VP Hahaharris' speech was a Bidenish doozy

Co-President Kamala Hahaharris' speech at the US Naval Academy graduation was hilarious in her own mind. She laughed so hard she nearly peed herself, allegedly.

Harris joked about green electricity during her commencement speech, in Annapolis Friday and treated the midshipmen graduates to her hearty horse laugh.

The so-called Vice President began her speech after her introduction at around 16:15 in the video, but her first guffaw comes at 18:10 and continues thereafter as she laughed at something inside her head. At around 20 minutes she became painfully boring and her speech is almost a soporific. 

The ridiculous comment came after she told electrical engineering graduates that they would be responsible for converting wind and solar energy into "combat power." 

"You are electrical engineers who will soon help convert solar and wind energy into power, convert solar and wind energy into combat power," she said, anticipating the sun and wind would cooperate.

Speaking mostly through her nose Harris said [beginning at around 26:50 in the video], "Just ask any Marine today, would she rather carry 20 pounds of batteries or a rolled up solar panel, and I am positive she will tell you a solar panel, and so would he," she said, before the snorting and laughter began, totally unaware that in order for solar panels to work, it requires batteries to store their relatively anemic energy.

Harris’ speech also touched on cybersecurity, the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, the main issue Navy and Marine officers worry about when the bullets and rockets fly.

She warned that cybercrimes like the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack could present a new frontier in international conflicts.

"Just think, a deadly pandemic can spread throughout the globe in just a matter of months," she honked. "A gang of hackers can disrupt the fuel supply of a whole seaboard. One country's carbon emissions can threaten the sustainability of the whole Earth."

She also became the first cis woman to deliver the keynote commencement address at a Navy Academy ceremony and she did a bang-up job, as usual.

Military personnel currently rely on high-tech lithium-ion batteries to power weapons, sensors and other devices during night operations. 

Imagine them carrying solar panels without batteries at night in a "hot zone."

It's obvious that progressives know as much about the needs of the military as they do about firearms. 

Co-President Joe Biden commented when he heard about Harris' speech, "No kidding? I didn't know there was a school about belly buttons.

Miss Trump yet? 

ng how regressive race-obsession is celebrated among the Left. https://t.co/VtzpQyfklg

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) May 19, 2021

“Racism in the name of wokeism is still racism,” another commentator said. Another added, “So wouldn’t that make her a racist?”

Progressive writer Zaid Jilani wrote: “Is she going to do some kinda DNA test to assure she upholds this rule?”


Is she going to do some kinda DNA test to assure she upholds this rule? https://t.co/9d7rXZTnCV

— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 19, 2021

“It is unclear when such a practice was enacted and if it only applies to local reporters, particularly after her MSNBC appearance with Stephanie Ruhle on Monday,” Fox News reported. “During her MSNBC interview, Lightfoot told Ruhle she would ‘encourage’ Chicago residents to continue wearing masks despite the new CDC guidance allowing those with the coronavirus vaccine to go without them.”

“I know for me personally, I’m going to continue to wear a mask in public and I’m going to encourage others to do so,” Lightfoot told Ruhle. “We’ve got to make sure that people are continuing to follow the public health guidance that has gotten us this far, and masks, I think, are a big and important part of that.”

Lightfoot said on Tuesday afternoon that her decision to continue to encourage people to wear masks was not based on distrust of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“But I think their guidance last week regarding masks has people confused…We need clarification,” Lightfoot said. “We still have a long way to go to hit the critical mass (of vaccinations) or herd immunity. I don’t want people to have false confidence.”

“To say, ‘If you’re vaccinated, you don’t have to wear a mask,’ that’s great. But what about all of the other people who are out there that aren’t vaccinated?” Lightfoot added. “There’s no way to know that. So I think for the time being, most people are gonna continue to wear masks outside of their homes.”

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Determines Who Interviews Her Based On Race, Local Reporters Claim

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Schumer awakens to Obama counterterrorism cuts

When terrorists attacked unarmed civilians in San Bernadino, liberals said that we need more gun control.

