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THE COUP PLOTTERS FEAR THE QUICKENING

crazy-dems-getting-crazierThe mood on the set of MSNBC was grim.

Rachel Maddow fought back tears of rage. Brian Williams struggled to make sense of it all. A former U.S. senator flailed her arms in frustration and indignation.

Their collective panic attack, however, was not caused by the results of the Democrat presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday night (2/11). The electoral tie between an aged socialist and a sinister small-town mayor did not alarm the panelists assembled around the colorful set, shoulders stooped in despair, eyes ablaze.

What triggered them instead is proof it is too late to calm the unhinged: the Left and NeverTrump Right is in full meltdown mode.

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THE WORST WOKEST OSCARS IN HISTORY

The Joke is on the Oscars
The Joke is on the Oscars

It took all of ten seconds for the first winner at last night’s Oscars to unleash an angry political statement against President Trump.

Frankly, I’m only surprised it took that long.

Hollywood despises Trump with a volcanic passion despite many of its own leading lights representing exactly the same kind of ruthless, venal, self-aggrandizing, duplicitous, charlatan, narcissistic and hypocritical character traits they claim to see and hate  in him.

But shameless hypocrisy and chronic lack of self-awareness seem to go hand in hand with being a movie star these days.

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THE DANGEROUS DENIAL OF SEX

denial-of-sexTransgender ideology can take on a comical character, yet it’s one thing to claim that a man can “identify” as a woman or vice versa. Increasingly we see a dangerous and antiscientific trend toward the outright denial of biological sex.

The argument is that because some people are intersex—they have developmental conditions resulting in ambiguous sex characteristics—the categories male and female exist on a “spectrum,” and are therefore no more than “social constructs.”

If male and female are merely arbitrary groupings, it follows that everyone, regardless of genetics or anatomy should be free to choose to identify as male or female, or to reject sex entirely in favor of a new bespoke “gender identity.”

To characterize this line of reasoning as having no basis in reality would be an egregious understatement. It is false at every conceivable scale of resolution.

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HALF-FULL REPORT 02/07/20

groundhog-trumpLast Sunday, the palindromic 02-02-2020, was not only the Super Bowl but Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney PA .  A record crowd of 40,000 was in attendance to see if Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s most famous groundhog, would see his shadow or not upon emerging from his burrow.

His shadow portends six more weeks of winter, no shadow an early spring – so goes the legend which is now just plain fun.  And all of us have been having just plain fun all week long, with Punxsutawney Trump portending an early spring for America all the way to January 2025.

We have TTPer Apache Jim to thank for letting us know on the Forum about the great Varvel ‘toon above.

As we all know and enjoy, the Democrat Party went Total FUBAR in Iowa.  The GOP by glaring contrast went smooth as silk.  The Dems have set such a new standard of Fubarness that every wag in the country has a joke about how the Dems want to micromanage everyone’s life in America and can’t run a caucus in Iowa.

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THE STATE OF THE UNION 2020

[This is the full White House video and transcript of the President’s magnificent State of the Union Address to Congress, delivered last night, February 4, 2020.  You owe it to yourself to watch and read it entire.  It is unquestionably the greatest SOTU address ever delivered by any president.]

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you very much.

Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States — (applause) — and my fellow citizens:

Three years ago, we launched the great American comeback.  Tonight, I stand before you to share the incredible results.  Jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging, and our country is thriving and highly respected again.  (Applause.)  America’s enemies are on the run, America’s fortunes are on the rise, and America’s future is blazing bright.

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NANCY PELOSI IS WHITE TRASH

tore-loserPresident Trump's SOTU speech Tuesday night (2/04) was spectacular on every level.

It was unabashedly pro-American, pro-law-enforcement, pro-border security, pro-religious freedom, pro-life, pro-school choice and pro-the American job and economic comeback, and then some; there was so much more, all of it positive, optimistic.  This president has indeed begun to make America great again.

Despite the Democrats' fervent attempts to see him removed from office, President Trump has succeeded beyond all expectations for the good of the nation.  This is what so enrages the Left; the man has done in three years what they have promised their voters for sixty-plus years but never accomplished -- on purpose.

And they are also as ungracious as any group of people who have ever held office in America.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yet again embarrassed herself.  This is a woman without an iota of grace or class. She is White Trash.

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THREE GLORIOUS DAYS OF DEMOCRAT AGONY

dem-trainwreckSo, February 3, 4, and 5, 2020 were pretty much the most miserable three days in the history of the Democrat Party.

