Have you ever had the misfortune of debating liberals on social media?  I have far too often.  I never intended to, not once.  It was simply the unfortunate consequence of my continuous bad habit of posting stuff on social media that contradicts established progressive orthodoxy.

There is nothing that provokes a leftist more fanatically than encountering a social media post that they do not agree with.  They immediately engage in a holy war against that post.  The main objectives of their crusade against speech they disagree with is to bully the offenders into silence.

When provoked by ideas they disagree with liberals engage in the ugliest and most mean spirited personal attacks against those that dare voice them.  The absolute worst thing you can do if you find yourself troubled online by rabid leftists is show anger.  That is what they crave the most.  They are like puppies starved for attention. Deny them your anger.  Always maintain the moral high ground.

Combating a liberal’s usual diatribe with facts and logic is just as useless as shooting a werewolf with traditional lead projectiles.   They are completely immune to those weapons because they have been indoctrinated for decades by our abysmal educational system.  They have been brainwashed into believing that reality is subjective, all that matters to them is what they believe and what they feel.

The only truly effective weapon to use against liberals is ridicule.  One common side effect of progressive indoctrination is the erasure of their sense of humor.  The brainwashing hypersensitized the part of the brain that leads to the sense of being offended.  .

Facts and logic dressed up with non-mean spirited and humorous ridicule is the deadliest weapon you can use when engaging in verbal combat with liberals.

This is part three of my series on my list of the best choices for Trump as a running mate:

  • Choice one: Ron DeSantis is here.
  • Choice two: Ted Cruz is here

Today we go for our 3rd choice on the list of possible running mates for Donald Trump. To remind everyone there are two things that any person who wants to make this list needs to qualify.

  1. Can’t be from the same state I’m going to be slightly loose with this because “can’t be from the same state” can mean either:
    • Not born in the same state OR
    • Not living in the same state at the time of the election
  2. Must be hated by the left almost if not more than him because if he was to take a “deep state” running mate or a person like Nikki Haley he might as well, as I’ve noted before hang a target on his back with the words “assassinate me” in bright luminescent paint.

Choice three is Sarah Huckabee Sanders Governor of Arkansas.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders might be a surprise to some to be on my list here. Unlike Ron DeSantis or Ted Cruz she has neither served in congress nor run for the White House in the past. She has only served in her current position since 2023, and as an actual pol has a resume that could be said to be inferior even to Barack Obama at the time of his election and of course she would not be considered a “glamorous” choice as a woman on the ticket.

All of this is deceptive, Sarah Huckabee Sanders would not only make a Trump ticket stronger than any other woman being considered but brings an invaluable skill set and a type of experience that most candidates simply do not have.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders had to deal with the most hostile press that here has been. She had to be the point woman for a president who the media has hated more than any other and she had to do it on a daily basis. She not only handed the press well and with class but she did so even as she was being pilloried by Saturday Night Live. She became the face of the Trump administration as much as any person other than Trump could be and she was a calm and reassuring face.

Moreover she was cool under fire both before the press and when attacked elsewhere such as at the Whitehouse Correspondence Dinner and when she was kicked out of a restaurant with her party for the crime of dining while openly conservative.

Of course she had help, growing up the daughter of a governor and working on his campaign for president was an education. She understands office and running for it, and as demonstrated by her first year as governor of Arkansas knows how to govern.

Yet she clearly puts her children first as a mother should and her willingness to make plan solid decisions is something that mothers across the country can relate to.

And God help the democrats if they go after her looks again, the number of votes it will drive her way is incalculable.

Can you picture her on a debate stage with Harris? Both DeSantis & Cruz might be hit for humiliating a woman but that charge would ring hollow with Sanders

And as for our two requirements, being from Arkansas qualifies and boy is she hated by the left, both for serving in his White House and being unflappable against the best of their attacks. It of course helps that she is a solid Christian in reality as opposed to being called “devout” by the press.

I suspect that is the thing the press hates about her the most.

Finally she again is assassination insurance squared, not only would they get a devout Christian who knows how to deal with the media but the left would go nuts if the first woman president was a conservative republican.

This is part two of my series on my list of the best choices for Trump as a running mate.

