Censur the President?

For John, BLUF:  The Democrats in the House of Representatives are frustrated by the lack of a plan to deal with Vice President Pence.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Exit Ramp:  House Dems Mull Censure As Alternative To Impeachment

From Hot Air, by Mr Ed Morrissey, 4 June 2019.

Here is the lede plus one:

Color me surprised that it took this long for this option to emerge.  The Hill reports that House Democrats have begun considering a step short of impeachment to “put a permanent mark” on Donald Trump’s record without taking the risk of infuriating voters

Dirty up the President?  What a worthy goal.

It is all about 2016.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

Socialism in the Plymouth Bay Colony

For John, BLUF:  I blame High Schools, for not teaching history.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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What AOC Doesn't Understand About Socialism`

Here is the sub-headline:

On Tuesday’s episode of “The Michael Knowles Show,” the host shares insights from the United States' own history to show how communism and socialism do not work.

From The Daily Wire, by Mr Michael Knowles, 1 June 2019.

Here is the lede plus five:

You have people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders and now the entire Democrat field, telling us that private property is bad, it's wrong, we need to take away private property.  In the extreme case, we need socialism and we need socialist programs.  That is the line and so people feel shame for owning private property.  Why do you have the right to own something if that guy on the street doesn't have the right to own it?  Why do I have the right to own my car when the bum drinking booze out of a plastic bottle on the street doesn't own a car?

According to the radical egalitarians, there is something unfair about that.  That's an example of social injustice.  Actually, though, private property is great.  Private property is one of the best things ever. And shared property is not that great.  We are told in this culture that private property is bad and primitive — that in an advanced society, we will give up some of our private ownership of property and then we'll all just hold things in common, like the mythical people in the beautiful paradise that we envision before the social contract.  That's what we are being told.

And then he gets around to talking about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Governor William Bradford, who, after two years of dismal productivity, went from property held in common to private property.  After that the Plymouth Colony flourished.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

President Obama on Russia Gate before November 2016

For John, BLUF:  Do you think they were trying to stitch up LTG (ret) Michael Flynn, who was probably a pain in the rear?  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Colluders, Obstructionists, Leakers, and Other Projectionists

From American Greatness, by Professor Victor Davis Hanson, 26 May 2019.

Here is the lede plus one:

Before the defeat of Hillary Clinton, the idea that the Russians or anyone else could warp or tamper with our elections in any serious manner was laughed off by President Obama.  “There is no serious person out there who would suggest that you could even rig America’s elections,” Obama said in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election.

Obama was anxious that the sure-to-be-sore-loser Trump would not blame his defeat on voting impropriety in a fashion that might call into question Clinton’s victory.  After Clinton’s stunning defeat,  Russian “collusion”—thanks initially to efforts by Obama holdover Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to go after Michael Flynn and the successful attempts of the CIA and FBI to seed the bogus Steele dossier among the government elite—became a club to destroy the incoming Trump Administration.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

Corbyn Is Ignorant

For John, BLUF:  British Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbynization is either too young to remember or he is an ignorant toad.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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British Jews in fear after pro-Palestine group supported by Corbyn forces Jewish shops to close with 'campaign of intimidation'

Here is the sub-headline:

• Pro-Palestine activists have been conducting a 'campaign of intimidation' against Jewish shops that sell products from Israel for years
• The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which is supported by Corbyn, has forced two Jewish businesses to close and activists have threatened others
• Other groups targeted a British Jewish shopkeeper in Ireland and Scotland, forcing him to relocate three times and eventually flee Britain
• A new film, Hounded, has been released by anti-racist campaigners to draw attention to how British Jewish shopkeepers have been living in fear for years

From The Daily Mail, by Associate Global Editor Jake Wallis Simons, 31 May 2019.

Here is the lede plus three:

British Jews have spoken of their fear after a pro-Palestine group supported by Jeremy Corbyn forced Jewish-owned shops to close by staging aggressive rallies outside them.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), of which Mr Corbyn is patron, targeted shops selling Israeli products in Brighton, London and Manchester, forcing two businesses to fold.

Earlier this month, it organised a rally in London which saw ‘open anti-Semitism from attendees’, according to the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism. A statement from the Labour leader was read out to the crowd.

