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At the end of freshman orientation, Rep. Abigail Spanberger was in a bind. The Virginia Democrat had hoped to grab an office next to her closest buddies in the new Congress — a group of fellow military veterans who’ve dubbed themselves the “Gang of Nine.” But she hadn’t gotten a chance to check out the spot her colleagues had chosen and it was time to make a decision. “I had that split-second moment, like, do I choose an office I haven’t seen... or give up on your friends?” she recalled in an interview. Spanberger stuck with the group, solidifying the...

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Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal would cause people in cities to starve to death Patrick Moore is a co-founder of Greenpeace.He just made this tweet regarding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: (original, archive)The text states:Pompous little twit. You don’t have a plan to grow food for 8 billion people without fossil fuels, or get the food into the cities. Horses? If fossil fuels were banned every tree in the world would be cut down for fuel for cooking and heating. You would bring about mass death.I think Moore’s comment would have been more effective without those...

This story will not sound like the truth to you, but nonetheless, it is true. Felix Sater, who Democrats are calling as their second witness is a long time Clinton bud and a man who pulled off a $40 million dollar fraud, with a major assist from Loretta Lynch. He is also allegedly a major source for the fake Hillary dossier. In 1998, Felix Sater was about to be tried for fraud over $40 million dollars he stole from victims. He faced having to repay the $40 million and serving up to 20 years in prison. Then fate and Loretta...

I just receive ANOTHER email from HULU now offering a free month and $2 per month lower price, to 'come back' I cancelled them after their political comments against Trump and conservatives last year. And I told them why. If they were going to insult me I assumed they did not want me as a customer. It sounds like they are getting desperate.

Reflections as the abortion lobby reaches its ultimate logical conclusion... There’s a moment I recall from childhood… long ago… when I reacted in shock at some horrible story in the newspaper (The Today? The Daily News? I don’t recall. Chicago had more newspapers then)… only to see my mother unexpectedly shake her head in resignation, as if to say it wasn’t that unusual at all, and she said, “There is nothing new under the sun.” In some areas, of course, the goal is indeed for there to be something new… inventors, entrepreneurs, artists, problem-solvers all hope to come up with...

Has there ever been a “sensational” “blockbuster” hearing as dreary and predictable as the Michael Cohen Show this week? One does wonder why Trump would ever have hired such an obvious mediocrity in the first place, and it’s plain that he won’t make it out of the first round of contestants for the Dems’ attempt at reality TV, “John Dean’s Apprentice.” We’ll want to grade this effort on the Laugh-Out-Curve. Can anyone tell me about that? Mueller? Meuller? Anyone???

(It's springtime, and that means a time for new starts and new beginnings. A look at how the Chinese get married is enough to put a smile on anyone's face.) All over the world people are getting married. They marry in the United States, they marry in Russia, they marry in Kenya, and they marry in China. A marriage is a wonderful and joyous event. It is a time of happiness and the beginning of a new life. it is a very special time, and a very special event. Here are some cute and fun traditions that the contemporaneous Chinese...

Californians brag that their state is the world’s fifth-largest economy. They talk as reverentially of Silicon Valley companies Apple, Facebook and Google as the ancient Greeks did of their Olympian gods. Hollywood and universities such as Caltech, Stanford and Berkeley are cited as permanent proof of the intellectual, aesthetic and technological dominance of West Coast culture. Californians also see their progressive, one-party state as a neo-socialist model for a nation moving hard to the left. But how long will they retain such confidence? California’s 40 million residents depend on less than 1 percent of the state’s taxpayers to pay nearly...

Facebook has been shutting down traffic to conservative websites since the 2016 election. Conservatives dominated social media in 2016 where they were able to get the truth uncensored. Facebook ended that in 2017 and 2018. The Gateway Pundit spoke with two of the top conservative publishers in America. Floyd Brown is a conservative author, speaker and media commentator. In 2008 Floyd launched Western Journal which quickly became one of the top conservative websites in America. By 2016 Floyd’s organization of Western Journal and other conservative websites under his umbrella had more than a billion page views. Since 2016 Floyd’s organization...

