Month: December 2016

Appraising Trump’s pick for secretary of state

Robert Gates served as defense secretary under George W. Bush, a Republican, and then Barack Obama, a Democrat, which qualifies him as an honest broker and independent thinker. How honest? He wrote in September that Donald Trump is “beyond repair” on national security, “stubbornly uninformed about the world” and “unfit to be commander-in-chief.”

[Peter Singer] The empathy trap

Soon after Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, he told a young girl, “We don’t have enough empathy in our world today, and it is up to your generation to change that.” Obama expressed a widespread view, so the title of a new book, “Against Empathy,” by Yale University psychologist Paul Bloom, comes as a shock.

U.S. Electoral College Finalizes Trump’s Victory

The Electoral College has finalized Republican Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president, rejecting a last-minute push by some Democrats to sway its members. The December 19 vote awarding Trump 304 of the 270 votes he needed to claim victory is the next-to-last step in the presidential election process, as laid out in the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

Saudi coalition says used UK-made bombs in Yemen

PanARMENIAN.Net – The Saudi -led coalition fighting in Yemen on Monday, December 19 said it had made “limited use” of British-made cluster bombs, a type of weapon which 100 countries have pledged not to use. In its 21-month campaign against Shiite rebels who have seized much of Yemen, the Saudi-led alliance has faced repeated allegations of killing civilians.

The college bowl explains why Hillary Clinton lost

The excuses for why Hillary lost are many, but like in football, if you fumble on your opponent’s two-yard line, maybe you don’t deserve to win. Consider the University of Michigan vs. The Ohio State University football game Thanksgiving weekend, pitting number 2 against number 3 in Columbus.

Trump owes nothing to the ‘Bush Barnacles’

Hillary Clinton’s Democrats are now three-time losers, having lost the election, lost the recounts, and lost the electoral college, but the Republicans will be winners in 2020 only if they keep their promises. Because they are doomed to fail, we could be witnessing the death throes of the Democratic Party as we know it.

Could Angela Merkel save lives by outlawing Christmas?

In the wake of the news that most probably a radical Muslim has driven into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing at least twelve people and injuring dozens more , the question arises: should Germany outlaw Christmas? After all, it was a Christmas market that triggered the attacker. And even if the attacker wasn’t triggered by the Christmas holiday, such gatherings of Christians make them an easy target for Muslim attackers.

People who voted Republican in NC rewarded with boys in girls’ bathrooms

Republican voters in North Carolina are being treated to a special gift: the Republican legislature is passing a bill that will let mentally ill and just plain perverted boys share bathrooms, showers, and locker rooms with girls, and the outgoing Republican governor promises to sign it. When Governor Pat McCrory was defeated for re-election by a narrow margin, the liberal media repeatedly stated that it was because McCrory signed a bill requiring boys to use only boys’ bathrooms.

Warrant Related to Clinton Emails to Be Unsealed Tuesday

A federal judge in New York has ordered that a search warrant and supporting documents that authorized the FBI in the final days before the election to examine a laptop computer in connection with Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server be unsealed Tuesday at noon. The laptop’s hard drive, which sources say was discovered in an unrelated investigation into alleged sexting by former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, had been used by Weiner and his estranged wife, top Clinton adviser Huma Abedin.

California’s Electoral College goes to Clinton amid protests

Tate Atherton-Shipp, 5, of Fairfield, Calif., holds a sign at a rally outside the state Capitol, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. People turned out at a rally before the Electoral College was scheduled to meet, urging electors to vote their conscience and reject the expected selection of President-elect Donald Trump.

Obama signs bill to allow Brownsville ship channel project

Brownsville port officials say a measure signed into law by President Barack Obama authorizes the deepening of the Brownsville Ship Channel and makes the project eligible for federal money. Brownsville Navigation District Chairman John Wood says the Water Resources and Development Act of 2016 signed Monday by the president will deepen the channel from 42 feet to 52 feet, allow the waterway to accommodate larger cargo vessels carrying heavier loads and allow companies along the channel to expand their businesses.

New York members of Electoral College vote for Clinton

New York’s 29 members of the Electoral College have cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton, who won the state despite losing the presidential race to Republican Donald Trump. Among the electors gathered Monday in the state Capitol’s Senate chambers was former President Bill Clinton, who says he’s never been prouder of any vote.

