The San Diego Local Order of BloggersSan Diego's Finest Tea Party Bloggershttp://www.theslobs.org/Copyright 20242024-03-18T18:40:25-07:00http://www.theslobs.org/images/lglogo.pngDooDooEconhttp://www.theSLOBs.org/Default.aspxsurnbe@gmail.comSilvio Canto, Jr.http://cantotalk.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comK T Cathttps://ktcatspost.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comW.C. Varoneshttp://www.wcvarones.com/noreply@blogger.comB-Daddyhttp://theliberatortoday.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comDoo Doo Econhttp://blog.doodooecon.com/noreply@blogger.comDeanhttp://beerswithdemo.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.bing.com/news/search?q=San-Diego&qft=interval%3d%227%22&format=rsshttp://collegeinsurrection.comhttp://networks.org/news/rsstextplus.cgi?src=San-Diego&lines=3https://legalinsurrection.comhttp://wordwarriorsandiego.wordpress.com/feed/atom/http://feeds.feedburner.com/leftcoastrebel/ZTxChttp://templeofmut.wordpress.com/feed/atom/sarahhttp://shaneatwellblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comhttp://lipstickunderground.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/defaulthttp://bloggerinchiefblog.com/feed/atom/theSLOBs.orgMy View by Silvio Canto, Jr.Monday's video: The Texas primary and other stories with George Rodriguez Monday's video: The Texas primary and other stories with George Rodriguez.... [...]2024-03-18T13:00:00-07:002024-03-18T13:10:38-07:00Silvio Canto, Jr.http://cantotalk.blogspot.com/2024/03/mondays-video-texas-primary-and-other.htmlSilvio Canto, Jr.http://cantotalk.blogspot.com/2024/03/mondays-video-texas-primary-and-other.html<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMVOFIw99qo_It0pcNd0PYxqv6c4LlhlgrGFq4kQmV43kro16AaDq9iyCk0QXWseQCB8vCf2ucM7gRSbfhYv8BGB-33kU6qcbxSm36Eefsu9MUKf3fB0ejkze5LflH2I1_-px3zKey4nc-5J0s2e3OyYIlcwMYkMRY2nNT1imG7JBuAkLDUFpwQ/s562/canto3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="562" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMVOFIw99qo_It0pcNd0PYxqv6c4LlhlgrGFq4kQmV43kro16AaDq9iyCk0QXWseQCB8vCf2ucM7gRSbfhYv8BGB-33kU6qcbxSm36Eefsu9MUKf3fB0ejkze5LflH2I1_-px3zKey4nc-5J0s2e3OyYIlcwMYkMRY2nNT1imG7JBuAkLDUFpwQ/w200-h200/canto3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Monday's video: </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> The Texas primary and other stories with George Rodriguez....</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> <iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/cjjO5ek5LbE?si=7XtVTY3TdqGnCx6J" width="480"></iframe></div>Copyright 3/18/2024 1:00:00 PMhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMVOFIw99qo_It0pcNd0PYxqv6c4LlhlgrGFq4kQmV43kro16AaDq9iyCk0QXWseQCB8vCf2ucM7gRSbfhYv8BGB-33kU6qcbxSm36Eefsu9MUKf3fB0ejkze5LflH2I1_-px3zKey4nc-5J0s2e3OyYIlcwMYkMRY2nNT1imG7JBuAkLDUFpwQ/w200-h200/canto3.jpgMy View by Silvio Canto, Jr.All over but the shouting? <a[...]2024-03-18T05:00:00-07:002024-03-18T05:00:00-07:00Silvio Canto, Jr.http://cantotalk.blogspot.com/2024/03/all-over-but-shouting.htmlSilvio Canto, Jr.http://cantotalk.blogspot.com/2024/03/all-over-but-shouting.html<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wcqFYtmK8OxuSPIdDaxVpYe82sliVi_9S4x6hAdXYUMfmMpVQoz5HtI8yuY_2YcQWPsy4BSzYtpFcFDAQJxdiAAkcCAXRufIBZ8kMPymPRL-VRB4uCGV-zkb06nqOz6YudN0vW7ebzNSRqoA6taYoTr-5C9XAbdrprox7BW1YeBOUWwqcQO3Xw/s850/IMG_9489.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="850" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wcqFYtmK8OxuSPIdDaxVpYe82sliVi_9S4x6hAdXYUMfmMpVQoz5HtI8yuY_2YcQWPsy4BSzYtpFcFDAQJxdiAAkcCAXRufIBZ8kMPymPRL-VRB4uCGV-zkb06nqOz6YudN0vW7ebzNSRqoA6taYoTr-5C9XAbdrprox7BW1YeBOUWwqcQO3Xw/w200-h134/IMG_9489.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/all_over_but_the_shouting.html">All over but the shouting?</a>: Like some of you, I was a bit surprised to hear a president shout at the State of the Union address.
