2017 December, week 5 -- jgo economic news bits

3rd month of the 4th quarter of the 28th year of the Bush-Clinton-Shrub-Obummer economic depression

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* repeal vile, hateful, unconstitutional national socialist ObummerDoesn'tCare (do NOT replace it)

* block unconstitutional national socialist RyanAndMcConnellDon'tCare

* reform regulation and taxation of charities (differentiate genuine charities from political campaign organizations and crony socialist cabals) and encourage, without subsidizing, mutual benefit associations

* cut immigration/green cards/LPR visas to no more than 175K/year (about what John F. Kennedy thought was reasonable)

* cut O + L + H guest-work visas to no more than 5K/year (total)

* cut F student visas to no more than 10K/year (total) and OPT to 500/year for a term of no more than 3 months

* end visa waivers (everyone must pass a conscientious background investigation, regardless of country of birth or citizenship or most recent residence)

* fence/wall the borders

* terminate/eliminate permission to work from exchange / student exchange / cultural exchange visa programs (you can put on plays, pageants, dance, music, local craftsmanship & industry demonstrations, but not settle in to jobs in hotels, resorts, USA industries, craftsmanship, agriculture, etc.)

* phase out unconstitutional Medicaid & Medicare over 3 years

* phase out the unconstitutional Socialist Insecurity Abomination over 5 years

* end government subsidies for hospitals (and the attached strings)

* end government subsidies for scientific research (except for defense which should cover defense against biological warfare & epidemics)

* repeal regressive income extortion (i.e. repeal 16th amendment; replace with national retail sales tax with hard-cap constitutional top rate of 9.875% structured as a levy on the states)

* revoke the charter of the CFPB and repeal the rest of Dodd-Frank

* revoke the charter of the Federal Reserve System and establish a stable, hard money

* repeal direct election of senators (repeal 17th amendment)

* repeal the unconstitutional Federal Firearms Act and its amendments

* de-fund and repeal the charters of CPB/NPR/PBS

* de-fund the national endowments for arts and humanities and AFI

* de-fund the racist eugenicist Planned Parenthood

* de-fund SBA

* de-fund Export-Import Bank, World Bank, IMF, Asian Development Bank, USAID

* cut foreign aid

* repudiate biased, injust WTO, GATS/TiSA

* re-negotiate or statutorily repudiate/reset GATT & NAFTA

* totally de-fund UN, withdraw membership, and evict them and all their evil spawn from NY and the USA

* cut federal Department of Educationism back to statistical reporting of graduations, diplomas, degrees, and rates thereof (NCES)

* cut Department of Energy by one-third to one-half

* set normal import tariff/duties/taxes to a maximum cap of 9.875%, and MFN to a cap of 8%, dumping penalties to at most 50%, and fraud penalties to at most 120%, eliminate exemptions to bring back burden to between 40% & 65% of all goods and services imported into USA with the aim of reaching an overall weighted average rate of 8%-12.5%

* adopt honest Country of Origin Label requirement for all imports to USA, requiring readable percentage of origin content for up to top 10 places of origin of parts & materials

* beef up export bans and restrictions for national security and to fight intellectual property robbery and fraud

* cut or eliminate HUD, HHS, NIH, CDCP, NSF; limit and focus their funding and work on constitutional functions & objectives

* cut or eliminate federal highway trust funds.

So, let us join the chorus in calling on Alexander, Bennett, Booker, Boxer, Brown, Chaffetz, Cochran, Collins, Conyers, Corker, Cornyn, Cotton, de Blasio, de Lauro, Deutch, Duffy, Durbin, Ellison, Emanuel, Feinstein, Flake, Franken, Gardner, Grahamnesty, Gutierrez, Hastings, Hatch, Jackson-Lee, Kaptur, Lankford, Lawson, Lofgren, Massie, McCarthy, McConnell, Mikulski, Janet Napolitano, Nelson, Paulsen, Pelosi, Portman, Rubio, Ryan, Schumer, Taylor, Tillis, Waters; Zuckerberg, Steyer, Soros, Ellison, Cook, all Alphabet/Google/YouTube executives (Brin, Page, Schmidt, Pichai...), the whole 9th circus... to immediately resign and move in shame into remote caves smaller than 200 square feet each for an ascetic life of repentance.