Ray Dalio on Trump: ‘If you haven’t read Ayn Rand lately, I…

Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s biggest hedge fund firm, says people should expect a major shift under President-elect Donald Trump. Regarding economics, if you haven’t read Ayn Rand lately, I suggest that you do as her books pretty well capture the mindset,” “It wants to, and probably will, shift the environment from one that makes profit makers villains with limited power to one that makes them heroes with significant power.

Islamists Slaughter 9 at Berlin Christmas Market – Liberal…

Camion atropella a personas en mercado navideno en Berlin y deja varios muertos y 50 heridos https://t.co/ojCj2XvFo0 pic.twitter.com/dEfIPvYyqS BREAKING ISIS Claims responsibility for what @CNN Calls a Truck Crash, suggesting it was an accident https://t.co/vrKYe4EQYd Please adhere to our commenting policy to avoid being banned. As a privately owned website, we reserve the right to remove any comment and ban any user at any time.

Trump cruises to Electoral College victory despite protests

There were many protesters but few faithless electors as Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote Monday – ensuring he will become America’s 45th president. An effort by anti-Trump forces to persuade Republican electors to abandon the president-elect came to practically nothing and the process unfolded largely according to its traditions.

it’s Official: The Electoral College makes Trump the…

Donald Trump secured the necessary 270 electoral votes on Monday to formally be elected as the 45th president of the United States. Trump won the popular vote in 30 states and one of Maine’s districts – which, along with Nebraska, splits up its electors by district – giving him 306 electoral votes.

Democrats Need to Reach Out to the Heartland

If Democrats want to keep blaming others for their sorry performance on Election Day, they’re obviously free to do so. Yes, they were hurt by the disclosure of Hillary Clinton’s private email server, claims that the Clinton Foundation was a “pay-to-play” operation, and even fake news.

Bliss Tapped to Run House Gop Pac

Corry Bliss, who managed Sen. Rob Portman’s reelection campaign, will serve as executive director for House Republicans’ main PAC next cycle. Bliss’s work on Portman’s race resulted in a 21-point victory for the Ohio Republican and received bipartisan praise from campaign operatives.

McCain blasts Navy warships in report on Pentagon waste

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is blasting the Navy’s expensive new warships that have been plagued by engine problems and have yet to demonstrate key warfighting functions. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a Navy fighter pilot in the Vietnam War, said the $12.4 billion spent for 26 littoral combat ships is the most egregious example of what he calls “America’s Most Wasted: Indefensible,” the latest in a series of reports on wasteful spending by the Pentagon.

Cook explains to employees why he attended Trump tech summit

Apple CEO Tim Cook said he felt it was necessary to “engage” when President-elect Donald Trump – who has railed against Apple and other tech companies – invited him and 11 other tech executives to attend a summit in New York last week Cook explains to employees why he attended Trump tech summit Apple CEO Tim Cook said he felt it was necessary to “engage” when President-elect Donald Trump – who has railed against Apple and other tech companies – invited him and 11 other tech executives to attend a summit in New York last week Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2i37sM6 Apple CEO Tim Cook listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower.

Artful Life posted an event

Between January 27 & February 5, 2017, individuals and communities across the U.S. will participate in story circles as part of the People’s State of the Union. #PSOTU Most years, the President delivers a State of the Union Address highlighting the past year and priorities for the coming one.

The Democrats and their ‘Cry Me a River’ song

When will it end for the Democrats and their ilk to stop the whining, crying and the-sky-is-falling childish tantrums? Evidently, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts will not cease and desist in their obsessive hatred of Donald Trump and conservative Republicans, as evidenced by their numerous false attempts to derail Trump’s presidency before it begins. If such came to be, then, my fellow Americans, World War II would be a skirmish compared to the very real possibility of what could transpire here in the United States.

Washington Electoral College makes their choice

Opening the 32nd Washington Electoral College Dec 19th Secretary of State Kim Wyman explains the history and process of the state Electoral College as 12 electors choose the state’s President and Vice-President choices. The Thurston County Commission voted on a new ordinance on Nov. 29 that will restrict the county’s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds.

Mass. probation hiring scandal convictions overturned

A federal appeals court on Monday overturned the convictions of three former Probation Department officials, ruling that the government “overstepped its bounds in using federal criminal statutes to police the hiring practices of these Massachusetts state officials.” Former Probation Commissioner John O’Brien and former deputy commissioners Elizabeth Tavares and William Burke were convicted in 2014 for their roles in a patronage scheme in which they “abused the hiring process… in exchange for favorable budget treatment from the state Legislature and increased control over the Probation Department,” three U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit judges wrote in their opinion.