When it became obvious the world became a much more dangerous planet, the left called for reductions in defense spending. 

Now ISIS made it clear they intend to infiltrate our nation and kill as many infidels as they can, To deal with this threat, Obama has decided to reduce funding for counterterrorism programs across the country. He has proposed a $300 million cut in this area.

I don't believe anyone will ever mistake Barack Obama for a Putin or even a Teddy Roosevelt, as James Carafano implied in the July 2015 Daily Signal. Carafano feels that Obama has "whittled America's 'big stick' down to kindling."


In order to assess just how anemic our defense spending has become, there are several ways of looking at it. 

First, we can look at defense spending in terms of Pentagon and Energy Department spending, where the latter is involved with the development of nuclear weapons.  In 2010 and 2011, spending increased somewhat, but every year hence has decreased to a cumulative 15%.

Another way to see it is with the actual National Security spending budget which was 20.1% of the entire federal budget in 2010. But last year it was only 15.9%.

In 2012, the Army had 570,000 soldiers on active duty. Now there are 490,000j soldiers on active duty and by 2018 there will be a further reduction leaving 450,000 soldiers on active duty.

In 1916, the US Navy had 245 active ships. In World War 2 we had 6,768 active ships; and in December 2015, we have 272 active ships, the lowest since 1916. On the other hand, the ships we have are a hell of a lot more combat effective than those back in 1916, but even they are aged and could use replacing.

Our Marine Corps (pronounced 'Core,' Mr. Obama) is running about two-thirds of the battalions it normally needs for day-to-day operations.

But according to Calafano, our most neglected security elements are our strategic forces, specifically, the development and deployment of ballistic missile defenses designed to keep us ahead of our adversaries. Obama has underfunded and delayed these programs, especially the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system.

And to kiss up to Russia, Obama ended the missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland last year. So not only has he shown Russia how weak he is, but he has also shown those allies how much they can depend on him. 

Of course we now can see examples of how seriously Putin takes Obama.

Our next president needs to come up with strategic nuclear plans for our defense and it will only come from a conservative administration that knows the adage that in strength there is peace. Carafano has a five principal strategy to do this.

However, President Obama's proposal to reduce funding for counterterrorism programs is outright suicidal--unless you're a president of a country and have armed security to protect you at all times.


Even uber liberals like Chuck Schumer is upset with Obama's $300 million proposed cut and is begging him to reconsider. The current budget is $600 million and the plan is to lower the budget to $330 million.

"These proposed cuts are ill-advised and ill-timed and they must be reversed. End of story," Schumer told the AP in a statement. "In light of recent attacks in Paris and San Bernadino, and the vow by our extremist enemies to launch more attacks on our shores, it makes no sense to propose cuts to vital terror-prevention programs like UASI."

Schumer said counterterrorism programs need adequate funding to protect high-density urban areas like New York City.

"New York City remains terror target number one and the NYPD relies on these programs to keep us safe," Schumer whined.

But Obama doesn't live in New York City. He did when he attended Columbia University as a registered foreign student, but he lives in a protected environment now, where neither he, nor his lovely family have to worry about terrorists bringing harm to them.

Schumer just doesn't get it.


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The Left's Candidates

You may have watch the Democratic "debate" on October 13th, and if you did, I hope you weren't operating heavy machinery at the time.

It absolutely was a high point in Hillary Clinton's low-point career. 

Hillary was handed the presidential nomination by Bernie Sanders when he said that the American people are "sick and tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton's damn emails."

Bernie Sanders does not speak for the American people. That socialist certainly doesn't speak for me and most people who believe that socialism is crappy economics pretending to have a heart.

So let's take a look at the main candidates (aka mannequins) the Democrats have put into the stew. None of them will have a chance in hell of beating her unless she is indicted for her crimes and ends up having to press [blue] dresses in the slammer.

