Category: Politics

I’m sure most of my readership missed Meryl Streep’s shots at the President-elect last night during her acceptance of the Cecil B deMille lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. She used the opportunity to politicize the event. Entertainment Tonight calls her speech “powerful”.

Streep noted that “Hollywood” is a reviled place. But she said that it’s really a community filled with people from other places united in the mission to show different people and make audiences feel what they feel.

“Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners, and if we kick them all out, you’ll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts,” she said.

Of course, no one heard her make that pronouncement, because no one watches these Hollywood Lemon Parties anymore. We fully expect the dinosaurs like Streep to be Democrat sock puppets.

In fact, while she was stroking the Democrats, Hillary got three standing ovations on Broadway last night just showing up at a play. She wasn’t acting in it, she was just in the audience.

Clinton’s appearance at the play was met with celebration, in contrast to the reaction Vice President-elect Mike Pence received when he went to see “Hamilton” in November, a week after he and President-elect Donald Trump won the election.

During Sunday’s show, many cheered and angled to get a glimpse of the former presidential candidate.

Audience member Jordan Serpone, who shook Clinton’s hand at the show, told the New York Times that seeing her was an emotional experience.

“I was having every emotion I’ve tried to get rid of over the past few weeks,” he said. “She shouldn’t be here. She should be planning her Cabinet.”

I wonder if any of them care that the rest of America are embarrassed by this behavior. This is the reason the Democrats lost the election across the board in November. They’re out of touch with most of America.

Over at American Thinker, editor, Thomas Lifson, reports on a very misleading report by CBS Radio about the recent racial attack in Chicago by four black “yutes” on a mentally disabled, young white man:

In the brief Thursday morning report– which attracted attention when a listener posted the clip on Reddit Friday– here’s how CBS characterized the attack:

The viral video of a beating and knife attack in Chicago suggests the assault had racial overtones. CBS’s Dean Reynolds tells us the victim is described as a mentally-challenged teenager.

In the video he is choked and repeatedly called the n-word. His clothes are slashed and he is terrorized with a knife. His alleged captors repeatedly reference Donald Trump. Police are holding four people in connection with the attack. [Emphasis added by Mediaite]

The report is technically correct, but widely misleading. By noting the attackers used the n-word during a racially-motivated attack while “referencing” Donald Trump, the clear implication is that the victim was black and his attackers were racist Trump fans.

Now we have some fairly sharp readers here at TAH, folks at accomplished at separating truth from fiction, the purpose of the site in fact, and yet I’ll wager that almost every one of you who heard nothing more than this report:

In the video he is choked and repeatedly called the n-word. His clothes are slashed and he is terrorized with a knife. His alleged captors repeatedly reference Donald Trump. Police are holding four people in connection with the attack.

Would be fairly sure that the victim was black and the yutes were white, right? And that, folks, is precisely why why ol’ Poe believes American journalism needs to be thoroughly and completely purged, from high school journalism teachers right on through college journalism departments up to and including the highest positions in the media news industry.

The New York Times speculates and promotes the idea that Hillary Clinton should run against Bill deBlasio for mayor of New York City;

The question has gained momentum in the weeks since Mrs. Clinton lost to Mr. Trump, a Republican. It began quietly at first, then grew louder among the conservative media outlets and pundits who hold her and Mr. de Blasio in disdain.

While the answer would almost certainly be no, supporters of Mrs. Clinton and former members of her staff appear to have been happy to let the speculation spread from closed-door gatherings of donors and allies, where it has been discussed among the many hypothetical future jobs Ms. Clinton might pursue, to more public forums.

“Obviously, that’s a conversation point for everybody; it’s a logical point after you ask, ‘What is Hillary going to do next?’” said Alan Patricof, a fund-raiser, donor and longtime friend of Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton. “Whether that’s a university presidency, the head of some women’s and children’s group, something international, or even mayor of New York.”

That’s how she ended up being a New York Senator – media and pundits yapping incessantly about it until becomes a foregone conclusion. Of course, that didn’t work in the Presidential election, but national voters are a little bit brighter than New Yorkers.

