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Video from Judicial Watch:
“Investigating the Investigators”
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Very early in the morning of November 20, 2018, I turned off my computer. Microsoft automatically downloaded a “critical update.” Two hours later when I tried to use the computer, I could not. I could not leave the startup page. I haven’t been on the computer since that morning. I am now using our local library’s computers and have not yet decided if I will try to have my computer repaired. However, it is time to start blogging again. Since I also can’t get into my old Microsoft accounts, I’m starting a new blog as of Saturday, May 4, 2019.
From my last post before being shut down:
“Even though I am being ‘shadow-banned,’ my pageview total hit an all time record high in October. Thank you.
According to google, October 18, 2018 was my 700th post on this website.
I’m still having major problems with microsoft. I finally ended up restoring it twice.”
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School is back in session and I’m jogging at the track before school begins. Therefore, I will probably be posting in the afternoon for most posts. In September, the library goes back to closing at 9PM Monday through Thursday. On those days, the post will probably be in the evenings between 7PM and 8:30PM.
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My old pageview record for Vote Vance 2016:
https://votevance2016.blogspot.com/2016/11/transsexual-fantasy-strikes-morton.html
“Transsexual Fantasy Strikes Morton, Illinois School District 709 and Four Board Members Capitulate to a Sexual Delusion.”
The new pageview record for Vote Vance 2016:
“March for Our Lives, March for Life, Mainstream Media Hypocrisy, Leftist Hypocrisy, and Students as ‘Useful Idiots?’”
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House of Representatives Republicans “Wall of Shame.”
These 24 Republicans voted to force taxpayers to pay for mutilating surgery for delusional transsexuals who are in the military. [I removed the names of the Representatives from all States who did not seek reelection since their primaries are over.]
Republicans voting No to defeat the amendment: [Original 24 now down to 8.]
[Conservative Review Conservative Scorecard grade]
No votes from Republicans by State:
1) Paul Cook [California-District 8 F 43% Won reelection.]
2) Jeffrey Denham [California-District 10 F 33% Lost.]
3) Steve Knight [California-District 25 F 31% Lost.]
1) Mike Coffman [Colorado-District 6 F 56% Lost.]
1) Carlos Curbelo [Florida-District 26 F 19% Lost.]
2) Brian Mast [Florida-District 18 F 50% Won reelection.]
1) Justin Amash [Michigan-District 3 A 96% Won reelection. Has now left the Republican Party and is running in 2020 as an Independent candidate according to reports]
2) Jack Bergman [Michigan-District 1 F 50% Won reelection.]
1) Leonard Lance [New Jersey-District 7 F 42% Lost.]
2) Tom MacArthur [New Jersey-District 3 F 25% Lost.]
1) John Faso [New York-District 19 F 50% Lost.]
2) John Katko [New York-District 24 F 25% Won reelection.]
3) Tom Reed [New York-District 23 F 43% Won reelection.]
4) Elise Stefanik [New York-21 F 19% Won reelection.]
5) Claudia Tenney [New York-District 22 F 38% Lost.]
1) Brian (Michael) Fitzpatrick [Pennsylvania-District 1 F 50% Won reelection.]
1) Barbara Comstock [Virginia-District 10 F 19% Lost.]
These Republicans In Name Only by voting to affirm the delusional fantasies of transsexuals are helping to destroy the military and are, in my opinion, putting both delusional transsexuals and all other military personnel in danger on the battle field during combat. I will keep these names up at least through the 2020 primaries. Perhaps in 2020 more of these Representatives will be defeated in Republican primaries by actual Republican conservatives.
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Update: Illinois Leftists “Wall of Shame.”
Original Article: https://votevance2016.blogspot.com/2017/08/transgendertranssexual-delusion.html
“Transgender/Transsexual Delusion, Legislative Fraud, and a RINO Governor Who Signed into Law His Reelection Defeat”
1) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner Lost = less than 40% of the vote.
1a) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner: The last week of September, 2017 Governor Rauner also signed into law a bill requiring Illinois taxpayers to pay for the murder of babies within the womb for Illinois Medicaid recipients and State of Illinois employees. Lost = less than 40% of the vote.
Update: Because of the terrible choice for Governor at the top of the ticket, Illinois lost two more Republican members in the House of Representatives.
2) 64 members of the Illinois State House of Representatives [Listed at the end of the original article]
3) 32 members of the Illinois State Senate [Listed at the end of the original article]
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Update: The Illinois House of Representatives overrode the Governor’s veto increasing the individual State income tax rate by 32%.
