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THE PLAYFUL MARRIAGE

Dr. Joel Wade August 21, 2015

A marriage is not a game; it’s not a trophy to win or a position to battle for. A marriage is a connection between two people who love each other, trust each other, respect each other and enjoy being with each other. It’s not about winning something over the other person; it’s about achieving something together, with the other person.

A happy, committed relationship is a collaboration between two people creating a life together, sharing a common direction, common values, common dreams. A marriage is a team of two committed, devoted allies.

The heart of a relationship comes through small, daily encounters that create an atmosphere, through a reputation between two people for what they can expect together and through “rituals of connection” – the things we do regularly that bring us closer.

One of the most important ritual of connection, one of the most overlooked qualities of a happy, successful marriage is playfulness.

WEEKEND AT HILLARY’S

August 21, 2015

The 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie’s features two employees invited to their boss’ beach house for the weekend who, upon arriving, discover Bernie, their boss, has been killed.

Learning that Bernie has ordered their deaths to cover up his embezzlement, with orders to refrain from killing them if he is around, they attempt to convince people that Bernie is still alive. They spend the weekend propping dead Bernie up on the beach. Thus we have today:

HALF-FULL REPORT 08/14/15

Dr. Jack Wheeler August 14, 2015

There are those who think anger and angst is tearing the Republican Party apart – exemplified by a summer madness over a crony capitalist whining crybaby pro-abortion centimillionaire pretending he’s a billionaire John Wayne.

You can see the real news of the week, however, if you peek over the other side of the fence. It’s the Dems who are tearing themselves apart much worse than we are. Let’s take a break from our own summer squabble and enjoy the show.

This week, Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Michigan (8/11). 2,800 people showed up. The day before (8/10), Bernie Sanders held a campaign rally in Los Angeles. Close to 28,000 people showed up.

The rage of the Left against the Dems is an order of magnitude (meaning 1,000%) greater than the rage of the Right against the Pubs. They’re winning on every front – forcing their total cultural degradation and fascism down our country’s throat, their ultimate dream-come-true with a Hate America MoslemCommieFascist in the White House.

What more do they want? Yet they are ten times madder than us?? Seems to me we should be focused on how to make the moonbats as mad as we can, leverage their looney anger to the max against them. This is going to be a fun HFR.

FIXING AMERICA

Dr. Jack Wheeler August 14, 2015

MoreInCommon

There is no silver bullet for fixing America, for there is no one single thing to fix. Yet among the plethora of potentially lethal problems facing our country today, this one stands out: that Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. hates America and is using every power of the presidency he can get away with to destroy it.

Conservatives have contempt for RINO politicians, Republican In Name Only, and for good reason. But the current President of the United States is something vastly worse. Zero is an AINO – American In Name Only.

The basis for conservative contempt of RINOs is their cowardice – the spineless refusal of the GOP Establishment Elite to stand up for their professed principles, and stand up to Zero. They were voted into control of both the House and Senate to do precisely these two things, and they don’t have the courage to do either.

Yet the cowardice of the Democrat Establishment Elite – its politicians and its amen chorus in the libtard media, academia, organizations and blogosphere – is far worse than the Pubs’, for it makes them be AINOs as well.

FROM SCHUMER TO SULEIMANI

Michael Ledeen August 14, 2015

I am not very good at predicting political events, and I did not expect Senator Chuck Schumer to announce his opposition to the Iran deal before the August recess.

Schumer will now bear the full brunt of his party’s rage. It has already cost him money, no small matter. In my world, anyone willing to pay a steep price for his actions isn’t cunning, but brave.

As a matter of fact, it is much more difficult – at least for me – to account for those who are supporting the Grand Bargain with Iran.

This is because the whole issue boils down to a simple, straightforward question: do we really want to pay Iran to kill Americans?

Just in case you missed it, I’ll ask you again: Do we really want to pay Iran to kill Americans? Because that’s what Obama’s deal does.

OUR MAFIA OF REGULATORS

Richard Rahn August 14, 2015

What is the purpose of financial regulation?

Advocates of more and more financial regulation say it is necessary to protect the consumer against greedy bankers and other financial professionals and institutions. The latest power grab is the Labor Department’s “Conflict of Interest Rule.”

The awful irony is that every day, government fails in its fiduciary responsibility to spend taxpayer money wisely. If the administration spent more time making sure that the Veterans Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the IRS and others are well managed and not corrupt, rather than taking on a largely non-problem and turning it into one, Americans would be better off.

The Labor Dept’s power grab is as if a guy from the mafia comes and tells you that for a big fee, he is going to protect you from the carwash overcharging you.

IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE FUN WHEN YOU’RE RETIRED

August 14, 2015

Hi. My name is Bill. Working people frequently ask retired people like me what they do to make their days interesting.

I tell them it's always important to have fun.

For example, the other day I went downtown and went into a shop. I was only in there for about 5 minutes and when I came out there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. I went up to him and said, "Come on, man, how about giving a retired person a break"? He ignored me and continued writing the ticket.

So I decided to have fun with this cop and called him a "Nazi ." He glared at me and after he slapped the ticket on the windshield, he started writing another ticket.

I asked him what was that for. "Worn tires," he replied. So I called him a "doughnut eating Gestapo." He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket.

HALF-FULL REPORT 08/07/15

Dr. Jack Wheeler August 7, 2015

We could spend all day talking about the Pub candidates’ debate last night (8/06), which is why we won’t. Instead, there’s a link to the full transcripts at the end of this HFR, plus a selection of the best quotes.

Right now, we’ll cut to the chase and answer the two easy questions. First, who won? Carly Fiorina and Ted Cruz. We’ll get back to them in a moment. Second, who lost? Answer: rhymes with Chump.

