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September 13, 2020

Michael Moore Compares Trump to Bin Laden in Profanity-Filled Rant: ‘He Is a Mass Killer’

Moore’s repeated accusations — along with those of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat Party, and the liberal media — that Trump ignored COVID warnings early-on ring hollow. As Breitbart noted, Democrats were too busy “pushing impeachment” while COVID began to spread.

January 11: Chinese state media report the first known death from an illness originating in the Wuhan market.
January 15: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a vote to send articles of impeachment to the Senate. Pelosi and House Democrats celebrate the “solemn” occasion with a signing ceremony, using commemorative pens. That same day, the first person with coronavirus in the United States arrives from China, where he had been in Wuhan.
January 21: The first American case of coronavirus is confirmed at a clinic in Snohomish County, Washington.
January 23: The House impeachment managers make their opening arguments for removing President Trump.
January 23: China closes off the city of Wuhan completely to slow the spread of coronavirus to the rest of China.
January 27: The White House convenes a special task force to deal with the emerging threat of coronavirus.
January 29: The president chairs a meeting of the White House coronavirus task force for the first time.
January 30: Senators begin asking two days of questions of both sides in the president’s impeachment trial.
January 30: The World Health Organization declares a global health emergency as coronavirus continues to spread.
January 31: The Senate holds a vote on whether to allow further witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial.
January 31: President Trump declares a national health emergency and imposes a ban on travel to and from China. Former Vice President Joe Biden calls Trump’s decision “hysterical xenophobia … and fear-mongering.” //

Facts are stubborn things, as President John Adams famously said. Actually, Adams’s full quote is even more applicable to the Left:

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

Morocco and Israel Start Process of Normalizing Relations

Three-fourths of the Arab countries normalizing relations with Israel in the past 50 years have done so in the past two weeks. Do the math.

The EmDrive Just Won't Die | EmDrive Testing Results

More than 20 years after its introduction, the EmDrive is still being tested in labs around the world, including DARPA. But the controversial thruster's do-or-die moment is quickly approaching.

Barr Requesting a Report From Durham Is Consistent With DOJ Policy — Those Suggesting Otherwise Are Partisan Opponents

Another subject of the online “Greek Chorus” of former federal prosecutors gives voice to “outrage” over the suggestion that Attorney General Barr is asking US Attorney Durham to produce an “interim report” of his investigation to date into the origins of the Russia Hoax investigation. The enterprise was initiated by the Obama Administration and carried over into the Trump Administration by members of the Anti-Trump “Resistance” embedded into the federal government, later spearheaded by the Robert Mueller-headed Special Counsel’s Office.

Before we get to their lamentations, let’s first lay a foundation for considering their hypocrisy.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Turns the Tables, Proposes Defunding Cities That Defund the Police

What actual leadership looks like. //

Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders unveiled a proposal Thursday that would strip cities of annexation powers if local officials cut police department budgets.

“Cities that defund their police departments will forever lose their annexation powers, and any areas and any residents that have ever been annexed by that city in the past will have the power to vote to disannex them from the city,” Abbott said in a news conference at the Austin Police Association headquarters.

Greg Abbott
@GregAbbott_TX
Any defunding of law enforcement must start at the top.

Any mayor or governor that supports defunding police should lose their security detail.

Nuclear power’s big new idea is really … small | Salon.com

Mini nuclear plants are almost here. Is the U.S. ready?

Charlie Bolden says the quiet part out loud: SLS rocket will go away – Ars Technica

“At some point, commercial entities are going to catch up.”

Speculation on Reasons Behind Why Durham’s Chief Deputy Resigned — Requires Inside Knowledge

Speculation over Nora Dannehy's resignation ignores the possibility her role was limited -- but crucial.

Economist Walter E. Willams Tells It Like It Is for Black Americans: ‘Today’ Is Not ‘Yesterday’

"Poverty and discrimination are all but nonexistent today..."

Joe Biden’s Mind Is So Gone That He Doesn’t Know Basic Facts

He was only about 14 years off on this one. //

Undercover Huber
@JohnWHuber
Joe Biden told Jake Tapper that it’s Trump’s fault that North Korea is “closer to a nuclear weapon than before.”

North Korea has had nuclear weapons since 2006 and exploded 3-4 bombs in 2009, 2013 and 2016, ALL WHILE BIDEN WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT FFS

Janice Dean Remembers NYC Firefighters Lost on 9/11 from Husband’s Firehouse

It's worth remembering, too, that not every victim died on that day. //

That last tweet points to another fact about the 9/11 attacks that’s worth remembering: not every victim died on that day. Up to September 2019, 441 first responders have died due to illnesses likely related to the rescue and clean-up efforts — 241 NYPD police officers and 200 FDNY firefighters have been lost since. Compare those numbers to the fallen on that day: 23 officers and 343 firefighters.

September 11, 2001: A World Trade Center Survivor’s Account

A firsthand account of 9/11 from a WTC survivor

Donald Trump Just Scored Another Major Middle East Victory

The experts all said it couldn't be done. //

Breaking911
@Breaking911
ANOTHER TRUMP PEACE DEAL: Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel, Bahrain Crown Prince will be in DC Monday. @realDonaldTrump is expected to make an offical announcement later Friday from the White House - Times Of Israel
9:48 AM · Sep 11, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: AG Barr Rips National Media as a ‘Collection of Liars’ Over Riot Coverage

Wrapping up a three-day tour in Chicago, Phoenix and Cleveland Friday, Attorney General Bill Barr took on the media during an exclusive interview with Townhall."They're basically a collection of liars. //

Wrapping up a three-day tour in Chicago, Phoenix and Cleveland Friday, Attorney General Bill Barr took on the media during an exclusive interview with Townhall.

"They're basically a collection of liars. Most of the mainstream media. They're a collection of liars and they know exactly what they're doing. A perfect example of that were the riots. Right on the street it was clear as day what was going on, anyone observing it, reporters observing it, it could not have escaped their attention that this was orchestrated violence by a hardened group of street fighting radicals and they kept on excluding from their coverage all the video of this and reporting otherwise and they were doing that for partisan reasons, and they were lying to the American people. It wasn't until they were caught red-handed after essentially weeks of this lie that they even started feeling less timid," Barr said on the flight back to Washington Friday afternoon.

"The press has dropped, in my view - and I'm talking about the national mainstream media - has dropped any pretense of professional objectivity and are political actors, highly partisan who try to shape what they're reporting to achieve a political purpose and support a political narrative that has nothing to do with the truth. They're very mendacious about it," he continued. "It's very destructive to our Republic; it's very destructive to the Democratic system to have that, especially being so monolithic. It's contributing to a lot of the intensity and partisanship."