Choice one: Ron DeSantis is here.

Today we go for our 2nd choice on the list of possible running mates for Donald Trump. To remind everyone there are two things that any person who wants to make this list needs to qualify.

  1. Can’t be from the same state I’m going to be slightly loose with this because “can’t be from the same state” can mean either:
    • Not born in the same state OR
    • Not living in the same state at the time of the election
  2. Must be hated by the left almost if not more than him because if he was to take a “deep state” running mate or a person like Nikki Haley he might as well, as I’ve noted before hang a target on his back with the words “assassinate me” in bright luminescent paint.

Today we have Choice 2: Senator Ted Cruz of Texas

Ted Cruz back in the days before the beard when I was covering Presidential Elections in person

Senator Ted Cruz brings all kinds of things to a Trump ticket.

  • He brings one of the most brilliant minds in conservatism
  • He is one of greatest debaters conservatives have having argued before SCOTUS
  • He brings one of the best records when it comes to conservatism over the last 10 years
  • He was one of the original Tea Party Candidates who came out of nowhere after being endorsed by Sarah Palin
  • He like Trump is a fighter who is fearless and had a long record of fighting for conservatism before Trump ever considered running.

All of these things weigh big but here is one thing that to me is huge and frankly should appeal to Donald Trump.

During the 2016 campaign Ted Cruz was hit hard by Trump in such a way that if it had been me I’d have found it hard, in fact almost impossible to support him while in office. Ted however saw how Donald Trump governed and decided that in the end he was doing good in fact great for the country and the world. He put aside his feelings and backed him becoming in the end one of his staunchest supporters.

He put the country ahead of himself there and that speaks volumes.

And he of course meets our top two requirements, being from Texas qualifies and it hated by the left almost as much as Trump, and even the most fanatical Trump hater would hold his fire to prevent Ted Cruz from being the 1st Latino vice president.

Just think how much that would piss off the left. If that’s not the crowning argument I’d like to know what is?

A primer on Palestinian groups

Posted: May 14, 2024 by chrisharper in Uncategorized

By Christopher Harper

Many pro-Palestinian demonstrators know little about the history of the Middle East. Here is a basic primer on the conflict between Israel and Palestinians:

Q. What was the Balfour Declaration and its importance in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians?

A. The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the First World War. It announced its support for establishing a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, then an Ottoman region. The declaration was in a letter from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community in Great Britain and Ireland.

Q.  What is the Palestinian definition of the “occupied territories”?

A. The Occupied Territories, which include the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, are subject to the jurisdiction of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, with the division of responsibilities overlapping in much of the territory

Q. What are the main points of United Nations Resolutions 242 and 338?

A. United Nations Security Council Resolutions were passed (respectively) in the aftermaths of the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli wars.

Resolution 242 (reaffirmed in 338) was designed to provide the framework for peace negotiations based on a “land-for-peace” formula and has become the foundation of all subsequent negotiations and peace treaties in the region.

The resolutions called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces “from territories of recent conflict,” an Arab “termination of all claims or states of belligerency,” and a recognition of the State of Israel and its “right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force.” The resolution also called for “achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem.”

Q. What does the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” mean?

A. Hamas supports the elimination of Israel.

Q. What is the relationship between Hamas and Iran?

A. Iran provides financial and military support for Hamas.

Q. What is the role of religion in Hamas?

A. Hamas considers itself a movement based on Islam, which is the dominant religion among the Palestinians.

Q. Why did Hamas oppose the role of the Palestinian Authority?

A. Hamas viewed the Palestinian Authority leaders as those who spent most of their lives outside of Israel, while Hamas leaders had fought from inside the country. In late 2017, the Palestinian Authority tried to pressure Hamas into reconciliation by cutting payments for fuel, electricity, and government salaries. However, a preliminary deal between the PA and Hamas failed over disputes about public finance and Hamas’ refusal to demilitarize. In March 2018, an assassination attempt on Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, which the PA blamed on Hamas, doomed prospects for compromise.

Q. Why have Jordan and Egypt refused to allow a Palestinian state within their borders?

A. Both countries consider such a state to be a security threat.