wnd--2020-06-06--May gun sales hit all-time record in face of COVID, riots

Americans are in a better position to defend themselves and their families after another record month of gun sales .
The coronavirus pandemic has seen citizens line up since March , when Americans bought more than 2.5 million firearms , to exercise their Second Amendment rights in record numbers .
The trend continued in April , when an estimated 1,797,910 guns were sold in the country -- an increase from 71 percent from the year prior .
Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting , which tracks gun sales and federal background check statistics , reported that another 1.7 million guns were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of May , which is a record during what is generally a slower month .
The numbers represent an 80 percent increase in sales from the same time last year .
TRENDING : Pelosi goes blank when discussing military in Washington SAAF reported Americans purchased 1,726,053 guns in May , with 1,052,723 of those being handguns and 535,014 of them being shotguns or rifles .
The SAAF compiles the numbers by using data collected by the FBI 's National Instant Criminal Background Check System .
`` [ Y ] et again , firearms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' SAAF chief economist Jurgen Brauer said in a statement of May ’ s national gun sales .
Mark Oliva , a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation , the gun industry trade group , told the Washington Free Beacon in a statement that 40 percent of the guns sold recently were to first-time buyers .
Of those new gun owners , Oliva said , 40 percent of them were women .
`` Americans are being confronted with decisions regarding their personal safety and are voting with their wallets on their right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he said .
While the coronavirus , or the government ’ s response to it , has likely been behind the spike in gun sales in recent months , it is noteworthy that there are roughly 6 million more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens as nightly waves of civil unrest have overtaken American cities in recent weeks .
While some people in American cities have been peacefully protesting over the treatment of George Floyd , who died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day after a police officer knelt on his neck for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attacking businesses , citizens and police officers .
As riots and looting have taken hold of major American cities , people are continuing to arm themselves .
A 26-year-old woman outside a Georgia gun store told USA Today on Monday she was buying a firearm after a portion of her Atlanta neighborhood was damaged during a riot .
“ During the times we 're living in , you just never know what might happen , '' Angel Rambert told the paper .
`` At first , I was surprised at the number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see so many of us exercising our amendments , '' she added .
Likewise , AL.com reported that multiple gun stores across central Alabama have reported a spike in gun sales since the beginning of the unrest .
Customers have been notably worried about their safety .
Randal Murphree , who owns a gun store in Blount County , Alabama , told the newspaper that first-time gun buyers are flocking to his store and that some of them reported previously not wanting to own firearms .
Murphree ’ s business , like many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ difficult time keeping up with the demand .
But the demand for guns and ammunition is not isolated to the South .
TMZ reported lines of people wrapped around the blocks of Los Angeles-area gun stores on Tuesday .
According to the entertainment industry tabloid website , people in California are looking to protect themselves and their businesses by purchasing mostly shotguns and handguns .
While the nation reels from the dual crises of an overreaching government response to the coronavirus pandemic and now the uncertainty surrounding widespread civil unrest , many Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constitutional rights .
President Donald Trump has overwhelmingly supported those rights , and citizens have made it clear that they will not be infringed .
It appears that Democrats pushing for a radical gun control agenda are fighting a losing battle , at least for now .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Americans are in a better position to defend themselves and their families after another record month of gun sales.
The coronavirus pandemic has seen citizens line up since March, when Americans bought more than 2.5 million firearms, to exercise their Second Amendment rights in record numbers.
The trend continued in April, when an estimated 1,797,910 guns were sold in the country -- an increase from 71 percent from the year prior.
Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting, which tracks gun sales and federal background check statistics, reported that another 1.7 million guns were purchased throughout the country in the month of May, which is a record during what is generally a slower month.
The numbers represent an 80 percent increase in sales from the same time last year.
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SAAF reported Americans purchased 1,726,053 guns in May, with 1,052,723 of those being handguns and 535,014 of them being shotguns or rifles.
The SAAF compiles the numbers by using data collected by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
"[Y]et again, firearms sales have surged in unprecedented ways," SAAF chief economist Jurgen Brauer said in a statement of May’s national gun sales.
Mark Oliva, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the gun industry trade group, told the Washington Free Beacon in a statement that 40 percent of the guns sold recently were to first-time buyers. Of those new gun owners, Oliva said, 40 percent of them were women.
"Americans are being confronted with decisions regarding their personal safety and are voting with their wallets on their right to keep and bear arms," he said.
While the coronavirus, or the government’s response to it, has likely been behind the spike in gun sales in recent months, it is noteworthy that there are roughly 6 million more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens as nightly waves of civil unrest have overtaken American cities in recent weeks.
While some people in American cities have been peacefully protesting over the treatment of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, others have been violently attacking businesses, citizens and police officers.
As riots and looting have taken hold of major American cities, people are continuing to arm themselves.
A 26-year-old woman outside a Georgia gun store told USA Today on Monday she was buying a firearm after a portion of her Atlanta neighborhood was damaged during a riot.
“During the times we're living in, you just never know what might happen," Angel Rambert told the paper.
"At first, I was surprised at the number of people, but I was happy to see so many of us exercising our amendments," she added.
Likewise, AL.com reported that multiple gun stores across central Alabama have reported a spike in gun sales since the beginning of the unrest.
Customers have been notably worried about their safety.
Randal Murphree, who owns a gun store in Blount County, Alabama, told the newspaper that first-time gun buyers are flocking to his store and that some of them reported previously not wanting to own firearms.
Murphree’s business, like many across the country, is having a difficult time keeping up with the demand.
But the demand for guns and ammunition is not isolated to the South.
TMZ reported lines of people wrapped around the blocks of Los Angeles-area gun stores on Tuesday.
According to the entertainment industry tabloid website, people in California are looking to protect themselves and their businesses by purchasing mostly shotguns and handguns.
While the nation reels from the dual crises of an overreaching government response to the coronavirus pandemic and now the uncertainty surrounding widespread civil unrest, many Americans have chosen to respond by exercising their constitutional rights.
President Donald Trump has overwhelmingly supported those rights, and citizens have made it clear that they will not be infringed.
It appears that Democrats pushing for a radical gun control agenda are fighting a losing battle, at least for now.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-06-06--Trump lavishes praise on Drew Brees, rips protesters again: 'No kneeling!'

