Happy Thanksgiving!

Graphic created by Stogie of Saberpoint:

Related reading: Warren's Thanksgiving post here at Always On Watch.

For my personal update, please see the information below the fold.

Especially for Ducky

Rush Limbaugh Tells ‘The True Story of Thanksgiving’

Posted by Warren

 Partial transcript follows:

“The story of the Pilgrims begins in the early part of the seventeenth century… The Church of England under King James I was persecuting anyone and everyone who did not recognize its absolute civil and spiritual authority.
“Those who challenged ecclesiastical authority and those who believed strongly in freedom of worship were hunted down, imprisoned, and sometimes executed for their beliefs.  A group of separatists first fled to Holland and established a community. After eleven years, about forty of them agreed to make a perilous journey to the New World,” across the Atlantic Ocean, “where they would certainly face hardships, but could live and worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences.
“On August 1, 1620, the Mayflower set sail. It carried a total of 102 passengers, including forty Pilgrims led by William Bradford. On the journey, Bradford set up an agreement, a contract, that established just and equal laws for all members of the new community, irrespective of their religious beliefs. Where did the revolutionary ideas expressed in the Mayflower Compact come from? From the Bible.  The Pilgrims were a people completely steeped in the lessons of the Old and New Testaments,” the Bible. The Pilgrims were religious, and they came here to establish freedom of religion; they fled across an entire ocean to escape religious persecution.

I've Handed Over The Keys

Updated 11/21

Until further notice, my dear friend Warren will be taking over posting here at Always On Watch.

Warning!  Warren does not suffer fools gladly!

Explanation of my absence below the fold.

An Introduction

Posted by Warren

I believe that most of you know me through my comments on this blog but you don't know much about me.

Warren is my given name and I don't use my last name online for privacy reasons. (read trolls)

I am a Vietnam era Veteran.

I used to be a Conservative Libertarian but became a Libertarian Conservative. To some that might seem to be a distinction without a difference but Libertarians will know what it means and many would say I'm just a Conservative playing word games. I am not a Republican nor have I ever been but have always found the "stated" views of the Republicans to more closely represent my own. I have no good words for the Party of slavery.

The Left will not enjoy living with its own precedents.

Posted by Warren

(Addendum: The blog is presently in moderation.)


Beautiful piece of sarcasm at National Review by Kevin D. Williamson.

"Perversely, the Trump presidency is bearing some worthwhile fruit before it even begins: Once more, dissent is the highest form of patriotism, free speech is an absolute right that must be defended at all costs rather than regulated away in the name of reform, presidential power is to be limited, and the anti-war movement on the left, which went silent right around the time the fellow who won the Nobel Peace Prize started assassinating American citizens in extralegal drone strikes, has once again found its voice.

Two cheers for all that."

I'm waiting to see when these so-called "Progressives" start calling themselves "Liberals" again. (or something else)

I'm also heartened to see Chris Christie replaced on President Elect Trump's transition team by Vice President Elect Mike Pence.  VP Elect Pence is a solid Conservative (he used to call himself a recovering lawyer). He has served my home state, Indiana, well as Governor. Its a shame he dropped out of his race for his second term as Governor (which he would have won handily) but he is serving us all in his present position and I believe  a  President Pence would be a boon to the nation as a whole and the Conservative Movement.   

 

Video: Top 20 Election Night Losers

What is the future of those included in the list of twenty?


Which of those in the above video will try to make a comeback?

Which will succeed in making a comeback?

Must-Read Letter: "Islam, liberalism have no place in the West"

(With a hat tip to Isaac Schrödinger of Infidel Bloggers Alliance)

Read the entire letter HERE. Read it now.

As for me and my house:

Traffic In The Good Ol' Days

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New York City in 1928:

San Francisco in 1905-1906:

Why The November 8 Result?

Photo from the Daily Mail

One of my Facebook finds offers the following explanation:

Dear Democrats and Liberals,

I'm noticing that a lot of you aren't graciously accepting the fact that your candidate lost. In fact, you seem to be posting even more hateful things about those of us who voted for Trump.

Some of you are apparently "triggered."  Because you are posting how "sick" you feel about the results.

"How did this happen?" you ask.

