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U.S. Has Record 11th Straight Year Without 3% Growth in GDP

Obama has boasted about how he “saved” the American economy.  That’s like the mechanic that “fixed” my 0 MPH car so now it will go 10 MPH (when it should be able to goo 100 MPH).

UPDATE:

The latest numbers mean that Obama’s economic forecasters missed their growth targets every year that he was in office. And, once again, economists who had been promising that strong growth was just around the corner — most recently because of a relatively strong third quarter — had to eat crow. It also means that GDP growth has not exceeded 3% for 11 straight years. . . .

In dollar terms, if Obama’s recovery had merely been average, the nation’s GDP would be $2.4 trillion bigger. That translates into $19,000 in lost income per household.

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“While walking to an inaugural ball, I heard shouts — and felt yolk run down my hair. I froze. Emily Post is silent on the proper way for a lady in a ball gown to respond to an aerial assault. I had to wing it. First, I yelled back. I had spent six years living here, I shouted, and Washington was as much my city as the place I now call home. But then I, too, began to crack, and the egg yolk on my face mixed with tears.

Somehow—it might have been the crying and hollering—my predicament captured the attention of a more-casually attired fairy-god-couple. These kind people must have been liberal Democrats (not that it matters), given where they confessed to working as they helped me. Nonetheless, they asked if I was all right, gently took my arm, and led me to their nearby apartment to clean off. Then they let me out the back door.

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From Reason.com (emphasis mine):

Clearly, we need a government that spends less and does less but also appeals to most Americans of whatever ideological persuasion. We know what sort of operating system has improved our commercial, cultural, and personal lives: It’s one that flows directly from libertarian ideas about maximizing options for individuals and the groups they form to discover and follow their bliss.

As opposed to the one-size-fits-all model that DC has tried to shove down our throats these last 8 years.

This commercial-cultural-personal system provides basic frameworks and expectations that facilitate the creation of reputation and expectations of being treated with respect and reciprocity. It’s built on persuasion not threats or coercion and allows people to turn away and leave if they want to.

As opposed to the forced and coerced “you will participate like it or not” Progressive attitude.

It neither requires pre-approval nor does it demand forced affirmation (simple tolerance will do).

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President Trump signed an Executive Order / Memorandum earlier this week to freeze hiring across the Federal Govt except for the military (note – the VA exempted ITSELF from this?).  Now the broom has started its sweeping.

1. All politically appointed ambassadors were told to submit their resignations on Inauguration Day.  Standard fare, but a start.  Ditto with most other political appointees.

2. The axe fell on Border Chief Mark Morgan (‘resign or be fired’).  Those reporting to him (the rank and file) hated him as being the point rumpswab for Obama in basically telling them to desert their posts in place by telling them how NOT to do their jobs or suffer the loss of said jobs.  Yep, Ideology over The Rule of Law.  To his downfall, Morgan just found out that his Law arrived on 1/0/2017.

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UPDATE: The kitchen reports they’re out of abortions but have plenty of groveling humble pie.  See after the jump.

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Ayup, buy a meal at Chili’s, they’ll “tip” 15% of your meal to that baby rendering – organ selling killing machine otherwise known as Planned Parenthood (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Chili’s restaurants in two states are coming under fire from pro-life advocates for giving 15% of patron’s meal purchases to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Earlier this week the Planned Parenthood abortion business affiliate in Indiana and Kentucky posted a promotional code its supporters could use to request that Chili’s donate 15% of the pre-tax meal purchase to benefit the abortion corporation.

According to the image the abortion company posted, its supporters can bring the voucher to any of the identified Chili’s locations participating in the give back program. The voucher [after the jump -Skip] is good weather (sic) people purchasing food at Chili’s dine in the restaurant or order food to go. According to the voucher, Chili’s will donate to Planned Parenthood 15% of the meal purchase between now and the end of March.

…This is not the first time that Chili’s has been involved in potential donations to the Planned Parenthood abortion business.

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Heh!  Well, what would you do if confronted about your absolutely insane climate prediction (as it seems like, as with Obama’s campaign promises, its expiration date has now come and gone):

…Refuses to answer, enters SUV in snow

Hahahaha!

Climate Depot’s undercover agent caught up with Gore on Saturday January 21 at Sundance film festival in the late afternoon while Gore was exiting a private party at the Zoom restaurant in Park City Utah. Gore was trudging through the snow to his oversized Chevy Suburban SUV, when the undercover agent asked an inconvenient question of Gore.

Question: “Hey Al, I just saw [your sequel] ‘Inconvenient’.”

Gore: “Oh great, thank you!”

Question: “My friends make fun of me about the 10-year tipping point, what do I tell them?”

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