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has become a lightning rod of criticism in recent days after he dared to speak out against the act of kneeling or otherwise protesting during `` The Star-Spangled Banner . ''
`` I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country , '' the Saints signal-caller said in an interview with Yahoo .
Brees was responding to the possibility of the highly divisive national anthem protests , where players would raise a fist , sit or kneel , returning to the NFL amid the ongoing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police .
TRENDING : Pelosi goes blank when discussing military in Washington Given the current tension and hostility in the world , it was unsurprising that Brees was subjected to an avalanche of criticism from sports pundits and his fellow athletes .
From Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James to his own teammates to major media outlets , the quarterback was raked over the coals for his comments .
It was enough of a maelstrom of controversy that the 41-year-old quarterback issued two apologies on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apologize to my friends , teammates , the City of New Orleans , the black community , NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday .
In speaking with some of you , it breaks my heart to know the pain I have caused , '' Brees said in a lengthy Instagram post Thursday .
A second post included a video in which said , `` I know there ’ s not much I can say that would make things any better right now , but I just want you to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am for the comments that I made yesterday .
I know that it hurt many people . ''
One person who needed no apology ?
The leader of the free world .
`` I am a big fan of Drew Brees , '' President Donald Trump said Friday on Twitter .
`` I think he 's truly one of the greatest quarterbacks , but he should not have back his original stance on honoring our magnificent American Flag .
OLD GLORY is to be revered , cherished , and flown high ... '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tall , ideally with a salute , or a hand on heart .
There are other things you can protest , but not our Great American Flag - NO KNEELING ! ''
Trump has long been a proponent of properly observing the national anthem .
He came into a noted and very public feud with the NFL over anthem protests during the 2017-2018 season .
Since then , however , the league and the president have generally kept their distance from each other .
Trump even offered the rare nicety to the NFL @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anthem protests began in 2016 when then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the anthem as a form of protest against social injustice and police brutality .
While some Kaepernick fans dislike the president because of his stance , Trump told the media in August 2019 that he 'd `` love to see '' Kaepernick back in the NFL .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has become a lightning rod of criticism in recent days after he dared to speak out against the act of kneeling or otherwise protesting during "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Highlight: @readdanwrite asks @drewbrees what the star NFL quarterback thinks about "players kneeling again when the NFL season starts."@drewbrees: “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.” Full exchange: pic.twitter.com/MpCkFyOMed — Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) June 3, 2020
"I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country," the Saints signal-caller said in an interview with Yahoo.
Brees was responding to the possibility of the highly divisive national anthem protests, where players would raise a fist, sit or kneel, returning to the NFL amid the ongoing protests and riots after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police.
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Given the current tension and hostility in the world, it was unsurprising that Brees was subjected to an avalanche of criticism from sports pundits and his fellow athletes.
From Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James to his own teammates to major media outlets, the quarterback was raked over the coals for his comments. It was enough of a maelstrom of controversy that the 41-year-old quarterback issued two apologies on Instagram.
"I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday. In speaking with some of you, it breaks my heart to know the pain I have caused," Brees said in a lengthy Instagram post Thursday.
A second post included a video in which said, "I know there’s not much I can say that would make things any better right now, but I just want you to see in my eyes how sorry I am for the comments that I made yesterday. I know that it hurt many people."
One person who needed no apology? The leader of the free world.
"I am a big fan of Drew Brees," President Donald Trump said Friday on Twitter. "I think he's truly one of the greatest quarterbacks, but he should not have back his original stance on honoring our magnificent American Flag. OLD GLORY is to be revered, cherished, and flown high ...
"We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag - NO KNEELING!"
I am a big fan of Drew Brees. I think he’s truly one of the greatest quarterbacks, but he should not have taken back his original stance on honoring our magnificent American Flag. OLD GLORY is to be revered, cherished, and flown high... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2020
...We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag - NO KNEELING! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2020
Trump has long been a proponent of properly observing the national anthem. He came into a noted and very public feud with the NFL over anthem protests during the 2017-2018 season.
Since then, however, the league and the president have generally kept their distance from each other. Trump even offered the rare nicety to the NFL here and there.
The NFL national anthem protests began in 2016 when then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the anthem as a form of protest against social injustice and police brutality.
While some Kaepernick fans dislike the president because of his stance, Trump told the media in August 2019 that he'd "love to see" Kaepernick back in the NFL.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-06-05--The Great American Comeback has begun

The Great American Comeback has begun

The latest jobs report shows the U.S. economy defied all expectations , adding more than 2.5 million jobs in May .
It was expected to lose 7.5 million .
The unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent , shedding nearly a point and a half .
It was expected to rise to nearly 20 % .
The number of workers on temporary layoff decreased by 2.7 million in May .
May saw the greatest number of jobs created in a single month on record .
Looking beneath the topline , the numbers are even better .
We added 225,000 jobs in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million in leisure & hospitality .
That last number is particularly astounding considering how many restaurants are closed and tourism is frozen .
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1 : Americans are eager to resume life , liberty and pursuit of happiness .
No .
2 : The Great American Comeback will leave the blue governors and their lockdowns , shutdowns and 27-phase reopening plans in the ash heap of history .
The spectacular jobs report and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( mostly ) Trump-hating liberals show it 's well past time now to end the lockdown on small businesses , children and recreation .
We ca n't expect the elected officials who believe we are deplorable , `` not very good people '' to end what has been exposed as a charade .
It will be up to Americans to take matters in their own hands and do it themselves .
The same way thousands of ( mostly liberal ) Americans took to the streets in defiance of stay-at-home orders , red-blooded Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , workshops and places of businesses .
Guarding the premises with long guns against looters is fine , but we must do more than take back the night .
We must take back the day .
Martin Luther King and his colleagues put their bodies on the line and sat down at once-segregated lunch counters to defend what they knew was right .
We must put our bodies on the line and stand behind once-shuttered cash registers , lawn mowers and lathes to defend our way of life .
It 's already starting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Virginia , are going ahead with a Little League tournament at Legacy Park this weekend in violation of Gov .
Blackface Northam .
His order allowed training practice but inexplicably prohibited formal leagues from holding games .
The lockdown orders exemplify the shoddy work endemic to the public sector and what we 've seen from the government during the pandemic .
In the interest of moving forward and in the spirit of reconciliation , we 'd like to offer some helpful suggestions to the blueblood electeds who need a face-saving excuse to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put themselves on .
These officials have leaned heavily on `` science '' to justify their decision-making , ( Never mind that most of what they called science was more like science fiction . )
Now they can proffer this latest tidbit of science to end the lockdown : `` My fellow citizens , we have seen how the racist coronavirus disproportionately attacked people of color .
I 'm pleased to announce that the tens of thousands of citizens bravely gathering to show their fierce opposition to racism have scared the racist virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your life .
Thank you . ''
Or the mayors and governors can use that reliable go-to in the politician 's tool box : finger someone else and stab them in the back , or front .
They can pin the confusing , arbitrary , counterproductive and now embarrassing lockdown orders on incompetent or malevolent underlings , then promptly fire them ( or reassign them to a broom closet in the basement at the same pay rate ) .
As we survey the post-pandemic landscape , two questions remain .
One : Will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Squad introduces `` Defund the Police '' legislation ?
Two : Now that we 've seen tens of thousands of Trump haters in open-air rallies across the country , when will we see an open-air Trump rally ?

The Great American Comeback is underway.
The latest jobs report shows the U.S. economy defied all expectations, adding more than 2.5 million jobs in May. It was expected to lose 7.5 million.
The unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent, shedding nearly a point and a half. It was expected to rise to nearly 20%. The number of workers on temporary layoff decreased by 2.7 million in May.
May saw the greatest number of jobs created in a single month on record.
Looking beneath the topline, the numbers are even better. We added 225,000 jobs in manufacturing, 464,000 in construction and 1.2 million in leisure & hospitality. That last number is particularly astounding considering how many restaurants are closed and tourism is frozen.
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This report shows these truths to be self-evident:
No. 1: Americans are eager to resume life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
No. 2: The Great American Comeback will leave the blue governors and their lockdowns, shutdowns and 27-phase reopening plans in the ash heap of history.
The spectacular jobs report and "mass gatherings" of thousands of (mostly) Trump-hating liberals show it's well past time now to end the lockdown on small businesses, children and recreation.
We can't expect the elected officials who believe we are deplorable, "not very good people" to end what has been exposed as a charade.
It will be up to Americans to take matters in their own hands and do it themselves.
The same way thousands of (mostly liberal) Americans took to the streets in defiance of stay-at-home orders, red-blooded Americans must take back our playgrounds, schools, workshops and places of businesses. Guarding the premises with long guns against looters is fine, but we must do more than take back the night. We must take back the day.
Martin Luther King and his colleagues put their bodies on the line and sat down at once-segregated lunch counters to defend what they knew was right. We must put our bodies on the line and stand behind once-shuttered cash registers, lawn mowers and lathes to defend our way of life.
It's already starting to happen.
Parents in Ruther Glen, Virginia, are going ahead with a Little League tournament at Legacy Park this weekend in violation of Gov. Blackface Northam. His order allowed training practice but inexplicably prohibited formal leagues from holding games.
The lockdown orders exemplify the shoddy work endemic to the public sector and what we've seen from the government during the pandemic.
In the interest of moving forward and in the spirit of reconciliation, we'd like to offer some helpful suggestions to the blueblood electeds who need a face-saving excuse to climb down from the lockdown ledge they put themselves on.
These officials have leaned heavily on "science" to justify their decision-making, (Never mind that most of what they called science was more like science fiction.) Now they can proffer this latest tidbit of science to end the lockdown: "My fellow citizens, we have seen how the racist coronavirus disproportionately attacked people of color. I'm pleased to announce that the tens of thousands of citizens bravely gathering to show their fierce opposition to racism have scared the racist virus away! Everyone can now go about your life. Thank you."
Or the mayors and governors can use that reliable go-to in the politician's tool box: finger someone else and stab them in the back, or front. They can pin the confusing, arbitrary, counterproductive and now embarrassing lockdown orders on incompetent or malevolent underlings, then promptly fire them (or reassign them to a broom closet in the basement at the same pay rate).
As we survey the post-pandemic landscape, two questions remain.
One: Will Nancy Pelosi defund the AOC+3 Squad before the Squad introduces "Defund the Police" legislation?
Two: Now that we've seen tens of thousands of Trump haters in open-air rallies across the country, when will we see an open-air Trump rally?


