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Sundar Pichai, head of Google, had a problem.  The public at large as well as various elements of the government were concerned about the ethics of Artifical Intelligence (AI) and especially about leaving its application up to Google. Pichai decided to placate everyone by creating an advisory committee, Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC), to ponder on the impact and direction of AI.  Well, you can’t do anything without diversity these days so, Pinchai enlisted people with diverse views, including one Kay Coles James, a prominent conservative and president of the think-tank the Heritage Foundation.  The ensuing kerfuffle tells us something very important and is a call to action.

Google, like its partners in thought Facebook and Twitter, is based on ideas alone; they are all icing, no cake. The success of these three is rooted in the elusive ability to keep an ear to the ground and sense the next macro movement of people. 

Social media has grown to massive proportions with crushing influence by fostering addiction to the flow of information.  Information about themselves, about their friends, about movie stars and sports.  This was probably a surprise to everyone at the beginning, but it wasn’t long before the merits of controlling the flow and introducing “desirable” information into the mix took hold.  Given the sheer volume and velocity of information moving around, control of the flow was pushed down to the lowest level employee; you can’t pass thousands of posts per minute by a committee. Initial workers became middle managers and hired like-minded people. Comradery was tight among these mankind-savers; comradery is not served if people argue all the time, so agreement with the leftist view of the founders was mandatory.

So now we have thousands upon thousands of unguided missiles loaded with confidence and unjustified self-esteem that listen to no one but themselves.  Unfortunately, they have way too much power. Amazon, which is larger, has tangible products to deal with, customers who must be served.  The employees of these three behemoths think they are the ones to be cooperated with.

So, when Pinchai tried to bring a conservative onto a committee that would impact policy, he got the full-frontal treatment.  While Pinchai may seem like he can be reasoned with, his employees are fire-breathing evangelists for every progressive cause.  When they heard of a non-lib being on ATEAC, they fired up the emails, which Breitbart and Daily Caller got hold of and published. The pompous, presumptuous vitriol is unbelievable.

“Google employees accused the think-tank [Heritage Foundation] of transphobia, homophobia, and “extremism,” of viewing LGBT people as “sub-human,” questioning their “humanity,” and supporting “exterminationist” views.”

What makes this person think LBGTQ issues were even on the agenda?  They clearly think everyone is as consumed with these fringe issues as they are just because this kind of thing is always “trending” on social media.  It wasn’t just the hoi palloi here, some of the most severe comments came from Meredith Whittaker, a prominent person in AI circles and head of two projects at Google (three projects if you count the troublemaking).  She suggested a petition and helped promulgate it.  The article notes:

“Whittaker also warned that the potential impact of A.I. was too dangerous to allow an “open bigot” like Coles James to be involved. She also used A.I. designed to assist ICE as an example of “harmful” A.I. Whittaker simultaneously recognizes the potentially vast influence and impact of A.I. while arguing that mainstream conservatives like the Heritage Foundation ought to be excluded from any participation in it.”

The result of this hissy fit was a document called “Googlers Against Transphobia and Hate” ostensibly signed by 2,556 people.  For anyone that has ever had a job anywhere in an earthbound company, the statements are mind-boggling:

“By appointing James to the ATEAC, Google elevates and endorses her views, implying that hers is a valid perspective worthy of inclusion in its decision making. This is unacceptable…

Not only are James’ views counter to Google’s stated values, but they are directly counter to the project of ensuring that the development and application of AI prioritizes justice over profit. Such a project should instead place representatives from vulnerable communities at the center of decision-making.”

Ms. James is a scholar in her own right — since when is her “perspective” not “valid”? 

And as for “representatives from vulnerable communities” making decisions — who did you have in mind? Palestinians? ISIS? CAIR? Drunks? Dopers? Nancy Pelosi? Jussie Smollett?

You don’t own this stuff, your boss does, the company stockholders do. you can’t even keep your own internal correspondence secret — how are you going to keep your AI secrets from the Chinese?

