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A New Years Resolution Deserving To Be Broken

As Mark Twain said, "I gave up sex, alcohol and tobacco. It was the worst ten minutes of my life".

Good-Bye To 2017

It is with great pleasure I'm happy to see 2017 fall into the dust bin of history. In the first place I pro even numbered years. It was a habit begun when I was a kid. It might be because I was born in 1946. But, then again, that means I was conceived in 1945 so there goes that theory.

There were personal positives that came out of '17. I've given up watching and listening to politics on the television and radio. I find I sleep better---a good deal better. Besides, having to hearing "tax cuts for the rich" every ten seconds is beyond what God intended for humans. All ten of my grandchildren are thriving and my children have wonderful jobs. Did I tell you my 401K is off  the charts? Whose isn't?

I am beginning today what I did three years ago, or was it four? For 90  days it'll be a sugar free, carb free vacation. I'll drop 25 to 30 pounds and I be able put my brassieres in the recycle bin, hopefully.

Anyway, I came across a cartoon from one of my humorous 'go to' sites, Diogenes Middle Finger, that succinctly puts in perspective 2017.

Have a wonderful 2018. Don't go out this evening. There's a reason it's called amateur night.

Dumb Asses Personified

Two would-be thieves were found dead Friday inside a Detroit public lighting facility after they were electrocuted by 24,000 volts.

Officials said the pair was found at a substation of the Detroit Public Lighting Department on the city's east side around 6.50am on Friday.

The thieves were attempting to steal copper wire when one of the men came in contact with a 24,000-volt transformer and transferred the current along to the other, reported WDIV.

Police said the bodies were badly burned and that the current was so strong that they bodies were fused together.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5223485/Thieves-electrocuted-die-lighting-facility.html#ixzz52nYFqags

"Hey, It's Your Money"

A report entitled “Mapping the Swamp” describes a bureaucracy reportedly consisting of bloated paychecks and enormous incentives for government employees.

The report was published by OpenTheBooks.com, self-described with a mission to “post ‘Every dime, Online, In Real Time,’ of federal, state, and local government spending to provide transparency for smart government.” Open The Books is a function of American Transparency, a public charity that refuses government money and “[presents] hard data without policy recommendations,” in order to “enhanced public discourse with delineated facts.”

Inside, the report details the roughly $1 million per minute that taxpayers spend on the $136 billion in pay and benefits to federal workers — over $20.6 billion of which is contained within the Washington, DC “Beltway” alone. Recent years have reportedly seen a marked increase in large payouts, with 165% more federal employees making more than $200,000 a year, and 406,960 making at least $100,000. These findings prompted Open The Books to dub $100,000 the “minimum wage” for government employees.

Breitbart

Reason #267 To Not Listen To Elitist Media

Diogenes Middle Finger

Washington Free Beacon's 2017 Man Of The Year

Oops! One more post but this is a great one.

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
December 28, 2017 5:00 am

2017 has been marked by an inability, mostly by CNN, to ignore President Trump when other things require urgent attention. That wasn't a problem for Frank Giaccio.

Frank had the courage to write a letter offering his lawn mowing services to President Donald Trump.

"It would be my honor to mow the White House lawn some weekend for you," Frank wrote. "Even though I'm only ten, I would like to show the nation what young people like me are ready for."

This Is So Good It Deserves A Post

It Pays To Be Garbage

The son of Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine was sentenced to probation Wednesday for his role in a protest against President Donald Trump.

Linwood Michael Kaine, 25, avoided months in jail after being charged with three misdemeanors when he and other protesters began harassing people gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol in March. Protest participants used smoke bombs, mace and fireworks to disrupt a Trump rally, causing some rally members to be treated by paramedics. Kaine ran from officers before being arrested.

Daily Caller

The Evolution Of Mankind

All That Is Racist According To Lefties

Tucker Carlson has offered his Twitter followers one of the best “tweetstorms” the world has ever seen: #100RacistThings.

1. Tamarisk trees in Palm Springs, California.

2. The ice cream truck song.
3. Credit scores.
4. Car insurance.
5. Crime statistics.
6. Halloween costumes.
7. Calling Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.”
8. Most of the better Disney movies.
9. Dr. Seuss.
10. White flight.
11. Reversing white flight.
12. White chefs who make burritos.
13. Milk.
14. Tanning.
15. NFL owners.
16. Being mad about NFL national anthem protests.
17. Mathematics. (See also here.)
18. Science.
19. Yale requiring English students to study Chaucer and Shakespeare.
20. All white people.
21. Proper English grammar.
22. Patriotism.
23. The iPhone X’s facial recognition technology.
24. Makeup.
25. Emoji.

