Notable Quote – Frank Knight

 “…the probability of the people in power being individuals who would dislike the possession and exercise of power is on a level with the probability that an extremely tender-hearted person would get the job of whipping-master on a slave plantation.” -Frank Knight (H/T: Cafe Hayek)

“And if you don’t think it can happen here…”

At the end of my earlier posts tonite, I talked about the Muslim men attacking Western women and I bet that many, especially the Left (yeah, I’m thinking about you, Timothy Horrigan) can’t bring themselves to believe it can happen here (or have a ready apology as to why “society” is at fault.  Well, it can happen here.  From Gateway Pundit:

Somali Muslims TERRORIZE Upscale MN Town – Threaten to Rape Homeowner

A mob of up to 30 young Somali men paraded through one of Minneapolis’ more upscale neighborhoods last week, yelling disparaging comments and threats against homeowners. A female resident of the neighborhood, obviously shaken in a TV interview, related how she was screamed at by a Somali man who threatened to kidnap and rape her.  “They were screaming at the house that they were going to kidnap you and they were going to rape you,” one Minneapolis resident told KSTP TV. “It was a very traumatizing experience.”

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Republican Frauds with horses – what gives?

Heh!  This one turned out to be a liar on the magnitude of Hillary:

Jim Foley For NH GOP Chair

And now we seeming have another one in the running to overtake the above horse’s ass in running for NH’s Second Congressional District?

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Is Kelly Ayotte going to pull a Jennifer Horn over Eric Estevez?

After all, that’s what high office NH GOPe-ers do – run away from any political mud that may be trying to outrun the Law of Gravity.  Jennifer Horn is infamous for doing so and throwing anyone under the bus needed in her attempts to remain spotless (all those IRS tax liens aside, et al).  So with a big smile with the horse’s ass, what’s an Ayotte to do?

Kelly Ayotte with Eric Estevez

Um, Wait A Dang MINUTE here!  Did Eric Estevez say something about Establishment Republicans???

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“Birthrates always plummet under socialism.”

From Instapundit – and the important operative phrase is “Without a strong familial structure”

FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: Joel Kotkin: The Meaning Of The Baby Bust (emphasis mine)

Once an exception to demographic decline, our country may be falling into the dismal pattern that is now common in other high-income countries, notably in East Asia and Europe. Europe’s demographic crisis is one reason European Union officials, particularly in Germany, opened the floodgates to mass migration from the Middle East and other unstable areas. In many parts of Europe, more people are dying than are being born.

Now America may be joining the downward fertility spiral. Since the recession, the number of new children has plummeted, and it’s dropped the most precipitously for new mothers. The number of households with their own children in 2014 was 33 million, down from 35 million in 2005, even as the total number of households has shot up by nearly 6 million. By comparison, there are about 43 million households with dogs, according to the ASPCA’s low-end estimate.

Shifts in child bearing will profoundly affect our geography, politics and economic future. Children, after all, define our future society, and provide the primary motivation for parents and grandparents. Without a strong familial structure,

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Notable Quote – Kevin D. Williamson

On FBI Director Comey’s decision on Hillary Clinton (emphasis mine): The actions by the FBI and the DOJ in this matter are legally and morally indefensible. The fact that these legally and morally indefensible actions come as no real surprise to anybody who has been paying attention indicates the character of the government under which … Read more

“… the character of the government under which we live…”

“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small,but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Obama, Inauguration (2009)

Tax Money down the toilet for DoD green energy awardsThat title from Kevin Williamson on the criminal nature of the government we have elected (well, to be truthful, *I* certainly did not vote for this Administration).  And here, we see that it isn’t that it just doesn’t work but outright criminal.  After all, Obama declared 23 times that he did not have the authority to issue his Executive Order on illegal immigration – and then did it anyways (and the Judiciary shut him down).  This on the Obama Administration payment of billions to the Obamacare Crony Capitalism insurance companies that had no legal basis to do so:

The report issued Thursday demonstrates that the Obama administration initially recognized it did not have any authority to make these cost-sharing payments to insurers. The NY Times reports:

The Republican report says the administration’s treatment of the tax credits as it began setting up a new payment system validates the Republican criticism of the cost-sharing subsidies. The report notes that while the authority for the tax credit was undisputed, the administration itself could identify no funds available for the cost-sharing element.

