President Joe Biden brought a cheat sheet with him to a Wednesday press conference that showed he had advance knowledge of a journalist’s question.
The cheat sheet showed a photo of Los Angeles Times reporter Courtney Subramanian, a guide on how to pronounce her name, and her question for the president.
“How are YOU squaring YOUR domestic priorities — like reshoring semiconductors manufacturing — with alliance-based foreign policy?” The question read.
Biden’s use of the cheat sheet came during a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, while the two leaders discussed nuclear threats from North Korea.
Biden used a cheat sheet at today's press conference — with a reporter's question written on it pic.twitter.com/jfZu5JxKz5
The doddering old fool can’t speak two consecutive sentences without becoming a confused puddle of babbling incoherence, and most of the scripted words he reads off his teleprompter are blatant falsehoods, but nobody in the mainstream media ever complains because EIGHTY-ONE MILLION VOTES! Anyone who expresses doubt that Biden was elected by a historic landslide is automatically denounced as engaging in “disinformation” — A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY! — and so the White House press corps are now accustomed to acting as propaganda agents, de facto operatives for the Biden/Harris 2024 campaign team.
Thus a White House “press conference” is now a scripted theatrical production, with Our Alleged President being handed pre-approved questions that, for all we know, were actually written by Biden’s staffers and distributed to the compliant “reporters” participating in this bogus political charade. These dishonest journalists are about as independent as Pravda staffers during the height of Stalin’s terror.
Joe Biden gets caught RED-HANDED using a CHEAT SHEET of reporters INCLUDING the very questions that they're going to ask…
Nearly 15 years ago, I began comparing California to the kleptocratic regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. No matter how prosperous any place might ever have been, once its government is taken over by thievish, corrupt parasites, its future will become a tale of misery, chaos and despair. Such is the sadly predictable fate of California, where the Democratic Party’s stranglehold on power has produced a lawless nightmare wasteland from which honest people are fleeing. The state’s population has seen a net decline of more than 800,000 people in the past three years, an exodus that was accelerated by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “maximum lockdown” response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is certainly no accident that California has become the “epicenter” of homelessness in the United States, with more than a third of the nation’s homeless population. Every major city in the state is blighted by shabby encampments full of drug addicts, psychotics and criminals.
Homeless living under an overpass in Los Angeles
The politicians in charge of California have no interest in actually solving the state’s problems. The worse it gets, the more law-abiding and productive people leave California, the greater grows the power of the state’s Democratic Party. Honest, sober people don’t elect Democrats, and by destroying the quality of life in California — turning the state into a place where no sane people would choose to live — Democrats chase away anyone who might be inclined to oppose them. It’s the same as Baltimore or Detroit, except on a statewide level.
Drugs, crime, budget shortfalls, failing schools — if politicians in California wanted to solve problems, there’s plenty of work to be done, but guess what they’re doing instead?
After 30-year-dispute, San Jose to remove
statue in victory for Native American
and Mexican communities
After more than 30 years of controversy, the Thomas Fallon statue in San Jose, California is being removed. The bronze sculpture, which was commissioned in 1988 and stored until its installation in 2002 without public input, depicts Captain Thomas Fallon raising an American flag during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt — a symbol that to members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe represents a brutal time in Native American and Mexican history. While the removal comes at a hefty $450,000 price tag, it marks a big victory for Muwekma Ohlone and other affected communities. With no plans for a replacement statue, a traffic median will be installed following the removal, which is set to be completed by May 4.
“It’s like having a statue of a tyrant in the middle of San Jose. We’re trying to move forward from this, not move back,” a member of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe told NBC Bay Area. …
“The Fallon statue represents a time in our history that was brutal for us Native Americans and the Mexican communities that were living here along with us. I think history needs to be told right, so I wouldn’t want this statue to be removed and forgotten. That statue needs to be placed somewhere where that history is shared, both histories are shared, right? A symbol that reflects all of the people in the Bay Area ought to be put in its place,” Charlene Nijmeh, Chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, told ABC7.
Oh, a “victory for Native American and Mexican communities”? The taxpayers of San Jose are on the hook for more than $400,000 to pay for this “victory,” and it’s far from obvious how members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe (or anyone else) is benefited by the displacement of Captain Fallon’s statue. Well, who exactly are the Muwekma Ohlone and who is this Captain Fallon against whom they harbor such a grievance?
By the time of the California uprising in 1846, there were scarcely more than 1,000 Ohlone living in the coastal region around San Francisco Bay, most of whom were what was known as “Mission Indians,” having settled in the vicinity of the various Spanish Catholic mission in the area. The idea that life was wonderful for the Ohlone under the Spaniards and Mexicans — well, you can believe what you want to believe, but don’t expect me to believe that. Do the Ohlone seriously contend their conditions were worsened by the American takeover of California?