26. Amy Schumer.
27. To Kill a Mockingbird.
28. The SAT.
29. Military camouflage.
30. Electronic music.
31. The August solar eclipse.
32. Bitcoin.
33. The “okay” sign.
34. Having a white person box against a black person.
35. The pornographic industry.
36. Apu from The Simpsons.
37. The white nuclear family.
38. Algorithms.
39. Artificial intelligence.
40. “Jingle Bells.”
41. Lucky Charms.
42. Deporting people.
43. Bernie Sanders supporters.
44. Pumpkin spice lattes.
45. White people celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
46. Lacrosse.
47. The Betsy Ross flag.
48. The Gadsden flag.
49. Expecting people to show up on time for things.
50. Cartoons of frogs.
51. Nostalgia.
52. Soda taxes.
53. Coca-Cola (but not Pepsi).
54. Wendy’s.
55. Aesthetics.
56. Star Wars.
57. Hollywood.
58. The Oscars.
59. Democrats.
60. Republicans.
61. The Nightmare Before Christmas director Tim Burton.
62. Walmart.
63. The Hindi loanword “thug.
64. Babies.
65. Bulletproof glass.
66. Referring to “canoes” and “paddles.
67. College football.
68. The NBA draft.
69. Referring to ethnic food as “ethnic food.”
70. The White Privilege Conference.
71. Abbreviating the word “guacamole”.
72. Property taxes.
73. Tax cuts.
74. New Jersey. The whole state.
75. School grades.
76. Canada.
77. American Airlines.
78. Not renting your home to criminals.
79. Criminal background checks.
80. Art history.
81. Atheism.
82. School discipline. 
83. Saying you are English.
84. English-only education.
85. Othello.
86. Capitalism.
87. Socialism.
88. Karl Marx.
89. Highways.
90. Diabetes.
91. Climate change.
92. Accurately describing criminal suspects.
93. Pollution.
Not wanting white people to leave a college campus.
95. The Bible.
94.96. McDonalds.
97. Craft beer.
98. The British monarchy (but NOT the royal family).
99. The Washington Redskins.
100. Everything.

Homemade Christmas Gifts For The Family

I've known people who do these special gift making for the family. The best way to describe them is nuts! But, their heart is in a good place.

Who's The Bad Guy?

48 And Counting

Last week I referred to our upcoming 48th wedding anniversary. Well, today's the day. Like Kennedy being assassinated I would have to believe everyone remembers the day the knot was tied be it two years or one hundred.

Our day is one never to be forgotten. The snow came down in droves. Our ceremony was to begin at St. Augustin's Catholic Church in Des Moines at 4PM.

Let me begin by stating I did not have a bachelor party. I didn't have so much as one beer the night before at it was at my request. My best man and two groomsmen stayed at my home. Problem number one took place six months prior to our day. I had requested measurements for coat, shirt, shoes from my guys. At the time they were in shape; muscular and fit. On this day they had turned into slobs. Nothing fit. One  of them ripped the sleeve from his morning coat jacked. The other snapped a neck button. A third forgot his black patent shoes and borrowed a pair of brown ones from me.

Due to the blizzard taking place we jammed into my car for the normal one hour drive. I added another hour and a half to be on the safe side. We had driven to Madrid, Iowa fifteen miles south of Boone when one of the guys, let's call him Fat but only because that was his nickname shouted out, "Stop, we have to go back!". Considering Fat had just returned from Viet Nam and might have been suffering from PTSD I didn't question his demand. My assumption was forgotten an item of importance.

Boone, Iowa, at one time had a restaurant called Coney Island. They created the best coney dogs with chili ever. And that was Fat's request. He just had to have not one, not two but six dogs.

You've surmised by now that the rest of the ceremony went off without a hitch and it did.

There's one aspect of the wedding The Queen and I are most proud. I had six men standing up for me including ushers. My wife had five, on maid of honor and four attendants. Of these eleven none were married to each other. Of  these eleven all remained married to their original partner. That, my friends is some kind of record.

Happy Kwanzaa, Suckers

The True Meaning Of Kwanzaa

As a public service, then, The Daily Caller is once again here to tell you the true — and truly bizarre — history of the violent, deranged and radical black nationalist who concocted the completely artificial holiday of Kwanzaa in 1966.

The creator of Kwanzaa is Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga, a 76-year-old professor of Africana studies at California State University, Long Beach. His real name is Ronald Everett. He was born in rural Maryland, the fourteenth child of a sharecropping Baptist minister.

Karenga was convicted in 1971 for brutally torturing two naked women. The women were members of Karenga’s ultra-radical, paramilitary, black nationalist cult called the US Organization, which went by the acronym US, according to a May 1971 Los Angeles Times story.

"UH-OH"

knuckledraggin.com

A Message To The PC Police: "SHUT UP"

It's impossible to think of Winston Churchill without a cigar.