Lincoln Chafee b. March 26, 1953 (age 62) was Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015 and prior to that was Mayor of Warwick from 1993 to 1999. He's the son of Republic politician John Chafee who was the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy from 1969 to 1972 and held other political positions in government.

Lincoln graduated from Brown University with a degree in Classics, which gives him as much credibility as a liberal arts professor calling in airstrikes on Russian troops in Syria. "Go left . . . go very left . . . go farther left . . . bombs away!" 

Of the many participation trophies Chafee has won, he is most proud of the "Red Skelton Look-alike" trophy that hangs proudly over the headboard of his Colonial canopy bed.

Martin O'Malley b. January 18, 1963 (age 52) is the 61st Governor of Maryland and was also Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007.  He served as the Chair of the Democratic Governors Association from 2011 to 2013 and was recently appointed to the Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School as visiting professor on government business and urban issues.

As Governor, O'Malley signed a law that would allow illegal immigrants brought to the United States as "anchor babies" to be eligible for in-state college tuition at the expense of actual American citizens whether they like it or not. Many liberals who voted for him were likely unaware of where the money would come from because liberals don't think deeply into the issues.

O'Malley plays guitar and has been known to strike up a hearty "Kumbayah" at local Irish pubs where he had to be escorted out.

Since the riots in Baltimore, O'Malley has been experiencing night terrors.

Jim Webb b. February 9, 1946 (age 69) attended many schools throughout the U.S. and England. He graduated high school in Bellevue, Nebraska, went to the University of Southern California on a Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps (pronounced "core," Mr. Obama) scholarship from 1963 to 1964. He was appointed to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD and was on the Brigade Honor Committee.

This alone should immediately disqualify him as a Democratic candidate, but he also served as a Marine in Vietnam where he earned a Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. I don`t imagine too many liberals lining up to vote for a war hero.

Webb has as much chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination as Bill Clinton has of regaining his virginity.

Bernie Sanders b. long ago and far away in the town known as Brooklyn, New Yawk. Actually, Sanders was born on September 8, 1941, three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Bernie went to Brooklyn College for a year and later graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964. As a student, he was a member of the Young People`s Socialist League and was an active Civil Rights protest organizer (aka community organizer) for the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

He describes himself as a democratic socialist and would like to see the United States become more like Denmark or perhaps Venezuela. 

He caucuses with the Democratic  party which, while being socialist in many ways, knows that it`s best to continue with the title of Democratic party.

One point of interest is that Sanders lost his first election at Madison High School, coming in last of three for student body president. Socialism was a bit less popular back then. Perhaps he wanted to take 90% of the class lunch money for school improvement projects.

Fun Fact 1: Sanders had his Bar Mitzvah in 1954, one year after the death of Josef Stalin.

Fun Fact 2: Contrary to rumor, Sanders did not do the voice of George Steinbrenner on Seinfeld. It was Larry David.

Fun Fact 3: If elected, it is possible that Bernie Sanders would be the first United States President to die of old age while in office.

Even her smile is a lie

Hillary Clinton b. October 26, 1947 (age almost 68). Ms. Clinton was born in Chicago, Illinois apparently to earthlings.

Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969, got her law degree from Yale in 1973, and moved to Arkansas where she married Bill Clinton in 1975. The marriage is thought by many to be her biggest accomplishment. The couple had coitus which resulted in a female they named Chelsea.

Clinton was the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992. She sat on the board of directors of Wal-Mart from where she evidently got her style of clothing.

As First Lady of the United States, Ms. Clinton's major (failed) initiative was the Clinton health care plan of 1993. The plan failed to reach a Congressional vote as many other things in her life failed (see Watergate and election 2012).

As Secretary of State in the Obama administration, Ms. Clinton was said to be at the forefront to the Arab Spring, but now we know how that worked out. 

Clinton says that she takes responsibility for the security screw up in the 2012 Benghazi Islamic terrorist attack, but actually hasn't accepted any of the consequences for her role in lying to the American public and the families of the four men killed in Benghazi. This failure, of course, occurred because she failed to listen to Ambassador Stevens' request for additional security.

