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News-ish Notes for the Evening

06 Monday Feb 2017

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North to Canada

Word has it that many recent arrivals in the U.S. are preemptively self-deporting. This comes ahead of President Trump’s full measures to reform immigration and secure America for Americans. It seems that these good folks didn’t really want to live here after all. Canada, it seems, is where the warmer welcome and more generous welfare benefits may be had. Northern neighbors: buyer beware.

Bigger, Better Bombs?

During a visit to MacDill AFB in Tampa, the President told assembled troops he was going to heavily “invest” in America’s military. What he means by this remains to be seen. However, it sounds expensive, especially for a nation that already spends more on the military than the rest of the world and also happens to be dead broke.

If this has to do with a modernization, aimed at actual defense of the U.S. from terrorists, then good. If it has to do with the Iran saber-rattling, then … hmmmmmm…

Gaga for Gaga

I enjoyed Lady Gaga’s entertainment last night at Super Bowl LI (that’s “51” for the Falcons fans). Heck, I want to take her out!

Someone found something to grumble about. They think she was secretly sending hippy protest messages to the Soros Rent-A-Mobs. I honestly didn’t see it. Too busy watching her. So I looked again. Still just a short blonde beauty with an awesome voice. I’d better check her out check it out again to be sure.

And I have halted the memes for now. I lost my favorite. Deleted it or something. Anyway, the intended audience was too stunned today to notice. And it’s not nice to rub it in. Having said that, I leave you with this:

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Le Pen: “This is our country!”

06 Monday Feb 2017

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She’s not supposed to win – not by the globalist powers that be (or were). It’s much like how Trump wasn’t “supposed to” win. It’s like how no NFL team has ever come back from being down 28-3 in a Super Bowl…

On that, and totally unrelated, another meme:

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Back to France. Just like the New England Patriots, les enfants de la Patrie aren’t having it either, as it’s “supposed to be”. Le Pen is galvanizing her nation.

France’s far-right party leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday told thousands of flag-waving supporters chanting “This is our country!” that she alone could protect them against Islamic fundamentalism and globalization if elected president in May.

Buoyed by the election of President Donald Trump in the United States and by Britons’ vote to leave the European Union, Le Pen’s anti-immigration, anti-EU National Front (FN) hopes for similar populist momentum in France.

 Marine Le Pen, FN political party leader and candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, attends the 2-day FN political rally to launch the presidential campaign in Lyon

Robert Pratta / Reuters.

The days of “take your machete to the Louvre” are ending. MFGA!

8 Million Deportations? A Good Start

04 Saturday Feb 2017

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What some (in horror) refer to as a “vast overhaul of immigration” is really no more than adhering to and enforcement of the existing law.

When President Trump ordered a vast overhaul of immigration law enforcement during his first week in office, he stripped away most restrictions on who should be deported, opening the door for roundups and detentions on a scale not seen in nearly a decade.

Up to 8 million people in the country illegally could be considered priorities for deportation, according to calculations by the Los Angeles Times. They were based on interviews with experts who studied the order and two internal documents that signal immigration officials are taking an expansive view of Trump’s directive.

Here’s a kicker:

The rest of the 11.1 million people in the country illegally, according to a study by the Pew Research Center, are believed to have entered on a valid visa and stayed past its expiration date.

Is eight million? Or 11 million? A total of 19 million? Could it be 20 or 30 million? No-one really knows. And until last month no-one (officially) really cared.

A better question is: “how the hell did we ever accumulate so many illegals?” And those are the illegals. Many (most?) legal immigrants do not belong in America. Some estimates have the number north of 80 million here who do not belong.

And they never wanted to belong. They want to transform the U.S. into whatever third world dump they came from. Of course, they’ll happily take a welfare check in the interim. Too many in power, for too long, were all too happy to help them.

It’s all over. The wall, the “Muslin ban”, and the deportations are just the beginning. We are going back to pre-1965 Immigration Act demographics whether the hell anyone likes it or not (though most do). Given that these invaders never intended to fit in any way, they shouldn’t be too disappointed. They should book travel arrangements sooner than later though.

Perhaps the objecting judges, politicians, globalists, celebrities, “preachers”, churchians, banksters, fraudsters, and SJWs should follow the exodus.

America can’t be “great again” until it is America again.

Get out!

 

 

“always sink the damn ships”: Vox Day on Invasions

03 Friday Feb 2017

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This has to be one of Vox’s best columns ever. And it correlates today’s invasion of Europe to another from the distant, disastrous past.