Yet the makers of a new biopic of the wartime leader have still deemed it necessary to warn film-goers that ‘the depictions of tobacco smoking are based solely on artistic consideration’.

The ludicrous health alert comes in the final credits of Darkest Hour, in which Gary Oldman has been acclaimed by critics for his performance as the former Prime Minister.

Leading historians last night ridiculed the warning.

Professor Mary Beard said: ‘It only adds to the temptation if you ask me.’

Biographer Hugo Vickers said: ‘Perhaps they should have added a line, “Sir Winston Churchill lived to be 90.” ’ And Professor Sir Richard Evans, an expert in European history, said: ‘I don’t suppose the film will prompt many to rush out and buy cigars.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5208993/Biopic-Churchill-carries-secondhand-smoke-warning.html#ixzz52BrGhZeP

Just How Bad Is Trump

San Fran Terror Suspect A Bernie Supporter: A Slave To Allah

CBS News reported the suspect wrote a suicide note and mentioned President Trump. He also said he was “ready to die” which is a hallmark of suicide Islamic terrorists.

What is it with Bernie Sanders and his violent followers?

The Scalise shooter was also a Bernie supporter.

James Hodgkinson, a Bernie Sanders supporter and Democratic socialist, advocated violence against right-wing figures and called for Scalise to lose his job.

KPIX Editor reported Jameson converted to Islam 2 years ago but the Islamic center he attended claims ‘he was not practicing real Islam’…yeah sure okay…

#Breaking: I just got off the phone with the Islamic Center Everitt Aaron Jameson Went to 2 years ago to convert to Islam, they said he was always arriving after they finished praying and was not practicing Islam. pic.twitter.com/lbNtEAW4dM

— Amal Hasan (@Amalh89) December 22, 2017

Who Wants A Tax Cut?

Dead People: Who Cares?

"One death is a tragedy. Twenty million deaths is a statistic"
Josef Stalin

ByWALTER E. WILLIAMS

December 23, 2017

​Before the question, how about a few statistics? The 20th century was mankind's most brutal century. Roughly 16 million people lost their lives during World War I; about 60 million died during World War II. Wars during the 20th century cost an estimated 71 million to 116 million lives.

The number of war dead pales in comparison with the number of people who lost their lives at the hands of their own governments. The late professor Rudolph J. Rummel of the University of Hawaii documented this tragedy in his book "Death by Government: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900." Some of the statistics found in the book have been updated at http://tinyurl.com/y96tqhrl.

The People's Republic of China tops the list, with 76 million lives lost at the hands of the government from 1949 to 1987. The Soviet Union follows, with 62 million lives lost from 1917 to 1987. Adolf Hitler's Nazi German government killed 21 million people between 1933 and 1945. Then there are lesser murdering regimes, such as Nationalist China, Japan, Turkey, Vietnam and Mexico. According to Rummel's research, the 20th century saw 262 millionpeople's lives lost at the hands of their own governments.

Non-Citizen Crime Is Abominable

From investigating work by Tucker Carlson, Fox News:

“Non-citizens account for 22 percent, more than a fifth of all federal murder convictions.”

“18 percent of fraud convictions.”

“33 percent of money laundering convictions,” added Carlson.

“29 percent of drug trafficking convictions and 72 percent of convictions for drug possession.”

“Meanwhile, the non-citizen percentage of the American people? About 7 percent.”

Summing up the newly released statistics, the Fox News host said this is a ‘massively disproportionate,’ amount of crime committed by illegal aliens.

“Why have so many people been lying to us for so long? That’s a question we plan to ask a whole bunch of people,” promised Carlson.

Gateway Pundit

Dementia Or Ignorance: Take Your Pick

Doomsday Is Near. We're All Screwed.

 
 
 
 
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It is s chilling glimpse into the future.

Astronomers have spotted a red giant, a dying star, similar in mass to our own.

Located 530 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Grus (The Crane), the remarkable image shows our own sun's fate in around five billion years. In other words, adios world.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5203735/How-sun-die-five-billion-years.html#ixzz51wIwIjCp

Youth Today

Time To Celebrate

Did you even consider today is the Winter Solstice? Which means, my dear friends, the days start showing more sunlight. Hooray!

I had to make a quick trip to Walmart this morning. While walking the personal grooming aisle I noticed a packet of Do Rags. Call me out of touch but what is their purpose? I see them on Blacks in The Hood on television shows and also on athletes, primarily football players. Personally, I'd think they'd want the Afro large and puffy if for no other reason that to cut down on concussions.

We're now a one car family per The Queen's request. I didn't make a huge deal out of it. In three months she'll tire of hauling me around town and give in to my whining. Besides, my Ford Taurus X was apiece of junk.

Our 48th wedding anniversary is coming up in six days. If you recall from '16 I did it up big and took her to a Columbus Blue Jackets hockey game. It'll be interesting if I can come up with an idea to top that blockbuster of an evening out.

