Tuesday, February 28, 2017

CPAC 2017 - Observations From Afar

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Had my tickets. My room. My press pass and then: plantar fasciitis STRUCK. What terrible timing, oh churl. You brought excruciating pain and made the trip impossible. (*sigh*)


Which made me ever so thankful for the live feed from CPAC. For me, long distance, the high point was President Trump's speech to a packed house. This made up for his cancellation last year.  He's BACK and he is PRESIDENT. (wow)





I still treasure the pictures I took of Trump  at CPAC 2014.

Sadly, I missed all my favorite parts of CPAC. The many panels, the speakers in the main room, and the break-out panels as well. It's  always a YUGE three day event.


This year, there was a panel with a favorite of mine, Sheriff Clark.


Another of my faves, Sen. Ted Cruz



VP Mike Pence, Ambassador John Bolton, Steve Bannon spoke and many, many more who can be found at ACU You Tube. I encourage anyone interested to check that channel out.


Much has been written regarding the diverse factions that make up the Republican and the Conservative Parties. Inquiring minds wish to know, are we working together to undo the last 8 years? Found an interesting article from Kurt Schlichter addressing some of these points.


Congrats to CPAC for bringing everyone together, with so much to encourage us post- elections, under one Big Tent. Missing it (sad). Planning next year already. CPAC 2018. If you've never been, you should check it out. Barring a plantar gremlin, I'll be there.
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Friday, February 24, 2017

NOT My President Day Leftists return to Columbus Circle NYC

Presidents' Day. NYC.  Feb. 20, 2017. RENAMED (by the rabid Left) NOT MY PRESIDENT DAY


Location: Start at Columbus Circle. Assemble outside Trump International Hotel. 61st St & Central Park West. Time: 12pm - 4pm



This was announced as a peaceful demonstration. A rally, not a march (though plenty of Leftards marched up Broadway)

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There was a congressional recess on February 20th that aligned with President's Day. SO, "Let's rally while our federal representatives are back in town and remind them who they represent."
But, today was NOT just any Presidents Day

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 Officially, the holiday is called Washington’s Birthday, to honor the first American president, George Washington. The date was established by Congress with the Monday Holidays Act, which went into effect in 1971.



But,  just say "President Trump" and watch the temper tantrums from the Left begin.





That's all they needed to "gather like children", screaming , "Trump is NOT my President."  Pathetic.

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AMERICA , however, did not remain silent. There were pockets of confident patriots scattered from 60th to 65th st.



Not just 'white' America the Left loves to smear with cries of racism.




People of color. Diversity. THIS is what democracy looks like.



Polite (mostly). FIRM in their convictions that Donald  Trump IS our President. YOU LOST. Get over it!"



Heading towards the subway, I felt weary from yet another YUGE temper tantrum. So much snarky ill-will.



Yet, the civilized street debates offered up by those brave patriotic Americans, also left me encouraged.



Kudos to the patriots who had the courage to stand amongst so many smug Fools and Tools and retained their composure. Bravo.



For the Leftards, who suck the life out of everything, while preaching hatred for all things Republican: a major Razzie award to you all.



Where is MOM when you need her.



"Time out." "Go To your Room."
(if only that would work)



Video Playlist: 7 short vids - 4  are the patriot street debates




Pictures Flickr slide show:


After the Rally, the Leftists filled their Face book and Twitter feeds with the expected self congratulation. BUT so did the Patriots!!

Thank you to EVERYONE that came out. We made a stand and it was great. The Spirit of '76 was alive yesterday and we totally messed up the libs day. So proud of everyone!

By the way, the next event will be on March 4th - I believe at Trump Tower. It's called "March 4 Trump" and they will be happening in several cities. Thanks again.

The LEFT says they're winning. Yet, after reading their "mission statement", methinks hubris may sink their ship (Hoping)

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Face book statement on WHY they rallied for NOT MY PRESIDENT Day:

Donald Trump is literally our President, but figuratively, he has attacked every value New Yorkers embody and does not represent our interests. We will be staging a rally at Columbus Circle to protest the un-American policies of the current White House:

- He plans to cut federal funding to our state in an attempt to turn us against our immigrant population, funneling money away from important public institutions.

