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Monday, April 15, 2019
NYT Fact Check: Actually, the Overwhelming Majority of Americans Got a Tax Cut, Despite Democrats' False Propaganda
Via Billy
It's tax day in America, and if Democrats had gotten their way in 2017, the vast majority of Americans would be paying higher taxes this year. Every single Congressional Democrat voted against the GOP-passed tax reform law that slashed tax burdens for approximately 80 percent of all households --- including an even higher percentage of middle-income families. The Left has deliberately and repeatedly lied about this reality, with minimal and perfunctory fact-checking from the media. As a result, only a fraction of the country realizes that their overall federal tax bill went down, based on recent polling. It's important to set the record straight, and today is a good opportunity to do so. According to the Treasury Department, fully 90 percent of US workers experienced higher take-home pay in 2018 thanks to the new law. And here are the overall numbers, courtesy of the left-leaning Tax Policy Center:
It's tax day in America, and if Democrats had gotten their way in 2017, the vast majority of Americans would be paying higher taxes this year. Every single Congressional Democrat voted against the GOP-passed tax reform law that slashed tax burdens for approximately 80 percent of all households --- including an even higher percentage of middle-income families. The Left has deliberately and repeatedly lied about this reality, with minimal and perfunctory fact-checking from the media. As a result, only a fraction of the country realizes that their overall federal tax bill went down, based on recent polling. It's important to set the record straight, and today is a good opportunity to do so. According to the Treasury Department, fully 90 percent of US workers experienced higher take-home pay in 2018 thanks to the new law. And here are the overall numbers, courtesy of the left-leaning Tax Policy Center:
More @ Townhall
'I thought we got away from religious tests': Clarence Thomas addresses Senate Democrats’ litmus tests for Catholic judicial candidates
Via Billy
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is unimpressed with Senate Democrats’ attempts to apply religious tests to Roman Catholic judicial nominees.
That Thomas is saying anything at all on the subject is notable given his reputation for being tight-lipped.
“I thought we got away from religious tests,” Thomas remarked this year during Pepperdine University School of Law’s annual banquet. He was referring to Article VI of the Constitution, which states that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is unimpressed with Senate Democrats’ attempts to apply religious tests to Roman Catholic judicial nominees.
That Thomas is saying anything at all on the subject is notable given his reputation for being tight-lipped.
“I thought we got away from religious tests,” Thomas remarked this year during Pepperdine University School of Law’s annual banquet. He was referring to Article VI of the Constitution, which states that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”
More @ Washington Examiner
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Memorial observance at the Confederate mound, Oakwood cemetery in Chicago.
Brock,
We embraced the weather, (wind driven snow with 10 degree wind chill) and attended the Memorial observance today held at the Confederate mound at Oakwood cemetery in Chicago.
The experience was as has always been, humbling and enlightening. We gathered together, from near and far to honor those who went before us in their heart felt cause of duty and honor to remain men of morals, ethics, and values.
Your Northern Copperhead Friend.
Greg
We embraced the weather, (wind driven snow with 10 degree wind chill) and attended the Memorial observance today held at the Confederate mound at Oakwood cemetery in Chicago.
The experience was as has always been, humbling and enlightening. We gathered together, from near and far to honor those who went before us in their heart felt cause of duty and honor to remain men of morals, ethics, and values.
Your Northern Copperhead Friend.
Greg
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More @ Engadget
California Dreaming: The Hippie ‘Flower-Child’ Revolutionaries Who Protested The Vietnam War & Their Ties To The Military Intelligence Community Driving It. A Cautionary Tale.
Via Reborn
During the first week of August 1964, warships under the command of U.S. Adm. George Stephen Morrison allegedly came under attack while patrolling Vietnam’s Tonkin Gulf. This attack was later called the Tonkin Gulf Incident. Although *this attack probably never took place, it was used as an excuse to start the Vietnam War.[1
* The consensus of my readings reveal that the first did take place but not the second.
Typical American kids of the 1950’s. In less than a decade they were spontaneously and organically transformed into…
Dated.
…The state also could have used the draft to silence its war critics. After all, there was a war going on, and hundreds of thousands of young men were being sent to Vietnam. However, none of the Laurel Canyon stars had their careers interrupted by the Vietnam War. The tricks used unsuccessfully by thousands of young men across the country to avoid the draft always seemed to work for the Laurel Canyon crowd.California Dreaming
During the first week of August 1964, warships under the command of U.S. Adm. George Stephen Morrison allegedly came under attack while patrolling Vietnam’s Tonkin Gulf. This attack was later called the Tonkin Gulf Incident. Although *this attack probably never took place, it was used as an excuse to start the Vietnam War.[1
* The consensus of my readings reveal that the first did take place but not the second.
More @ Wears War
Long Past Time To Get A Net
Via Bob
I'm not advocating anything here, just stating clinical facts.In my travels, I was in a department store the other day. As I made my way to where what I wanted was located, I could hear someone loudly mother-effing everyone from 50 feet away, over the buzz and throng of shoppers. He proceeded to circle the entire store, shouting, cursing, carrying on, pacing, and slamming items as he passed them. He was clearly and undeniably out of control. And most of the store staff, with the wits of hamsters, wasn't sure if this was a problem. No, jackass, having someone so out of control he's flinging heavy items onto the floor and yelling and cursing at the top of his lungs is everyday behavior, everywhere. Of COURSE he's a problem, dipshit, so either deal with it or call the cops! Well, dozens of school shootings having taught people nothing, they had to ask an assistant manager if calling the po-po for out-of-control lunatic publicly trashing the store was allowed. I sh*t you not.
Given two-plus years to adjust to the reality of a Trump presidency, and despite how unpalatable it may be for them to acknowledge that reality, the fact remains that the Left is simply incapable of maintaining a grip on reality.
More @ Raconteur Report
The Last Days in Vietnam and More
Via Khuong Duy Le
Via Nguyễn Nam
Near the end.
I remember Stuart Herrington well and more power to him as I couldn't have held back. I bought the film when it first came out in 2014 and haven't had the guts to view it yet.
Via Nguyễn Nam
Near the end.
Via Niềm Vui Nhỏ
The bus makes no sense as I never saw one that wasn't painted Army green.
P.S. I just thought of something and that is the picture was misidentified and they are refugees getting off a bus at say Camp Pendleton. I visited there many times once I got back.
Vietnam War Memorial (Ranger) - Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA.
Via Dung Dang
South Vietnam 1967
My favorite beer. I had to leave a grease gun behind.
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