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/unsustainable-raising-taxes-solves-nothing-makes-illinois-worse-off/
“The Illinois State House was back in session this afternoon to override Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of a 32 percent permanent tax hike on Illinois families (SB 9). This tax grab also raises the corporate income tax rate by 33 percent. As anticipated, the House voted to override the veto this afternoon by a vote of 71-42 [71 being the minimum number of votes to override.]—with 61 Democrats and 10 Republicans voting in favor of increasing our taxes [By raising the tax rate by 32%. Plus, no doubt, increasing the cost of goods and/or increasing unemployment by raising corporate income tax rates by 33 1/3rd percent.].
To see how your state representative voted, please click HERE. To see how your state senator voted, please click HERE.
Much has been written for many years now about how Illinois is being mismanaged. The votes to override common sense is only the latest chapter in that mismanagement.”
Illinois Republicans “Wall of Shame.”
From: David E. Smith of Illinois Family Action [Updated with the 2018 election results]
July 7, 2017
“The Republicans who voted for the tax grab and who were reelected in 2018:
02) Terri Bryant (Carbondale) Won. [115th District]
04) Norine Hammond (Macomb) Won. [93rd District]
10) Mike Unes (East Peoria) Won. [61st District]”
Do you think the decision to vote to override the veto for a deficit budget that raised the income tax by 32% was popular in these districts? Seven of the 10 did not run for reelection.
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Four of the seven Morton, Illinois District 709 School Board members voted to support transsexual sexual delusions. The “Four Pretenders” are:
Shaun Bill elected term ended in 2017. He is off the school board.
Clint Heinold elected term
ended in 2017. He is off the school board.
Kelly Scarfe elected term
ended in 2017. She is off the school board.
Michelle Bernier elected
term ended in 2019. She did not run for reelection. She is off the school
board.
Board decisions have consequences. Elections have consequences.
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Roe vs. Wade decided January 22, 1973 = 46 years ago as of January 22, 2019
46 years of government sanctioned murder of our own children. EVIL personified!
Six months after the 46th year of the illegal, unconstitutional Roe vs. Wade decision, 580,822 babies within the womb have been murdered because of federal government sanctioned evil based upon one million murders of babies within the womb per year. And the AMERICAN HOLOCAUST continues day after day. What has Congress done to stop the unconstitutional murder of our own children? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Congress can not even defund Planned Murderhood. Establishment Republicans continually CAPITULATE to the Leftist socialist MURDERERS.
Restore the Constitution
Take Back the Nation
I am a Christian, Constitutionalist, conservative
I am a Christian, Constitutionalist, conservative
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I created a “Wall of Shame” a few years ago for really horrendous Legislative votes and Governor’s actions. It is time for a “Hall of Honor” for actions above and beyond the call of duty. The first such “Hall of Honor” goes to the Mayor and Trustees of the Village of Morton, Illinois who prohibited marijuana businesses within the village limits the same day that the law went into force. The mayor proposed the ordinance and the Trustees passed the ordinance 6-0. The “Hall of Honor” not includes the El Paso Mayor and Council.
“Hall of Honor”
Morton
Mayor (President) Jeff Kaufman
Trustee Rod Blunier
Trustee Steve Leitch
Trustee Clinton Leman
Trustee Brad Menold
Trustee Ken Newman
Trustee Nate Parrott
El Paso
Mayor J.W. Price
City Council Member Will Moore
City Council Member Jennie
Kearney
City Council Member Alex
Brucker
City Council Member Mary Ellen
Kilpatrick
City Council Member Ken Faulk
City Council Member Kevin
Wheatley
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To save the life of the mother is a false premise. See:
“If a pregnant woman’s life is in danger, is abortion [The murder of babies within the womb.] justified?”
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Criminal law basically serves two purposes: It defines certain
behaviors as either right or wrong according to the governing society. It also
provides the necessary punishment for those who violate those standards
established by the governing society. In general, the more severe the
punishment(s) the more abhorrent the negative behavior is considered to
be.
We also know, from past experiences and human behavior, people will basically react to any law in one of four ways. Depending upon the behavior, the degree of each of these four ways will vary. However, in general, almost all people can be placed in one of the four ways in relation to a specific action.
1) Some people would never participate in a specific action regardless of the law because that action is morally reprehensible to them. For example: Murder. Even if murder were “legal” within the society, they would refuse to commit a murder.