You created "us" when you attacked our freedom of speech.

You created "us" when you attacked our right to bear arms.

You created "us" when you attacked our Christian beliefs.

You created "us" when you constantly referred to us as racists.

You created "us" when you constantly called us xenophobic.

You created "us" when you told us to get on board or get out of the way.

You created "us" when you forced us to buy health care and then financially penalized us for not participating.

You created "us" when you allowed our jobs to continue to leave our country.

You created "us" when you attacked our flag.

You created "us" when you confused women's rights with feminism.

You created "us" when you began to emasculate men.

You created "us" when you decided to make our children soft.

You created "us" when you decided to vote for progressive ideals.

You created "us" when you attacked our way of life.

You created "us" when you decided to let our government get out of control.

"You" created "us" the silent majority.

And we became fed up, and we pushed back and spoke up.

And we did it with ballots, not bullets.

Additional reading from THIS BLOG POST at Ed Bonderenka's site, Not of This World:

"You were supposed to be seeing that America's children were getting a top education, but you indoctrinated them with socialist ideals and Common Core.
You're Fired!"

"You were responsible for protecting our borders and you let people invade this country,
You're Fired!"

"You were supposed to be protecting America's environment and you put Americans out of work.
You're Fired!"

"You were supposed to be fighting America's enemies and you restrained our soldiers from prosecuting the war.
You're Fired!"

"You were charged with collecting taxes and you persecuted conservatives. You're Fired!"

"You were charged with administering services to veterans and you bought artwork. You're Fired!"

Veterans Day 2016

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Review the history behind and the meaning of this day HERE.



Thank a veteran today.  But only if you mean the words.  Empty words are more demeaning than keeping silent.

Pause at the eleventh hour of the eleventh month to remember those who served and those who are still serving our nation.

On The Lighter Side? And On The Serious Side, Too

Click directly on the images to enlarge them:

Projected and published and on the news stands:

The reality:

How is it that the polling industry, the punditry industry, el al, were so wrong with their predictions for Election Day 2016?

Do you not find humor in how far off base all these "experts" were? I certainly do!

Perhaps the egregious misjudgment comes down one thing: the lack of perception on the part of both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party to recognize the level of anger among those not sitting in their various types of ivory towers.

Post-Election Commmentaries (With Addendum)

For many of us, those who didn't vote the way each of us voted will view the supporters of the other party (or parties) as their personal enemies.

Can America ever again be the United States of America?

Have we lost our republic?

What will the consequences be once the newly-elected POTUS takes the reins of power?

Opine in the comments section after reviewing the guidelines for commenting here at Always On Watch.

ADDENDUM

Must-read commentary: Those who think - for a moment - this is a WHITE victory of race, hate and misogyny.

Also, here is my post today at Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Hey, Karl! Can you hear me now?

Election Day 2016

Mr. AOW and I voted via absentee ballot weeks ago.

Now it's a matter of wait and see — for all of us.

Essay to read: At Risk Is Nothing Less Than the Right Ever to Resist Again.

Which way, America?

The Corrupt FBI? (With Addendum)

Yesterday, we learned this: FBI clears Clinton -- again. Excerpt:

FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Sunday the agency hasn't changed its opinion that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of new emails.

"Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July," Comey wrote in the new letter to congressional committee chairmen....

No criminal charges will be filed against Hillary Rodham Clinton.

650,000 emails reviewed in eight days. Really?  Really?

The innumerable tentacles of the Clinton Political Machine strike again.

ADDENDUM

Remember: DOJ Kadzik involved in new 650,000 Email reviews, helped coverup IRS scandal.

Musical Interlude

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Enjoy Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which is also associated with the 1980 film Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour:

[about Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini]

Social Justice: "White straight men are a big problem."

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Link to read, including a short video to watch:

Lena Dunham Wants to Improve Men by Making White Straight Men Extinct.

According to Wikipedia, Lena Dunham is an American actress, writer, producer and director. In 2014, she was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people.

The societal insanity is off the scale!

America's Future?

For your consideration as we approach Election Day 2016:

Wake up. These are the people who will have your children under their thumb if Hillary wins. Register 3 people to vote #MAGA3X #FreeRicky pic.twitter.com/zWrPqF0CJk

— Everyday American (@Mathiasian) October 6, 2016

Pat Condell's must-watch commentary on the November 8 General Election:

Vote accordingly.