It comes as Labour became the only party after the BNP to be formally investigated for racism by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

And our own Democratic Party seems to be following Jeremy Corbyn's lead.  Sad.  Very sad.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

Neanderthal Extinction

For John, BLUF:  Maybe the Neanderthals learned what caused pregnancy and decided to stop it, not yet having learned its importance.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Declining fertility led to Neanderthal extinction, new model suggests

From United Press International, by Reporter Brooks Hays, 31 May 2019.

Here is the lede plus one:

May 31 (UPI) -- To better understand the decline of Neanderthals, researchers in France developed a population model and used simulations to determine which demographic factors had the largest effect on Neanderthal numbers.

Their analysis, published this week in the journal PLOS One, showed declining fertility offers the likeliest explanation for the disappearance of the Neanderthals.

The headline is a little too definitive, but the evidence is there for the possibility demise by lack of fertility.

So, is it climate change or declining birth rates that will result in human extinction?  Imagine the collapse of the human population from near ten billion to extinction.  It would be a downward spiral that just feeds on itself.

Lets see how China does with its period of reduced fertility.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

Democrats Slide Toward Impeachment

For John, BLUF:  The House Majority Whip is not an insignificant person on the leadership team..  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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House Majority Whip James Clyburn Says Democrats Will Impeach Trump ‘At Some Point’

From PJ Media, by Mr Matt Margolis, 2 June 2019.

Here is the lede:

On Sunday, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper and declared that he believes Trump will be impeached “at some point.”  However, before that can happen, Democrats must build a solid case for it.

We know the crime—Trump defeated Mrs Clinton in 2016.

So, as in the words of InstaPundit Writer Ed Driscoll, the House Democrats are playing the Lavrentiy Beria game of "SHOW ME THE MAN AND I’LL SHOW YOU THE CRIME".

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

"We Had to Destroy the Village In Order to Save It"

For John, BLUF:  The Democrats seem to have suffered some sort mental collapse over Ms Hillary Clinton's loss in 2016.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Warren calls for allowing indictment of a sitting president in wake of Mueller’s comments

From The Boston Globe, by Reporter Jess Bidgood, 31 May 2019.

Here is the lede plus four:

Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday called for an end to the longstanding policy that bars presidents from being indicted, aiming squarely at Justice Department rules cited by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller this week in reviewing his decision not to criminally charge President Trump.

“No matter what he may think, Donald Trump is not a King. No President is,” the Massachusetts Democrat wrote.  “And our democracy only works if everyone can be held accountable.”

The once-obscure policy, issued by the Justice Department during Watergate and reaffirmed in 2000, holds that indicting a sitting president would unconstitutionally interfere with the duties of the executive branch.

Writing in a Medium post, Warren called on Congress to pass laws clarifying that a president can be indicted by the Justice Department and to amend obstruction of justice statutes to ensure they can be applied to presidents who abuse their power.  She also vowed to appoint Justice Department officials, including an attorney general, who share her belief that a president can be indicted and who would reverse the department’s opinion on the issue.

“If Donald Trump were anyone other than the President of the United States, he would be in handcuffs and indicted,” Warren wrote.  She added, with a nod to her presidential campaign’s signature tagline:  “That’s why I’ve got a plan to make sure that no president is above the law.”

In the mind of Senator Warren it is acceptable for a Cabinet level Department in the Executive Branch to make war on the President.  Does she realize how that will hyper-politicize the Department of Justice?

She hasn't thought this through.

The Democrats can't get over Donald Trump beating Hillary Clinton in 2016, and will tear down our way of Government to reverse that outcome.  They are unable to comprehend that a big chunk of people don't agree with them.  In the extreme it could lead to succession, civil war or the reduction of certain parts of the nation to the status of serfs.  This is not a good thing.

Senator Warren is showing a certain lack of couth with her "in handcuffs" comment.  Does she lack faith in the Impeachment process?  Or lack faith in the Constitution?

Here is a Wyoming rancher's summary of the Mueller report and Democrats' ongoing efforts, in one sentence:

While we recognize that the subject did not actually steal any horses, he is obviously guilty of trying to resist being hanged for it.

Regards  —  Cliff