wnd--2020-06-05--President Trump's third term

President Trump's third term

`` What are you talking that nonsense for ?
You know he 's limited to two terms ! ''
It is undeniable that President Trump has received a very raw deal from the Democrats during the first part of his first term as president .
Obama treated the nation 's intelligence services as his own private wiretap on the Trump campaign , and once he took office , on the Trump administration .
Is that fair ?
Secondly , Obama stuffed his close advisers into every corner of what would become the new administration , which really does make it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really Obama 's third term , do n't you think ?
That being the case , why is it fair for Obama to have a third term , while Trump was merely a figurehead during his first years in office ?
Third , let 's not forget ( just yet ) former Secretary of State John Kerry .
He spent much of Obama 's invisible third term jetting around the world , following the real secretaries of state , Tillerson and Pompeo , and cutting deals with foreign leaders in the shadows for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as part of the fake Russiagate investigation .
When that did n't happen , Kerry and Obama both continued lining up the dominoes for the Democrats ' 2020 candidate , who would , of course , win in a landslide ( just like the last one ) .
All part of a well-funded and highly dishonest shadow government .
How is that fair to any new president ?
Then there was the Mueller investigation , itself now the subject of an investigation for using illegal wiretaps ( FISA warrants ) funded by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Has any other president ever had to endure this ?
Then why should we allow it now ?
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Of course it has .
Franklin D. Roosevelt , a beloved Democratic wartime president , actually was elected to a third term ( and a fourth ) .
So it has happened .
We have historical precedent .
If the idea of a third Trump term upsets you , try to think of it like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton 's approach , which he used in the midst of his blue dress intern pizza delivery Oval Office problems .
If we choose that course , does n't it all come down to what the meaning of the term , `` term '' is ?
Is a term just simply four years , or is it the sum of its parts : the usual honeymoon time , then slowly decreasing bipartisan cooperation , which gives way to the beginning of partisan opposition and finally full-scale election-year resistance where nothing gets done until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had any of that normal new president treatment , is n't he owed that now by the Democrats ?
And how can the Democrats actually deliver what they owe the president without extending his first term ?
Fairness is the only way .
We must be transparent .
Let 's not forget , the Democrats seem very concerned by the prospect of voters voting at the polls this fall .
There could be a recurrence of the coronavirus , or the Chinese could enhance it , making the virus even more deadly .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the modified virus could attack primarily letter carriers , making it impossible for these people to do their job of collecting and returning ballots .
The election would be thrown into chaos .
Why would the Democrats not want to be flexible and avoid all this chaos ?
Given these many concerns , it seems like the only prudent thing to do is to extend Trump 's first term by a few years , until the lockdowns , protective orders , vaccine tests and other cures are fully evaluated , so they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't it really all about the science in the end ?
Let 's not forget the riots in our major cities , either .
How can anyone be expected to risk their lives by going out to vote , or expect letter carriers to risk their lives by walking through dangerous neighborhoods , collecting ballots ?
Insanity !
Yes , continuing on with the usual presidential election term just to adhere to an arbitrary , antiquated four-year electoral distancing campaign makes no sense .
Clearly , the only thing that makes any sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to apologize for their bad behavior during this first years of this first Trump term , demonstrate some long overdue bipartisanship , help the blue-city mayors clean up the mess they have made of our nation 's cities and let the everyone move toward healing from all this trauma .
Then , after the nation has healed from its wounds , we can safely have this postponed election in 2024 .
If Trump wins a second term in that election of 2024 , the history books will correctly credit him with only two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that his first term was extended by the time needed for the nation to recover from the coronavirus pandemic .
What could possibly make more sense or be fairer than that ?
Check out `` Reconnaissance , '' Craige 's first book in the Armageddon Story series .

"What are you talking that nonsense for? You know he's limited to two terms!"
It is undeniable that President Trump has received a very raw deal from the Democrats during the first part of his first term as president. Obama treated the nation's intelligence services as his own private wiretap on the Trump campaign, and once he took office, on the Trump administration. Is that fair?
Secondly, Obama stuffed his close advisers into every corner of what would become the new administration, which really does make it appear that Trump's first term was really Obama's third term, don't you think? That being the case, why is it fair for Obama to have a third term, while Trump was merely a figurehead during his first years in office?
Third, let's not forget (just yet) former Secretary of State John Kerry. He spent much of Obama's invisible third term jetting around the world, following the real secretaries of state, Tillerson and Pompeo, and cutting deals with foreign leaders in the shadows for when Trump would be removed as president, as part of the fake Russiagate investigation. When that didn't happen, Kerry and Obama both continued lining up the dominoes for the Democrats' 2020 candidate, who would, of course, win in a landslide (just like the last one). All part of a well-funded and highly dishonest shadow government. How is that fair to any new president?
Then there was the Mueller investigation, itself now the subject of an investigation for using illegal wiretaps (FISA warrants) funded by the Democratic Party and the Hillary campaign. Has any other president ever had to endure this? Then why should we allow it now?
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"But it's never happened before!" Of course it has. Franklin D. Roosevelt, a beloved Democratic wartime president, actually was elected to a third term (and a fourth). So it has happened. We have historical precedent.
If the idea of a third Trump term upsets you, try to think of it like this. Let's modify President Bill Clinton's approach, which he used in the midst of his blue dress intern pizza delivery Oval Office problems. If we choose that course, doesn't it all come down to what the meaning of the term, "term" is? Is a term just simply four years, or is it the sum of its parts: the usual honeymoon time, then slowly decreasing bipartisan cooperation, which gives way to the beginning of partisan opposition and finally full-scale election-year resistance where nothing gets done until after the election?
Since Trump never had any of that normal new president treatment, isn't he owed that now by the Democrats? And how can the Democrats actually deliver what they owe the president without extending his first term? Fairness is the only way. We must be transparent.
Let's not forget, the Democrats seem very concerned by the prospect of voters voting at the polls this fall. There could be a recurrence of the coronavirus, or the Chinese could enhance it, making the virus even more deadly. Vote-by-mail won't protect us, because the modified virus could attack primarily letter carriers, making it impossible for these people to do their job of collecting and returning ballots. The election would be thrown into chaos. Why would the Democrats not want to be flexible and avoid all this chaos?
Given these many concerns, it seems like the only prudent thing to do is to extend Trump's first term by a few years, until the lockdowns, protective orders, vaccine tests and other cures are fully evaluated, so they can be offered to the public. Isn't it really all about the science in the end?
Let's not forget the riots in our major cities, either. How can anyone be expected to risk their lives by going out to vote, or expect letter carriers to risk their lives by walking through dangerous neighborhoods, collecting ballots? Insanity!
Yes, continuing on with the usual presidential election term just to adhere to an arbitrary, antiquated four-year electoral distancing campaign makes no sense. Clearly, the only thing that makes any sense under these circumstances is for the Democrats to apologize for their bad behavior during this first years of this first Trump term, demonstrate some long overdue bipartisanship, help the blue-city mayors clean up the mess they have made of our nation's cities and let the everyone move toward healing from all this trauma.
Then, after the nation has healed from its wounds, we can safely have this postponed election in 2024. If Trump wins a second term in that election of 2024, the history books will correctly credit him with only two terms, along with a brief footnote that his first term was extended by the time needed for the nation to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
What could possibly make more sense or be fairer than that?
Check out "Reconnaissance," Craige's first book in the Armageddon Story series.


