Pop This Balloon!: New York Post Tells Biden To Bring Down The Chinese Spy Balloon

The New York Post editorial Board offers an editorial that advises the President Biden to bring down the Chinese spy balloon that is sailing across America. 

You can read the editorial via the below link:

The Post says: Pop this balloon, Joe! (nypost.com)

It’s No Joke When The Humorless New York Times Takes On The Babylon Bee

I love the Babylon Bee. Their satirical headlines make me laugh out loud and I laugh again when I read the humor pieces. 

But as the New York Post Editorial Board points out, the New York Times does not get it. 

What’s black and white and red all over? A furious New York Times in its latest witch hunt against satirical site The Babylon Bee.  

On occasion it’s hard to spot satire, but it’s pretty sad when professional journalists can’t recognize an entire site devoted to it. But such are the fallen standards of po-faced progressive puritans at The New York Times. 

The Bee, a lonely outpost of comedy in this oh-so-serious world, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Times over a news article that attacked the Bee as a “far-right misinformation site” that “sometimes trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire” and suggested it dishonestly “claims” to be satire to dodge the content-cops at Facebook and other social media. 

All you have to do is go to babylonbee.com to see that everything there is a joke (much of it quite funny). What the Times doesn’t like is much of it is at the expense of liberals. 

Yes, some social-media shares may confuse a few souls into thinking they’re reading real news, but that’s just as true of The Onion, which leans left. We wonder why The Times hasn’t attacked it.  

As Lord Byron noted: “Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.” 

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

Humor the New York Times just can't take (nypost.com)

And you can read a sample of the Babylon Bee's satire via the below link:

Exclusive: The Babylon Bee Has Acquired More Leaked Dr. Fauci Emails | The Babylon Bee 

George Washington: A Founder Who Still Inspires All Americans

To me, the most interesting American historical figure is George Washington. He was truly a great man.

In American history, he was indeed “the indispensable man. 

The New York Post Editorial Board offers a tribute to first and greatest president George Washington. 

“Presidents Day” is actually still Washington’s Birthday officially, though no longer always honored on Feb. 22, his actual birth date. And that’s entirely right and proper, as every American should happily honor our first chief executive. 

What was most remarkable about Washington was (to riff off a fellow whose birthday we celebrated last month) the content of his character. 

Richard Brookhiser rescued this view of Washington in his landmark 1997 book, “Founding Father.” Hidden behind myth, written off by revisionists as just another dead, white, male slave-owner, Washington was in fact a man for the ages. 

Born a Virginia aristocrat, he carefully cultivated his virtues — self-control, moderation, civility; his strengths physical and moral — to become the most widely admired presence first in the 13 colonies, then in the new nation. 

He created two American institutions. 

First was the army, which he commanded from 1775 to 1783, shaping a collection of untrained and undisciplined ragtag soldiers into a fighting force that defeated the world’s superpower, Great Britain. 

He also set the future course of the US government itself. Presiding over its first years from 1789 to 1797, he understood he was setting precedents that had to last — even as many disagreed on what precise form that government should take. 

Yet his importance goes far beyond his ­résumé. It was Washington who emphasized that America was a republic when he rebuked those who wanted a monarchy or an exalted president.

Likewise, he set the precedent for presidential limits by refusing entreaties that he accept a third term. “Washington’s last service to his country was to stop serving,” writes Brookhiser. And he was the only slaveholding founder to free his slaves, albeit in his will. 

For all these reasons and more, there was no dissent when Henry Lee famously described Washington in death as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” 

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

George Washington: A founder who still inspires Americans (nypost.com) 

And you can read Michael McKenna's column on George Washington in the Washington Times via the below link:  

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/14/be-grateful-for-george-washington-americas-indispe/

To learn more about George Washington, I suggest you read James Thomas Elexner's Washington: The Indispensable Man.

We Few. We Happy Few. We Band Of Brothers: Shakespeare's Lesson For Memorial Day

The New York Post Editorial Board offers a look back at Shakespeare’s St. Crispin’s Day speech on Memorial Day.

