Taxiing down the tarmac, the jetliner abruptly stopped, turned around, and returned to the gate. After an hour-long wait, it finally took off. read more
Joke of the Day
Our Government Spends Billions Promoting Itself
by: the Common Constitutionalist
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Our federal government spends billions of taxpayer dollars (our money) promoting itself. Of course they do so under the cover of
“public service.”
In fact, the most recent data I could find was from Breitbart in 2015. The report, obtained from OpentheBooks.com, states that the government spends, or wastes, $4.34 billion on public relations. That was two years ago. With all the entrenched bureaucrats still hold up in countless government departments and agencies, I doubt we’re spending less – even with Trump at the reins.
Much of that money spent promoting itself is via the Ad Council.
We’ve all heard and seen those wonderfully inspiring & heartfelt radio & TV ads. They promote ways to help us manage our lives – because we can’t manage on our own.
We all know of the Ad Council. It was originally named, “The War Advertising Council”, the brain child of the great, big government progressive, Franklin Roosevelt.
The Ad Council is the nation’s largest developer of PSA campaigns on behalf of government agencies and non-profit organizations, most of who get at least some funding from the feds. And if you listen carefully, or look into it, you’ll find that practically all Ad Council money comes from the government, either directly of indirectly. Many of the non-profits who sponsor ads receive grants from the government. They couldn’t exist otherwise. read more
Video Podcast – Something Wrong with Tillerson – Trump Must Say No to Venezuela
by: the Common Constitutionalist
Rex Tillerson’s State Department doesn’t appear to be acting much differently than his predecessor, John F. Kerry. Like Kerry, he at least appears to also have an anti-Israel bias and worse, appears to be accepting the Muslim Brotherhood as a legitimate organization.
President Trump says he has not ruled military intervention regarding what is effectively a Venezuelan civil war. If not a civil war, certainly an internal conflict with which we have no business involving ourselves. read more
Republicans Work with Democrats to Bail Out ObamaCare
by: the Common Constitutionalist
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Yep – Republican inner-circle hack, Lamar Alexander, is working with Chuck Schumer to stab us in the back.
Have we voters finally woken up to the reality that Republicans, save for a relative few, never really wanted to repeal and replace, or just repeal ObamaCare?
It’s not that they are enamored with the un-Affordable Care Act. I don’t think they are at all. They are just lazy, shiftless and lack any kind of courage or leadership.
These Senators have the luxury of being only one of 100. The President effectively stands alone. He can’t hide behind other members of the “august” body. He can’t make promises like our current Senate leadership and then blame the failure on some arcane procedural or parliamentarian rule.
He can’t take to the microphone to make some bold statement and then slink off to some back room where a double-deal is being hatched behind locked doors. If he tried, you could be sure it would be leaked almost immediately. read more
An Autonomous Helicopter Air Taxi
German automobile firm Daimler and other investors have has invested more than $29 million dollars (25 million euro) in aviation start-up Volocopter.
Volocopter plans to use the money to invest in further developing its electrically powered, autonomous Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft and ‘conquer’ the market for flying air taxis.
Volocopter’s ‘Volocopter 2X’ is a fully electric VTOL with 18 quiet rotors and a maximum airspeed of 100 kilometers (62 miles) per hour – and it can transport two passengers without a pilot.
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Joke of the Day
My husband was driving home from work when he was pulled over for not wearing his seat belt.
Two days later – same cop, same ticket. read more
No City Uses 100 Percent Renewable Energy – Not Even Close
from Climate Depot:
Alex Epstein: Gore’s sequel ‘lies’ about alleged ‘100% renewable energy’ city of Georgetown TX
Epstein: “Gore shows us the town of Georgetown, Tex. and its use of 100-per-cent renewable energy. Stories about “100-per-cent renewable” locations like Georgetown, Tex. are not just anecdotal evidence, they are lies. The Texas grid from which Georgetown draws its electricity is comprised of 43.7 per cent natural gas, 28.8 per cent coal, 12 per cent nuclear, and only 15.6 per cent renewable. Using a virtue-signalling gimmick pioneered by Apple, Facebook, and Google, Georgetown pays its state utility to label its grid electricity “renewable” — even though it draws its power from that fossil-fuel heavy Texas grid — while tarring others on the grid as ‘non-renewable.’” read more
First Test of Hyperloop One
A few weeks back, Hyperloop One revealed a prototype of a pod that it hopes will eventually ferry passengers through near-vacuum tubes at around the speed of sound. Today, the company has announced the first successful tests of this futuristic capsule, in which it levitated above a test track en route to speeds of more than 300 km/h. read more
Joke of the Day
A policeman is on scene at a terrible accident – body parts everywhere.
He is making his notes of where the pieces are and comes across a head. He writes in his notebook: “Head on bullevard.” read more
You May be a Conservative American
by: the Common Constitutionalist
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You May be a Conservative American if:
You are wealthy, unapologetic and not racked with guilt.
You don’t believe you gained your wealth on the backs of the poor.
You are not wealthy, but want to be and don’t wish to rob or scam anyone to get that way.
You don’t feel guilty about wanting to keep more of what you’ve earned.
You don’t hate or wish to punish the people who have more than you, simply because they have more.
You are not a racist, but the left says you are.
You are not a homophobe, but the left says you are.
You are not a bigot, but the left says you are.
You are not a sexist, but the left says you are.
You are not transphobic, but the left says you are.
You don’t believe that because men should use the men’s room and women should use the lady’s room makes you transphobic. read more