wnd--2020-06-05--America in chaos? Thank the left

America in chaos? Thank the left

America is in chaos with rioters creating mayhem all around the country , and you can thank the left for the resulting death and destruction .
First of all , please understand the difference between protesters and rioters .
This whole thing started out as legitimate protests by peaceful people exercising their First Amendment rights against a terrible injustice .
But then , in classic `` false flag '' fashion , domestic terrorists seized control of the opportunity and launched an orchestrated concert of anarchy , terrorism and murder .
`` The rioting has two components – the rage-filled savages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insane joy of destruction , and the left 's brownshirts , who are taking advantage of the chaos to bring down what they call the system , '' notes Don Feder .
`` The fingerprints of the Party of Plunder/Party of Treason are all over both . ''
In New York City , witnesses and high-ranking NYPD officials are reporting on the synchronized efforts : `` [ A ] group of cops investigating the highly-coordinated crimes are telling local TV stations that they have evidence many of the looters were chauffeured to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power tools to help them break in .
… 'Cars would drive up , let off the looters , unload power tools and suitcases and then the cars would drive away ... there were a lot of out-of-towners . '
'' TRENDING : Pelosi goes blank when discussing military in Washington '' Do n't you dare lie to the American people by saying that any of this had anything to do , at its violent core , with George Floyd , '' said Laura Ingraham .
`` There was n't a politician or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was defending the killer cop , '' added David Horowitz .
Former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik stated the obvious : `` Is there anyone that truly believes that this was not an organized event ?
How much do you think it would cost for communications and travel and manpower for an event like this ?
Whose money is behind it ?
… These pop-up riots , where they 're destroying businesses and cars and everything else , who 's paying ?
When these Antifa people get locked up , who pays their bail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
How did they get there in the first place ?
Who pays for their communication networks ?
… These are n't protesters .
These people are paid radical left-wing anarchists that come to instigate and engage in extreme violence , arson , and looting . ''
Leftist politicians tried to blame white supremacists ( forgive me , but why would white supremacists riot over a black man 's death ? )
, then white people in general , and of course tried to pin the entire blame on Trump .
The verbal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looting is just `` symbolic taking '' and `` destroying property which can be replaced is not violence '' ) would be funny if the whole situation were n't so tragic .
I do n't know the end results of these riots .
News is changing from minute to minute , hour to hour .
All I do know is it 's gone beyond – way beyond – any excuse of protesting the death of George Floyd .
It is , very simply , an attempt to create anarchy within the nation – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of citizens of every skin color DO NOT WANT .
But the left wants it .
Big Tech wants it .
The media want it .
Leftist politicians want it .
CNN is acting like these riots are the greatest thing since sliced bread .
The Massachusetts attorney general is cheering the violence : `` Yes , America is burning , but that 's how forests grow . ''
But everywhere else , citizens – regardless of their ethnicity or political affiliation – are horrified .
This poignant photo illustrates it beautifully : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white cop who got separated from the others .
Most people , including the protesters , are n't interested in violence .
That 's why it 's important to distinguish between protesters and rioters .
The leftist politicians who insist on calling the rioters `` peaceful '' while the goons loot cities , burn businesses ( many owned by blacks ) , attack innocent bystanders and shoot police officers are in cahoots with the thugs , plain and simple .
These politicians are as guilty as if they threw those pre-positioned bricks themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a political party that sees political advantage in riots , looting and arson ?
There is , '' stated Rush Limbaugh .
`` Is there or is there not a political party that sees political opportunity in 40 million Americans out of work ?
Yes !
It 's not even arguable . ''
But one thing is certain : Americans are a tough , resilient , stubborn people .
If we are pushed , we push back twice as hard .
It 's why gun sales have skyrocketed 80 % over last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sales have accelerated with the riots .
And people of all races are pulling together in the aftermath of the violence .
Witness the touching scenes of communities gathering to clean up broken glass and comfort mourning business owners .
People are also gathering to prevent violence in the first place .
In Coeur d'Alene , Idaho , armed citizens peacefully patrolled the downtown for three nights ( here 's a video ) to prevent violence after riots in nearby Spokane , Washington , got out of control .
Other communities also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force .
Rioting is a lot less fun if the intended victims can defend themselves .
The Second Amendment wins again .
The reason behind all this nationwide mayhem is simple : It 's the left 's latest coup attempt .
The left would rather see America burn than tolerate a conservative in office .
Rush Limbaugh speculates the riots are a distraction from `` what 's coming down the tracks '' as far as investigation into Obama-era deep state crimes .
He said the new evidence of the Obama administration 's attempted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person more aware of the scandal , causing an even greater `` Democrat media freak-out . ''
The fake news stories and hostile media have n't brought down Trump .
Frustratingly , neither has the Russian collusion , impeachment , the `` plandemic , '' the lockdowns , or the crashed economy .
OK , so maybe orchestrated nationwide anarchy will work .
Or maybe it wo n't .
Black approval for Trump just surged over 40 % .
As a female protester – pleading with rioters to stop looting – shouted : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re-elected !
PLEASE STOP ! ''
The left has sown the wind .
They 'd damn well better be prepared to reap the whirlwind .

America is in chaos with rioters creating mayhem all around the country, and you can thank the left for the resulting death and destruction.
First of all, please understand the difference between protesters and rioters. This whole thing started out as legitimate protests by peaceful people exercising their First Amendment rights against a terrible injustice.
But then, in classic "false flag" fashion, domestic terrorists seized control of the opportunity and launched an orchestrated concert of anarchy, terrorism and murder.
"The rioting has two components – the rage-filled savages who are burning and looting for the insane joy of destruction, and the left's brownshirts, who are taking advantage of the chaos to bring down what they call the system," notes Don Feder. "The fingerprints of the Party of Plunder/Party of Treason are all over both."
In New York City, witnesses and high-ranking NYPD officials are reporting on the synchronized efforts: "[A] group of cops investigating the highly-coordinated crimes are telling local TV stations that they have evidence many of the looters were chauffeured to the 'jobs' and brought large arsenals of power tools to help them break in. … 'Cars would drive up, let off the looters, unload power tools and suitcases and then the cars would drive away ... there were a lot of out-of-towners.'"
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"Don't you dare lie to the American people by saying that any of this had anything to do, at its violent core, with George Floyd," said Laura Ingraham.
"There wasn't a politician or public figure in the entire nation who was defending the killer cop," added David Horowitz.
Former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik stated the obvious: "Is there anyone that truly believes that this was not an organized event? How much do you think it would cost for communications and travel and manpower for an event like this? Whose money is behind it? … These pop-up riots, where they're destroying businesses and cars and everything else, who's paying? When these Antifa people get locked up, who pays their bail? Who gets them out of jail? How did they get there in the first place? Who pays for their communication networks? … These aren't protesters. These people are paid radical left-wing anarchists that come to instigate and engage in extreme violence, arson, and looting."
Leftist politicians tried to blame white supremacists (forgive me, but why would white supremacists riot over a black man's death?), then white people in general, and of course tried to pin the entire blame on Trump. The verbal gymnastics necessary to justify these conclusions (looting is just "symbolic taking" and "destroying property which can be replaced is not violence") would be funny if the whole situation weren't so tragic.
I don't know the end results of these riots. News is changing from minute to minute, hour to hour. All I do know is it's gone beyond – way beyond – any excuse of protesting the death of George Floyd. It is, very simply, an attempt to create anarchy within the nation – and this is something the vast majority of citizens of every skin color DO NOT WANT.
But the left wants it. Big Tech wants it. The media want it. Leftist politicians want it. CNN is acting like these riots are the greatest thing since sliced bread. The Massachusetts attorney general is cheering the violence: "Yes, America is burning, but that's how forests grow."
But everywhere else, citizens – regardless of their ethnicity or political affiliation – are horrified. This poignant photo illustrates it beautifully: A group of black people protecting a white cop who got separated from the others. Most people, including the protesters, aren't interested in violence. That's why it's important to distinguish between protesters and rioters.
The leftist politicians who insist on calling the rioters "peaceful" while the goons loot cities, burn businesses (many owned by blacks), attack innocent bystanders and shoot police officers are in cahoots with the thugs, plain and simple. These politicians are as guilty as if they threw those pre-positioned bricks themselves.
"Is there or is there not a political party that sees political advantage in riots, looting and arson? There is," stated Rush Limbaugh. "Is there or is there not a political party that sees political opportunity in 40 million Americans out of work? Yes! It's not even arguable."
But one thing is certain: Americans are a tough, resilient, stubborn people. If we are pushed, we push back twice as hard. It's why gun sales have skyrocketed 80% over last year. Initially fueled by the coronavirus, sales have accelerated with the riots.
And people of all races are pulling together in the aftermath of the violence. Witness the touching scenes of communities gathering to clean up broken glass and comfort mourning business owners.
People are also gathering to prevent violence in the first place. In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, armed citizens peacefully patrolled the downtown for three nights (here's a video) to prevent violence after riots in nearby Spokane, Washington, got out of control. Other communities also prevented Antifa destruction by a show of force. Rioting is a lot less fun if the intended victims can defend themselves. The Second Amendment wins again.
The reason behind all this nationwide mayhem is simple: It's the left's latest coup attempt. The left would rather see America burn than tolerate a conservative in office. Rush Limbaugh speculates the riots are a distraction from "what's coming down the tracks" as far as investigation into Obama-era deep state crimes. He said the new evidence of the Obama administration's attempted "coup" is making the average person more aware of the scandal, causing an even greater "Democrat media freak-out."
The fake news stories and hostile media haven't brought down Trump. Frustratingly, neither has the Russian collusion, impeachment, the "plandemic," the lockdowns, or the crashed economy. OK, so maybe orchestrated nationwide anarchy will work.
Or maybe it won't. Black approval for Trump just surged over 40%. As a female protester – pleading with rioters to stop looting – shouted: "This is going to get Trump re-elected! PLEASE STOP!"
Amen. Preach it, sister.
The left has sown the wind. They'd damn well better be prepared to reap the whirlwind.


wnd--2020-06-05--66 books of the Bible in 29 seconds!

