The defense lawyers argue the lawsuit sets a dangerous precedent, because it aims to block the publication of truthful information gathered by whistle blowers.

It has been held that the publication of the truth is neither libel nor slander. 

What this means is that true statements may not be published if the government doesn’t want the truth known. 

That’s a dangerous precedent. 

Wikileaks requests judge dismiss lawsuit filed by the DNC

But keep trying. At least until 2021. 

AFTER TWO YEARS AND MILLIONS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS (and a cost of over $30,000,000), NO COLLUSION!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2018

President Trump on Russia probe: no proof of collusion after 2 years

You think? 

Very sad day & night in Paris. Maybe it’s time to end the ridiculous and extremely expensive Paris Agreement and return money back to the people in the form of lower taxes? The U.S. was way ahead of the curve on that and the only major country where emissions went down last year!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2018

Pres. Trump suggests Paris agreement ‘isn’t working out so well for Paris’

Governor Elect Gavin Newsom has proposed that all illegal aliens in California get Medicaid.  

That grin tells you he’s pleased he’s the new boss, with a super majority in the state legislature.   What mischief can he get up to next?

The political class in our state answers to the public entity unions and the illegal alien/Hispanic lobby, and no one else.

How long until the actual generators of wealth, the actual working citizens, rebel against this?   Or exit the state, accelerating the fiscal collapse that is probably already baked into the cake irrespective of whether these bills are passed or not?

The founding fathers, at the end of the 1700’s, knew that Democracies naturally and inevitably collapse when the voters discover that they can elect representatives who will use the power of the state to transfer the wealth of others to them.   That’s clearly what’s happening now in California.

As I was telling someone the other day, as the state becomes more and more desperate to pay for their fiscal obligations, they will become more and more desperate to seize the wealth of those people that create it.  That will accelerate the emigration outward of all productive people.  If you have property here, better sell it now.  Believe me, that has started already, and will only become more pronounced as the governing elite continue to attempt to buy the votes of the non productive with the wealth of the productive.

Via DTW

Bad Trump! Bad Trump! 

A Record 156,795,000 citizens are employed in the USA, which is the 13th Record-Breaker Under Trump.

The unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent for the third month in a row; and the number of employed Americans once again reached an all-time high of 156,795,000, the 13th record since Donald Trump became president.

That unemployment rate is very close to full employment.  Among economists, it is agreed that there is a natural unemployment rate that occurs simply due to folks who are exiting the workforce or simply choosing not to work for whatever reason.  3.7 is probably very close to that natural rate, which is very, very good.  

Wages continued rising as well: In November, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 6 cents to $27.35. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 81 cents, or 3.1 percent.

A girl puts on guys clothes and insists on being called a guy. 

Only a liar would call her a guy. 

This is not tolerance. It’s coercion. 

WEST POINT, Va. – A Virginia high school teacher who refused to use a transgender student’s new pronouns has been fired.

News outlets report that the West Point School Board voted unanimously Thursday to dismiss Peter Vlaming after a four-hour hearing that drew an overflow crowd. The school system said in a statement that Vlaming was fired for insubordination.

Over the summer, the ninth-grade student’s family informed the school system of the student’s gender transition to male. The student wasn’t involved in Thursday’s hearing.

…

Witnesses described a “slip-up” when the student was about to run into a wall and Vlaming told others to stop “her.” When discussing the incident with administrators, Vlaming made it clear he would not use male pronouns, a stance that led to his suspension referral for disciplinary action.

“I can’t think of a worse way to treat a child than what was happening,” said West Point High Principal Jonathan Hochman, who testified that he told Vlaming to use male pronouns in accordance with the student’s wishes.

Vlaming told superiors that his Christian faith prevented him from using male pronouns for the student. Vlaming said he had the student in class the year before when the student identified as female.

Vlaming’s attorney, Shawn Voyles, says his client offered to use the student’s name and to avoid feminine pronouns, but Voyles says the school was unwilling to accept the compromise.

Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone is slamming Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff for suggesting he lied while testifying to Congress.

While speaking before the American Priority Conference Thursday, Stone said the California representative is a “con man.”

This comes as Stone is being investigated by the special counsel. Stone called the investigation a “witch hunt” and suggested Robert Mueller is trying hard to frame him.

“This has been two and a half years of hell,” he explained. “Not only I was under surveillance in 2016, but I also know that Mr. Mueller and his strike force have examined every aspect of my life — my personal life, my family life, my social life, my business life, my political life, my sex life.”

Stone recently invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked to appear before House Democrats. He said he will only testify if he’s allowed a public hearing.

What’s interesting here is that Barr was George H.W. Bush’s attorney general. 