I’m not laughing, really I’m not! You know how sometimes you have a bad day when nothing goes right? Well, these super-achievers managed to triple that streak. They are achievers in the same sense Hoover Snort Biden is an achiever.

Let’s start with Monday, February 3rd and the Iowa Caucuses.  If you think that was a goat orgy, it gets much worse – or better – from there.

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THE IOWA CAUCUS TRAIN WRECK – ACCIDENTAL OR PLANNED?

duh-moines This year's Iowa caucus ought to have gone more smoothly than any caucus ever before in Iowa history.  Then a gremlin threw the whole caucus into utter chaos.  Or was it just a gremlin?

At this point, inquiring minds are getting paranoid about whether the DNC is desperately trying to run away from Bernie's apparent momentum.  And to hide Biden’s collapse of it.

So was it really an accidental glitch in a software app that caused this, or was it on purpose by a nefarious Democrat Elite?

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BIDEN’S IOWA COLLAPSE

Joe Biden, Iowa, February 3, 2020
Joe Biden, Iowa, February 3, 2020

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Of all the Democrat caucusgoers I spoke with in Iowa last week, not one told me his or her first choice was Joe Biden. Now I know why: there were never that many Biden supporters in Iowa to begin with.

All of the caucus results might not be in yet, but we know enough to say with confidence that Biden’s campaign in Iowa collapsed.

The big story out of Iowa, then, isn’t necessarily the broken app or the utter incompetence of the Iowa State Democrat Party and the Democrat National Committee (although those are important stories that will likely take on more significance as the cycle goes on).

The big story is that Biden, the presumptive h frontrunner right up until Monday night, might not survive past South Carolina, which has now become his firewall.

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UP SCHIFF CREEK

“This is all your fault, Adam”
“This is all your fault, Adam”

Adam Schiff may be the darling of leftwing cable news. But like a moth to a candle, the California congressman is sucked into the camera lights, without realizing how he is scorched and consumed.

He hijacked the Democrat House impeachment effort and then did the same in the Senate. As the inspiration for the entire farce, he is the man most responsible for the ensuing damage to the country and his party.

What will be the status of a post-impeachment Schiff, once the impeachment farce has lost its luster?  Let us count the ways he has put all Democrats up Schiff Creek.

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THE TRUMP ACQUITTAL VICTORY DANCE

This like Sour Cream and Onion Pringles or grandma’s chocolate chip cookies, no way to eat just one. There’s no way you can watch this just once. So much fun you can stop watching.

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HALF-FULL REPORT 01/31/20

albert-einstein“Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.”  -- Albert Einstein, 1940

No day is more appropriate than today – January 31, 2020 – to reflect on these words of transcendent wisdom of Einstein’s.  For what words could more presciently apply to President Donald Trump and those mediocre minds so suffused with deranged hate for him?

Today, their attempt to impeach and remove him from the presidency ends – but their derangement will not. It will continue unabated, and it will be their Living Hell.  They will go to their political graves with it and because of it this November Third.

We are living in very strange times.  We are entering the fourth year of one of America’s most successful presidencies in history regarding our economy, national security, and foreign policy – and one of our two major political parties is engaged in a masochistic spasm of self-destruction over it.

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THE LEOPARD’S EYES

the-leopards-eyes Have you ever looked into a leopard’s eyes as she stares right back at you?

Or watch her as she gives her cub a loving tongue bath?

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THE SPEECH OF THE CENTURY

[This is the White House transcript, followed by the video, of President Trump’s remarks in a joint press conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu in the East Room on Tuesday, January 28.  The Jerusalem Post hails it as “President Trump’s Game-Changing Speech of the Century.” When you watch and read it, you will understand why.] 

PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Thank you.

Today, Israel takes a big step towards peace.  (Applause.)  Young people across the Middle East are ready for a more hopeful future, and governments throughout the region are realizing that terrorism and Islamic extremism are everyone’s common enemy.

Forging peace between Israelis and Palestinians may be the most difficult challenge of all.  All prior administrations, from President Lyndon Johnson, have tried and bitterly failed.  But I was not elected to do small things or shy away from big problems.  (Applause.)

It’s been a long and very arduous process to arrive at this moment.  On Sunday (1/26), I delivered to Prime Minister Netanyahu my vision for peace, prosperity, and a brighter future for the Israelis and Palestinians.  This vision for peace is fundamentally different from past proposals.

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