Saturday, July 20, 2019
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) at the National Conservatism Conference
The Great Divide in this Country is between the Political/Cosmopolitan Elite and the American Middle
The Cosmopolitan Economy has made the Cosmopolitan Elite an Aristocracy
It's time to end the Cosmopolitan Experiment. Americans are not going to become like the rest of the world and the rest of the world isn't going to become like Americans.
Lt. Gen. Robert Spalding:
The U.S. Couldn't Do the First Moon Landing Today
“We fell into this trap of believing that open markets lead to wealth, and wealth leads to democracy, and, therefore, if we just open ourselves up to the world, that the world would automatically democratize....”
The U.S. Couldn't Do the First Moon Landing Today
“We fell into this trap of believing that open markets lead to wealth, and wealth leads to democracy, and, therefore, if we just open ourselves up to the world, that the world would automatically democratize....”
The Federalist on John Roberts' census opinion:
Since when is the Supreme Court in the business of going beyond constitutionality to mind-reading as to why bureaucrats devise policies that are constitutional?
Since when is the Supreme Court in the business of going beyond constitutionality to mind-reading as to why bureaucrats devise policies that are constitutional?
On this day in 1969, 50 years ago:
Neil Armstrong Walks on the Moon
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
NASA Video
Friday, July 19, 2019
The man who presaged Trumpism:
Pat Buchanan: Great Nations That Fight Endless Wars Do Not Remain Great
On this day in 1943,
U.S. Bombs Rome
Surprise Bombing of Rail Yards Breaks Will of Italians to Continue WWII
Military video of bombing raid
Thursday, July 18, 2019
On this day 50 years ago in 1969,
Source Article I - Wikipedia Mary Jo Kopechne
LIBERAL ICON TEDDY KENNEDY
KILLS MARY JO KOPECHNE
KILLS MARY JO KOPECHNE
IN CAR ACCIDENT
AFTER LEAVING HER TO SUFFOCATE
On this day in 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the east coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The celebration was in honor of the dedicated work of the Boiler Room Girls, and was the fourth such reunion of the Robert F. Kennedy campaign workers. Ted Kennedy attended for his late brother.
Kopechne reportedly left the party at 11:15 p.m. with Ted. According to his own account, he offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to Edgartown, where she was staying. She did not tell her close friends at the party that she was leaving, and she left her purse and keys behind. Kennedy drove the 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 off a narrow, unlit bridge, which was without guardrails and was not on the route to Edgartown.
The Oldsmobile landed in Poucha Pond and overturned in the water; Kennedy extricated himself from the vehicle and survived, but Kopechne did not and died in the submerged vehicle eight days shy of her twenty-ninth birthday.
Kennedy failed to report the incident to the authorities until the car and Kopechne's body were discovered the next morning. . .
The captain of the local fire department testified at the inquest:
It looked as if she were holding herself up to get a last breath of air. It was a consciously assumed position.... She didn't drown. She died of suffocation in her own air void. It took her at least three or four hours to die. I could have had her out of that car twenty-five minutes after I got the call. But he [Ted Kennedy] didn't call. . .
Farrar testified later at the inquest that Kopechne's body was pressed up in the car in the spot where an air bubble would have formed. He interpreted that to mean that Kopechne had survived in the air bubble after the crash, and he concluded that:
Had I received a call within five to ten minutes of the accident occurring, and was able, as I was the following morning, to be at the victim's side within twenty-five minutes of receiving the call, in such event there is a strong possibility that she would have been alive on removal from the submerged car.
Farrar believed that Kopechne "lived for at least two hours down there."
A week after the incident, Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury. He received a two-month suspended sentence. . . .
Source Article I - Wikipedia Mary Jo Kopechne
Source Article II - Wikipedia Chappaquiddick Incident
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
The American Conservative
Nationalism, Not Neoconservatism
It would be a shame if the promising conservative movement of the future was co-opted by the pro-war operators of the past.
