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President Lincoln
Was shot 150 years ago today.
General News and Comment
Excerpt: My translation into English of a press conference
given by the top China
monetary policy expert
Chen Yulu appeared in December of 2014 at American Daily Herald. Mr. Chen
showed that the internationalization of the RMB had nearly doubled YOY in 2013
and reported that RMB clearing centers were opening up in major European
capitals and in Asian countries allied with the US . Based on such data, he
predicted meteoric growth of the RMB, namely, in 3-5 years, the Chinese yuan
(RMB) could be the third most widely used currency in world trade, even though
at the time it was ranked only ninth. Though Mr. Chen emphasized that China did not
intend to replace the dollar in world trade, it would be hard to conclude
otherwise from the facts and figures he presented. (I'm currently reading The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret
Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower by Michael Pillsbury,
http://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Marathon-Strategy-Replace-Superpower/dp/1627790101/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2_har?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429019870&sr=1-1&keywords=hundred+year+marathon
It's a terrific but frightening book by a leading China expert for the US
Government. China
places a very high strategic value on deception and making the opponent believe
they are weak and have no intentions of surpassing the. He cites a Chinese
proverb from the Warring States period that China 's military and civilian
leaders use: Wai ru, nei fa--"On
the outside, be benevolent. On the inside, be ruthless" ~Bob)
[VIDEO] Stop Hillary
PAC Launches "Timeline of Corruption" Ad http://americanactionnews.com/articles/stop-hillary-pac-launches-new-ad-on-hillary-s-legacy-of-corruption
Excerpt: A PAC dedicated solely to stopping Hillary Clinton
from becoming president launched a new ad campaign in important primary states
Tuesday, slamming Clinton for a “legacy” of corruption and scandal. (Good ad,
but the story of her being fired has been debunked. See next article. ~Bob)
Snopes says the story
about Hillary being fired is false
Excerpt: A pair of articles published during Hillary
Clinton's run for the presidency in 2008, one by Northstar Writers Group
founder Dan Calabrese and
one by Jerry Zeifman himself,
asserted that Zeifman was Hillary's supervisor during the Watergate
investigation and that he eventually fired her from the investigation for
"unethical, dishonest" conduct. However, whatever Zeifman may have
thought of Hillary and her work during the investigation, he
was not her supervisor, neither he nor anyone else fired her from her
position on the Impeachment Inquiry staff (Zeifman in fact didn't have the
power to fire her, even had he wanted to do so), and his description of her
conduct as "unethical" and "dishonest" is his personal,
highly subjective characterization (and the "facts" on which he bases
that characterization are ones that he has contradicted himself about on
multiple occasions). (For those who think Snopes is a left wing conspiracy,
despite their many defenses of Sarah Palin, Truth or Fiction says much the
same. http://www.truthorfiction.com/clinton-watergate/
~Bob)
MSNBC’s Andrea
Mitchell: ‘Everybody In The Media’ Being ‘Used’ By Hillary [VIDEO]
Excerpt: “This is their attempt to show her as the average person,
relating to average everyday people as did her video,
trying to show she can cross the country,” Mitchell responded, referring
to Clinton’s
2016 announcement video. “It’s a deliberate, very well-orchestrated attempt,”
she continued. “Everybody in the media are being used in this regard.”
How long can Hillary Clinton hide? By Jennifer Rubin
Excerpt: The most dramatic contrast between Hillary Clinton
and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) may not have been in their announcements,
although Rubio’s live and inspiring speech was certainly different from a
polished video in which Clinton
barely appeared. The real difference, and the challenge, for Clinton came afterward.