Last summer, a number of normally sensible people were shocked when I said that the European governments would be wise to sink the refugee ships that were crossing the Mediterranean. Most of those people now realize that the people of Europe would be much better off if their governments had rejected the ridiculous “it is moral to help poor defenseless refugees” argument and fulfilled their responsibility to defend their national borders.

But my opinion is not based on any heartlessness or cruelty, it is based on knowledge of history. As it happened, I’ve been reading Charles Oman’s The Byzantine Empire, and the following incident caught my attention, presaging as it does the current situation. You will note that last summer was not the first time refugees in peril were permitted to cross a border, and as Oman’s account suggests, it will not be the first time that the people whose governments betrayed them have paid a bitter price for that failure either.

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It would be just if the Obamas and Merkels of the world met similar fates at the hands of the refugees they saved. Only six years after permitting hundreds of thousands of poor desperate refugees to cross the river and reach the safety of Roman lands, the Emperor Valens and fifty thousand of his best soldiers were dead at their hands. Seventeen years later, Alaric the Goth ruled over the north, and “wandered far and wide, from the Danube to the gates of Constantinople, and from Constantinople to Greece, ransoming or sacking every town in his way till the Goths were gorged with plunder.”

38 years after the Goths crossed the Danube, Alaric the Goth sacked Rome itself. One has to observe that it may not take 38 years this time.

And that, my dear bleeding heart moralists, is why you always sink the damn ships.

That, or wear stab-proof armor to the Louvre.

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And he was a “native” European.

The Other Travel Ban

03 Friday Feb 2017

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The IRS may be coming for your passport.

President Trump’s executive order on travel may be generating big protests, but an IRS missive on travel and passports may not go down too well either. More than a year ago, in H.R.22, Congress gave the IRS a new weapon to collect taxes. Tax code Section 7345 is labeled, “Revocation or Denial of Passport in Case of Certain Tax Delinquencies.” The law isn’t limited to criminal tax cases, or even cases where the IRS thinks you are trying to flee. The idea of the law is to use travel as a way to enforce tax collections. It was proposed and rejected in 2012. But by late 2015, Congress passed it and President Obama signed it.

Now, over a year later, the IRS has finally released new details on its website. If you have seriously delinquent tax debt, IRS can notify the State Department. The State Department generally will not issue or renew a passport after receiving certification from the IRS. The IRS has not yet started certifying tax debt to the State Department. The IRS says certifications will begin in early 2017, and the IRS website will be updated to indicate when this process has been implemented.

This has the potential to affect about 8,000,000 taxpayers at present. And anyone is subject to IRS persecution, even if they owe no taxes nor earn income. This has the potential to prevent many Americans from freely, legally leaving the country. It is a travel ban.

The law will require IRS regulations to implement, perhaps some from State as well. One wonders which existing regs they plan to cut in order to make way for the new ones.

One may also wonders when the crazed hippies and communists will take to the streets in violent protest of this real injustice. My guess would be “never”.

 

Uh Oh! The Goldman Sachs is not Happy

31 Tuesday Jan 2017

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Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfien (or is that Bank Fiend?) takes issue with President Trump’s ban on terrorist invasion.

In a voicemail to employees on Sunday, Blankfein said diversity was a hallmark of Goldman’s success, and if the temporary freeze became permanent, it could create “disruption” for the bank and its staff.

“This is not a policy we support, and I would note that it has already been challenged in federal court, and some of the order has been enjoined at least temporarily,” Blankfein said, according to a transcript seen by Reuters.

In Silicon Valley, the heads of companies such as Apple and Facebook swiftly denounced Trump’s immigration ban. But the rest of corporate America has been more circumspect in speaking out, underscoring the sensitivities around opposing policies that could provoke a backlash from the White House.

Tepid responses from many of Blankfein’s peers made his comments all the more potent, especially because Goldman has gotten attention for the number of its alumni who have joined Trump’s administration.

I still question strongly the need for any Goldman alums in the administration, the fed, or, really, anywhere on Earth. These are among the most evil of the bankster clan. Their ties to Middle East turmoil and terror have been previously noted here and elsewhere.

That they are against this measure, by itself means the President is right.

He might also want to extend the ban to cover Wall Street.

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Beattie / Zero Hedge.

This is What Trump is Trying to Keep Out – Terrorist Attack in Canada

30 Monday Jan 2017

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Last week the president directed immigration officials to halt the flow of people into the U.S. from seven Islamic countries. They did and globalists and snowflakes lost it.