We want an upbeat man with a little passion.
What we got was a man bent on reminding his base that he….<div><br /></div><div>Click to read:</div><div><a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/all_over_but_the_shouting.html">https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/all_over_but_the_shouting.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">All over but the shouting? - American Thinker <a href="https://t.co/JheqI0KOiI">https://t.co/JheqI0KOiI</a></p>— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) <a href="https://twitter.com/silvio_canto/status/1769685761215918110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Copyright 3/18/2024 5:00:00 AMhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wcqFYtmK8OxuSPIdDaxVpYe82sliVi_9S4x6hAdXYUMfmMpVQoz5HtI8yuY_2YcQWPsy4BSzYtpFcFDAQJxdiAAkcCAXRufIBZ8kMPymPRL-VRB4uCGV-zkb06nqOz6YudN0vW7ebzNSRqoA6taYoTr-5C9XAbdrprox7BW1YeBOUWwqcQO3Xw/w200-h134/IMG_9489.jpegThe Scratching PostHow Do You Evict 183,000 People? ... if they don't have anywhere else to go and are desperate?Dig this. The NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces changes to the right to shelter law . The right to shelter law was meant for New Yorker, not migrants. Adult migrants have 30 days to find a new location and won't be able to reapply for a new shelter. pic.twitter.com/qcalrUUqdR Viral News NYC (ViralNewsNYC) March 15, 2024 Back in the day, when I was building a custom home with[...]2024-03-17T05:24:00-07:002024-03-17T05:31:21-07:00K T Cathttps://ktcatspost.blogspot.com/2024/03/how-do-you-evict-183000-people.htmlK T Cathttps://ktcatspost.blogspot.com/2024/03/how-do-you-evict-183000-people.html<p> ... if they don't have anywhere else to go and are desperate?</p><p>Dig this.</p>
<div align="center"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces changes to the right to shelter law . The right to shelter law was meant for New Yorker, not migrants. Adult migrants have 30 days to find a new location and won't be able to reapply for a new shelter. <a href="https://t.co/qcalrUUqdR">pic.twitter.com/qcalrUUqdR</a></p>— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ViralNewsNYC/status/1768714064308433139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
<p>Back in the day, when I was building a custom home with my previous wife, the lot had a decrepit house with ne'er do well renters. In 6 month period, we collected 1 month of rent. Evicting them was going to cost us an arm and a leg in legal fees, so instead, we informed them that we were going to bulldoze the place and they had to leave. They left without any fuss.</p><p>NYC has managed to get itself into a far worse mess. We only owned the house and had no responsibility for the rest of the city. NYC <i>is</i> the city. There's nowhere for the illegals to go, particularly if their benefits are expiring. Further, as has been noted before on this blog, the NYPD combat strength is down to about 60%. If even 10% of the illegals dig in their heels, how does the city plan on getting them to leave their current housing?</p><p>Now solve that problem from the point of view of an NYPD flatfoot. You're outnumbered 100-1, the illegals are desperate and many of them are criminal toughs. Your DA does not have your back. If you can't risk using your gun without going to jail, the encounters become melees at which point numbers matter a great deal.</p><p>Two things come to mind. </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>You'd have to be crazy to remain an NYPD officer.</li><li>Things in NYC are about to go sideways in a big way.</li></ol><p></p>Copyright 3/17/2024 5:24:00 AMThe Scratching PostSadly, ChatGPT Will Not Generate Porn ... certainly not my subversive kind of porn.At work, I use Atlassian's Jira to help a large organization track and manage very complicated, distributed projects. Jira is a web-based issue management tool. Prior to my work, employees had emailed each other massive spreadsheets where the recipient would have to collate it with other spreadsheets. Usually, the spreadsheets were OBE as soon as they were received as the data behind them was constantly changing.M$FT Office was the best tool we Boomers had to do information work. Nowadays, web-based tools where the servers exchange information with each other in near real-time is far superior.Our organization is only now crawling away from M$FT Office.