tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1303343218051880071..comments2024-03-18T21:25:32.235-05:00Comments on Althouse: "I think Trump is being funny, and we laughed a lot as I read that out loud, but I'm sure Trump haters cry out in horror at the lies and insults."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54292942412178312802017-12-31T01:44:55.221-06:002017-12-31T01:44:55.221-06:00It’s telling that Ritmo dismisses efforts to cut b...It’s telling that Ritmo dismisses efforts to cut back that regulatory burden on (large and small, but especially small) businesses as “petty minor tweaks” (which they probably are, thus far) — but no doubt would continue to bitterly oppose the continuing efforts by this administration to make those “tweaks” eventually add up to a very significant lightening of that regulatory straightjacket on the overall economy.<br /><br />Leftists of course ridicule the very idea of attempting to boot-strap the economy by “tweaking” overall policy in this way. To me their reaction sounds like whistling past the (elephant in the) graveyard of “what if it really works!?” But time will tell in this regard — if one can avoid having the left abort this great experiment before it’s half tried.Michael McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848373029958280894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45782876985566404942017-12-31T01:38:26.800-06:002017-12-31T01:38:26.800-06:00"Everyone " in DC goes to the same cockt...<br />"Everyone " in DC goes to the same cocktail parties, at least if they have enough "pull."<br /><br />Two friends of mine were orthopedic surgeons in DC for years and lived in Chevy Chase. They also went to the cocktail parties, which seem to be the principle off-duty hour entertainment. These people are all government employees or are employees of those dependent on government largess, such as lobbyists and lawyers. <br /><br />"I'm not sure they get marching orders from the DNC but I doubt they need them.<br /><br />The Administrative State has been building, really since the McCain Finegold Law put staffs in charge of legislation and made Congress persons responsible solely for fund raising.<br /><br />I am convinced that ill-fated bill, written by do-gooder Finegold and Keating 5 alumnus McCain, wrecked the Article I part of the government.<br /><br />Now, the "members" spend all their time "Dialing for Dollars" and the bills are written by 25 year old lawyers with the aid of lobbyists and then turned over to federal employees who used to be Congressional staffers to write the regulations."<br /><br />That's it! Real good stuff, Doc. Keep it coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88898588582444427752017-12-31T01:11:08.042-06:002017-12-31T01:11:08.042-06:00Inga: “Michael conflates American liberalism with ...<i>Inga: “Michael conflates American liberalism with Communism.”<br />No he doesn't.<br />He conflates American leftism with communism. And it is fair that he does so as the entire left is marxist thru and thru.</i><br /><br />I would admit that a difference exists between modern American leftists and forthright (oldstyle) communists. Communists would outright take over companies and whole industries and turn them into enterprises of the State — if they were permitted to exist at all — while heaven help one if they complain or resist. Resisters get starved to death like kullaks, or just receive a bullet in the back of the head.<br /><br />Modern leftists, contrariwise — while nearly as unforgiving when encountering resistance or complaint — admit that (some) industries and enterprises might provisionally continue under non-State ownership — but no promises as to the future! Meanwhile, for the present remaining “private” firms must be straight-jacketed with a blizzard of regulations, demoralized by a relentless atmosphere of finger-pointing accusations and admonitions (“You didn’t build that!”), together with being tapped for explicit (“taxes”) and implicit costs until surviving companies are only <i>somewhat</i> anemic.<br /><br />Then remaining firms — along with “capitalism” itself — get further berated for being insufficiently fleet, lightfooted, and entrepreneurial in a competitive world.Michael McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848373029958280894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31698101473176143292017-12-30T21:45:11.086-06:002017-12-30T21:45:11.086-06:00Inga said...