Hillary Clinton's road from riches: The van trip was great
political theater, but it reflects a deeper tension in her message. By Glenn Thrush
Excerpt: Clinton ’s
new campaign manager,
Robbie Mook, has instructed his staff to adopt a humble, underdog’s posture,
but it’s been hard for Clinton and her rich, powerful family to shake off some
of their gold rust. As the new candidate was rumbling across the gritty byways
of Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio — stopping to gas up and scarf Chipotle —
daughter Chelsea was gracing the cover of Elle in pricey Cartier jewelry, her
hair blown into a glamorous corona by a wind machine. And Clinton ’s friends told The Associated Press
that the former first lady had made her final decision to run while vacationing
at the waterfront mansion of her dear friend, the fashion designer Oscar de la
Renta.
Hillary's Social Media Campaign Toppled by Young Black
Republican. #WhyImNotVotingForHillary. By Trey Sanchez
Excerpt: Markeece Young, known by his Twitter handle @YoungBLKRepub, is a 19-year-old
self-confessed "Democrat-turned-Conservative" who single-handedly
took down the social campaign of Hillary Clinton's bid for president.
Young created the hashtag #WhyImNotVotingForHillary on
Twitter, which quickly rose above "Hillary Clinton" as the
number-one trend in America .
Hillary!, the War
Cheerleader
Excerpt: When Hillary Clinton is asked about going to war,
she’s almost always in favor of it. Cato Institute vice president Gene Healy
evaluates Clinton ’s
war record.
Rubio's Roots Make
Him Ripe for a Run
Excerpt: “Before us now is the opportunity to author the
greatest chapter yet in the amazing story of America ,” Rubio declared. “But we
can’t do that by going back to the leaders and ideas of the past.” This was a
not too subtle jab at Hillary Clinton, who Rubio later mentioned more directly
as the wrong choice for America .
“Just yesterday,” he said, “a leader from yesterday began a campaign for
president by promising to take us back to yesterday. Yesterday is over, and we
are never going back.”
Captain America
Excerpt: And Marco Rubio most definitely has a story to
tell. It’s a story that doesn’t require checking off the Cherokee Indian
nationality box on Harvard application for him to
tell it. His upbringing by blue collar immigrant parents is the story Barack
Obama wishes he could sell during his immigration march. Rubio’s father worked
and raised him on a bartender’s tips and his mother, a hotel maid, two
people today that Hillary Clinton would describe as simple servants. Marco
Rubio’s rise is an American story, and a country searching for a new
star as opposed to an old face, is primed to listen if he tells it right.
He comes off like the Matt Damon character in The Adjustment
Bureau. Always on an upward trajectory, becoming successful by the sheer force
of his magnetic personality and the sense that higher powers are guiding
his way. But there’s also trepidation that comes along with him.
Excerpt: Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley
Abrahamson wrote the defining opinion on how Wisconsin
constitutional amendments must be implemented. Now Abrahamson, facing an end to
her long tenure as the high court’s leader, wants to change the rules of the
game. (for Liberals, the laws and constitution say whatever they want them to
say on a given day. ~Bob)
The New Inquisition. By Thomas Sowell
Excerpt: How long will this country remain free? Probably
only as long as the American people value their freedom enough to defend it.
But how many people today can stop looking at their electronic
devices long enough to even think about such things? Meanwhile,
attempts to shut down people whose free speech interferes with other people's
political agendas go on, with remarkably little notice, much less
outrage.
Sex, Dementia and a
Husband on Trial at Age 78
Excerpt: Henry Rayhons, 78, has been charged with third-degree felony sexual
abuse, accused of having sex with his wife in a nursing home on May 23,
2014, eight days after staff members there told him they believed she was
mentally unable to agree to sex. It is rare, possibly unprecedented, for such
circumstances to prompt criminal charges. Mr. Rayhons, a nine-term Republican
state legislator, decided not to seek another term after his arrest. There is
no allegation that Mrs. Rayhons resisted or showed signs of abuse. And it is
widely agreed that the Rayhonses had a loving, affectionate relationship,
having married in 2007 after each had been widowed. They met while singing in a
church choir. (Complex case. If two people are drunk, can both consent to sex?
