Hours 1 and 2:BZ and LONNIE POINDEXTER addressed today’s schism in race, noting that the division between races is purposeful and taught to our young by Demorats and those on the Left who profit, monetarily and politically, by said division — which only serves to make Conservatives easier to suppress and destroy.
Tonight we had two men, one black, one white (and only mentioned because Leftists couch everything in terms of race or sex or both), whom Leftists insist should have nothing in common — only to clearly display they have everything in common.
They are Conservatives.
Their only difference? Paint jobs. And that means nothing.
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At the age of 70, radio host Rush Limbaugh died of lung cancer early Wednesday morning, after having been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer a year prior.
Yes, before the question is even asked, Rush Limbaugh was a smoker, first of cigarettes and then of cigars.
So I’d like to take you on a journey to more fully understand and appreciate Rush Limbaugh.
That’s the point of writing this. Because I too was in radio for a number of years, both in AM and FM as a proverbial musical “disc jockey” and also in talk radio, as well as various forms of support to include Traffic Reporter, FM Programmer, News Editor — all at KFBK — and Station Manager, Program Director, Promotions Director, and on-air talent at numerous other stations.
Rush Limbaugh was a radio icon, a great supporter of America, and single-handedly responsible for providing a voice to Conservatives who, heretofore, were mostly voiceless.
America discovered Rush had passed away when his wife Kathryn spoke at the beginning of his Wednesday show, February 17th.
Here is her statement presented on YouTube, if you cannot play the above.
And that is how we discovered that a true American icon had died.
Rush Limbaugh’s last show was on Tuesday, February 2nd, where he was able to provide us with two hours of broadcasting excellence.
For his last words from the EIB studio, start at 1:52:50.
His last words were “see you all next time.” And we will. Just not in the radio format.
Radio on KFBK in August of 1986. Note the reel-to-reel tape deck, the voluminous cart rack, and the Shure SM7 microphone. Producer Kitty O’Neal talks with the then-35-year-old Rush Limbaugh.
Rush Limbaugh provided the voice and the venue for those of a Conservative bent and a movement was started. There are those who would credit the political process itself for the Right finding its voice — and certainly the Ronald Reagan years should not be discounted as it was during the temper of these times that Rush Limbaugh worked his way to syndication in 1988.
From there the culture wars may have officially begun. After literally decades of ruling all forms of media and, moreover, its content, liberals were most chagrined to discover AM radio shortly became the bastion of conservatives. It took literally years for the Left to even attempt inroads to AM radio via Air America — and we all know how solvent and powerful Air America is currently.
From there, the internet blossomed. Conservatives took to the net like fish to water. This in turn led to various conservative magazines with links to the internet, Fox News and, most recently, to my venue — the blog. Conservatives are big in the Blogosphere.
As grew the voice of Conservatives, so the Left and liberals felt (because, let’s face it, they were) more challenged. Not everything they said and espoused was accepted by rote. Persons actually had, egads, the temerity to speak up and attempt to refute what the MSM said and wrote. And, egads, it was proven time and again that the MSM occasionally seemed to omit some very salient things from their stories — some people call them facts.
Mind you, this is me in 2006. Only two years after I started my blog in 2004.
Liberals then, during that transition and now (witness this book and others) feature themselves the victims in this heinous and oppressive power grab by the Right.
What happened is this: common people found a voice. They found an outlet for their frustrations. People from the heartland. People from the working class who wanted to get ahead and didn’t want the government to do it for them. People who wanted to be left alone to prosper. People who believe in Capitalism and believe that hard work should yield benefits. People who believe in a higher being as did our Founding Fathers, who believed in justice, in ethics and morals.
So in truth, Conservatives haven’t “fought back” — they just had the gall to voice their beliefs and concerns in a way they never had before.
And that’s what’s threatening to liberals.
It began with a word: information. And the dissemination of and access to information.
Because it’s all about the power and, for the first time in recent political memory, around 1988, the Democrats didn’t have an absolute stranglehold on the control of information and, consequently, their power diminished. Because, after all, information is power and where politics are concerned, it’s always about power and money.
When did this begin? What dynamic changed the situation?
In my opinion, it wasn’t a dynamic, it was a person. One little bitty radio person who started a talk show on KFBK in my home town, Sacramento, Fornicalia. Rush Limbaugh.
Rush Limbaugh gave voice to an entire generation, and to generations after, an entire strata of persons who thought they had no voice, who had no idea there were so many others just like themselves. Conservatives began to realize: I’m not alone.
Perhaps I’m simplifying things but I think not; Rush started an actual revolution of conservative self-realization — a very important concept and a base upon which was built subsequent generations of conservative talk show hosts attempting to capitalize on Rush’s success, his cash and, more importantly, fundamentally conservative leanings.
Rush Limbaugh created, particularly in 1988 when his national syndication took off, a starting point for a trend that has mutated into an entirely new paradigm of how we, as Americans, access and process our news and information. And how we have become much more politically aware of what goes on about us.
Make no mistake: Leftist dogma is every bit a religion; Leftists believe the greatest enemy is the United States. We already know how that goes. We saw it with the Leftist-Anarchist Summer of Hate in 2020.
So I submit that where we are now is because, in great part, to Rush Limbaugh. Not in a negative fashion, but in a positive fashion.
Because if Conservatives never found a voice, the Republicans would be in even worse, smashed, pounded, shape than they are now. And moreover, Conservatives, as individuals, as groups, would possibly have continued to evolve at a much slower pace.
Rush Limbaugh is that important to two critical areas:
The format of radio — as an effective communications tool which could, simultaneously, inform, entertain, and poke fun, and
Republicans and Conservatives finding their own voice and, once found, using that voice to advance Conservative thought and agendas
So make no mistake, Rush Limbaugh was a Republican but — then — a Conservative mover and shaker.