“I recommend, and I mean this, a chan...Inga said...<br />“I recommend, and I mean this, a change of venue. Go abroad, learn another language, a different frame of reference.”<br /><br />But don’t go to the Philippines. Some of the most dangerously stupid nurses and doctors I worked with were Filipino.<br /><br />12/30/17, 12:07 PM<br /><br />On the bright side, unlike the Croats, they didn't contribute any divisions to the SS:<br /><br /><br />Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts - Wikipedia<br />Wikipedia › wiki › Waffen-SS_foreign_...<br /> from en.m.wikipedia.org<br />Jump to Croatia · Croatia[edit]. 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) · 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian)<br /><br /><br />So, they have that going for them.<br /><br /><br />History of the Jews in the Philippines - ...<br />Wikipedia › wiki › History_of_the_Jews...<br /> from en.m.wikipedia.org<br />The migration of Jews escaping Europe between 1935 and 1941 was the last major immigration of Jews to the Philippines. The first German Jews to arrive in Manila actually came ...<br />Spanish era<br />American era<br />Japanese invasion<br />Recognition of ...<br />How the Philippines saved 1,200 Jews during Holocaust - CNN - CNN.com<br />CNN.com › 2015/02/02 › world › asia<br /> from www.cnn.com<br />Feb 3, 2015 · A group of European Jews fled the Holocaust in Europe to refuge in the Philippines, only to find themselves in the center of a bloody war in the Pacific.<br />When the Philippines opened its doors to Jewish refugees - Rappler<br />Rappler › move-ph › 173842-philippines...<br /> from www.rappler.com<br />Jun 24, 2017 · 'We would not be alive today if not for the Philippines,' says Lotte Hershfield , one of the thousand Jews who came to the country during World War II ...<br />Duterte, Philippines' Leader, Apologizes to Jews for Holocaust Remark - The ...<br />The New York Times › asia › d...<br />Oct 2, 2016 · MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines apologized to Jews worldwide on Sunday after his remarks drawing comparisons between his ...<br />Rescue in the Philippines: Home<br />Rescue in the Philippines<br />This month, the world will know about Philippine Commonwealth Pres. Manuel L. Quezon and how he helped 1,305 German Jews escape Nazi persecution in 1939 by providing them ...<br />The Manila Poker Group That Rescued German Jews – Tablet Magazine<br />Tablet Magazine › manila-poker-group-r...<br />Aug 26, 2016 · This episode became the impetus for a Philippine plan to rescue German Jews from Nazi clutches. Of all the Far East sanctuaries, only one country deliberately ...<br /><br /><br />I will try to teach an America Pupo her basic arithmetic as long as she is willing to try to learn, which is forever, or until the summer program ends, which is OMG years ago. <br /><br />Maybe more of nursing is brainwork now; but for mopping fevered brows, turning patients to avert bedsores, emptying bedpans, taking abuse with a smile, comforting the dying, I'm thinking that lady probably had very little to learn. <br /><br />And there were plenty of American blacks in that program that were dumber than her, and plenty meaner. Too bad several generations of the American system hasn't improved them any.<br /><br /><br />Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70205003331742970272017-12-30T20:50:15.948-06:002017-12-30T20:50:15.948-06:00David Goldman ("Spengler" in Asia Times)...David Goldman ("Spengler" in Asia Times) has been discussing Iran and its collapsing birthrate for years.<br /><br />It is lower than Europe's, whereas it was over 6 before the Revolution.<br /><br />We could attribute that to prosperity and female empowerment if it was not a Muslim theocracy.<br /><br />Mosque attendance has also collapsed and is now 2%, even in places like Qom.<br /><br />I would much prefer to see the regime collapse than to see this innocent population incinerated in a futile religious war with Israel.<br /><br />I suspect they feel the same way.<br />Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62444026911401678692017-12-30T19:24:49.344-06:002017-12-30T19:24:49.344-06:00“On the contrary, Trump sees Iran as a clear enemy...“On the contrary, Trump sees Iran as a clear enemy and Israel as a strong friend, and he looks with favor on the de facto, publicly unacknowledged alliance of Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Left on the back burner are the long moribund Israel-Palestinian negotiations, once considered the key to solving every regional problem.”<br /><br />The Palestinians have never been more than surrogates for the Islamic world. The ones who left would have been far better off if they had stated, but the Arab states surrounding Israel in 1949 talked them into leaving, and they did. And if they weren’t constantly getting arms from Islamic States, they would have sued for peace decades ago. Most recently, their biggest supporter has been Iran, either directly, or through Syria. Which means that it is , now, Shiite funded and supplied terrorism. So, no surprise that much of the Sunni Arab world is now perfectly willing to sit on the sideline, in regards to the conflict between Israel and the Iranian backed Palestinians. <br /><br />The difference between Trump and Obama here is that the former was a strong supporter of Iran and Shi’a Islam, while the latter recognized them for what they are - a major supporter of worldwide terrorism. I frankly would have been pelted Obama to give preference to Sunni Islam over the Shi’a version, given his Islamic upbringing. But apparently not. Without the US under Obama supporting the autocrats and clerics running Iran for the rest last 40 or years now, this latest Iranian unrest is going to be interesting. In the last uprising there, Obama very publicly sat on the sidelines, letting the ruling elites gun down the dissidents. Trump has already come out publicly in favor of the protesters, something that Obama never did, but should have. No one in the Sunni world, or really almost anywhere else outside Iran, Gaza, Syria, Obama, and some progressives would be sad if the Iranian ruling junta falls. And no doubt Israel and much of the US is rooting for the dissidents, since that would very likely mean much less unrest with the Iranian supported Palestinians. Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89194384231398499962017-12-30T18:37:26.919-06:002017-12-30T18:37:26.919-06:00Break's over.
