Posts on Sunday, April 9, 2023

Not the German government, which continues on a collision course with reality. But Germans have figured out that the green dream is turning into a nightmare. This report is on a survey of Germans done by forsa: An overwhelming majority of the German population is of the opinion that a successful energy transition is not realistic. According to a Forsa survey, 88 percent of respondents share this view. 88 percent! That is stunning.

On Good Friday, I chanced across a photograph of the lower Manhattan skyline at night from Good Friday in April 1956. Three skyscrapers, dominating the space, feature certain windows illuminated to form gigantic crosses to commemorate that most solemn of Christian holidays. The year 1956 was not that long ago. But how much has changed in those 60-odd years! Can you imagine such a public display of Christian affirmation in New York today? Nor can I. That was then. Now things are different. I thought about that disjunction between then and now when reading through Washington’s Farewell Address this weekend.

Melania Trump on Sunday broke her silence for the first time since her husband’s indictment and arrest, while hubby Donald delivered a blistering message to critics. “Happy Easter!” the former first lady tweeted above a photo of a pink rose, the first time she has posted something online since the Manhattan criminal firestorm engulfing her husband took off. Melania was notably even absent from her husband’s post-arraignment speech at their Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last week. At Mar-a-Lago Tuesday night, Trump made his first public comments hours after becoming the first commander-in-chief in US history to be arraigned on criminal charges. “I have a great family and they’ve done a fantastic job

The city of San Francisco is officially in a PR nightmare as yet another high-profile death has rocked the City by the Bay — and grabbed more negative press in the process. According to NBC News, cyclist Ethan Boyes died on Tuesday after a car struck him while he was cycling in a San Francisco park. The 44-year-old Boyes, whom NBC credited with “multiple world and national track championships,” was ultimately pronounced dead at a hospital. Boyes was a beloved member of the cycling community, as evidenced by the outpouring of grief at his death:

Both contenders to replace Gen. Mark Milley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff later this year are focused on change to counter China, but one is prone to radical changes while the other affirms the administration’s ideological priorities, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. With Milley, a Trump appointee, set to retire by October, President Joe Biden is expected to announce his pick to replace the outgoing Army four-star soon between top prospects Air Force chief of staff Gen. Charles Q. “C.Q.” Brown and Marine Corps commandant Gen. David Berger, according to The New York Times.

We previously discussed the disgraceful attack on former swimmer Riley Gaines who was reportedly assaulted when she tried to speak about her views on transgender issues at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Gaines had to be removed to a locked room for hours by police for her own protection. It is now clear why students believed that they had license to engage in such disruptions. SFSU has issued a statement that was conspicuous in its failure to condemn the mob or promise accountability for these actions.

Cat got your tongue, Bud Light? The giant beer corporation has been silent for over a week, ever since it came to light that pretend woman Dylan Mulvaney was the pretend beer’s new spokesman. Since then, silence. Gee, Bud Light, aren’t you proud of your front guy? Bud Light operates one of those fun, friendly social media accounts we see quite often from corporate giants these days. On March 30, it tweeted or replied to tweets over fifteen times, with messages on the order of “Win tickets to Stagecoach for you and a friend! Travel and hotel accommodations covered” and “Have a cold one for us.” On March 31 came twenty

Jorge Masvidal gave President Trump an awesome shoutout in Miami on Saturday night, saying, “The greatest president in the history of the world is sitting right there! I love that guy!” Trump was sitting ringside during the UFC 287 event in Miami Florida last night along with Mike Tyson, Kid Rock and Dana White. President Trump was cheered as he entered the arena on Saturday. The crowd started chanting, “USA! USA! USA!…” (Snip) Jorge Masvidal also announced his retirement in the ring last night. Masvidal fights in the 170 pound weight class. Masvidal holds the record for the fastest knockout in UFC history at five seconds,

Donald Trump took the occasion of Easter, Christianity’s holiest day, to take shots at his political enemies. On Truth Social, Trump issued an all-caps warning to those he said are “killing our nation.” (Tweet) “Happy Easter to all, including those that dream endlessly of destroying our country because they are incapable of dreaming about anything else, those that are so incompetent they don’t realize that having a border and powerful wall is a good thing, & having voter I.D., all paper ballots, & same day voting

Melania Trump stepped out of hiding and joined her husband for Easter brunch at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, sitting at Donald Trump's side to mark the holiday occasion. She and the former president walked into Mar-a-Lago's ornate ballroom to a standing ovation from the crowd, videos posted online showed. The couple sat alone together with red velvet ropes blocking off their large table from the rest of holiday goers. Melania was seen chatting with Donald Trump, leaning in close to talk with him as they ate. Easter brunch is at Mar-a-Lago is a tradition for the couple. Even during Trump's presidency they would spend the holiday together at the 'Southern White House.'

PROLOGUE: THE INFORMATION WAR In 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy claimed that he had proof of a communist spy ring operating inside the government. Overnight, the explosive accusations blew up in the national press, but the details kept changing. Initially, McCarthy said he had a list with the names of 205 communists in the State Department; the next day he revised it to 57. Since he kept the list a secret, the inconsistencies were beside the point. The point was the power of the accusation, which made McCarthy’s name synonymous with the politics of the era.

Everybody’s favorite pretend governor Stacey Abrams (D-Two-Time Loser) has finally taken a new job after her disastrous loss to Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) in November. Luckily for those of us in the Peach State, Stacey’s new gig isn’t in Georgia; it’s in Washington, D.C. And before you worry that the Biden administration has allowed Abrams to shape policy in any way, the wouldn’t-be governor has taken a position in academia as the first Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University. The university’s flowery statement — referring to “Stacey Abrams, Esq.” — overdramatically describes what Abrams’ job entails.

