Wishful thinking for a perfect day.

Wishful thinking from a friend.

 

THE PERFECT DAY – January 20, 2017

 

1.    President Marco Rubio and Vice President Carly Fiorina are sworn into office.

 

2.    In a rare event on inauguration day, Congress convenes for an emergency meeting to repeal the illegal and unconstitutional Socialist healthcare farce known as Obamacare.  The new Director of Health and Social Services Dr. Ben Carson announces that an independent group of healthcare management professionals is hired to handle healthcare services for poor and low income people.  They are also assigned the duty of eliminating Medicare and Medicaid fraud.  Government’s costs for public healthcare are reduced by 90%.  Healthcare insurance premiums for working Americans are reduced by 50%.  The move saves billions of taxpayer paid dollars.  Healthcare service in the U.S improves 100%.

 

3.    Newly appointed department of Homeland Security Chief Donald Trump announces the immediate deployment of Troops to the U.S. Mexico border to control illegal immigration and the immediate deportation of illegals with criminal records or links to terrorist groups.  New bio-encrypted Social Security ID’s are required by every American citizen.  Birthright is abolished. All immigration from countries that represent a threat to the safety of American citizens is terminated indefinitely. The move saves American taxpayers billions of dollars.  Several prisons are closed.

 

4.    Newly appointed Secretary of Business and Economic Development Ted Cruz eliminates more than half of the Government agencies operating under the Obama administration saving taxpayers billions of dollars.  Stocks rise 100%.

 

5.    Newly appointed Director of Government Finance Rand Paul announces the abolition of the IRS and displays a copy of the new Federal Tax Return form.  It consists of one page.  The instructions consist of two pages. The Federal Reserve is audited. The move saves American Taxpayers billions of dollars and increases tax revenue.

 

6.    Hillary Clinton is in jail, where she belongs.  Her cell is directly across from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who are serving time for ‘Hate Crimes”.  She bitches at them constantly from behind the bars of her cell in what some might call cruel and unusual punishment.

 

7.    Bernie Sanders is in the nuthouse, where he belongs.  His room is directly across from Nancy Pelosi, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chris Matthews and Al Franken.  They meet for tea every day at ten and discuss the success and benefits of Communism and Socialism throughout the world.  They also wonder when the “Mothership” is going to pick them up and return them to their home planets.

 

8.    Windows 12 is released.  It is designed for humans, doesn’t try to satisfy the needs of every person on the planet, doesn’t require a degree in nuclear physics to operate and looks just like Windows 7 except it is easier to use.

 

9.    Barack Obama flees the United States under cover of darkness and returns to his homeland of Kenya before his trial for treason begins.  He deplanes on a remote jungle airstrip.  It was reported that he was last seen wandering through the jungle singing “Hakuna Matata” with a chimp named Commie.

 

10. Oscar Meyer announces the introduction of a new cholesterol and fat free pepperoni that tastes just like regular pepperoni.

 

12. A committee is not established to determine what is causing global cooling.  Billions of taxpayer dollars are saved.

 

 

14. Dead people are no longer allowed to vote in Chicago, a huge blow for the Democrat Party in the State of Illinois.

 

And this my friends constitutes THE PERFECT DAY!!!!!!

 

More on the downing of the Russian bomber in Syria.

The more we hear about this story, the fishier it sounds. Here are the conflicting claims of the Turkish and Russian authorities:

Let's take what the Turks are saying.

1.Turkey's President claims that the Russian plane was warned he was heading toward Turkish territory;
2. When the violation was confirmed, Tayyip R. Erdogan was notified and he then ordered the plane to be shot down;
3.  The Turkish crew then armed their missiles and fired;
4. The Russian plane took no evasive action and was shot down.

What is wrong with this picture? Let's say that this map is accurate. Then the time spent by the bomber over Turkish territory is less than 17 seconds (latest estimate). And in those 17 seconds, the Turkish F-16 sent a radio message, received the order to fire, armed its missile and pressed the send button (the F-16 uses Sidewinders). And the Russian pilots flew on, completely oblivious of the Turkish plane and took neither evasive action nor dropped chaff. Believable? No!

What MAY HAVE HAPPENED. Russia had notified the Obama regime (a member of NATO as is Turkey) that their planes were going to operate in the vicinity of a NATO member. The Obama regime then notified the Turks, who set up an ambush. The plane was shot down over Syrian territory (according to Russian military sources), two pilots parachuted and one was fired upon while in the air (a war crime)  by the Turkomen militia on the ground and killed. The Russians and Syrians sent a rescue mission that recovered the second pilot, losing one Russian marine in the process.

