On his blog, Pat Buchanan asks “Is there no limit to the racial, religious, ideological, political, cultural and ethnic diversity the nation can accommodate before it splinters into its component parts?” He writes (abridged): In March, and again in April, 167,000 immigrants were caught crossing our southern border illegally. The invaders are now coming not […]
Archives for July 2021
Happy 4th of July
Not a New Nation, but a Nation Established on New Principles America’s founding document was created 245 years ago this week. According to the 19th-century Hungarian nationalist, Lajos Kossuth (freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe), the U.S. Declaration of Independence was nothing less than “the noblest, happiest page in mankind’s history.” From Calvin […]
Freedom, Liberty, Independence, or Inclusiveness, Diversity, Tolerance?
On his blog, Pat Buchanan examines the ultimatums being given to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban by the EU. Buchanan wonders if the sovereign nation has any right to dissent from anything the EU mandates. He writes (abridged): Respect LBGT rights or get out of the EU, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte instructed Hungary’s Viktor […]
Oops! Your Survival Guy’s Encounter at the Grocery Store
In my conversations with you, you’re telling me about the impact in your neck of the woods of the Great Resignation. You’re telling me about the “Help Wanted” signs, especially in vacation destinations, where many of you live. Help Wanted signs are everywhere in Newport, RI. More on that in a minute. First, I want […]
UNDER PRESSURE: Harris’s Office Lashes Out at Criticisms
The office of the Vice President has been criticized as “mired” in chaos with “low morale, porous lines of communication and diminished trust among aides and senior officials.” Now new criticisms have been leveled at Harris’s chief of staff for hindering communications. Harris’s spokeswoman Symone Sanders flailingly lashed out at the criticisms. Azmi Haroun reports […]
Remembering the Grateful Dead
Invest in these two Dead CDs first. Truckin up to Buffalo: July 4, 1989, Live with Brent Mydland on B3, and great versions of Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told, Cold Rain and Snow When I Paint My Masterpiece, Stagger Lee, Touch of Grey, and Deal. Just a super Dead effort about six years before Jerry […]
Biden Pulling a Bait and Switch
Politicians renege on promises frequently, but what, asks the WSJ in an editorial, should voters make of a deal in which one side is pulling a bait and switch? That was the astonishing news Thursday as President Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed a bipartisan Senate infrastructure deal even as they said the price of their support […]
ALERT: Gun Owners Fight San Jose’s Unconstitutional Attacks
San Jose wants law-abiding firearms owners to pay for the damages and crime caused by the city’s criminals. Gun owners are fighting back against this unconstitutional attack on the Second Amendment and equal treatment under the law. Phil Shiver reports in The Blaze: In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the progressive San Jose City Council […]
NYC – Testing Ground for Post Pandemic Politics
Who would have thought that New York City would become the political testing ground for national politics in post pandemic America? In what the NYT calls “a stunning error,” the NYC Election Board included in its count 135,000 votes that did not actually exist. The mistake was described in a tweet as a “discrepancy.” New […]
CHAOS: Kamala Harris’s Office Descending Into Pandemonium
The Vice President has few real constitutional responsibilities, but even those appear to be proving too much for Kamala Harris. Yahoo! News reports that her office is descending into chaos: When Vice President Kamala Harris finally made the decision to visit the Mexico border last week, people inside her own office were blindsided by the […]