2) Some people might, under the “correct” circumstances, participate in an action if legal but they will not participate in that same practice if illegal because of the societal declaration that it is unacceptable, because of the punishment imposed, or for both reasons. In this circumstance, light to no punishment might be inducement enough to participate in the action when a more severe punishment would greatly decrease participation.
3) Some people will be involved in an illegal action if they believe they have a chance to escape being caught and/or being punished for the illegal activity. In general, the less likely being caught and/or punished, the more likely they will participate in that illegal action [This is particularly important for minors if the activity is legal for adults but illegal for minors. Alcohol consumption and smoking cigarettes are two current examples. Use of “recreational” marijuana will be added to this list when “recreational” marijuana is officially legal on January 1, 2020. There is no question based upon past experience and human behavior that use will increase with availability, lack of enforcement, and peer pressure, among other factors.]
4) Some people are going to commit the crime regardless, if they decide it is in their best interest to commit the crime and they have no moral compunction not to commit the action. This is why no law will ever completely prevent that activity. Laws against murders don’t stop murders. Severe punishment doesn’t prevent all murders. No law ever stops an illegal act 100% of the time.
For legalizing “recreational” marijuana as well as changes in most laws, the individuals who fall into categories 2 and 3 are the ones who will generally be most affected by the change in the law.
Friday’s post conclusion:
If “recreational” marijuana businesses are approved in a local
jurisdiction, that jurisdiction will
experience an increase in the use and abuse of marijuana by minors. It occurs now with alcohol which is illegal for minors and it
will increase for marijuana although still illegal for minors. Legalizing
“recreational” marijuana tells minors that the State of Illinois and the local
jurisdiction see nothing wrong with using marijuana. Minors will have greater
access to marijuana just as they now have access to alcohol. This law will NOT protect minors. It will put minors at much
greater risk than they currently are.
It is naïve to believe otherwise.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of a “recreational” drug
“A drug (such as cocaine, marijuana, or methamphetamine) used without medical justification for its psychoactive effects often in the belief that occasional use of such a substance is not habit-forming or addictive
What is the definition of occasional use?
“Addiction: Big
Marijuana Targeting Children
Kathy Valente | August 14, 1918
Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator, Dick Durbin, recently introduced legislation in
Washington, D.C. to crack down on flavored tobacco in e-cigarettes. He believes
Big Tobacco is marketing to children with flavors like cake batter, whipped
cream and gummy bears. As a mother and grandmother, I applaud his efforts.
But there’s another industry targeting kids right under our
adult noses – Big Marijuana. We should be
concerned to see how tobacco companies like Philip Morris are investing in marijuana for
what some are calling Big Tobacco 2.0.
[Tobacco companies certainly have experience targeting children. As they lose
tobacco consumers, it makes economic sense for them to switch to marijuana
which is now being pushed by Leftist socialist States as no longer “dangerous”
and as a new source for tax revenue. The companies know that the younger the
consumer the more likely they are to be hooked and to be lifelong users. From
past experience, they know that very few smokers began smoking after the legal
age established by governments. From my own experiences, my younger brother
started smoking and drinking alcohol his freshman year in college when the
legal age for both was 21. His first cigarette was at the age of about 10. I
found an almost full pack of cigarettes on the ground near a small grocery
store a couple of blocks from our home. 5 of us—my brother who was a year and ½
younger than me, 3 older boys from the neighborhood, and I—rode bikes out into
the country to try them. I smoked about 1/3rd of one and stopped. It tasted
terrible to me and I’ve never had a cigarette since. At least 3 of the 5 of us
started smoking later in life. I’m not sure of the oldest boy and I know I did
not. Neither of my parents smoked or drank alcohol. My younger brother dies
from lung cancer in his early thirties. According to my ex-wife, she started drinking
alcohol and smoking at the age of 14. She has not stopped smoking although she
was suppose to before we started dating. She lied about stopping and I did not
learn that she had lied until after we were married. Then, it was impossible to
hide. Her father was a chain smoker and didn’t stop until a doctor told him that,
if he didn’t stop, he’d be dead in a couple of months. He then stopped, as far
as I know, and lived a few more years. If my ex-wife were to be told the same,
I’m not sure she would stop even then.] (Read more here.)
Marijuana-infused sweets like gummy
bears, jolly ranchers, cotton candy, cookies, ice cream, lollipops and even
cereal are attractive to young people [And the marijuana industry knows that to
be true and uses it to its advantage.]. Candy and cookies have names like Twigz,
Goober, Dab-A-Honey, Keef Kat, Buddahfinger, Double Pupp Oeo, and Twixed.
