#1
in many ways i think that's right, if only because it gave Mr Trump extra insight into the massive wave of sentiment towards sovereignty, and extra confidence when it looked like all the polls were against him.
Bless Nigel Farage, the Man Who Saved Britain
One voice alone is small, but if another hears it and lifts up their voice, and another and another then sooner or later it swells to be a huge strong choir enough to shake the foundations of the world
#2
The centralization pendulum swung way, way over to one side since the end of the Cold War. Now it must return because things have become organically out of whack.
The problem is, so many millions in the West have hitched their stars to centralization and realize that a return to sensible subsidiarity will not improve their lives that they will fight tooth and claw to keep things out of whack.
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Brexit was the start of a preference cascade.
It was documented as such by Herr Blogmeister early last year. People saw that they were not alone in their disgust with the nature of the elites and the direction they were steering.
[FOXNEWS] Inauguration Day protests turned violent late Friday morning, as spectators reported being attacked and a police official said demonstrators were vandalizing property and even torched a car.
The police official confirmed protesters "have crow bars and are vandalizing," after demonstrators were seen smashing windows downtown, including at a local McDonald's.
A separate senior law enforcement official told Fox News that at least one DC Metropolitan police officer is receiving medical treatment for an injury sustained while trying to contain protesters. The official described the officer's injury as minor.
At one security checkpoint near the Capitol that was shut down for hours earlier Friday morning due to protesters, a couple from Kansas also told FoxNews.com they were attacked by demonstrators.
Celeste Sollars, who said she and her husband came to town from Kansas to see the inauguration, said they were spit on and her husband was put in a chokehold by protesters.
"The cops wouldn't do anything," she said, crying. "This is not how it was supposed to be -- assault is not a First Amendment right."
This comes after protesters from Black Lives Matter and other groups forced the shutdown early Friday morning of at least two inauguration security checkpoints, including the one where Sollars said she was attacked -- as demonstrators followed through on threats to disrupt President-elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s inaugural ceremonies.
The Black Lives Matter protesters at first started chaining themselves to fences in front of a checkpoint near the Capitol, after which the Secret Service closed the gates and shut down the entrance.
"We are here to let people know this presidency is not legit. It goes against hundreds of years of democracy -- black lives matter," BLM DC’s Tracye Redd told FoxNews.com.
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Make some arrests and give them a court date on Monday. Let them chill for the weekend and think about what they've done while the city tallies up the cost of their violence and presents them a bill.
#3
CBS right now reporting people wearing masks and gas masks pulling bricks out of the street and throwing them at the police. Police trying to disperse the crowd with flash-bangs and pepper spray. Several blocks away from the parade route
#9
And a double tap now will keep it from getting bad, grom.
Some say crimes against property are not capital offenses, but it is predictive gateway behavior. Can we stop serial killers by ending cat burners? Maybe not, but perhaps we can reduce their numbers.
[Free Beacon] CNN has assigned the daughter of one of President Obama’s top advisers to cover the Department of Justice.
The network announced in a press release that Valerie Jarrett’s daughter Laura would be one of four reporters to cover the Justice Department in 2017. The New York Post broke the news that Jarrett had been hired in September, though a formal announcement about her beat did not come until Thursday.
Jarrett has long wanted to work in television news, though being an objective reporter was not her original goal. She told Vanity Fair in a 2009 "Bright Young Things" profile that her chief ambition was to "work as a TV-news legal analyst." Her favorite cause was "promoting civil rights and social equality for women and minorities."
Jarrett worked as a private practice attorney prior to joining the news network, according to her CNN bio page. She has some experience with her beat, having defended "companies and individuals in government investigations brought by the Justice Department," as well as other government agencies. She does not, however, appear to have any journalism experience. Her last publishing stint came while she attended Harvard Law School.
#1
I was going to say, if that girl is luck, she looks more like her father. Then I thought, nah. Looking like a turkey baster would not be telegenic either...
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[Daily Caller] President Obama’s time in the White House is ended, and after eight years, his administration has imposed more than 3,000 regulations and added nearly $8 trillion to the national debt.
Obama started his presidency on a wave of optimism, working with a Democratic-controlled Congress to pass a $831 billion stimulus package, financial reform and a bill to overhaul health coverage -- his namesake, Obamacare.