Re-engage.Break's over.<br />Re-engage.Jon Ericsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548597217632737704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47457144024240147362017-12-30T18:00:28.537-06:002017-12-30T18:00:28.537-06:00"And given what they've done to EPA - fir..."And given what they've done to EPA - firing scientists and increasing political appointments - I think it was just a disingenuous pretend goal all along."<br /><br />Ah. You mean the wildly incompetent EPA, that under Obama's leadership manages to pollute a whole watershed with toxic chemicals? A rational person would the winnowing of the EPA incompetent personnel as a positive.<br />Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36524556721725257942017-12-30T17:57:08.801-06:002017-12-30T17:57:08.801-06:00The Democratic Party dominated the House of Repres...The Democratic Party dominated the House of Representatives during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945), often winning over two-thirds of the seats. Both Democrats and Republicans were in power at various times during the next decade. The Democratic Party maintained control of the House from 1955 until 1995. Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74523954501674110492017-12-30T17:54:20.823-06:002017-12-30T17:54:20.823-06:00Ooh ooh
VIET NAM.
The dem Congress sold them out...Ooh ooh<br /><br />VIET NAM.<br /><br />The dem Congress sold them out.<br /><br />Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79304922703793616352017-12-30T17:48:56.100-06:002017-12-30T17:48:56.100-06:00Who can forget the absolute lovefest between Jim W...Who can forget the absolute lovefest between Jim Wright and the congressional dems with Little Danny Ortega?<br /><br />And dont even get me started on how<br /> Brennan voted Communist Party in the '70s and Teddy Kennedy, when he wasnt busy manslaughtering a young woman actually conspired with the Soviets against Reagan, eho was also called every single thing the lefties are calling Trump?Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57060160555670056592017-12-30T17:32:54.144-06:002017-12-30T17:32:54.144-06:00Inga, perhaps you could advise your leftist pals t...Inga, perhaps you could advise your leftist pals to at least hide their Che t-shirts and Hammer and Sickle banners the next time you want to play dumb about American lefty pussy-footing with communism.<br /><br /><br />I thought Inga lived here before Trump was elected? That's when they were shocked, shocked! To find out there was gambling going on.<br /><br />Where has she been the last few decades?<br /><br /><br />Or even the past couple of years with Bernie and de Blasio and a few in the Obama admin? Much less Tip -ignore Reagan, we will work with you-- O'Neil?<br /><br />Then there was the dust up with the Rosenbergs, Nixon, Hiss, Reagan, much less in FDR's cabinet.<br /><br />And how can we forget Carter? <br />Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39213883995710654022017-12-30T17:31:10.678-06:002017-12-30T17:31:10.678-06:00"Chick? Very gentlemanly. Old hen realistical..."Chick? Very gentlemanly. Old hen realistically appropriate."<br /><br />The California in me is fairly well ingrained.<br />Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29212399134074961002017-12-30T17:24:36.234-06:002017-12-30T17:24:36.234-06:00Who should I believe regarding Trump?