How drunk? Can people with mental deficiencies consent to sex" (They used
to be called "retarded" in a PC reform from
"feeble-minded," which earlier was a PC reform from "idiot"
or "moron.") I've been told by caregivers they have sex and no one
does anything. ~Bob)
Empty Ebola Clinics
in Liberia Are Seen as
Misstep in U.S.
Excerpt: As bodies littered the streets and the sick lay
dying in front of overwhelmed clinics last year, Obama ordered the largest American
intervention ever in a global health crisis, hoping to stem the
deadliest Ebola epidemic in history. But
after spending hundreds of millions of dollars and deploying nearly 3,000
troops to build Ebola treatment centers, the United States ended up creating facilities that
have largely sat empty: Only 28 Ebola patients have been treated at the 11
treatment units built by the United
States military, American officials now say.
(Like so many government program, Fiscally Foolish, Politically Perspicacious.
~Bob
How high taxes and
regulation are killing one of the most prosperous states in the nation
Elections have consequences: Upstate New
York is becoming Detroit
with grass. Binghamton , New
York — once a powerhouse of industry — is now approaching Detroit in many economic
measures, according to the U.S. Census. In Binghamton ,
more than 31 percent of city residents are at or below the federal poverty
level compared to 38 percent in Detroit .
Average household income in Binghamton at
$30,179 in 2012 barely outpaces Detroit ’s
$26,955. By some metrics, Binghamton is behind Detroit . Some 45 percent
of Binghamton residents own their dwellings
while more than 52 percent of Detroit
residents are homeowners. Both “Rust Belt” cities have lost more than 2 percent
of their populations. Binghamton
is not alone. Upstate New York — that vast
50,000-square mile region north of New
York City — seems to be in an economic death spiral.
We're All Welfare
Queens Now
Excerpt: Mr. Brattin is only half-right about the food stamp
program's original intent. Feeding people was only one side of the equation
back in 1939. The other side was to help farmers sell "surplus" food.
That's why, even today, the U.S. Agriculture Department administers food
stamps. Was that food truly "surplus"? Free-market economics 101 says
no. The fact that a market-clearing price is below the level farmers think they
deserve does not mean the market failed. It means the farmers overproduced.
Programs that encourage overproduction deliver no net benefit to society.
Excerpt: The March jobs numbers, released on Friday, were
disappointing not only for the lower level of job creation, but for the
continued decline in the labor force participation rate, the share of Americans
who are working or looking for work. The participation rate is now at 62.7
percent, equivalent to February 1978 levels. ... With broader eligibility for
government-provided food
stamps, health care, and disability benefits, it has become more
advantageous for some people to stay home than to work. At the same time,
increases in the minimum wage and burdensome regulations have made it harder
for employers to hire. The combination has led to fewer Americans working,
slower GDP growth, and more pressure on the federal deficit and entitlement
programs. (If you want more of something, like drop out workers, subsidize it.
If you want less of something, like employment, punish employers. Duh. ~Bob)
Bank Rolled: How
Foreign Airlines Win Big With Government Subsidies and US Taxpayer-Backed
Loans. By Melissa Quinn
Excerpt: A trio of domestic airlines have joined forces to
criticize competitors in the Persian Gulf that
allegedly received billions in government subsidies. And that’s not the only
government benefit given to these foreign airlines. The foreign airlines also
benefited from billions in loans and loan guarantees from the Export-Import
Bank over the years.
VA Officials Retaliate Against Whistleblowers by Illegally
Accessing Their Medical Records.
By Pete Kasperowicz
Excerpt: An official at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel
said Monday that Department of Veterans Affairs officials are known to be
retaliating against VA whistleblowers by illegally going through their
medical records,
in an apparent attempt to harass and discredit these whistleblowers. This
surprising testimony from Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner was delivered at a
House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing, which was called to discuss the
problems whistleblowers face when they try to expose the ongoing failure of the
VA to provide medical
care to veterans.
