“Joe’s Uncoolness Is Destroying TikTok!‚” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator‚ Feb. 27‚ 2023. The post Joe’s Uncoolness Is Destroying TikTok! appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

According to the latest polling data‚ for most U.S. voters‚ the number one issue that will affect their votes in 2024 is illegal immigration. Beyond the Middle East powder keg‚ beyond super inflation‚ beyond the emerging worldwide nuclear alliance of evil nations against the USA‚ American voters are alarmed by the unstoppable waves of illegal immigrants coming across our borders. READ MORE from Ben Stein: The Democrats’ New Form of Civil War The number of immigrants who are not supposed to be here apparently approaches 10 million in the past three years. Criminals within this group are already known to be responsible for a whole new super-family of violent criminals all across our great country. They are already known to be responsible for murder‚ rapes‚ and armed robberies from San Diego to Maine. They cross across deadly open seas‚ run into cartels‚ and get robbed‚ raped‚ stabbed‚ shot‚ and yet they keep coming. Why? Think of it this way‚ perhaps: Suppose you could walk down a dangerous road of thorns at midnight‚ get violently mistreated along the way‚ and maybe never get out alive‚ but when you get to the end of the path‚ there is a kindly lawyer. He hands you a sheaf of papers. He reads them to you. They tell you that now that you have made that horrible trek‚ you have inherited a large fortune by your Mexican or Venezuelan native standards. You will be rich compared with your compatriots from Caracas or Mexico City. Your income if you decide to work will be about fifteen times what your fellow workers in Guadalajara or Bogotá will earn. Even if you don’t work‚ you’ll be “rich.” You will be an heir of size just by crossing that border. This is what you get just by getting here and signing up for the largesse of the most generous people on earth: garden-variety Americans. Now do you have some idea of why people make that trip? As an economist‚ why would you question it for even one minute? And aren’t we all economists at least for a moment? Money answers prayers. READ MORE from Ben Stein: Everything Is Leading to a Bigger War True Facts About America Something Bad Has Happened to the Grand Old Party The post An Economist Looks at the Immigration Crisis appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

The police department of San Francisco State University (SFSU) has ruled that charges are “unfounded” and suspended an investigation into last April’s attack on NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines. The action seems odd given the nature of the attack and the denial of Gaines’ right to free speech. READ MORE: Satan Over Jefferson: Cassidy Charged With Hate Crime for Beheading Satanic Statue Gaines came to discuss the issue of women like herself being forced to compete against swimmers such as Lia Thomas‚ who competed as William Thomas on the University of Pennsylvania men’s team without much success. Against the 5-foot-7 Gaines‚ the 6-foot-1 Thomas managed a tie for fifth. Thomas’ gender status is a matter of biological science‚ not what Thomas happens to think of himself‚ or what the NCAA rules. This is the same organization that strips student-athletes of their right to market their name and image when they play college sports. A university campus is a good forum for debate‚ but‚ at SFSU‚ with no warning from the administration‚ Riley Gaines found herself confronted by a crazed mob. “They were everything under the sun‚” Gaines told reporters‚ “women‚ men‚ men dressed as women‚ women dressed as men — and everything in between.” The mob “flickered the lights” as Gaines was assaulted and “hit multiple times‚” before a woman claiming‚ “I’m the police‚” moved Gaines into a room. There Gaines was held hostage for four hours‚ with the mob demanding money for her release. Only San Francisco city police succeeded in removing the swimmer to safety. Under California law‚ battery is “willfully touch[ing] someone with force‚ even if it does not injure the victim.” Assault is the “unlawful attempt … to cause a violent injury to another person.” Kidnapping involves holding “someone through force or fear” and making “the person move … a substantial distance” without consent. SFSU police would seem to have a strong case for all three offenses‚ but after nearly a year‚ campus police believe charges are unfounded and have dropped the investigation. No word of any SFSU students or faculty suspended over the assault. By all indications‚ Gov. Gavin Newson‚ a former mayor of San Francisco‚ has issued no official statement on the SFSU event. State Attorney General Rob Bonta‚ a supporter of “transgender students’ rights‚” has shown no interest in the case. Reporters seem unaware that the attack on free speech has been going on for some time. In 1983‚ Jeane J. Kirkpatrick‚ U.S. ambassador to the United Nations‚ came to the University of California at Berkeley‚ crown jewel of the University of California system‚ to lecture on “Human Rights and Wrongs in the United States.” A group called Students Against Intervention in El Salvador disrupted her speech‚ and Kirkpatrick canceled a second lecture‚ remarking‚ “I have not seen a group so interested in denying free speech and discussion.” The UC Berkeley student senate twice refused to criticize the disruptors and‚ according to the New York Times‚ “rejected a firm letter of apology” for Kirkpatrick. Instead‚ it sent a letter stating that “the intent was to register a vocal dissent against the human rights policy of the Reagan Administration and not to prevent the audience from hearing.” So much for free speech‚ open debate‚ and civil society at UC Berkeley. Kirkpatrick wasn’t hit or taken captive‚ but even UC bosses acknowledged that the campus had “succumbed to mob rule.” As Kirkpatrick would understand‚ that’s the dynamic in play at San Francisco State University‚ where the administration allowed a crazed mob to attack Riley Gaines and prevent her from speaking. Lloyd Billingsley is a policy fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland‚ California. The post California Versus Free Speech: Mobsters Who Attacked Riley Gaines Get Off Scot-Free appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

