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Archive for 2023
September 11, 2023
OLD AND BUSTED: The Snail Darter and the Delta Smelt.
The New Hotness? House GOP Asks Biden Admin About Classifying Mussels as Endangered That Could Pull Texas Buoys.
BIDEN’S BETRAYAL OF 9/11: Biden robbed 9/11 families, freed an alternate 9/11 hijacker, and gave $2B to the Taliban. Now he’s boycotting the official commemorations.
In an exclusive investigation, Front Page Magazine reported that when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, 9/11 families became able to collect damages from the country’s bank reserves that were located in New York. Biden’s decision to enable the Taliban takeover had made it possible for victims to actually collect on a previous judgment against the Taliban.
Biden, reacting with all the ruthless speed that had been completely absent when Americans were trapped behind enemy lines in Kabul, rushed to freeze the money so the families couldn’t collect, apportioned half for “humanitarian aid” to the Afghans (over and above the $800 million he had already provided to the terror zone) and fought 9/11 families in court for the rest.
The Biden administration argued that allowing the 9/11 families to lay claim to the Taliban’s money would interfere with its foreign policy in Afghanistan. The administration created the
“Afghan Fund” in Switzerland with half of the money that Biden stole from 9/11 families. Why Switzerland? Because moving the money abroad, much like Obama’s illegal non-dollar ransom payments to Iran, was a way of avoiding congressional and judicial oversight.
That a presidential administration seized $3.5 billion from 9/11 families, moved it to Switzerland (in the tradition of Nazi war criminals) and set it up as a Swiss nonprofit not subject to American laws ought to have been one of the biggest stories, instead it’s been relentlessly buried. The fund’s board members include only one U.S. official, making the United States a minority, and the board only met three times as of earlier this year raising issues about what the fund is doing.
Related: Joe Biden Visited Ground Zero On 9/12/2001–In His Own Mind:
Joe Biden just completely lied about being at Ground Zero the day after 9/11.
He was in DC.
The Senate convened on 9/12/01 to condemn the attack
pic.twitter.com/9TubWBSD1a— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 11, 2023
At least he didn’t compare his kitchen fire or the perils his Corvette found itself in to the troops, most of whom wouldn’t be old enough to remember the events of that fateful day. Instead they can remember that time a president visited them in Alaska to recount a Walter Mitty fantasy.
So where was Joe Biden on September 12th? “Exactly where he wanted: in the U.S. Senate.”
Biden didn’t arrive at Ground Zero until September 20th:
Joe Biden *did* visit Ground Zero — it just wasn’t until September 20, 2001, with fellow Members of Congress.
Not the day after, as he claimed today. pic.twitter.com/hByQGbVms3
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) September 11, 2023
Do we blame this latest lie by the (p)resident on Trunalimunumaprzure, a speechwriter trying to condense events, or perhaps a bit of both?
VALERIE JARRETT SMILES: US makes deal with Iran to swap five American prisoners for $6billion in frozen funds — Congress was informed of the agreement on Monday, the anniversary of 9/11.
The Biden administration continues to knock it out the park with their sense of timing, as Obama’s third term rolls along. In 2018, Iran Admitted To Facilitating 9/11 Terror Attacks.
Flashback: Obama’s woman in Tehran.
ANOTHER THING PLAYING OUT AS GOD AND ROBERT HEINLEIN INTENDED: Scientists Unveil Plan For a Giant ‘Hypertelescope’ on The Moon.
RUBE SELF IDENTIFIES: Indyk is frequently depicted as one of the US’s top Mideast diplomats. If true, that’s a real problem. Abbas has a decades-long history of Holocaust denial and anti-Jewish incitement, but it suddenly occurs to Indyk that his professed friendship with a Jewish American diplomat may not have been entirely sincere?
PS By the way, Israelis have a deserved reputation for being forthright, even blunt, sometimes even rude. Most Israelis, even diplomats (especially political appointees), are basically incapable of the kind of smooth phony “sincerity” that elites like Indyk eat up. This is, for example, a big reason why supposed “human rights advocate” Jimmy Carter got along famously with ex-Nazi military dictator Anwar Sadat, but couldn’t stand the blunt, but democratically elected, Menachem Begin.
And UPDATE: For those not following, Indyk’s tweet today was a response to a flagrant display of antisemitism by Abbas, ranging from justifying the Holocaust to the false claim beloved of antisemites that Jews are descendants of Khazars. The linked article about Abbas’s long history of Holocaust denial is from 2022, demonstrating, among others things, that this was widely known before Abbas’s recent outburst and Indyk is either feigning surprise or is truly an ingenue.
