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The glories of Socialism are expressed beautifully in Venezuela. The compassion of the leader for his people couldn’t be more apparent. Makes one wonder why the mass of unwashed  aren’t more appreciative of  Dear Leader’s efforts.

Venezuela: Maduro Denies Military Abandoned Him, Vows to Resist ‘Gringo Empire’

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro denied that he had lost control of the military and vowed to use all his power to crush legitimate President Juan Guaidó in his first public address since the latter called for a nationwide uprising on Tuesday.

“We have been facing various modes of aggression and coups d’etat like has never happened before in the history of Venezuela,” Maduro declared, in a speech flanked by his top military commanders. He blamed “the Venezuelan far right, the Colombian oligarchy from Bogotá, and American imperialism” for Guaidó’s moves to finally replace him. [snip]

Guaidó became interim president of Venezuela in January after Maduro claimed the position despite not being democratically elected. Maduro has rejected the legislature’s appointment of Guaidó, refused to leave the presidential palace, and has largely maintained control of the military through his senior henchmen, making it impossible for Guaidó to exercise his power as commander in chief.

Guaidó announced on Tuesday that he had acquired control of a critical mass of the military, but he needed civilians to support the anti-Maduro troops against their superiors. Maduro rejected the call as a “coup” despite his lack of legitimacy in office. [snip]

A bit of color is necessary to highlight Venezuela so that AOC can find it easily.

The Latest: Venezuela’s top court orders López’s arrest

The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):2:20 p.m.

Venezuela’s top court has ordered the arrest of Leopoldo López, an opposition activist who took refuge in the Spanish Embassy after joining an attempt to topple President Nicolás Maduro this week.

The Supreme Tribunal of Justice on Thursday instructed police to detain López for violating terms of his house arrest.

On Tuesday, López appeared outside a military base in Caracas with opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who urged the military to overthrow Maduro. When the military did not heed the call, López and his family sought refuge in the Chilean ambassador’s residence. They later moved to the Spanish Embassy. [snip]

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Idiot’s Corner

Here’s one who thinks she has built a better mousetrap and demanding America buy it.

Daily Insanity

Illinois,which touts it gun control laws, evidently doesn’t take them all that seriously. At least when issuing the Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) Card.
Hey, what the hell! When another screw up happens, it lets the state and the media rant about guns and shootings.

BREAKING: Illinois Shooter Was Not Allowed To Own A Gun

Yesterday, Gary Montez Martin opened fire at a manufacturing facility in Aurora, Illinois. He murdered five people and wounded several police officers before he shot and killed by law enforcement. The latest update is that Martin shouldn’t have been allowed to own his firearm. He purchased a Smith and Wesson .40 caliber handgun in 2014 but was later discovered to have been convicted of an aggravated assault charge back in 1995 when he tried to apply for a concealed carry permit.  As a result, he should have turned his firearm over to authorities. He didn’t (via NBC News):

Gary Montez Martin, the man who opened fire inside a manufacturing company in Aurora, Illinois, legally should not have been in possession of a firearm, police said on Saturday.

On Friday, Martin, who had been an employee of the Henry Pratt Co. for 15 years, opened fire at a meeting during which he was being terminated from his job, according to Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman.

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On Saturday, Ziman said that Martin, 45, purchased a handgun on March 6, 2014, after being issued an Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) Card in January of that year. The firearm, a Smith and Wesson .40 caliber, was in Martin’s possession as of March 11, 2014.

The FOID card application process includes a background check, but applicants are not fingerprinted, Ziman said

It was only when Martin applied for a concealed carry permit on March 16, 2014, that he was fingerprinted and it was revealed he had a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi.

Ziman said that upon the discovery of this conviction, Martin’s concealed carry permit was rejected and his FOID card was revoked

“Absolutely he was not supposed to be in possession of a firearm,” Ziman said.

Chief Ziman added that Martin was mailed a letter noting that his FOID card had been revoked due to the felony charge and that he was required to turn over his handgun to police. Was there a follow-up? That remains to be seen. So, once again we have another instance where the gun control laws already in place weren’t enforced.