[...]2024-03-12T06:41:00-07:002024-03-12T10:02:19-07:00K T Cathttps://ktcatspost.blogspot.com/2024/03/sadly-chatgpt-will-not-generate-porn.htmlK T Cathttps://ktcatspost.blogspot.com/2024/03/sadly-chatgpt-will-not-generate-porn.html<p> ... certainly not my subversive kind of porn.</p><p>At work, I use Atlassian's Jira to help a large organization track and manage very complicated, distributed projects. Jira is a web-based issue management tool. Prior to my work, employees had emailed each other massive spreadsheets where the recipient would have to collate it with other spreadsheets. Usually, the spreadsheets were OBE as soon as they were received as the data behind them was constantly changing.</p><p>M$FT Office was the best tool we Boomers had to do information work. Nowadays, web-based tools where the servers exchange information with each other in near real-time is far superior.</p><p>Our organization is only now crawling away from M$FT Office. Oh, wait, it's being dragged back into it. Marginally competent managers on our IT and Knowledge Management teams have been sold a bill of goods with Office 365 and M$FT Teams, so web-based tools are being phased out in favor of files and email.</p><p>We Boomers are reaching out from our career graves and tormenting the younger generations, haunting them with Excel and PowerPoint. It's a horror movie in tech.</p><p>Anyways, I asked ChatGPT, M$FT's AI tool to generate an image of this and ... well, see for yourself.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZ1hV3D3BB3dceuUpmWwhYxfzJu3MFfMGLQ3NVUzXl4ShWcHQJUbM_iTG-tfMVQp_aMsdk7-NbVlhs5o4kvnJfjiLa2K2ESAM9umXUZRbNwmKa1UgPuFUKiG3C8BP7EFRH9oYbEYUY2sh7_o6pcQG_c9JlpPKSpQLCDUC5qwsOnbEFHnJ9Q/s600/2024-03-12_06-31-02.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZ1hV3D3BB3dceuUpmWwhYxfzJu3MFfMGLQ3NVUzXl4ShWcHQJUbM_iTG-tfMVQp_aMsdk7-NbVlhs5o4kvnJfjiLa2K2ESAM9umXUZRbNwmKa1UgPuFUKiG3C8BP7EFRH9oYbEYUY2sh7_o6pcQG_c9JlpPKSpQLCDUC5qwsOnbEFHnJ9Q/s16000/2024-03-12_06-31-02.webp" /></a></div><br />Copyright 3/12/2024 6:41:00 AMhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZ1hV3D3BB3dceuUpmWwhYxfzJu3MFfMGLQ3NVUzXl4ShWcHQJUbM_iTG-tfMVQp_aMsdk7-NbVlhs5o4kvnJfjiLa2K2ESAM9umXUZRbNwmKa1UgPuFUKiG3C8BP7EFRH9oYbEYUY2sh7_o6pcQG_c9JlpPKSpQLCDUC5qwsOnbEFHnJ9Q/s16000/2024-03-12_06-31-02.webpW.C. VaronesHappy Super Tuesday2024-03-05T07:24:00-08:002024-03-05T07:24:30-08:00W.C. Varoneshttp://www.wcvarones.com/2024/03/happy-super-tuesday.htmlW.C. Varoneshttp://www.wcvarones.com/2024/03/happy-super-tuesday.html<iframe width="460" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5AeO-dKGBLs?si=67NokQrleBfaAtFK" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Copyright 3/5/2024 7:24:00 AMW.C. VaronesCalPERS FailDespite the awesome bull market this year, CalPERS again missed its return target, earning only 5.8% vs. its required 6.8%.CalPERS has missed its return targets for the trailing 1-, 3-, 5-, 15-, and 20-year periods.When CalPERS fails to make its' required returns,[...]2023-08-04T05:59:00-07:002023-08-04T05:59:23-07:00W.C. Varoneshttp://www.wcvarones.com/2023/08/calpers-fail.htmlW.C. Varoneshttp://www.wcvarones.com/2023/08/calpers-fail.htmlDespite the awesome bull market this year, CalPERS <a href="https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/newsroom/calpers-news/2023/calpers-preliminary-investment-return-fiscal-year-2022-23#:~:text=CalPERS%20Reports%20Preliminary%205.8%25%20Investment%20Return%20for%202022%2D23%20Fiscal%20Year,-July%2019%2C%202023&text=SACRAMENTO%2C%20Calif.,pension%20fund%27s%20leaders%20said%20Wednesday.">again missed its return target, earning only 5.8% vs. its required 6.8%.</a>
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CalPERS has missed its return targets for the trailing <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n97rLzpRW3pNXjCL-zDLanWh0HfVN0aUtlFQsii-AMY/edit?pli=1#gid=0">1-, 3-, 5-, 15-, and 20-year periods</a>.