The Russians made the following military moves:

1. Moved the missile cruiser near the shore;
2. Put in the S-400 anti aircraft batteries to protect their planes;
3. Ordered fighter escort for their bombers;
4. Wiped out the Turkomen militia near the crash site;
5. Attacked ISIS oil carriers as they headed to Turkey.
6. Severed all military communication with Turkey.

Under consideration: economic sanctions as the previous post elaborated. Putin warns Turkey not to try it again.

 

 

Russia/Turkish standoff escalates.

Here is a map published by the Turks claiming that Russian planes violated Turkish airspace:

The following is clear:
1. If the Turkish claim is true, the Russian plane was over Turkish territory for only a few seconds:
2. It is clear that the Russian plane posed no danger to Turkey.
3. It is also clear that Turkey is the end point of ISIS selling oil. Turkey therefore is an ISIS ally.
4. Turkey is also supporting ISIS by attacking the Kurds, the only credible opposition to ISIS on the ground.

The following military actions were taken:
1. Russia moved the Moskva missile cruiser to off the coast where it can interdict Syrian air space;
2. Russia is bombarding Turkomen positions in Syria from the sea and also by artillery;
3. Russian bombers now have fighter escort:

4. Turkey is moving tanks to its border with Syria. Twenty tanks were shipped there via rail.
5. Turkey sent at least a dozen F-16 fighters into the area.

Russia strikes back at Turkey.

Bair baiting is a dumb sport. Especially when the bear is the Russian bear. Turkey had downed a Russian plane and lied about the reason. Not only that, but one of the pilots was killed in the air when trying to parachute to safety. That is a war crime. The Russians were furious. Here is a list of retaliatory moves.

Restriction on imports of food, stopping procedures on a pipeline through Turkey, stopping construction of an atomic power plant, stopping tourism and transit of Turkish trucks. The effects will be widespread.

Turkish PM labeled Russian reactions "emotional." The Turks better retreat while they can and apologize. Europe is not going to bail them out.

    

What it feels like in Belgium.

Rabbi Avraham Gigi described the environment of fear in the Belgian capital since the city has been in lockdown following police terror raids across the country.

“There is a sense of fear in the streets, the Belgians understand that they too are targets of terror. Jews now pray in their homes [as opposed to at synagogues] and some of them are planning on emigrating,” Gigi said.He explained, “Since Shabbat the city has been paralyzed. The synagogues were closed, something which has not happened since World War Two. People are praying alone or are holding small minyanim [small prayer groups] at private homes. Schools and theaters are closed as are most large stores and public events are not permitted. We live in fear and wait for instructions from the police or the government.”

 

Gigi noted that the Belgian Jewish population is at 50,000 (25,000 in Brussels/18,000 in Antwerp), noting there has been a migration of Jews to Israel “as well as emigration to Canada and the US. People understand there is no future for Jews in Europe.”

In a statement released Tuesday, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, director of the European Jewish Association, said his organization “is determined to continue our work to ensure that the 3 million Jews who live on our continent can continue to command a safe home and to be able to freely and proudly identify themselves as Jews.”

How about the EU?

One of the major predictions of Larry is that the EU will self-destruct. Frankly, I did not see how. Now, there are forces that are beginning to drive these countries and may escalate in the future.

The "refugees" from the Islamic world.
This is what gave the centrifugal forces credibility. The Visegrad group (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary)  refused to import a dangerous minority.

The Paris attacks by ISIS.
Have put the Shengen visa-free travel in Europe in jeopardy. The Shengen method is one of the cornerstones of the EU.

The economic fragmentation.
First it was Greece whose voters rebelled against the 'austerity' mandated by the Germans and the French. They are now joined by the Portuguese, where voters voted in a Leftist government opposed to austerity. The question is whether the govt will double cross the voters like the Greek govt did. The Portuguese politicians taking power had mentioned defaulting on their loans.

And to the East is Russia.
Will Russia go to war with Turkey? Frankly, I don't see the Visegrad group sticking with NATO.

Finally, England may vote to leave the EU.

Larry is looking good.

War cycles heat up.

Another great source of explanations of what is going on is Larry Edelson's war cycles theorem.


Right now, the cycles of war are heating up.


1. The Turkey-Russia embroglio. Russia has been bombing Assad's enemies, which includes some Turkomens is Syria. Turkey let it be known that it will not accept people related to the Turkish people be treated such. So, Turkey shot down a Russian fighter bomber as it crossed a spit of Turkish territory. To rub it in, the Turkomens machine-gunned the ejected pilots, killing one while he was descending. When the Russians sent rescue helicopters to rescue the pilots, the Turkomens shot one down with an American-made TOW missile. The Russians then dispatched the Moscow missile frigate to guard their planes and helicopters over the battle area (Lattakia province). The Turks are put on notice that any further shooting will be reciprocated. See how this is escalating? Now, Russia's Mediterranean fleet passes through the Bosporus. Will Turkey try to stop them? Will Russia the try to seize the Bosporus? Turkey is part of NATO and can invoke the NATO charter of defense. That is the recipe for war between NATO and Russia.


