The free event will include
remarks by Vice Admiral Forrest Faison III, and
performances by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band and Navy Ceremonial Guard Drill
Team.
For Navy Week, which runs through
Sept. 2, the monument has created a special display focusing on three admirals
who were Northeast Ohio natives.
More info and schedule of Navy Week events, including the
Air Show, is here.
I go hot and cold on Mark Levin. But his column yesterday was
the lead link at Doug Ross’s Director’s Blue blog, and it’s a good one. Here’s
his conclusion:
Challenge socialists on this single
point: What is their endgame?
When is enough government control
enough? Why won’t socialists -- or Democrat Socialist -- share their blueprint
for society? What industry is a “bridge too far” for socialism? Why can’t they
tell us what their limits are on taxation, control of industry, and how much of
society should be dependent upon their handouts?
Conservatives know their endgame:
it is called the United State Constitution. These four pages of wisdom,
condensed instructions gleaned from thousands of years of human experience,
ended up germinating the most magnificent nation-state yet to arise from
humanity’s tumult.
And a great percentage of our
fellow citizens neither recognize nor appreciate the magnificent society with
which they have been bequeathed. They take for granted this unique and precious
anomaly in the context of human history.
Only education can help them. Not
all of them, to be sure, but many: those who possess both open minds and a
willingness to learn.
He asks a good question, one which my ultra-liberal friends
and relatives might have difficulty responding to. The full article is here.
Breitbart has reported on the "the extent to which major technology companies such as Google are surveilling their users." But the segment that I hope everyone will watch (it’s less
than 4 minutes) is Dr. Robert Epstein’s appearance on Tucker Carlson from (apparently) a few months ago and re-broadcast last Friday.
Video credit: YouTube
[another platform for surveillance] via thelibertydaily.com
Dr. Robert Epstein, a research
psychologist at the American Institute of Behavioral Research and
Technology, joined Carlson to discuss an upcoming presentation on “The
Search Suggestion Effect (SSE): How Search Suggestions Can Be Used To Shift
Opinions and Voting Preferences Dramatically.”
The researchers looked at the power
of Google and Facebook to influence elections over a period of five years and
came up with powerful results.
“I can tell you we should be
paranoid because what Google and Facebook can do is really mind-boggling,” he
told the host.
“For example, if Mark Zuckerberg on
election day last year, if he had chosen to press the enter key early in the
morning and just sent out a message to Hillary Clinton supporters only saying,
‘Go out and vote,’ that would have sent her an additional 450,000 voters that
day with no one knowing that this had occurred. And that’s just Facebook,” he
added.
“What Google can do is really off
the scale. Our studies show that Google can take a 50-50 split among undecided
voters and change it into a 90-10 split with no one knowing they had been
manipulated and without leaving a paper trail,” the research continued.
“It has to do with those search
suggestions. Literally from the very first character that you type into the
search bar you are being manipulated,” Epstein said. “And we’ve done 16 months
of experiments. We’ve done all the research now and we know exactly how this
works… The threat is absolutely, positively profound.”
Read the rest here or watch
the video. Please share with all your social media friends.
After millions of dollars spent, a
presidential visit, and a lengthy vote certification process, Republican Troy
Balderson has become the newest congressman representing Ohio's 12th District
-- at least, for the next two months.
Balderson, a state senator from
Zanesville, beat Democrat Danny O'Connor, the Franklin County recorder, by
1,680 votes, according to final vote totals from the Aug. 7 special election
released Friday by elections officials.
Let’s get this straight. We – at
least the vast majority of us – on the side of the argument that Donald Trump
is currently representing believe in stuff like: national borders, free speech,
protecting citizens’ interests, equality of opportunity, lower taxes, smaller
government, democratic accountability, the family, personal responsibility,
rising standards of living, property rights, the rule of law, checks and
balances, the Constitution, liberty. There is nothing in any of this we should
feel awkward or guilty about. It does not make us Nazis. Or even semi-Nazis. Or
alt-right. Or any of the other pejorative terms which – according to our
opponents – make it wholly acceptable to punch the teeth out of anyone in a
MAGA baseball cap.
Trump Derangement Syndrome has
caused some conservatives – not all of us, thankfully – to lose sight of why it
is that we fight.
We fight because we’re right. And
yes – as Trump is one of the few conservative presidents to get – it really is
that simple.
I am posting and linking since I expect it will resonate
with most Cleveland Tea Party members. Full article is here.
Cleveland Tea Party would not have a role to play in, say,
the ongoing targeting of the Colorado baker who won’t produce a cake
celebrating gay marriage or transgendering. However, one of the three core Tea
Party values is limited government, and the Cuyahoga County Council is planning
to take it upon itself to further meddle in the lives of residents. Our friends
at Ohio Value Voters sent out the message below (warning: Cringe Alert). Mark
your calendar, make some phone calls, or send messages:
Re: Cuyahoga County Human Rights Commission
Residents of NE Ohio
Public Testimony
Requested
Wednesday, September
12th at 5:00 Pm
The Cuyahoga County Council has
been quietly working on legislation to establish a county-wide "Human Rights Commission"
that will affect every city, resident, business, and church in the
county. The three-person commission is intended to hear ALL cases of
discrimination in Cuyahoga County relative to sexual orientation/gender
identity. LGBT citizens will be provided legal assistance paid for by our
tax dollars. This piece of legislation hurts business, puts our safety at
risk, and punishes people of faith. This ordinance permits
biological men, who consider themselves to be women, to enter a woman's
bathroom or locker room in "all places of public accommodation."
On Wednesday, September 12th at
5:00 pm the County Council of Cuyahoga County, Ohio will hear public testimony
against Ordinance No. O2018-0009 sponsored by: County Executive Budish and
Councilmembers Brady, Miller, Houser, and Simon.
The above linked Heritage Foundation article is good but rather
long. I found a shorter related article – and it pulls no punches – zeroing in on
“Marxism and Marriage” at American Thinker here.
I also checked the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
which already has jurisdiction over claims related to LGBT; see here. The
Cleveland Field Office website is here; its page for filing a charge of
discrimination is here. So the Cuyahoga County Council's intended power-grab can also be filed under the Department of Redundancy Department.
Click here for the 2018 Cleveland Air Show website, which
includes preliminary schedules, ticketing, and general information. And this
year, it’s the Blue Angels.