 

 
 
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2017 December, week 5 - jgo economic news bits

3rd month of the 4th quarter of the 28th year of the Bush-Clinton-Shrub-Obummer economic depression


 
 

Sunday

Sonntag

Yom Rishon

Domenica

2017-12-24 (5778 Tebet 06)

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2017-12-24 (5778 Tebet 06)
Eric Worrall
watermelon media (red inside, green outside) threaten: slash CO2 or the reindeer get it!

2017-12-24 (5778 Tebet 06)
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  "While critics of various programs often point out 'unintended consequences' that did more harm than good, many of these consequences were predictable from the outset if people had looked at the incentives created, rather than the goals proclaimed." --- Thomas Sowell 2000 _Basic Economics_ pg345  

 
 

Monday

Montag

Yom Sheni

Lunedi

2017-12-25 (5778 Tebet 07)

2017-12-25 (5778 Tebet 07)
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2017-12-25 (5778 Tebet 07)
Anthony Watts
a Christmas poem and jingle from Christopher Monckton

2017-12-25 (5778 Tebet 07)
Anthony Watts
Algore bilks people at Christmas, soliciting climate crisis cash

2017-12-25 (5778 Tebet 07)
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  "The greatest contribution that a business makes to the economy and the society is in producing the most goods [of the highest quality...jgo] with the least resources, including labor." --- Thomas Sowell 2000 _Basic Economics_ pg332  

 
 

Tuesday

Dienstag

Yom Shlishi

Martedi

2017-12-26 (5778 Tebet 08)

2017-12-26 (5778 Tebet 08)
Preston Huennekens _Center for Immigration Studies_
DHS: 32% of federal prison in-mates are aliens

2017-12-26 (5778 Tebet 08)
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2017-12-26 (5778 Tebet 08)
Eric Worrall
Red China switching to gas... made from coal bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaa

2017-12-26 (5778 Tebet 08)
Willis Eschenbach
more on Svensmark and cosmic rays

2017-12-26 (5778 Tebet 08)
Richard Tol, PhD
putting lip-stick on Lewandowsky's pig... er, polar bear

2017-12-26 (5778 Tebet 08)
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  "Similar one-stage thinking is also apparent in many observers who wax indignant over low-wage workers employed in the Third World by multi-national corporations. While the pay of such workers is often low by comparison with that of workers in more affluent industrial societies, so too is their productivity. An international consulting firm determined that the average labor productivity in the modern sectors in India is 15% of that in the United States." --- Thomas Sowell 2004 _Applied Economics_ pp40-41  

 
 

Wednesday

Mittwoch

Yom Rebiai

Mercoledi

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Andrew R. Arthur _Center for Immigration Studies_
niece-visa terrorist?: another F43 family re-unification error

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
David North _Center for Immigration Studies_
3 tidbits of immigration policy news: EB-5, Dem/Red/Leftist congressional "leadership", birth-right citizenship in USA territories

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Andrew R. Arthur _Center for Immigration Studies_
adjudication of removal of superannuated "minor"/ UACs/ NIGHTMARE illegal aliens

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Jeffry Bartash _MarketWatch_
Conference Board consumer confidence index down slightly from 17-year-high to 122.1 (with graph)

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
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2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Walter E. Williams _Jewish World Review_
rot in academia, K-16
"...if there is not someone in the home to ensure that a youngster does his home-work, has wholesome meals, gets 8 to 10 hours of sleep and behaves in school, educational dollars won't produce much.   There's another educational issue that's neither flattering nor comfortable to confront.   That's the low academic quality of so many teachers..."