Legislators Explode
At The VA Over Continued Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
Excerpt: Since Robert McDonald has taken over as Veterans
Affairs Secretary, one of his main priorities has been to crackdown on
whistleblower retaliation. Three whistleblowers from across the country said
that he hasn’t done enough. Lawmakers sitting on the House Veterans’ Affairs
subcommittee on oversight and investigations exploded at officials from the VA
and the Office of Special Counsel on Monday for dodging questions and
failing to take the problem of retaliation in a serious and sober manner.
Obama to remove Cuba
Excerpt: President Obama is removing Cuba from a
list of countries that sponsor terrorism, the White House said Tuesday. The
president took the formal step of submitting to Congress the requisite report
and certifications indicating the administration’s intent to rescind Cuba ’s State
Sponsor of Terrorism designation. (The Obama Doctrine: Aid enemies, alienate
allies. ~Bob)
Gun News
In case you can’t
read it, it says, “My guns will never be illegal . . . just undocumented.” -- Jim
Geraghty, Morning Jolt http://www.nationalreview.com/newsletters
3 Thugs Rob Woman
Headed Home From Work… Learn Painful Lesson
Excerpt: An Indianapolis woman by the name of Crystal
arrived home late one night after
work and a trip to the grocery store, only to be confronted
by a trio of thugs who thought they picked an easy target.
After Crystal
drew the handgun her father urged
her to carry for
self-defense and opened fire on the group of thugs, it’s safe to say they were
full of regrets.
Race Card News
Black Judge Lets
Black Thug Go Free, Then Accuses White VICTIMS of “Racism”
Excerpt: Americans are outraged after a clip of a black
judge lecturing white victims of a robbery about “racism” went viral.
Judge Olu Stevens of the Jefferson Circuit
Court in Kentucky
was more concerned about the victim impact statements made by a white family
than the fact that a black man had robbed them at gunpoint. The thug was let
off with no jail time and simply a term of probation… while the actual victims
were left with nothing but a lecture by the judge after the family described
the terrifying impact the robbery had on their young child. (Somebody needs to
tell the judge that the vast majority of victims of crime by black thugs are
decent black people. ~Bob)
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
The one chart that
proves Obamacare really is working (for the fascists)
Excerpt: Since the Obama administration began pushing
the healthcare
reform bill in early 2009, the stock prices of the Big Five health
insurers have done remarkably well, even vs. the S&P 500, and even without
taking into account their phenomenal dividend yields.
"You're Greener than Gore" News
Thousands March
Through Snow Protesting Global Warming. By Michael Bastasch
Excerpt: The “Gore effect” has struck
again, this time forcing thousands of Canadian eco-activists to march through
the snow over the weekend, rallying against global warming on a cold Quebec City day.
Possible 2016 GOP
Candidate Calls California
Excerpt: Possible Republican presidential candidate and
former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said that environmentalists were to
blame for California ’s
“man-made” drought, the
Huffington Post reported. “With different policies over the last 20
years, all of this could be avoided,” Fiorina said on Glenn Beck’s radio show
yesterday. “Despite the fact that California
has suffered from droughts for millennia, liberal environmentalists have
prevented the building of a single new reservoir or a single new water
conveyance system over decades during a period in which California ’s population has doubled.”
Religion of Peace News
Worth Reading
Excerpt: If there is one man who represents the opposite of
what the Charlie cartoonists did, it’s Trudeau. They took risks, Trudeau takes
none. They lived knowing that they could be killed at any moment. There is no
person on earth who would bother killing Gary Trudeau even if it was Kill Gary
Trudeau Day. Trudeau is that paradoxical creature, the establishment
cartoonist, the party satirist, the hack who dares to say exactly what he is
expected to say. Imagine NPR in a few black and white sketches. That’s
Trudeau’s Doonesbury. Republicans are bad. Liberals are good. And then insert a
topical reference.
The Polk Awards were the best forum for Trudeau.
Ya'alon: Russia 's S-300 deal with Iran is 'direct result of Lausanne
Excerpt: Russia's decision to lift a ban on the sale of the advanced S-300 air defense system to
Iran is a "direct result of the framework agreement reached in
Lausanne," