“How cool is that to actually make the Chinese politburo sit through a night of American targeted bombing?”

And it’s not a bad Russian translation like Hillary’s “overcharge” of a reset button.  Mark Steyn is a NH treasure and here are some words concerning Trump vs Obama and Trump’s messaging to the rest of the world.  He campaigned that his main thrust would be America First – certainly Steyn thinks that Trump is delivering on his promises:

How Syria shakes out in three, five years time, we can’t know. and we should be cautious about that after what’s happened in Libya and Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere. But simply as a response to a provocation, I mean, basically, Assad said, ‘The world hasn’t changed. For the last eight years I’ve been able to kill my own people and get away with it.’

They put dead babies on the world’s TV screens and Trump said enough of this. And that’s a change. That’s a real Russian reset button. That’s a real reset button upon the world.

It shows you he responds to things. He’s very nimble and able to respond to things. The disgusting aspect of the last eight years is that Obama mistook the sidelines for the moral high ground.

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“…Any country that chooses to defend the atrocities of the Syrian regime will have to do so in full public view, for all the world to see”

(H/T: Instapundit)

And this really is SMART “soft power” (which Obama utilized to little effect) – knowing that world now knows that America’s soft power is now backed up with hard power.  You cannot have one without the other – and the willpower and wisdom to know which one to use when.

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The University of Missouri has had an interesting couple of years. The hoax. The meltdown/protest and Melissa Click antics and termination. On Campus 1984esqu Social Justice Civil War. Declining enrollment followed. And here comes the ax.

Leaders at the four University of Missouri System schools have less than a month to bring forward budget proposals that outline how they’re going to handle their share of budget cuts for the coming year.

Layoffs and program cuts are among the items that school leaders should consider, according to a budget planning webpage set up Monday by the UM System.

According to the statement, the budget cuts will range from 8 to 12 percent across the four campuses, which are the University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri University of Science & Technology, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Dr. Melissa Click still has her job at Gonzaga. Maybe she can put in a good word.

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It’s always a trip to go over to Treehugger because it shows me what and how the other side thinks of issues.  It is clear that they are Progressive in their authors topics and contents and some of their commenter are REAL hardcore. Not only are they hardcore in renewables, recyling, EVs, and their outlook but they often show the Progressive “you don’t need that” and more than a whiff of micro-totalitarianism in being adamant that no one should have (or enjoy) those activities, discussions or property of which they would disallow.   This post by Katherine Martinko was no exception (emphasis mine):

Why we should pay more for clothes

Shopping for new clothes is a pleasurable experience for most people. It feels good to acquire stylish new items for one’s wardrobe, especially when those clothes don’t cost much. But as soon as shopping means handing over hefty sums of money that really gouge your wallet, the experience becomes less pleasurable and more painful.

This mercurial relationship between buying and paying is at the root of an interesting suggestion made by Quartz’s fashion reporter Marc Bain. Bain has set himself a goal of spending at least $150 whenever he wants to add something new to his wardrobe. This amount – which would vary from person to person – has to be enough to “make you sweat a little.”

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If you hadn’t heard a man in Salem shot himself in the basement of a home that exploded. Searchers discovered some weapons, obviously. And while the media has reported on the explosion, the suicide, the man’s debts, a few booby traps, the opinions of neighbors, and other circumstances, the weapons are featured in most if not all the reporting, amplified this morning by the Union Leader headline (c/o NewHampshire.com), “Police: Armed to teeth, Salem homeowner killed himself.”

Did they, and was he? No, and no.

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