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Michelle Malkin _Jewish World Review_
*** honoring 2017's bull-dogs -- vigilant citizens, independent journalists and web-loggers, and dedicated activists who work tirelessly to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ***
Michelle Malkin investigates

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Dick Morris _Jewish World Review_
president Trump's tentative economic policies are likely to increase prosperity of more USA citizens

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Eric Posner _Jewish World Review_
USA is moving away from constitutional crisis

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
L. Brent Bozell iii & Tim Graham _Jewish World Review_
2017 has been a year of leftist media freak-outs

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Tyler Cowen _Jewish World Review_
2018 will be a year when the collision of the Internet with real life will worsen as the evil Internet-of-Things (IoT) is deployed

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Paul Greenberg _Jewish World Review_
emergency medical techs/paramedics getting more calls related to suspected psychiatric problems in NW Arkansas (and Chicago, and SF and LA and Boston and NY... buth how many of these leftist media can be rehabilitated?)

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Ben Shapiro _Jewish World Review_
UN should be de-funded
I love these pundits, media, politicians who recognize problems and/or solutions 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 years after they have been obvious to average USA citizens.

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Yonason Goldson _Jewish World Review_
if I forget Thee

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
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2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Eric Worrall
Behrens, Kiefte-de-Jong, Bosker, Rodrigues, de-Koning & Tukker in National Academy of Crony Socialist Pseudo-Sciences: if more poor people started eating a "proper", sufficient complete protein diet... catastrophic global warming

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Kip Hansen
EPA reports that Monsanto's glycophosphate-based Roundup is not carcinogenic... leftist media is mum

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Nic Lewis
reply to Patrick Brown's response to article commenting on his paper published in Nature

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Eric Worrall
"don't they love their grand-children?": leftist media celebrates the "climate wisdom" of pre-modern, pre-scientific people

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
Eric Worrall
watermelons claim "disproof & dispute of catastrophic human-caused global warming is dead" but apathy is blocking their power-mad, draconian "climate action"

2017-12-27 (5778 Tebet 09)
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  "Whoever raises a righteous child, it is as if he did not die." --- Rashi (Jewish World Review)  

 
 

Thursday

Donnerstag

Yom Chamishi

Giovedi

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
John Binder _Breitbart_
USA citizens take India-based cross-border bodyshop & off-shoring firm Tata Consulting Services (TCS) to court for discrimination in hiring based on nationality: anti-USA, favors imported workers of Indian descent
"...In June, Breitbart News reported how a former executive with Infosys, another one of the country's leading outsourcing firms, filed a discrimination lawsuit alleging that Indian nationals are given preference over white and black Americans...   The law-suit alleges: 'Infosys maintains roughly 200K employees working in the United States.   While roughly 1% of the USA population is of the South Asian race and national origin, roughly 93%-94% of Infosys's United States workforce is of the South Asian national origin (primarily Indian).   This disproportionately South Asian and Indian work-force, by race and national origin, is a result of Infosys's intentional employment discrimination against individuals who are not South Asian, including discrimination in the hiring, promotion, compensation and termination of individuals.'..."
The H-1B visa often serves multi-national corporations as the first step for off-shoring USA citizens' jobs.   First the student visa with OPT or guest-work visa like H-1B.   Then "knowledge transfer", under which USA citizens are required to train the foreign workers.   Then the USA citizens are dumped.   Guest-workers (on both H-1B and L-1 guest-work visas) are shuttled back and forth for additional knowledge transfer to the off-shorers' home-base.

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Katherine Rodriguez _Breitbart_
NY governor Andrew Cuomo pardoned 18 illegal aliens convicted of felonies... in expectation this will save them from deportation and removal

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
John Binder _Breitbart_
Center for Immigration Studies estimates close to 1.8M legal and illegal immigrants entered USA in calendar year 2016

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
John Binder _Breitbart_
CBO: 4.5M anchor babies under 18 years now living in USA; 4M children are born to USA citizens each year

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
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2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Ken Klukowski _Breitbart_
in 2017, attorney-general Jeff Sessions focused on restoring the rule of law and respect for natural individual rights & civil rights recognized by the USA constitution

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Victor Davis Hanson _Jewish World Review_
civilization's "Darkest Hour"

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Larry Elder _Jewish World Review_
why isn't Maxine Waters re-starting the congressional investigation of terrorist, drug-dealing Hezbollah... and Barack Hussein Obummer?