- He wants to use our tax money to build a wall that no one wants.

- He attacked our Muslim communities and instituted an Islamophobic religious ban.

 

- He approved a pipeline that threatens to destroy sacred lands.

- His administration opposes a woman's right to choose and purged the White House website of information pertaining to police brutality and LGBTQ rights.

- His party doesn't take climate change seriously and undermines our state's efforts to combat it.

Donald Trump stands against the progress we have worked hard to enact. He does not represent our interests. He was voted in by a minority of the American public but governs as if there's no resistance. But there is -- and on February 20th, we will honor previous presidents by exercising our constitutional right to assemble and peacefully protest everything Donald Trump stands for.

++ Pictures and video property of Pamela Hall ++

Links to  other media reports:
NBC News
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

"We Were Strangers Once,Too" - immigration smart art - Times Square

Feb 14 thru March 5th, 2017 - Duffy Sq (46th and Bdwy)- NYC - Valentines Day. Peace. Love. Never waste a moment to preach to the masses: "We Were Strangers Once, too"(Barack Obama)

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Just what I would expect from  these public-funded committees that seem to only approve ODD ART projects.

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A curiosity - that may never make sense -  Of course

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de rigueur (a must


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Since I was on my way to "I am a Muslim, too", no time to ponder, wander nor wade through those poles; to READ and decipher this IMMIGRANT installation. (Not high on my bucket list)

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The installation designed by The Office for Creative Research beat out several others to be the winner of this year's Times Square Valentine Heart Design Competition.


 


The exhibit is about 10 feet high and features 33 poles inscribed and colored to represent the different places where some of the foreign-born NYC residents came from. As visitors move around the sculpture, they get a different perspective. Once they arrive at the designated spot, a heart is revealed.


Perhaps "We Were Strangers Once, Too" was meant to ask HOW racist TRUMP could HATE Immigrants!


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Next stop, 48th street and "I Am a Muslim,Too", Part Deux
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++Pictures and video property of Pamela Hall++

Monday, February 20, 2017

"I am Muslim, Too" Fools and Tools Return to Times Square

I am Muslim, too has returned proclsiming across Times Square: We Stand With American Muslims!



An I Heart Muslims event organized by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding — a coalition of religious groups led by record label founder Russell Simmons, Rabbi Marc Schneider (and others)

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The crowd was jammed, of course, with all the  UWS (upper west side) and Brooklyn Liberal Jews. Signs advertising their blind obedience with "I am a Jew. Today, I'm a Muslim too' and  Muslims, of course, filled out the crowd..

Otherwise- the claim by comic, Dean Obeidallah (the Muslim MC) that we were surrounded by a SEA of Brown faces [stretching to 57th st] was GREATLY exaggerated.[See more in Flickr
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But, how else would Dean be able to lead with his fake-news punch-line LIE, that Trump's Florida audience had been a sea of angry white faces filled with HATE. (obviously he didn't see the black trump supporters in Melbourne, Florida. Sitting proudly behind trump, with signs held prominently towards the cameras.

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BTW- co hosting with Obeidallah was lesbian, Jewish comic, Judy Gold. Her level of ignorance re Islam and its deathly intolerance for homosexuals obviously runs DEEP. Nope. the truth is always inconvenient.


SO - onward  and upward with I am a MUSLIM, Too - Part Two. Starting things out was the comic co-hosts who screamed us into auditory hell, followed by that that great humanitarian, Def jams' own Russell Simmons.





Simmons gave a speech to be expected,  'We are here, unified, because of Donald Trump, so we won’t speak too harshly of him tonight – today. We want to thank him for bringing us together. Middle America' has been misled. The seeds of hate that were small, and maybe just ignorance, cannot be watered. That hate cannot grow'. Anti-Trump, Pro- Muslim. Yeah, that's the ticket.



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The token STAR of the event, gave a DEEP-voiced speech (my god- what happened to her voice) Pro-forma leftist blather as she railed against Trump's America destroying the constitution and ending with 'We will fight hatred with love' and OF COURSE, I am a MUSLIM, too.

 


Rabbis and pastors - imams, a Sikh, a Buddhist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Mennonite, Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist and Hindu - all gave short speeches praising Islam.