The Top 100 WikiLeaks

Link to explore and an excellent resource....

Click on the green button labeled "Top 100 List" at The Top 100 Most Damaging WikiLeaks.

Vote accordingly.

Documentary: Clinton Cash

If you have not watched this film, watch it! Now.


YouTube blurb:

Clinton Cash, is a feature documentary based on the Peter Schweizer book that the New York Times hailed as “The most anticipated and feared book of a presidential cycle.”

Clinton Cash investigates how Bill and Hillary Clinton went from being “dead broke” after leaving the White House to amassing a net worth of over $150 million, with over $2 billion in donations to their foundation. This wealth was accumulated during Mrs. Clinton’s tenure as US Secretary of State through lucrative speaking fees and contracts paid for by foreign companies and Clinton Foundation donors.

The Clintons are grifters. A basket of corruptibles.

If Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected President of the United States, could a reasonable person really expect that she would not then move onto grifting on national scale with the full force of the federal government ensuring that the Clintons become even more enriched at the expense of WE THE PEOPLE?

Vote accordingly on November 8.

Musical Interlude For Halloween

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Time for some spooky music — and not one of the musical selections often associated with Halloween:

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Halloween graphic for this spooky Banana Republic United States of America season:

Quick Personal Update

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Back from the dead.  At least, that's the way it feels.

For three days, I didn't really know what world I was in.

I am better now, but will not be back to intense blogging for some time.

Sounds (Somehow) Familiar

Posted by Warren

For those of you unfamiliar with the name "Robert Creamer", Robert Creamer is the Democrat operative that bragged about inciting violence at Trump rallies. As a consequence of the released video he was removed from his job but we all know that he will work through some other flunky and in time resurface in a new position doing the same old crap.

Mr Creamer is an old hand at this and a convicted felon. In 2007 while serving a prison term for tax evasion and bank fraud, he published a handbook for Alinskyite twits titled, "Listen To Your Mother Stand Up Straight How Progressives Can Win". In it he wrote:

"In general our strategic goal with people who have become conservative activists is not to convert them—that isn’t going to happen. It is to demoralize them—to ‘deactivate’ them. We need to deflate their enthusiasm, to make them lose their ardor and above all their self-confidence…[A] way to demoralize conservative activists is to surround them with the echo chamber of our positions and assumptions. We need to make them feel that they are not mainstream, to make them feel isolated… We must isolate them ideologically…[and] use the progressive echo chamber…By defeating them and isolating them ideologically, we demoralize conservative activists directly. Then they begin to quarrel among themselves or blame each other for defeat in isolation, and that demoralizes them further".

( Oh, don't bother to read the book there is no index and its a rambling mass of tripe.)

Sound kind of like what the press has been doing this election campaign?

I won't say this makes me angry, I'm way passed that point. I expect it at this point.
 
Don't become dispirited. Come election day, get out there and vote. If you can vote early go ahead and do so.

Make no mistake, what they are doing is a form of voter suppression targeting anyone who would vote for Trump. The only poll that counts is the one on election day. The only way we can win is to vote in great enough numbers that the Democrats can't cheat their way into office (again).

Addendum:

Another Project Veritas video, starring Robert Creamer.  

Charts: The Obama Years

Obama's approval ratings are still around 50% (according to CNN on October 6, 2012, at a new high of 55%)  — despite the ominous information provided in the charts below (click directly on the graphic to enlarge it):

from Federal Reserve data

From Powerline, which published the above charts on October 5, 2016:

...[T]he stock market has more than doubled since the bottom of March 2009, though this has everything to do with the Fed’s insane zero-interest rate policy than anything Obama has done. Lawrence Lindsay noted in the Wall Street Journal yesterday that Obama’s economic record is a failure when judged by Obama’s own claims for what his policies would accomplish....

Read the rest HERE.

The stock market doesn't mean diddly squat to middle class Americans who cannot afford to invest in that particular market. Furthermore, the stock market is but one measure of the nation's economic health.

Do you want four more years of the above or a chance for something else?  Vote accordingly.