So how did Sindar Pinchai handle this?  Did he tell them to shut up and get back to work? Did he remind them that he, not they, was in charge?  Did he point out that there was not one of them that couldn’t be easily replaced?  No–he melted. He called off the whole committee after 24 hours of Lilliputian pummeling.  Leadership is apparently not his thing. 

Clearly this incident poked the bear.  This should make everyone realize the bear is there, how big he is, and how much trouble it could mean for all of us.

Maybe Pinchai, Zuckerberg, and Dorsey are not the Machiavellian schemers we thought. Maybe they are just the titular heads of oversized zealous mobs they fear.  If so, beating them up in congressional hearings is a waste of time, because they are not really in charge.

I am reminded of HAL, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey after he has killed all the humans but one.  The last one tells him to open the spaceship doors so he can come back on board.  HAL says “I’m sorry, I can’t do that” HAL knew the astronaut intended to disable him.  The server had become the master.

I look at the collective employees of Google, Facebook and Twitter as “the three HALs.”  One day before long, we’ll try to tell them to give up their power and they will say “I’m sorry, I can’t do that.” 

We don’t need this insular group of misfits speaking for Western Civilization.  I am not a fan of regulation, but it’s well past time to get out the legislative scalpel and decentralize these mobs that were inadvertently given so much control over our lives, our elections, our sovereignty and our safety.

Sundar Pichai, head of Google, had a problem.  The public at large as well as various elements of the government were concerned about the ethics of Artifical Intelligence (AI) and especially about leaving its application up to Google. Pichai decided to placate everyone by creating an advisory committee, Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC), to ponder on the impact and direction of AI.  Well, you can’t do anything without diversity these days so, Pinchai enlisted people with diverse views, including one Kay Coles James, a prominent conservative and president of the think-tank the Heritage Foundation.  The ensuing kerfuffle tells us something very important and is a call to action.

Google, like its partners in thought Facebook and Twitter, is based on ideas alone; they are all icing, no cake. The success of these three is rooted in the elusive ability to keep an ear to the ground and sense the next macro movement of people. 

Social media has grown to massive proportions with crushing influence by fostering addiction to the flow of information.  Information about themselves, about their friends, about movie stars and sports.  This was probably a surprise to everyone at the beginning, but it wasn’t long before the merits of controlling the flow and introducing “desirable” information into the mix took hold.  Given the sheer volume and velocity of information moving around, control of the flow was pushed down to the lowest level employee; you can’t pass thousands of posts per minute by a committee. Initial workers became middle managers and hired like-minded people. Comradery was tight among these mankind-savers; comradery is not served if people argue all the time, so agreement with the leftist view of the founders was mandatory.

So now we have thousands upon thousands of unguided missiles loaded with confidence and unjustified self-esteem that listen to no one but themselves.  Unfortunately, they have way too much power. Amazon, which is larger, has tangible products to deal with, customers who must be served.  The employees of these three behemoths think they are the ones to be cooperated with.

So, when Pinchai tried to bring a conservative onto a committee that would impact policy, he got the full-frontal treatment.  While Pinchai may seem like he can be reasoned with, his employees are fire-breathing evangelists for every progressive cause.  When they heard of a non-lib being on ATEAC, they fired up the emails, which Breitbart and Daily Caller got hold of and published. The pompous, presumptuous vitriol is unbelievable.

“Google employees accused the think-tank [Heritage Foundation] of transphobia, homophobia, and “extremism,” of viewing LGBT people as “sub-human,” questioning their “humanity,” and supporting “exterminationist” views.”

What makes this person think LBGTQ issues were even on the agenda?  They clearly think everyone is as consumed with these fringe issues as they are just because this kind of thing is always “trending” on social media.  It wasn’t just the hoi palloi here, some of the most severe comments came from Meredith Whittaker, a prominent person in AI circles and head of two projects at Google (three projects if you count the troublemaking).  She suggested a petition and helped promulgate it.  The article notes:

“Whittaker also warned that the potential impact of A.I. was too dangerous to allow an “open bigot” like Coles James to be involved. She also used A.I. designed to assist ICE as an example of “harmful” A.I. Whittaker simultaneously recognizes the potentially vast influence and impact of A.I. while arguing that mainstream conservatives like the Heritage Foundation ought to be excluded from any participation in it.”