As did Rabbi Marc Schneier (President Foundation For Ethnic Understanding) who twice in one short speech proclaimed, I am a Muslim, Too , followed by a sequence of Takbirs (Allah is Greater) ... [1;13 in the video]



Ashamed of being Americans in what they claim to be an INTOLERANT America.



Local politicians and civil rights advocates, too. Parading their ignorance of Islam's INTOLERANT history towards Judaism and Christianity, even NOW in the 21st century. No matter what the historically intolerant facts reveal about Islam, they shouted - each one of them - I AM A MUSLIM, TOO.



So, as the pathetic display of naive inclusiveness and good will continued for the cameras, we heard the required Muslim prayers; allahu akbars and takbirs from the stage . (even got the extra treat of some prayers at the side of the stage)


 

Linda Sarsour, Brooklyn-born Palestinian-American activist,  “I am unapologetically Muslim, all day, every day,” she told the cheering crowd. “I am not afraid because fear is a choice; it is not a fact. So today I ask you, in the true grit and spirit of a New Yorker, that you choose courage in the face of fear.”

 


Sarsour was also touted as one of the proud organizers of the DC Women's march .

Fist bumping and ONE finger umma pumping Sarsour. The symbolism did not go unnoticed.



Sarsour BTW resurfaced after seeming to be persona non grata at some recent Muslim pressers down town. But, here she was  - front and center -  along with intifada NYC's Debbie Almontaser.
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The media war for the hearts and minds of a naive America, whose desire to Love Muslims (Islam is off the table), this circus was the darling of the media for about 4 hours on Sunday, Feb 19.



A circus that will continue to play across the country, dominating the media.  Enjoyed. Unchallenged.



As long as the Hate Trump machine rolls on, these LOVE fests will continue. Appearing soon at a school, college and artistic venue near you.



The Future is a terrible thing to waste.



++Pictures and video property of Pamela Hall++

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Anti-Israel Groups Protest Emergency Rally For Israel at Columbia Univ

Monday- Feb 13, 2017 - 6:30- Columbia Univ. Danny Danon, the Israeli Ambassador to the UN was invited to speak at Columbia University.

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However, anti-Israel groups were planning a protest to disrupt the event.

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SO...there was an Emergency Rally For Israel :

Due to their pressure, Columbia administration imposed a last-minute restriction on the event's attendance preventing many Israel supporters and other interested parties from hearing the ambassador's speech.

Wait listed  means .... NO ADMITTANCE !


 

Let us show the UN ambassador of the only Middle East democracy a warm welcome. Let us show our support to Students Supporting Israel at Columbia University - SSI Columbia who organized this event.

Let us send a message to the Columbia administration that the university's responsibility is to protect and encourage free speech and civil discourse instead of restricting it.

And let us show anti-Israel hate groups that false and bigoted messages will not prevail. This is a non-partisan pro-Israel, pro free speech event!.

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What we saw outside (and others inside) was predictable. They did not fail to agitate.  The SJP .... and others.... were there to SHUT DOWN Free Speech.



[video -the confrontation that went on outside]



Saw them assemble to march  at approx. 6:30 and then- as they began marching back and forth in front of Lerner Hall- they grew in numbers.



Glutting the sidewalk. Jamming egress for anyone just trying to walk by.  And SHOUTING. CHANTING. Hateful. Nasty. Smug. Shrill.



Eventually the police brought more barricades- to clear the center of the public sidewalk. But, the noise pollution continued, unabated,



while other kuffeya-clad REGISTERED GUESTS continued to gain entry.



INSIDE- as predicted- was the shut Danon down phase two.



SHOUT and SHOUT and SHOUT so he can't speak. not answer questions. after all- someone might hear the TRUTH. These fascist thugs can't have that - EVER



And Columbia? Shame on you. SHAME SHAME SHAME



FROM LEFT: their Press release, video, and photos re the protest can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/CUapartheiddivest/posts/1709359776016825

Twitter https://twitter.com/ColumbiaSJP

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I conclude with this buoyant response: Allyson Levy February 14 at 8:34am ·


Last night the pro Israel voice won....Danon got to speak, and the anti-semites were left to chant to a glass wall....AM YISRAEL CHA
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Right on!



[Pictures and video property of Pamela Hall]