I listened to Dick Durbin babble about something, yesterday, for about 10 seconds. I saw Chuck Schumer cry. The Soros rent-a-mobs diverted from D.C. to JFK and LAX. A few judges did what they could to support ISIS. Given what’s at stake, I might suggest President Trump consider detaining all of these people for lending aid to the enemy.

Here’s what’s at stake:

Six are dead and eight wounded after two Muslims opened fire at a mosque in Quebec. This is difficult to believe, I know, because Canada has gun control, which prevents shootings. Or not. Canada’s Prime Minister just welcomed more Muslims in response to Trump’s “hateful” immigration orders.

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CBC News.

None of the protesting, crying, hand-wringing, surrendering, and pandering stopped the “Allahu Akbar!” last night – a cry which has rung out in more than half the wars in human history.

Initial reports indicate one shooter is of Arabic origin while the other may be a local convert. These reports usually change – or are buried.

The next time someone mentions the “proposition nation”, the “nation of immigrants”, or all that great ethnic food, just remind them of this incident. Or Orlando. Or Parliament Hill. Or San Bernardino. Or New York. Or Paris. Or Brussels. Or Fort Lauderdale. Or (fill in the 10,001 blanks).

A Possible Solution for Actual Refugees of the Syrian Civil War

26 Thursday Jan 2017

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Yesterday, in his first interview with ABC, President Trump called for establishing “safe zones” for innocent people fleeing the violence of the Syrian war. And he means doing so in Syria of all places.

Europe has, over the past two years, foolishly allowed several million “refugees” to enter the Old Continent. Most of these are men, not women and children – men of fighting age. And they flee towards welfare, crime, and terrorist opportunity, rather than from anything. Many are not from Syria. You may have heard that this is causing problems.

If the U.S. has to meddle in a foreign affair which does not at all concern us, this is the way to do it. Certainly, the humane thing to do. Russia immediately cautioned Washington on the complications of such adventure. These warning must be heeded. Any action must be undertaken with intelligence and the least amount of U.S. involvement possible.

Fortunately there is already international interest and precedent.

Syria’s neighbors, Jordan and Turkey, already have refugee camps within their borders. And at least one Israeli politician has already called for Israeli-established “safe zones” in Syria.

How about this solution: The Israelis can move in and man a refugee camp in Syria. The Russians, who already have a massive air presence in the region, can supply protective air cover. Jordan, Turkey, and the nations of Europe, likely desiring a break from current immigration, can finance the operation. Trump and the U.S. can orchestrate the plan, cheaply.

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Getty / The Independent (U.K.).

This would allow Israel, Jordan and Turkey a way to closely monitor the situation in their back yards. It would ease migration into Europe. Russia would be able to integrate air cover, a no-fly zone, into its on-going bombing campaign against ISIS – thus preventing “friendly” fire incidents. And the U.S. could “do the right thing” while adhering to inexpensive non interventionism. Innocent civilians would be protected.

Though this may be beyond the thinking of many world leaders, I will gladly give them credit for the plan. You’re welcome.

Throw Them Out!

25 Wednesday Jan 2017

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One hopes that the future reference to “aggressive vetting” really means a permanent ban.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries, say congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter.

Trump, who tweeted that a “big day” was planned on national security on Wednesday, is expected to ban for several months the entry of refugees into the United States, except for religious minorities escaping persecution, until more aggressive vetting is in place.

Another order will block visas being issued to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, said the aides and experts, who asked not to be identified.

One also hopes we will shortly return to pre-1965 immigration policy – the one that helped America rise, not fall. This move is years, decades behind schedule. ISIS is constantly developing new and innovative ways to attack.

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Not a hobby plane. PJMedia / ISIS.

Unless they build ICBMs, then there really isn’t anyway they can hit us it they are not physically present here in the first place. They need to leave now.

A Goldman Sachs Alumnus Backs the Fed???

25 Wednesday Jan 2017

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Of course he does. That’s written somewhere. I think it’s a law.

U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin isn’t jumping on the Republican bandwagon to audit the Fed.

In written questions by senators following his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Mnuchin was asked about his thoughts on “politicizing decisions made by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the benefits of an independent central bank.”

Mnuchin’s answer was crafted carefully.

“The Federal Reserve is organized with sufficient independence to conduct monetary policy and open market operations,” Mnuchin responded to Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat. “I endorse the increased transparency we have seen from the Federal Reserve Board over recent years.”

This is a reminder that not every nominee has to be confirmed.

I wonder why the Senators didn’t ask Mnuchin about the real issues, like D.C. crowd size.

Speaking of crowds, there may soon be crowds headed for deportation. Trump is actually preparing to build that wall and to wall off sanctuary cities.

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