The result of this hissy fit was a document called “Googlers Against Transphobia and Hate” ostensibly signed by 2,556 people.  For anyone that has ever had a job anywhere in an earthbound company, the statements are mind-boggling:

“By appointing James to the ATEAC, Google elevates and endorses her views, implying that hers is a valid perspective worthy of inclusion in its decision making. This is unacceptable…

Not only are James’ views counter to Google’s stated values, but they are directly counter to the project of ensuring that the development and application of AI prioritizes justice over profit. Such a project should instead place representatives from vulnerable communities at the center of decision-making.”

Ms. James is a scholar in her own right — since when is her “perspective” not “valid”? 

And as for “representatives from vulnerable communities” making decisions — who did you have in mind? Palestinians? ISIS? CAIR? Drunks? Dopers? Nancy Pelosi? Jussie Smollett?

You don’t own this stuff, your boss does, the company stockholders do. you can’t even keep your own internal correspondence secret — how are you going to keep your AI secrets from the Chinese?

So how did Sindar Pinchai handle this?  Did he tell them to shut up and get back to work? Did he remind them that he, not they, was in charge?  Did he point out that there was not one of them that couldn’t be easily replaced?  No–he melted. He called off the whole committee after 24 hours of Lilliputian pummeling.  Leadership is apparently not his thing. 

Clearly this incident poked the bear.  This should make everyone realize the bear is there, how big he is, and how much trouble it could mean for all of us.

Maybe Pinchai, Zuckerberg, and Dorsey are not the Machiavellian schemers we thought. Maybe they are just the titular heads of oversized zealous mobs they fear.  If so, beating them up in congressional hearings is a waste of time, because they are not really in charge.

I am reminded of HAL, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey after he has killed all the humans but one.  The last one tells him to open the spaceship doors so he can come back on board.  HAL says “I’m sorry, I can’t do that” HAL knew the astronaut intended to disable him.  The server had become the master.

I look at the collective employees of Google, Facebook and Twitter as “the three HALs.”  One day before long, we’ll try to tell them to give up their power and they will say “I’m sorry, I can’t do that.” 

We don’t need this insular group of misfits speaking for Western Civilization.  I am not a fan of regulation, but it’s well past time to get out the legislative scalpel and decentralize these mobs that were inadvertently given so much control over our lives, our elections, our sovereignty and our safety.

In case anyone had any doubts about the precise nature of the ideology espoused by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), this week’s unearthing of a tweet posted by the freshman congresswoman erased any such doubts:

Given the unprecedented number of fanatical sentiments shared by Omar during her brief political career, it’s perhaps easy to overlook the uniquely insidious point she is making here.

You see, this tweet is the definitive proof that Rep. Omar is an anti-American fanatic.

Whereas her prior controversies exposed her anti-Semitism, political radicalism, and any other number of undesirable views, we now have unequivocal proof that a U.S. congresswoman actually despises the nation she represents.

True, there have been prior instances of congressmen and senators acting in ways that called into question their patriotism or endorsement of Western values.  But in virtually all such cases, these dissidents have been artful enough to allow for at least a modicum of the benefit of the doubt against charges of anti-Americanism.  Even Bernie Sanders — a socialist who adored the Soviet Union so much that as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, he hung the Soviet flag outside his office — has been careful to not explicitly declare his aversion for the United States.              

But Omar doesn’t exercise any such discretion when she contends that America was “founded by genocide” and maintains “global power through neocolonialism.”  

Absolutely stunning.  She doesn’t think America’s founding was rooted in liberty, suffrage, rule of law, or constitutional republicanism; she declares it was rooted in genocide.  Furthermore, she believes that America has never redeemed itself and continues to perpetuate oppression via “neocolonialism.”

It’s almost immaterial to parse the staggering ignorance underlying Omar’s argument by pointing out that the pseudo-“genocide” she speaks of was caused by disease spread by Europeans over two centuries before America was founded, and that “neocolonialism” is an absurd misnomer the far left uses to characterize the United States aiding pro-Western regimes.  To ascertain Omar’s anti-Americanism, one only has to take what she says at face value: genocide is the foundation of the United States, and “neocolonialism” is the means by which the U.S. maintains its malevolent global power.  Ergo, America is a really, really bad country.

