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Illegals flooding the nation, primarily due to tacit permission from the incumbent’s administration, today’s one fraught with a host of other major problems for him.  

 

James Taylor, Forbes contributor on energy and environment issues, reports that “The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s most accurate, up-to-date temperature data confirm the United States has been cooling for at least the past decade.”

 

Here’s where the information came from: “Responding to widespread criticism that its temperature station readings were corrupted by poor siting issues and suspect adjustments, NOAA established a network of 114 pristinely sited temperature stations spread out fairly uniformly throughout the United States. Because the network, known as the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN), is so uniformly and pristinely situated, the temperature data require no adjustments to provide an accurate nationwide temperature record. USCRN began compiling temperature data in January 2005. Now, nearly a decade later, NOAA has finally made the USCRN temperature readings available.”

 

The readings show that: “U.S. temperatures are not rising at all – at least not since the network became operational 10 years ago. Instead, the United States has cooled by approximately 0.4 degrees Celsius, which is more than half of the claimed global warming of the twentieth century.”

 

Then, right on top of  the further disclosure of the warming farce, Michael Barbaro and Coral Davenport, of The New York Times write that: “To environmentalists across Australia, it is a baffling anachronism in an era of climate change: the construction of a 4,000-acre mine in New South Wales that will churn out carbon-laden coal for the next 30 years.”

But, if that isn't enough, it will be interesting to see how they deal with the fact that it’s an “unlikely financial backer in the United States, whose infusion of cash helped set it in motion: Tom Steyer, the most influential environmentalist in American politics, who has vowed to spend $100 million this year to defeat candidates who oppose policies to combat climate change.”

And, “after vowing that he would sell off his investments in companies that generate fossil fuels like coal. An examination of those investments shows that even after his highly public divestment, the coal-related projects his firm bankrolled will generate tens of millions of tons of carbon pollution for years, if not decades, to come.”

Thus, while the magnitude of the hypocrisy delivered by these colossal frauds picking issues that will benefit them personally above all else is astounding, it makes one wonder how any rational human being could be gullible enough to swallow the outright falsities being sold to them continually by leftist charlatans.

Along the same lines, regarding false promises and failing issues, Matt Lewis, of the United Kingdom’s Telegraph, reviewed the incumbent's performance to date Hollywood style, as follows: "The Obama years: 'The trailers were great, the movie was horrible."

Mr. Lewis opines that; “It's not just that Obama has failed in the eyes of most Americans, but that he has also failed to advance his own goals. Yes, of course, there is a laundry list of famous broken promises, including the closing of Guantanamo Bay. But here I'm speaking more broadly. 

 

During President Obama's tenure, income inequality has risen, the black unemployment rate has consistently been twice that of whites, and (despite some tough rhetoric) he has yet to rein in Wall Street. And for a president who talked a lot about civil liberties and privacy, revelations about NSA surveillance, and the use of drones, should have civil libertarians on the left and the right concerned. 

 

The Box Office, err, ballot box was a smashing success, but the reviews are in and the critics and the public - even his fans – are starting to hurl the rotten tomatoes. Citizen Kane this ain't.”

Nonetheless. as horrid as the incumbents been while attempting to perform as POTUS, a job clearly beyond his scope and depth, the one waiting in the wings to take his place has no valid credentials either, other than marrying a consummate politician.    

In her case, whereas she’s presently under pressure regarding huge speaking fees at colleges, she told ABC News she’d donate her pay for speaking at colleges over the past year to charity. 

 

Her chosen charity turns out to be, of course, her own family’s foundation. “So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation.”

However, this might well lead to further pressing questions down the line because, “The foundation, which recently financed a multiday event for the Clintons in swing-state Colorado, has spent an estimated $50 million on travel alone.”

Which means that anyone naïve enough to buy her story about “charitable” donations is likely also taken in by Tom Steyer’s global warming rubbish. Which makes one wonder exactly how dumb one has to be to support those most influential in the Democrat party.

That’s it for today folks.

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Friday evening’s inclement weather cancelled July fourth plans which turned out to be extremely pleasurable anyway.

 

For the first time, I viewed A Capitol Fourth from Washington DC.

 

"Dancing With the Stars" Tom Bergeron hosted the event from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, a 90 minute, almost entirely musical program. A who’s who of artists performed traditional patriotic songs backed by orchestras, choral groups, along with the National Symphony Orchestra directed by top pops conductor Jack Everly. Featured, was long-time favorite Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, followed by what’s billed as “the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation.” Even on TV, that seemed certainly true.

 

It’s estimated that about 700,000 people flock to the National Mall each year for the event,  thousands upon thousands more packing nearby sights including the Lincoln Memorial, the U.S. Capitol steps, the Washington Monument and knolls and lawns in between.