2. The Russia-Ukraine imbroglio.
Russia cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine, because the Ukrainians did not pay their gas bill. In turn, Ukraine issued a directive forbidding Russian planes to fly over Ukrainien territory. That cuts off Transnistria (an Eastern part of Moldova) from Russian support. You just know that Russia will do something. What?

Rush Limbaugh's contributions.

1. Description of the Drive-by-Media. The metaphor is apt. Like a bunch of gangsters, the Media descend on a story and when they achieved their goal of destroying something they do not like, or someone they do not like, they move on to destroy someone or something else.


2. The Limbaugh theorem. Some people wonder why Obama retains the allegiance of nearly 50% of the population. Rush provided the explanation. Obama pretends that he is not in charge, so that the results of his policies have nothing to do with him. Then he campaigns against the results that his policies cause.


Examples:
1. Obama was "shocked" at what went on at the VA. He was gonna find out about it. Of course, he did nothing;


2. Obama was shocked at the rise in health insurance premiums. You have guessed it. He was gonna find out about it. But, these increases are the product of Obamacare. And they are designed to bankrupt insurance companies and get people to accept a single payer system - total government control.


3. Obama gave orders to alter intelligence estimates about ISIS, so he could claim that ISIS is a JV team and that his strategy to control them is working. Yup, he was outraged when he heard that the intelligence estimates were altered due to political pressure. Yup, he is gonna get to the bottom of it.


And so on.

Obama gives in to pressure: some ISIS tankers bombed.

Even the Drive-by-Media became alarmed by Obama's tilt toward Islamists, so we began to see stories about just how Obama tilts toward Islamists:


1. The tilt to Iran and the path to atomic weapons;
2. Obama's refusal to deliver weapons to the Kurds fighting ISIS;
3. Obama's calling for Muslin refugees to be settled in the US, knowing that a fair number are terrorists and approve of terrorism;
4. The stories about how Obama refuses to read intelligence reports about Islamists;
5. The stories about how Obama's henchmen used pressure to alter intelligence reports about ISIS. Based on those altered reports, ISIS was allowed to expand in Iraq;
6. There are even stories of the US aiding ISIS.


The Obama regime then gave orders to bomb a few ISIS tanker trucks that carry oil, so they can claim to fight ISIS.

Issues.

1. Gita Gopinath on the effects of raising interest rates.
Dr Gopinath argues that raising interest rates will produce little inflation in the US, whereas other countries will be not so lucky. Why? Because international trade is invoiced in US Dollars and prices are fixed for about 10 months. So, if the rising interest rate in the US drives up the value of the Dollar, the resulting inflation rate will NOT be passed through into prices right away, whereas in other countries prices will rise. I think she is wrong. The market value of the US Dollar has risen sharply in anticipation of rising interest rates and political tensions. The rise in the price of the Dollar has been accompanied by a fall in commodity prices, causing deflation. Will the rise in interest rates exaggerate the problem? No, says Larry Edelson. He claims that from now on the war cycles will be driving commodity prices up.


2. Why Obama wants to cut down the US.
Barak Hussein Obama, along with other Leftists, hates the United States. He believes that the US was conceived in racism, sexism and homophobia and has become wealthy at the expense of other countries. Therefore, Obama believes, the US must be cut down to size to restore fairness. Obama believes that he is being thwarted in his goals by white voters, so he is doing everything he can to reshape the country's population. That is why he opened up the borders and lets in Central Americans - they vote for Democrats. That is why he is importing Muslims. They also vote for Democrats. If these groups cause violent flareups, that is just too bad.


3. Why does the GOP allow this to happen?
In part because the US Chamber of Commerce wants lots of Latinos to repress wages. But, the GOP is fearful that opposing the Latinization of America would turn the Media against them. Of course the Media hates them already. There is one more factor. There is plenty of grounds to impeach Obama and remore him from office. But! Blacks would torch the cities and create havoc. Besides, the GOP believes, what can Obama do in a year? Unfortunately, a lot.

Obama aids ISIS.