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wnd--2020-06-05--N.Y. Times reporters-turned-censors on perilous path

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
In 1863 , riots swept across New York City .
Needing bodies to reinforce the ranks at the height of the Civil War , the federal government had instituted a military draft .
All across New York , immigrants and the city ’ s underclass took to the streets , angry and fearful they would have to fight in the Union Army .
The New York Times , a pro-Union and anti-slavery newspaper , was a leading target of the mob .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In fact , the paper had three Gatling guns – an early machine gun – on hand to intimidate the crowd and defend the building .
( One of the guns was manned by Leonard Jerome , a wealthy friend of Times co-founder Henry Raymond , and the grandfather of Winston Churchill . )
It ’ s a mystery where the Times got the Gatling guns , which were only invented and offered to the War Department the year before .
The most likely explanation is that they were procured from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guns because of his friendship with President Lincoln .
TRENDING : Pelosi goes blank when discussing military in Washington While this was once an oft-told tidbit of New York Times lore , apparently many of the paper ’ s current writers are unaware the Times may not exist if it weren ’ t for U.S. military protection from rioters .
On Wednesday , much of the younger staff of the paper went into open revolt against the editors for publishing a piece by Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton arguing that military intervention may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wake of the riots America has experienced in the last week .
The coordinated message that the Times employees chose to parrot was hyperbolic and unserious .
Several of the paper ’ s reporters took to Twitter and declared en masse , “ Running [ Cotton ’ s op-ed ] puts black New York Times staff in danger.
” The New York Times is not a salt mine – working there in any capacity is a prestigious job , and presumably the people who work there have other options , even in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the paper continue working at a place they believed was endangering their life or the lives of fellow employees ?
The lack of resignations is proof these Times employees don ’ t really believe what they ’ re saying .
Nor was it made clear how protecting the city would endanger non-rioting journalists of any color .
Cotton ’ s opinion on how to handle the riots may be disagreeable or even upsetting , but his opinion is firmly in the mainstream .
There is plenty of precedent for military intervention when it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or even rectify racial injustice .
Cotton ’ s op-ed noted that the 101st Airborne had been rightly called out to intervene in his home state of Arkansas when Gov .
Orval Faubus mobilized the state ’ s national guard to stop the state ’ s schools from being integrated .
( Cotton has proposed legislation to make Central High School in Little Rock a civil rights memorial . )
The military was mobilized to quell Los Angeles ’ Rodney King riots in 1992 .
And with looting and vandalism occurring in over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crimes that led to numerous deaths in places as unexpected as Davenport , Iowa – Cotton cited polling showing that a majority of Americans , including 37 % of African Americans , are not opposed to calling out the military to restore order if necessary .
At the same time Times employees were blithely equating speech with violence , others distinguished themselves by making excuses for lawlessness .
Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones , fresh off of winning a Pulitzer for her work on racism in America that was subsequently debunked as inaccurate by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went on CBS News earlier this week .
`` Violence is when an agent of the state kneels on a man 's neck until all of the life is leached out of his body , ” she said .
“ Destroying property , which can be replaced , is not violence .
To use the same language to describe those two things is not moral.
” This confusion about what constitutes violence isn ’ t an argument , let alone a “ moral ” one .
It ’ s polemic easily rebutted by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and minority business owners angry and sad after rioters wantonly destroyed their livelihood .
Hannah-Jones is , naturally , one of the Times employees “ deeply ashamed ” her paper ran Cotton ’ s op-ed .
The message Times employees are sending here is incoherent : Cotton ’ s op-ed is violence , but burning bookstores to the ground is not ?
The answer to speech you disagree with is , of course , more and better speech .
Airing arguments that you disagree with , even vehemently , is necessary and often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent years the Times has run op-eds by such appalling figures as Vladimir Putin and the Taliban .
In 1941 , the paper even ran Adolf Hitler ’ s byline .
Somehow none of those pieces caused a widespread staff revolt .
The fact this is happening right now in response to Cotton , a mainstream Republican who is a U.S. Army combat veteran and Harvard Law School grad , is indicative of a sea change in journalism .
Activism is common among young journalists today , and they increasingly have no use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confident they can use the paper to bludgeon their opinions into the majority that don ’ t share them , and the Times ’ institutional influence won ’ t be diminished .
But these activist journalists shouldn ’ t be so confident the Times will survive their censorious tactics and campus theatrics .
The two biggest media stories of the Trump era – the debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative and the embrace of absurd and unsubstantiated rape allegations against a Supreme Court justice nominee – resulted in total abandonment of journalistic objectivity .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Smith has called an “ extinction-level event ” for media credibility .
The White House also wages a daily campaign against the media , to say nothing of the growing influence of new media that thrives on attacking legacy institutions such as the Times .
A few years ago , author and podcaster Michael Malice declared , “ The battle is won when the average American regards a corporate journalist exactly as they regard a tobacco executive.
” The goal for many critics is no longer to reform the media , but to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of the worst-kept secrets in journalism is that older Times veterans have no trouble privately saying they are appalled the venerable paper ’ s leadership is so accommodating of the demands of their woke millennial employees -- journalistic ethics and fairness be damned .
Initially , Times editors held the line , and Publisher A.G. Sulzberger defended publishing Cotton ’ s op-ed in a letter to the paper ’ s staff Thursday .
But by the end of the day , the paper had surrendered and issued a statement saying the op-ed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and promising to examine “ long term and short term changes.
” If the paper can ’ t withstand the pressure to censor a U.S. senator expressing an opinion held by a majority of Americans , riots may end up destroying The New York Times after all .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Mark Hemingway
Real Clear Politics
In 1863, riots swept across New York City. Needing bodies to reinforce the ranks at the height of the Civil War, the federal government had instituted a military draft. All across New York, immigrants and the city’s underclass took to the streets, angry and fearful they would have to fight in the Union Army. The New York Times, a pro-Union and anti-slavery newspaper, was a leading target of the mob. However, the staff of the paper was well-armed.
In fact, the paper had three Gatling guns – an early machine gun – on hand to intimidate the crowd and defend the building. (One of the guns was manned by Leonard Jerome, a wealthy friend of Times co-founder Henry Raymond, and the grandfather of Winston Churchill.) It’s a mystery where the Times got the Gatling guns, which were only invented and offered to the War Department the year before. The most likely explanation is that they were procured from the military – some claim Raymond got the guns because of his friendship with President Lincoln.
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While this was once an oft-told tidbit of New York Times lore, apparently many of the paper’s current writers are unaware the Times may not exist if it weren’t for U.S. military protection from rioters. On Wednesday, much of the younger staff of the paper went into open revolt against the editors for publishing a piece by Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton arguing that military intervention may be needed to restore order in the wake of the riots America has experienced in the last week.
The coordinated message that the Times employees chose to parrot was hyperbolic and unserious. Several of the paper’s reporters took to Twitter and declared en masse, “Running [Cotton’s op-ed] puts black New York Times staff in danger.”
The New York Times is not a salt mine – working there in any capacity is a prestigious job, and presumably the people who work there have other options, even in this economy. So why would anyone at the paper continue working at a place they believed was endangering their life or the lives of fellow employees? The lack of resignations is proof these Times employees don’t really believe what they’re saying. Nor was it made clear how protecting the city would endanger non-rioting journalists of any color.
Cotton’s opinion on how to handle the riots may be disagreeable or even upsetting, but his opinion is firmly in the mainstream. There is plenty of precedent for military intervention when it’s necessary to restore order, or even rectify racial injustice. Cotton’s op-ed noted that the 101st Airborne had been rightly called out to intervene in his home state of Arkansas when Gov. Orval Faubus mobilized the state’s national guard to stop the state’s schools from being integrated. (Cotton has proposed legislation to make Central High School in Little Rock a civil rights memorial.) The military was mobilized to quell Los Angeles’ Rodney King riots in 1992.
And with looting and vandalism occurring in over 700 cities in the past week – crimes that led to numerous deaths in places as unexpected as Davenport, Iowa – Cotton cited polling showing that a majority of Americans, including 37% of African Americans, are not opposed to calling out the military to restore order if necessary.
At the same time Times employees were blithely equating speech with violence, others distinguished themselves by making excuses for lawlessness. Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, fresh off of winning a Pulitzer for her work on racism in America that was subsequently debunked as inaccurate by an array of respected liberal historians, went on CBS News earlier this week. "Violence is when an agent of the state kneels on a man's neck until all of the life is leached out of his body,” she said. “Destroying property, which can be replaced, is not violence. To use the same language to describe those two things is not moral.”
This confusion about what constitutes violence isn’t an argument, let alone a “moral” one. It’s polemic easily rebutted by a plethora of online videos of black and minority business owners angry and sad after rioters wantonly destroyed their livelihood. Hannah-Jones is, naturally, one of the Times employees “deeply ashamed” her paper ran Cotton’s op-ed. The message Times employees are sending here is incoherent: Cotton’s op-ed is violence, but burning bookstores to the ground is not?
The answer to speech you disagree with is, of course, more and better speech. Airing arguments that you disagree with, even vehemently, is necessary and often clarifying. That’s why in recent years the Times has run op-eds by such appalling figures as Vladimir Putin and the Taliban. In 1941, the paper even ran Adolf Hitler’s byline. Somehow none of those pieces caused a widespread staff revolt.
The fact this is happening right now in response to Cotton, a mainstream Republican who is a U.S. Army combat veteran and Harvard Law School grad, is indicative of a sea change in journalism. Activism is common among young journalists today, and they increasingly have no use for logical argumentation. They’re confident they can use the paper to bludgeon their opinions into the majority that don’t share them, and the Times’ institutional influence won’t be diminished.
But these activist journalists shouldn’t be so confident the Times will survive their censorious tactics and campus theatrics. The two biggest media stories of the Trump era – the debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative and the embrace of absurd and unsubstantiated rape allegations against a Supreme Court justice nominee – resulted in total abandonment of journalistic objectivity. They already threaten to become what journalist Lee Smith has called an “extinction-level event” for media credibility.
The White House also wages a daily campaign against the media, to say nothing of the growing influence of new media that thrives on attacking legacy institutions such as the Times. A few years ago, author and podcaster Michael Malice declared, “The battle is won when the average American regards a corporate journalist exactly as they regard a tobacco executive.” The goal for many critics is no longer to reform the media, but to destroy it.
In the meantime, one of the worst-kept secrets in journalism is that older Times veterans have no trouble privately saying they are appalled the venerable paper’s leadership is so accommodating of the demands of their woke millennial employees -- journalistic ethics and fairness be damned.
Initially, Times editors held the line, and Publisher A.G. Sulzberger defended publishing Cotton’s op-ed in a letter to the paper’s staff Thursday. But by the end of the day, the paper had surrendered and issued a statement saying the op-ed “did not meet our standards” and promising to examine “long term and short term changes.” If the paper can’t withstand the pressure to censor a U.S. senator expressing an opinion held by a majority of Americans, riots may end up destroying The New York Times after all.