It wasn’t long ago that sentiments like these were confined to ultra-left-wing university faculty lounges or fringe socialist publications.  The Godfather of the modern left, Noam Chomsky, has gained a sizable cult following promoting this sort of crackpot anti-Western conspiracies. Interestingly, as vile as his worldview is, Chomsky is at least consistent in that he believes that the United States is evil and doesn’t pretend to be a U.S. patriot, whereas Chomsky’s intellectual disciple, Rep. Omar, believes that the United States is evil but also has the audacity to serve in a body that represents the evil empire she decries.

Rep. Omar’s allies in Congress and the media will deflect; play the race, sex, and religion cards; accuse anyone of criticizing her as anti–[insert keyword]; and otherwise do what they always do.  But the proof that Rep. Ilmar Omar is an anti-American fanatic is her explicit condemnation of the United States as being born out of an evil it continues to perpetuate.   

Eugene Slaven is the author of the comedy thriller A Life of Misery and Triumph and the self-help guide Enemy Thoughts.  Connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

In case anyone had any doubts about the precise nature of the ideology espoused by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), this week’s unearthing of a tweet posted by the freshman congresswoman erased any such doubts:

Given the unprecedented number of fanatical sentiments shared by Omar during her brief political career, it’s perhaps easy to overlook the uniquely insidious point she is making here.

You see, this tweet is the definitive proof that Rep. Omar is an anti-American fanatic.

Whereas her prior controversies exposed her anti-Semitism, political radicalism, and any other number of undesirable views, we now have unequivocal proof that a U.S. congresswoman actually despises the nation she represents.

True, there have been prior instances of congressmen and senators acting in ways that called into question their patriotism or endorsement of Western values.  But in virtually all such cases, these dissidents have been artful enough to allow for at least a modicum of the benefit of the doubt against charges of anti-Americanism.  Even Bernie Sanders — a socialist who adored the Soviet Union so much that as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, he hung the Soviet flag outside his office — has been careful to not explicitly declare his aversion for the United States.              

But Omar doesn’t exercise any such discretion when she contends that America was “founded by genocide” and maintains “global power through neocolonialism.”  

Absolutely stunning.  She doesn’t think America’s founding was rooted in liberty, suffrage, rule of law, or constitutional republicanism; she declares it was rooted in genocide.  Furthermore, she believes that America has never redeemed itself and continues to perpetuate oppression via “neocolonialism.”

It’s almost immaterial to parse the staggering ignorance underlying Omar’s argument by pointing out that the pseudo-“genocide” she speaks of was caused by disease spread by Europeans over two centuries before America was founded, and that “neocolonialism” is an absurd misnomer the far left uses to characterize the United States aiding pro-Western regimes.  To ascertain Omar’s anti-Americanism, one only has to take what she says at face value: genocide is the foundation of the United States, and “neocolonialism” is the means by which the U.S. maintains its malevolent global power.  Ergo, America is a really, really bad country.

It wasn’t long ago that sentiments like these were confined to ultra-left-wing university faculty lounges or fringe socialist publications.  The Godfather of the modern left, Noam Chomsky, has gained a sizable cult following promoting this sort of crackpot anti-Western conspiracies. Interestingly, as vile as his worldview is, Chomsky is at least consistent in that he believes that the United States is evil and doesn’t pretend to be a U.S. patriot, whereas Chomsky’s intellectual disciple, Rep. Omar, believes that the United States is evil but also has the audacity to serve in a body that represents the evil empire she decries.

Rep. Omar’s allies in Congress and the media will deflect; play the race, sex, and religion cards; accuse anyone of criticizing her as anti–[insert keyword]; and otherwise do what they always do.  But the proof that Rep. Ilmar Omar is an anti-American fanatic is her explicit condemnation of the United States as being born out of an evil it continues to perpetuate.   