I tried to think of all the bullet points that would be applicable to Rush Limbaugh, otherwise I’d simply have to write a book. Here goes:
It could be said that Rush Limbaugh revitalized all of AM radio, which had been drying up courtesy of the FM radio challenge.
As AM radio was “dying” Limbaugh single-handedly brought it back during what might be considered “the worst of times” for Conservatives as President Clinton was in office in 1992 — despite that his listenership exploded.
I could say that without Limbaugh there might not have been House control in 1993, as Speaker Newt Gingrich confirms.
He made politics fun, with parodies of himself and others.
Just as he was eternally optimistic, he showed us all that, overall, Conservatives are much more optimistic, happy and, more importantly, oriented towards creativity and building.
He emphasized that contrast so it became obvious that Leftists are negative, unhappy, and focus on destruction.
He emphasized that America is fundamentally decent, good, caring and charitable.
He shared some characteristics with President Trump, insofar as he was the initial outsider, a trend setter, who spoke his mind and was attacked for it.
He said, of the American people, “simply get out of their way and let them triumph.”
Limbaugh was self-taught. He had no college. He failed any number of times and kept going, persevered, and got better and more facile with each radio job.
Rush Limbaugh paved the way for Fox News, which went live in October of 1996.
It could be said he cleared the way for President Trump — whom he supported.
His clear key was: “I simply validated what everyone already felt.”
So who was “everyone” to Rush Limbaugh? Was it the elites? I submit: No. It was the same people for whom President Trump fought. The average working man or woman, who pulled a wage, paid taxes, whose “paint job” didn’t matter — but who was voiceless, ignored, used like a Kleenex and then thrown away first by Demorats and then by Republicans today — which is more than abundantly clear.
What were some of the attributes that you felt Rush Limbaugh possessed?
And what did Rush Limbaugh mean to you?
For that matter, what does radio in general mean to you?
But things didn’t just start at KFBK in Sacramento. It took Rush Limbaugh twenty years to even get there. And “there” was in fact the “50,000 watt flame thrower” of AM radio stations, as KFBK was licensed back when AM stations could be licensed for 50,000 watts of power.
Limbaugh dropped out of college in 1971 and then was subsequently fired from four radio stations. He got involved with sales with the Kansas City Royals in 1979, then went back to radio in 1983. He was fired after a year then, two weeks later, got hired by KFBK to replace Morton Downey Jr, who called a local politician a “chink.”
Here’s a Rush Limbaugh aircheck from 1974, at station KQV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Limbaugh’s first show on KFBK was October 14th of 1984. An ominous year, yes? 1984?
But it was the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine—which had required that stations provide free air time for responses to any controversial opinions that were broadcast—by the FCC on August 5, 1987, meant stations could broadcast editorial commentary without having to present opposing views.
Daniel Henninger wrote, in a Wall Street Journal editorial, “Ronald Reagan tore down this wall (the Fairness Doctrine) in 1987 … and Rush Limbaugh was the first man to proclaim himself liberated from the East Germany of liberal media domination.”
The end of government-mandated “fairness” — translated: equity. Guaranteed equal outcomes. Not guaranteed opportunity.
Limbaugh failed and failed a number of times. KGO in San Francisco turned him down. But he persevered because doing radio was something he loved, had a passion for.
Limbaugh became syndicated in 1988, left KFBK, and continued on, first to WABC in New York — the proverbial big time — creating millions of listeners per year.
Here is an April 29th, 1993 re-broadcast of Rush Limbaugh from KFBK. This, by the way, was Bill Clinton’s 100th day in office.
From there, any number of controversies occurred.
Limbaugh lasted a few weeks as an ESPN commentator in 2003. Then stated the obvious.
I don’t think he’s been that good from the get-go. I think what we’ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve. The defense carried this team
“Social concern”? Rush Limbaugh nailed “Social Justice” before there was such a thing. And frankly, as history proved, McNabb wasn’t that good. So off of ESPN went Rush.
If you recall, Rush Limbaugh announced that he was addicted to painkillers on air, in 2003.
The radio talk show host said he first became addicted to painkillers “some years ago,” following spinal surgery. However, he added, “the surgery was unsuccessful and I continued to have severe pain in my lower back and also in my neck due to herniated discs. I am still experiencing that pain.”
In April of 2006, Rush Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities, on a warrant issued by the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s office, and was arrested “on a single charge of prescription fraud” His record was later expunged.
Worse yet, for broadcasters — particularly in radio — Rush Limbaugh revealed in 2001 that he was suffering from rapid-onset hearing loss as a result of a rare condition called autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED).
Could a common painkiller have contributed to Rush Limbaugh’s well-known hearing loss?
Research findings suggest the radio talk-show host’s apparent addiction to Vicodin could be the culprit behind his mysterious attack of deafness two years ago.
Doctors over the past several years have reported dozens of cases of Vicodin addicts who became deaf and, in some cases, only regained their hearing with the help of cochlear implants such as the ones received by Limbaugh.
“It’s pretty clear that there is this association,” says Dr. Jeffrey Harris, an ear specialist at the University of California, San Diego Medical School. “The ear is sensitive to drugs, and this particular association with Vicodin has become more relevant as people are getting their hands on it as a recreational drug.”
However, the full extent of the problem isn’t known, and researchers aren’t sure how painkillers may harm the ear in the first place.
How frightening it must have been to lose one’s hearing in radio.
He was diagnosed in May of 2001 and told his listeners in October that he was almost entirely deaf as a result of an autoimmune inner-ear disease. He said he had lost 100 percent hearing in his left ear and 80 percent in his right ear.
He successfully had a cochlear implant placed in his left ear to restore his hearing. He announced in January 2002 that he could hear his own radio show “for the first time in nearly four months via a medical marvel.”
Until then, he relied solely on a TelePrompTer and his staff’s assistance to understand his callers.