 

I mention this today, because unfortunately, other thoughts crept up during the outstanding presentation.

 

Watching the faces and reactions of attendees in the crowd, their happiness and pleasure abounded. Most of them sang along, dancing wherever space allowed, fully appreciating the spectacle, extremely proud to be part of it all. In total, it was a tremendous confirmation of American spirit and values, spontaneously and heartfeltedly delivered throughout the evening.

 

And that’s what led to the conclusion that there isn’t another nation on earth that now, or ever, could create and sustain that kind of national spirit amongst its citizens. Bringing to mind, whether or not occasions like this are celebrated in places like Iran, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, which of course they're not and never will be.

 

Consequently, while terrorists, international thugs, border jumpers and others might believe they have any kind of chance to defeat, or even come close to crippling the U.S., I suggest they watch a tape of the event taking place on our nation’s birthday which will surely clarify who and what they’re dealing with.

 

Because its no accident or mistake that the people attending that celebration are bound together, each representing the strongest, most successful, dedicated population on earth.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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The incumbent’s finally done something that will incite huge numbers of citizens to act, but unfortunately for him, they’ll be revolting against one of his most desired objectives. 

 

At an Independence Day citizenship ceremony for service members yesterday, promising again to act on his own if Congress doesn't pass a bill, he said, “I'm going to keep doing everything I can do to keep making our immigration system smarter and more efficient." 

 

However, whereas his history shows continual leniency toward illegal immigrants and a refusal to strongly enforce border protection, despite his verbiage to the contrary, residents of alien besieged towns and cities now have a model from which to build on.  

 

Fox News.com reports that; “The Southern California town of Murrieta that gained national prominence when a crowd of protesters blocked buses carrying illegal immigrants being flown in from overwhelmed Texas facilities has become a flashpoint in what has become an intense national debate over immigration.

 

Earlier this week, approximately 200 protesters blocked buses carrying 140 illegal immigrants sent from a Texas to a US Border Patrol station, where they were to be processed before being moved to await deportation or asylum.

 

Days later, residents packed into a fiery town hall meeting, expressing their objections to the government sending any more illegal immigrants to Murrieta.”

 

Therefore, although many, perhaps even most, American citizens might appear complacent, seemingly accepting things foisted upon them with no apparent objection, it can be a huge mistake to think there won’t ever be major revolt. And often what’s needed to wake the “sleeping giant” is pushing it too far by underestimating its resolve against encroachment regarding public rights.

 

So, whether or not this show of revolt in California is an indication of further upheavals, only time will tell. However, there’s a very good chance that now that the first steps been taken by the public, its almost certain many, many more rebellions against open-door immigration policy will follow.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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Anyone aware of the incumbent’s hands-off practice of governance certainly can’t be surprised that although he’ll soon be visiting Texas, he doesn’t care enough to even look the part of a U.S. president. Raising money for himself and his party is his only real forte.

He’ll be attending three fundraisers in Texas next week, but won’t travel to the border to see the crisis many say he has exacerbated by not enforcing the country's immigration laws. Instead, according to Fox News.com, he’s “vowing to enact unilaterally more executive actions to ease deportations.”

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the incumbent’s “scheduled to attend a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Dallas on Wednesday and two events for the Democratic National Committee in Austin on Wednesday and Thursday. And then, when pressed about the decision not to go to the border and the military bases and detention centers where illegal immigrant children are being warehoused, Earnest said “Obama has all the information that he needs from his senior advisors.”

On another issue, the White House is loudly promoting the news that the unemployment rate dipped to 6.1 percent last month, the best reading, they say, since September 2008. However, the number’s no longer accurate whereas the formula’s been changed to exclude the long-term unemployed, a significant statistic.

According to Ali Meyer of CNSNews.com, “there were 92,120,000 Americans 16 and older who not only did not have a job, but did not actively seek one in the last four weeks. That is up 111,000 from the 92,009,000 Americans who were not participating in the labor force in April.”

 

Even worse, “In June, according to BLS, the labor force participation rate for Americans was 62.8 percent, matching a 36-year low. The participation rate is the percentage of the population that either has a job or actively sought one in the last four weeks. Before December, the last time the labor force participation rate sank as low as 62.8 percent was in February 1978, when it was also 62.8 percent. At that time, Jimmy Carter was president.”

And that's probably a significant reason for the incumbent’s job approval rate to be even lower than the peanut farmer’s. 

Additionally, Michael W. Chapman, also of CNSNews.com, writes that: "In the numbers released today, covering the month of June, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for black Americans age 16 and over was 10.7%, reported the BLS. The unemployment rate for white Americans in the same age group and time-frame was 5.3%, said the BLS.”