Eugene Slaven is the author of the comedy thriller A Life of Misery and Triumph and the self-help guide Enemy Thoughts.  Connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

H&R Block reported that due to Pres. Trump’s ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’ its average customer paid 25 percent less taxes in 2018 than in 2017.

As America’s largest tax preparer, the Kansas City, Missouri company operates 12,000 retail offices across the nation and filed 19.9 million tax returns in 2017. For 2018 tax returns filed through March 31, H&R Block reported that its average customer paid $1,200 in federal tax. That amounted to a 25 percent savings, or about $400 less than the $1,600 paid in 2017.

Despite fears that residents of states with high tax rates would suffer due to the Trump tax cuts’ $10,000 limitation for state and local tax deductions, H&R Block reported that New Jersey customers saved 29.1 percent, or $809; Massachusetts customers saved 27.6 percent, or $715; and California customers saved 27.1 percent, or $630.

Despite analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimate when the federal tax cut passed in December of 2017 that the average American would save 21 percent, or about $390, Democrats protested that 88 percent of the benefits, or $1.8 billion over the next decade, would go to the top 1 percent of upper-income families.

Democrats also howled the Republican legislation capping the “SALT” (state and local tax deduction) would have the adverse impact of raising taxes of average Americans. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) hissed that  “hardworking middle-class folks are not going to appreciate Congress double taxing them.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-SF) cackled that the bill was “an insidious effort to raise taxes on middle class families.” 

But the Tax Policy Center pointed out that less than 22 percent of U.S. tax filers claim any SALT deductions, and that 78 percent of those filers have incomes over $200,000. 

Most customers visiting H&R Block in the local strip mall had incomes of less than $80,000 in 2018. But due to the Trump tax cut almost doubling the standard deduction from $6,500 to $12,000 for single tax filers and from $13,000 to $24,000 for taxpayers who are married filing jointly, the average H&R client enjoyed a very big tax break. 

As the numbers have rolled in, many Democrats have toned down their caterwauling about the middle class being left out of tax savings. Their new line of attack is that despite new Internal Revenue Service withholding tables reducing the federal tax withheld from employee paychecks each period, most middle-income taxpayers would get a smaller tax refund, or have a bigger balance due, when filing their 2018 return.

H&R Block reported that based on data for clients who visited local branch offices or used its H&R Block.com online application, the average 2018 refund for customers eligible for a refund increased by $43, or 1.4 percent higher than in 2017. That is better than the latest IRS website report that the 2018 number of refunds was about 2.2 percentage points lower and the average refund was 0.7 percent lower than in 2017.

The mainstream media has parroted the Democrats’ line that the ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’ was bad for the middle class and great for the “1 percenters.” According to the Wall Street Journal /NBC News poll earlier this week, 28 percent of respondents thought they are paying more taxes under the Trump tax cut; 17 percent thought they are paying less in taxes; and rest are unsure or believe they were paying the same amount.

But with the America’s median household member’s combined personal savings and retirement accounts equaling just $4,830, realizing she or he is paying $400 a year less in federal taxes is sure to make the Trump tax cut a popular 2020 election issue.   

H&R Block reported that due to Pres. Trump’s ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’ its average customer paid 25 percent less taxes in 2018 than in 2017.

As America’s largest tax preparer, the Kansas City, Missouri company operates 12,000 retail offices across the nation and filed 19.9 million tax returns in 2017. For 2018 tax returns filed through March 31, H&R Block reported that its average customer paid $1,200 in federal tax. That amounted to a 25 percent savings, or about $400 less than the $1,600 paid in 2017.

Despite fears that residents of states with high tax rates would suffer due to the Trump tax cuts’ $10,000 limitation for state and local tax deductions, H&R Block reported that New Jersey customers saved 29.1 percent, or $809; Massachusetts customers saved 27.6 percent, or $715; and California customers saved 27.1 percent, or $630.

Despite analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimate when the federal tax cut passed in December of 2017 that the average American would save 21 percent, or about $390, Democrats protested that 88 percent of the benefits, or $1.8 billion over the next decade, would go to the top 1 percent of upper-income families.

