Update
My ribs are still painful, so skipped rehab today in hopes
that they will be better by Monday if I baby them a bit. It was 67 degrees and
sunny, so we took a drive. Stopped at Mountain Man Guns in Rockdale--nice place
and the owner is a great guy. Then ate at a restaurant we've been wanting to try in
Fort Atkinson
General News and Comment
No one read Hillary emails before destruction. By Chris Stirewalt
Excerpt: How did Hillary Clinton know that the
tens of thousands of emails from her time in office she ordered destroyed were
personal? Did she or even her staff scroll through her sent items scanning
emails about “yoga routines” or “family vacations” before deleting them? Nope.
No one looked at them. The Clinton
campaign said those emails that did not crop up in a keyword search performed
by her team were automatically deleted. No eyes. No one to be subpoenaed. Just
highlight all and press delete. That method seems better for missing emails
than to finding them. And it would sound reckless and haphazard coming from
another politician. In this case, though it sounds like a woman covering her
tracks in preparation for a long and bloody legal fight over subpoenas to come.
Unabridged - Hillary
Clinton's Honorable and Faithful Public Service. By Andy Weddington
Excerpt: How to certify Mrs. Clinton's public service -
complying with rule and law?
Video: CBS: Clinton
Excerpt: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, like all
departing federal employees, was required to fill out and sign a separation
statement affirming that she had turned over all classified and other
government documents, including all emails dealing with official business.
Fox News Megyn Kelly reported Wednesday evening on the
requirement and that a spokesman for Clinton had
not responded to a request for comment, including an explanation of when the
former chief U.S.
diplomat signed the mandatory separation agreement or, if she didn't, why
didn't she?
Hackers, probing Clinton
Excerpt: Stirred by the
controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when
she was secretary of state, a determined band of hackers, IT bloggers, and
systems analysts have trained their specialized talents and state-of-the-art
software onclintonemail.com, the domain under which
Clinton established multiple private email accounts, and uncovered serious
lapses in security, according to data shared with Fox News. The findings call
into question Clinton ’s confident declaration,
at a hastily arranged news conference in New
York on Tuesday, that "there were no security breaches"
in her use of a private server. One prominent figure in the hacker community,
bolstered by long experience in the U.S.
intelligence community, has undertaken to build a virtual "replica"
of Clinton ’s
server configuration in a cyberlab, and has begun testing it with tools
designed to probe security defenses. (And, of course no one from the FBI or
NSA has taken custody of this server yet. Why isn't law enforcement
treating this like the crime that it is? --Ron P.)
Worth Subscribing to: Hillary's Deleted emails. By Jonah
Goldberg, The Goldberg File
“I didn’t see any
reason to keep them.” And so on. This makes it sound like in the natural course
of events her e-mails would just go away. “I chose not to keep all those wire
hangers when I moved.” “Let’s not save the rest of this pizza because we’re
going on vacation tomorrow. Just throw it out.” But, as Jack Shafer notes,
what Hillary really means when she says she didn’t “keep” the e-mails is, “I
ordered my staff to delete the e-mails.” If you say “didn’t keep,” it sounds
innocent. If you say, “I destroyed them,” it sounds Nixonian. Also left out is
the manner in which she erased them. She makes it sound like it was all junk
about yoga routines and wedding planning. But even she doesn’t know that. Clinton ’s team did
keyword searches for official e-mails, culled those out of the pile, and then
simply destroyed the rest. Such searches, I am told, do not search file
attachments. This is the electronic-records equivalent of grabbing your
“official” payroll records and then pouring gasoline on all of your off-book
records and throwing a match on the floor as you walk out. In fact, I’m kind of
amazed that Hillary Clinton didn’t ask Al Sharpton for some “IT help.” After
all, it’s a short trip from Harlem to
Chappaqua, even with the back of your Escalade loaded with cans of gasoline.
The Perils of
Identity Politics. By Jonah Goldberg, The
Goldberg File
In case you hadn’t noticed, Mrs. Clinton plans on running
for president with a bold and exciting platform of not having male genitalia.
She’s far more open about this agenda than Barack Obama was about his --
usually unstated -- vow to be the first black president of the United States .
White House frets return of 'Clinton
Excerpt: They thought she’d changed. They thought maybe
she’d picked up a little bit from them about how people respond to awkward
secret arrangements and contrived ways of not telling the full story. This has
been a surprising two weeks for aides in President Barack Obama’s orbit as
they’ve watched Hillary Clinton’s email mess unfold.