If you want to determine what people believe‚ don’t listen to what they say.  Rather‚ closely watch what they actually do.  In recent days‚ the stock market has been hovering near all-time record highs and business leaders have been assuring us that good days are ahead.  But meanwhile many of our most famous billionaires have been doing things that indicate that they are extremely concerned about what is coming in the future.  For example‚ during the first two months of this year Jeff Bezos‚ Jamie Dimon and Mark Zuckerberg “have all sold big chunks of shares in their own companies”… Amazon’s Jeff Bezos‚ JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon‚ and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have all sold big chunks of shares in their own companies. How come? Bezos is way out in front after offloading 50 million shares of Amazon in just nine trading days this month‚ pocketing an estimated $8.5 billion. Zuckerberg cashed in almost 1.8 million shares of his social-media empire for more than $400 million in the last two months of 2023. JPMorgan’s Dimon joined the club this month‚ jettisoning about 822‚000 shares of the bank he leads for about $150 million. If these men believe that the U.S. economy is going to thrive and their companies will continue to grow‚ it would make sense to just sit back and let their portfolios increase in value. But instead they have all determined that this is a perfect time to sell. And I can definitely understand that.  Over the past year‚ the stocks of all three companies have soared to unprecedented heights… Meta stock has soared by 186% over the past year‚ JPMorgan is up nearly 30%‚ and Amazon has surged close to 90%. All three companies are trading close to record highs. These men didn’t become filthy rich by being stupid‚ and selling at the peak of the bubble certainly wouldn’t be stupid. But is that the only reason why these billionaires are feverishly liquidating shares? In recent weeks‚ much has been made of the fact that Zuckerberg and his wife are constructing an absolutely massive survivalist compound in Hawaii.  The following comes from Time Magazine… Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan‚ co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative‚ plan to build a 5‚000-square-foot underground shelter on their Hawaii ranch with its own energy and food supplies‚ according to a Wired investigation published earlier this month. The plan is that the shelter’s door will be made of metal and filled in with concrete—common in bunkers and bomb shelters‚ the news outlet reported in its extensive article citing planning documents and interviews. So why is Zuckerberg going to such effort? Does he know something that the rest of us do not? Yes‚ it is true that Zuckerberg has always been more than a little bit eccentric. But many other ultra-wealthy individuals are also preparing for doom.  In fact‚ Sam Altman and Peter Thiel both seem to be extremely alarmed about the times that are approaching… To keep himself safe‚ Altman keeps a stash of the usual Doomsday prepper fare including antibiotics and water as well as some more unusual goods. He told the founders of the startup Shypmate‚ per the New Yorker: “I try not to think about it too much. But I have guns‚ gold‚ potassium iodide‚ antibiotics‚ batteries‚ water‚ gas masks from the Israeli Defence Force‚ and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to.” He also said he and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel have an “arrangement” to flee to one of Thiel’s luxury properties in New Zealand in the event the End of the World comes about. Why would Sam Altman need guns and gas masks? And why would he need potassium iodide? Exactly what does he expect to happen? Other billionaires are going to even greater extremes. Al Corbi‚ the founder and president of Strategically Armored &; Fortified Environments‚ says that he is currently working on an “island fortress” for one client that will have a very deep moat around it filled with highly flammable liquid… Corbi — who worked on the palatial 27-floor‚ $4.8 billion Mumbai residence of business mogul Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries — reveals to THR that his most spectacular project‚ due to be completed in 2025‚ is an island fortress created on a 200-acre property in the U.S.‚ with cutting-edge tactical systems. “The shelter can withstand a blast one mile from ground zero‚” says Corbi. “But that was almost incidental. The client [a business mogul] was saying‚ ‘I want to make sure that no one can get to my family‚’ so we wound up literally building a 30-foot-deep lake [around the compound] skimmed with a lighter-than-water flammable liquid that can transform into a ring of fire. The only access to the island is a swing bridge.” I have to admit‚ that sounds pretty cool. I just hope that they have figured out how to keep the fire from escaping the moat. The property will also have “water cannons that can take down parachuters”… Also at Corbi’s project‚ “there are water cannons that can take down parachuters‚ Apache helicopters‚ whatever’s coming your way 500 feet in the air‚” he says. “Then we took all the dirt removed for the lake to literally build a mountain as natural fortification around the property. And we cut a tunnel through with flame-throwers‚ gassing systems‚ a steel wall that closes midway that could stop a 16-wheeler going 80 miles an hour‚ and bollards at both ends.” Okay‚ so I have a question. Why go to so much trouble? If life is going to continue more or less like it has for the past few decades‚ why waste so much money? Obviously the client that is paying for this island fortress is envisioning that the world is going to go mad. And I agree with that assessment. In fact‚ I believe that the most chaotic chapters in all of human history are ahead of us. The billionaires that I have discussed in this article would not see eye to eye with me on all of the specifics‚ but they are certainly preparing for apocalyptic times too. What about you? Have you been getting prepared for what is coming? I hope so‚ because the clock is ticking… Michael’s new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com‚ and you can check out his new Substack newsletter right here. About the Author: Michael Snyder’s extremely controversial new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “End Times”‚ “7 Year Apocalypse”‚ “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”‚ “The Beginning Of The End”‚ and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. 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