Democrats also howled the Republican legislation capping the “SALT” (state and local tax deduction) would have the adverse impact of raising taxes of average Americans. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) hissed that  “hardworking middle-class folks are not going to appreciate Congress double taxing them.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-SF) cackled that the bill was “an insidious effort to raise taxes on middle class families.” 

But the Tax Policy Center pointed out that less than 22 percent of U.S. tax filers claim any SALT deductions, and that 78 percent of those filers have incomes over $200,000. 

Most customers visiting H&R Block in the local strip mall had incomes of less than $80,000 in 2018. But due to the Trump tax cut almost doubling the standard deduction from $6,500 to $12,000 for single tax filers and from $13,000 to $24,000 for taxpayers who are married filing jointly, the average H&R client enjoyed a very big tax break. 

As the numbers have rolled in, many Democrats have toned down their caterwauling about the middle class being left out of tax savings. Their new line of attack is that despite new Internal Revenue Service withholding tables reducing the federal tax withheld from employee paychecks each period, most middle-income taxpayers would get a smaller tax refund, or have a bigger balance due, when filing their 2018 return.

H&R Block reported that based on data for clients who visited local branch offices or used its H&R Block.com online application, the average 2018 refund for customers eligible for a refund increased by $43, or 1.4 percent higher than in 2017. That is better than the latest IRS website report that the 2018 number of refunds was about 2.2 percentage points lower and the average refund was 0.7 percent lower than in 2017.

The mainstream media has parroted the Democrats’ line that the ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’ was bad for the middle class and great for the “1 percenters.” According to the Wall Street Journal /NBC News poll earlier this week, 28 percent of respondents thought they are paying more taxes under the Trump tax cut; 17 percent thought they are paying less in taxes; and rest are unsure or believe they were paying the same amount.

But with the America’s median household member’s combined personal savings and retirement accounts equaling just $4,830, realizing she or he is paying $400 a year less in federal taxes is sure to make the Trump tax cut a popular 2020 election issue.   

It is difficult to grasp the scope of Democrat/media hypocrisy.  But regarding immigration it is beyond description.  They are making their disingenuousness so obvious that they might as well put it on billboards.  Tolstoy wrote,

“Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.”  (Anna Karenina)  

President Trump suggested, perhaps seriously, that the hundreds of thousands of illegals that the Democrats insist be allowed to flow into the country unimpeded be distributed to those states and cities throughout the nation that have designated themselves sanctuaries to such migrants.  After two years of doing everything in their power to keep our borders open to all comers, asserting that these illegal immigrants are “gifts of love” (Pelosi) to America, you would have thought Trump suggested depositing dumpsters full of fetid rodents to all those virtue-signaling cities and states.  

The leftist media spent the day hysterical that he would dare imagine such a ploy.  They called it retribution, illegal (sanctuary cities are illegal), inhumane, vengeful, and worse.  In short, they had a full-blown meltdown that rivaled the hysteria of a few days ago after AG Barr confirmed that spying on the Trump campaign and presidency did occur.   

The Democrats, having lost their minds, leaped at the chance to display for all their blatant hypocrisy. They demand that those pawns (the migrants) in their game of remaking America for their purposes not be shipped to their their cities!  No way, Jose.

For the duration of Trump’s presidency, the Democrats have done their level best to foil his promise of immigration reform, no matter how many rapes, murders, and other crimes are committed by such non-citizens, who for the left deserve more rights and more compassion than Americans.  Pelosi, Schumer and their acolytes have once again proven beyond all doubt that they value the prerogatives, if not the lives, of illegal immigrants over American citizens.   But they don’t value lives at all; not those of American victims nor those of the thousands of migrants who die on the long journey here because the left has lured them with promises of government largesse.  This on the same day that the New York State Assembly blocked a bill to help Goldstar families with college tuition but approved $27m for tuition for illegals, even those present in the US for only thirty days!  What a murder of crows, our progressives! 

The Democrats’ loving embrace of illegal immigrants is a scam.  They do not want them in their own sanctuary cities, the biggest of them already fraught with homelessness, drug abuse and all that accompanies those pathologies. Nancy Pelosi’s city of San Francisco, like Seattle and Los Angeles, has been disfigured by leftist notions of compassion.  Tourists, long a mainstay of the local economy are appalled.  Those who still come are given maps in order to avoid the paths benighted by fecal matter and discarded, contaminated needles.  