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
John Hayward _Breitbart_
"international community" reluctant to fund re-construction of Iraq after ISIL/ ISIS/ IS/ Daesh/ caliphate (and Iran)

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
_Stratfor WorldView_
the importance of the protests against the Muslim theocratic dictatorship of Iran

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Awr Hawkins _Breitbart_
happy Holy Days is about more than baking pecan pies: White House press secretary posts pictures of holiday target shooting

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Susan Berry, MD _Breitbart_
UCLA: those between the ages of 12 and 17 who are confused about what sex they are have higher risk of suicide & other mental disorders

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Edwin Mora _Breitbart_
Russia criticizes Japan for deploying Aegis anti-missile defense

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
John Hayward _Breitbart_
for Red China, debt disaster lurks

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Charlie Spiering _Breitbart_
Red China caught red-handed selling oil to North Korea counter to agreed-upon sanctions

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Kristina Wong _Breitbart_
House Intelligence committee chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA-22) to Dem political operative in DoJ: DoJ & FBI need to be investigated, themselves

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Awr Hawkins _Breitbart_
another gun-control disaster: draconian measures result in record high homicides per person in Baltimore

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
_Breitbart_
terrorist Fatah/Palestinian Authority published lessons and encouragement for Muslim children to throw rocks at non-Muslims
Discover the Networks: al-Fatah/Fatah
Discover the Networks: Palestinian Authority
Discover the Networks: Hezbollah/ Hizbollah/ Hizbullah/ Hazballah
Investigative Project: CAIR-Hamas-Muslim Brotherhood links
Discover the Networks: Hamas
The Religion of Peace

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
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2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Kip Hansen
the end of "the end of winter"

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Andy May
sea level rise and glaciers

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Anthony Watts
Hokkaido U: char-coal remains might accelerate CO2 emissions after forest fires

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Anthony Watts
U of Basque Country: North Atlantic oscillation phases, tree growth, and droughts

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Eric Worrall
record-breaking Winter cold? the watermelon climate warmist catastrophists have incredible excuses ready

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
James Delingpole _Breitbart_
$30T reasons why the watermelons must be defeated in 2018

2017-12-28 (5778 Tebet 10)
Anthony Watts
president Trump tweaks the watermelon climate warmist hysterics; hilarity ensues
"In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year's Eve on record. Perhaps we could use alittle bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!" --- president Donald J. Trump

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  "W.R. Williamson, an actuary with Travelers Insurance Company, also appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee, and he testified that the proposed [Socialist Insecurity] system would incur deficits: 'The amounts called for are not enough to avoid some subsidy most of the time.' He warned that the deficits would go up at 'a steadly increasing rate... because the proportion of elderly people that claim benefits steadily goes up... the strain upon the plan is steadily increasing... [the Socialist Insecurity fund] is limited to federal securities, and the interest on federal securities is not like the interest on public utilities, earned by productive investment... Federal securities secure interest non-productively, by taxation.'" --- Jim Powell 2003 _FDR's Folly_ pg181 (citing testimony of W.R. Williamson 1935 January pp1013, 1014 http://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/hr35williamson.pdf)  

 
 

Friday

Freitag

Yom Shishi

Venerdi

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Dan Cadman _Center for Immigration Studies_
under-estimates of economic and public safety (crime) costs of NIGHTMARE amnesties for illegal aliens

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Andrew R. Arthur _Center for Immigration Studies_
counter-intuitive aspects of immigration law enforcement
In the immigration propaganda, every illegal alien who entered the USA when she was 17 years and 6 months old (and when caught by police may be 30-40 years old) is a "child". In the real world, a "child" is someone now under 8 years old.