Did anyone listen to Rush during his days of using a TelePrompTer? That’s extremely difficult yet Rush continued. He persevered. Like Dr Donald D Rose at KFRC in San Francisco.
Despite his cheerful persona, Rose suffered over three decades of debilitating pain from assorted medical problems. In 1972, he underwent a botched heart surgery, which caused chronic knee infections that required 11 more operations and led to his losing his kneecap. He broadcast his daily radio show flat on his back from his home hospital bed for months. In 1984, after a fall made the knee problems worse, he had the damaged leg amputated.
Perseverance. Dogged determination. Doing what you love, with passion.
But let’s talk about the risk, reward, and the work.
Because the Rush Limbaugh gig was three hours of talk radio with commercial breaks, for 33 years. In that amount of time he had no guests. Correct. Zero guests to take some of the time and weight from your shoulders — with some exceptions like the president and other difficult “gets.”
What Rush Limbaugh had was an endless, cogent, insightful, logical narrative — day after day, week after week, year after year. Quality broadcasting for 33 years.
And he made is seem completely effortless, so smooth, so seamless. But he definitely believed in what I believe: Show Prep.
Not Rush. The man was notorious for prepping. He also was exceptional at effortlessly weaving narratives. More importantly, he made you look at the same story everyone else was discussing from an angle you hadn’t considered. That made The Rush Limbaugh Show appointment listening, the kind that made you sit in a parking lot long after reaching your destination to hear Rush finish his point.
His secret? The old military training rule: “The more we sweat in training, the less we bleed in war.” Your average ta
lk radio host wings it by showing up, flipping through a newspaper and depending heavily on callers.
As radio hosts know: always have a Plan B, a Plan C, D, and E. Because seldom does all go as planned.
Many people hung onto the cape of Rush Limbaugh — including Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Dennis Prager, Hugh Hewitt, and many, many, more — to include myself and hundreds of other internet show hosts.
You would think that, with this amount of seniority and dollars, Rush Limbaugh would have been an Ego Shock Missile — but when meeting Rush, many were a bit taken aback by how quiet and almost shy he was. One of his quotes was “I socially distanced before it was fashionable.”
Not like a Michael Savage, whose line of “Borders, Language, and Culture” resonates massively — in other words, a great message. But in my opinion, one of the harshest and worst of messengers imaginable. Savage goes through producers like some people change underwear.
Not Rush. Kit Carson was around for years until his passing from cancer at 58, in 2015. And few know this his producer of many years, “Bo Snerdley,” is actually a gracious and facile man named James Golden, a black Republican, who has been Rush’s call-screener, Producer and Engineer since about 1992, beginning with Limbaugh’s TV show.
Here, Rush Limbaugh is interviewed on the CBS show “60 Minutes” by Steve Kroft in 1991.
And this is Rush speaking at CPAC — the Conservative Political Action Conference — in 2009.
And this is Rush Limbaugh’s last broadcast of 2020, on December 23rd.
Here, Rush Limbaugh receives the highest honor the country can bestow upon a civilian, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, delivered by President Trump and placed by First Lady, Melania Trump — at the State of the Union Address, February 4th of 2021.
We then received the news of Rush’s passing just yesterday, after having been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer on January 20th of 2020.
Leftists then commenced to spit on Rush Limbaugh, of course, because all Demorats and Leftists can do is destroy.
But when they spit on Rush, that means they are all spitting on you and me. Look.
If you want to read filth, read what the Huffington Post (now owned by Buzzfeed) wrote after Limbaugh’s passing here.
Rush Limbaugh, Bigoted King Of Talk Radio, Dies At 70
Limbaugh saturated America’s airwaves with cruelty and conspiracies, amassing millions of listeners and transforming the Republican Party.
The accolades rolled in, the testimonies, the stories. Mary Steyn wrote a beautiful tribute here on his website.
Throughout his entire time on air, there were genius GOP consultants who, in reaction to any electoral setbacks, would insist that what the GOP needed to do was come up with a way to ditch Limbaugh. As I said on air many years ago: Really? For almost a third of a century, Rush’s audience was over half the total Republican vote. How many do all you genius “Republican reformers” bring to the table? I’ve recounted previously the first time I was asked to guest-host, back in 2006, when I happened to be down in Australia and the Prime Minister, John Howard, asked me to some or other event a day or two hence. And I politely declined, saying I had to get back to America to host The Rush Limbaugh Show. “I hear that’s a pretty big show,” said the PM.
“Yeah,” I replied. “Twenty-five, thirty million listeners.”
“‘Strewth,” said Mr Howard. “Rush has more listeners than we have Australians.”
Indeed. And all these GOP clever-clogs never explain, once you throw Rush and his millions overboard, what’s going to replace them.
Indeed.
What are some of things Rush said?
What are your final thoughts on Rush Limbaugh?
Let’s go back a bit.
Rush Limbaugh used to say he had “talent on loan from God.”
Mark Steyn wrote the best finalizing sentence in his article praising Rush.
To modify Rush’s tag line: Talent returned to God.
Hours 1 and 2:BZ provided new updates on fresh breaking news, Happy Stories, and began an entirely new show segment entitled “You Can’t Write This Shit.”
PLUS: is President Trump more valuable coming back as president following his ACQUITTAL? Or is he more valuable working from outside DC and providing leadership and motivation?
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Hours 1 and 2:BZ along with Co-Host JEREMY HANSON of the Unleashed Jeremy Hanson podcast, conspired to conduct a Week In Review of the Biden Regime, discovering, of course, that Biden intends to completely undo the work of President Trump and then enslave the rest of the US population, removing their rights and imposing greater taxes, restrictions and regulations.
This show also includes the End Of Watch broadcast for Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff Adam Gibson, shot and killed on January 18th, 2021, following a vehicle stop on a parolee. His K9 partner Riley was also shot and killed.