Consequences

(For this week's election-related blog post, please scroll down)

If you're the defendant, don't smart off to the judge:


From the article:

Posted By Warren:

AOW is presently indisposed and unable to monitor so I'm attempting to pick up the slack. For your perusal, there two posts scheduled for early Sunday morning. I don't know when AOW will be back at the keyboard, possibly before too long. 

The blog currently is in moderation and will remain so until further notice.I will moderate comments as often as I am able. Unfortunately that might be only once or possibly twice a day depending on my work load.

Type away!

Warren

Recommended Reading

See How C.S. Lewis Predicted Today’s College Campus Craziness—in 1944. There is more involved than "college campus craziness." Moral relativism pervades today's churches and homes, too, so as to "keep up with the times."

Excerpt from the above essay below the fold:

Final 2016 Presidential Debate

The third and last 2016 Presidential Debate will be broadcast live tonight from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas @ 9:00 P.M., EDT.

Does this final debate really matter?

It might if there are actually undecided voters at this point — and if the mainstream media disseminated the following information 24/7 (hat tip to Virtual Mirage for the video below):


LL of Virtual Mirage reminds us of the following:

When WikiLeaks first went on-line and published information that damaged the Bush Administration, liberals cheered loudly. Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, was a hero. They're not cheering now...

Read the rest HERE.

Pastorius of Infidel Bloggers Alliance informs us:

The Washington Post has not mentioned that Hillary and her people conspired to delete emails and have them scrubbed from her servers AFTER a Federal Subpoena. They have only reported on Wikileaks that were not so damaging to Hillary.

The Washington Post and the rest of the MSM are trying to bury the incredibly damaging Wikileaks by ignoring them and colluding in an anti-Trump "Pussy" campaign.

Read the rest HERE.

💥 Wow, ZERO mention of WikiLeaks by 3 big MSM‼️Total collusion to protect Hillary‼️@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/qZPbZdqLVM

— Trump 4 America (@america_trump) October 17, 2016

And there's this, which includes the RSVP guest list: Podesta Held Dinners For Reporters Who Would Be Covering Clinton.

Will you be watching the final Presidential debate, in part or in whole?

I haven't decided whether or not I want to spend time and energy watching any more of this election's political theater.

Personal Update

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(This post serves as the explanation for my pulling back from the blogs and for my use of comment moderation here when I am typically a staunch supporter of freedom of expression)

hydronephrotic kidney

I'm going through hell here.


Grinding pain since June 9. As yet, no end to this pain is in sight.


My usual blogging activities have been curtailed and will become even more curtailed.

The Subversive Partnership

The partnership: the Enemedia's partnership with the Clinton Political Machine and the partnership between "the establishment GOP" and the Clinton Political Machine.

Worth six minutes of your time:


A.F. Branco's Comically Incorrect cartoon below the fold.

Post-Debate Thought

Comment I made yesterday during the second 2016 Presidential debate:

You know what I'm sick and tired of?

All sorts of "news" and entertainment media acting so offended and and horrified about braggadocio-male Trump when those same media people entities have been debasing American culture and the traditional American ethos for at least three decades!

And for the record...Donald Trump did apologize — at least twice.

The News Networks — And The Second 2016 Presidential Debate

Note: this thread will remain here for a few days and may also be used to discuss the October 9 debate between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald J. Trump.

One of my Facebook finds:

It's a little funny, but when you sit and let it sink in, it's really not:

NBC = Nobody But Clinton

ABC = Always Believe Clinton

CBS = Clinton Broadcasting System

CNN = Clinton News Network

CNNHL =Clinton News Network Honesty Lost

MSNBC = More Same Nobody But Clinton

PBS = Proletariat Broadcasting System

FOX = Fair Objective eXperts
I'm not so sure about that last one.

Fox's Friday frenzy to cover the revelation of Donald Trump's use of "the p-word" — in a private conversation aboard a Hollywood studio bus some eleven years ago — instead of emphasizing the same day's revelations regarding Hillary Rodham Clinton's paid speeches differed little from the coverage afforded by the other networks.

Two must-reads from Infidel Bloggers Alliance:

1. My advice for Mr. Trump this Morning

and

2. Hillary’s Wall Street Speeches Revealed: Hillary Says She Fears Muslims, Declares She Dreams Of “Hemispheric Common Market”, “Open Borders.