I was calculating my tax increase for '18. Looks like we'll be taking a cruise before my grandchildren can get their hands on the moolah.

Pig Woman Could Be In Big Trouble

After ex-comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s meltdown on Twitter before the Senate’s big tax vote Tuesday night, President Donald Trump can reasonably direct federal authorities to lock her up. I'm sure you heard by now the gross animal offered two million dollars to any senators to vote 'no' on the tax bill.

Federal law addresses O’Donnell’s actions.

18 U.S. Code § 201 criminalizes the attempted bribery of federal officials by whoever “directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official … with intent to influence any official act.”

The penalty? For Rosie, she could spend up to 15 years in jail, suffer a lifetime ban from elective office and pay up to a cool $12 million:

The statute calls for a fine of “not more than three times the monetary equivalent of the thing of value, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than fifteen years, or both, and may be
disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.”
Daily Caller

The Same Old Lie: "It's A Tax Cut For The Rich"

3) "All the tax cuts go to the rich."

This is a lie that's been featured in mainstream publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post. The idea that the top 1 percent will benefit the most from the Republican tax bill is often the go-to talking point that Democrats and liberals like to trumpet when tax reform is even discussed. But, in the case of this particular bill, it's inaccurate.

According to the Tax Policy Center and analyzed by Brian Riedl of the Manhattan Institute, the share of all combined federal taxes paid by the wealthy will actually increase, not decrease. The top 1 percent, at this time, pays for 27 percent of all federal taxes, but only gets 21 percent of the tax cuts. Meanwhile, the bottom 80 percent pays for a third (33 percent) of all combined federal taxes, but gets 35 percent of the tax cuts.

This law, it turns out, actually shifts a greater portion of the tax bill onto the wealthy.

Washington Free Beacon

The Height Of Hypocrisy

Nikki Haley Is Cooler Than Cool

(CNN)US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warns the US will be "taking names" of the countries that vote in favor of a resolution that condemns the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

"At the UN, we're constantly asked to do more and give more -- in the past we have. So, when we make a decision, at the will of the American people, about where to locate OUR embassy, we don't expect those we've helped to target us," Haley wrote on Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday evening. "On Thursday, there will be a vote at the UN criticizing our choice. And yes, the US will be taking names."

"Hey, It's Your Money"

**Written by Doug Powers

Here’s a little story you might have read about this week:

In the $600 billion annual Defense Department budgets, the $22 million spent on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was almost impossible to find.

Which was how the Pentagon wanted it.

Scratch beneath the surface, though, and that’s also how Harry Reid wanted it:

The shadowy program — parts of it remain classified — began in 2007, and initially it was largely funded at the request of Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who was the Senate majority leader at the time and who has long had an interest in space phenomena. Most of the money went to an aerospace research company run by a billionaire entrepreneur and longtime friend of Mr. Reid’s, Robert Bigelow, who is currently working with NASA to produce expandable craft for humans to use in space. Bigelow received $22 million dollars in government funds through the efforts of Harry Reid!
[…]
Mr. Reid said his interest in U.F.O.s came from Mr. Bigelow. In 2007, Mr. Reid said in the interview, Mr. Bigelow told him that an official with the Defense Intelligence Agency had approached him wanting to visit Mr. Bigelow’s ranch in Utah, where he conducted research.

Mr. Reid said he met with agency officials shortly after his meeting with Mr. Bigelow and learned that they wanted to start a research program on U.F.O.s. Mr. Reid then summoned Mr. Stevens and Mr. Inouye to a secure room in the Capitol.
[…]
None of the three senators wanted a public debate on the Senate floor about the funding for the program, Mr. Reid said.“This was so-called black money,” he said. “Stevens knows about it, Inouye knows about it. But that was it, and that’s how we wanted it.” Mr. Reid was referring to the Pentagon budget for classified programs

Communist Bernie Should Practice What He Preaches

emocratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released his 2014 tax returns Friday night, showing that he paid $27,653 in federal taxes on adjusted gross income of $205,271.

The Vermont senator pledged to release the filings during the Democratic debate on Thursday night after sparring with Hillary Clinton over financial disclosure issues.

The majority of Sanders’ earnings came from his $174,000 salary as a U.S. senator, as well as Social Security benefits.

The returns, filed jointly with his wife, Jane, were just as “boring” and straightforward as Sanders repeatedly said they would be, particularly compared to those of Hillary Clinton, his multi-millionaire opponent for the nomination.

After tax payments of $31,825, Sanders collected a $4,172 refund. They donated $8,350 to charity.

RNS News, April 16, 2016

What a joke. This clown donated a paltry $8 thousand plus to charities. I'd love to see the list of beneficiaries.