Oh boy, this has been one stupendously wonderful Thanksgiving weekend so far.
Andrew Breitbart always knew the best way to create SSH (Spontaneous ‘Splodey Heads) was to enjoy life.  Nothing makes a miserable blame-casting leftist more filled with angst and teeth gnashing rage than to see people enjoying life.
The professional white-paper analysts are calling it the Trump effect:
♦ The stock market is soaring; ♦ domestic futures are through the roof; ♦ the KPI economic indicators are all pointing to the cusp of massive economic expansion; ♦ the first 24 hours of holiday sales are exceeding all expectations; ♦ and the consumer confidence index has had the largest single two-week surge in its history.   A White Hat Salute is in order:

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The difference between the Democrat and Republican party has always been the distinction between one side who will do anything, say anything, manipulate anything, and fight to the death to get their way – and the other party being polite Republican surrender monkeys.

Any intellectually honest observer didn’t need to look any further than the construct of ObamaCare in 2009/2010 to find the legislative representation of this political truism.
Or perhaps a person might remember the leftist takeover of the Wisconsin capitol building because they lost the 2010 election.  Further still remember the newly minority Wisconsin Democrats actually fleeing the state and attempting to disrupt the legislative session simply by refusing to participate.
The Jill Stein filing for a recount in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania is simply an extension of this aforementioned behavior.   The goal is not to change the election outcome, that possibility is beyond absurd, the goal is Alinsky opposition: create mayhem, cause angst, create disruption, seed doubt, undermine, isolate, marginalize the opponent. These moonbat behaviors are simply the antagonistic leftists fulfilling the nature of their ideology.
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A very interesting and insightful interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan.  The discussion includes perspectives on the incoming Donald Trump presidency, the Syrian and Mid-East conflict and the larger issues of radical Islamic extremism.
Well worth watching, especially if you have followed the evolutionary relationship between Jordan, Egypt and Russia. If you don’t have time for the full interview watch the first 7-8 minutes:

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In February there were gasps of anger and disbelief.  There was yelling. At least one person in the crowd of Carrier employees shouted things that cannot be written here.  The employees had just been told the heating, cooling, air conditioning, and refrigeration company was relocating its Indianapolis plant to Monterrey, Mexico.

Candidate Donald Trump recalled the anxiety of the Indiana workers during the a presidential debate a few days later.
In essence, the Carrier HVAC example is a direct and visible representation of how the U.S. manufacturing industry, and the middle-class jobs they provide, has been ignored by the professional political class. Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said the company’s surprise announcement was without warning and incredibly disappointing.
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Perhaps something worth considering amid all the Mitt Romney angst, is the potential for this to be part of a more comprehensive Donald Trump/Steve Bannon strategy.

You would be hard pressed to find anyone amid CTH who would opine any measure of favorability toward Romney.  Quite the contrary, no-one likes him, at all. Nor did anyone support his initial presidential bid in the primary of 2012.
However, that said, President-Elect Trump presenting Romney as a cabinet possibility -and stirring up the visual appearance of grass root opposition therein- may essentially be nothing more than putting the final nail in another GOPe legacy coffin.
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We probably hold a slightly different perspective on this appointment than most.  CTH analysis follows press release:

(New York, NY) – President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate Betsy DeVos as Secretary of the United States Department of Education. A leader in the national school reform movement for more than two decades, Betsy DeVos is a highly successful education advocate, businesswoman, and philanthropist.

“Betsy DeVos is a brilliant and passionate education advocate,” said President-elect Donald J. Trump. “Under her leadership we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back so that we can deliver world-class education and school choice to all families. I am pleased to nominate Betsy as Secretary of the Department of Education.”

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FRIEDMAN: Are you worried, though, that those companies will keep their factories here, but the jobs will be replaced by robots?

TRUMP: They will, and we’ll make the robots too.

There has been a great deal of conversation, much of it anxiety filled, about the content of the New York Times interview with President-Elect Donald Trump.
Multiple MSM outlets framed a “Trump is reversing” narrative.  However, that is simply a complete fabrication.
Below is the transcript from the interview itself, I would strongly urge everyone to grab a cup of coffee, settle in, and spend the time to actually read the full interview.   It’s great:
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Approximately 14 hours after creating a media cycle fraught with antagonism and chaos, a more demure Kellyanne Conway appears on Fox News for an interview with Sean Hannity.

@04:42 “I’ve been offered a big position“…

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BOLO: 5-feet, 11-inch black male in his 40s with a slight build beard wearing a white T-shirt with white and black lettering, a skull cap and a brown jacket.

DETROIT – A Wayne State police officer has been shot off-campus in the Woodbridge area of Detroit Tuesday evening.

The officer was shot in the head, according to Detroit Police. The canine officer is in critical condition and has been hospitalized. He was in surgery at Detroit Receiving Hospital as of 8:25 p.m.
The incident happened in the area of Lincoln and Brainard streets, near Grand River at about 6:30 p.m., just west of the Lodge freeway, according to a spokesperson with Wayne State University police. (more…)

Last month Hollywood actor Robert De Niro recorded a video calling the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump: “a dog,” “a pig,” “a con,” “a bullshit artist who doesn’t know what he’s talking about” and “an idiot.”  De Niro also recorded himself saying: “Well, I’d like to punch him in the face.”
Today actor Robert De Niro was rewarded by President Obama:

President Obama also rewarded:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Hanks, Michael Jordan, Lorne Michaels, Robert Redford, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen and Cicely Tyson.