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Income bias at the White House – Obama hypocrisy

“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Obama, Inauguration (2009)

Apparently, President Obama is all flappy gums when it comes to “income equality” (“equality”; that word always thrown about the Socialists all over) when it concerns others – not so much in his own workplace (still!) (emphasis mine):

Female staffers in the White House earn 89 cents for ever dollar that male staffers earn. That’s on par with one of the numbers often reported for the misleading “gender wage gap,” which finds women earning 77 or 78 or 89 cents to a man’s dollar.

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An excellent couple of questions for Christians

From Mike Adams (read the whole thing for his examples of weak-knee pastors, emphasis mine, reformatted):

Last week, a young Christian male asked me a pretty direct question. He wanted to know whether I ever worried that my blunt commentary on social media was “turning people away from Christianity.” I thought it was an honest question. So I gave him an honest answer. I told him that I believe the problem is just the opposite of what he considers it to be. In other words, it isn’t occasional blunt commentary that turns people away from Christianity. It is the constant displays of Christian cowardice that make people both reticent to join and quick to attack us.

…I’m just sad that in the last sixteen years, I have learned that at least three quarters of the pastors who actually know what is right still lack the intestinal fortitude to take a stand for what they believe.

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Blogline of the Day – Obama’s view of our military

Thankfully, I told my two boys to get out as soon as possible when he was elected – and for once, they listened to me: Obama’s Philosophy of War: Set a Goal, Then Prevent the Military from Achieving It (H/T: The Corner)  

Backwards

CALIFORNIA WILL NOW REQUIRE AN ID AND BACKGROUND CHECK FOR AMMUNITION PURCHASES, BUT… (Wait for it!) …Not to vote. Democrats know that that those that shoot aren’t likely to vote for them.  So, why NOT make it harder and more expensive (in time, angst, and effort) to exercise their 2nd Amendment?  And as for no … Read more

So, is this Senator Lindsay Grahamnesty’s Presidential failure revenge?

illegal alien signAyup, ask yourself – what is the ONE main issue that is already teed up to tick off the Conservative Republican base?

Ayup – immigration.  So what does RINO Grahamnesty want to do?  That’s right – tick them off good and solid (emphasis mine, reformatted):

Comprehensive immigration reform is back as senators eye new effort to pass ‘Gang of Eight’ bill after presidential election

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham doesn’t expect Donald Trump to win the White House, in fact he thinks Latino voters will be the billionaire’s downfall.  And so, after the November election, Graham, who ran for president this year [and failed – BADLY   -Skip] as well, said he expects the Senate will once again take on comprehensive immigration reform. ‘I’ll tell you what I’m going to do in 2017,’ Graham said, according to Politico. ‘I’m going to take the Gang of Eight bill out, dust it off and ask anybody and everybody who wants to work with me to make it better to do so.’

What does “comprehensive immigration reform” say to the base when spoken of by the Establishment?  Sure – one word: 

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US Attorney General Loretta Lynch may have well just said “It depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is”

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday that she has every intention of accepting an FBI recommendation to indict Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email system while she served as secretary of state, if that’s the recommendation that is presented to her by the FBI.

“I fully expect to accept their recommendations,” she said Friday in a public interview. “I will be accepting their recommendations.”

tipping the scalesWith the rumors that Lynch has been offered the opportunity to stay on as US AG under a Hillary Administration, it think my view is looking more and more correct, as in:

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Didn’t both the Great Recession and the TEA Party start over this?