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When CalPERS fails to make its' required returns, California taxpayers are liable for making up the difference for California's uber-generous public pensions.Copyright 8/4/2023 5:59:00 AMThe Liberator TodayBezos vs Burnham - Robber Baron vs Managers Well not really; and not just because Burnham isn't a household name. James Burnham authored key insights on "managerialism" and predicted its eventual triumph over capitalism in his 1941 book "The Managerial Revolution," summarized here, but skip ahead 5 minutes (this is a great podcast). George Orwell provided this summary in 1943.Capitalism is disappearing, but Socialism is not replacing it. What is now arising is a new kind of planned, centralized society which will be neither capitalist nor, in any[...]2022-01-26T20:32:00-08:002022-01-26T20:32:44-08:00B-Daddyhttp://theliberatortoday.blogspot.com/2022/01/bezos-vs-burnham-robber-baron-vs.htmlB-Daddyhttp://theliberatortoday.blogspot.com/2022/01/bezos-vs-burnham-robber-baron-vs.html<p> Well not really; and not just because Burnham isn't a household name. James Burnham authored key insights on "managerialism" and predicted its eventual triumph over capitalism in his 1941 book "The Managerial Revolution," summarized <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwHkXGNEBQ0" target="_blank">here, but skip ahead 5 minutes</a> (this is a great podcast). George Orwell provided this <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/burnham-michael-lind" target="_blank">summary</a> in 1943.</p><p></p><blockquote><i>Capitalism is disappearing, but Socialism is not replacing it. What is now arising is a new kind of planned, centralized society which will be neither capitalist nor, in any accepted sense of the word, democratic. The rulers of this new society will be the people who effectively control the means of production: that is, business executives, technicians, bureaucrats and soldiers, lumped together by Burnham under the name of ‘managers’. These people will eliminate the old capitalist class, crush the working class, and so organize society that all power and economic privilege remain in their own hands. Private property rights will be abolished, but common ownership will not be established. </i></blockquote><p></p><p>What has this got to with Bezos and Amazon? The major corporations are not "owned" but in fact "managed" by managers because ownership is diffuse. But Bezos' Amazon is actually an old-school robber-baron style capitalist organization contra Burnham. So how did Amazon win against the big managerial organizations of corporate America? A colleague of mine said that the key impediment to strategic decision making are politics and indecisiveness, which are hallmarks of managed organizations which have to rely on internal politics to maintain effective control. Even the Walmarts, much less Barnes & Noble, are no match for fast moving corporation under the control of a visionary owner who makes strategic decisions at a speed they cannot match.</p><p>Why there aren't there more Amazons? First, I think Amazon will become a managerial corporation. As it does so, it will join the ranks of other corporations in stifling the up and coming competition. To some extent it explains Bezos' politics. He owns the Washington Post, the company paper of federal employees in D.C. He was rabidly anti-Trump, because Trump was a disruptor, even like him, of managerialism, another name for the Deep State. Like those before him, Bezos joins the managerial class because it keeps at bay those competitors might rise to challenge him. Maybe the question isn't how did Bezos win, but why there are so few Bezos? My answer is that the managerial class prevents this through the alliance of business managers and government managers.</p><p>The managerial class is currently co-opting the woke revolution as another means of exerting its control over the public, extending its reach further into society. Will there be another Bezos? Not if Bezos has his way.</p><p><br /></p>Copyright 1/26/2022 8:32:00 PMThe Liberator TodayDefunding MinneapolisWhich would be the result of actually implementing this whole #DefundThePolice nonsense. To catch you up:From The Guardian:The Minneapolis city council has pledged to disband the citys police department and replace it with a new system of public safety, a historic move that comes as calls to defund law enforcement are sweeping the US. Speaking at a community rally on Sunday, a veto-proof majority of council members declared their intent to dismantle and abolish the embattled police agency responsible for George Floyds[...]2020-06-08T17:58:00-07:002020-06-08T22:05:46-07:00B-Daddyhttp://theliberatortoday.blogspot.com/2020/06/defunding-minneapolis.htmlB-Daddyhttp://theliberatortoday.blogspot.com/2020/06/defunding-minneapolis.htmlWhich would be the result of actually implementing this whole #DefundThePolice nonsense. To catch you up:<br />
From <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/07/minneapolis-city-council-defund-police-george-floyd" target="_blank">The Guardian</a>:<br />
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<i>The Minneapolis city council has pledged to disband the city’s police department and replace it with a new system of public safety, a historic move that comes as calls to defund law enforcement are sweeping the US. </i> </blockquote>
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<i>Speaking at a community rally on Sunday, a veto-proof majority of council members declared their intent to “dismantle” and “abolish” the embattled police agency responsible for George Floyd’s death – and build an alternative model of community-led safety. The decision is a direct response to the massive protests that have taken over American cities in the last two weeks, and is a major victory for abolitionist activists who have long fought to disband police and prisons.</i></blockquote>
Wow. A veto-proof majority? Guess it's curtains for all those racists holed up in ... checks notes ... Minneapolis? <br />
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This is so farcical as to defy my attempt to process it. Also, IT IS NOT HAPPENING! Guaranteed. It is all political posturing because these bozos on the Minneapolis City Council know they can get away with it. Minneapolis City Charter has this little clause getting in the way. (From the <a href="https://www.startribune.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-plans-to-defund-minneapolis-police/571112392/" target="_blank">Minneapolis Star-Tribune</a>) WAY below the fold.<br />