Can
you believe that one Colorado pot dispensary advertises 20 percent off
everything with Student ID [Certainly can. Illegal drug dealers have been known
to give marijuana samples away for free to induce usage.]? Others use colorful
cartoon characters like Fred Flintstone and Cookie Monster. [How
young are the people they are trying to induce?] Vape pens are made to look
like Hello Kitty and
little alien robots.
Tobacco
addiction is bad but marijuana addiction is worse. Research confirms that regular use of
marijuana has a neurotoxic effect on teenage brains
– including permanent brain damage.
Teens are already using because they think marijuana is harmless [They have been told by State governments that it is harmless.]. After all, it’s ‘medicine,’ isn’t it [And legal for use for “recreational” purposes based solely upon the age of the user. Patently discriminatory according to the young.]?
The
million dollar question then is – Why would Illinois lawmakers even consider
legalizing it for recreational use [Follow the money.]? The answer is simple.
For the tax revenue, in hopes of bailing themselves out of years of
irresponsible overspending at the expense of our kids [Unfortunately, it will
not work anymore than it worked for State lotteries, “riverboat” gambling in
the case of Illinois, casino gambling, and video gambling. Inevitably, the
social costs are higher than the revenue generated. Inevitably, the revenue is
overestimated and the costs are underestimated. Inevitably, the governments
keep spending more and more money. Illinois is a prime example of this overspending.].
With
elections coming up, it is vital to know where candidates stand on legalization
[Didn’t happen in Illinois. In large part because the Republican candidate for
governor who was at the top of the ticket had guaranteed his own defeat. He was
an incumbent governor who garnered less than 40% of the vote in the general election.
The Republicans LOST two seats in the House of Representatives and a number of
seats in the General Assembly.].
Take
ACTION: Click HERE to send a
message to Senator Durbin to encourage him to introduce federal legislation to
ban marketing to children using cartoons, candies and kid-friendly
flavorings in highly-addictive marijuana products [That is not going to happen.
Leftist socialists want to legalize marijuana at the federal level. They are
not going to do anything that might lessen the support of the marijuana
industry.].”
This
next report has important information. However, some of it is technical which
is not going to be of interest to the average reader. Concentrate on the
important information if not interested in the technical aspects of it.
“All
Young Cannabis Users Face Psychosis Risk
Pauline
Anderson | June 19, 2018
Cannabis use directly
increases the risk for psychosis in teens, new research suggests [In the social
sciences because of the very nature of the research, the results are not
proven.].
A large
prospective study of teens shows that ‘in adolescents, cannabis use is harmful’ with respect to psychosis risk, study author Patricia J. Conrod,
PhD, professor of psychiatry, University of Montreal, Canada, told Medscape Medical News.
The effect was observed
for the entire cohort. This finding, said Conrod, means that all
young cannabis users face psychosis risk, not just those with a family history of
schizophrenia or a biological factor that increases their susceptibility to the
effects of cannabis.
‘The whole population
is prone to have this risk [Note the qualifiers. “Prone.” “Risk.”],’ she said.
The study was published online June 6 in JAMA [Journal of the American Medical Association] Psychiatry.
Rigorous Causality
Test
Increasingly,
jurisdictions across North America are moving toward cannabis legalization. In
Canada, a marijuana law is set to be implemented later this year [1918].
With such changes,
there’s a need to understand whether cannabis use has a causal role in the
development of psychiatric diseases, such as psychosis.
To date, the evidence
with respect to causality has been limited, as studies typically assess
psychosis symptoms at only a single follow-up and rely on analytic models that
might confound intraindividual processes with initial between-person
differences.
Determining causality is especially important
during adolescence,
a period when both psychosis and cannabis use typically
start.
For the study,
researchers used random intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPMs), which
Conrod described as ‘a very novel analytic strategy.’
RI-CLPMs use a
multilevel approach to test for within-person differences that inform on the
extent to which an individual’s increase in cannabis use precedes an increase
in that individual’s psychosis symptoms, and vice versa.
The approach provides the most rigorous test
of causal predominance between two outcomes, said Conrod.
‘One of the problems
in trying to assess a causal relationship between cannabis and mental health
outcomes is the chicken or egg issue. Is it that people who are prone to mental
health problems are more attracted to cannabis, or is it something about the
onset of cannabis use that influences the acceleration of psychosis symptoms
[Important question. May also be a mixture of both?]’ she said.