The progressive vision for the Obama-imagined transformed America is a Democrat-created bust.  Obama’s polices transformed the country alright; he nearly destroyed us, which is why Trump won in 2016. 

All of which leads us to the Left’s refusal to admit that the Obama administration did indeed weaponize our alphabet agencies in order to take Trump out.  E. Nesbit, the British author of children’s’ books wrote, ”Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know.”  The Left has for over two years now refused to acknowledge that a group of self-appointed thugs at the top of those institutions did indeed violate countless laws in order to sabotage a candidate they opposed.  They surely know that it is true; there is too much evidence available to all to deny it.  Still, they pretended to be shocked when AG Barr pronounced that spying did take place.  They’ve spent two years trying not to believe that what is true is, in fact, true.  ”One thing you can’t hide – is when you’re crippled inside.” (John Lennon) The Democrat Party is crippled, economically, ethically and morally.  All they have is their exposed hypocrisy and their rage at losing an election they took for granted.

The Left’s hysteria over Trump’s suggestion that the many thousands of illegals who have invaded the country be sent to sanctuary cities would be hilarious if it were not so unspeakably hypocritical.  It is the Democrats who have done everything in their power to encourage these people to come, to breach our borders.  But they do not want them in their communities.  Trump, as usual, trolled them into revealing who they really are: disingenuous, elitist snobs.  The man is a genius and he is the best president since Reagan.  

“It takes a common thug to commit injustice, but it takes an exceptional thug to call it “social justice.” (Jakub Wisniewski)

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore (cropped)

It is difficult to grasp the scope of Democrat/media hypocrisy.  But regarding immigration it is beyond description.  They are making their disingenuousness so obvious that they might as well put it on billboards.  Tolstoy wrote,

“Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.”  (Anna Karenina)  

President Trump suggested, perhaps seriously, that the hundreds of thousands of illegals that the Democrats insist be allowed to flow into the country unimpeded be distributed to those states and cities throughout the nation that have designated themselves sanctuaries to such migrants.  After two years of doing everything in their power to keep our borders open to all comers, asserting that these illegal immigrants are “gifts of love” (Pelosi) to America, you would have thought Trump suggested depositing dumpsters full of fetid rodents to all those virtue-signaling cities and states.  

The leftist media spent the day hysterical that he would dare imagine such a ploy.  They called it retribution, illegal (sanctuary cities are illegal), inhumane, vengeful, and worse.  In short, they had a full-blown meltdown that rivaled the hysteria of a few days ago after AG Barr confirmed that spying on the Trump campaign and presidency did occur.   

The Democrats, having lost their minds, leaped at the chance to display for all their blatant hypocrisy. They demand that those pawns (the migrants) in their game of remaking America for their purposes not be shipped to their their cities!  No way, Jose.

For the duration of Trump’s presidency, the Democrats have done their level best to foil his promise of immigration reform, no matter how many rapes, murders, and other crimes are committed by such non-citizens, who for the left deserve more rights and more compassion than Americans.  Pelosi, Schumer and their acolytes have once again proven beyond all doubt that they value the prerogatives, if not the lives, of illegal immigrants over American citizens.   But they don’t value lives at all; not those of American victims nor those of the thousands of migrants who die on the long journey here because the left has lured them with promises of government largesse.  This on the same day that the New York State Assembly blocked a bill to help Goldstar families with college tuition but approved $27m for tuition for illegals, even those present in the US for only thirty days!  What a murder of crows, our progressives! 

The Democrats’ loving embrace of illegal immigrants is a scam.  They do not want them in their own sanctuary cities, the biggest of them already fraught with homelessness, drug abuse and all that accompanies those pathologies. Nancy Pelosi’s city of San Francisco, like Seattle and Los Angeles, has been disfigured by leftist notions of compassion.  Tourists, long a mainstay of the local economy are appalled.  Those who still come are given maps in order to avoid the paths benighted by fecal matter and discarded, contaminated needles.  