Given all the nice things that the liberals are saying currently about Bush senior, will they criticize him Trump on this choice? 

Of course they will. That sentiment only lasts one day when the government is shut down. 

President Trump picks former Attorney General William Barr to lead Justice Dept.

Fired FBI Director James Comey testifying about Russia probe, Clinton emails, alleged bias

This New York liberal is making good on his promises. 

Besides, if one President can create law with the stroke of the pen, why cannot the next one undo that same law? 

I mean, since we’re not following the constitution anyways. 

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed another rollback Thursday aimed at easing controls on emissions from coal-fired power plants, this time for new ones, even as warnings mount from the agency’s scientists and others about the growing toll of climate change.

The EPA’s acting administrator signed a proposal that, if approved by the Trump administration after public review, would loosen an Obama-era rule that would have required cutting-edge carbon capture techniques for new coal plants. Andrew Wheeler said the curbs on coal emissions were “excessive burdens” on the industry.

For you Moscow residents, here are the new recycling rules. 

Empty and clean metal, aluminum and tin cans, and mixed paper and cardboard that is clean, dry and without food debris is still accepted in curbside carts.

 

Residents used to be able to throw No. 1 through 7 plastics into their recycling carts, but LSI only accepts plastic bottles and jugs with screw tops, which typically fall under the No. 1 and 2 categories, Steely said. She said residents can leave the lid screwed onto the container or remove it.

Shredded paper is now only accepted at the Moscow Recycling Center and no longer in curbside recycling carts as previously allowed.

Single-stream cart customers were previously required to place the paper in a plastic bag before tossing it in their cart, but plastic bags are no longer accepted by LSI.

Steely said residents can still take shredded paper directly to the recycling center.

Aluminum foil is no longer accepted either as it is frequently contaminated by food, Steely said.

Moscow Sanitation Operations Manager Tim Davis said pots and pans are still accepted directly at the recycling center but not in curbside carts. Aseptic packaging is no longer accepted in curbside carts or at the recycling center.

Steely said certain plastics, such as salad containers, yogurt containers and clam shells are no longer accepted because local material recovery facilities do not have the sorting equipment to process those items properly.

Those easily crushable, thin lightweight plastics become flattened in the sorting process and get sorted incorrectly, Steely said.

She said the items mostly end up in the paper stream, which lowers the quality of the recycled paper and makes it more difficult to sell or recycle back to places where they use the recyclables to make paper.

Steely said plastic grocery bags are no longer accepted because they clog sorting lines at material recovery facilities, which can shut down equipment. WinCo and Safeway have bins available for customers to use to recycle plastic bags.

Steely said LSI employees have been hanging tags on recycling carts that are contaminated with food or non-recyclable materials. For those with contamination tags, she said residents can call LSI and Steely will visit the customer’s home to show the resident what is and is not accepted.

https://babylonbee.com/news/winning-trump-memorized-the-whole-apostles-creed-and-recited-it-quietly-in-his-head-so-as-not-to-draw-attention-to-himself/

This is easy to fix. The baby may come back when he/she is 18 years old. The parents take them back to their home country until then. 

Pregnant teen from migrant caravan gives birth to ‘anchor baby’ after scaling border fence

Don’t they know that scones (bread) is bad for birds? 

Just as it became unacceptable to use racist, homophobic, or ableist language, phrases that trivialize cruelty to animals will vanish as more people begin to appreciate animals for who they are and start ‘bringing home the bagels’ instead of the bacon.

— PETA: Bringing Home the Bagels Since 1980 (@peta) December 4, 2018

That’s because politicians have no skin in the game. 

If they were forced to invest their personal money in these schemes, they would never happen. 

But there’s no consequences for wasting taxpayer money. 

Speaking in 2000 at the groundbreaking for a minor league baseball stadium in Camden, New Jersey, then-Governor Christine Todd Whitman reached for the most obvious cliche possible.

The state’s economic development authorities, she said, had “heard the message from the movie, Field of Dreams: ‘If you build it, they will come.'”

“Well, soon we will see a field of dreams right here in Camden, and my prediction is ‘they will come,'” Whitman said.

Taxpayers spent more than $18 million to build the stadium that would eventually be named Campbell’s Field, as part of a minor league ballpark-building frenzy across New Jersey that saw similar stadiums erected in Newark, Atlantic City, and Somerset—all part of redevelopment schemes that attracted independent minor league teams (that is, minor league teams not affiliated with the Major League Baseball farm system).

Less than two decades later, taxpayers in New Jersey will pay another $1 million to tear down Campbell’s Field.

https://reason.com/blog/2018/12/05/taxpayers-will-pay-1-million-to-tear-dow

HT: David G.