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Let’s begin with at least a few HAPPY STORIES before we delve into the morose material — because all work and no play makes BZ a dull boy.
That’s called “Let’s Larf At Leftists.”
HAPPY STORY: Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis paves the way for logic and safety.
Ron DeSantis’s Florida is the unsung success story of coronavirus
WAExaminer, 2-3-21
Beginning Jan. 20, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo acquired a new problem. He cannot very well blame President Biden for his performance on the coronavirus, so he now lacks a federal scapegoat toward which to deflect blame for his own shortcomings.
Perhaps the best example of a large state succeeding amid this crisis is conservative Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Florida. Florida is larger in population than New York, more disproportionately elderly, visited by more potentially infected tourists, and (as of the last census) its population is more concentrated in urban areas. Yet somehow, in spite of all these disadvantages, Florida’s death rate from the coronavirus is roughly half that of the Empire State. (Before you leap to attribute this to the sunny weather, note that Arizona, Louisiana, and Mississippi are all in the top 10 for death rate, whereas frigid Vermont, Idaho, Maine, and Utah are near the bottom.)
If the goal were to minimize coronavirus deaths while also maximizing the openness of one’s state, the numbers bear out DeSantis’s success. In addition to having a much lower death rate, Florida had 25% fewer hospitalizations and 25% fewer new cases as of the end of January. In contrast to Cuomo’s heavy-handed vaccination policies, which had hospitals doing all the heavy lifting and resulted in many doses being thrown out rather than given to the “wrong” people, DeSantis has created drive-thru testing and vaccination sites and expects to administer more than 300,000 shots this week.
In contrast to Cuomo, DeSantis was unendingly crucified and vilified by the media for his far more targeted approach, which focused on protecting the most vulnerable while letting society and the economy function to the extent reasonably possible.
MSNBC Promo: Look at Our Obsequious Fawning Over Biden!
by Kyle Drennan, 2-3-21
In its latest promo, MSNBC touted two years of sycophantic coverage for Joe Biden on the campaign trail and right up through Inauguration Day. The star of the ad was reporter and reliable Biden fanboy Mike Memoli, who was shown lobbing softballs to the Democrat about his “political future,” coffee-drinking habits, and how it felt to win the White House.
CNN ratings plummet 44% in first week since Trump left office
by Phil Shiver, 2-2-21
Left-wing networks CNN and MSNBC relied almost exclusively on anti-Trump content to attract viewership over the past four years and now that the Republican president has exited office, those same networks are witnessing their ratings nosedive at unprecedented levels.
Juicy and lovely.
In the first week since Trump left office, CNN’s ratings during primetime hours (8 p.m. through 10 p.m. EST) plummeted by a whopping 44%, according to Variety Intelligence Platform’s analysis of the viewership data. To determine the changes in viewership, Variety analyzed data across two key metrics — the target news demographic of people ages 25-54 and total audience.
During the same week, MSNBC’s primetime ratings fell as well, though not as sharply as CNN’s. The network’s audience decreased nearly 20% during the 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. slots, and fell by 11% during the 9 p.m. slot.
Meanwhile, Fox News saw its primetime ratings decrease only slightly during the 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. slot and not at all at 8 p.m. when “Tucker Carlson Tonight” is broadcast.
The program hit hardest, according to Variety, was “Cuomo Prime Time” airing at 9 p.m., which saw its audience of 25-54 year-olds fall by more than half.
And since we’re here and talking about the Dwarf King, here’s what Brian Stelter says about Fox News. You know. Since his cable channel is doing so incredibly well.
HAPPY STORY: direct from the Happiest State In the Union, Kalifornia.
Local Kroger Stores Close as California ‘Hero Pay’ Ordinance Backfires
by Brad Polombo, 2-2-21
new “Hero Pay” mandate in Long Beach, California has inadvertently cost some frontline grocery workers their jobs.
“Ralphs and Food 4 Less, both owned by the parent company Kroger, announced Monday that they will be closing 25% of their stores in Long Beach after the city council passed an ordinance requiring companies with over 300 employees nationwide to pay employees an extra $4 per hour,” local news outlet Fox 11 reports. Two stores in the area will be shut down.
A company spokesperson directly cited the city council’s ordinance mandating higher wages as the reason they are closing down.
Wowzer. Looks like jobs really ARE transportable.
The ordinance was passed with the stated intention of rewarding hard-working grocery store employees who have kept a vital service running throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia was a key proponent of the measure and signed it into law. He argues it is justified because grocery store workers “have been on the frontlines of this pandemic and deserve this support.”
This is the standard Leftist bleat.
Similarly, Garcia and other supporters of the mandated wage hike argue that companies are just being selfish by closing down rather than paying their workers more. They point to the fact that Kroger has seen high levels of profit this year.
That’s the key word. MANDATED. But the truth is. . .
In truth, whether the company is being selfish and whether it’s really flush with cash (Kroger says these specific stores were already financially struggling) are both beside the point. This mandatory wage hike “honoring heroes” was passed by politicians eager to spend other people’s money and claim the credit. But like any minimum wage law, it was always going to have the unintended consequence of eliminating some jobs altogether.
Notice how sly are the American Media Maggots. This is the part you DON’T hear in their stories.
The minimum wage in Long Beach is already $14 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees. A $4 increase would therefore be $18 an hour, a nearly 30 percent raise for every employee. This amounts to an enormous spike in a grocery store’s labor costs, which are already one of the biggest expenses an enterprise usually faces.
Anyone familiar with the business already knows that margins in grocery stores are already thin. How’d you like to try to keep up with all the tenuous supply chains in the time of Wuhan-19?
This specific instance of wage mandates backfiring is just one example of a much broader trend. On the national level, the “Fight for $15” movement demanding a $15 federal minimum wage ostensibly seeks to help workers. In reality, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that this policy would eliminate 1.3 to 3.7 million jobs. A wealth of economic research similarly shows that minimum wage hikes cause unemployment.