wnd--2020-06-07--De Blasio condemned Jewish funeral but attended George Floyd Memorial with thousands of people

We dodged a bullet when Bill de Blasio lost the Democratic presidential primary .
I mean , the bullet was fired fairly wide of the target .
The New York City mayor , who inexplicably thought he could jump from Gracie Mansion to the White House , generally polled below Vermin Supreme in the primaries .
And why not ?
Supreme promised us free ponies , de Blasio promised us that he 'd run America like he 'd run New York City .
I 'd take the pony .
Well , perhaps New Yorkers could get a pony with that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ priced ponies lately ) , but other than that they still have de Blasio 's governance to deal with .
He 's locked down the city , which is pretty predictable when you consider it 's the global locus of COVID-19 cases these days .
How locked down it is , however , depends on who you are .
Let 's say you 're an Orthodox Jew looking to hold or attend a funeral for a beloved rabbi .
Not only are you not going to be able to do it , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tongue-lashing from Hizzoner .
Let 's say you 're an individual who wants to attend a memorial for George Floyd .
Not only are you totally OK , but you may also get a handshake from the mayor while you 're there .
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What 's not quite understandable is when the mayor decides to join in .
And by the way , let 's make clear what kind of `` gathering '' this was .
We 're not talking people social distancing in a park : Remember when agglomerations of humanity like this were killing people 's poor grandparents ?
Pepperidge Farm might have something to say about that .
De Blasio 's attendance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ considering the fact he was drowned out by booing attendees .
And considering all of those attendees were doubtlessly wearing masks , which muffle noise , there had to be a lot of booing .
Considering the fact that the mayor was allowing the gathering despite the fact that it was arguably the biggest coronavirus transmission risk we 've seen in the Big Apple in months and the mayor was letting it go on , perhaps they might have at least just given him a desultory golf clap .
That 's doubly true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when a high-profile rabbi died in April and the tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community in the city came out to pay their respects .
Rabbi Chaim Mertz died April 28 of COVID-19 , according to The Yeshiva World .
The idea of a large funeral was unacceptable to the New York mayor .
Yep , you heard that right : `` the time for warnings has passed .
I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups .
This is about stopping this disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Again , New York City is n't much better than it was at the end of April .
Yes , the curve has flattened .
You know what wo n't flatten it ?
A massive memorial service for George Floyd .
But you know what the real threat was ?
A funeral for an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi attended by only 2,500 people .
Even after tweets accusing de Blasio of overreaction and anti-Semitism -- this is n't his first clash with Brooklyn 's large Jewish community -- he still defended his actions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ passion .
I could not believe my eyes , '' de Blasio said at his daily briefing the day after the tweets , according to ABC News .
`` It was deeply , deeply distressing . ''
`` It 's not like people gathering in the park .
...
It was thousands of people .
Can we just have an honest conversation ? ''
he said , strenuously denying accusations of anti-Semitism .
We never had that conversation , but de Blasio seems to have changed his mind about `` zero tolerance '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