The Israeli...<i>Who should I believe regarding Trump?<br /><br />The Israelis or some pro-islamist anti-filipino chick from wisconsin?</i><br /><br /><br />Chick? Very gentlemanly. Old hen realistically appropriate.<br /><br />FullMoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541560904252155570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47645529615613548662017-12-30T17:24:19.119-06:002017-12-30T17:24:19.119-06:00Michael conflates American liberalism with Communi...Michael conflates American liberalism with Communism. He is a weak thinker, no better than Drago.<br /><br /><br /><br />Nah, we just listen to your leaders.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46099420651148408302017-12-30T17:23:13.216-06:002017-12-30T17:23:13.216-06:00Proof the collective Democrat progressive left sid...<a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/284674/" rel="nofollow">Proof the collective Democrat progressive left side with the Mullahs of Iran.</a><br /><br />Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46962110603559652232017-12-30T17:20:23.822-06:002017-12-30T17:20:23.822-06:00Man-made Climate change tho....
Man-made Climate change tho....<br /><br />Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29054394097096358892017-12-30T17:19:13.700-06:002017-12-30T17:19:13.700-06:00“...curiosity about "reality."”
If you ...“...curiosity about "reality."”<br /><br />If you had a curiosity about reality you would no longer be a Trump sycophant.<br /><br />12/30/17, 4:18 PM<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Reality is a personal construct.<br /><br />Just like biology.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65547437290453924952017-12-30T17:14:17.547-06:002017-12-30T17:14:17.547-06:00Ingas islamist pals are attacking jews everywhere ...Ingas islamist pals are attacking jews everywhere and literally driving them out of long established neighborhoods across Europe.<br /><br />Ingas response?<br /><br />Nothing. Absolutely nothing...except for demanding even more of them be brought to the US.<br /><br />Inga thinks we dont notice this.<br /><br />Even better, Israel is naming a train station after Donald Trump. In Jerusalum!<br /><br />Who should I believe regarding Trump? <br /><br />The Israelis or some pro-islamist anti-filipino chick from wisconsin?<br /><br />Its a tough call, but Ill stick with the israelis!<br /><br />LolDragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85006844746347920432017-12-30T17:03:12.622-06:002017-12-30T17:03:12.622-06:00The long-term spending of the government is necess...The long-term spending of the government is necessarily bounded by the long-term receipts of the government. Government receipts have been relatively stable over a long period of time, as a percentage of GDP. The behavior of people changes over time when rates change because people will not relinquish more than roughly 19.5% of their economic gain to government. <br /><br />Look up the government receipts as a percentage of GDP and the answer becomes clear. Because math.Birkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205292523499913507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88275495951454887972017-12-30T16:58:53.082-06:002017-12-30T16:58:53.082-06:00I prefer to read Richard Fernandez and his readers...<i>I prefer to read Richard Fernandez and his readers are intelligent.</i><br /><br />Translation: Easily pacified and just as selectively sensitive as I am!Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22619819444816006032017-12-30T16:57:16.721-06:002017-12-30T16:57:16.721-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74171907353410810442017-12-30T16:45:59.483-06:002017-12-30T16:45:59.483-06:00Boy ! I go to the store and come back to find the ...Boy ! I go to the store and come back to find the progs still throwing poo.<br /><br />The anger and hate are not a good mental state for when the 2018 election disappoints you.<br /><br />Michael Barone has some good advice, which you won't read.<br /><br /><i>On the contrary, Trump sees Iran as a clear enemy and Israel as a strong friend, and he looks with favor on the de facto, publicly unacknowledged alliance of Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Left on the back burner are the long moribund Israel-Palestinian negotiations, once considered the key to solving every regional problem.<br /><br />The national security strategy is even more explicit in promising to “increase quadrilateral cooperation with Japan, Australia and India.” This is another informal alliance, advanced intermittently by Trump’s predecessors, with the potential to cabin in China.</i><br /><br />What a change from Obama and the public will start to see this in spite of the MSM lies.<br /><br />As for the tax cuts, the left has sequestered itself on a pinnacle with no easy way down if it is wrong.<br /><br />Too much poo throwing here. I prefer to read Richard Fernandez and his readers are intelligent.<br /><br />Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88826011282994177072017-12-30T16:44:00.521-06:002017-12-30T16:44:00.521-06:00Pedro,
You don't seem to be trying.
Moar ad ho...Pedro,<br />You don't seem to be trying.<br />Moar ad hom!Jon Ericsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548597217632737704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21441561147882746332017-12-30T16:43:36.498-06:002017-12-30T16:43:36.498-06:00Inga, if I were Jewish, I'd be more worried ab...Inga, if I were Jewish, I'd be more worried about your pals.Amadeus 48 https://www.blogger.com/profile/15907486643353591432noreply@blogger.com