Why Hillary Clinton wasn’t indicted

Posted by Warren

According to James Comey, the director of the FBI, Hillary wasn't indited because her "reckless negligence" didn't give evidence of wilful intent. (poor stupid Hilary didn't mean to break the law.)

It hard to believe that destroying evidence, lying before Congress and enlisting the aid of employees and sycophants in destroying evidence doesn't rise to the level of intent but, there you are!

Vice-Presidential Debate

Consider the ages of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald J. Trump.

These candidates for Vice President of the United States should be scrutinized because one of them could well become the President during the next President' first term.

Tonight, WE THE PEOPLE get one chance to see Tim Kaine (D) and Mike Pence (R) face off.  This thread is dedicated to discussion of the Vice-Presidential candidates and their October 4 debate.  Have at it!

Note well: off-topic comments will be deleted as soon as a blog administrator becomes aware of such comments.

Video: Can You Survive 4 Minutes of Hillary? (With Addendum)

With a hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance:

Quite a compendium of Clinton-ism in that video!

Vote accordingly.

ADDENDUM

Bill Whittle's The Clinton Lie Ratchet:

Humor Break

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But, in a way, not so funny:

Feeding Time

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Our tortie Amber at feeding time this morning:

A fresh bag of dry food was just opened, and Amber, a foodie, could hardly wait to get her share.

The fix is in.....again.

Roger Simon says,  "In a stunning Friday (isn't it always?) revelation, we found out that yet another key figure from Hillary Clinton's "rat pack" -- her former chief-of-staff Cheryl Mills - was given immunity in the email server investigation."

(Please read the link before commenting)

IMO, the FBI has left the business of investigation of criminality and entered the business of immunizing as many criminals as possible from prosecution. At least "Progressive" criminals.

But the rot goes much deeper

Step up right here and get your third world bananas before they rot.

Clinton-Trump Debate Tickets

This is "the souvenir ticket" that 350 Hofstra Universty students received:

Thus far, a spokesperson for the Commission on Presidential Debates will not say who printed this ticket and spelled HRC's first name as H-i-l-a-r-y.

Political Commentary...And Commentary On Tonight's Debate, If You Wish

The definitive word on politics, particularly during during an election year:

Another version of Mencken's erudite statement:

This thread is this blog's thread for weighing in on the September 26 debate between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald J. Trump.

For tonight's debate:

Clinton’s Complete Lack of a Funny Bone Could Cost Her Monday’s Debate: Hillary Clinton is one angry comment away from being the SNL parody of herself.

Addendum

Fifty-six years ago today in Chicago, Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon squared off in the first televised presidential debate.

Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon flanked the moderator, Howard K. Smith, in the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, 1960. Credit Associated Press

Musical Interlude

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Enjoy:

I. Andante Sostenuto - Allegro moderato
II. Allegretto vivo e scherzando 17:11
III. Andante funebre e doloroso, ma con moto 20:55
IV. Finale: Allegro non troppo e risoluto 32:37

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Societal Devolution

One of my recent finds at Facebook:

How will a generation of sniveling whiners face the harsh realities of a world that is not a gentle world?

The real world is not a mommy who holds everyone's hand and coos, "There, there. You're poor widdle feelings have been hurt."

Chaffetz Schools a Stooge

Please watch the following video to the end. It's only about 4 1/2 minutes long, and you will see how the head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Rep. Jason Chaffetz) braces a FBI representative.

The problem is that the FBI has decided, unilaterally, without Constitutional or legal precedent that it can withhold, cherry-pick and redact  information asked for by Congress. 

It bothers me a great deal that a Federal agency (especially the FBI) thinks it can get away with this and gives us another glimpse into how seedy our government has become. 

AOW cutting in here....Readers should note who published this blog post.

Welcome back, Warren!

Within The Last 24 Hours

(Hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance for the information in this blog post. Because we are doing some renovations here at this old house, I was off my watch yesterday, when all this was going on)

Let's see....The following have happened in the last 24 hours in the United States:

1. Pipe bomb at a military parade in Seaside Park, New Jersey.

2. Explosion in a mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.

3. Explosions in Manhattan (a pressure cooker bomb was found but apparently did not detonate. An IED did apparently detonate).

