In Memoriam: The GOP Pretending to Care About Fiscal Restraint – YouTube
— Read on m.youtube.com/watch

Reactions to presidential budget proposals generally run along predictable party lines: the party occupying the White House lauds it as a sober and responsible reflection of the nation’s priorities, while the opposition party insists it will kill babies and bring about the general downfall of the nation. We might expect this political grandstanding to grow more intense in the Trump era, and so it has: the administration’s new 2019 budget proposal has been met with howls of disapproval from many corners.
— Read on mises.org/power-market/federal-budgets-are-meaningless

Yes they are nothing more than loose guidelines anymore

SARA CARTER: Mueller’s Right-Hand Man Accused of “Corrupt Legal Practices,” Caught Withholding Evidence in Major Case
— Read on thegatewaypundit.com/2018/02/sara-carter-muellers-right-hand-man-accused-corrupt-legal-practices-caught-withholding-evidence-major-case/

The plot thickens

General Mike Flynn is not Going Softly Into That Good Night – DB DAILY UPDATE
— Read on dbdailyupdate.com/index.php/2018/02/14/general-mike-flynn-is-not-going-softly-into-that-good-night/

A new twist

Is it possible the CIA used one of their star operatives to help carry out the bloody 1 October massacre which left 58 dead?
— Read on www.intellihub.com/was-stephen-paddock-sheep-dipped-by-the-cia-obituary-shows-a-dead-paddock-in-2013/

European officials have been not only mute about the Iranian regime’s attacks on its own people. They have also been missing “a robust defense of Western values”, now under attack in Iran: freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, separation of
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11778/european-officials-repression-terrorism

More diversity 😡

Can Big Business Save the Trees (and the Bees)? – YouTube
— Read on m.youtube.com/watch

What makes this quiz interesting (or bizarre, depending on your outlook) is that none of the questions are about issues. Instead, you’re asked about lifestyle. Such as:
Are you orderly or messy?Do you prefer country music or classical music?Do you want your home on a busy street or quiet street?Are philosophical discussions fun, boring, or pointless?Do you like arugula?
At the risk of over-simplifying, if you give answers suggesting you prefer a quiet and conventional life, you’ll get a right-wing score. And you’ll get a left-wing score if your answers suggest you have a more eclectic approach to life (and, if you’re like me, you don’t know whether you like arugula, so you have a hard time answering certain questions).
— Read on fee.org/articles/heres-the-thing-about-those-political-orientation-quizzes/

Question everything

Globalism, Technocracy, Socialism: three names for the same thing by Jon Rappoport February 15, 2018 Every “universal” solution for humankind presupposes a gigantic flaw in the way things are. That flaw must be corrected. It must be corrected from above, by a better system, which locks the door against an escape back into the old…
— Read on jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/globalism-socialism-technocracy-three-names-for-the-same-thing/

Well said

We have finally learned what we suspected all along: both parties like to spend money.
— Read on www.mauldineconomics.com/the-10th-man/the-return-of-porkulus