 

U.S. Military Pilots Provide Solid Proof That Obama Is Helping ISIS… Here’s What They’re Saying

WILMOT PROVISO NOVEMBER 21, 2015 AT 2:39PM

 

Providing yet another piece of evidence that President Barack Obama is shielding the Islamic State group from destruction by American forces, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee told the Washington Free Beacon that U.S. military pilots have confirmed 75 percent of missions against the group have returned with their ordnance because they couldn’t get clearance to fire.

Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., said that an Obama administration policy not to strike if there’s any risk of collateral damage had led to the 75 percent no-fire rate, which has led to the growth of the Islamic State group across Syria and Ira

“You went 12 full months while ISIS was on the march without the U.S. using that air power and now as the pilots come back to talk to us they say three-quarters of our ordnance we can’t drop, we can’t get clearance even when we have a clear target in front of us,” Royce said.

“I don’t understand this strategy at all because this is what has allowed ISIS the advantage and ability to recruit.”

Retired four-star Army Gen. Jack Keane agreed with Royce’s assessment.

 

“This has been an absurdity from the beginning,” Gen. Keane said. “The president personally made a statement that has driven air power from the inception.”

“When we agreed we were going to do air power and the military said, this is how it would work, he (Obama) said, ‘No, I do not want any civilian casualties,’” Keane said. “And the response was, ‘But there’s always some civilian casualties. We have the best capability in the world to protect from civilians casualties.’”

“No, you don’t understand. I want no civilian casualties. Zero,” Obama allegedly demanded.

Of course, Obama now has over 130 civilian casualties on his hands in one French city alone, along with countless civilian casualties from an Islamic State group that’s been thriving in the absence of any serious military challenge from the United States military.

However, unlike Obama, the French seem to get it.

“Believe me,” Keane said, “the French are in there not using the restrictions we have imposed on our pilots.”

It almost makes one think that Barack Obama wants the Islamic State group to win.

Read more: http://conservativetribune.com/pilots-provide-solid-proof/#ixzz3sHSxNS1g

AJ adds: ISIS derives income from selling oil, about $1.8M/day. Without that income ISIS would crumble and become a real JV team. But, Obama has forbidden taking out the tankers on the excuse that they are driven by civilians.

 

 

Greeting Winter storm Bella.

Winter Storm Algore.

 

You have heard the story, Friend, so let me tell you more

Of rampaging global warmth and a Winter Storm Algore.

You see the way it’s working out, heat makes all the snow

And the more the planet’s heating up, the lower the temp will go.

 

Two weeks before the Winter’s here the Midwest bears the brunt

Of a horrific winter storm you see, a monumental dump

Of snow and ice across the plains as rampaging Algore

Is blowing fifty mile gusts and closing all the roads.

 

Even in Wisconsin, where they invented such things

The snow plows went idle in the fifty mile winds.

Some places in the Middle West the drifts are fifteen feet

As Winter Storm Algore heads East to repeat this here feat.

 

I am hoping the trees survive the onslaught of the ice

To thrive next year when people deal the climate frauds their prize.

They need to grow a sturdy branch to bear the weight and more

As we string tall he Greenies up and climate fraud Algore.

 

 

 

This was written in 2009. Warmists were idiots even then.

Islam is a religion of violence.

Islamic texts (the Koran and the Hadith) are full of exhortations calling the faithful to fight and kill non-Muslims. There are too many to replicate here, but if you want to see them there are quotations in English:

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm

Doug Casey: Forecasting another meltdown.

Casey Research bases the forecast on this:

The Bond Market is twice the size of the Stock Market. Therefore, the Bond Market is perhaps a better predictor of economic expectation.

This is how it works. When investors expect an economic turndown they demand a higher return on  bonds that are issued by less secure entities.  These bonds are called 'junk bonds.' No mystery why this happens: less secure entities go out of business during turndowns. However, govt bonds do not have to increase interest as much  because Uncle Sam has a lot of staying power. So, those issuing junk bonds must promise a higher return because of the higher risk. The spread between junk bonds and govt bonds (i.e. the difference in rates paid by issuers), therefore, becomes a reflection of what investors anticipate.

The spread increased in 2007 and is increasing now.

English couture in the age of terror.

At a recent friendly game at Wembly stadium (London), a squad of 'robocops' showed up to guard the 80K fans.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3322976/Chilling-new-face-police-Britain.html


That is the face of police in the England which contains significant number of Muslims. The French lost, btw.

Gold and silver bottoming this month - Larry

In addition, gold plunged below 1073 today; another requirement for the end of the gold bear market of four years. Big rallies will come into March/April next year.

Have things changed since June?

I wrote this poem in June.

The TV goes on.

Seven o'clock in the morning, the TV goes on

What was done by bloody ISIS and the Taliban?

What is the news in the Country, where is all the drama?