4. Muslims stampeded through the Mall of America in Minnesota. Erratum! This occurred on September 12 as part of the Islamic celebration of Eid Al Adha. Please take a look at the video at the link. This is America?

5. A Muslim went on a stabbing spree in a mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He asked at least one victim if that victim was Muslim before stabbing that victim.

WHAT A SATURDAY, HUH?

Break From Politics

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Watch Van Gogh's works come to life on water:

About the above:

Recommended Reading

See The Flight 93 Election. It is a long read, so you will need a block of time to read the entire essay. In my view, this essay is a must-read!

Full essay below the fold (in case the essay vanishes into the ether, emphases mine for those readers pressed for time):

"C" = Classified....And HRC's Health

(With a hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance for the video snippet below)

Hillary has 'a lot of experience with classified information' but doesn't know what 'C' means? 🤔Please#NeverHillary pic.twitter.com/2qrhR4gjjI

— Demarcus Owens (@NubianAwakening) September 9, 2016

Yet, Democrats are furious with Matt Lauer?  Really?

Lately, the Clintons seem to be getting quite absentminded — or desperate:

1. Bill Clinton: "If You're A White Southerner," You Know What 'Make America Great Again' Really Means.

2. WATCH: Four Times Bill Clinton Promised to Make America Great Again.

Addendum:

Since I queued up this post a few days ago, Hillary Clinton has had a medical episode. What's going on with her? Something, clearly:

#Hillary could not stand. Needed pillar and staffer's "medical carry" for support. #HillarysHealth pic.twitter.com/n2tRpRDILa

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) September 11, 2016

Even the Washington Post is now concerned about Hillary's health, as evinced by Hillary Clinton’s health just became a real issue in the presidential campaign, which appeared in the September 11, 2016 online edition. Quite a shift from a few days before:

Never Forget

The class entering high school this year will be the first high school class not to have any firsthand knowledge of 9/11/2001, when jihad came to America.

These students will have only textbook knowledge.

For these young people, taking off their shoes and being run through scanners at airports, and elsewhere, as well as constant monitoring by security cameras — and all the rest of a world altered for the worse by Islamic terrorism — seem normal and ho-hum.

They have never known a world without Islamic terrorism. They do not know the freedoms we once had.

Worse, they consider 9/11 as nothing more than a National Day of Service.

In my view, 9/11 should be a day of solemn remembrance.

Boiling the frog is winning the day right now. Too many are too busy with their electronic devices to care about the future of the ideals of freedom and democracy.

Jean Raspail's The Camp of the Saints looms large on this fifteenth anniversary of 9/11.

[The novel The Camp of the Saints is online HERE. Read it!]

Tales From The Classroom

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("Tales from the Classroom" is a feature posted occasionally here at this blog.  All tales are true and present matters about which I have personal knowledge.  The following tale dates back to 1983, when I was teaching a third-fourth grade combination class of 33 students)

Years ago, CS, a biracial student (4th grade student, but 5th grade age) who was enrolled in my class, miserably failed the weekly spelling test. I asked him why he hadn't studied for the test.

His response: "I failed the test because your ancestors held my ancestors as slaves."

I told CS the truth: "My ancestors didn't hold slaves. On my father's side, my family was opposed to slavery; on my mother's side, the ground they owned wouldn't sprout black-eyed peas — much less support even the holding of one slave. You failed the test because you didn't study for the test. You're on restriction until next week's spelling test."

CS sat there stunned.  Yes, from that day on, he did better on the weekly spelling test.

Video: Hillary delete it

With a hat tip to FJ, who made me aware of these videos:

Parody version:


On the serious side, here is a good summary of some of what was contained in last Friday's documents dump:


What effect will last Friday's documents dump have on the November 8 General Election? Any effect at all?

Break From Politics

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One of my Facebook finds and particularly appropriate for Labor Day Weekend, which, here in the Northeast, traditionally marks the end of summer:

Open Thread

Let's discuss political issues in this open thread.