State Department: Oh,
by the way, Hillary used a private Blackberry too, not a secure
government-issued one
Excerpt: But rather than do that and endure the hardship of
fitting two four-ounce smartphones in her purse instead of one, she chose to
defy security protocols and conduct all of her business, work and personal,
from her unsecured private device. She didn’t care enough about security to
have an official State e-mail account created for her in the first place so why
would she care enough to read sensitive messages on an official, secured State
Blackberry? That adds a whole new level of risk to her e-mail habits, actually,
since she was presumably using her personal Blackberry for work during overseas
trips, when she was at greater risk from foreign surveillance. Between that and
the fact that State IT techs warned
her about the vulnerability of her private server, there’s really no
question that she knowingly, willingly created a major hole in national
security simply because her selfish political desire to keep her messages away
from the voting public was more important to her.
$16 Million Bill
Excerpt: The Clintons
have done quite well for themselves since January 2001, when they grabbed
$190,000 worth of china, flatware, furniture and rugs on their way out the
White House doors – thank you very much. No, really, thank you, the
American taxpayer.
Multimillion-dollar book deals, lucrative speaking
engagements and whatever it is they do at the Clinton Foundation account for
the bulk of the Clintons '
vast wealth. These, though, are not the only reasons that Bill and Hillary are
so well off. Thanks to the Former Presidents Act, taxpayers will have given
Bill a collective $16 million by Election Day next year for a variety of
expenses about which, predictably, no one really knows too much. A recent analysis by
Politico revealed that the former president has received more money through the
Act than any other ex-president. The total accumulation of his pension through
2016 amounts to $3.1 million, including $218,000 this year and $221,000
allocated for next year.
Excerpt: She burned the tapes. Had Richard Nixon burned his
tapes, he would have survived Watergate. Sure, there would have been a major
firestorm, but no smoking gun. Hillary Rodham was a young staffer on the House
Judiciary Committee investigating Nixon. She saw. She learned. Today you don’t
burn tapes. You delete e-mails. Hillary Clinton deleted 30,000, dismissing
their destruction with the brilliantly casual: “I didn’t see any reason to keep
them.” After all, they were private and personal, she assured
everyone. How do we know that? She says so.
WaPo Editorial: The public deserves answers, not
stonewalling, from Hillary Clinton
Excerpt: A PARAMOUNT
test for those running for president is how they make decisions — how they
absorb information, what principles they carry and how it is all processed to a
final choice. This is highly subjective, often lost in the hurly-burly of
campaigning, but crucial. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is expected to announce
her candidacy soon for the Democratic nomination, is at one of those revelatory
moments and so far seems not to have recognized it.
And men on average die seven years earlier than women. If it was the other way around, there would be protest marches and the government would be spending a billion dollars a year to eliminate the inequality. ~Bob
How Bi-Polar Are You?
Said 0% chance for me. ~BOB
Worth Watching: Police Brutality Statistics
FCC Cites
Soros-Funded, Neo-Marxist-Founded Group 46 TIMES In New Regs. By Chuck Ross
Excerpt: New internet regulations finally released by the
Federal Communications Commission make 46 references to a group funded by
billionaire George Soros and co-founded by a neo-Marxist. The FCC
released the 400-page document on Thursday, two weeks after it
passed new regulations, which many fear will turn the internet into a public
commodity and thereby stifle innovation. (This is actually all about.....
CONTROL... again. That is always the agenda for the leftists, and the quotes
below from the major activist tell you exactly what he is., politically. That
impresses the heck out of me. I don't think this whole thing about taking
over what has been a well operating old system to put it into a control system
that will just naturally end up in another bureaucracy is a good idea at all.
--Del )
Now the Democrats start reading the bills: A Week of
Senate Bipartisanship That Wasn't. From the National Center
While the House of Representatives has been in recess this
week, the Senate has been busy working on bipartisan anti-trafficking
legislation. The bipartisan legislation already passed the House and would help
curtail human trafficking around the world. Well, at least it
was supposed to be bipartisan. Senate Democrats brought the
bipartisanship to a screeching halt when they discovered a provision in
the bill that that would ban taxpayer money from being used to pay for
abortions. The sudden filibuster caught Republicans by surprise, since they
assumed the Democrats had read the bill. After all, the legislation had been
approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee two weeks ago. And last
Monday, Democrats voted unanimously to proceed with consideration of the bill. Then,
apparently sometime on Wednesday, the Democrats noticed the provision on page 4 and cried foul. Now it appears the anti-trafficking bill won’t pass after
all. (The NCPA is worth supporting and their free e-newsletters are worth
subscribing to. ~Bob)
Gun News
Excerpt: The president was playing fast and loose with his
language here—to a group of college students no less. There’s little excuse for
the claim that in some neighborhoods, it is easier to buy a gun than vegetable
(see update above) — or to say he’s “not exaggerating” when he claims that some
people have proposed laws that would allow machine guns in bars. As for
the U.S. ranking on
homicides among industrialized nations, the president certainly would have had
a stronger case if he said the United
States was above average, or that it was in
the top ranks. But instead he claimed the United States had rates that were
higher “by like a mile.” The gun debate is serious enough that it should not be
poisoned by exaggerated claims and faux statistics. The president earns Three
Pinocchios. (Thanks for not covering for him. We know that Obama will lie to
get what he wants: Keep your plan/doctor, opposition to gay marriage, Keystone,
IRS, Benghazi
caused by a video, etc. ~Bob)
Police arrest
would-be thief after pistol-packing victim draws gun
Excerpt: The victim said the man demanded money and
threatened to inject her with a needle he was carrying. Police often hear
reports of ATM robberies, but not the latter. ... The victim, who happens to
have a concealed weapons permit, drew her weapon on the robber and watched as
he ran off, police said.