Got an email this weekend from our good friend Dallas Wittgenfeld who was concerned we haven’t held a Stolen Valor tournament lately, and he was clearly traumatized by the fact I haven’t been posting as much.  He thinks it’s because my lawyers have a gag order on me.

So, to clarify a few facts for the mentally and factually deficient intoxicated clown:

1. It takes a lot of work to do the SVA Tourney, and I have a small child at home.  The only time she’s quiet is during Wheel of Fortune, and that’s not enough time to sift through thousands of names and get the tourney set up.
2. I hurt my back doing Santa stuff, so I’ve been bed ridden for basically 3 weeks, so I’ve done nothing.
3. I found out the other day that my wife is expecting twins.  I’ve been in the fetal position questioning why a deity has it in for me ever since.
4. Our lawsuit against a disgraced and disbarred attorney continues unabated.  For those wondering why we hadn’t sought to have him declared a vexatious litigant, that is now accomplished.  Additionally, the court ordered him to pay some of our legal fees.  That’s just a start.  I’ll be sharing at some point, but if you have PACER, you should go read the vexatious motion, because I think it is the best motion ever written.
5. Wittgenfeld will get his.  He’s claiming he’s going to sue me for some unexplained reason.  To say I am unconcerned is to overstate it.  I’ve literally never written anything about him untrue, and he can’t cite to anything.  He just makes generic statements that I “lied” but can’t actually cite to a single statement of fact that is not accurate and which is defamatory.  He has as good a chance of succeeding as the Browns do in winning this years’ Superbowl.
6. The aforementioned numbnuts updated his website this morning to say he is suing:

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I don’t know at least 1/2 those people, but it should be fun.

NONETHELESS, yes, I will be having a Stolen Valor Tournament.  I think Dallas wants to be included, but alas, it will be all new contestants, so he won’t make the field.  But it make be a few weeks or even a month, as I have a TON of stuff going on, and I’ve been out of the office for 3 weeks, laying in bed, crying softly into my pillow and watching 11 seasons of Supernatural.  Back injuries are no joke.  And pain pills make me not poop.  So all kinds of non happiness going on.

But, my basic point to this post is yes, I am okay, no I have not disappeared.  Anyone with small kids will understand, but I just honestly had a ton of work stuff, and not a lot of time.  By the time I get home, I play with my kid, watch Big Bang Theory and go to bed.  There’s no friction between Jonn and I (in fact, if I have a boy his middle name will be the same as our Supreme Potentate) and everything is good.  My lawyer does not have me on some gag order which these morons seem to think.

That should cover it.

Twins.  I am so screwed.  If you are the praying type, please throw some up for the love of my life, who is suffering some pretty bad morning sickness, which (despite the name) seems to last all day long.

I liked the look on Violet’s face when I tried to explain that she’s going to be a big sister to not one, but two little ones:

Dear President-Elect Trump:

In a few days, you will become the most powerful human on the planet, the President of the United States of America, the Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces and the uncontested leader of the free world.  Whether I like it or not, just as your predecessor was, you will be my President.  I do not believe I have to remind you of the world chaos resulting from the recent years’ lack of American leadership.  That may sound biased coming from the mouth of an American, but facts speak for themselves.  You are charged with the safety of Americans – all of us even the stupid ones – not only at home, but around the world.  There is an old military adage that says an army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.  Be the lion you promised to be.

You were bold and bombastic in your challenge to the status quo or rather quid pro quo that exists between America’s corporate world and Washington’s political establishment.  I admit my concerns as through your life you have been quite the successful player in that world.  The real world exists outside that bubble.  The real world elected you.  Your challenges to the media are certainly long past due, but kicked dogs do bark the loudest and some bite but, do not let lies or fake news as they call it now go unchallenged.

