comments ||
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#8
The strangest place I've heard of a bum with the tin cup out is the airline passenger exit. I worked with this guy Jack who complained about it at the Atlanta airport. I told him - 'that's prime panhandling real estate. You know how many bottles of Mad Dog 20-20 you can buy on a good day?'
#10
The follow the money line should also be applied to all of that Anti War movement and the weathermen and SDS. I bet you would find some interesting funding sources...might sort of take the bloom off the rose of the romantic revolutionaries...Cuba? USSR? ChiCom? NORK? At any rate they had a lot of money to travel and live high while in hiding and seemed to always has lots of money and sources for incendiaries and explosives.
Same can be said for these dim light bulbs. If they knew where the money was coming from and who was the wizard behind the curtain I would be some would opt out of this silliness.
History and Rhymes of The Lost Battalion
"Buck Private" McCollum
Bucklee Publishing, 1939
If you are as unfamiliar as I was about The Lost Battalion until I came across the movie, here is an excerpt from the memorial address of Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey:
Page 6
We of the 308th have come to pay a last tribute to the memory of our loved comrade and friend Charles Whittlesey.
I speak for the heart of the regiment when I say that we all are mindful of his outstanding character, mindful first of that attribute given to few men, the absolute lack of fear, seen and known by many of us before that day when he sprang into world-wide fame. Ordered to advance thru (sic) the densest part of the thicket of the great forest of the Argonne to take a certain fixed objective and hold it, he succeeded, and alone with his battalion reached the designated point far in advance of the troops on his right or left. The enemy soon surrounded his position, and then began those numerous attacks lasting four days and nights. Over one hundred hours passed without food of any kind and with but little water. With the majority of his command killed or wounded, surrounded by the dead and dying, with no succor or help for the wounded and yet when the call for the surrender came, how instantly he refused it, and took in at once the only bit of white showing - the white on the ground panel for signaling to the Air Service; thus saying "They shall not pass" and no Hun passed save from the Here to the Hereafter. No man as a soldier can stand higher in the history of the republic and no man is more entitled to the nation's gratitude.
I mentioned there is a movie, and it is a very well done movie in my opinion. I wish I had come across this book first, not because there are conflicts between this book and the movie, but that the movie would have been an even richer experience.
This book is a mixture of poems, information, and photographs which can be best summed up by the author in part of the preface:
As one who served in the First World War, I have recounted here only what one pair of eyes saw in the split-second action of this thing called war, and the long tedious hours of preparation for war. I give you here an insight into the emotions of the American doughboy of twenty years ago. It is not an attempt to write a saga of the the American soldier, yet this volume has found its way into more than a million American homes. It has been printed again and again, and is reprinted now by popular demand, that you may have a comparative picture of the soldier of yesterday and of today.
You see that date of my copy's print; a bit prescient I'd say.
As to the quality of the poetry I will not rate it. It is sure better than what I can do. I will state that they are true and powerful rhymes which may be a bit clunky here, and quite witty there. I did enjoy when the poem was written in accent. The doodles, for lack of a better word, I think are really good. The combination of doodles, rhyme, and truth really got me in That Night At La Harazee. Just gut wrenching. The only poem I will include in this post is towards the end of the book, Mr. McCollum writing about himself.
Page 135
The Buck
I'm a lucky son-of-a-gun,
I'm the guy that had the fun,
My clothes were never spick and span,
Just "Plain Buck" - "The Fightin' Man."
I should worry if my feet were bare,
Or cooties made their nest in my hair,
Captain cussed me every day,
Went right along in my own plain way.
I fought the battle of "Old Vin Roo,"
Was in on the drive on "Army Stew,"
No hampered Looeys broke my heart,
Just stalled along and did my part.
Whenever the boys felt homesick and blue,
They'd call on my for a story or two,
I made them laugh with my song and dance,
Put some sunshine in "Rainy Ol' France."
I never craved for rank or fame,
Always took things just as they came,
Earned a title that will always stick,
"Plain Ol' Buck,"..."Champion Gold Brick."
There are a number of reprints. Make sure you get one with illustrations by Franklin Sly and Tolman R. Reamer. Then make some popcorn and catch the movie. The book clears up some parts I thought were a bit hokey but were nearly straight from the book.
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
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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