But Obama’s costly health care law cost his party dearly, and by his second term Republicans controlled the House in 2010, and then took over the Senate in 2014. Obama turned to alternative policy-making tools, using his "pen and phone" to regulate what he could not legislate.
The Obama administration put out 3,069 regulations, adding nearly $900 billion in costs to the economy. Obama’s main focuses were fighting global warming and immigration. Obama’s rules added nearly 572,000 pages to the Federal Register, including a whopping 97,110 pages in 2016 alone -- an all-time record.
h/t Instapundit
Less than 24 hours before his inauguration, the Associated Press reports President-elect Donald Trump has given up his personal cellphone.
Trump apparently told a friend on Thursday that he has given up the phone on the advice of security agencies.
#3
I searched for several minutes, to see if any of these candidates for the cabinet had any redeeming virtues. There seem to be none.
The site is named "Marie Claire". Marie Claire is an international monthly magazine for women. First published in France in 1937, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and several global issues. Marie Claire magazine also covers health, beauty, and fashion topics.
[Yahoo] WASHINGTON (AP) -- With a few final moves and a round of goodbyes, President Barack Obama quietly closed out his presidency on Thursday and prepared for life as a private citizen, as the country readied itself for President-elect Donald Trump.
Eight years after he started his presidency with a burst of activity and executive orders, Obama wound it down in low-key fashion. He didn't appear publicly during the day, and he didn't leave the White House, though he was to accompany Trump at midday Friday to the Capitol for his successor's swearing-in.
As the last remaining White House staffers packed up their belongings and cleared out, the president and first lady Michelle Obama placed a farewell call to German Chancellor Angela Merkel -- his last presidential call to a foreign leader. Merkel, Obama's closest international partner, is the only one of his key European allies still in power as he leaves office, though she faces a difficult re-election in September.
Hanging over Obama's departure is the reality that he's being replaced by a successor who has vowed to upend much of what he accomplished. Obama implored Americans not to vote for Trump, warning he was dangerous and unfit, but Americans elected him anyway.
In a letter to supporters, Obama said that "when the arc of progress seems slow," Americans should remember that they are empowered as citizens to influence the nation's future for the better. He added: "We shall overcome."
His administration also disclosed it had transferred four final detainees out of Guantanamo Bay, but conceded Obama had failed to fulfill his promise to close the prison.
"All that I've learned in my time in office, I've learned from you," Obama said. "You made me a better president, and you made me a better man."
Only a skeleton staff remained in the West Wing, creating an eerily quiet feeling in the normally bustling corridors. Photos of Obama and his family that for years have lined the walls were taken down, with some to be transferred to Obama's personal office, leaving big white spaces on the walls.
Most desks and offices were empty, having been vacated by staffers who departed in recent weeks. Those staffers still left were packing up their desks, handing in their phones and saying teary farewells to their colleagues.
"It has truly been a pleasure," one White House press staffer declared over the intercom.
Obama did save one major announcement for his final day: Commutations for 330 drug offenders who had appealed to him for clemency. The final round of grants brought to 1,715 the total number of inmates whose sentences Obama has commuted, more than any other president.
That sounds exactly the kind of thing our first Javanese president would do. Bets on how long before most of those commutations are arrested for cause, convicted, and get long sentences under the Three Strikes rule?
As his family packed up the living quarters where he and Mrs. Obama raised their two daughters, Obama received the president's daily briefing for the final time and had lunch with Vice President Joe Biden. His administration also disclosed it had transferred four final detainees out of Guantanamo Bay, but conceded Obama had failed to fulfill his promise to close the prison.
No worries. It soon will be full again, and this time they'll be allowed to get answers to questions.
Obama also staffed up for his life and work as former president, hiring a trio of former faces. Obama tapped his White House principle deputy press secretary to be his senior adviser and a former White House aide to be his spokesman, while first lady Michelle Obama selected her communications director to stay on in that role when she becomes the former first lady.
After Trump is inaugurated on Friday, ex-President Obama will fly by helicopter to Andrews Air Force Base, where he'll speak to longtime aides to thank them for their work. Then he and his family will board the presidential aircraft for their final flight, to California, where they plan a quiet vacation in Palm Springs.
The Obamas will return later to Washington, where they have rented a home and plan to live until youngest daughter Sasha finishes high school.
