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The unhinged left increasingly portrays Trump as a dictator

Rich Lowry
New York Post
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:55 UTC
Protesters rally against Trump administration immigration policies in New York City, June 19, 2018.
© Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Protesters rally against Trump administration immigration policies in New York City, June 19, 2018.


The Nazi analogy has long been recognized as the crudest and dumbest form of argument, but it's enjoying a renaissance.

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden notoriously and unapologetically tweeted a photo of Auschwitz-Birkenau as a response to family separations at the border. Upon a report that parents at the border were being told that their children were being taken to get bathed and disappearing, Chris Hayes of MSNBC tweeted, "What does this remind you of?" Soledad O'Brien chimed in, "Welp, I guess we've put to rest the question: 'Nazi Germany: Could it happen here in America?' "

Progressives imagine that they are protecting our system when making these and related charges, but they are really losing faith in it themselves and undermining its legitimacy.

Kumail Nanjiani, a comedian and actor with more than 2 million followers on Twitter, objected to President Trump's contention that illegal immigration brings criminals into the United States. He said Hitler "focused on crimes by Jews," and this is what brought on Nazi Germany over time.

Comment: Left-wingers in the US should be careful what they wish for:

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Car Black

Police put the kibosh on British racers speeding on French autoroute

Brian McCulloch
The Connexion
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:00 UTC
Gendarmes confiscate licences of Modball Rally drivers after vehicles clocked driving at between 180kph and 265kph on A26 near Calais

Modball Rally

Cars at the start of the 2017 Modball Rally in London
French gendarmes confiscated driving licences and imposed on-the-spot fines of €750 on four British drivers taking part in a Cannonball Run-style race.

One of the drivers was clocked at 265kph on the A26 autoroute near Calais, police said. Others were travelling at more than 180kph, regional newspaper Voix du Nord reported.

As they were clocked driving at more than 50kph above the speed limit, they were immediately banned from driving in France. Police can hold licences for 72 hours, and the cases are then sent to court, where bans of up to three years can be imposed.

The drivers all passed breathalyser tests, and gendarmes did not confiscate the vehicles. No date has yet been set for the drivers' appearances at court in Saint-Omer.
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Brick Wall

Cutting welfare to illegal aliens would easily pay for Trump's wall

Paul Sperry
New York Post
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 12:21 UTC
border wall
© AFP/Getty Images
Mexico won't have to pay for the wall, after all. US taxpayers won't have to pick up the tab, either. The controversial barrier, rather, will cover its own cost just by closing the border to illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole.

That's the finding of recent immigration studies showing the $18 billion wall President Trump plans to build along the southern border will pay for itself by curbing the importation of not only crime and drugs, but poverty.

"The wall could pay for itself even if it only modestly reduced illegal crossings and drug smuggling," Steven A. Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Post.

Federal data shows that a wall would work. A two-story corrugated metal fence in El Paso, Texas, first erected under the Bush administration has already curtailed illegal border crossings there by more than 89 percent over the five-year period during which it was built.

Absent a wall, the Homeland Security Department forecasts an additional 1.7 million illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border over the next decade.

Comment: See also:

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Star of David

Belgian model poses nude at Jerusalem's Western Wall photoshoot - predictably admins not happy


RT
Sat, 30 Jun 2018 09:51 UTC
jews jerusalem angry
© Reuters / Ronen Zvulun
A Belgian model known for her provocative photoshoots has stirred up controversy after posing nude on a Jerusalem rooftop - with the Western Wall, one of the city's most sacred sites, in the background.

The photograph of 26-year-old Marisa Papen is part of an exhibition in the Belgian coastal town of Knokke. Titled "Road to Liberation," the photo shows Papen reclining in a plastic beach chair, with the Western Wall - a Jewish holy site - serving as the backdrop.

While her native Belgium appears unfazed by Papen's nudity, the photograph has outraged the Western Wall's rabbi and administrators, and has sparked heated debate on social media.
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Eggs Fried

'Huge, serious divergence' between UK and EU on Brexit, says EU negotiator Michel Barnier

Oliver Rowland
The Connexion
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:40 UTC
Michel Barnier

Michel Barnier says time is running out to secure an exit deal for the UK
A 'huge and serious divergence' remains between the UK and EU on Brexit, says the EU's negotiator Michel Barnier.

Speaking to journalists at the summit of EU leaders taking place in Brussels, he said finding a solution to the Northern Irish border remains the biggest problem.