Police on scene of
home invasion, shooting on Detroit
Excerpt: Police say a woman came home and saw three people
inside her home. She was able to shoot one of the people in the shoulder. The
other two suspects ran off. Police are still searching for them.
East Tulsa resident
shoots, kills 2 men during apparent home invasion; 3rd suspect on the loose
Excerpt: Upon arrival they found Kejuan Shields and Demario
Harris dead inside an apartment. ... When the resident and a friend retreated
into the apartment, Shields, Harris and the third suspect broke through the
door and began assaulting the resident's friend. The resident told police one
of the suspects had a handgun. Walker
says the resident, who is wheelchair bound, shot and killed Shields and Harris
and the third suspect escaped through a bedroom window. That suspect is
described as a black male, about 5 feet 7 and 150 pounds, wearing a dark hooded
sweatshirt.
Would-be poker game
robber shot to death and player injured, Saginaw Township
Excerpt: One of the poker players had a handgun, and gunfire
was exchanged between the suspect and one of the players, Pussehl said. The
robbery suspect was fatally shot and another poker player at the apartment was
injured, Pussehl said.
Race Card News
Police seek suspects
in Ferguson
Excerpt: Thursday's shooting left a 41-year-old St. Louis
County Police officer with a shoulder wound and a 32-year-old officer from
nearby Webster Groves Police Department with a bullet lodged near his ear, St.
Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said. (Neither from the FPD. Holder said a
punk did it. If a Republican said that, "punk" would be the new
racial code word. ~Bob)
Tea Party Is
‘Bald-Faced Racists,’ White Privilege Conference Speaker Tells Sea Of White
Excerpt: Members of the tea party movement are
“screw-loosers” who range from “sort of a generic racism” to “bald-faced
racists,” and they tend to become more racist the longer they associate with
tea party ideas. Also, “tea partiers are not overly concerned about the
economy,” love “gun rallies,” want power in the hands of white people and hate
President Barack Obama because he “broke the white monopoly on the presidency.”
Such was the message of a speaker on the first day of this year’s White
Privilege Conference, currently happening at a posh hotel in downtown Louisville , Ky.
"You're Greener than Gore" News
More Evidence NOAA ADJUSTED Climate Data to Show Warming.
By Philip Hodges
Excerpt: In their desperation to prove to everyone that the
“science” is on their side, climate scientists have adjusted past temperature data
down so that the more recent temperature readings form a warming trend. Of
course, they have their excuses for adjusting the data. Sometimes it is
necessary to change data when there are errors present. That much is
understandable. But how convenient that their “errors” were all the same and
required that everything be changed so as to reflect the
proper warming trend that they need to blame catastrophic global
warming on right-wing conservatives and the oil and gas industry.
Religion of Peace News
Excerpt: In 2002, Congressmen John Bonior and Jim McDermott
flew to Iraq
to stand shoulder to shoulder with Saddam Hussein against George W. Bush.
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi went to Syria to stand with Bashar al-Assad
against George W. Bush. But the most similar action to Tom Cotton's letter
happened in 1984. That year, then-Democratic Leader Jim Wright, who would go on
to be Speaker of the House, penned a letter to communist leader Daniel Ortega.
The letter, signed by multiple Democrats in the Congress, pledged Democratic
opposition to Ronald Reagan's policies and sought to engage in separate
diplomatic relations with Ortega than what the Reagan administration was
attempting.
Kissinger Slammed
Kerry For Negotiating With Sandinistas In 1985 [VIDEO]. By Kerry Picket
Excerpt: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger hammered John Kerry in 1985 for
interfering in diplomatic negotiations with Nicaragua ’s
Marxist government as a Massachusetts
senator. Thirty years later, Kerry is skewering Senate Republicans for their
open letter to the Iranian leadership warning that any nuclear deal with the United States
without the advice and consent of the U.S. Congress would not last beyond
President Obama’s term.
