Yes, this tends to be a vocation with me lately – pointing out the why of the Republican officials, candidates, and Party are not all that welcome with a lot of Republican folks in the base.  And it is ALL self-induced!  Don’t do what you have promised, for years?  Decisions have consequences and with the New Media, there are MANY more eyes watching a whole lot more people and a whole lot conversations thanks to the ‘Net.  Repair_Man_Jack at RedState has another slant on the Donald phenomena: arbitrage (reformatted, emphasis mine):

If you ever attempt to manage anything complicated you will have to figure out what to do about risks. Risks can be roughly defined as things that could go wrong and give you a problem. Once they do go wrong, they become issues. Then you have a problem on your hands. The political leadership of the GOP has failed at risk management. They now have an issue on their hands; THE DONALD.

Yup one of the Republicans’ own making.  Inattention, stupendous hubris, and a wrong worldview of their customer voter base has created a nullity in the Right side of politics.  The media analogue is Fox News –

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Today was the much anticipated vote of New Hampshire’s Executive Council on the funding of the over $600,000 Planned Parenthood contract. In light of the recent and horrific videos that show Planned Parenthood harvesting human baby body parts, many in New Hampshire were outraged that the organization was getting any money from taxpayers at all.

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On Meet The Press this past Sunday, host Chuck Todd asked GOP Chair Reince Prebus about rumors that The Donald might skip out and run as a thir party candidate:

 If you are going to run for the nomination of our private organization which is the Republican Party that it only makes sense that you at #1 agree the Republican would be better than a Democrat running on the other side and that you wouldn’t run as a third Party because I think a third party, at least a serious one on either side of the aisle, would be a death wish to both parties.

This statement really didn’t make much sense two ways:

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Americans and Japanese should celebrate August 6th because American action on this date seventy years ago helped save at least 500,000 American and 6 million Japanese lives during World War II.

Before the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, Americans were planning the invasion of Japan.  The Japanese were expected to fight even more fiercely for their homeland than they fought elsewhere.  Typically they fought to the death, often only about 1 percent of the soldiers were captured.  Japanese women and children on Japanese controlled islands committed suicide rather than surrender.

Japanese preparations for the invasion were being made.  Every man and woman was being trained and armed.  Fighting in Japan itself might have continued until nearly every Japanese man, woman, and youth was dead.

The American military had ordered the first of multiple planned orders for 500,000 purple hearts to award to American casualties.  Fighting was expected to be as fierce as at Iwo Jima where about 850 Americans died for every square mile of land captured. 

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Rare is the occasion that I post an entire writing from another, but this is a perspective I simply cannot paraphrase. Literally, this writing must come from the source. I emphasize that because it was in the New York Times that this individual talks about Cecil the Lion. His name is Goodwell Nzou, a native Zimbabwean. His worldview is important when we think about the vile, stupid talking animal crowd raisin hell about Cecil.

Hillary: Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.”

From a piece: How We, as POWs, Responded to Communists Threatening Our Religious Liberty.  Now read the quote from Hillary above again, and then read the closing from that piece

This is why I feel so strongly about the First Amendment. I believe the First Amendment is now under attack. Recently Hillary Clinton gave a speech in which she insinuated, repeatedly, that many religious beliefs are outmoded because these beliefs are contrary to many objectives of her agenda.  Accordingly, she suggested that government will need to force religious leaders to change these ancient teachings to fit modern laws. Hillary is suggesting that, as president, she would use force to repress religious teachings and practice.

…This is no better than the offer the Communists gave us. Asking the insurance company to pay means arranging for something which they believe is morally forbidden. We don’t need to accept this.

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Read my previous post with the question:

What WOULD you stand for – and for what would you drop down onto your knees and into submission?

Well, no one that has been following the issue will be surprised at this (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Catholic Diocese in North Dakota Severs All Ties With Boy Scouts Over Gay Adult Troop Leaders

The Catholic Diocese of Bismark, North Dakota, is “formally” severing its churches, schools, and other institutions from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) because of the latter’s decision to allow openly homosexual adults and employees to work in the Boy Scouts.  The BSA’s executive committee voted to lift its century-old national restriction on “openly gay adult leaders and employees” on July 27.  The Catholic Diocese of Bismark, headed by Bishop David Kagan moved swiftly to disassociate itself from the now pro-gay BSA.

I am quite sure that there will be those that will label this as straight up bigotry, believing that “progress & dignity” should trump deeply held religious beliefs.

