POLITICAL BLOTTER

[T.B.]

I voted for Youngkin because his vests are cool.

Better hope Geoff Tate never runs for office.

[Darrin Stephens]

Better hope Geoff Tate never runs for office.

Tim Kaine's wife is a Queensryche fan so he may have trouble despite the vest.

[bklynboy68]

I voted for Youngkin because his vests are cool.

There ya go.

A well run vest campaign obviously.

[Darrin Stephens]

Saudiis have evacuated all embassy staff and citizens of the kingdom out of Afghanistan effective immediately.

Wonder what their intel is picking up

[Dave's Dreidel]

The issue I have (and the left does the same with the word fascist) is how flippantly it is used. For 8 years, i read time after time, on this board, how Obama was a socialist. My response was typically just pasting the definition of the word as there was clearing an issue with the language. He was as much a socialist as Biden is young and alert. I reckon congress has as many socialists as it does fascists (not many).

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95% of the people elected to Congress couldn't define "Socialist" or "Socialism" even if you offered them a free trip to Epstein Island aboard the Lolita Express.

[edwardv]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspects-a...ry?id=96923380

Nazis ?

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[T.B.]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspects-a...ry?id=96923380

Nazis ?

"...Russell, who was the founder of the notorious neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen"

You'd think a neo-Nazi group would come up with a name less silly sounding then Atomwaffen.

[fudd]

"...Russell, who was the founder of the notorious neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen"

You'd think a neo-Nazi group would come up with a name less silly sounding then Atomwaffen.

If had the atomwaffen at Waffle House a couple of times. Gives me gas.


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[Sam Vs. Dave]

Bethany Hamilton will not surf against trans opponents.


https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/0...nder-athletes/

[bklynboy68]

Bethany Hamilton will not surf against trans opponents.


https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/0...nder-athletes/

Good for her.

[bklynboy68]

Rep. Judy Chu Was Named ‘Honorary Chairwoman’ Of Alleged Chinese Intel Front Group

Philip Lenczycki
February 06, 2023


California Democratic Rep. Judy Chu was appointed to a leadership position within an alleged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence front group in 2019, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation.

In August 2019, Chu was named “honorary chairwoman” of the Forums for Peaceful Reunification of China, an organization which opposes Taiwan’s independence, according to a DCNF translation of multiple sources. However, the U.S.-China Economic Security and Review Commission (USCC) has previously identified the organization as serving a CCP “intelligence service,” while multiple experts told the DCNF that they agreed with USCC’s determination.

Article
https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/06/c...tion-of-china/

[The Rover]

Mark Levin: Our Country is Under Attack
Congress vs. The Executive Branch

[bklynboy68]

Education board member gets booted after defending Constitution, speaking out against socialism

Senate of Virginia votes not to confirm board of education member who championed 'traditional American values'

February 8, 2023



A woman who championed "traditional American values" was booted from the Virginia Board of Education one week after sparring with another board member over whether public schools should present socialism as "incompatible with democracy."

"I thought people celebrated diversity. Whether it's diversity of thought, diversity of viewpoint or diversity of any of the many characteristics?" Suparna Dutta, who immigrated to the United States from India, told Fox News ahead of the vote. "I'm flummoxed."


Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin appointed Dutta to the Virginia Board of Education in July. Dutta was set to be confirmed by the Senate of Virginia Tuesday night along with a host of other appointees to various government positions.

But Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi introduced a last-minute amendment removing Dutta from the nominations. The amendment passed on a party-line vote, according to a progressive group that tracks the state's General Assembly.

Senate Democrats "voted to remove Suparna Dutta, shockingly claiming that a public school parent isn’t qualified to serve on the Board of Education," Youngkin said in a statement. "She is a mother and advocate for parents’ rights, she is an immigrant and an advocate for Asian American rights, she is an engineer and advocate for STEM in education."

"She is not only qualified, she epitomizes parental involvement in our schools and we need her voice on our Board of Education," the governor continued.

Dutta's ousting follows a contentious exchange last week during a board meeting reviewing proposed changes to history and social science standards in Virginia public schools. Two of the foundational principles outlined in the learning standards are that the "Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are remarkable documents" and that socialism and communism are "incompatible with democracy and individual freedoms."


Board member Anne Holton — who is married to Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine — said she was "uncomfortable" with that language.

"You cannot reference the Declaration of Independence and Constitution as remarkable documents without also acknowledging that they contain fundamental flaws of enshrining slavery and limiting the protections that they provided for only to white, propertied men," she said.

Holton conceded that communism is not compatible with democracy, but said "plenty of governments" call themselves socialist democratic governments.

"So is socialism compatible with democracy?" Holton asked. "That would be a great debate to have in a 12th grade government civics class."

Minutes later, Dutta chimed in to defend the Constitution and excoriate socialism.

"I think socialism is just about as bad as communism," Dutta said. "It co-opts the important decisions belonging to families and individuals."


"Somebody had to jump in and challenge that viewpoint," Dutta told Fox News Tuesday. "America is great. America's founding documents are great. And I do believe that socialism is very destructive, coming from a country which was founded as a socialist country."

Drafting of the new standards began under Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam and restarted in August after Youngkin took over and appointed new board members, including Dutta, according to local news outlet WRIC.

Swift backlash followed, with many who spoke at public hearings voicing outrage over proposed changes — including describing Native Americans as the United States' first immigrants — and accusing Youngkin's administration of whitewashing history.

Dutta was labeled a "far-right extremist" by the democratic Virginia Grassroots Coalition, which started a campaign against her confirmation. The coalition called her divisive, disruptive and "not qualified" to be a board member, and pointed to controversial remarks she made during previous meetings, such as branding colonialism, enslavement and racism "questionable concepts."

Dutta denied the allegations.

She also said in a prior meeting that she would like to see public school curriculums based on "traditional American values."

Ahead of the confirmation vote, Dutta said no matter the outcome, she would "always be thankful to be in America" and participate in democracy.

"Only in America can a common person be heard … and be part of the process," she said. "And I will continue to fight for education for our children."


https://www.foxnews.com/us/education...king-socialism



Gee, Sen Maine’s wife is a peach isn’t she? Kinda proves why we should care what comes out of her mouth.

[The Rover]

Russ Vought: America’s Woke And Weaponized Government Is Out Of Control, Republicans Must Take Control With Debt Limit Leverage

https://rumble.com/v28ryx0-russ-voug...f-control.html

Republican’s Mighty 20 Changed GOP Leadership Forever “Leadership Is No Longer Playing To Lose”

https://rumble.com/v28s160-republica...-no-longe.html

[MD 5150]

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke on campaign trail, hospitalized for lightheadedness

Fetterman was taken to George Washington University Hospital after feeling lightheaded toward the end of the Senate Democratic retreat Wednesday, according to a statement from his spokesperson, Joe Calvello
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrati...052642544.html