Americans are standing by former President Donald Trump’s side through thick and thin despite the Left trying everything in their power to knock him down. On Saturday, Trump attended UFC 287 and was sitting front row when the announcer introduced him to the crowd. When he stood up to wave to the thousands in the stands, the arena gave him a standing ovation, chanting, “U-S-A!” Several political analysts have argued that Manhattan DA’s Alvin Bragg’s political persecution against Trump would backfire, making him the most favorable 2024 presidential candidate. In his latest campaign video, Trump used footage from last week’s arraignment featuring him walking into the New York City courthouse.

If you are a consumer of Democratic Party propaganda, you learned over the last two years that Donald Trump is not only a unique threat to democracy, he also single-handedly caused inflation, created the crisis at our southern border and ran up the scandalous national debt. Just last week, you learned of two more ways the former president is destroying America. First, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declared that voters in the 2016 presidential race were deprived of key facts that could have made Hillary Clinton the winner.

Leaked intelligence documents from the Pentagon have made their way to the internet, and they expose just how deeply the U.S. has penetrated Russian security and intelligence services. The source of the documents remains unknown. The New York Times reports: The documents portray a battered Russian military that is struggling in its war in Ukraine and a military apparatus that is deeply compromised. They contain daily real-time warnings to American intelligence agencies on the timing of Moscow’s strikes and even its specific targets. Such intelligence has allowed the United States to pass on to Ukraine crucial information on how to defend itself. The problem with this leak

Nobel Laureate Albert Camus once said, “Insurrection is certainly not the sum total of human experience but … it is our historic reality.” Those words came to mind this week when Tennessee’s House of Representatives expelled two members accused of disrupting legislative proceedings in what some called an “insurrection” or a “mutiny.” The scene on the floor of the Tennessee House perfectly captured our “age of rage.” Protesters filled the capitol building to protest the failure to pass gun-control legislation. However, they were in the minority in both the state and its legislature.

Occasionally someone asks me, "Pastor, what is the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do in ministry?" I always give the same answer. The experience is seared in my consciousness as if it happened yesterday. It was Palm Sunday at about three o’clock in the afternoon more than 20 years ago. Our church’s annual Easter pageant was going to start in a few hours. I received a phone call telling me that a couple in the church, a husband and wife, had just been killed in a motorcycle accident. The extended family asked if I would go to the couple’s home to tell their two grade school daughters that their

Anthony Fauci, the former chief medical advisor under Biden, warned another pandemic will be coming soon. Speaking at a town hall discussion with Jim Acosta earlier this week, Fauci said “there will absolutely be an outbreak of another pandemic.” Fauci said a pandemic could come as early as next year. In March, Fauci made headlines after he suggested Americans will be “required” to get COVID-19 booster shots annually for the foreseeable future. [snip] “So, it is likely that we will require an intermittent — likely at the same time as we get a flu vaccine — at least once a year.

Last week, women's college swim champion Riley Gaines, who opposes the transgender agenda in women's sports, was physically assaulted and falsely detained by an enraged baying mob of transgender protestors at San Francisco State University. According to Fox News: "Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was barricaded in a room at San Francisco State University Thursday night after she was physically assaulted following a speech to students about saving women's sports at a Turning Point USA and Leadership Institute event on the campus. (Snip) The cops stood around and the university administrators did nothing. Which of course, is a pretty valid reason for a successful lawsuit with a hefty compensation payout, CORRECTION*

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday that he intends to seek a pardon for an Army Sergeant recently convicted of murder for shooting a Black Lives Matter protester during an anti-police demonstration in 2020. "I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry," the Texas Republican tweeted Saturday along with a statement on how his office will go about a pardon. Abbott said in his tweet that pardons in Texas must be recommended by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. "I have made that request and instructed the board to expedite its review," Abbott said.

It seemed like a quiet Saturday afternoon in Stafford County, Virginia on the 1st April, also known as April Fool’s Day in some parts of the world. Three Marines, namely Cpl. John Darby, Cpl. Bradley Feldkamp, and Lance Cpl. Nicholas Dural, who had stepped out to get their haircuts, decided to stop by the nearby Chick-fil-A for a meal. (snip) they noticed a man being confronted by two young men. What began as an argument devolved into an altercation resulting in one of the assailants colliding with a woman standing nearby. (snip) By that time, one of the young assailants had pulled out a knife.

In a 107-page split opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia may well have torched the outrageous overcharging of hundreds of people who peacefully walked through the Capitol, a public building, on January 6, 2021. The question before the court was whether the phrase “obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2)” warrants charging those who peacefully walked through the Capitol with felonies.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut says he expects to undergo surgery to repair a broken leg he suffered Saturday during a victory parade for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team. In a tweet Saturday night, Blumenthal said a fellow parade goer tripped and fell on him during the event in Hartford, Connecticut, to celebrate the team winning the NCAA basketball title on April 4 in Houston. The 77-year-old Democrat said he was awaiting “routine surgery” on his femur scheduled for Sunday and expects a full recovery. “What can I say, I love a parade!” he tweeted.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Saturday tried to instruct Americans regarding political agendas as he faces backlash for his handling of recent train derailments. “If your political agenda repeatedly puts you in various scenarios that involve overthrowing electoral outcomes, there might be a problem with your political agenda,” he wrote in a social media post:(Snip) One of Buttigieg’s followers claimed he was “doing an outstanding job,” before adding, “I cannot wait until you are President!” However, another blasted the Transportation secretary’s comments, writing, “If a former president can make it to a disaster zone caused by a derailment in Ohio before anyone in your administration, there might be a problem