He said nothing of substance whatever – try to find a counterexample in the transcript. A close personal friend of mine has a net worth much higher than Trump’s, has known him for many years, and has intimate familiarity with his business dealings. Here is what he tells me…

We have the fun read of the week, the laugh of the week, and the shock of the week – that’s who the HFR Hero of the Week is, you won’t believe it.

ISRAEL MUST DO THE UNTHINKABLE TO PREVENT THE UNIMAGINABLE

Victor Davis Hanson August 7, 2015

The Obama administration seems peeved that almost everyone in Israel, left and right, has no use for the present Iranian–American deal to thwart Iran’s efforts to get the bomb.

Obama and his negotiators seem surprised that Israelis take quite seriously Iranian leaders’ taunts over the past 35 years that they would like to liquidate the Jewish state and everyone in it. The Israelis, for some reason, remember that well before Hitler came to power, he had bragged about the idea of killing Jews en masse in his sloppily composed autobiographical Mein Kampf.

Given the 20th century’s history, Israel has good reason not to trust either the United States or Europe to ensure the security of the Jewish state. Indeed, Roosevelt’s men in the War Department did nothing to prevent the Holocaust they knew was occurring.

Israelis have learned from the experience of the Holocaust that, for good or evil, Jews are on their own and can never again trust in the world’s professed humanity to prevent another.

US FRACKERS HAVE SCREWED THE SAUDIS

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard August 7, 2015

If the oil futures market is correct, Saudi Arabia will start running into trouble within two years. It will be in existential crisis by the end of the decade.

The Saudis took a huge gamble last November when they stopped supporting prices and opted instead to flood the market and drive out rivals, boosting their own output to 10.6m barrels a day (b/d) into the teeth of the downturn.

Bank of America says OPEC is now "effectively dissolved". The cartel might as well shut down its offices in Vienna to save money.

If the aim was to choke the US shale industry, the Saudis have misjudged badly, just as they misjudged the growing shale threat at every stage for eight years. This link, by the way, is a delightful read, headlining US oil producers telling OPEC, “Anything you can do we can do better.”

OPEC now faces a permanent headwind. Each rise in price will be capped by a surge in US output. Saudi Arabia is effectively beached.

THE PUERTO RICO DEATH SPIRAL

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard August 7, 2015

Puerto Rico has triggered the biggest municipal default in US history, risking years of bitter legal warfare with creditors and an austerity "death spiral" with echoes of Greece.

The island Commonwealth finally ran out of money yesterday (8/03) after a desperate effort to stay afloat, and missed a final deadline for a $58 million payment - handing over just $628,000.

It implies a sweeping default on much of its $72 billion debt burden, equal to 100% of Puerto Rico’s gross national product (GNP) and more than five times the debt ratio of California or Texas.

Puerto Rico clearly allowed a debt crisis to creep up during the boom years, when the underlying rot was hidden from view and creditors lent without a second thought, banking on an implicit guarantee from the US sovereign state that did not in fact exist.

Clearly there’s blame on both sides with neither taking responsibility. What can be done?

ICELAND’S LESSON

Matt Ridley August 7, 2015

I spent part of last week in Iceland, the antithesis of Greece – and Puerto Rico, now in a death spiral.

It’s been a hard winter and a cold spring up there, but despite the stiff northerly breeze off the Arctic ocean, economically speaking Iceland is basking in real warmth, while their antitheses shiver in financial winter.

Iceland teaches a very acute lesson not only for them but for America, Europe and the world: independence works.

Iceland had a terrible crash equal to Greece’s seven years ago and Puerto Rico’s this week, yet Iceland is now growing rapidly, running trade and budget surpluses, with minimal unemployment and strong pension funds. A settlement with the creditors of its three failed banks is imminent, and exchange controls will soon be lifted.

Here’s how they did it. Will the politicos in Athens and San Juan pay attention?

CECIL WAS A KILLER

Richard Rahn August 7, 2015

“American, single-handedly, saves 600 African antelopes and 12 baby elephants — by killing a lion.”

As you read the first part of the previous sentence, you most likely are thinking “this is a good guy.” But when you read the last part of the sentence — particularly if you are a cat lover — you may be thinking “this is a bad guy.”

Adult lions on average eat about 15 pounds of meat a day. In the wild, they feed primarily on medium-size animals, such as antelopes and occasional baby elephants.

The late Cecil the lion, killed by the American dentist, was reported to be about 13 years old. Cecil probably consumed roughly 70,000 pounds of meat during his life, which likely included many hundreds of antelopes and baby elephants.

When you see a wildlife movie where a lion is chasing an antelope, do you root for the lion or the antelope? Even if you are a cat lover, how many antelopes do you think should die to feed one lion?

THE MOSLEM FASHION SHOW

August 7, 2015

Bill Maher hosts the Annual Fall Fundamentalist Fashion Show. Warning! Do not be drinking coffee as you watch this. This is comedy as it should be.

HALF-FULL REPORT 07/31/15

Dr. Jack Wheeler July 31, 2015

Imagine the hysteria if I had shot this man-eating tiger today instead of 54 years ago.

In TTP yesterday (7/30), Ben Shapiro skewered the pathology of those who hate hunters more than monsters like the dictator of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, responsible for the deaths of countless human beings in his country, or the proto-hominids of Planned Parenthood.

Also yesterday, the Center for Medical Progress released its latest video. The Daily Caller has a description of it that could make you throw up.

It is more than ironic that the lion whose death has caused paroxysms of outrage was named Cecil, while the president of Planned Parenthood is named Cecile. Cecil vs. Cecile…

Last Saturday (7/25), something very appropriate happened to Zero. The president of another country told him to get lost to his face in front of the entire world…

There are at least three candidates for HFR Hero of the Week…

We’ll close with a dyad of good news.

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