Today's Orwellian 1984 update:
Dems Introduce Bill To Remove Terms 'Illegal' And 'Alien' From Federal Immigration Law
On this day in 1941,
Joe DiMaggio's 56 Game Hitting Streak Ends
The greatest achievement in baseball history
Streak stopped by two outstanding plays by Milwaukeean and All-Star Kenny Keltner
MLB 75th anniversary commercial (2016)
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Liberal Law Prof Jonathan Turley:
Washington Attacker On Immigration Center Was An Antifa Member and Featured On CNN
10 years ago today in 2009,
OBAMA MEDDLES IN LOCAL BOSTON POLICE MATTER TO HELP PERSONAL FRIEND
Slanders White, Certified Diversity Trainer Who Once Tried To Save African American NBA Player Reggie Lewis With Mouth-to-Mouth CPR
On this day in 2009, Democrat President Barack Obama accused white Boston police officer James Crowley, a certified police trainer in diversity and racial profiling, of “acting stupidly” when he arrested Obama’s personal friend, African-American and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, for disorderly conduct.
Crowley had previously gained notice for being one of two police officers who had administered CPR, including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, in a failed attempt to revive African-American and Boston Celtics basketball star Reggie Lewis, who died on the court during practice.
According to press reports, Gates had just returned from a long trip overseas, was tired, and both he and his driver had trouble getting his front door open. After entering through a back door and then exiting, Gates and his driver forced their way into the front door, damaging the door.
After a neighborhood resident reported a possible break-in at Gates’ house, Crowley arrived at the scene, went up to the front door, and asked Gates to step outside. Crowley explained he was investigating the report of a break-in in progress.
Gates asked, "Why, because I'm a black man in America?"
Gates then threatened Crowley by saying he did not know who he was "messing with."
Crowley asked Gates for a photo ID so as to verify he was the resident of the house. Gates initially refused, but then supplied his Harvard University identification card. However, Gates went on to repeatedly shout requests for Crowley’s identification.
Crowley then told Gates that he was leaving his residence and that if Gates wanted to continue discussing the matter, he would speak to him outside.
Gates replied, "Yeah, I'll speak with your mama outside."
Gates stepped onto his front porch and continued to yell at Crowley, accusing him of racial bias and saying he had not heard the last of him. On the 9-1-1 dispatcher audio recordings, a man's loud voice is heard in the background at several points during Sgt. Crowley's transmissions.
Crowley warned Gates that he was becoming disorderly. When Gates ignored this warning and persisted in his behavior, and likewise ignored a second warning from Crowley, Crowley informed Gates that he was under arrest.
Obama’s use of his presidency to mischaracterize Crowley’s behavior, with no criticism of Gates’ behavior, set off a national uproar which he later attempted to mollify with a White House Beer Summit in the Rose Garden.
Monday, July 15, 2019
Peter Thiel, billionaire tech investor and Facebook board member:
FBI, CIA should probe Google for Aiding China
FBI, CIA should probe Google for Aiding China
On this day in 1979,
Dem President Jimmy Carter
Gives His Infamous "Malaise" Speech
Claims "crisis of confidence"
has led to “the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation.”
Opens door to Reagan's optimism and speechmaking ability
(Good luck staying awake during this 33 minute speech)
On this day in 1971,
Nixon Stuns Nation
by Announcing Trip to Red China
Goal is to drive a wedge between Red China and Soviet Union
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Law Profs John Yoo and James Phillips:
Has SCOTUS Laid the Groundwork for Undermining the Administrative State?
Ilya Somin, Law Prof George Mason University, WaPo editorial:
How Trump caused liberals to love federalism
On this day in 1798,
Alexander Hamilton and Federalists
Pass Alien and Sedition Acts
Republican Journalists Prosecuted and Jailed
for Publishing "Fake News"
President Adams given power to deport enemies - Immigration restricted
A short video history
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