This looks like this was a preventable shooting. We’ll keep you updated, but before the anti-gun Left clamors for new restrictions that chip away at our constitutional rights, just remember—the laws already on the books should have kept firearms away from this man. And once again law enforcement appeared to drop the ball. As they had when it came to shooter Dylann Roof in South Carolina and Devin Patrick Kelley in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Why didn’t the police go to his home and confiscate the weapon? In Florida, if someone who has a grudge against you, they can go to the police and say you’re a menace. The police will be at your door to confiscate any guns that you own. Anyone can say your a threat to safety and your rights are abridged.

Why didn’t Illinois do this? Or is it merely a means of riling up the State Owned Media so they can attack GUNS and GUN OWNERS.

Probably.

Prevaricators

When two unabashed idiots try to sound like the voice of reason, one knows the grand lie is being spawned.

Pelosi and Shumer exit the meetings with the President and immediately race to the mics and cameras of the fawning press. Every dulcet tone is recorded. r. President, open the government so that “WE” can negotiate over border security and DACA.

The Jackasses never have kept their word on any agreement; their promises lie shattered and kicked to the curb. That dance routine is so shopworn, that it requires no teleprompter to jog their memory.
Negotiations always go according to this script. “Once we have what we want, you can pack your requests deep into your fundament, set it on fire and blow it out your ass.

The Donkeys are quite frustrated since Trump hasn’t caved into their demands. They’ll ramp up the histrionics abetted by the lackey press. A rock and a hard place awaits them since the money for food stamps, WIC and some of the other welfare programs will run out.
The Jackass constituents will not sit still for the loss of the freebees. The more pain that can be brought to bear will cause the likes of Pelosi and Shumer to hear unpleasantness on a daily basis.

If Trump follows through on his promise to declare a national emergency and build the barrier, certainly buying stock in unmentionable apparel. The clowns on the Left will be soiling theirs for some time to come.

Squealing Lefties

A note on the Mueller investigation…

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Cretins, Morons and Dolts

One would think that she has a case for a very tidy lawsuit.

Harvard Landlord Tells Domestic Violence Survivor To Move Out Over Her Firearms; UPDATE: Awful Roommates Say MAGA Hat Tipped Them Off

This story is just infuriating. It also should remind all conservative that it’s best to stick with your tribe. Leyla Pirnie is a graduate student at Harvard, where her terrible roommates searched her room while she was away because they felt she might have firearms. What gave her away? Well, she wore a Make America Great Again hat, and she’s from Alabama. It may surprise some liberals, but Democrats do livein Alabama. Also, they searched her room, invaded her privacy, and then ratted her out to their landlord over he legally owned firearms, which she obtained after surviving an abusive relationship. How dare she take steps to ensure her safety?

“Since it’s clear that Leyla wants to keep her firearms, it would be best for all parties if she finds another place to live,” Dave Lewis, president of Avid Management, said in an email to the household obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

The request that the student, Leyla Pirnie, move out came after her roommates searched her room while she was not home and found her firearms. That prompted one of the roommates to email Lewis requesting he verify that Pirnie was in compliance with applicable firearms laws.

“We discussed with Leyla that all of us are uncomfortable with having firearms in the house, and that their presence causes anxiety and deprives us of the quiet enjoyment of the premise to which we are entitled,” the roommate wrote to Lewis.

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A few weeks ago, I came back to my apartment from a weekend trip and was confronted by one of my roommates who asked if I had guns in the house,” she told the Free Beacon. “After being told far too many lies to count, my roommates finally admitted that they searched my closet, under my bed, and all of my drawers in pursuit of finding my guns.”

While she was given several different explanations for why the roommates entered and searched her room, the 24-year-old said she felt her political beliefs and where she is from played a significant role in the roommates’ actions.