We dodged a bullet when Bill de Blasio lost the Democratic presidential primary.
I mean, the bullet was fired fairly wide of the target. The New York City mayor, who inexplicably thought he could jump from Gracie Mansion to the White House, generally polled below Vermin Supreme in the primaries. And why not? Supreme promised us free ponies, de Blasio promised us that he'd run America like he'd run New York City. I'd take the pony.
Well, perhaps New Yorkers could get a pony with that $1,200 check (I haven't priced ponies lately), but other than that they still have de Blasio's governance to deal with. He's locked down the city, which is pretty predictable when you consider it's the global locus of COVID-19 cases these days. How locked down it is, however, depends on who you are.
Let's say you're an Orthodox Jew looking to hold or attend a funeral for a beloved rabbi. Not only are you not going to be able to do it, but you're also going to get a tongue-lashing from Hizzoner.
Let's say you're an individual who wants to attend a memorial for George Floyd. Not only are you totally OK, but you may also get a handshake from the mayor while you're there.
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Proof that liberal politicians believe infections from the novel coronavirus don't happen if the cause behind the event is liberal enough, the memorial service in COVID-soaked New York City was massive. That's understandable, particularly if the police aren't cracking down on it the way they crack down on, say, church services.
What's not quite understandable is when the mayor decides to join in.
And by the way, let's make clear what kind of "gathering" this was. We're not talking people social distancing in a park:
A massive group of mourners is marching across the Brooklyn Bridge following a memorial for George Floyd in New York City. https://t.co/V9PORuTr72 pic.twitter.com/PempwzWXTp — ABC News (@ABC) June 4, 2020
Remember when agglomerations of humanity like this were killing people's poor grandparents? Pepperidge Farm might have something to say about that.
De Blasio's attendance was actually a really poor idea, considering the fact he was drowned out by booing attendees. And considering all of those attendees were doubtlessly wearing masks, which muffle noise, there had to be a lot of booing.
“Let us welcome, with respect, the mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio.” Crowd answers with loud boos at Brooklyn vigil for George Floyd. https://t.co/sRjzb8ejYu pic.twitter.com/nrNbNBa4Rl — Dan Linden (@DanLinden) June 4, 2020
Considering the fact that the mayor was allowing the gathering despite the fact that it was arguably the biggest coronavirus transmission risk we've seen in the Big Apple in months and the mayor was letting it go on, perhaps they might have at least just given him a desultory golf clap.
That's doubly true when you consider how the mayor acted when a high-profile rabbi died in April and the tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community in the city came out to pay their respects.
Rabbi Chaim Mertz died April 28 of COVID-19, according to The Yeshiva World. The idea of a large funeral was unacceptable to the New York mayor.
Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic. When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed. And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 29, 2020
My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period. — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 29, 2020
We have lost so many these last two months + I understand the instinct to gather to mourn. But large gatherings will only lead to more deaths + more families in mourning. We will not allow this. I have instructed the NYPD to have one standard for this whole city: zero tolerance. — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 29, 2020
Yep, you heard that right: "the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period."
Again, New York City isn't much better than it was at the end of April. Yes, the curve has flattened. You know what won't flatten it? A massive memorial service for George Floyd. But you know what the real threat was? A funeral for an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi attended by only 2,500 people.
Even after tweets accusing de Blasio of overreaction and anti-Semitism -- this isn't his first clash with Brooklyn's large Jewish community -- he still defended his actions.
"I spoke last night out of passion. I could not believe my eyes," de Blasio said at his daily briefing the day after the tweets, according to ABC News. "It was deeply, deeply distressing."
"It's not like people gathering in the park. ... It was thousands of people. Can we just have an honest conversation?" he said, strenuously denying accusations of anti-Semitism.
We never had that conversation, but de Blasio seems to have changed his mind about "zero tolerance" anyway. I wonder why.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-06-07--Candace Owens: 'I do not support George Floyd & the media depiction of him as a martyr'

Conservative commentator Candace Owens lashed out at the emerging personality cult of George Floyd , whose death in Minneapolis last month first sparked protests and then riots .
“ I do not support George Floyd and the media depiction of him as a martyr for black America , ” she said in Facebook Live video on Wednesday .
Referring to the writings of African-American writer and filmmaker Shelby Steele , Owens said black Americans spend too much time defending criminals .
“ We are unique in that we are the only people that fight and scream and demand support and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are up to no good , ” she said .
“ You would be hard-pressed to find , you know , a Jewish person that ’ s been five stints in prison that commits a crime and dies while committing a crime and that the Jewish people champion and demand justice for , ” she said , saying the same holds true for whites and Hispanics .
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`` I want to be very clear , what I am saying is not any defense for Derek Chauvin ; I hope Derek Chauvin gets the justice that he deserves to be implemented upon him and that the family of George Floyd deserves justice for the way that he died , '' she said .
However , she added , `` I am not going to accept the narrative that this is the best the black community has to offer . ''
Noting that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fashionable over the last five or six years for us to turn criminals into heroes overnight .
It is something I find despicable . ''
`` George Floyd was not an amazing person , '' she said , later adding that `` George Floyd is being lifted up as an amazing human being . ''
Owens noted Floyd 's prison record , and said that `` I am not going to play a part of the broken black culture that always wants to martyr criminals , to pretend that they were upstanding human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
`` He has a rap sheet that was long and was dangerous , '' she said .
`` He was an example of a violent criminal his entire life , OK , up until the very last moment . ''
The Daily Mail noted that Floyd had been sentenced to five years in prison in 2009 after being convicted on a charge of aggravated assault that came from a robbery in which a woman had a gun pointed at her while the house was robbed .
The Daily Mail also showed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ served five stints in jail , beginning in the 1990s .
Owens said no one who has the kind of criminal record Floyd had should be held up as a model citizen , but black Americans are doing just that .
“ We are embarrassing in that regard .
This is why we have a cycle and a toxic culture because nobody wants to tell the truth and black America .
It is so easy to be effective it is so easy to ask white people to bow down and apologize and do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is crap , '' she said .
Owens said Floyd 's death has been packaged to fit a false narrative .
`` Racially motivated police brutality is a myth , ” she said .
You can watch her entire commentary here : The contention was upheld by Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute , who tweeted , `` The officers who arrested George Floyd must be held accountable for their excessive use of force and callous indifference to his distress .
But the charge of systemic police bias was wrong during the Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Glenn Beck had a similar take on the situation : This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Conservative commentator Candace Owens lashed out at the emerging personality cult of George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis last month first sparked protests and then riots.
“I do not support George Floyd and the media depiction of him as a martyr for black America,” she said in Facebook Live video on Wednesday.
Referring to the writings of African-American writer and filmmaker Shelby Steele, Owens said black Americans spend too much time defending criminals.
“We are unique in that we are the only people that fight and scream and demand support and justice for the people in our community that are up to no good,” she said.
“You would be hard-pressed to find, you know, a Jewish person that’s been five stints in prison that commits a crime and dies while committing a crime and that the Jewish people champion and demand justice for,” she said, saying the same holds true for whites and Hispanics.
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Owens said she was not defending the Minneapolis police officer who knelt on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes.
"I want to be very clear, what I am saying is not any defense for Derek Chauvin; I hope Derek Chauvin gets the justice that he deserves to be implemented upon him and that the family of George Floyd deserves justice for the way that he died," she said.
However, she added, "I am not going to accept the narrative that this is the best the black community has to offer."
Noting that in recent years it has become "fashionable over the last five or six years for us to turn criminals into heroes overnight. It is something I find despicable."
"George Floyd was not an amazing person," she said, later adding that "George Floyd is being lifted up as an amazing human being."
Owens noted Floyd's prison record, and said that "I am not going to play a part of the broken black culture that always wants to martyr criminals, to pretend that they were upstanding human beings that just wanted to help society."
"He has a rap sheet that was long and was dangerous," she said. "He was an example of a violent criminal his entire life, OK, up until the very last moment."
The Daily Mail noted that Floyd had been sentenced to five years in prison in 2009 after being convicted on a charge of aggravated assault that came from a robbery in which a woman had a gun pointed at her while the house was robbed.
The Daily Mail also showed a court document that said Floyd had served five stints in jail, beginning in the 1990s.
Owens said no one who has the kind of criminal record Floyd had should be held up as a model citizen, but black Americans are doing just that.
“We are embarrassing in that regard. This is why we have a cycle and a toxic culture because nobody wants to tell the truth in black America. It is so easy to be effective it is so easy to ask white people to bow down and apologize and do all these things for us. It is crap," she said.
Owens said Floyd's death has been packaged to fit a false narrative.
"Racially motivated police brutality is a myth,” she said.
You can watch her entire commentary here:
The contention was upheld by Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute, who tweeted, "The officers who arrested George Floyd must be held accountable for their excessive use of force and callous indifference to his distress. But the charge of systemic police bias was wrong during the Obama years and it remains so today."
The officers who arrested George Floyd must be held accountable for their excessive use of force and callous indifference to his distress. But the charge of systemic police bias was wrong during the Obama years and it remains so today. My new @WSJopinion https://t.co/dnyiwdZvH2 — Heather Mac Donald (@HMDatMI) June 2, 2020
Glenn Beck had a similar take on the situation:
I don't care WHAT George Floyd did. The officer should have never treated him like that and killed him! But we still must ask: Is he a HERO? BLEXIT founder @RealCandaceO gave her thoughts: "The fact that he has been held up as a martyr sickens me." pic.twitter.com/0Tm47x5Cc8 — Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) June 4, 2020
President Donald Trump retweeted Beck's tweet without comment.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-06-06--Where is Rosa Parks when we need her?

Where is Rosa Parks when we need her?