EVOLUTION AND ACTION: How Sex Lives Evolve As People Age – Surprising Findings of New Study. “Researchers revealed shifts in sexual partner numbers as people age. Notably, gay and bisexual men above 70 often maintain multiple partners, whereas heterosexual women’s activity reduces post 50.”
Hence older straight men’s interest in younger women, I suppose.
TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN, TWITTER EDITION:
Fucked Around & Found Out” Soundtrack… AKA🎶
“Try That In A Small Town”
pic.twitter.com/rY9fc9syk2— 🇦🇺🇱🇧OurVoicesMatter (@OV_Matter) September 10, 2023
KEVIN DOWNEY JR: On 9/11 I Witnessed the Worst and Best of Humanity.
BOOK OF THE DAY: Treat Your Own Hip. #CommissionEarned (Bumped)
SADLY BELIEVABLE: Kamala Harris Arrives At Ground Zero To Give Speech About January 6.
Also sadly believable: Biden Comforts 9/11 Victims By Telling About The Time He Was Playing Jenga And His Tower Fell Down.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD IS NOW SIMPLY DOING STRAIGHT-UP REPORTAGE: Democrats Complain That Illegal Immigrants Are Destroying Their Sanctuary Cities.
CATHERINE SALGADO: A Prayer From a 9/11 Hero and the Meaning of ‘Never Forget.’
FORGET IT, HE’S ROLLING: White House on Biden skipping 9/11: Wasn’t it over 22 years after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, or something?
Yikes. The White House tells Fox News that Biden not commemorating 9/11 at an attack site like other presidents is fine because presidents weren’t still visiting Pearl Harbor after 22 years.
Nice Senator Blutarsky callback, but otherwise, this isn’t much of an excuse for the (p)resident. Hawaii is very far away from DC; the Pentagon is in the White House’s backyard. And Joe and company can easily ride on Amtrak, his favorite railroad, up to New York.
OLD, BUT STILL USEFUL: The Classics: Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun.
BRIDGET PHETASY: Why women need to feel fear.
The message today’s young women are getting is that if their inner voice says it feels wrong when someone with a penis undresses in front of them, or is present when they undress, in a space designated for women, there is something wrong with them. Scanlan said in her testimony: “We, the women, were the problem, not the victims. We were expected to conform, to move over and shut up. Our feelings didn’t matter. The university was gaslighting and fearmongering women to validate the feelings and identity of a male.”
It appears that institutions, politicians and progressives are happy to sacrifice women at the altar of inclusivity. They demand we keep quiet when we feel uncomfortable or unsafe. Ironically, instead of teaching us to keep ourselves safe and fear violation, the women’s movement teaches us to fear being labelled as bigots. Paula Scanlan and collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines have been called transphobes for objecting to someone striding around with his penis on show in a locker room designated for women.
We are setting a dangerous precedent. Think about the young women watching the way that Scanlan and Gaines are being treated. They will surely conclude that they must suffer to accommodate the small handful of males that want to make everything about them. They are now being given access to female prisons, domestic abuse shelters, rape centres, locker rooms, spas and public toilets, as well as changing rooms.
The Left thrives on victimhood and they’re doing their damnedest to turn an entire generation of women into victims.
Also, do read the whole thing.
WHAT IMPEACHMENT IS ACTUALLY FOR: Ed Morrissey: Will New Mexico’s legislature uphold and defend the Constitution — by removing a tyrant?
Related thoughts from Jeff Goldstein. “It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: when you allow the government to override your rights in the name of ‘safety’ during an ’emergency,’ the government is then incentivized to frame everything as an issue of safety, requiring an ’emergency’ edict to properly and necessarily address.”
BY THE DEMOCRATS’ NEW RULES IT ABSOLUTELY IS: Insurrection? Activists Occupy Speaker McCarthy’s Office.
BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT: The Fall in Home Prices May Already Be Over.
Scarcity is a big reason. High interest rates have prompted homeowners to stay put rather than buy new homes and take on more expensive mortgages, resulting in an unusually low inventory of homes for sale.
Many potential home buyers have given up their search because mortgage rates recently hit a two-decade high. But the homes that do list often still receive multiple bids, driving up the final sales price.
The result is a market in which the overall volume of transactions has fallen dramatically. Sales of previously owned homes are now down about 36% from January 2022. But prices are generally holding firm outside of a few trouble spots.
Related: You’re Paying More for Your Home. Yes, That’s Inflation.
DISPATCHES FROM WEIMAR AMERICA: How Far Have We Fallen? Oklahoma School District Hires Drag Queen Principal.