Well, being insufficiently familiar with California history to judge of such matters, I can’t flatly deny that things got worse for the Ohlone after California joined the Union, but I am doubtful, and suspect that this “victory” — the removal of the Fallon statue in San Jose — was mostly about placating a noisy handful of “activist” types, rather than addressing any legitimate grievance of the Ohlone tribe. And, of all people, why are they blaming Thomas Fallon?
Thomas Fallon (1825–1885) an Irish-born Californian politician, best known for serving as 10th Mayor of San Jose. . . .
At age 18, he was in St. Louis and joined the third expedition of John C. Frémont to California. Early in 1846, Fallon stayed in Santa Cruz after Frémont visited the area. In June 1846, he raised a group of 22 Santa Cruz-area volunteers to join Fremont, appointing himself captain. When the Mexican–American War began in California with Commodore John D. Sloat’s capture of Monterey on July 7, Fallon’s force crossed the Santa Cruz Mountains to capture El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (now the City of San José) without bloodshed, on July 11. On July 14, 1846 he received an American Flag from Sloat, which he raised over the juzgado of San Jose, the pueblo’s administrative building. Fallon’s volunteers then joined Fremont’s California Battalion for the remainder of the war.
And . . . ? Where’s the grievance here? Is there any claim that Fallon did any harm to the Ohlone, or to anyone else for that matter?
It is noted that Fallon served under Fremont, who perpetrated various massacres against the natives, but (a) the Ohlone are not named among Fremont’s victims and (b) there is no suggestion that Fallon took part in these massacres. I’ve never had a high estimation of Fremont, knowing him from Civil War history mainly as a politically connected bumbler who got beat by Jackson in the Valley. But as for why Fremont’s subordinate, Captain Fallon, should be considered so controversial, I confess myself mystified. When “activist” types began tearing down Confederate statues, I was among many who warned that this irrational iconoclasm wouldn’t stop there, and so now they’ve taken down Captain Fallon’s statue in San Jose for no reason at all, except that he was a white man and, in the 21st century, no statues of white men can be tolerated, especially in California. Just give the whole state back to the Ohlones, as far as I’m concerned. They can’t ruin it worse than Democrats.
Have we reached the bottom of the slippy slope yet? As someone who has spent years staring into the abyss, I’m rarely surprised by the depths of depravity in our increasingly insane culture, but the case of Aaron Zeman is a whole ’nother level of dangerous craziness. Zeman, 26, was arrested in December after police caught him in Nebraska with a 13-year-old boy he had kidnapped from Utah. Andy Ngo was the first to report that Zeman — who seems to have legally changed his name to “Tadashi Kura Kojima” — is a self-declared “MAP” (minor-attracted person, or what most people would call a pedophile) who was into role-playing as a dog in the “furry” fetish scene. Ngo reported that Zeman used a variety of online aliases, including “Hunter Fox” and “Sadiq Wolfe,” to pursue his victim.
ANDY NGO REPORTS: How a child abduction suspect groomed his victim on Twitterhttps://t.co/SHeXis4T93
An Amber Alert for a 13-year-old boy out of Layton was canceled early Wednesday [Dec. 28] after he was found safe in Nebraska. The suspect was taken into custody.
According to police, [the boy] was communicating with an adult on the internet and left his home late Monday night [Dec. 26] to meet with him. Police said the suspect was Aaron Zeman, 26, of Arizona, and said he may have been on his way back to Arizona or Texas with the teen.
Layton police originally identified Zeman as “Hunter Fox” but later confirmed that is an alias he was using online. Zeman also goes by the name Tadashi Kojima, they said.
[The boy] and Zeman were found in a car at a gas station in Grand Island, Nebraska, at about 1:15 a.m., Layton Police Sgt. Glenn Johnson told KSL Wednesday morning.
The bland phrase “communicating with an adult on the internet” is insufficient to describe just how bizarre Zeman’s behavior was.
As I have previously remarked in other contexts, there is a reason why some things are called “sexual fantasies,” because if you try to pursue such desires in real life, bad things happen. Perhaps your fantasy is to become a “charismatic” polygamous cult leader with a harem of nubile women as your devoted followers. Well, best of luck with that fantasy, but when you die in a shootout with the cops or get sent to federal prison, don’t blame me — I warned you. Of course, it’s easy for me to say this, as I lack sufficient “charisma” to gather a harem of devoted followers, and Keith Raniere never asked me for advice, but the point is still valid: Pursuing your kinky fantasy is generally a bad idea, even if it doesn’t end in a hail of police gunfire or a 120-year prison sentence.
A federal grand jury in Utah returned an indictment charging a Tucson, Arizona man with kidnapping a Utah teen and taking the victim across state lines with the intent to engage in illegal sexual activity.