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Nayla Rush _Center for Immigration Studies_
those admitted as refugees during the Trump administration

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Jeff Poor _Breitbart_
Mark Stein: in the end, the Trump presidency will stand or fall on how much immigration reform he can accomplish

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Aaron Klein _Breitbart_
de-fund UN's corrupt "refugee" agency (UNRWA), and use the funds to complete and maintain USA border wall/fence

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Liam Deacon _Breitbart_
only one-third of Germans & French favor creating a "United States of Europe"; 10% of Brits agree (but do they want the power-madness dominated socialist super-state they are likely to get if it is attempted, or something more like a modernized version of the USE depicted in Eric Flint's _1632_ SF series?)

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Victoria Friedman _Breitbart_
Hungary prime-minister Viktor Orban tells EU: accept the will of the citizenry on immigration, and culture, and criminal & ethical standards, or get out

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
John Binder _Breitbart_
Ann Coulter: no NIGHTMARE amnesty until the border has been fenced/walled... AND Hell freezes over

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
John Binder _Breitbart_
DHS: deportations increased 37% since 2017-01-25

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Virginia Hale _Breitbart_
delivery drivers say Muslim-controlled no go zones are too dangerous to work in due to attacks by people using acid and knives

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
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2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Rich Lowry _Jewish World Review_
"Darkest Hour" deftly depicts Churchill's battle to save the world

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Anne Applebaum _Jewish World Review_
terms I will strive to avoid using in 2018

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Mitch Daniels _Jewish World Review_
avoiding genetically-modified foods is not only anti-science, it is immoral

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Jeff Stein _Jewish World Review_
is Walter B. Jones ii (R-NC-3) the last opponent of federal government over-spending in the so-called Republican caucus of the House and senate? was this the best spending & tax reform bill we can expect?

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Deroy Murdock _Jewish World Review_
was 2017 a year of only dangerous wins for president Trump?

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Robert Wasinger _Breitbart_
president Trump's triumphs in the culture war

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
John Carney _Breitbart_
the USA cause and the USA economy

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Shmuley Boteach _Breitbart_
New Zealand singer Lorde (Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor) has joined anti-Semites

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
_Breitbart_/_AP_
South Korea is holding a Hong Kong-flagged ship for allegedly violating UN sanctions by transferring oil to a North Korean vessel in October

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
_Breitbart_/_AP_
10 killed in Muslim terrorist attack on Coptic Christian church in Cairo

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
_Breitbart_/_AFP_
Shiite center in Kabul, Afghanistan: multiple explosions, 40 dead, dozens wounded

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Fred Fleitz _National Review_
thoughts on protests for reform in Iran

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Chris W. Street _Breitbart_
USA citizens fleeing Southern California, and aliens entering at a very high rate... but over-population, over-crowding, over-taxation, over-regulation continue to worsen

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Adam Shaw _Breitbart_
State Department has released under FOIA Huma Abedin e-mail messages found to be illegally stored on husband Anthony Weiner's lap-top computer
"...A number of those e-mails were reportedly marked classified and Fox News reported Friday that at least 4 of the e-mails released by the State Department were marked classified..."

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Ben Kew _Breitbart_
recent escapees from North Korea show signs of radiation exposure

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
John Hayward _Breitbart_
refugee nuclear scientist from North Korea deported by Red China, committed suicide

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Dan Riehl _Breitbart_
former Navy SEAL Jonathan Gilliam discussed Trump administration reforms of rules of engagement in Afghanistan

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Charlie Spiering _Breitbart_
president Trump invited 60 USCG to play golf at his resort

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Awr Hawkins _Breitbart_
the AR-15 family of short-barreled, semi-automatics are USA's rifle: "1 of out of every 5 firearms purchased in this country is an AR-style rifle"

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Joel B. Pollak _Breitbart_
Trump is (so far) the first president since Eisenhower not to visit California within first year in office

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
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2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Rick McKee
watermelon hysteric: "climate change will cause warmer winters!"... "climate change will cause colder winters!"