Are we still a great Republic, or have we King Obama?

And the Supremes up in DC, have they yet decided

If a man can marry his dog and lie down beside it?

Does the GOP still stand tall or has it got the crumbles

As they're misled by the Boner and Senator McMumbles?

Now that Hillary's running does Bill get the dough

What difference does this all make, the question is a bore.

Are the Greeks negotiating the latest EU deal

That wrecks their economy and their deposits steal?

How about our trade bill, do we get to know

What's in it before it passes, besides all the snow?

And the Country, what's the climate, what's with all the rain

If he gets a Nobel Peace Prize will he arm Ukraine?

These are all the essentials covered in the news

Except that Iran is waiting till it gets the nukes.

This was an exceptional week if you are a fag,

And the bonus is the lowering of the Confederate flag.

The news unrolls and it goes on and on and on and on

Even Old Glory is not safe from the likes of Farrakhan.

It's not that I expect less that the total Leftist hate

But I am surprised the GOP accepts our fate.

Obama: honorary mention,

Friday, before the ISIS attacks in Paris, Obama declared that ISIS was contained. So then, why is his mention honorary? Why not call the spade a spade (no pun intended) and name him a full idiot for the day? After all, not only did he utter something quite idiotic, but his remarks were magnified by the perfect timing.


The problem in evaluating Obama's pronouncements and giving him his awards is that he is a ventriloquist's dummy so we do not know if what he said was his own or came from someone else. 

Bernie Sanders: Idiot of the day.

Bernie Sanders has declared that global warming is responsible for the rise in terrorism.

ISIS: the true face of Islam.

Several points need to be made so they are understood.


1. ISIS is NOT an extreme form of Islam, it is a pure form of Islam.


2. In Muslim communities violence erupts sooner or later. Why? Because young men eventually read the Koran (the sayings of Mohammed) and the Shurra (the deeds of Mohammed) and proceed to imitate them.


3. The only way we non-Muslims can be safe from Muslim violence is to get rid of Muslims.


4. Politicians like Merkel, who import Muslims, are a danger to the citizenry.


5. Where there is ISLAM there is war.


6. It is possible to get rid of Muslims but the process is not pleasant. But necessary for peace.


7. Politicians who are anti Christian are idiots. Christians do not condone the killing of homosexuals, the enslavement of women or the killing of adulterers. Muslims do.

Radicals aim to overthrow US Constitution.

The radical students at the University of Missouri aim to overthrow the US Constitution. The students want to ban speech that makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe. No doubt they want to ban non-Leftist speech because it makes them feeling unsafe, the poor dears.

What else do they want? Forgiveness of student debt, free education, racial quotas in admissions and grading and a few other goodies that the Left cherishes.

The whole event at UM was a hoax: there was no KKK members on campus, no trucks parading the Confederate flag and no swastika smeared on with feces. And the underprivileged minority leader has a Father that earned $8.4M last year as a VP of a railroad company.

The hoax is going national.

Guess what! The Greek cisis is back again.

What now? We thought that this was all settled!

NOT SO, say the EU leaders. Greece needs to pass more reforms to get more bailouts.

Media hit job on Carson.

As I pointed out, the Elites believed they could take Carson out. The mechanism was similar to the hit job on Herbert Cain. Here is a description by the Daily Wire.

 From the Daily Wire.

No, Ben Carson Didn't Lie About West Point. It's Another Media Hit Job.

AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

By:

Ben Shapiro

November 6, 2015

2908 Comments 54432Never undertimate the capacity of the media to propagandize against Republicans.

That’s the theme of this morning’s overwrought news coverage on Dr. Ben Carson’s supposed “lie” regarding a “scholarship” to West Point. The story began with Politico, which ran with the audacious headline, “Ben Carson admits fabricating West Point scholarship.” Even I was taken in by the headline – after all, that’s a pretty bold claim!
Politico began thusly:

Ben Carson’s campaign on Friday admitted, in a response to an inquiry from POLITICO, that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

The key word here is “fabricated.” Did the Carson campaign admit any such thing? Absolutely not. The facts reported by Politico don’t even support this interpretation of the Carson campaign’s response. According to Politico, Carson said in his 1992 memoir Gifted Hands that he was offered a “full scholarship” to West Point after dining with General William Westmoreland in 1969. Here’s the relevant passage from Carson’s autobiography:

At the end of my twelfth grade I marched at the head of the Memorial Day parade. I felt so proud, my chest bursting with ribbons and braids of every kind. To make it more wonderful, We had important visitors that day. Two soldiers who had won the Congressional Medal of Honor in Viet Nam were present. More exciting to me, General William Westmoreland (very prominent in the Viet Nam war) attended with an impressive entourage. Afterward, Sgt. Hunt introduced me to General Westmoreland, and I had dinner with him and the Congressional Medal winners. Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point. I didn’t refuse the scholarship outright, but I let them know that a military career wasn’t where I saw myself going.