Demorats and Leftists believe it’s the DUTY of all business to lose money when they so decree, for any reason whatsoever. Here’s where business says “fuck off,” as well they should.
Poland’s government has proposed a new law to stop social media platforms deleting content or banning users who do not break Polish laws.
The proposed bill would see social networks fined up to 50 million zloty (£9.8m, $13.4m) for failing to restore deleted posts or accounts.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro announced the “freedom of speech protection” bill on Friday.
The law would also establish a “freedom of speech council”.
In America we’re establishing Ministry of Truth “Reality Czars” so that we can restrict your speech as much as humanly possible.
The council would be able to order social networks such as Facebook or Twitter to restore deleted content, or unblock a user’s account following a review, Mr Ziobro said.
Social media users in Poland who had been blocked or had content deleted would be able to complain directly to the platform, which would have to respond within 24 hours.
If a social media company refused to comply with an order, the council would be able to issue a fine of between 50,000 and 50 million zloty.
HAPPY STORY: Biden’s Press Bint isn’t who you think she is.
Report: West Wing Offices in Joe Biden’s White House Are Occupied Mostly by White People
by Ashley Oliver, 1-27-21
An analysis of West Wing offices thus far handed out to senior advisers demonstrates that President Joe Biden’s innermost circle of aides with prized real estate in the building is mostly white.
Out of 22 offices on the first and second floors, only four offices, including one occupied by Vice President Kamala Harris, are held by nonwhite individuals. The rest — a supermajority of 18 such West Wing offices — are occupied by white people, according to Politico.
The report comes as Biden signed four executive orders on Tuesday focused on “racial equity,” remarking on the day of the signing that “deep racial inequities” exist in America and that “systemic racism” has “plagued our nation for far, far too long.”
Incidentally, of the 13 coveted first-floor offices that were identified, white people occupy 12 of them.
HAPPY STORY: I think I detect something of a trend.
Arizona, Texas, and Iowa Join States Prepping against 2A Assaults by Biden Administration
by Teresa Mull, 1-21-21
Gunpowder Magazine just reported that legislators in Missouri and Arkansas have filed bills to make their states strongholds against inevitable onslaughts the Biden administration is preparing to wage against the Second Amendment.
Missouri has the option to adopt the Second Amendment Preservation Act, and Arkansas lawmakers have been presented with the Second Amendment Liberties Safeguard Act.
Now, three more states have joined their fellow 2A guardians in taking preemptive measures against unconstitutional measures surely to be imposed by Biden and his anti-gun cronies.
Patrick Svitek of the Texas Tribune reports in a Tweet that Gov. Greg Abbott “wants to make TX a ‘2A sanctuary state’ this session ‘so that no gov’t official at any level can come & take your gun away from you despite those ppl who say, ‘Heck yes, we’re gonna take your gun.’ We’re gonna say, ‘Heck no, you cannot take ppl’s guns’ in TX,”
THE RESISTANCE GROWS: Missouri bill would prohibit enforcement of unconstitutional federal gun laws
by Frank Salvato, 2-4-21
Missouri joins the efforts by state legislatures to force the federal government into Constitutional compliance.
The Missouri legislature is advancing legislation that would prohibit state, county, and local law enforcement agencies and departments from enforcing unconstitutional federal gun laws in that state.
Missouri is joining an increasing number of states that are proposing legislation that would see their states employ nullification to rein in a grotesquely overreaching federal government.
The proposed legislation, introduced by State Rep. Jered Taylor (R), would prohibit local law enforcement officers from enforcing federal gun laws. The measure would also include a ban on using federal laws to confiscate people’s firearms.
Taylor’s proposed legislation, which is currently moving its way through the Missouri House, would affect to the enforcement of federal gun crimes that are not also codified as state gun crimes.
The bill would not interfere with federal law enforcement officers from being able to enforce federal laws. But Missouri law enforcement – from state to local levels – would be restricted from facilitating the enforcement of those federal laws.
Then we have to get back into realities inherent in 2021. Starting with this sad but necessary story from LawOfficer.com.
Officer Sicknick was not beaten with a fire extinguisher.
Why does the media continue to lie?
2-2-21
A week after the tragic death of Capital Hill Police Officer Brian Sicknick, Law Officer pointed out the inconsistencies in the media reports—and the warnings from his own family that others should stop making his death “political.” Unfortunately, few listened to us.
Media outlets, politicians, spin artists, and many others keep telling the story that “terrorist Trump supporters” beat Officer Sicknick to death with a fire extinguisher.
Some even went further and wanted others to believe that President Trump himself was part of the beating. After our initial reports on Sicknick’s tragic death, we were flooded with hatred against law enforcement and against President Trump. Which evidences that despite the family’s request, many could not resist making this tragedy a matter of politics.
So-called “Republican” Joe Walsh continues the lie.
And on top of it all, and again, despite the family’s request, one group in particular exploited Officer Sicknick’s death as a rally cry against the murder of law enforcement—and of course the proverbial “white supremacist violence” that caused it.
The Democratic Party.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that “the perpetrators of Officer Sicknick’s death must be brought to justice” and that “the sacrifice of Officer Sicknick reminds us of our obligation to those we serve: to protect our country from all threats foreign and domestic.”
Drawing a conclusion that even those tasked with investigating the matter cannot yet draw.
And while we do not have the autopsy results yet, sources have advised that there are no indications that Officer Sicknick sustained blunt force trauma. This coincides with what his family said just days after his death, indicating that they believed he may have died from a medical condition. If our suspicion proves correct, then Officer Sicknick’s death was undeniably used as a prop for the sake of politics, and even worse, for the sake of political gain.
Making this matter even more political, federal investigators announced that they are “struggling” to build a murder case against anyone in his death.