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<i>The Council must follow the City Charter which requires the funding of “a police force of at least 0.0017 employees per resident, and provide for those employees’ compensation, for which purpose it may tax the taxable property in the City up to 0.3 percent of its value annually.”<br />As for what size police force the charter requires, a city spokesman would say that’s a “legal interpretation” that he wouldn’t answer.<br />...<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Who can change the charter?</strong></span></i> </blockquote>
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But it would be FUN, FUN, FUN to speculate what would happen if the City Council successfully voted to abolish the city police department. My fearless predictions:</div>
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1. Most likely scenario. Before the abolition could take place, the city council would be recalled. See, I'm not racist, even though I am right wing. I think black people don't like getting shot, mugged, and stolen from just as much as white or brown people. (As usual, <a href="https://phys.org/news/2019-02-moral-world.html#:~:text=Anthropologists%20at%20the%20University%20of,%2C%20and%20respect%20others'%20property." target="_blank">¡SCIENCE!</a>, is on our side.)<br />
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2. If actually passed there would be a mass exodus of businesses and people from the city, along with a massive uptick in crime as the population armed themselves. Eventually the state would have to step in with police action. Same politicians also voted out of office.<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;">The utter un-seriousness of our current political class is stupendous and is either part of the process of up ending our society or is the cause of it. Either way, this isn't even socialism, it looks more like "clown fascism" (H/T <a href="https://twitter.com/Outsideness" target="_blank">Outsidedness</a> for the term.)</span><br />
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Once again Americans are facing questions about the definition of a Natural Born Citizen (NBC).<br />
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This is the simple and indisputable definition: Two citizens who have a child, naturally create a new citizen. This is a <b>Natural Born Citizen</b>.<br />
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There is absolutely no expert either legal or historical who will argue to the contrary. They may argue to include additional citizens, but this is the core of the definition.<br />
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Two people who have a child in a location, have a citizen who is native to that land. This is a <b>Native Born Citizen</b>. Thus, terms like "Native American" which imply a location and not an allegiance to a country.<br />
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A person can be both Natural Born and Native Born, or in the United States we also have <a href="http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Naturalized+citizen" target="_blank">Naturalized Citizens</a> who are foreign born but have legally become citizens.<br />
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The United States is a Democratic Republic. Republics are representative governments, government through representatives of the people. Because a democratic republic represents the people, it has some inherent vulnerabilities to foreign and opposing powers. </div>
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The most pressing vulnerability is the election to power of a representative of a foreign power or ideology. Foreign governments can use their money, power and influence to overwhelm the electoral process because individual citizens of a republic cannot compete with an entire determined nation when running for office. </div>
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Once elected, a foreign puppet would then pursue national or ideological interests to the detriment of the interests of the people of the republic. The puppet prince's declarations end the representative republic from within by undermining the trust, authority and legitimacy of the republic. </div>
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The founders of the United States were educated men who understood this threat and built several layers of protection against this existential threat.</div>
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On July 25, 1787, John Jay, who later became the Chief Justice of the United States under George Washington, wrote a <a href="http://www.kerchner.com/images/protectourliberty/johnjay1787lettertogeorgewashington.jpg" target="_blank">letter to George Washington</a> regarding the first draft of Article II of The Constitution. In the letter he specifically asks that only Natural Born citizens be eligible for the presidency in order to subvert foreign interests. </div>
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<i>“..cut off all chances for ambitious foreigners, who might otherwise be intriguing for the office.”</i></div>
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Two days after reading the request, the requirement was adopted without discussion or debate.</div>
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<i>Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of U.S. Constitution as adopted 17 Sep 1787:</i></div>
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<i>"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."</i></div>
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How do we know what the founders meant by Natural Born Citizen?</h3>
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Legal Insurrection has a <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/09/natural-born-citizens-marco-rubio-bobby-jindal-ted-cruz/" target="_blank">summary of all the factors that encompass the legal debate</a>. I disagree with the opinions in this article, but there is a lot of excellent information for researching this issue. The legal opinions that dominate this discussion lack historical context. Some historical context to consider...</div>
