Iraq is a failed state. Before we intervened, it was held together by torture, terror and genocide. Now the only things holding it together are torture, terror and genocide. We should take Christian refugees fleeing the Muslim conflicts in that country, but we should not import its Islamic culture of violence.
America has done far more than its share. We have opened our doors to Iraqi refugees. And in return, the people of this land were exposed to terror and horrific refugee crimes. Enough is enough.
Trump goes big: Jobs, safety, and U-S-A | Washington Examiner
[Trump said] ‘My job is not to represent the world, my job is to represent the United States of America’ — AND THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT APPLAUD. Just think about that for a moment. This simple sentence captures the heart of Trump’s appeal. And it is also the Achilles heel of the Democrats.
Source: Trump goes big: Jobs, safety, and U-S-A | Washington Examiner
Puzzle
Cut Corporate Taxes and Corporate Welfare | Cato Institute
Cut things like…
Universal Service Fund. The FCC imposes taxes on phone bills, and then hands out subsidies to phone companies, local governments, and individuals. This spending is notoriously wasteful and unneeded in this dynamic and competitive industry.
Source: Cut Corporate Taxes and Corporate Welfare | Cato Institute
Sergeant Stubby – Wikipedia
Scheduled for release in spring of 2018, Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero is an upcoming animated feature-length film. The film features the voices of Gérard Depardieu and Helena Bonham Carter and is directed by former Disney and DreamWorks animator Daniel St. Pierre, with music by Academy Award nominee Patrick Doyle. It has also been endorsed as an official project of the United States World War I Centennial Commission.
Sergeant Stubby, the most decorated dog of World War I.
Source: Sergeant Stubby – Wikipedia
Blog: Rachel Dolezal has become a nightmare for the ‘transgender’ fantasists
It is solely for ideological reasons that the Left has adopted transgenderism as a pet cause. They want to destroy the natural family and legitimize every permutation and combination of sexual activity, destroying biblically based norms.
Source: Blog: Rachel Dolezal has become a nightmare for the ‘transgender’ fantasists
BLM
Black Lingerie Matters
Rock strata dating suggests planetary orbital effects on climate | Watts Up With That?
“The impact of astronomical cycles on climate can be quite large,” explains Meyers, noting as an example the pacing of the Earth’s ice ages, which have been reliably matched to periodic changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit, and the tilt of our planet on its axis. “Astronomical theory permits a very detailed evaluation of past climate events that may provide an analog for future climate.”
Source: Rock strata dating suggests planetary orbital effects on climate | Watts Up With That?
Essential Knowledge: Part VI | The Z Blog
The fall of the Western Roman Empire used to be thought of as a collapse of civilization, leaving a great void into which swarmed barbarians. Out of the rubble, the people of Europe slowly rebuilt civilization into what we think of as the Middle Ages. The reality is the fall of Rome was a process. Roman rule was replaced by something else, something local and indigenous.
Zman’s ‘Essential Knowledge’ posts are full of links to good books for your continuing education.
Sultan Knish: Savages of Stockholm
Some people would call that savagery, but that sort of talk is politically incorrect. And we all know that there are no such things as savages. The true savages are the people who use scientific principles to make cars and then use the money to commission paintings of soaring eagles for museums because they are greedy exploiters of the planet. On the other hand, the noble savages whose herds of sheep and goats turn fertile land into desert, who burned the great libraries of civilization and who believe that the hair of women emits rays that passing airplanes have to be protected from are close to nature.