Investigators struggle to build murder case in death of US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick
by Evan Perez, 2-2-21
Investigators are struggling to build a federal murder case regarding fallen US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, vexed by a lack of evidence that could prove someone caused his death as he defended the Capitol during last month’s insurrection.
Authorities have reviewed video and photographs that show Sicknick engaging with rioters amid the siege but have yet to identify a moment in which he suffered his fatal injuries, law enforcement officials familiar with the matter said.
Soon after Sicknick died on January 7, prosecutors in Washington opened a federal murder investigation, dedicating a team inside the US attorney’s office to build out a case, authorities have said.
And this in a federal building that is literally dripping, festooned with cameras. And the Demorats and American Media Maggots keep on with their lies — because it suits their political purposes.
And who is there to push back? No one. Certainly not the Republicans.
You know, the folks who held the Oval Office, House and Senate in 2016 and yet failed to pass the National Voter ID law — which may have saved us from the November 3rd corruptive debacle in the first place. And oh, who, by the way, abjectly failed to make eVerify mandatory in order to screen illegals?
Why? It serves both parties. Demorats get the votes and cheap H1B labor for Big Tech, and the Republicans get the rest of the cheap labor. Plus, they want to be loved.
U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced an absolutely sweeping bill numbered HR 127 into the House of Representatives.
Here’s the meat of the bill that deals with many facets of firearms for you to check out.
In general, he Attorney General, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall establish a system for licensing the possession of firearms or ammunition in the United States, and for the registration with the Bureau of each firearm present in the United States.
(b) Firearm Registration System.—
“(1) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—Under the firearm registration system, the owner of a firearm shall transmit to the Bureau—
“(A) the make, model, and serial number of the firearm, the identity of the owner of the firearm, the date the firearm was acquired by the owner, and where the firearm is or will be stored; and
“(B) a notice specifying the identity of any person to whom, and any period of time during which, the firearm will be loaned to the person.
“(2) DEADLINE FOR SUPPLYING INFORMATION.—The transmission required by paragraph (1) shall be made—
“(A) in the case of a firearm acquired before the effective date of this section, within 3 months after the effective date of this section; or
“(B) in the case of a firearm acquired on or after the effective date, on the date the owner acquires the firearm.
“(3) DATABASE.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a database of all firearms registered pursuant to this subsection.
“(B) ACCESS.—The Attorney General shall make the contents of the database accessible to all members of the public, all Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities, all branches of the United States Armed Forces, and all State and local governments, as defined by the Bureau.
“(c) Licensing System.—
“(1) REQUIREMENTS.—
“(A) GENERAL LICENSE.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Attorney General shall issue to an individual a license to possess a firearm and ammunition if the individual—
“(i) has attained 21 years of age;
“(ii) after applying for the license—
“(I) undergoes a criminal background check conducted by the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, and the check does not indicate that possession of a firearm by the individual would violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or State law;
“(II) undergoes a psychological evaluation conducted in accordance with paragraph (2), and the evaluation does not indicate that the individual is psychologically unsuited to possess a firearm; and
“(III) successfully completes a training course, certified by the Attorney General, in the use, safety, and storage of firearms, that includes at least 24 hours of training; and
“(iii) demonstrates that, on the issuance of the license, the individual will have in effect an insurance policy issued under subsection (d).
“(B) ANTIQUE FIREARM DISPLAY LICENSE.—The Attorney General shall issue to an individual a license to display an antique firearm in a residence of the individual if the individual—
“(i) is the holder of a license issued under subparagraph (A);
“(ii) supplies proof that the individual owns an antique firearm;
“(iii) describes the manner in which the firearm will be displayed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, and certifies that the firearm will be so displayed; and
“(iv) demonstrates that the individual has provided for storage of the firearm in a safe or facility approved by the Attorney General for the storage of firearms.
“(C) MILITARY-STYLE WEAPONS LICENSE.—The Attorney General shall issue to an individual a license to own and possess a military-style weapon if the individual—
“(i) is the holder of a license issued under subparagraph (A); and
“(ii) after applying for a license under this subparagraph, successfully completes a training course, certified by the Attorney General, in the use, safety, and storage of the weapon, that includes at least 24 hours of training and live-fire training.
“(2) PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION.—A psychological evaluation is conducted in accordance with this paragraph if—
“(A) the evaluation is conducted in compliance with such standards as shall be established by the Attorney General;
“(B) the evaluation is conducted by a licensed psychologist approved by the Attorney General;
“(C) as deemed necessary by the licensed psychologist involved, the evaluation included a psychological evaluation of other members of the household in which the individual resides; and
“(D) as part of the psychological evaluation, the licensed psychologist interviewed any spouse of the individual, any former spouse of the individual, and at least 2 other persons who are a member of the family of, or an associate of, the individual to further determine the state of the mental, emotional, and relational stability of the individual in relation to firearms.
“(3) DENIAL OF LICENSE.—
“(A) REQUIRED.—The Attorney General shall deny such a license to an individual if—
“(i) the individual is prohibited by Federal law from possessing a firearm; or
“(ii) the individual has been hospitalized—
“(I) with a mental illness, disturbance, or diagnosis (including depression, homicidal ideation, suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, or addiction to a controlled substance (within the meaning of the Controlled Substances Act) or alcohol), or a brain disease (including dementia or Alzheimer’s); or
“(II) on account of conduct that endangers self or others.
“(B) AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General may deny such a license to an individual if—
“(i) the psychological evaluation referred to in paragraph (2) indicates that the individual—
“(I) has a chronic mental illness or disturbance, or a brain disease, referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I);
“(II) is addicted to a controlled substance (within the meaning of the Controlled Substances Act) or alcohol; or
“(III) has attempted to commit suicide; or
“(ii) prior psychological treatment or evaluation of the individual indicated that the individual engaged in conduct that posed a danger to self or others.