So, while the stock market keeps climbing, further enriching those the incumbent claims to despise, those he constantly talks about helping aren’t gaining a thing job-wise.   

Which brings us once more to Bill Clinton’s wife.

Whereas it seems her new book is going nowhere in the American market, she’s now in England trying to hustle sales there.

 

But, during a BBC Interview she "appeared to state the Conservative and Tory Parties in Britain were rival political parties. However, "Tory" is in fact another name for the Conservative Party in Britain.”   

Here’s what she said about the U.S. relationship with England: “There's not just a common language, but a common set of values that we can fall back on. It doesn't matter in our country whether it's a Republican or a Democrat or frankly, in your country, whether it's a Conservative or a Tory. There is a level of trust and understanding. That doesn't mean we always agree because, of course, we don't."

So, at least she’s always consistent. Because she’s never really known about what goes on around her in our nation, being the boss’s wife she didn’t have to. And now, it seems proven she doesn’t know a thing about other nations either, which her ignorance about the cause of the Benghazi raid made quite clear.
 

That’s it for today folks.

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Fox News reports: “The federal government is increasing security measures at some international airports with direct flights to the United States, based on recent intelligence about the continuing, worldwide terror threat.”

 

Furthermore,  although Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson gave no information about a specific threat, saying only that the change was based on the U.S. and its allies ‘continually (assessing) the global threat environment, the “beefed up security is almost certainly a response to recent intelligence reports suggesting that Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in Syria are working with members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to blow up a commercial aircraft headed to the U.S. or Europe.”

 

Therefore, what’s absolutely incredible is that while the incumbent claims concern regarding the hordes flooding here via Mexico, he’s still permitting any and all who are able to enter the country illegally to do so 24-7-365. Which means there's no control over terrorists wishing to try sneaking in here that way too.   

 

Then, for the latest news on his health care tax, all you need is the headline from today’s New York Post: NEW YORK TO SEE DOUBLE DIGIT OBAMACARE PREMIUM HIKES. That says it all.

 

Today, Chris Stirewalt included this debate repartee in his column in Fox News.com: “As far as Republican campaign techniques for next November’s congressional elections are concerned, Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican from Tennessee, has the right idea. He’s running an ad with a clip made during the White House Healthcare Summit in Feb. 2010 in which Obama says to Alexander, “When you said, ‘premiums go up,’ that’s just not the case.” Then, when Alexander replies, “The Congressional Budget Office report says that premiums will rise,” Obama cuts him off, saying, “No, no, no, no, and this is an example of where we’ve got to get our facts straight.” To which, Alexander quips, “That’s my point.”

 

And finally, todays’ item regarding Bill Clinton’s wife.

 

According to the Washington Post, “At least eight universities, including four public institutions, have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hillary Rodham Clinton to speak on their campuses over the past year, sparking a backlash from some student groups and teachers at a time of austerity in higher education. In one previously undisclosed transaction, the University of Connecticut — which just raised tuition by 6.5 percent — paid $251,250 from a donor fund for Clinton to speak on campus in April. Other examples include $300,000 to speak at the University of California at Los Angeles in March and $225,000 for a speech scheduled for October at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. The potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate also has been paid for speeches at the University at Buffalo, Colgate University and Hamilton College in New York, as well as Simmons College in Boston and the University of Miami in Florida. Officials at those five schools refused to say what they paid Clinton. But if she earned her standard fee of $200,000 or more, that would mean she took in at least $1.8 million in speaking income from universities in the past nine months.”

 

However, it looks like it’s a good thing for her that she’s able to fleece these schools for as much as she does with her exorbitant fees because her new book seems to be going right down the proverbial chute.

 

Philip Bump of the Washington Post reports that the book’s sold about 160,000 copies in hard cover, total. He then equates that amount to one book for every 411 Obama voters in the 2012 general election, fewer copies than there were Obama voters in every state besides the Dakotas, Alaska and Wyoming.

 

So, although she hasn’t even formally announced her intention to run for president in 2016, if she had to take on the incumbent again, the odds are he’d roll right over her like he did last time, leaving her in the dust once more. And, if book sales are any indication of what the voting pubic really thinks, except for her hard core supporters and leftist university administrators, nobody cares a whit about anything she writes or says at all.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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A friend posted this photo on Facebook this morning, from a gas station in Massachusetts.

 

 

After seeing the prices, and then checking the U.S. Energy Information Administration website, it’s found that “In 2013, about 134.51 billion gallons (or 3.20 billion barrels) of gasoline were consumed in the United States, a daily average of about 368.51 million gallons (or 8.77 million barrels). This was about 6% less than the record high of about 142.35 billion gallons (or 3.39 billion barrels) consumed in 2007.”

 

The same administration also reports that as of June 30, 2014, prices for regular gasoline is 3.704 per gallon, equaling an $1.864 increase in cost.

