John C. Wright's Journal

As seems apt for my #150 of the list of campaign promises kept by Trump, and other signs and wonders that flow from his history-mugging presidency:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amy-coney-barrett-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-associated-justice-at-white-house-ceremony

Judge Amy Coney Barrett took her constitutional oath on Monday at the White House. The Supreme Court said in a press release that Barrett will be able to start her new role after Chief Justice John Roberts administers her judicial oath on Tuesday. Justice Clarence Thomas administered the constitutional oath at Monday’s ceremony.

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One of Joe Biden’s “tells” (as a gambler might say) is his use of the phrase “C’mon”.

Another is his nervous laughter, or shaking his head dismissively. Such smirks is meant to appeal to the viewer, asking the viewer to dismiss the point being discussed without any further ado.

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Again, this is several days after the fact, but I am getting tired of winning, because there is too much. Too much winning. I can barely keep up merely posting a link, much less writing a comment.

From Fox News:

President Trump received yet another Nobel Peace Prize nomination, his fourth, from one Laura Huhtasaari, the Finnish member of the European Parliament.

She writes in her nomination letter:

“It is hard to imagine a president of the United States from the last decades, or a current head of state, who would deserve more the Committee’s recognition in 2021 than President Trump for his effort to build peace in the world…”

Huhtasaari lists Trump’s peacemaking efforts as:

• The only American president who did not start a new war
• Withdrew troops from Iraq and Afghanistan
• Brokered the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain.
• Maintained national cohesion and secured law and order by taking a strong stand against detrimental social movements.

This last, we may assume to be a reference to Black Lives Marxists and Antifas.

Trump brokered an historic Israel-Sudan peace deal

The agreement is the third of its kind in recent weeks between Israel and an Arab nation and follows similar agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. President Trump said at least five additional Arab countries could join peace deals with Israel, including Saudi Arabia.

To his credit, President Trump rejected the advice of the foreign policy establishment — especially State Department careerists — that the first step toward normalized relations between Israel and the Arab world had to be an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.

More here: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-sudan-israel-fred-fleitz

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Donald Trump just signed the United States up to the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a worldwide pact signed by 32 countries, affirming that there is “no international right to abortion.”

https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/oga/global-health-diplomacy/protecting-life-global-health-policy/geneva-declaration.html

The official announcement reads, in part:

The governments of the Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Uganda and the United States cosponsored a virtual October 22, 2020 gathering in Washington, D.C. for a multinational ceremonial signing of the Geneva Consensus Declaration

This Declaration further strengthens the coalition to achieve these four pillars: (1) better health for women, (2) the preservation of human life, (3) strengthening of family as the foundational unit of society, and (4) protecting every nation’s national sovereignty in global politics. For example, it is the sovereign right of every nation to make their own laws in regard to abortion, absent external pressure.