Layers of editors, forsooth! One needs three of a thing to achieve -est status. Sasha is merely an -er.
#1
If you are reading this, my heartfelt congratulations. You have endured eight long, painful years and lived to see the day this indolent imposter and Muslim apologist has finally left office.
#3
If you are reading this, my heartfelt congratulations. You have endured eight long, painful years and lived to see the day this indolent imposter and Muslim apologist has finally left office.
#4
"That sounds exactly the kind of thing our first Javanese president would do. Bets on how long before most of those commutations are arrested for cause, convicted, and get long sentences under the Three Strikes rule?"
#7
"I hear the deplorables heil him!"
"Well, Angel, you'll have to beguile him."
"Oh, Barry, you're dreamy!
Do drop by and see me...
I'll help you apply for asylum."
#8
I have found it amazing that my mood and outlook has improved by an order of magnitude since Nov. 9. It took months starting in 2009 to reach the depths.
I hoped that Zero would not be as bad as I feared but he quickly reached that level and then continued to descend.
Now, maybe, things will improve though I'm sure it will take time.
#10
We're free - Trump has taken the oath of office. Listening to his speech, and it's great. No more I, I, I - We and You, the people.
I am hopeful, but we can't relax.
God Bless America.
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"Bets on how long before most of those commutations are arrested for cause, convicted, and get long sentences under the Three Strikes rule?"
I'll never understand the sympathy for the three strikes convicts. Who cares if the third crime was some minor deal, you already had two chances to get straight. Most folks don't use up a single strike. Clearly these strike outs are predators on society. F' em.
#12
Took time out of work to watch the Varsity Team get sworn in. You know it had to chap O's arse to hear Donald lay out the first shots in dismantling the 'great work' O'bumble did.....
In the spirit of unity and good faith, I hereby cancel and make null and void all debts, bets, and obligations of drink and sustenance connected to this election. Bangkok Billy, we shall simply 'go Dutch' when we meet in Arlington.
[Iran Press TV] Outgoing US President Barack Obama I inhaled. That was the point... has condemned the Republican-dominated Congress for thwarting his plans to close the notorious American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In a letter to the Republican leaders of Congress ‐ House Speaker Paul Ryan ...U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party. He proposed an alternative to President Obama's 2011 budget and made himself the target of both Democrat and Republican verbal pies... and Senate President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch ...Republican Senator-for-Life from Utah. The state does have two senators but nobody can remember who the other guy is... -- on Thursday, Obama said the prison "never should have been opened in the first place."
"There is simply no justification beyond politics for the Congress' insistence on keeping the facility open," he stated.
"Members of Congress who obstruct efforts to close the facility, given the stakes involved for our security, have abdicated their responsibility to the American people," Obama continued.
The closure of the Guantanamo prison was among the main campaign promises of Obama during the 2008 presidential election. Obama vowed to close it within a year when he came to office in January 2009. But his efforts had been continually blocked by Republican politicians in Congress.
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But his efforts had been continually blocked by Republican lawmakers in Congress.
Back in 2009 when the US Senate was Democrat controlled funding for President Obama's Gitmo closure proposal was shot down 90-6. Majority Leader Reid was amongst the many Dems that not just voted but argued against the transfer of detainees to US soil. Others such as current leader Schummer have continued to block simmilar legislation. Team Obama was never one to let facts get in the way of a good partisan narrative - why start now?
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Yea, but we don't have to post it here - I mean, the "seedy politicians" section will be full of stories about the feds in DC setting an example of minimizing carbon footprint by not using air conditioners & staff like this.
I dunno. After a cool off period it might be fun to watch the little idiot scream his little screams and shake his tiny fists in impudent rage as time keeps dragging him further and further into obscurity.
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration miscalculated costs for the state Medi-Cal program by $1.9 billion last year, an oversight that contributed to Brown's projection of a deficit in the upcoming budget, officials acknowledged this week. Miscalculated? Or made sure it found its way into demoncratic coffers?
The administration discovered accounting mistakes last fall, but it did not notify lawmakers until the administration included adjustments to make up for the errors in Brown's budget proposal last week. The Democratic governor called for more than $3 billion in cuts because of a projected deficit he pegged at $1.6 billion.
"There's no other way to describe this other than a straight up error in accounting, which we deeply regret," said H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the Department of Finance. Wrong. I describe it as theft... graft... padding pockets... take your pick
The agency followed its normal practice by waiting to report the errors in the governor's next budget, he said.