The study included
3720 adolescents from the Co-Venture cohort, which represents 76%
of all grade 7 students attending 31 secondary schools in the greater Montreal
area.
For 4 years, students
completed an annual Web-based survey in which they provided self-reports of
past-year cannabis use and psychosis symptoms.
Such symptoms were
assessed with the Adolescent Psychotic-Like Symptoms Screener; frequency of
cannabis use was assessed with a six-point scale (0 indicated never, and 5
indicated every day).
Survey information was confidential, and there were no
consequences of reporting cannabis use [Both are important to the accuracy of the survey. Students
have actually been known to lie on such surveys. Knowing that the survey
answers are confidential and that there are no negative consequences for using
marijuana helps insure the truthfulness of the answers.].
‘Once you make those
guarantees, students are quite comfortable about reporting, and they become
used to doing it,’ said Conrod.
Marijuana Use Highly
Prevalent
The first time point
occurred at a mean age of 12.8 years. Twelve months separated each assessment.
In total, 86.7% and 94.4% of participants had a minimum of two time points out
of four on psychosis symptoms and cannabis use, respectively.
The study revealed statistically significant
positive cross-lagged
associations, at
every time point, from
cannabis use to psychosis symptoms reported 12 months later, over and above the random intercepts of cannabis
use and psychosis symptoms (between-person differences). The statistical
significances varied from P <
.001 to P < .05.
Cannabis use, in any given year, predicted an increase in psychosis symptoms a
year later, said Conrod.
This type of analysis
is more reliable than biological measures, such as blood tests, said Conrod.
‘Biological measures
aren’t sensitive enough to the infrequent and low level of use that we tend to
see in young adolescents,’ she said.
In light of these
results, Conrod called for increased access by high school students to
evidence-based
cannabis prevention programs [Abstinence is the best policy.].
Such programs exist,
but there are no systematic efforts to make them available to high school
students across the country, she said.
‘It’s extremely
important that governments dramatically step up their efforts around access to
evidence-based cannabis prevention programs,’ she said.
Currently, marijuana
use in teens is ‘very
prevalent,’ she said. Surveys
suggest that about 30% of older high school students in the Canadian province
of Ontario use cannabis
[Higher than the use of cigarettes? I believe it is but didn’t check.].
‘I’d like to see
governments begin to forge some new innovative policy that will address this
level of use in the underaged,’ Conrad said.
Reducing access to and
demand for cannabis among youth could lead to reductions in risk for major
psychiatric conditions [Duh. That will not occur if marijuana is legal for
adults.], she said.
A limitation of the
study was that cannabis use and psychosis symptoms were self-reported and were
not confirmed by clinicians. However, as the authors note, previous
work has shown positive predictive values for such self-reports of up to 80%.
Unique Research
Commenting on the
findings for Medscape Medical
News, Robert Milin, MD, child and adolescent psychiatrist,
addiction psychiatrist, and associate professor of psychiatry, University of
Ottawa, said the study is at ‘the vanguard’ of major research investigating
cannabis use in adolescents over time that is being carried out by that
National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States.
‘The study is at the
forefront because it is specifically looking to measure psychosis symptoms and
cannabis use in adolescents, and the model they are using strengthens the
study,’ said Milin.
That model uses ‘refined
measures or improved measures to look at causality, vs. what we call temporal
associations,’ he said.
The fact that the
study investigated teens starting at age 13 years is unique, said Milin. In
most related studies, the starting age of the participants is 15 or 16 years.
He emphasized that the study examined
psychosis symptoms and not psychotic disorder, although having psychotic symptoms increases
the risk for a psychotic disorder.
The study was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of
Health Research. Dr Conrod and Dr Milin have disclosed no relevant financial
relationships.
There are only three things that can occur once “recreational” marijuana is legalized. Its use will increase among minors. Its use will decrease among
minors. Its use will remain the same.
Realistically, which of the three do you
believe will be the case?
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“From the moment of conception until natural death, we must advocate for the right to life in this nation [Which is the FIRST right listed in the Declaration of Independence. Without the right to life, all other rights are irrelevant.], the last, best hope of mankind.”
Roe vs. Wade has NEVER been the law of the land. It has been and is government sanctioned murder. It is NOT and never has been law. For over 46 years we have been murdering our own children based upon lies and deceit.
For Life, for Liberty
Don L. Vance
“With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”
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