“When I asked them why they were in my room to begin with, they each came up with completely contradicting stories (none of which made any sense), but one comment struck me in particular: ‘We saw that you had a MAGA hat and come on, you’re from Alabama… so we just kind of assumed that you had something,'” she said. “I asked why they didn’t just call me and ask me before intruding. One of the girls responded that fear took over her body and she felt compelled to search my room until she found proof… I cannot make this up.” [snip]

Well, let me be the first to say that Leyla’s roommates are straight trash. They’re probably liberal Democrats, which makes them terrible from the get-go. Second, let this be a lesson that the Left is unhinged. They don’t care about anyone else who isn’t in their tribe. Not only that, but they probably hate you. Stick with you own people, folks. Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives are different. We have different cultural attitudes. We share nothing in common. The problem for Leyla is that she was trying to get better educated and so happen to pick an elite institution in the middle of a progressive cesspool. [snip]

Yes, a very nasty lawsuit should give these prigs something to contemplate for the rest of their lives.

Squealing Lefties

The Mushwits at CNN just can’t let go that the cow, Hillary, lost and even more so that the Country rejected her. CNN is down in the basement hanging out in their ‘Whine Seller’.

CNN: It’s Racist That Trump

Said A Democrat Can’t Win…

In A Deep Red State

Donald Trump just infests the minds of the night hosts of CNN. Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon pretty much said it was racist that President Donald Trump suggested a liberal Democrat couldn’t fit in with deep red Mississippi’s electoral fabric. This wasn’t going to be Alabama-Roy Moore reloaded, liberal America. It just wasn’t. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI), who beat Democrat Mike Espy in the runoff this week, isn’t the best candidate. In fact, she’s very much flawed, but she doesn’t have sexual misconduct allegations hanging around her neck in the way Moore did. Even when she made some dumb remarks about a public hanging, the race was still very much in the GOP’s court. She wasn’t going to lose. So, yeah—Donald Trump was right: a liberal Democrat can’t fit in with Mississippi’s red state identity. Cuomo looped in with Lemon later that night. The runoff was this past Tuesday (via Newsbusters):

In the middle of CNN’s Election Night coverage during Cuomo Prime Time, host Chris Cuomo turned to senior political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson and asked her if she saw Trump’s comment as purely racist. “Do you see this as just a left/right play, or was this an allusion to something else also known as color,” he instructed her.

At first, Henderson lamented: “Yeah, I mean, it’s hard to give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt in instances like this…” (Apparently, it was difficult not to mischaracterize what was actually said.) Though clearly reluctant, she did admit that “in this context, he was talking about the idea that Mike Espy is a Democrat.” [snip]

Ok, well, Republicans can live in San Francisco, but do they really fit in? The same goes for New York City and the rest of the liberal Northeast. The entire Acela Corridor is not an area where you’ll see strong conservative bastions; it’s all insufferable snobby liberal elites. Conservatives won’t fit in these areas, politically, but they sure as hell can live there. No one is barred from living in any part of this country due to political stances. They may be the odd person out, but whatever. If they decide to run, yes, they will probably lose—and lose heavily. A liberal Democrat isn’t going to represent Mississippi in my lifetime. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) is only there because the Republican nominee, Moore, was just that awful. Jones better be job-hunting come next year because he is not winning re-election, barring another round of the GOP shooting themselves in the foot by nominating someone terrible again. I live in the liberal northern Virginia suburbs. Politically, the people around here suck—and suck hard. I don’t fit in concerning the political fabric—it’s all Democrats here—but I can still live here. Let’s take it down a few notches, CNN. It wasn’t like this was a race.  If they really want to discuss things that are disconcerting with regards to race, look at the survey that shows white liberals dumbing themselves down when interacting with minoritiesbecause they think they’re incompetent. That’s pretty…racist.

Here’s a new hat to set them screeching again.

Peccable reflections

Occasionally one of you will leave a comment. I going to shut off the comments, not because of you but the huge amount of spam I get each dday. I have to go through it because it might contain a legit comment that had some item that Spam Assassin grabbed in error. After the huge influx of garbage, Viagra, porn and other trash I don’t want to take the time to sort all those out.
If/when the inundation ceases, I’ll turn on comments again.

Thanks for understanding.