That’s the entire relevant portion of Carson’s account. He reiterated that account last month in an interview with Charlie Rose, when he said, “I was offered a full scholarship at West Point, got to meet General Westmoreland and go to Congressional Medal of Honor dinners. But decided really my pathway would be medicine.”
Politico followed up on this story. They reported one additional piece of information that seems to conflict with Carson’s story: Carson never applied to West Point, and was never extended admission.
But Carson never said he applied. He said he was extended a full scholarship offer. What’s more, West Point doesn’t offer scholarships: all admission is free contingent on serving in the military afterwards. It thus seems probable that Westmoreland or another military figure tried to recruit Carson, telling him that he wouldn’t have to pay for his education – and that Carson read that as a “full scholarship,” and never applied.
In fact, that’s exactly what Carson’s campaign manager said to Politico in an email:

Dr. Carson was the top ROTC student in the City of Detroit. In that role he was invited to meet General Westmoreland. He believes it was at a banquet. He can’t remember with specificity their brief conversation but it centered around Dr. Carson’s performance as ROTC City Executive Officer. He was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC Supervisors. They told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission.

But here’s how Politico editorialized: “When presented with this evidence, Carson’s campaign conceded the story was false.”
That’s nonsense. They did no such thing. They provided details that corroborated Carson’s story and explained his loose use of the language. If someone told you that you could go to college for free, you might reasonably conclude that you had been offered a full scholarship to attend that university. But Politico would call you a liar if you used such language to describe the exchange.
Now, some on the right are saying that Carson should be held to a higher standard here than other candidates because he’s running as an “outsider.” But this is a basic case of misinterpreting facts, not an outright lie. Carson served in ROTC. Prominent people wanted him to go to West Point. He wouldn’t have had to pay. He didn’t apply because he didn’t want to go. Those facts are not in dispute. It’s the specific wording over which media have decided to crucify him.
This is a textbook example of a left-wing media hit. Politico would never editorialize about any Democrat who issued such a response to a factual inquiry in this manner. Politico won’t even conclude that Hillary Clinton lied about her attribution of the Benghazi attacks to a YouTube video despite email evidence that she knew Benghazi was a terrorist attack entirely unrelated to a YouTube video.
But for Ben Carson, they’ll make an exception.
Vile.

Gold and Dollar: terminal phase?

The US Dollar is surging again. One of the causes to which this is attributed is a flood of buying from Europe. Why? Because German banks are teetering and the ECB is talking about a Q!E-like move of money printing.

Gold, on the other hand, is in what looks like a terminal plunge. Larry predicts that if gold closes below 1073, it will go lower and be on time for its price reversal in the middle of November. But, if 1073 holds then gold's low will be delayed another quarter. Interestingly, the reverse head and shoulder worked as expected

Hillary: the past is Prologue.

Amazing to me how much we have forgotten!

 When Bill Clinton was president, he allowed Hillary to assume authority over a health care reform.  Even after threats and intimidation, she couldn’t even get a vote in a democratic controlled congress.  This fiasco cost the American taxpayers about $93 million in cost for studies, promotion, and other efforts.

 Then President Clinton gave Hillary authority over selecting a female attorney general.  Her first two selections were Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood – both were forced to withdraw their names from consideration. 

 Next she chose Janet Reno – husband Bill described her selection as “my worst mistake.”  Some may not remember that Reno made the decision to gas David Koresh and the Branch Davidian religious sect in Waco, Texas resulting in dozens of deaths of women and children.

 Husband Bill allowed Hillary to make recommendations for the head of the Civil Rights Commission.  Lani Guanier was her selection.  When a little probing led to the discovery of Ms. Guanier’s radical views, her name had to be withdrawn from consideration.

 Apparently a slow learner, husband Bill allowed Hillary to make some more recommendations.  She chose former law partners Web Hubbel for the Justice Department, Vince Foster for the White House staff, and William Kennedy for the Treasury Department.  Her selections went well: Hubbel went to prison, Foster (presumably) committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.

 Many younger votes will have no knowledge of “Travelgate.”  Hillary wanted to award unfettered travel contracts to Clinton   friend Harry Thompson – and the White House Travel Office refused to comply.  She managed to have them reported to the FBI and fired.  This ruined their reputations, cost them their jobs, and caused a thirty-six month investigation. Only one employee, Billy Dale was charged with a crime, and that of the enormous crime of mixing personal and White House funds. A jury acquitted him of any crime in less than two hours.

