The Morning Report 2/13/18

Good morning kids. For me and I suspect most of you, confusion is the order of the day when it comes to the President's budget proposal as well as his infrastructure plan. Is the latter part of the former or is it a separate bill entirely? And then we get into the political/philosophic debate over the issue of borrowing and spending, as well as the Federal government's role in, well, everything really. To top it off is the issue of who is getting the better of whom: the Left, the RINOs, the conservatives or Trump himself? Meanwhile as this goes forward, we have the issue of immigration and Amnesty. On all of these, my gut is to trust the President while being wary of those in Congress who are charged with actually crafting law.

On the plus side of things, it seems as if the infrastructure plan is more of a matching funds kind of strategy,with the Fed only footing a part of the bill with state and local funds and private enterprise financing the rest. In fact, as some analysts point out, it mirrors the way PDT has run his businesses in the past. I'm really of two minds of all of this. I sorely want to see the size and scope of government shrink. After all, it is our money - past, present and future - that funds our own destruction in the form of The Swamp. But, unless and until we have 100 Senators and 435 Congressman with the exact same temperament as the President, the sausage is going to be made, and so we just have to accept that fact and make the best of it, and trust that the President has our backs on all these issues.

In coup news, we have a just breaking story about how, literally as the minutes were ticking down on the 8-Year Reign of Error, Susan Rice sent an e-mail about a meeting she had with Comey, Biden and Obama about Russian collusion. The recipient was... herself. Meanwhile, the delay in sentencing of Michael Flynn continues to raise eyebrows and Ben Stein, who aside from his impassioned cries of "Bueller? Bueller?" was a speechwriter for President Nixon, implores the GOP to get off its ass and fight back against the anti-Trump coup. I assume he's unaware that at least 50% of that party is part of it.

Moving along, the Winter Olympics continues to be a shameless anti-American, anti-Trump political opportunity for the Media as well as a number of our own athletes, sad to say. While these revolting hacks fall all over themselves to smear us and elevate Whoa, Fat's! sister, herself a part of the ruling tyranny, Tu-Ca absolutely obliterates an American commie on his show. The last time I was into the Olympics was '72, and we all know what happened then. At least in '76 we had Bruce Jenner to... oh, wait. Never mind.

Circling back to politics, we have some good links about how the Dept. of Education is shit-canning the transexual bathroom nonsense, an IBD editorial about Trump's behind the scenes dismantling of whole swathes of the Leviathan and his simple plan to deal with the Federal workforce - hire the best, fire the rest. I'm down for that struggle.

From hither and yon, the Iranians unveiled a nuke-capable missile of their own manufacture, an interesting analysis of China's impending economic woes fueled by its demographic woes, congratulations to Baltimore for 11 straight days without a murder, you'll be happy to know that Bob Corker might not be retiring after all and finally, my own take on the ex-president's portrait.

Anyway, links from around the world, across the nation and up your street. Have a better one and remain blessed.

• Schemer's Success in Rolling McYertle Over Budget Bill Has Conservatives Worried as Focus Turns to Immigration
  
• Senate Amnesty Bills Rushed to a Thursday Vote, Ahead of Friday Recess
  
• Democrats Lack Plan, Concessions for Deal to Protect "DREAMers" as Immigration Debate Begins
  
• PDT's $4 Trillion Dollar Budget Concentrates on Infrastructure, Cutting Red Tape
  
• With a Budget Like This, Can Tax Hikes Be Far Behind?
  
• "Hire the Best, Fire the Worst": PDT Proposes Biggest Civil Service Change in 40 Years
  
• Our National Debt and Government Spending Are a Moral Abomination
  
• Intriguing Links Emerge in GOP-Led Clinton Dossier Investigation
  
• Almost at the Moment PDT Was Sworn In, Susan Rice Sent Bizarre Email About Russia-Trump Collusion Meeting with Obama, Biden and Comey to... Herself?
  
• The Great Flynn Case Mystery
  
• Watergate, Trumpgate - Time to Counterattack
  
• Tucker Time! Tu-Ca Rips Commie NorK Sympathizer a New One
  
• Trump Administration Not Backing Down from Confrontation with North Korea
  
• NorK Winter Olympics "Charm Offensive" is Failing, Expert Says
  
• Speedbumps Line the Way to White House Infrastructure Push
  
• Dept. of Education: We're Done Being Involved with Transgender Students and Bathrooms
  
• Reforming the Bureaucracy: How Trump is Taming the Leviathan
  
• Greenfield: Islamophobia Hoaxes Never Die - They Become Statistics
  
• Wa-Po Publishes Muslim Who Served 13 Years in Federal Prison for Terrorism-Related Charges
  
• Family-Breakdown Denialists
  
• Liberals Mock, Celebrate Vanessa Trump's Powdered Hate Mail Scare
  
• Great News! Bob Corker Reportedly Reconsidering His Leaving the Senate
  
• Obama Portraitist Usually Paints Decapitated White People
  
• Iran Unveils New Homemade Nuke-Capable Ballistic Missiles Amid Massive War Celebrations
  
• Farsis Seize Yet Another US Hostage as Imprisoned Canadian Dies in Custody
  
• The Trial Lawyers Behind the Climate Litigation Racket
  
• Whoops! Enviro Group Withdraws Error-Laden Super Fund Accusation
  
• 10 Years Ago, "Someone" Blew Up Iranian-Backed Terror Mastermind Imad Mugniyeh
  
• By Accepting Communist-Chosen Bishops, Pope Francis Betrays Chinese Christians
  
• China's Further Vulnerabilities
  
• 11 Days the Charm for Charm City; Longest Murder-Free Streak for B'More Since '05

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