According to court documents, Tadashi Kura Kojima, 26, also known as Aaron Michael Zeman, willfully and unlawfully kidnapped a 13-year-old, who he was not related to, or had legal custody of, and took the minor across state lines with the intent to engage in illegal sexual activity. The criminal conduct resulted in an Amber Alert and the arrest of Kojima in Nebraska. Kojima has been provided notice of the intent to seek forfeiture of property, including a cell phone, gaming devices, and a 1998 White Toyota Avalon, which were used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of the violation.
The indictment charges Kojima with kidnapping and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The defendant appeared in a U.S. federal court in Nebraska and is in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, who will transfer Kojima to Utah. Upon his arrival in Utah, Kojima will appear on his indictment at the Orrin G. Hatch United States District Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Utah.
U.S. Attorney Trina A. Higgins for the District of Utah made the announcement.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Carol A. Dain, is prosecuting the case. The investigation is being worked jointly by the FBI, Layton Police Department and Grand Island Police Department.
A June trial in Grand Island is set for an Arizona man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old Utah boy.
Tadashi Kojima, 26, Tucson, Arizona, [March 7] pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree sexual assault on a child, one count of third-degree sexual assault on a child and one count of resisting arrest. State statutes define first-degree sexual assault as involving penetration, while third-degree sexual assault involves sexual contact. . . .
The max penalty for a conviction of first-degree sexual assault on a child is life in prison.
Did I forget to use the word “allegedly”? Never mind. This guy’s got too many problems to be worried about filing a spurious defamation suit against a blogger, and so if I omitted the customary “innocent until proven guilty” disclaimer, who cares? Odds are that Zeman will either be murdered by other inmates or hang himself in his cell, and dead men can’t sue for libel. Meanwhile, however, John Sexton has a post at Hot Air addressing the Zeman case, reacting to a weird article from NBC News implying that somehow this crime is to be blamed on . . . Elon Musk?
The angle is that there were some difficulties in providing police with information about Zeman’s Twitter account and therefore it’s all Musk’s fault, an assertion that is . . . What’s the word I’m looking for here?
Oh, yes: CRAZY.
The liberal media’s bias is at least as dangerous as “furries,” because journalists habitually mislead the public about the scope and nature of the threats facing us. According to NBC News, we have more to fear from Elon Musk than we do from deranged pedophiles: “Never mind this demented pervert — beware of South African tech billionaires!”
Wait a minute, let me check the word count. Wow, did I go more than 1,000 words into this post without once using the phrase “doggy style”? Must be slipping in my old age, but despite these occasional lapses in my customary excellence in sarcasm, my point is still the same: “Furries” are crazy and, of course, Crazy People Are Dangerous.
Yesterday, Joe Biden emerged from his basement for a White House ceremony honoring Rebecka Peterson of Oklahoma as National Teacher of the Year, during the course of which event he said:
Rebecka put a teacher’s creed into words when she said, “There’s no such thing as someone else’s child.” No such thing as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.
Es gibt kein Kind von jemand anderem. Nicht so etwas wie das Kind eines anderen. Die Kinder unserer Nation sind alle unsere Kinder. pic.twitter.com/gbs9Uj2Py3
Today I was watching CNN (so you don’t have to) when, just after noon, they reported that Tucker Carlson and Fox News have “parted ways.” Then they brought on the despicable Oliver Darcy to engage in unsubstantiated speculation as to why Carlson — the top-rated host in cable news for the past six years — had left Fox. But does anyone actually care what Oliver Darcy thinks? Because you might think that if Darcy’s opinions were so valuable, more people would be watching CNN, which has been mired in third place among cable news networks for at least the past 15 years. CNN sucks, and they spend an inordinate amount of time “reporting” about what’s happening on Fox News.
Don Lemon has been terminated by CNN, the anchor announced on Monday just hours after he’d ended his morning broadcast. “I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned,” he tweeted in a fiery post announcing his exit. “After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network. It is clear that there are some larger issues at play. With that said, I want to thank my colleagues and the many teams I have worked with for an incredible run. They are the most talented journalists in the business, and I wish them all the best.”
CNN CEO Chris Licht confirmed the news in a memo to network staffers: “CNN and Don Lemon have parted ways. Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” he wrote. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”
CNN disputed Lemon’s characterization of his termination in a statement. “Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate,” wrote the network’s PR shop. “He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.”
CNN anchor John King seemed surprised by the news during Monday’s broadcast of Inside Politics. “I don’t know the details happening while I’m sitting in the chair here, but I work here. I love this place,” King said. “Certainly wish Don the best. He’s always been good to me as a colleague.”
“I’m just relieved,” one female on-air CNN personality told The Daily Beast. “I really never thought that there wouldn’t be any accountability right. I mean, these guys are untouchable for the most part.”
The sudden exit ends a tumultuous year for the star anchor, who has seemingly generated one negative headline after another for a network under siege by financial losses and leadership changes.
Nice touch with that adverb, “seemingly.”
CNN Nuking Don Lemon as a liar on his way out the door is really something else ? pic.twitter.com/9IL9mLGMN9