 

Therefore, if gasoline consumption stays the same this year as last, approximately $249 billion in additional fuel cost will be spent by consumers simply to appease environmentalists. And that’s only for one year, although gas prices have been continually higher since the incumbent took office.

 

Now, there are many other reasons for the nation’s poor economic performance. Almost all of them stemming from the administration's anti-business postures.

 

However, today’s particular case shows that gas prices have doubled as a result of inhibiting the nation’s use of its own natural resources, relying greatly on imported oil. Thus we see a glaring example of one of the major reasons why the nation’s financial condition keeps deteriorating while the whole U.S. economy shrank at a 2.9 percent annual rate in in the first quarter just past.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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Fox News.com reports that “The president is still grappling with the surge of illegal immigrant children and families along the border. Earlier in the day, Obama sent a letter to congressional leaders asking for more flexibility on that front, seeking increased powers to send unaccompanied children from Central America back from the U.S. border to the countries they're trying to flee.”

 

Additionally, he “also asked for increased penalties for people who smuggle immigrants who are vulnerable, such as children. And he is asking Congress for emergency money that would, among other things, help conduct "an aggressive deterrence strategy focused on the removal and repatriation of recent border crossers." Obama's letter to Boehner, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the administration is confronting the influx with a coordinated response on both sides of the border.”

 

Reading the preceding would lead one to believe that the incumbent’s finally woken up to realize that his obstructionist attitude toward preventing illegal immigration is causing huge problems, is a threat to the nation and, as long last, must be stopped.

 

However, in another Fox item today, this one from Chris Stirewalt, we learn that “Obama is putting into effect a long-promised threat to use executive action to grant residency to some of the millions in the country illegally. Even as the court’s rebuke on ObamaCare rules was still echoing off the marble steps, Obama stepped out to announce that he and Attorney General Eric Holder will “identify additional actions my administration can take on our own within my existing legal authorities to do what Congress refuses to do and fix as much of our immigration system as we can.”

 

Consequently, the only rational conclusion to be reached is that the entire immigration issue is nothing more than a political ploy the incumbent uses for personal, and perhaps party, gain. Which means that the problems caused for border states, outrageous costs to taxpayer’s, and huge risks to national security have no meaning whatsoever, because all that counts for the current president is seeking the largest number of votes.

 

Next on the list is an article from washingtontimes.com today, which clearly confirms conclusions posted here for the past four years regarding Bill Clinton’s wife. And, what’s most interesting is that even some on the left are finally waking up to what’s been obvious about her to anyone with a grain of common sense.   

 

Wesley Pruden writes that: “[She] needs a conscience transplant, and she needs it now. Her book tour is in a shambles, the fate of her $14 million advance from her publisher is marooned somewhere in limbo. She’s under 50 percent approval for the first time in the presidential polling for 2016, and, scariest of all, she’s having to call on Bubba for help. She knows better than to become merely “a wife of,” but 2014 is beginning to smell like 2008, and she’s Miss Inevitability once more. This is deja vu all over again.”

 

Now, while all of this has been noted here as it happened, Mr. Pruden adds, “Some of the learned pundits, who only yesterday were writing about “the five reasons why [she’s] a lock for the White House,” are writing now about “five reasons why [she] won’t run.” The budding consensus is that (1) she’s just not very good at politics; (2) there’s no “fire in the tummy”; (3) who wants to clean up after Barack Obama, anyway; (4) the country wants real change; and (5) another round of “Clinton, Bush, Clinton” with children of both families waiting in the wings, is thrilling nobody.”

 

Thus, while using rather lame excuses to justify her potential decision not to run in 2014, nonetheless these “learned pundits” have reached the same conclusion continually reached right here in years of prior entry's: It’s very possible she’s simply not electable. 

 

Then further along in the text, a point was made that’s also been mentioned here over and over, most recently about the outrageous fees charged for a graduation speech at UNLV.

 

Mr. Pruden notes that “The Clintons, him and her, are revealed as money grubbers, looking for cash in all the easy places, and Hillary imagines nobody will notice the greed if she poses as the selfless philanthropist, Lady Bountiful giving away her $250,000 speaker’s fees to the Clinton family foundation. The public, however, is on to the foundation scam, which looks like a tax dodge. The Clintons control their foundation, and the public suspects that the chief beneficiaries of the foundation “charity” are named Bill, Hillary and Chelsea.”

 

So, this is one more confirmation of the workings of the foundation scheme whose financial contributors were listed here back on June 24th. What’s more, this is a family that doesn’t take very long to figure out. All you need to do is spend a few minutes of research time on the Web. And then you quickly find that, as always, the answers come to light if you simply follow the money, which for them is always what it’s all about.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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