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<\/p> <\/p>\n Tuesday, September 27, 2016 <\/p>\n
Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for the West as it commits suicide. <\/p>\n
James Burnham <\/p>\n
If a foreign government had imposed this system of education on the United States, we would rightfully consider it an act of war. <\/p>\n
Glenn T. Seaborg, National Commission on Education, 1983 <\/p>\n
\u201cDeriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.\u201d <\/p>\n
Immigration without assimilation is invasion. <\/b> <\/p>\n
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Well, the ophthalmologist decided that my cataract is not ripe enough. Of course she didn\u2019t say that. That\u2019s what they used to say in the old days, when all they could do was remove the lens, so they wanted you to wait until things were so bad that even no lens was better than you were seeing. Apparently I wasn\u2019t complaining enough about my cataract, nor eager enough to get it removed. I did get some drops that do seem to help, or at least I thinks so. Sand my left eye is fine, so having a lot of the light blocked off in my right eye isn\u2019t so bad. <\/p>\n
Apparently they don\u2019t want to see me again for six months, so we\u2019ll drop that story until next spring. It probably wouldn\u2019t have improved my typing anyway. <\/p>\n
And of course I got my flu shot while I was there. The eager young nursing students administering the immunizations also insisted on checking my other shot records, but I\u2019m up to date on pneumonia and tetanus. <\/p>\n
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It seems to me that Hillary has based her entire campaign on \u201cTrump\u2019s not fit to be President, no matter how much you hate me and despise Obama\u2019s policies.\u201d Trump\u2019s debate strategy seems to be to make sure she claims responsibility for the situation we are in, and doesn\u2019t denounce ObamaCare, the Iran deal, our various regulatory policies, our immigration policy \u2013 to make sure she says you\u2019re going to get more of what we already gave you. Big government, soak the rich, free trade agreements \u2013 and lots of migrants and immigrants. A bit more bureaucracy will take care of everything. <\/p>\n
But you have no choice, because Trump isn\u2019t fit to be President, he isn\u2019t even rich, this is all a con, and he believes Obama wasn\u2019t born in the United States and he sort of supported the invasion of Iraq just like I did, and he doesn\u2019t know how to build a wall or do anything much. And he loses it when provoked. Just you watch. <\/p>\n
So we watched, and yes, she led him off track sometimes \u2013 after all, this was his first ever Presidential debate, and she\u2019s done several, and she\u2019s pretty smart \u2013 but even when he was off track a bit he kept saying things like you\u2019ve been in power, why didn\u2019t you do something when you were Secretary?, and generally reminding us who spent more money we don\u2019t have than any other President in history and got us the slowest recovery from a Recession than anything since the Great Depression. And despite the goads and slights, he didn\u2019t turn into a raging bull ready to nuke everybody. He sounded like a business man ready to take advantage of any breaks he could get, and now ready to apply those skills to the Presidency. <\/p>\n
Scott Adams seems to have reached the same conclusion.<\/a> <\/p>\n If Trump continues in this way : I want to fix things, I know they\u2019re broken, and I have done pretty good for myself, let\u2019s see what I can do for you, and no, I\u2019m not going to nuke any baby seals nor even Moscow or Tehran, but maybe I will adjust the rules of engagement for our sailors in the Persian Gulf \u2013 if he keeps that up, looks like he might want actually to do some of the things everyone talks about, I think he wins. I\u2019ve had about enough of this slow recovery. And I don\u2019t think adding more taxes and regulations will help. I don\u2019t think Trump will make taxes worse, or grow the bureaucracy, or get us into another war. I\u2019m not so sure about Hillary. Qadaffy did everything he could to Finlandize. He\u2019d have licked Obama\u2019s boots or Hillary\u2019s toes if he thought that would help. <\/p>\n She summarized her Libya Policy as \u201cWe came. We saw. He died.\u201d Of course it wasn\u2019t so long after that that our ambassador \u2013 her ambassador \u2013 died also, but that was hardly Qadaffy\u2019s fault. He\u2019d died. <\/p>\n Somehow I think any random Marine Colonel could have come up with better results in Libya than Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Smallpox <\/p>\n From the CDC web sire <\/p>\n http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/smallpox\/vaccine-basics\/index.html<\/a> <\/p>\n Smallpox vaccination can protect you from smallpox for about 3 to 5 years. After that time, its ability to protect you decreases. If you need long-term protection, you may need to get a booster vaccination. Find out who should get smallpox vaccine. <\/p>\n B<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yes, and they insist they have enough vaccine to immunize the entire US population. Of course it does deteriorate, so you can believe as much of that as you want to.<\/p>\n Miracles at Lourdes Craig<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Why do you think I am surprised that we see fewer miracles as science advances? It is obvious that many old wives\u2019 tales \u2013 blue bread mold, orange mold, spider webs \u2013 produced results for centuries before we learned what the mechanism was. I don\u2019t expect that trend to stop, and neither does the Pope or any of the theologians I know of. They may see implications in our scientific advances that you do not see, but they certainly do not deny them. What has not happened that they have dropped to zero. I don\u2019t recall saying that the laws of statistics are relevant here. <\/p>\n I said it is an act of faith to believe that there never will be any more miracles when our science is sufficiently advanced. Perhaps that deserves a stronger faith that belief that prayer can sometimes be effective, but that wasn\u2019t my argument. Incidentally, the decline in number of miracles certified has a lot to do with the rules applied to the definition. <\/p>\n Persia <\/p>\n https:\/\/www.strategypage.com\/qnd\/iraq\/articles\/20160926.aspx<\/a> <\/p>\n I do hope that the US politicians and military leadership are paying attention to this analysis. I’ve been saying such since 2003. <\/p>\n David Couvillon So do I. <\/p>\n Credibility <\/p>\n http:\/\/warontherocks.com\/2016\/09\/it-is-time-to-drive-a-stake-into-the-heart-of-the-american-credibility-myth\/<\/a> <\/p>\n I’m incredulous… the author is making the argument that ‘credibility’ and ‘reputation’ have no bearing on current or future diplomatic or military actions. Therefore, promises\/threats are merely rhetoric. <\/p>\n David Couvillon Holy carp! <\/p>\n Evidently we had an incoming over Australia! <\/p>\n<\/p> \n<\/p> \n\n
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Jerry,
Your comments about the miracles at the Lourdes Shrine sent me to google looking for more information. You comment suggested that there were several hundred such documented miracles. Perhaps that is the correct number, in total, since the founding of the shrine. But the number of recent miracles is substantially less. According to one site I consulted, prior to 1914, there were an average of 57 miracles claimed each year. Since 1947, when a medical board was created to review these claims, the total number of accepted miracles has decreased substantially: only 56 were recognized between 1947 and 1990. And since 1978, there have been but 4 recognized. It shouldn\u2019t be surprising that the more closed these claims have been scrutinized, the fewer there are that are accepted.
The other thing that jumps out is how infrequent these miracles are relative to the number of visitors at the shrine. According to one site, approximately 5,000,000 people visit the site each year, and some 350,000 people bath in the water. So the odds on obtaining a cure from a visit are exceedingly low. <\/p>\n<\/p> \n\n
Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Retired.;
Former Governor of Wasit Province, Iraq;
Righter of Wrongs; Wrong most of the time;
Distinguished Expert, TV remote control;
Chef de Hot Dog Excellence; Avoider of Yard Work<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p> \n\n
Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Retired.;
Former Governor of Wasit Province, Iraq;
Righter of Wrongs; Wrong most of the time;
Distinguished Expert, TV remote control;
Chef de Hot Dog Excellence; Avoider of Yard Work<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p> \n\n
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