Sen. Vitter: State
Dept Reinterpreted Law By Allowing Iranians To Study Nuclear Engineering At Us
Universities
Excerpt: Louisiana U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R) says the State
Department has reversed its interpretation of a law that would ban Iranian
students from studying advanced courses in the United States with content related
to the development of nuclear capabilities.
Excerpt: Spanish police arrested eight suspected Islamic
militants in a dawn raid on Friday who were planning attacks in Spain and were recruiting fighters to
send to Syria and Iraq , the
Interior Ministry said in a statement. Police are now searching properties in
four provinces: Barcelona and Girona in the
north east of Spain and
Ciudad Real and Avila in the center, the ministry said.
Life under the US
Excerpt: South Korea
lives under a US
security umbrella. Both on a conventional and nuclear level, South Koreans are
dependent on the US to deter
North Korea
from attacking them and overrunning their country. Last Friday, US Under
Secretary of State Wendy Sherman scolded South Koreans for being too nationalist.
In her words, "Nationalist feelings can still be exploited, and it's not
hard for a political leader anywhere to earn cheap applause by vilifying a
former enemy.
A tale of two schools. By David-Seth Kirshner
Excerpt: On the campus of UCLA one of its 45,000 students, a
sophomore named Rachel Beyda, sought a position on the student judicial
council. Her interview was secretly recorded, including the pre and post
interview discussions that were thought to be in the strictest of confidence.
During the deliberations pointed questions were raised about Rachel’s candidacy
since she is an active member of many Jewish organizations on campus, including
Hillel and some pro-Israel activities too. Caught on tape were other students
questioning her bona-fides since she supports Israel and is active in Jewish
causes. They believed that her involvement in Jewish and pro-Israel causes
invalidates her to be an unbiased member of the judiciary council. The
committee rejected Rachel for the position. Could one imagine if the tape had
edited out the words “Jewish” and changed them to “black” or “Latino” or
“homosexual?”
Strong but accurate.
~Bob
Judge: SEPTA buses
can be plastered with Hitler's mug
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20150313_Judge__SEPTA_buses_can_be_plastered_with_Hitler_s_mug.html#ofJOxk0EWAZbO92c.03
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20150313_Judge__SEPTA_buses_can_be_plastered_with_Hitler_s_mug.html#ofJOxk0EWAZbO92c.03
How the AP Botched Its Investigation of Civilian Deaths in
the Israel-Hamas War. Posed photographs. Intentional miscategorizations. Buried
corrections. One-sided sourcing. Cherry-picked quotes. And a just-plain-wrong
conclusion about "most" Gaza
Excerpt: There was no immediate reaction to the following
story from the Associated Press, except for this: shortly after this
article was published, the news service changed the captions of the
photo slideshow to reflect that all eight photos were posed. On February
13, 2015, the Associated Press published and distributed an article that
stirred the conscience of the world. It gave its many readers—“AP news content
is seen by half the world’s population,” according to the wire agency’s
website—a disturbing picture of Israel as a serial violator of the norms of
warfare, wantonly and indiscriminately slaughtering civilians during last
summer’s war with Hamas in Gaza.
Excerpt: When they spoke out against his Iranian nuclear
sellout, he accused them of “wanting to make common cause with the hardliners
in Iran ”.
Those hardliners would presumably toe a harder line than Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who responded to Obama’s outreach in his first term by
saying, “The Islamic peoples all over the world chant ‘Death to America!’” and
who stated last year that “This battle will only end when the society can get
rid of the oppressors’ front with America at the head of it.” ... If the
moderate Supreme Leader that Obama is dealing with wants Death to America , what could the real hardliners want for
America
that’s even worse than death? A third term of Obama?
Excerpt: And if it was the latter, why did Hillary Clinton,
Joe Biden and John Kerry support President Bush? Noted British historian,
Andrew Roberts, has the answers.
Teacher sparks
backlash after telling students they ‘deserve rape’
Excerpt: A schoolteacher in the Central Anatolian province of Tokat
“Collect your body
parts and leave!” - Fatah to Israelis on anniversary of murder of 37 Israelis.
By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Excerpt: Celebrating the anniversary of the most lethal
terror attack against Israel, Abbas’ Fatah party addressed Israelis on its
Facebook page, telling them to collect the body parts of murdered Israelis and
leave Israel: (“Of course, Israel
cannot be expected to negotiate with anyone who is dedicated to its destruction.
But while I know you have had differences with the Palestinian Authority, I believe that you do have a
true partner in President Abbas…” — Barack Obama, March 21, 2013. --Robert Spencer,
JihadWatch.org.)
*****
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five
terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the American Republic.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304815980&sr=1-5
For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s
eleven books are listed here:
http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-book-published.html.
His blog of political news and conservative comment is www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com.
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