She also apologized, sort of, to the American people for using a private server for her emails as Secretary of State, even after telling her staff that doing the same thing by them is unacceptable.

It takes a village idiot to believe anything she says, but since when has the Democratic party been short of those individuals? Which makes me wonder if Joe Biden will run.



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Homosexual man nominated by "First Gay President" to lead the Army

Our "first gay president" is nominating Eric Fanning to be the new Secretary of the Army. Fanning, who is openly gay, would be the first homosexual leader of a military service. This should go over well with Army Rangers and Green Berets.

Obama is doing his level best to eliminate barriers in the military based on sexuality or gender. He may even be considering pedophiles and bestiality practitioners as even more barriers are lifted by Mr. Obama, but for now, homosexuals can run the military and can serve openly. This, of course, came on the heels of the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy where homosexuals could serve if they stayed in the closet.

Recently, two women earned their Army Ranger tabs this summer, a historical first for the Army. This comes at a time when the Marines announced that they would allow women to fight in open armored units but sought to keep infantry and artillery jobs closed to them, which goes against the trend followed by the other three branches of the military.

Fanning, 47, served as Defense Secretary Ash Carter's chief of staff and acting secretary of the Air Force. He became the Army's undersecretary in July. He also served as Deputy Director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism--you can easily see how that has worked out for us.

Obama said in a statement that Fanning brings years of experience and leadership to the role of Secretary of the Army, and he suspects that uniforms and drills will be more spruced up, and the decor in the barracks will "knock your socks off." Just kidding.

The Senate must confirm his nomination and based upon how Obama has the GOP on a short leash, there should be no problem. Perhaps there ought not need to be any problems--Fanning may be fine.

Twitter was abuzz with the news. "Proud of my friend Eric Fanning who will make history, again! Obama nominates 1st gay service secretary to lead Army," USAID official Clay Doherty tweeted.

I think it's great to have a gay man leading the U.S. Army. I don't have a problem with that. 

What I have a problem with is the need for us to incessantly announce the sexuality of people whose sexuality is not the statistical norm. So he's gay, so what? Being gay, straight, lesbian, transgender, or 'into' critters is personal and should not be a badge of honor.

I guess in Obama's eyes, gay people, who admit being gay, are heroes, not the people, straight or otherwise, who actually put their life on the line.


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Gen. Dempsey "is not symbolic of a military leader"

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said publicly that defending Iraq's city of Ramadi is of secondary importance compared with protecting the Beiji oil refinery from ISIS.

Jon Harper in Stars and Stripes admitted that the terror group may be on the verge of overrunning Ramadi, but said, "The city itself is not symbolic in any way," adding that the fall of the city would be more of a humanitarian problem than a strategic one.

"It's not been declared part of [Islamic State's] 'caliphate' on one hand or central to the future of Iraq. I would much rather that Ramadi not fall, but it won't be the end of a campaign" if it does, the Obama butt-kisser said.

Dempsey went on to discuss the need for Iraqi forces to control Beiji, but never acknowledged the American blood shed in taking it the first time and how it is very symbolic to the families of those who died doing so.

In an open letter to Dempsey, displayed on Fox News, Debbie Lee, the mother of the first Navy SEAL to die in Ramadi was  posted. His name was Marc Lee.

She asked the General if he would be willing to meet with the families of those who died there. She pointed out that many military analysts believe that "as goes Ramadi so goes Iraq."

She poignantly said that she had traveled to Iraq in 2010 and spoke with Iraq General Anwer and asked him "If you could say one thing to the American people what would you tell them?"

He replied: "We will tell our children, our grandchildren for generations, to come we will tell them what Americans have done. There is American blood poured out on our soil."

Debbie Lee added that it seems like General Anwer knew more about Ramadi's significance than he did.

She closed the letter to Dempsey: "You and this administration have minimized that Ramadi could fall, now you are minimizing that it is falling, but you Sir WILL NOT minimize the sacrifice my son Marc Lee made or any of our brave warriors!