Comprehensive information about the recent Friday documents dump: Hillary Testified That, DUE TO CONCUSSION, She Could Not Remember Having Had Any Security Briefings, or Instructions on Preserving Records, Claimed She Didn't Know Files Marked "C" Meant Classified.

So, what's on your mind? Here is your chance to opine within the parameters listed below:

We welcome civil dialogue at Always on Watch. Comments that include any of the following are subject to deletion:
1. Any use of profanity or abusive language
2. Off topic comments and spam
3. Use of personal invective
Note: comments consisting of blog gossip will be deleted as soon as an administrator of this blog becomes aware of such comments.

Special Snowflakes Get Slapped

(Note: this blog post is rich with links and will remain here for several days because I'm still dealing with this miserable nephrostomy. Before commenting, please read at least a portion of each link.  Thank you)

A protected group a group of whiners just lost their protected status at the University of Chicago.

The University of Chicago, of all places!

Yep, snowflakes, it's time to grow up.

Deal with it.

Freedom of expression has triumphed over the insane "doctrine" of micro-aggressions and trigger warnings.

Here is the University of Chicago's Welcome Letter for this year's incoming freshman (Click to enlarge, or go to THIS LINK):

How did we get to the sorry state of worrying about micro-aggressions and trigger warnings in the first place?

In my view, via the self-esteem movement, which, in my own experience as a teacher in a small private school, dates back to at least the 1980s. Overnight, or so it seemed at the time, teacher-parent conferences included parents whining about how their children's disobedience and refusal to do assignments resulted from "poor self-esteem." The parents were, of course, releasing their children from self-discipline and accountability.

By the late 1990s, the push was on for all children to receive awards, whether or not the children had earned said rewards.  In 1996, the private school where I had worked for eighteen years closed — in part, a reaction to the self-esteem movement: the school's director refused to compromise the standards which she had upheld for over twenty-five years.

Believe it or not, there has been a National Association for Self-Esteem since 1986. The idea of such an association was introduced by California State Assemblyman John Vasconcellos.

The National Association for Self-Esteem's web site is HERE. Take a look. It has lesson plans.

Today I teach classes for groups of homeschoolers. The past few years, the self-esteem movement has been rearing its ugly head in that venue, too, and I see fewer and fewer homeschool families interested in the courses I offer. I'm glad that I have relatively few more years before retirement.

Additional reading...Virginia Tech’s Welcome Mat: Diversity Edu. DiversityEdu is a for-profit company and lists these contributing scholars. The organization's home page is HERE.

Weekend Humor Break

One of my recent Facebook finds:

Have a great weekend!

The Clinton Machine

With a hat tip to TOTUS:

Related article and video...Judge Jeanine: 'Bill & Hillary Clinton Are the Bonnie & Clyde of American Politics' and Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with her at State.

Has American ever before been as plagued by a political machine this corrupt and this Teflon-esque?

Dateline...Roanoke, Virginia: "Allahu Akbar!"

Wasil Farooqui

On August, 22, 2016, Wasil Farooqui, 20, stabbed a man and a woman as they were entering their apartment building. The two victims are seriously wounded.


The crime is now being investigated as an ISIS-inspired attack. Many additional details HERE, including this:

Virginia ISIS attacker Wasil Farooqui attempted to go to Syria, was on law enforcement radar. Yet another #KnownWolf

How many soon-to-be stabbers, beheaders, or bombers are on law enforcement's radar? Too many to keep track of?

ObamaCare Fail

Stranded patients! 854,872 individuals enrolled in failed ObamaCare Co-ops, costing the taxpayers $1,711,040,390 in federal loans!

From The 16th Obamacare Co-Op Has Collapsed: Here’s How Much Each Failed Co-Op Got in Taxpayer-Funded Loans (July 12, 2016):

The Ideal Obituary?

The obituary below the fold is definitely not the usual!

In my view, it's both clever and humorous. I cannot speak to its honesty — but maybe it is.

From in the New Orleans Times-Picayune (dated Friday, August 12, 2016):

Hillary Rodham Clinton Is A Big Fat Liar

Click directly on the graphic to enlarge it:

Related article: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Follow Colin Powell's Advice on Her Email Server.