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Eric Worrall
refugees from watermelon climate policies: Trump reforms are tempting foreign executives to move firms to USA

2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
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2017-12-29 (5778 Tebet 11)
Genesis/ב ראשית/be rashith/at the head/in the beginning 47:28-50:26       & 1Kings/יחזקאל/Melekim alef 2:1-2:12       Vayechi/ו יגש/va yichi/and lived
Genesis/ב ראשית/be rashith/at the head/in the beginning 47:28-50:26 (Sefaria.org)
(Torah.org)
10 commandments/ aseret/asereth ha dibrot
613 mitzvoth/taryag mitzvot
ChaBaD: 613 mitzvoth/taryag mitzvot
7 laws of Noah
Natural Law
Golden Rule and similar brief ethical rules of thumb
Natural Rights vs. legal privileges
The Libertarian Principle: No individual or group of individuals may morally initiate physical force or fraud against others.   Anyone who does initiate the use of physical force or fraud is unethical and criminal.
Objectivist tree
Existence
Consciousness Identity
ReasonPurposeSelf-Esteem
  Rationality     Independence     Integrity     Honesty     Justice     Productiveness     Pride  

Gene Autry's CowBoy Code
1. The CowBoy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take un-fair advantage.
2. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.
3. He must always tell the truth.
4. He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals.
5. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas.
6. He must help people in distress.
7. He must be a good worker.
8. He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits.
9. He must respect women, parents, and his nation's laws.
10. The CowBoy is a patriot.
13 attributes of mercy
"Thus saith the Lord GOD: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel; remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; take away your exactions from My people, saith the Lord GOD. Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah..." --- Ezekiel/ יחזקאל/ Yechezqal 45:9-
 
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  "After the Great Society of the 1960s opened the federal financial flood-gates, spending for education tripled between 1964 and 1976 -- the very same period that saw the sharpest losses in student productivity and achievement. Spending per student rose from $3165 in 1982 to $3977 in 1987, a 26% increase during a time of [relatively] low inflation. In 1989, national per pupil expenditures came to $4800... higher than any country in the world with the possible exception of Switzerland. And still we are failing to prepare students to be productive members of our community." --- Charles Colson & Jack Eckerd  

 
 

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Sabato

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Chris Tomlinson _Breitbart_
Berlin to set up women-only "safe zones" for New Year celebrations
Breitbart/AP: German police union boss criticizes New Year celebration "safe zones" for women: the notion that we can defend women against assault only in limited areas sends a devastating message

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
_Breitbart_/_AP_
British police have arrested a 6th man in Sheffield in connection with terrorist plot

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Robert Kraychik _Breitbart_
Dave Brat (R-VA-7): contention over immigration reform in 2018 will determine the nature of the USA; if we fail on this just picture the devastation going on in Europe

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Ildefonso Ortiz & Brandon Darby _Breitbart_
Carlos Peña Garza, the husband of Reynosa mayor Maki Ortiz, is singled out as being part owner of brothels operating forced-prostitution ring

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
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2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
_Virtual Jerusalem_
Palestinians fired 3 missiles into Israel; Iron Dome stopped 2, third struck a building, but no one was injured
terrorist rocket barrage from Palestine/Gaza appears to target memorial for fallen IDF soldier
Times of Israel

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Raf Sanchez _London Telegraph_
protests for reform of Muslim theocratic dictatorship of Iran continue for third day

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Timothy Meads _Town Hall_
Iranian women defy Iranian regime dress code as protests sweep polity

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
_Classical Liberal Tree-House_
Iranian protests grow: regime forces crack-down

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
_USA Today_/_Gannett_/_Deutsche Welle_
Iranian theocratic Muslim dictatorship tells public to stay away from "illegal gatherings" as protests reach 3rd day

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
John Gizzi _News Max
protests against Iranian regime: Iranian expats contrast president Trump with Obummer

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Edwin Mora _Breitbart_
Turkey arrested nearly 200 suspected ISIL/ ISIS/ IS/ Daesh/ caliphate terrorists ahead of 2018

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Edwin Mora _Breitbart_
Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas now that ISIL/ ISIS/ IS/ Daesh/ caliphate has been largely driven out; people have more hope