“(4) SUSPENSION OF LICENSE.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—A license issued under this subsection to an individual who is under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year is hereby suspended.
“(B) AUTHORIZED FOR LACK OF FIREARM INSURANCE.—The Attorney General may suspend a license issued under this subsection to an individual who has violated section 922(dd) in the most recent 12-month period.
“(5) REVOCATION OF LICENSE.—A license issued under this subsection to an individual who is or becomes prohibited by Federal or State law from possessing a firearm is hereby revoked. Such an individual shall immediately return the license, and surrender all firearms and ammunition owned or possessed by the individual, to the Attorney General.
“(6) EXPIRATION OF LICENSE.—A license issued to an individual under this subsection shall expire—
“(A) in the case of a license that has been in effect for less than 5 years, 1 year after issuance or renewal, as the case may be; or
“(B) in the case of a license that has been in effect for at least 5 years, 3 years after the most recent date the license is renewed.
This has the loving ability to potentially make instant felons out of at least 150 million Americans instantly.
Again I say: everything for the elites and nothing for you — police defunded and you left defenseless against the anarchist mobs who turned all of 2020 into a burning, looting, desecrating, illegal, murdering Shit Show.
All the things that it’s acceptable — even encouraged — for Leftists, Demorats and anarchists to do.
New Gun Bill Could Make it a Crime to Teach Kids How to Shoot
by Kipp Jones, 2-3-21
A Democratic state senator has introduced a bill in the New Mexico legislature that would essentially ban parents from teaching their own children how to handle and shoot firearms.
An anti-gun bill introduced Monday by Sen. Antoinette Sedillo López calls for strict gun storage rules and asks for stiff penalties for those who do not abide by them.
The proposed state legislation reads: “It is an offense for a firearm owner or authorized user to store or keep a firearm in any premises unless the firearm is secured in a locked container or secured by a gun lock or other means so as to render the firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person other than the owner or other authorized user.”
The bill suggested that anyone found in violation of the gun storage law would be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and be hit with a maximum fine of $500.
But the bill, further down in the text, specifically addresses those who allow others to handle firearms — which includes children in any situation.
This is New Mexico. This isn’t New York City.
“A minor may be an authorized user only if the minor is at least twelve years of age and has successfully completed a firearm safety training course,” according to the bill.
That would criminalize the act of parental supervision with a firearm for any person under 12 who has not paid for approved training.
Again, Demorats attempting to make felons out of law abiding citizens.
“Albuquerque is the property crime capital of America; if your home or vehicle was broken into and a convicted felon stole your firearm, you could be charged with a crime under the bill. Instead of taking on the issue of the crime wave that has engulfed Albuquerque and other parts of the state, Sedillo Lopez wants to blame you, someone just seeking to defend yourself, if your firearm is stolen,” the organization said.
“He absolutely should be charged with premeditated murder because of the lives that were lost for this invasion with his insurrection,” she told MSNBC. “For the president of the United States to sit and watch the invasion and the insurrection and not say a word because he knew he had absolutely initiated it – and as some of them said, ‘he invited us to come. We’re here at the invitation of the President of the United States.'”
The sham “trial” will begin next Tuesday the 9th and remove all focus from whatever other pieces of bullshit the Demorats intend to shove through Congress. “Shiny!” they say, then divert.
And no, former President Trump is not going to appear.
This is the same House who voted to remove Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday, February 4th, who herself displayed self-flagellation and religious recants of her past sins of having an opinion.
The vote in the House was 230 to 199. This means, of course, the Republicans will be able to do the same thing when they’re in charge. No it doesn’t. They wouldn’t have the balls.
Once more, here’s all you need to know about the GOP:
The House Republican conference met Wednesday afternoon, and voted to keep Liz Cheney on as GOP conference chair, in the #3 leadership position, 145 to 61.
This is the GOP pretending that Trump didn’t expose them all as backstabbers of Conservatives.
Also slipping by and completely unmentioned by the American Media Maggots for quite obvious reasons was an article from the Washington Examiner because, after all — suck in some air and repeat after me — you must all yell “WHAT VOTER FRAUD?”
Maricopa County board refuses to turn over election equipment for Arizona Senate audit
by Kaelan Deese, 2-3-21
Maricopa County refuses to turn over elections equipment and ballots from the November general election to the Arizona Senate, escalating a fight between the dueling government bodies over election integrity oversight.
The Board of Supervisors, which announced its audit of the county’s election machines on Jan. 27, missed a Tuesday noon deadline to comply with a Senate subpoena following a meeting with the board’s attorneys, a local Fox affiliate reported.
Three days after Maricopa announced its audit, the Senate initiated its own parallel audit of elections equipment and materials, claiming the board’s audit does not meet the Senate’s request for a “deep forensic audit.” The Senate audit began on Tuesday with the issuance of the subpoena.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Warren Petersen said there could be “serious legal consequences” if the board does not comply. Petersen then followed through on the threat, announcing on Twitter that the Senate would draft a contempt resolution against the board.
Besides being fluent in Leftist, I also speak Republican. Allow me to translate: that means we’ll use our harshest, most pointed sarcasm at you and, if you push us further, we may even frown at you.
Because, as it turns out, AOC lied about being in the capitol building. She wasn’t in the capitol. She was in the Cannon Building which, according to DC insiders, is a ten minute walk away. Away. You know. Away from the riots.