Brown's deficit projection was driven by more than just the accounting error, Palmer said, noting that California tax collections came in below expectations for most of the first half of the fiscal year.
The massive hole in the Medi-Cal budget surprised state lawmakers. Unexpectedly!
"It makes you wonder what else is not right. ... When something like this happens, the trust factor gets eroded, and you lose confidence in what's being provided to you," said Sen. John Moorlach, a Republican from Costa Mesa who serves on the Senate budget committee. Yet the coastal idiots will continue to vote for the demoncrats
Making up for the Medi-Cal shortfall will mean the state can't spend money on other priorities, such as college scholarships or paying down long-term pension liabilities, Moorlach said.
The Medi-Cal program, California's version of Medicaid, is jointly funded by the state and federal governments to provide health coverage for people with low incomes.
It covers one in three Californians, at a total cost of more than $100 billion annually. About a sixth of the money comes from the state general fund and most of the rest from the federal government. And how many of those are illegal?
The Department of Finance said it did not account for $487 million in rebates from drugmakers that the state must pay the federal government to reimburse Washington for its share of Medi-Cal drug costs.
The state also miscalculated costs for the Coordinated Care Initiative, an experimental program in seven counties to improve care for a group of high-needs patients eligible for both Medi-Cal and Medicare, the federally funded health plan for seniors and people with disabilities.
Officials double-counted some of the expected savings, leading to a budget hole of $913 million, and undercounted the costs in San Mateo and Orange counties by $573 million.
In his spending plan, Brown proposed eliminating the Coordinated Care Initiative because he said the program was not cost effective, angering counties that said the change would shift $550 million in costs to them.
The initiative's accounting problems did not affect the administration's finding that the program should be eliminated, Palmer said. And Californian idiots continue to want to be hostile to the new administration. Federal funds being cut off would sink her faster than the Titanic. Brown should be on his knees sucking off Trump better than a $1000 whore to keep his gravy train running. But he won't because he is a corrupt idiot.
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Tax collections are lower than expected. Could that have anything to do with people leaving the state because they don't wanna pay the crooked morons who run this state?
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california budget is about 170Billion
about $13B for corrections
about $55B for health and service
about $50B for primary education
somewhere between 5% and 7% of Calif's population are illegal immigrants but probably a higher percentage than that are receiving health services and education
of course the illegals do pay taxes as part of the state sales tax (which is 7.5% counting the local share)and various other taxes
#4
Typical California Democrats reaction to a (missing money) accounting error of $1.9 ($1,900.000.000) is; Oh Well we will try harder next year! Everyone involved should be fired and all the department heads should be jailed. On top of this California hides the cost of the 10,000,000 illegals California feeds and houses from the taxpayers.
#5
I'm afraid you are delusional. California is reported to have a population of 35,000,000 and about 10,000,000 are illegals. In the central valley where the eco-freaks in government have cut off the water to farms which are now fallow there are now feral zones where the police don't even go.They are 100% Spanish speaking and outsiders are not welcome. The most common vehicle they drive is the Lexus. They supplement their income with cottage industries like growing pot and meth labs.
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Alistaire says five to seven percent of Californians are illegal immigrants. I think that's wrong. I think it's much, much more. But I agree with Dopey, anyone who was involved with this "miscalculation" should be fired and investigated for embezzlement, fraud and misappropriation of public funds. But since that would have to include Moonbeam himself it will never happen.
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Percentage of illegals in incarceration (aka corrections) at the state and local level?
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[Free Beacon] CNN has assigned the daughter of one of President Obama’s top advisers to cover the Department of Justice.
[Daily Caller] President Obama’s time in the White House is ended, and after eight years, his administration has imposed more than 3,000 regulations and added nearly $8 trillion to the national debt.
[Yahoo] WASHINGTON (AP) -- With a few final moves and a round of goodbyes, President Barack Obama quietly closed out his presidency on Thursday and prepared for life as a private citizen, as the country readied itself for President-elect Donald Trump.
[Iran Press TV] Outgoing US President 
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration miscalculated costs for the state Medi-Cal program by $1.9 billion last year, an oversight that contributed to Brown's projection of a deficit in the upcoming budget, officials acknowledged this week.