He added: "After Brexit, we want, the EU want, an EU-UK ambitious partnership, on trade as well as on security.

"But we have to base this partnership on our values and principles, respecting also the UK red lines. That means for us integrity of the single market, indivisibility of the four freedoms, autonomy of the decision making of the EU, and protection and respect of the fundamental rights of EU citizens. And this point is key for our future cooperation and security."

Comment: Jean Claude-Juncker says EU is getting ready for no-deal on Brexit

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Bad Guys

Terrorism in Europe and the high cost of 'Batman Syndrome'

Giulio Meotti
Gatestone Institute
Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:28 UTC
soldier Eiffel Tower
© Franck Prevel/Getty Images
A soldier stands guard in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
The European Union lost €180 billion (USD $210 billion) in GDP due to terrorism between 2004 and 2016. The United Kingdom (€43.7 billion) and France (€43 billion) suffered the highest losses, followed by Spain (€40.8 billion) and Germany (€19.2 billion), according to a Rand Corporation study.
"Beyond those who have been directly physically affected by terrorist attacks, the extensive coverage of terrorist attacks through multiple media and social media channels has substantially increased the amount of people and companies that could be psychologically affected. This subsequently affects their economic behaviour".
New statistics have also come from the Britain's anti-terrorism office. 441 people have been arrested in the UK for terrorism in the last year alone, and 4,182 since the attacks of September 11, 2001. The threat of terrorism is exhausting Europe.
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Snowflake

MSNBC & CNN demand Dems 'rise up' to keep Trump from appointing Supreme Court justice


BB4WP
Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:28 UTC
Angele Rye

Angele Rye
Former Dem Rep. Donna Edwards and CNN analyst Angela Rye called for Democrats to do whatever it takes to stop President Donald Trump from getting a Supreme Court justice appointed this fall.

As Josh Caplan pointed out: MORE violent rhetoric from the Left as CNN and MSNBC analysts urge Democrats to "raise hell," and "throw down," to prevent Pres. Trump from getting Supreme Court justice appointed.
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Dollars

'Girl from the Bronx' Ocasio-Cortez fact-checked - Actually grew up in wealthy enclave

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 30 Jun 2018 11:25 UTC
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The Democratic Party's rising socialist icon - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has been on an intense media junket since her upset primary victory over establishment Democrat Joe Crowley this week - doing her darnedest to project her "girl from the Bronx" working-class image.

"Well, you know, the president is from Queens, and with all due respect - half of my district is from Queens - I don't think he knows how to deal with a girl from the Bronx," Ocasio-Cortez told Stephen Colbert during an appearance on The Late Show.
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2 + 2 = 4

The Maxine Waters method and smoking policy

Frank Davis
Frank Davis
Sat, 30 Jun 2018 10:53 UTC
Maxine Waters
© Mike Segar / Reuters
I'm a silent driver. I hardly ever use my car horn. I see people going too fast, or too slow, or cutting corners, but I never feel the need to express indignation about it - even if what they've just done has caused me to brake or stop or swerve. It takes a lot to get me to hit my horn.

As far as I'm concerned, these sorts of slight obstructions and infringements are just part and parcel of driving. The same is true of walking along a street. People suddenly stop, or change direction. Stuff happens.
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Broom

UK population one of the fastest growing in EU, largely due to migration


Westmonster
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:00 UTC
Uk population migration
New population stats demonstrate the huge effect the mass migration policy is having on Britain, with the population increasing by almost another 400,000 in one year, the majority of which is due to net migration.

The UK population is at the end of June 2017 stood at 66,040,229, an increase of 392,000 since mid-2016. 59% of this increase is attributed to migration.

Though this year's annual population increase of 0.6% is lower than in previous years, historically it is huge. For instance, in 1997 when Tony Blair came to power, the annual population increase was 0.26%.

The ONS also reveal that the "largest inflow of immigrants to the UK was from Romania (50,000)".

Comment: The strain on services probably isn't due to migration, in fact, were it not for some migrants the NHS would struggle to function at all. The real strain on services is a decade of illogical and immoral 'austerity' measures and an ailing economy which has seen poverty sky rocket alongside a rise in violent crime. Obviously uncontrolled mass migration has a detrimental impact on a society and where possible, one would expect nurses to be recruited from the local community rather than shipped in from abroad just because they're willing to work for poverty pay and in inhuman working conditions. Also check out SOTT radio's:

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