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Ildefonso Ortiz & Brandon Darby _Breitbart_
administrative services director for the city of Imperial Beach, California, was murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Dan Riehl _Breitbart_
Frank J. Gaffney ii: "does the president have the unquestioned authority under the Constitution of the United States Article 2, which vests exclusively in him, the role of Commander-in-Chief of the United States' armed forces, or does that authority now get subjected to the whim of any federal judge"; DoJ petitions supremes for stay pending full appeal

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Bob Price _Breitbart_
president Trump designates January a month for fighting & preventing slavery and human trafficking
president Donald J. Trump proclamation

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Nate Church _Breitbart_
Open the Books has been "Mapping the Swamp": report cites bloated compensation of government, paid from tax-victims' earnings, at dictate of power-mad congress-critters & bureaubums & corrupt judges; $1M/minute

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Ian Hanchett _Breitbart_
Mike Huckabee: I think attorney-general Jeff Sessions is a great guy, but Huma Abedin, Lois Lerner, Bruce Ohr, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, and the Clintons are over-due for prosecution, & we are all going to lose patience

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Awr Hawkins _Breitbart_
top 25 defensive use of arms in 2017

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Ken Blackwell _Patriot Post_
voices cry out from the grave for justice in Iran

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
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2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Sheri Kimbrough _Weather Picture of the Day_
beautiful snow on trees

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Anthony Watts
despite watermelons' dreams & schemes, EIA predicts that by 2040, 83% of total energy will be from fossil fuels and nuclear reactors

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Kip Hansen
editorial fable-spinning in "science" journalism

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Sheldon Walker
is recent "global warming" "slow-down" real or fabricated? and, without the raw data, detailed information about "adjustments", and equations, how will anyone other than the adjusters ever know?

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Willis Eschenbach
wandering thru the tides; measuring with a moving measuring stick

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
Eric Worrall
Bill Nye, the pseudo-science guy: we want to "engage" every one, by declaring economic war against scientific people who challenge our hypotheses
Pam Key: Breitbart: Bill Nye says that states subjugated by Dems/Reds/Leftists will impose economic sanctions against free states where more scientifically-minded people reside

2017-12-30 (5778 Tebet 12)
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  "As of 1870, Britain produced 32% of all the manufactured goods in the world, followed by the USA at 23% and Germany at 13%. By 1913, however, Britain's relative share of the world's growing supply of manufactured goods was down to 14% -- exceeded by Germany at 16% and by the USA at 36%... After producing more than 40% of all the major inventions, discoveries, and innovations in the world from 1750 through 1825, Britain found its relative share declining and ultimately being surpassed by the shares of Germany and the USA. By 1950, Britain's share was down to 3% and that of the USA was 82%." --- Thomas Sowell 1998 _Conquests and Cultures_ pp43-44 (citing Aaron L. Friedberg 1988 _The Weary Titan: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline 1895-1905_ pg26; Mark Casson 1983 _The Growth of International Business_ pg106)  

 
 


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  "on [1944 August 29], the decision was made by Eisenhower and his subordinaes not to meet Patton's fuel requests. By August 31 the Third Army was receiving just 31K of its requested allotment of 400K gallons. Worse was to come -- on September 2, the entire army received ony 25,390 gallons of fuel, scarcely enough gas to support a single division. 'Give us gasoline', Patton pleaded, 'we can eat our belts.'... 'The tanks of Third Army had stopped and the guns had ceased to fire. The infantry pulled off the road and bivouacked under the trees or in barns. Head-quarters moved into chateaux or comfortable farm houses. The mood was still light-hearted: the war would be over in a matter of weeks. Soon petrol would come and all would ride on to further triumphs over the Rhine and beyond.' Patton... knew better... he sensed that respite was terrible for the morale of his army and critical in allowing the Germans to fashion static defenses in the increasingly difficult terrain of eastern France and western Germany. But unlike the former 2, he could do nothing about it, impotent either to find fuel on his own or to persuade Eisenhower to order him more supplies." --- Victor Davis Hanson 1999 _The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How 3 Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny_ pg332  

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