Here's the deal. The 'cold' finally got to me. I could not face taking any kind of walk even in the modestly warmer weather we had in Chicago yesterday. Although the temperatures were hovering near positive double digits, that is 10°F, I chose to take a 'pass.'
Instead, today I provide a different public service. I am reprinting an essay from townhall.com written by someone named Kurt Schlicter who I had never heard of before. I think that those of you who admire President Donald Trump and his amazing accomplishments in this first year of his presidency will wildly enjoy this essay. I know that those of you who despise Preseident Donald Trump and recoil at those very same accomplishments will not enjoy this essay. Please know that your 'pain' brings me a special kind of joy.
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from townhall.com
Trump Ends 2017 Residing In His Enemies’ Heads
Posted: Dec 28, 2017 12:01 AM.
As 2017 comes to a close, tumbleweeds roll down the empty Lido Deck while the Republican base answers the question, “What if Conservative, Inc., gave a cruise and nobody came?” The Democrats fled Washington under cover of darkness, desperate to keep their slobbering socialist wing from forcing them to commit ritual suicide by closing down the government over Christmas because the GOP Congress (for now) won’t hand a couple million illegal aliens citizenship. Robert Mueller’s Keystone Kop Korps started off with “unquestioned integrity” and ended the year with totally questioned integrity. The mainstream media abandoned the principle of objectivity in favor of shrill advocacy, yet it is baffled that most Americans now consider its members like just another bunch of partisan hacks.
In the White House, where everyone who was anyone told us Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit would reign, President Donald Trump finished the year by signing a tax reform bill that punished conservatives’ enemies and rewarded their friends. The Democrats get to go tell their base of blue state coastal swells, “Uh, sorry about losing those state tax deductions cuz we were too busy resisting to actually negotiate and thereby get a seat at the table.” Cue the Sad Trombone. Trump plays for keeps, unlike the squish-cons who play for media hugs and invitations to the kool kidz’ parties.
He was supposed to lose the primary, but he didn’t. He was supposed to lose the general, but he didn’t. He was supposed to fall victim to the covert schemes of leftist bureaucrats and the overt obstruction of The Resistance, but he didn’t. Instead, Donald Trump has prospered as the most The elite keeps losing to the guy they tell us is dumb. The elite keeps losing to the guy they tell us is a clown. The elite keeps losing to the guy who doesn’t meet their bottom line standard to be worthy of governing – being one of the elite. So, what’s that make the elite?
He just refuses to lose. He just refuses to submit. He just refuses to give a damn about what they say or what they think. And that infuriates them. He won’t take a knee, but he will offer them a finger.
Brick by brick, he is disassembling the rickety edifice of Barack Obama’s transformed America. Regulations? Slashed, even as the screams of the professional expert class echo across the District of Columbia. ISIS? Dead, with our military unleashed to hunt down our enemies without hesitation or mercy. The Courts? Packed, not with squishy wimps ready to bend to the will of the WaPo and the Georgetown cocktail crew but with true conservatives determined to fight for the Constitution.
Trump’s enemies are getting tired of all the winning.
Slowly, it’s dawning on Trump’s enemies – on our enemies – that this isn’t just an unfortunate, temporary bump in the road to the Californiaization of America, but a U-turn. The people who elected Donald Trump were something his allegedly conservative Never Trump opponents never were: serious about being conservative. It’s easy to grift the donors with big talk about culture wars and policy initiatives when you never expect to be in a position to actually pull them off. But the Normals finally got sick of election year bomb-throwers morphing into pliable puffboys once their reps crossed into the Beltway. And that’s how you got Trump. president since Ronald Reagan. And it’s breaking the souls of his enemies. Deliciously.
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| Butter Flavored Grits |
500 |
105
|
5
|
10
|
1,700 |
5 |
|
| Bacon |
200 |
0
|
15
|
15
|
875 |
0 |
|
|
Special K Chewy Nut Bar |
150 |
20
|
6
|
3
|
60 |
12 |
|
|
850 |
125
|
26
|
28
|
2,635 |
17 |
|
| Brioche Roll, 2 roll
|
440 |
82
|
5
|
16
|
740 |
16 |
|
|
Trader Joe's Salmon Burger, 2 burger |
220 |
6
|
7
|
30
|
660 |
2 |
|
|
660 |
88
|
12
|
46
|
1,400 |
18 |
|
|
Taco Bell - Hard Shell Tacos |
680 |
48
|
40
|
32
|
1,240 |
4 |
|
|
680 |
48
|
40
|
32
|
1,240 |
4 |
|
| Wasabi Rice Crackers |
420 |
88
|
5
|
7
|
298 |
0 |
|
| Colby & Monterey Jack cheese |
200 |
0
|
18
|
13
|
325 |
0 |
|
|
620 |
88
|
23
|
20
|
623 |
0 |
|
| |
|
| Totals |
2,810 |
349
|
101
|
126
|
5,898 |
39 |
|
| Your Daily Goal |
2,139 |
267
|
71
|
107
|
2,300 |
80 |
|
| Remaining |
-671 |
-82
|
-30
|
-19
|
-3,598 |
41 |
|
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Calories
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Carbs
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Fat
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Protein
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Sodium
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Sugar
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