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In 1787, the biggest foe of the United States was the British Empire. However, all the kings of Europe were embroiled in wars for power and money. Any of these kings might scheme against America and take an American wife or have a prince born on American soil with the goal of establishing a puppet ruler in the newly formed American government. The resource rich Americas would then be ruled as under British rule, through a "Governor," but under the illusion of sovereignty.</div>
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A horse and a donkey beget neither a horse nor a donkey, but a mule.</div>
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Having one citizen parent does not mean allegiance is necessarily to our country, our culture or our republic. Having two citizen parents does not necessitate loyalty either, but at least We The People have every chance to assimilate Natural Born Citizens into our culture. If we fail to assimilate our own core citizens into our culture, the republic will not endure in any event.</div>
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This is the most alarming aspect of the rank ignorance in America today. Legal scholars, the education system and the press are so unenlightened that this simple historical fact is deemed political incorrect an assigned the derogatory term "Birther." </div>
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As stated above, Americans face an existential threat to our form of government and the rights it is meant to ensure. However, this is about more than America, it is about the future of human freedom and human rights.</div>
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There are only 2 political ideas in the world of men; men rule men or men rule themselves. </div>
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If men rule other men, no amount of technology or "progress" will ever lead to peace. War for conquest, power and to struggle for freedom will forever plaque our existence until we destroy ourselves.</div>
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Do you remember the headlines when Obama apparently declared America a Muslim country on French television?<br />
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Taken from an Islamic perspective this statement is dangerous. It sounds as if the President of the United States sees America is a Muslim nation. When you consider translations, this may presented to the masses as exactly that, American President Hussein (an exclusively Islamic name) Obama declares America to be Islamic. Thus America would be "al-Islam", or territory which may never be ceded to non-Muslims.<br />
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“America and yes I do consider the United States of America an Islamic country with an Islamically compliant constitution. Move On!” </blockquote>
Mohamed Elibiary of the Obama Administration's "Faith-based Security and Communications Advisory Committee" and "Countering Violent Extremist Working Group". <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/1/dhs-adviser-america-islamic-country" target="_blank">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/1/dhs-adviser-america-islamic-country</a><br />
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Example: per <a href="http://www.historynet.com/muhammad-the-warrior-prophet.htm" target="_blank">http://www.historynet.com/muhammad-the-warrior-prophet.htm</a><br />
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According to classical Sunni doctrine, jihad can refer generically to any worthy endeavor, but in Islamic law it means primarily armed struggle for Islam against infidels and apostates. The central element of the doctrine of jihad is that the Islamic community (ummah) as a whole, under the leadership of the caliph (successor to Muhammad), has the duty to expand Islamic rule until the whole world is governed by Islamic law. Expansionist jihad is thus a collective duty of all Muslims. <b>Land occupied by Muslims is known as the dar al-Islam, while all other territory is known as the dar al-harb, ?the land of war.? Islamic law posits the inalienability of Islamic territory. If infidels attack the dar al-Islam, it becomes the duty of all Muslims to resist and of all other Muslims to assist them.</b> Thus jihad can be defensive as well as offensive.</blockquote>
More information can be found in the outstanding article <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/" target="_blank">What ISIS Really Wants</a>.<br />
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Under this Islamic tenet, Israel shall never be left in peace under any circumstance. Furthermore, President Obama and his staff's declarations that America is a Muslim country adds America to this list of Islamic territory.<br />
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<br />Copyright 8/5/2015 5:00:00 AMhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqRb7yCMw5UvqPFP0ER_2fVGkTb5opLa15JacysPIQFrrUK0Lua268arhckolAIaw5UD8dS0xET1KpI0BkQgXTvhaSAQJnUvsvYlAOylR1Jfr2AeG9QJ1aazmbr3cbs2OE9_NntUv7fMm/s320/palestine%255B1%255D.jpgBeers with DemoAnd Where a Salon Scribe Gets a Tad Out of His Swim LaneOver the weekend, Salon writer, DAVID MASCIOTRA, caused quite a dust-up on social media with his own salute to the troops ahead of Veterans Day . Here is the headline, followed by the sub-headline and then followed by the first paragraph of the piece:You dont protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracyIt's been 70 years since we fought a war about freedom. Forced troop worship and compulsory patriotism must endPut a man in uniform, preferably a white man, give him a gun, and Americans will worship him. It is a particularly childish trait, of a childlike culture, that insists on anointing all active[...]2015-11-11T09:22:00-08:002015-11-11T09:22:09-08:00Deanhttp://beerswithdemo.blogspot.com/2015/11/and-where-salon-scribe-gets-tad-out-of.htmlDeanhttp://beerswithdemo.blogspot.com/2015/11/and-where-salon-scribe-gets-tad-out-of.html<br />
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Over the weekend, Salon writer, DAVID MASCIOTRA, caused quite a dust-up on social media with his own “salute to the troops” ahead of Veteran’s Day . Here is the headline, followed by the sub-headline and then followed by the first paragraph of the piece:<br />