You, “the” deal maker, have promised us big league or is it bigly?  Not sure if anyone has figured that out yet.  You promised to make us great again.  We are already great but sorely lacking America centered leadership.  That is why ideology prevalent in our own land including inside our Whitehouse believe we need to be taken down a peg or two – that we need, on a world scale, to level the socialist playing field.  It is an expression used ad nauseum during the past decade.  We do not need to level a doggoned thing. You cannot build prosperity by bringing everyone down.  Instead, we need to pull everyone up.  Everyone is potential winner waiting for arrival of good leadership.  General George Patton correctly assessed “Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser.  Americans play to win all the time. … The very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.”  No one remembers who lost the Super Bowl.  So do not worry Mr. President.  If you deliver as promised, Americans will never tire of winning and our friends around the world will never tire of it either.

You put terrorism, defense, immigration and border security, trade, medical care, education, the courts, energy, tax reform, jobs and economy onto your plate along with some things I probably failed to mention.  Most assuredly all of that is broken, but that is a big plate brother.  A promise to make America great again by fixing those issues is what got you elected.  Those are your deliverables, your personal contract with Americans.  You have to deliver big or bigly or big league.  Just remember what General Patton said, Americans will not tolerate a loser.  Ask the Democrats.

You are unquestionably a successful man albeit one who badly needs a haircut.  I am sure you faced great challenges before, but in none of them were you solely responsible for the safety and security of a nation.  On January 20, 2017 when you walk into the Oval Office as “the man”, I am certain the enormity of that will hit you like a ton of steel. I am also quite sure that you do not need any business or leadership tips from me, but that never stopped me before.

You can’t fix something that happened hundreds of years ago, a few years ago, or even a few days ago.  What happened is written into the books.  You cannot plead ignorance of it or pretend it did not happen, but you cannot fix it.  You can’t fix yesterday any more than you can predict tomorrow or ten minutes from now for that matter.  Do not refight yesterday’s battles.  That is where some would like to keep you focused.  They are losers and hope to make you one also.  So leave them behind and do not spend valuable time focused on the past.  Focus on getting it right today and going forward every day.  Or in language you may prefer.  Win.  Start fresh.  Aim to win every day.  Do that and America wins every day and just maybe we will get to see again what winning and greatness look like.

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”  Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.  – James 4:13-14

Mr. President, you are but a mist.  Do not dawdle.

© 2017 J. D. Pendry

When someone asks a question for which the answer is glaringly obvious, there’s a traditional sarcastic response: does a wild bear s— in the woods? My every consideration of the recent dealings between our inept president and the president of the Russian Federation leaves me with a mental image of a steaming heap of Russian “contempt” piled right in the center of that desk Barack Obama is so fond of using as a foot rest.

Let’s not go into all the lead-ups to the most recent events that have shown the world quite obviously what happens when you match up a community organizer against a KGB colonel. It is no match, as the world has long suspected and now knows without question: that Democrat jackass in our White House has just had his haunches chewed to a pinkish political pulp by a nimble Russian Bear. Despots the world over are chuckling into their sleeves that this arrogant product of political correctness and its ugly stepchild, affirmative action, is now, in the very last weeks of his ruinous reign, finally getting his comeuppance in a totally satisfying public manner.

Although I must credit Vladimir Putin for outmaneuvering our inept Barry, make no mistake: I trust Vlad no farther than I could toss an angry Ursus Rubeus, so please save yourselves the heated comments labeling me a traitor or whatever. The truth is, I simply can’t help but feel a sense of satisfaction seeing this phony in our White House finally expose himself for the inept pretender he is. That he has managed to do it so openly is even more satisfying. My suspicion that Obama’s actions are more focused on creating difficulties for the incoming American chief of state than actually punishing Russia for any cyber-transgressions inclines me even more to take delight in the way he has been outmaneuvered on the world stage and shown to be the ineffectual fool he has always been. And I do believe that the Russian bear has taken a healthy dump in our Oval Office.

I can hear Barry now: “Will somebody get in here and get this pile of Putin’s bear poop off my desk? Well, damn all if I didn’t get it on my shoes!”

Crossposted at American Thinker