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
One month ago , I was widely excoriated for suggesting that protesters attending rallies to oppose the loss of their jobs , businesses , and First Amendment freedoms due to government lockdowns should behave “ like modern-day Rosa Parks.
” How dare I compare `` right-wing protesters '' with one of America ’ s great civil rights icons .
This was “ racist , ” screamed the thought police , and I was commanded to apologize .
I wrote my college thesis about civil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nonviolent protest as an effective way to redress government injustice , citing such heroes as Henry David Thoreau , Martin Luther King , Gandhi , and , yes , Rosa Parks .
I was advising the organizers of the lockdown protests to make sure that they were engaged in peaceful and safe assembly ( wearing masks and not bringing guns or wearing MAGA hats ) if they wanted to effect change .
TRENDING : Chris Cuomo gets lesson on U.S. Constitution after asking where it says protesters have to be 'peaceful' I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many of them and , thankfully , that is what these protesters around the country have done : peacefully assemble .
Now , three weeks later , leftists have taken to the streets with bricks and Molotov cocktails to protest racial injustice .
It might have been helpful if someone on the left had advised that they imitate Rosa Parks instead of burning down and looting immigrant businesses , spray-painting obscenities all over the churches and civic monuments , and endangering outnumbered police who are trying to protect these neighborhoods .
Alas , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rosa Parks .
Neither are their establishment enablers : A New York Times opinion contributor argued this weekend approvingly that violence like what we are seeing can lead to social change .
Liberals have been all-in on pandemic lockdowns that have caused 40 million Americans to lose their jobs ( with minorities most adversely affected ) , hundreds of thousands of small business owners to lose their stores , while millions more have suffered from isolation , loneliness , depression , drug overdoses , and delayed health care .
Now we can add @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Consider also the hypocrisy of the media and the left-leaning intelligentsia .
They seethed with contempt over the anti-lockdown protesters for ignoring stay-at-home orders and endangering the health of themselves and others .
Now we see the cities under the severe lockdown orders by Democratic mayors and governors crowded with thousands of leftist protesters -- and social distancing is the furthest thing on their mind .
Has anyone heard even one Democratic Party elected official objecting that these protesters could be spreading coronavirus and endangering the health of themselves and their community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ observed that when you keep young people effectively imprisoned in their homes for eight weeks with nothing to do and no jobs to go to that you are creating a powder keg of anger and rage ?
There is an old saying that fits these times perfectly : Idle hands are the devil ’ s workshop .
Arthur Laffer published a study years ago showing that rioting is highly associated with joblessness .
Democratic mayors and governors have destroyed the jobs and livelihoods of their citizens and so it should be no surprise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a match to be lit .
Here are five takeaways from the events of the last few days and weeks : • The left is allowed to riot and engage in violent protest , but the right is to be condemned for engaging in peaceful protest .
• Stay-at-home orders and social-distancing requirements must be adhered to by those on the right , but the righteous left gets a free pass .
• When the left protests , they ransack and burn their neighborhoods , spray-paint obscene graffiti , and leave a mess @ @ @ @ @ @ @ else to clean up .
When the right holds rallies , the participants clean up after themselves .
Yet leftists says they are the environmentalists .
• Freedom protesters on the right carry the flag and celebrate America even as we air our grievances .
How many American flags did you see during the riots this weekend ?
• It is Democratic Party mayors and Democratic governors , with help from public employee unions that protect bad cops , who have allowed terrible policing practices to remain in effect .
Republicans do n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York , Baltimore , St. Louis , or and Los Angeles .
Maybe it is time for a change in leadership .
Finally , will someone please remind the left and the media that the great Rosa Parks did more to advance racial equality in America with one act of nonviolent civil disobedience than all the tens of thousands of violent protesters razing our cities combined ?
Stephen Moore is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation .
[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear @ @ @

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Stephen Moore
Real Clear Politics
One month ago, I was widely excoriated for suggesting that protesters attending rallies to oppose the loss of their jobs, businesses, and First Amendment freedoms due to government lockdowns should behave “like modern-day Rosa Parks.” How dare I compare "right-wing protesters" with one of America’s great civil rights icons. This was “racist,” screamed the thought police, and I was commanded to apologize.
I wrote my college thesis about civil disobedience and the rich American tradition of nonviolent protest as an effective way to redress government injustice, citing such heroes as Henry David Thoreau, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and, yes, Rosa Parks. I was advising the organizers of the lockdown protests to make sure that they were engaged in peaceful and safe assembly (wearing masks and not bringing guns or wearing MAGA hats) if they wanted to effect change.
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I have attended some of these rallies and watched many of them and, thankfully, that is what these protesters around the country have done: peacefully assemble.
Now, three weeks later, leftists have taken to the streets with bricks and Molotov cocktails to protest racial injustice. It might have been helpful if someone on the left had advised that they imitate Rosa Parks instead of burning down and looting immigrant businesses, spray-painting obscenities all over the churches and civic monuments, and endangering outnumbered police who are trying to protect these neighborhoods.
Alas, the protesters have been anything but modern-day Rosa Parks. Neither are their establishment enablers: A New York Times opinion contributor argued this weekend approvingly that violence like what we are seeing can lead to social change.
Liberals have been all-in on pandemic lockdowns that have caused 40 million Americans to lose their jobs (with minorities most adversely affected), hundreds of thousands of small business owners to lose their stores, while millions more have suffered from isolation, loneliness, depression, drug overdoses, and delayed health care. Now we can add unmitigated rage -- which was so predictable.
Consider also the hypocrisy of the media and the left-leaning intelligentsia. They seethed with contempt over the anti-lockdown protesters for ignoring stay-at-home orders and endangering the health of themselves and others. Now we see the cities under the severe lockdown orders by Democratic mayors and governors crowded with thousands of leftist protesters -- and social distancing is the furthest thing on their mind.
Has anyone heard even one Democratic Party elected official objecting that these protesters could be spreading coronavirus and endangering the health of themselves and their community?
And has anyone in the media observed that when you keep young people effectively imprisoned in their homes for eight weeks with nothing to do and no jobs to go to that you are creating a powder keg of anger and rage? There is an old saying that fits these times perfectly: Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.
Arthur Laffer published a study years ago showing that rioting is highly associated with joblessness. Democratic mayors and governors have destroyed the jobs and livelihoods of their citizens and so it should be no surprise that inner cities were tinderboxes waiting for a match to be lit.
Here are five takeaways from the events of the last few days and weeks:
The left is allowed to riot and engage in violent protest, but the right is to be condemned for engaging in peaceful protest. Stay-at-home orders and social-distancing requirements must be adhered to by those on the right, but the righteous left gets a free pass. When the left protests, they ransack and burn their neighborhoods, spray-paint obscene graffiti, and leave a mess of litter and trash everywhere for someone else to clean up. When the right holds rallies, the participants clean up after themselves. Yet leftists says they are the environmentalists. Freedom protesters on the right carry the flag and celebrate America even as we air our grievances. How many American flags did you see during the riots this weekend? It is Democratic Party mayors and Democratic governors, with help from public employee unions that protect bad cops, who have allowed terrible policing practices to remain in effect. Republicans don't run Milwaukee, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, Baltimore, St. Louis, or and Los Angeles. Maybe it is time for a change in leadership.
Finally, will someone please remind the left and the media that the great Rosa Parks did more to advance racial equality in America with one act of nonviolent civil disobedience than all the tens of thousands of violent protesters razing our cities combined?
Stephen Moore is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]


wnd--2020-06-06--Washington Post roasted for column: 'Immediately halt production on cop shows and movies'

( FOX NEWS ) The Washington Post raised eyebrows on Thursday with a piece calling on Hollywood to no longer @ @ @ @ @ about police amid the George Floyd protests .
Police across the country have under intense @ @ @ @ @ George Floyd .
And while many A-listers have expressed solidary with the Black Lives Matter @ @ @ @ @ Alyssa Rosenberg insisted that executives who run the industry can go even further .
`` @ @ @ @ @ entertainment companies have issued statements of support for the protests against racism and police brutality @ @ @ @ @ streets .
But there ’ s something Hollywood can do to put its money where @ @ @ @ @ : immediately halt production on cop shows and movies and rethink the stories it tells @ @ @ @ @ '' Rosenberg began her column .

(FOX NEWS) The Washington Post raised eyebrows on Thursday with a piece calling on Hollywood to no longer produce TV shows and movies about police amid the George Floyd protests.
Police across the country have under intense scrutiny following the death of George Floyd. And while many A-listers have expressed solidary with the Black Lives Matter movement, Post opinion writer Alyssa Rosenberg insisted that executives who run the industry can go even further.
"Like many other industries, entertainment companies have issued statements of support for the protests against racism and police brutality now filling America’s streets. But there’s something Hollywood can do to put its money where its social media posts are: immediately halt production on cop shows and movies and rethink the stories it tells about policing in America," Rosenberg began her column.
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