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The first thing that jumped out at us was the use of “forced” and “compulsory”. His definition of those words would be greatly at odds with ours and yours, we suppose, but if you are going to pen this on the weekend prior to Veteran’s Day, you’d be well-served to go big on hyperbole. And what we’ve seen on T.V. this weekend, mostly at sporting events, were expressions of thankfulness and gratitude, not worship. With respect to his definition of the word "worship", your mileage may vary. But, again, if you are going to go there, go big... and, of course, play the race card. <i>Always play the race card</i>.<br />
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So, let’s put semantics aside and dig right into this with a critique angle that originates from the American left, Saul Alinsky specifically, and which is rooted in using one’s own rules against them. Are you familiar with the term “mansplaining”? Wiki has got it covered here, but in short it is: "a man condescendingly explain[ing] something to female listeners".<br />
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And more expansively, it is the phenomena of the explainer knowing less about the subject than the explainee. Narrowing it down again, we’ve seen the term used most consistently in the abortion argument where men have no right to an opinion on the matter since they are biologically incapable of having one. <i>OK, then. So, what say you, Mr. Masciotra?</i> Oh, wait. Who cares what this guy has to say? He is the ideological heir of those who mocked and ridiculed the G.I.s and Marines returning home from Vietnam. The man despises the military as an institution so WTF right does he have on opining on the subject? By the rules of the left, his arguments are null and void from the start. <i>See how that works?</i><br />
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But shutting down dissent is no fun, right? Especially, when we can have more fun deconstructing his argument.<br />
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Maybe ol’ boy is pitching such a fit because he’s jealous. That’s right, jealous. Gallup has been tracking respect in/confidence in various American institutions for decades. Follow the link <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/1597/Confidence-Institutions.aspx">here</a> and you’ll see the military has, over the years, been the most respected institution in America. And where would Masciotra’s profession(s) be? Newspapers, Television news, internet news, i.e., the mainstream media, are towards or right at the bottom of the heap. <br />
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Scroll down to the performances of the individual institutions over the years and you’ll see that the military’s numbers have remained steady where the public’s confidence in the media has eroded over time. So, perhaps having a 4th estate, the watchdog of democracy, that is so un-respected because the public lacks confidence they are doing their job is more deadening to real democracy than “worshipping” the troops.<br />
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The definition of “hero” is very much open to interpretation as it should be. One man’s hero may not be another’s and that’s completely fine. But here’s the thing Masciotra and his ilk don’t understand: Members of the most respected institution in the country will get the benefit of the doubt in this country’s cultural lexicon. And members of the least respected institutions in this country, the media hackeratti, of which he is a member, will not. <i>Sorry, Dave, no one likes you</i>.<br />
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Ancient societies passed along history and the pillars of that particular culture through story-telling and myth-making. The warriors of those societies were held up as models of physical bravery, courage and honor. There is a positive aspect to mythologizing the favorable aspects of society be they soldiers or not. Characters in our country’s past like, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed and John Henry have been mythologized and made figuratively larger-than-life in an effort to strengthen a shared American cultural experience and to perhaps serve as an analogy to vastness of our country.<br />
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The vet = hero narrative is really no different. We’ve seen it a couple of times when we are out with my little brother and his family where he will have his 3 young children approach members of the Huntington Beach Fire Department to express their gratitude and thanks for the work they do that if it hasn’t already, may certainly in the future, put their limb and life in harm’s way. My little brother is mythologizing (having his children look up to) the best aspects of our culture through these men: sacrifice, courage and bravery being among them.<br />
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Let’s leave with this: Guys: when you were growing up, what did you play? “Army” or “crap-weasel columnist at a lefty rag”? Ladies: “Into whose arms do you wish to fall? A fireman’s (mustachio and all), or <a href="https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1152&bih=626&q=david+masciotra&oq=David+Masci&gs_l=img.1.0.0l2j0i30l5j0i5i30j0i30j0i24.1537.4806.0.7971.11.11.0.0.0.0.264.1357.0j8j1.9.0....0...1.1.64.img..2.9.1351.huNNldg4NI0">David Masciotra</a>?<br />
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<i>A special Veterans’ Day shoutout to my two older brothers who also happen to be two of my favorite Cold War warriors who served with distinction and honor in this country’s nuclear sub fleet and the U.S. Army’s vaunted 82nd Airborne Division, respectively.</i><br />
Copyright 11/11/2015 9:22:00 AMBeers with DemoFootball rules changes...? You've come to the right place Theres no denying that over the last few decades most all on-field rules changes made by the NFL have been exercises in increasing offense and scoring. This has created an arms race in a sense where the pendulum[...]2015-01-31T14:04:00-08:002015-01-31T14:04:56-08:00Deanhttp://beerswithdemo.blogspot.com/2015/01/football-rules-changes-youve-come-to.htmlDeanhttp://beerswithdemo.blogspot.com/2015/01/football-rules-changes-youve-come-to.html<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlFtfQxGuexSqjkqs7B4Y9qmEqn5Y7FTV5rI58nufjk88QAwuMYp1KA4Vh5_axso7CKv67UK6PqRRKAeBfYxBBYMUqojVTYY5sNhkRwuLZQLpjfg0kt4iSATHuURwSWvilM_NOIY4S6DZ/s1600/nfl-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlFtfQxGuexSqjkqs7B4Y9qmEqn5Y7FTV5rI58nufjk88QAwuMYp1KA4Vh5_axso7CKv67UK6PqRRKAeBfYxBBYMUqojVTYY5sNhkRwuLZQLpjfg0kt4iSATHuURwSWvilM_NOIY4S6DZ/s400/nfl-logo.jpg" /></a></div><br />