Memorial Day inspires mixed emotions: pride in the valor of those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom; sorrow that such self-sacrifice should have been necessary. Pride in past valor may be best expressed in the St. Crispin’s Day speech from “Henry V” (Act IV, Scene iii), delivered by the young king on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt.

St. Crispin’s Day

By William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

If we are mark’d to die, we are enow

To do our country loss; and if to live

The fewer men, the greater share of honour.

God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.

By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,

Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;

It yearns me not if men my garments wear;

Such outward things dwell not in my desires:

But if it be a sin to covet honour,

I am the most offending soul alive.

No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England:

God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour

As one man more, methinks, would share from me

For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!

Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,

That he which hath no stomach to this fight,

Let him depart; his passport shall be made

And crowns for convoy put into his purse:

We would not die in that man’s company

That fears his fellowship to die with us.

This day is call’d the feast of Crispian:       

You can read the rest of the speech via the below link:

https://nypost.com/2018/05/27/shakespeares-lesson-for-memorial-day/

You can also watch Sir Laurence Olivier perform the speech via the below link:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9fa3HFR02E 

Note: The above photo is of actor Sir Laurence Olivier in Henry V.   

The Pathetic Push To Torpedo CIA Director-Designate Gina Haspel

The New York Post Editorial Board offers the below editorial:

Democrats’ obsession with opposing President Trump on all fronts, no matter the merits, opens a new phase this week as CIA Director-designate Gina Haspel goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

That there’s any opposition at all to this supremely qualified candidate only underscores just how petty and partisan the Democrats have become.

Haspel would be not only the first woman to head the CIA, but also the first career officer in 52 years to rise through the ranks directly to the director’s chair.

Little wonder that she’s won the enthusiastic support of past CIA directors from both parties, including several of Trump’s fiercest critics.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

https://nypost.com/2018/05/06/the-pathetic-push-to-torpedo-gina-haspel/

WikiLeaks Takes Another Shot At America

The New York Post Editorial Board offers a piece on the WikiLeaks release of a trove of classified CIA information.

WikiLeaks and Julian Assange (seen in the above photo) claim they act for the public good, but their release of CIA documents proves yet again that they lack a moral compass.

The group posted a massive cache of stolen CIA documents online Tuesday, revealing agency cyber-tools for hacking smartphones, Samsung TVs, computer-operating systems, even vehicle-control systems in new cars and trucks. Officials say the info looks like the real thing.

There’s no question the document dump — apparently the largest leak in CIA history — will harm US efforts to collect vital information needed to keep the nation safe.

“This essentially gives our enemies a playbook on how we go about our clandestine cyber operations,” one ex-CIA agent said. Plus, the agency must now assess whether its tools still work and, if not, come up with new ones. That’ll cost a mint.

An even higher priority is figuring out how the agency lost the material. WikiLeaks says it came from a “high-security network” at the CIA and was given to the group by an ex-government hacker or contractor. But who knows? Maybe the agency itself was hacked.

There are positives here, too. It’s reassuring to know, for instance, that the agency has such “wonderful” tools at its disposal, as ex-CIA director Michael Hayden put it.

“There are some bad people in the world who have Samsung TVs,” he said. “You want us to have the ability to actually turn on that listening device inside the TV to learn that person’s intentions.” Kudos to the cyber-spooks who put their remarkable talents to use to develop these tools.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2017/03/08/wikileaks-takes-another-shot-at-america/ 

New York Post Editorial Board: Obama Shouldn't Pardon Manning

The New York Post Editorial Board came out against a presidential pardon for former U.S.Army Private Manning.

Pfc. Chelsea (née Bradley) Manning, now serving a 35-year sentence for espionage, is reportedly on President Obama’s short list for last-minute executive clemency. Let’s hope the president declines to act.

Manning leaked 700,000 documents — at the time, the largest-ever theft of classified US material — including confidential diplomatic and military communiques revealing the names of intelligence assets.

You can read the rest of the piece via link:

http://nypost.com/2017/01/13/obama-shouldnt-pardon-chelsea-manning/

'And It Came To Pass': Luke On The Birth Of Jesus

The New York Post offers the below on Christmas:

From the Gospel According to Luke,
Chapter 2, Verses 1 through 20:

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David).

o be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

You can read the rest via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2016/12/24/and-it-came-to-pass-luke-on-the-birth-of-jesus/ 

Kudos To The NYPD And The FBI For The Capture Of Ahmad Rahami

The New York Post editorial board gives credit to the NYPD and the FBI for the swift capture of terrorism bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami.