 Still not convinced of her ineptness, Hillary was allowed to recommend a close Clinton friend, Craig Livingstone, for the position of Director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of about 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, suddenly Hillary and the president denied even knowing Livingstone, and of course, denied knowledge of drug use in the White House.  Following this debacle, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office after more than thirty years of service to seven presidents.

 Next, when women started coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment and rape by Bill Clinton, Hillary was put in charge of the “bimbo eruption” and scandal defense.  Some of her more notable decisions in the debacle was:

She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit.  After the Starr investigation they settled with Ms. Jones.

 She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs.

 Hillary’s devious game plan resulted in Bill losing his license to practice law for 'lying under oath' to a grand jury and then his subsequent impeachment by the House of Representatives.

 Hillary avoided indictment for perjury and obstruction of justice during the Starr investigation by repeating, “I do not recall,” “I have no recollection,” and “I don’t know” a total of 56 times while under oath.

 After leaving the White House, Hillary was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork that she had stolen.

What a swell party – ready for another four or eight year of this type low-life mess?

 Now we are exposed to the destruction of possibly incriminating emails while Hillary was Secretary of State and the “pay to play” schemes of the Clinton Foundation – we have no idea what shoe will fall next.  But to her loyal fans - “what difference does it make?”

How the Left plans to reduce Ben Carson.

That was the title of my post dated Nov 2 of this year. Now I can report to you more details.

The elites in both parties want a President that pushes Social Democracy. The elites know how to milk the system and it makes little difference to them which Party controls the White House as long as that President lets them continue their milking the system.

What if candidates arise who threaten the elites? Why, those candidates are attacked. The Drive-by-Media regards Trump as the biggest obstacle. If they can shoehorn Jeb Bush into the Republican nomination they will have it made. First off, Jeb would be easy to defeat. All Bushes are nice people, but mamby pamby politicians. And should Jeb get elected, he will not oppose the destructive aims of the Progressives.

Ben Carson is a different cattle of fish altogether. He threatens the Progressives immediately and if he gets elected, he may take 20% of the black vote. That much defection from the Progressive constituency would threaten the Left on a long-term basis. That is why the Left had prepared the attacks on Ben Carson.

How? Carson's strength is his honesty. So that is what is being attacked. It is claimed by CNN that Carson fabricated his violent youth:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/05/politics/ben-carson-2016-childhood-violence/index.html

Cancer fight with immune system proceeds.

Immunotherapy with VGX-3100 (HPV16 and HPV18 plasmids) + INO-9012 (DNA encoding IL-12) in human papillomavirus (HPV) associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCCa): interim safety and immunogenicity results

Charu Aggarwal^1*, Roger Cohen¹, Matthew P Morrow², Joshua Bauml¹, Gregory Weinstein¹, Jean Boyer³, Xuefei Shen³, Jian Yan², Jessica Goldenberg², Drishty Nashit⁴, Sandra Oyola⁵, Jessica Lee⁴, Laurent M Humeau³, David B Weiner¹, Zane Yang⁵, Mark L Bagarazzi⁴ and David Weiner¹

• * Corresponding author: Charu Aggarwal

Author Affiliations

¹ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
² Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA
³ Inovio Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA, USA
⁴ Inovio, Philadelphia, PA, USA
⁵ Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA

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Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2015, 3(Suppl 2):P426  doi:10.1186/2051-1426-3-S2-P426

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.immunotherapyofcancer.org/content/3/S2/P426

Published:

4 November 2015

© 2015 Aggarwal et al.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.

Background

Oropharyngeal HNSCCa is frequently associated with HPV infection. DNA-based Immunotherapy with plasmids encoding HPV16 and HPV18 E6/E7 antigens has been shown to generate robust immune responses in women with HPV-driven high-grade cervical dysplasia. We hypothesize that HPV-specific immunotherapy with INO-3112 (VGX-3100 + INO-9012) in patients with HPV-associated HNSCCa will generate robust immunity which may contribute to disease stabilization or regression.

Method

Eligibility for this prospective Phase I/IIa trial included adults with HPV-positive (assessed by p16) HNSCCa, ECOG PS 0-1, and adequate organ function. Patients (pts) are enrolled into two cohorts. In Cohort 1, pts receive INO-3112 pre and post-surgery. In Cohort 2, pts receive INO-3112 after completion of cisplatin based chemoradiation. INO-3112 (6mg of VGX-3100 plus 1mg of INO-9012) is delivered IM followed by electroporation with the CELLECTRA® device, once every 3 weeks for a total of 4 doses. Pts are followed for 2 years. Primary and secondary endpoints are safety and immune responses. Exploratory endpoints include: anti-tumor effect and progression-free-survival. Assessment of post-immunotherapy surgical specimens is being done to evaluate vaccine-induced lymphocyte infiltration in tumor.