There’s no denying that over the last few decades most all on-field rules changes made by the NFL have been exercises in increasing offense and scoring. This has created an arms race in a sense where the pendulum swings back and forth between the NFL offenses and NFL defenses whereby the offenses get aided by rules changes and the defenses counter with a combination of innovative schemes and superior athletes. To wit, for years, it’s been conventional wisdom that the best athletes in the world were in the NBA. Now days, we would add NFL defensive backs and possibly outside linebackers/rush ends into that mix <i>(you don’t think dudes like Richard Sherman, Darrelle Revis and J.J. Watt can ball a little?).</i><br />
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But to the rule changes…. They’ve become ridiculous. In addition to wanting to increase offensive excitement in the game, the competition committee (the group within the NFL responsible for on-field rules changes) now must address the issues of concussions when tweaking the rules of the game. This has resulted in, quite literally, a hands-off approach to defending receivers downfield and rushing the quarterback to the point that were an NFL fan from 1980 transported forward in time 35 years, he would scarcely recognize the game. And to be sure, this is not necessarily all bad: we understand the need to protect the players while they become bigger and faster as the game’s evolution demands it. And it’s also understandable that as NFL viewers/consumers, we, all bitching and grousing aside, adjust our expectations to what is and isn’t a penalty accordingly (i.e., do we watch any less football because you can’t lay a hand on the quarterback, anymore?).<br />
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There are, however, a few rule changes that we would like to see made that would, simultaneously, increase offense/scoring and/or offensive plays without having direct adverse impact on the defenses and defensive personnel.<br />
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1) Decrease the width of the goal post: At this year’s Pro Bowl, it was decided that the width of the goal post would be decreased by 4 ft. and which resulted in Adam Vinatieri missing 2 35 yard extra points and 1 38 yard field goal. This is a good thing. Let’s face it: Place kickers are just too good. Hell, by their appearances these days, lots of them actually look like athletes and inclement weather aside, anything inside 45-50 yards is pretty much automatic. We actually think it should be decreased by 6 ft. but we’ll settle for 4 ft., for now. And do you know why? Do you know what’s fun? 4th downs. 4th downs are fun. Do you know what’s not? Field goals. Field goals suck. Let’s force head coaches and offensive coordinators to make the tough call and keep their offense on the field for a 4th and 2 from the 32 yard line going in instead of picking up the perfunctory 3 points. <br />
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2) One foot instead of two inbounds: Why this has not happened by now absolutely baffles us. One foot inbounds while possessing the ball has been the rule at the college level for as longs as we can remember and if you want to increase offense at the pro level without putting the defense at a distinct disadvantage, why must you have two feet inbounds? This is such a no-brainer. <i> C’mon, guys</i>. Hit the Easy Button – make this happen!<br />
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3) The Calvin Johnson Rule: Now known as the Dez Bryant Rule. Let’s face it. We were robbed of one of the greatest moments in NFL Playoff history in the divisional playoff game a few weeks back between the Packers and Cowboys because the referees made the, <i>we guess</i>, correct ruling on an NFL rule that no one really understands. Sorry, any rule that contains the verbage “…and then makes a move consistent with the game…” is a bad rule. If the receiver comes down with two feet (one foot? Please see above) and possession of the ball and is downed by contact… <i>it’s a catch</i>. Or as one wag put it: “If 25 drunk guys at the bar think it’s a catch… <i>it’s a catch.”</i><br />
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4) Football inflation: We won’t bother re-hashing any of the controversy surrounding an issue that has garnered more attention than perhaps it has deserved other than to say that both Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, about 10 years ago, lobbied to have control of the footballs they were using for that particular game. As they were granted this concession, why not take it to the logical conclusion that they should be able to inflate/deflate the balls to whatever psi they desire? Honestly, does anyone really care to what pressure the footballs are inflated? We think not. And remember, this rule change does not put the defense at any specific disadvantage. This isn’t baseball where in a mano a mano matchup between the pitcher and the batter, the pitcher is at a significant advantage by “doctoring” the baseball. Besides, defensive backs have hands like snakes so it’s not going to matter anyway. <br />
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This simply makes it easier for the quarterback to throw the ball and for the receivers to catch it and for the running backs and receivers to hold on to it. <i>Or does it?</i> Ahhh… therein lies the rub: the quarterback will have to take into consideration the preferences of his receivers and backs… or… he doesn’t. All in all, if this rule change goes through, we don’t foresee the psi of the football moving much out of the league-mandated range of 12.5 – 13.5 psi as it is now. Just let the QBs do with their footballs what they want so we can eliminate silly controversies like DeflateGate.<br />
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We have some other proposed rules changes but we wanted to keep this list specific to increasing offense and excitement while not putting the defense at a specific disadvantage.<br />
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There you have it gang. Let us know what you think.<br />
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