‘He was looking at me with tremendous anger and hostility’: AOC claims she feared the cop who was trying to help her during ‘exaggerated’ near death riot experience when she was NOWHERE near the trouble
AOC claimed in an Instagram video on February 1 she thought she was going to die on January 6
She described hiding in the bathroom of her office at the Cannon Office building while the mob stormed the Capitol Building 0.3 miles away
The Cannon Building was not breached but it was evacuated as cops tried to secure the Capitol
AOC tearfully recalled how a Capitol cop came to evacuate her and how she was suspicious of him
She said he never announced that he was police, didn’t have a partner and looked at her ‘aggressively’
She said like ‘so many communities’ she did not immediately feel safe around the police officer
The officer told her to go to the Longworth Office Building – where Rep. Katie Porter’s office is
AOC hid in Porter’s office, telling her how she wanted to live to become a mother, and looking for a closet to hide in
Now, she is being slammed for saying she feared for her life when she wasn’t in the Capitol Building
AOC Wasn’t Even in the Capitol Building During Her ‘Near Death’ Experience
by Nick Arama, 2-3-21
The story, as it was initially related by AOC, suggested that she was about to be assassinated by rioters in her office in a video that has been viewed over 6 million times.
AOC wasn’t even in the Capitol building where all the action was going down. If she was in her office, she was in the Cannon Building which is nearby, but a different building. But of course, many didn’t get the logistics and just assumed that she was in the Capitol building.
According to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who has an office in the same hall as AOC, two doors away, there were never any rioters in their hall so there was never any physical danger from rioters coming in at any point.
She swears she was almost murdered. Have we heard this somewhere before?
We also discovered today that — wholly as I predicted for some time — Leftists are eating Demorats and Demorats are eating Leftists. You can’t make this stuff up.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says Teachers Union Has Provided Counterproposal After She Called For CPS Reopening Deal By End Of The Day
by CBS2, 2-4-21
CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Janice Jackson announced late Thursday that the union had provided them a counterproposal for a deal to end the impasse about in-person schooling and the strike threat.
“Late this afternoon, we received a counter proposal from CTU leadership and we are working on a response,” Lightfoot and Jackson said in a statement.
This came after the mayor said earlier in the day that her patience with Chicago Teachers Union leadership has run out, and she wanted to get a deal done to reopen Chicago Public Schools by the end of the day — blaming the union for the lack of an agreement so far.
“We need to get this deal done and get it done today, without further delay,” she said. “Yesterday, there were a series of steps backward that were simply not productive, and we have conveyed that problem to the CTU leadership in the strongest terms possible.”
Los Angeles, Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, DC, and Chicago are SUING THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS to OPEN UP: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, SF Mayor London Breed, are asking: “Where is the Biden-Demorat support?” And Mayor Lightfoot accused teachers unions of “creating chaos.”
You do know why this is happening, right? Leftist Lightfoot finally realizes there are more pissed-off Chicago residents with kids — than there are union teachers.
NY Times faces backlash for report urging Biden admin to appoint ‘reality czar’ to combat ‘disinformation’
by Joseph Wulfsohn, 2-2-21
The Times also promoted a suggestion that a ‘truth commission’ be established
The New York Times is turning to the Biden administration to “help solve our reality crisis” and calling on the new president to appoint a “reality czar” to combat “disinformation.”
Times technology columnist Kevin Roose sounded the alarm Tuesday about the popularity of right-wing QAnon conspiracy theorists, the unsubstantiated election fraud claims President Trump pushed ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, and what he called “the baseless theory that Covid-19 was manufactured in a Chinese lab.”
“The muddled, chaotic information ecosystem that produces these misguided beliefs doesn’t just jeopardize some lofty ideal of national unity. It actively exacerbates our biggest national problems, and creates more work for those trying to solve them,” Roose wrote. “And it raises an important question for the Biden administration: How do you unite a country in which millions of people have chosen to create their own version of reality?”
This is, by the way the same NYT that insisted the New York Post article about Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian disinformation” and pushed Trump/Russia “collusion” for FIVE YEARS. Both of which were proven LIES by the Old Gray Lady.
“I’ve spent the past several years reporting on our national reality crisis, and I worry that unless the Biden administration treats conspiracy theories and disinformation as the urgent threats they are, our parallel universes will only drift further apart, and the potential for violent unrest and civic dysfunction will only grow,” Roose explained.
Well, he’s right about that. But he’s gotten the entire paradigm of who’s responsible brain-glazingly incorrect.
This truly is right out of 1984’s “Ministry Of Truth.” This literally is Peak Orwell. Seriously. When I’ve said “you can’t write this shit,” I was wrong. It’s already been written. It’s called “1984” and “Animal Farm.”
This is just one week in the United States of America, February, 2021.
I end with the funeral for Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff, Adam Gibson, who was murdered, and his K9 partner Riley, shot and killed by a parolee following a vehicle stop on January 14th.
Except for Deputy Gibson, the last four murdered Sacramento County deputies worked for me at one point or another.
This is the EOW broadcast for Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff Adam Gibson and his K9 partner Riley — from February 3rd.
God bless America, the last and best repository of freedom around the planet, though that is dwindling. When she is gone, freedom around the globe also get crushed.
Hours 1 and 2: BZ and LONNIE POINDEXTER addressed today’s schism in race, noting that the division between races is purposeful and taught to our young by Demorats and those on the Left who profit, monetarily and politically, by said division — which only serves to make Conservatives easier to suppress and destroy.
At the age of 70, radio host Rush Limbaugh died of lung cancer early Wednesday morning, after having been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer a year prior.
Because it’s all about the power and, for the first time in recent political memory, around 1988, the Democrats didn’t have an absolute stranglehold on the control of information and, consequently, their power diminished. Because, after all, information is power and where politics are concerned, it’s always about power and money.
In my opinion, it wasn’t a dynamic, it was a person. One little bitty radio person who started a talk show on KFBK in my home town, Sacramento, Fornicalia. Rush Limbaugh.
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What are your final thoughts on Rush Limbaugh?
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Let’s begin with at least a few HAPPY STORIES before we delve into the morose material — because all work and no play makes 
That’s called “Let’s Larf At Leftists.”
HAPPY STORY
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We also discovered today that — wholly as I predicted for some time — Leftists are eating Demorats and Demorats are eating Leftists. You