Kudos to the NYPD and its partners, from the FBI to the Linden, NJ, cops who actually nailed him: Less than 50 hours after the first bomb went off Saturday, they had Ahmad Rahami in custody. It’s hard to imagine finer police work.

Yes, luck played a role: The carnage would have been greater had those two “if you see something, take it” passersby not apparently disabled the 27th Street bomb. And by tossing the contents of their new piece of luggage, they also allowed law enforcement to gather more clues — including, apparently, both the flip-phone-trigger that traced to Rahami and a fingerprint.

But diligent work was also key, including what NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller called a “surge” of personnel to review video footage from the entire multi-block area, giving the authorities a clear read on the whole sequence of events.

You can read the rest of the editorial via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2016/09/19/kudos-to-the-nypd-and-fbi-for-the-fast-capture-of-ahmad-rahami/

Honor, Pride And Sorrow: Shakespeare For Memorial Day

The New York Post editorial board offers a bit of William Shakespeare on to commemorate Memorial Day.

Memorial Day inspires mixed emotions: pride in the valor of those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom; sorrow that such self-sacrifice should have been necessary. Pride in past valor may be best expressed in the St. Crispin’s Day speech from “Henry V” (Act IV, Scene iii), delivered by the young king on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt.

St. Crispin’s Day
By William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

If we are mark’d to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2016/05/29/honor-pride-and-sorrow-shakespeare-for-memorial-day/

New York Post: Obama's Iran-Nuke Deal Far, Far Worst Than No Deal At All

The New York Post offers an editorial against President Obama's Iran deal.

Back in 2009, President Obama vowed to “take concrete steps toward a world without nuclear weapons.” Now he and Secretary of State John Kerry have instead guaranteed a world with more nukes than ever — and in the most dangerous hands, to boot.

No deal would’ve been far better than the dangerous and misguided one the White House and Tehran are now celebrating.

Indeed, had you told Obama and Kerry two years ago that an Iran accord would contain the conditions outlined Tuesday, they would’ve laughed you out of the room.

But Washington, desperate for an agreement, gave way on one issue after another until — as Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) rightly noted — Obama’s strict red lines all “turned into green lights.”

Simply put, this deal doesn’t end Iran’s nuclear program — it preserves it.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2015/07/14/obamas-iran-nuke-deal-far-far-worse-than-no-deal-at-all/ 

Note: The above map of Iran was provided by the CIA. 

Hands Off Hamilton - The Most Modern Founding Father

I agree with the New York Post's editorial review board. We should leave Alexander Hamilton, a great American, on the $10 bill.

Forget our pride in The Post’s founder: Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s slap at Alexander Hamilton is just plain wrong.

Plans to put a woman on some US currency have been floating for weeks; word was that President Andrew Jackson — a proud slaveholder and plague on Native Americans — would be dethroned. Instead, Lew declared that Hamilton must make way.

And he hid behind process: The $10 bill is scheduled for redesign; the $20 just had one.
Big deal. If “female money” is so danged important, change the schedule. Even the diss-Hamilton plan doesn’t kick in ’til 2020.

Look: Hamilton wasn’t just the first Treasury secretary, he was the architect of the entire American financial system. He made the case for a central bank and a strong federal government that would assume war debts — institutions that proved vital in keeping the young nation united.

You can read the rest of the Post editorial via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2015/06/18/hands-off-hamilton-the-most-modern-founding-father/

Another NYPD Officer Shot - And No One Will March To Protest

The New York Post Editorial Board offers a piece on the latest NYPD officer shot.

No demonstrators will block traffic to protest the ambush of Police Officer Brian Moore in Queens Saturday evening — the fifth New York City cop struck by gunfire in the line of duty since December.

Ironically enough, Moore was serving on a detail targeting illegal guns in Queens Village when he was shot twice in the face.