Whenever I open my mouth about the outrageous bias of our national news media, liberal journalists always seem to jump at the opportunity to prove me right. When I went on “Fox and Friends” Monday to talk about the Jussie Smollett hoax, for instance, I pointed out how ridiculous it was for the actor to claim he was attacked by two men in MAGA hats on the streets of Chicago. I made a joke about how no one wore MAGA hats in downtown Chicago because they would get shot in “two seconds.” No one watching the segment could possibly have...

Nearly four years ago, over 170 people were arrested after a violent altercation outside a meeting of motorcycle club members at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, was swarmed by police, who had already surrounded the meeting before anything untoward occurred. Nine people were killed and 18 wounded in the melee. This week, the last of the initial set of charges was dropped after a special prosecutorial team didn't like what it saw. From the start, lawyers and others pointed out that it was very unlikely indeed that all the arrested had committed any crimes at all, and that...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez promises “safe, affordable, adequate housing” for everyone. Meanwhile, in the real world, here’s a four minute video of what government housing is actually like. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New deal calls toretrofit every building in Americaand guarantees everyone the right toSafe, affordable, adequate housing“Every building in America” means you can’t opt out. You have to let the government employees into your home so they can do whatever Ocasio-Cortez wants them to do.The government retrofitting every building in the country would be heavily invasive into people’s private lives. Think of all the horrible things that TSA employees have gotten away with...

VIDEO WOW! Since this video was made I cooked up a few more meals on the cast iron skillet and I am really impressed. Not only is it working great as a non-stick (and easy to clean) but I can cook at a much lower heat since this type of skillet is much better at retaining heat than teflon. Anybody out there still relying on teflon should definitely check out cast iron and be sure to season it as I demonstrated in the video. Rather than toss the skillet out when it starts losing it's non-stickiness as you would do...

On February 22, we celebrate George Washington’s Birthday. Other holidays celebrate whole classes of people – Independence Day commemorates the Founding Generation… Veterans’ Day celebrates all who have served in our armed forces; Memorial Day thanks those who made the ultimate sacrifice in that service. But Washington’s Birthday is different, because on this day, we’re focused on one man. As well we should be. We’ve had 45 presidents now, and tons of military leaders, in our nation’s quarter of a millennium of history. Why is President Washington singled out? Could it really be just because he was first? When he...

I’ll take the Green New Deal seriously as soon as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes a tweet in favor of prosecuting Barack Obama for his illegal actions in the Solyndra scandal I’ll take the Green New Deal seriously as soon as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes a tweet in favor of prosecuting Barack Obama for his illegal actions in the Solyndra scandal.First, here’s some background information.In 2009 the Obama administration gave $535 million to Solyndra, claiming that it would create 4,000 new jobs. However, instead of creating those 4,000 new jobs, the company went bankrupt. It was later revealed that the company’s shareholders and executives...

An epiphany can be defined as a breakthrough, an enlightening realization, or that a situation can be seen from a much deeper perspective. In January, I believe I had a little epiphany in Investing. For years, I've been listening to Dave Ramsey show on the radio; almost every day. And on just about every show, Dave talks about Investing. "Mutual Funds" he says. Growth, Growth and Income, Aggressive Growth and International 25% each. I can recite this in my sleep, I've heard it so many times. But I hadn't done it. Dave sometimes explains that these four types of Mutual...

Federal investigators are looking into whether 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett is responsible for a threatening letter that was addressed to him and sent to show's Chicago studio about a week before he was allegedly attacked, according to ABC News. The letter is currently being analyzed in an FBI crime lab, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is also investigating the situation, according to federal officials. Two Nigerian brothers, Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo, who were persons of interest in the attack, told authorities that Smollett paid them to stage the attack after getting mad that the threatening letter didn't get as...

It’s been a bad month for Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. He faced massive backlash after supporting post-birth abortion. Then his medical school yearbook photo went viral, revealing a picture of him in blackface standing next to someone in a Ku Kux Klan uniform. At the same time, disgraced FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is on his book tour, bragging about participating in a coup attempt against President Trump and colluding with Rod Rosenstein to misuse the 25th Amendment and say the best president in decades is “mentally unfit” for office. Aside from both being unhinged Trump-haters, Northam and McCabe have...

What happens when Will Witt asks women if they would go on a date with him while wearing a MAGA hat? Watch to find out!