The progressive vision for the Obama-imagined transformed America is a Democrat-created bust.  Obama’s polices transformed the country alright; he nearly destroyed us, which is why Trump won in 2016. 

All of which leads us to the Left’s refusal to admit that the Obama administration did indeed weaponize our alphabet agencies in order to take Trump out.  E. Nesbit, the British author of children’s’ books wrote, ”Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know.”  The Left has for over two years now refused to acknowledge that a group of self-appointed thugs at the top of those institutions did indeed violate countless laws in order to sabotage a candidate they opposed.  They surely know that it is true; there is too much evidence available to all to deny it.  Still, they pretended to be shocked when AG Barr pronounced that spying did take place.  They’ve spent two years trying not to believe that what is true is, in fact, true.  ”One thing you can’t hide – is when you’re crippled inside.” (John Lennon) The Democrat Party is crippled, economically, ethically and morally.  All they have is their exposed hypocrisy and their rage at losing an election they took for granted.

The Left’s hysteria over Trump’s suggestion that the many thousands of illegals who have invaded the country be sent to sanctuary cities would be hilarious if it were not so unspeakably hypocritical.  It is the Democrats who have done everything in their power to encourage these people to come, to breach our borders.  But they do not want them in their communities.  Trump, as usual, trolled them into revealing who they really are: disingenuous, elitist snobs.  The man is a genius and he is the best president since Reagan.  

“It takes a common thug to commit injustice, but it takes an exceptional thug to call it “social justice.” (Jakub Wisniewski)

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore (cropped)

Ami Horowitz, the investigatory film maker who often exposes campus madness, has produced a video that ought to terrify anyone familiar with the history of Weimar Germany. Then, as now, universities were among the leaders in whipping up Jew-hatred and actually persecuting Jews. One of the neglected aspects of the origins of the Holocaust is that the purge of Jews from Germany’s famous universities opened up new career possibilities for those faculty and students who remained once their institutions were Judenrein.

We are not (yet) at the point of expelling Jews from faculties and student bodies, but we are at the point of violent attacks on Jews being justified by faculty members at prestigious universities, as a jaw-dropping interview in Horowitz’s latest video (embedded below) shows. We are also at the point where multiple academic departments at such a university – a publicly-owned and funded institution of (purported) higher learning – are comfortable sponsoring an academic conference with open Jew-hatred, and government funds (nearly a quarter million dollars!) are allocated to sponsor it.

Horowitz was denied access to the film the conference but snuck in sound equipment and somehow managed to get a clip of the crowd cheering when the speaker onstage complimented them, “You look beautifully antisemitic,” to the accompaniment of loud music and strobe lights.

If you are not Jewish and think that this doesn’t affect you, think again. Jews are only the first on the list of targets.

Inage credits: YouTube screen grabs

Hat tip: Geller Report

Ami Horowitz, the investigatory film maker who often exposes campus madness, has produced a video that ought to terrify anyone familiar with the history of Weimar Germany. Then, as now, universities were among the leaders in whipping up Jew-hatred and actually persecuting Jews. One of the neglected aspects of the origins of the Holocaust is that the purge of Jews from Germany’s famous universities opened up new career possibilities for those faculty and students who remained once their institutions were Judenrein.

We are not (yet) at the point of expelling Jews from faculties and student bodies, but we are at the point of violent attacks on Jews being justified by faculty members at prestigious universities, as a jaw-dropping interview in Horowitz’s latest video (embedded below) shows. We are also at the point where multiple academic departments at such a university – a publicly-owned and funded institution of (purported) higher learning – are comfortable sponsoring an academic conference with open Jew-hatred, and government funds (nearly a quarter million dollars!) are allocated to sponsor it.

Horowitz was denied access to the film the conference but snuck in sound equipment and somehow managed to get a clip of the crowd cheering when the speaker onstage complimented them, “You look beautifully antisemitic,” to the accompaniment of loud music and strobe lights.

If you are not Jewish and think that this doesn’t affect you, think again. Jews are only the first on the list of targets.

Inage credits: YouTube screen grabs

Hat tip: Geller Report