The officer, 25, was in a medically induced coma Sunday. The alleged shooter, 35-year-old Demetrius Blackwell, an ex-con with a violent history, was in custody.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2015/05/03/another-nypd-officer-shot-and-no-one-will-march-to-protest/

Terrorists, Cop Killers Are Communist Cuba's Gruesome Guests

I agree with the New York Post's editorial that Cuba should allow the U.S. to extradite the American terrorists and murderers hiding in Cuba prior to any normalization of relations with the communist island.

The Obama administration — eager to normalize relations with Cuba — is plainly paying lip service to demands that Havana extradite 70-plus American terrorists and murderers whom the Castro regime has granted asylum.

In answer, three New Jersey House Republicans aim to use the power of the purse to exert some much-needed pressure.

Reps. Scott Garrett, Leonard Lance and Tom MacArthur have asked both the GOP chairwoman and the ranking Democrat on a key House Appropriations subcommittee to withhold all funding needed to normalize US-Cuban diplomatic ties.

Their particular concern is Joanne Chesimard (seen in the above photo), a k a Assata Shakur — the Black Liberation Army terrorist sentenced to life in prison in 1977 for the coldblooded killing of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster (seen in the below photo). Six years later, she escaped from prison and made her way to Cuba.

You can read the rest of the editorial via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2015/03/26/havanas-gruesome-guests/

Outing Former CIA Officer Valerie Plame

A New York Post  editorial rightfully points out the hypocrisy of former CIA officer Valerie Plame (seen in the above photo).

Remember the outrage when CIA operative Valerie Plame’s name was leaked to newspaperman Robert Novak?

Plame and her husband, Joe Wilson, accused the Bush White House of doing it in retaliation, because her husband was a critic of its war policy. Wilson said it would be “fun to see Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs.”

Only one problem: Rove didn’t do it. The State Department’s Richard Armitage did.

Now the worm has turned.

Last week, Glenn Greenwald, the man who helped Edward Snowden get stolen American secrets published, wrote an article naming the woman — a career CIA officer — who worked at the unit tracking Osama bin Laden and who was also involved in the interrogation of Khalid Sheik Mohammed.

... At a time when we remain at war with radical Islamists, there are many who would like this woman killed. But instead of denouncing Greenwald for publicizing the name of this CIA officer, Plame has happily retweeted Greenwald’s article to the world.

You can read the rest of the editorial via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2014/12/22/outing-valerie-plame/

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You can also read the late great columnist Robert Novak's account of his column that named Plame, and other interesting stories of his more than 50 years in journalism, by reading his fine memoir, The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington.  

Do Something! Obama's Iraq

A New York Post editorial covers the situation in Iraq.

When in 2011 President Obama announced, against the advice of his commanders, the complete withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq, he grandly declared “the tide of war is receding.”

Two days later, his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, answered critics such as John McCain, who said the president’s announcement was a victory for Iran.

Said Mrs. Clinton: “No one, most particularly Iran, should miscalculate about our continuing commitment to and with the Iraqis going forward.”

This week these promises have been rendered hollow by the humanitarian and strategic crisis unfolding in Iraq. There, key northern cities have been falling to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, an offshoot of al Qaeda.

The horrors we are seeing fulfill some of the worst fears of critics who had warned that leaving Iraq without a new status of forces agreement imperiled the gains bought with American blood and treasure. 

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2014/06/13/obamas-iraq/

Note: The above map of Iraq is from the CIA.

A Victory For Justice

The New York Post editorial board offers a piece on the Senate's refusal to confirm Debo Adegbile.

This week, the Democratic-controlled Senate refused to confirm President Obama’s nominee for head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, and already the history is being rewritten.

Debo Adegbile’s nomination failed to go forward when Majority Leader Harry Reid couldn’t muster the votes he needed on a procedural motion. Seven Democrats — most, but not all, up for reelection — ensured the defeat.

Reid has hinted that the vote was based on racism, and President Obama suggests Adegbile was being unfairly punished for having represented an unpopular client: Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of murdering Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2014/03/06/a-victory-for-justice/

You can also read an earlier post on Adegbile via the below link:

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2014/02/a-cop-killers-flack.html