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Gov. Maggie Hassan could have just come out and said, “the Republicans in the Executive Council should ‘have a heart’, because Planned Parenthood is having a a sale!” But instead, she released this statement about how the NH Executive Council decided  not to fund her ideological allies with taxpayer money:

“Planned Parenthood provides critical primary and preventive health care services to thousands of New Hampshire women, including cancer screenings, birth control and STD testing. Access to these services is essential to the economic security and vitality of our families, and I am incredibly disappointed in the outcome of today’s vote.

Um…these services are accessible from a wide range of doctors, clinics, hospitals, health providers, and urgent care clinics who ARE NOT planned Parenthood and who DO NOT get taxpayer funding, –and from some that still do.

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The Drudge Report is great at the juxtaposition of headlines – especially those that portray those the High and Mighty saying one thing.  And then putting another one showing what reality is like.  In this case were these two back to back at Lucianne:

Shot:  Obama: Iran builds on diplomacy that won the Cold War

Chaser: Iranian Warship points weapon at US Helicopter, official says

 As to the actual stories:

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From The Hill:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he will not allow a government shutdown this fall and has pledged to begin talks “at some point.”  McConnell on Tuesday said he is willing to negotiate with Democrats to solve the funding impasse, after refusing for weeks to participate in the budget summit they have been calling for.

“Let me say it again, no more government shutdowns,” he told reporters.  He added that he would find a way forward “through negotiations.”

Right.  He has already waved his white flag in name of the Republican Party. 

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Remember, she was the one that issued subpoenas for pastors’ sermons in case they had preached against homosexuality as sin because she saw them as the opposition to her updating of Houston’s anti-discrimination reg that would make it gays a protected class.

The city of Houston has issued subpoenas demanding a group of pastors turn over any sermons dealing with homosexuality, gender identity or Annise Parker, the city’s first openly lesbian mayor. And those ministers who fail to comply could be held in contempt of court.

(here, here, and here) Having lost in court for her ham-fistedness of ramming that regulation through AND forced to withdraw the subpoenas as she learned that Christians will stand up for their Rights, she (like Obama) is attacking them another way – she’s at it again through her city agencies and the power of eminent domain (emphasis mine, reformatted):

 City of Houston Wants to Bulldoze One Black Church, Condemn Another

In a repulsive demonstration of hostility towards Christians, the City of Houston wants to bulldoze one church and condemn the property of another so they can build affordable housing and a public library.

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From WebMd.com:

Week 20
Baby: Your baby can hear sounds by now — your voice, heart, and your stomach growling, as well as sounds outside your body. The baby will cover its ears with its hands if a loud sound is made near you, and it may even become startled and “jump.” The baby is moving often, too — twisting, turning, wiggling, punching and kicking.

Mom-to-be: Congratulations! You’re near the midpoint of your pregnancy. Your uterus is just about even with your navel

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What’s Happening Inside You?
Hair is beginning to grow on your baby’s head, and lanugo, a soft fine hair, covers his or her shoulders, back, and temples. This hair protects your baby and is usually shed at the end of the baby’s first week of life.

Or at 20 weeks the baby can be put in a bag while a…

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Jeanne “Baby Parts Machine” Shaheen is probably already on the phone to Obama…

c/o Cornerstone

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Councilor Sununu Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood

Cornerstone applauds Councilors Kenney, Wheeler, and Sununu for their votes on the Planned Parenthood contracts today. A special thanks to Councilor Sununu for voting his conscience based on watching the recent videos released by the Center for Medical Progress. We want to highlight one piece of the debate that Councilor Sununu raised. Alternatives must be sought for the constituents of the Granite State. This is the right approach and must be taken seriously.

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Yep, it certainly can.  Especially when those that use social issues against Republicans like Planned Parenthood and the other baby killers who have no problem in trivializing Life for both the taking of that life as well as with other political issues  And then other Republicans actually fund that activity as NH GOP Steve Duprey has done for years.  To wit:

…According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Planned Parenthood’s campaign spending in the 2014 elections included $4.2 million in outside spending — which it used nearly exclusively to support Democrats or oppose GOP candidates.  Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said Monday’s vote showed the bill was “a political nonstarter.” Acknowledging that Republicans may continue the battle, she said: “This fight may not be over, but we’re ready for it.”  A Planned Parenthood ally, NARAL Pro-Choice America, said it would run TV ads this week attacking three GOP senators seeking re-election in 2016: Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Rob Portman of Ohio and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

Far be it for me to advocate on Ayotte’s behalf, but

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