And then there's this....Apparently Hillary Rodham Clinton — or at least her cohorts — intend to shred the Constitution and muzzle those who expose her for the liar that she is (hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance:

From The Defies-Description Files

Howard Dean: ‘I Don’t Consider Iran to Be a Muslim Country’.

Excerpt:

Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean told Breitbart News that “Iran is the farthest thing from an Islamic Republic” and that Iran is not “a Muslim country.” Read the rest HERE.

Something Pleasant — For A Change

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Angelonia

I had a surprise visitor this morning: a former piano student from some forty years ago. He came bearing flowers (Angelonia).

He stayed for over an hour so that we could do some political yodeling. LOL!

Tonight, our helper TJP, a classroom student and a piano student from some thirty years ago, will transfer the flowers to the antique flower pot at the front side of our house. These flowers attract butterflies.  I hope that butterflies are still around this late in the season.

Funny how the comforters and helpers are all men.  I guess that the boys found me unforgettable. Heh.

More below the fold.

Refugee By Sabo

With a hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance:

Street artist crashes ‘Refugee’ art exhibit, includes terrorists and jihadis.

According to the YouTube blurb, the "REFUGEE" exhibit is showing at the Annenberg Space for Photography from April 23 - Aug 21, 2016, in Century City, California.

Additional information HERE.

Back When I'm Feeling Better

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Still dealing with health issues: namely, bilateral hydronephrosis, with the left kidney in crisis at this time.

What misery!

I am scheduled soon for a nephrostomy.

This procedure, if successful, serves two purposes: (1) to drain the kidney so as to save as much kidney tissue as possible and (2) to ascertain if all the pain I've been having for the past several months stems from a blocked ureter or from nerve damage to the kidney itself.

If the former, I will be undergoing ureteral pyeloplasty in a few months. If the latter, I will be undergoing a nephrectomy in a few months.

Comments intermittently on moderation until I recover from the nephrostomy.

This is the summer from hell.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's Laugh Of The Lunatic

With a hat tip to Adrienne of Adrienne's Corner:


Read Is Hillary Clinton sick? Insane?...

Also see Hillary Clinton freezes in fear over a heckler.

Is it any wonder that she regularly disappears from the campaign trail for a day or two?

My own anecdotal "evidence":

When I first saw the prism on Hillary's eyeglasses — during the Benghazi Hearings, no less — I knew without a doubt that she had suffered some kind of TBI. Mr. AOW had to wear prisms like that because his hemorrhagic stroke damaged at least one nerve controlling equal tracking of the eyes.

I can't prove it, of course, but I suspect that Hillary's outburst during the Benghazi hearings was directly related to steroids prescribed for brain swelling.  I know something about steroids as prescribed for brain swelling: Mr AOW had to take large doses of steroids after his brain surgery in 1993.

As for what's going on right now with Hillary's health, I have little personal frame of reference other than to say that her abdomen appears bloated. I've seen that kind of bloat in family members who had congestive heart failure (my grandmother, for example, and she wore tunic tops to disguise the bloat) and in acquaintances who were late-stage alcoholics.

Recent photo of HRC being helped up the steps

Tales From The Classroom

("Tales from the Classroom" is a feature posted occasionally here at this blog.  All tales are true and present matters about which I have personal knowledge.  The following tale dates back to 1982, when I was teaching third grade.)

D struggled academically. She had always struggled academically and had to repeat a grade or two.

But as an adult? She works as a high-ranking administrative assistant in the U.S. State Department and has beautiful daughter (about age 6).

The graphic below is my comment page on her book report Johnny Tremaine.

D's mother saved this book report in a memory box, and D recently sent me photos of some of her work from way back when.

Click directly on the image to enlarge it:

I am typically stingy with praise.  When a struggling student succeeds, however, I lavish the student with praise.

D says, all these years later, "The book report was a turning point for me."

Yes, a teacher really does touch the future.

Time For Some Beauty

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I took this quick photo of this morning's sky as it looked across the street from my back porch:

The sunrise was pinker than the camera shows, and the entire D.C. region was bathed in a soft-rose glow.

Recommended Reading

See Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Morally Good Choice by Wayne Grudem of Townhall. Mr. Grudem did not support Donald Trump during the primary season, but does so now. Read the entire essay, written from the Christian perspective, to see his argument.

Brief excerpt below the fold.