Results

As of June 2015, 19 pts have been enrolled. Complete safety data is available for 13 pts. Cohort 1: n=3, Cohort 2: n=10; 12 males; median age 57.7 years (range 39-76); cancers at base of tongue=6, tonsil=6, soft palate=1; never smoker=5, median follow-up is 104 days. INO-3112 was well tolerated with no Grade 3 or higher AEs. The most common AEs were injection site pain (n=11), local erythema (n=4) and hematoma/swelling (n=2, each). Two subjects had Grade 3 lymphopenia at baseline and no worsening during the trial. There was a Grade 2, unrelated SAE of post-surgical procedure hemorrhage. Enrollment and correlative analysis are ongoing; among samples tested to date, as compared to baseline, 4 of 5 evaluable pts showed elevated anti HPV16 and 18 E6/E7 antibody titers. Nine of 10 evaluable pts exhibited increased HPV-specific cellular responses by IFN-gamma ELISpot. Seven of 8 evaluable pts had HPV-specific CD8+ T cell activation concurrent with increased lytic proteins (granzymes and perforin) by flow cytometric analysis.

Conclusion

These interim results demonstrate that this DNA-based immunotherapy (INO-3112) can safely generate HPV-specific CD8 T cell immunity in patients with HPV-related HNSSCa. All tested pts had positive cellular immune responses in at least one assay.

This study (NCT02163057) is co-sponsored by Inovio and the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania (5P30CA016520-39).

Trial Registration

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02163057

A poster presentation.

Low interest rates hurt the economy.

By Mike Larson

Market Roundup Dow +89.39 to 17,918.15 S&P +5.74 to 2,109.79 NASDAQ +17.98 to 5,145.13 10-YR Yield +0.03 to 2.22% Gold -$18.60 to $1,117.30 Oil +$1.70 to $48.74 I’ve been saying for a couple years now that low or zero or negative interest rates — not to mention, QE — just aren’t cutting the mustard. They’ve inflated asset prices, sure. But they haven’t done squat for the real economy. But in a fascinating just-released research piece, “Bond King” Bill Gross goes even further. He says ultra-low rates aren’t just failing to stimulate the economy. They’re actually hurting it. I’m sure heads are exploding amid the Paul Krugman/Keynesian crowd today. After all, they believe low rates are exactly what you need to spur home and car buying, corporate borrowing, and so on. But former Pimco and current Janus executive Gross issued this indictment in his thinkpiece: Janus executive Bill Gross. “After nearly six years of such policies producing only anemic real and nominal GDP growth … it is appropriate to question not only the effectiveness of these historical conceptual models, but entertain the increasing probability that they may, counter-intuitively, be hazardous to an economy’s health.” His thesis, in a nutshell and trying to use as little econ-jargon as possible: Zero or negative rates cause the traditional lending and savings process to break down, while also causing the yield curve to flatten dramatically. That provides investors with little incentive to invest for the long term. It also crushes bank profit margins. That hurts overall corporate profitability and yanks the rug out from under the very same banks the Federal Reserve wants to get out there and loan money like mad. Pension funds are forced to cut benefits because they can’t earn adequate returns to cover past promises. Consumers and companies are forced to squirrel away more money because the yields on their savings collapse. That, in turn, saps disposable income, reduces corporate spending, and helps “Japan-ify” the economy. Gross proposes a solution whereby the Fed and its foreign counterparts would abandon six-plus years of ineffectual policy. They should instead dump long-term bonds to steepen the yield curve and/or adopt a higher inflation target. But in the same breath, he basically said that won’t happen because they are too “stubborn, and reluctant to adapt to a significantly changed finance based economy.” “Gross’ solution: The Fed and its counterparts abandon six-plus years of ineffectual policy.” My take? Gross’ comments won’t help explain or predict what stocks will do tomorrow, or over the next few days. But they seem right on target considering the news we’ve gotten about weakening corporate profits, slumping manufacturing activity, lousy wage growth, and widespread market divergences. So while many of the analysts on CNBC say everything is hunky-dory again, Gross’ comments probably serve as a nice reality check. So what do you think of his comments? Are low rates actually bad for the economy? Helpful? Somewhere in between? Why is that? Should we even care about the fundamentals in an environment where stocks have been rallying for five weeks? Let me know your thoughts over at the Money and Markets website.