Awaiting an Apology

Debbie Lee

So far, the apology has not come.

The U.S. engaged in two battles for Ramadi: 2005 and 2006. In the second fighting, 75 U.S. Soldiers and Marines were killed and 200 wounded.

Not symbolic in any way, General Dempsey?

It seems obvious that even our military has become politicized and the "few good men" are long gone. Hopefully, the military is still looking to find them.



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A Test for Liberals

Next time a liberal tells you how Obama is doing a wonderful job, there's no point arguing with them.  Like the saying goes, "talking to a liberal is like talking to a wall."  Of course not all liberals are stupid--there are plenty who have yet to be born, and if many of these unborn libs have lib parents, there's a good possibility they might be aborted if they're inconvenient.  But you might consider asking a few questions that just might get the ones who have been born to think--or is the idea of liberal and thinking an oxymoron?  Anyway, here are some questions you might try:

1. Who is Lady Gaga?  I always like to start off with an easy one for those with small minds.   Not only will they know who Ms. Gaga is, they will know things about her that a normal person would consider too personal to share beyond their spouse.  Then follow up with: 

2. Where is Camp Bastion? It's in Afghanistan, but you knew that because you don't watch Chris-I-Get-Myself-Jiggly-for-Obama-Matthews; you probably watch Fox.

3. Can you name one of the two Marines killed at Camp Bastion three days after the 9/11/2012 attack of our consulate in Benghazi, Libya? That's probably unfair to ask because even most conservatives don't know that Lt. Col. Christopher Raible and Sgt. Bradley Atwell were the marines who were murdered by Islamic orthodox jihadists, but ask the liberal anyway.

Peace on You, Taliban Scum

As an ex-Marine, Vietnam veteran, and patriot, the story about the Marines peeing upon the dead remains of Taliban scumbags disturbed me. I cannot believe they did that--I cannot believe they were so thoughtless to have recorded their deed. But I sure can't blame them for taking the pause that refreshes on the very people who tried to kill them, and go around gassing little girls who want to go to school, shoot women in the head for opening the door for he bread man, and think it's swell killing as many Jews and Christians as they can.  They just shouldn't have recorded it, because they were bound to be discovered.

Shot while pregnant: where NOW will not go

But with that said, what should happen to those guys? In the video (above), there was a survey that asked that question.  Around 40% who were surveyed said that it was wrong to pee on them, but they should not be punished for it.  Fully 47% were totally against it and said the Marines should be punished.  And 13% supported it and said that they hoped their aim when peeing was as good as it was when they returned fire (I made that part up). So, 53% in all felt they shouldn't be punished, while most of them felt it was wrong, while only 13% felt it was naughty.  The TV station, WTSP, a CBS affiliate in Florida, seemed to make a bigger case for the 13% against it than the 53% who wouldn't punish the men--but since when has CBS meant anything more than the left wing of the left wing?


I read an interesting tweet yesterday about this. It said "Conservatives get pissed off when someone pees on the flag. Liberals get pissed off when someone pees on terrorists."  I think that sums it up.

Peeing on him would be an improvement

It's okay for Taliban to do what they do, and it remains unreported by the pussycats in the mainstream media. They try to kill a rabbi and his family in New Jersey after a series of attacks on synagogues there, they sodomize and beat Gaddafi, they behead reporters and nothing is done.  Why? Because they are Muslim and that would be Politically Incorrect behavior if we mentioned that little fact.  Well, I mention it in my novel, Jihad Joe (a plug of my book if I ever saw one), and I believe the story is cogent and important in today's world.

If you are interested in terrorism and suspense, I have provided 2 links (below) for a hard copy (soft cover) edition and an eBook edition of my latest novel, Jihad Joe.  It's a story about Zed Nill, a New York based reporter, taken hostage by Islamic terrorists.  Zed must somehow escape, or be beheaded the following day . . . the clock is ticking.

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