Gadsden FlagSome people just don’t learn from history – even if it was just 8 years ago (I guess history doesn’t exist, for Progressives, pre-Obama other than “It’s Bush’s fault!”.  When word came out that the Feds (re: Obama Administration) were thinking about buying mortgages of those who were going into foreclosure, people went nuts.  Why would those that had played with the risk/reward and took out mortgage after mortgage, refinancing over and over and pocketing the cash from house appreciation (and staying mortgaged to the hilt) be bailed out when those that had played by the rules had to fork over the tax monies to make that happen?  WHY should I have to pay for the stupidness and profligateness of others?

So now they want to do it again (emphasis mine, reformatted):

NYC to Buy Unpaid Mortgages to Protect Residents From Foreclosure

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is taking a novel approach to addressing enduring pockets of the home foreclosure crisis by buying long-unpaid mortgages, with plans to help owners stay in their homes if possible or use the properties as affordable housing if not, officials say.  It’s among the first cities to pursue buying such loans directly from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, officials say. Housing advocates and some lawmakers have pressed HUD to make it easier for cities and nonprofit groups, as opposed to investors, to buy troubled mortgages.

We’ve been through this before with the CRA

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Now that the Democrat meme of “Weapons of War” is being exploded, a new one is rising?

Liberal Guide to an AR-15That’s the thing about Progressives / Liberals / Progressives – they burn out phrases about as fast as they can open their mouths.  They burnt out “Progressives”, switched to “Liberals”, and have had to switch back.  I foresee another switch coming up soon on this idea.  Ditto for that politically made up meme of “assault weapons” (the dufuses kept saying assault rifles, too, showing they know diddly squat about what they’re talking about) and started off with “Weapons of War” – and are again getting skewed for the exact same reason (AR-15s are not any of those things). And now we see the Dems, in the form of DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, trying to float another one:

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Deja Vu: US House Republicans screw over bondholders like Obama did with the auto industry.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Remember how the Republicans howled (and gave more credence to the nascent TEA Party) when the Obama Administration bailed out the auto industry?  That it thumbed its nose at the Rule of Law?  Secured bondholders, by law, had first dibs in any bankruptcy actions – and the Obama Administration cut them off at the knees and emasculated them for 29 cents on the dollar.

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Notable Quote – President Calvin Coolidge on Independence Day

My favorite President on Independence Day’s meaning and letting us know how Progressives are not America’s friends or patriots (emphasis mine) given their false suppositions and ideology:

About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.

-President Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge

Progressives are full of themselves (and another assorted dark

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And we fought a War of Independence because of a government that used to do this?

obama constitution is an imperfect documentHey, Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen, this is what you want our American Government  (and let’s add Frank Guinta and Annie Kuster to this as well as Speaker Ryan is bringing this to the House after it getting voted down in the Senate) to be like?  Yay, it’s just about Independence Day?

No, no planes back in the 1770s to be kept from boarding but the behavior, so it seems, is still here – the willingness of our Government to declare citizens , in secret and with no due process, guilty of something that the Government won’t say, won’t say who the informant is, won’t allow themselves a defense – just declare them guilty and let them hang in mid-air.  Forever.

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So which is it?

Shot: Concord Fishwrap – Eversource gets approval to sell its power plants

State energy regulators approved the sale of Eversource Energy power plants Friday, including Merrimack Station in Bow.

The nine hydro facilities and three fossil-fuel plants, including coal-fired Merrimack Station, Newington Station and Schiller Station in Portsmouth will be sold at auction overseen by the state Public Utilities Commission. New ownership is expected to save customers money by creating a more competitive market to generate power.

Chaser: UL – Eversource ordered to sell its power plants

The Public Utilities Commission handed down a long-awaited decision Friday on the fate of New Hampshire’s largest utility, ordering Eversource to sell off its power plants in a move that regulators hope will lower electricity prices in the long run by completing the deregulation of the electricity market that began 20 years ago.

Freaking Republican State Senator Jeb Bradley (you know, one of the

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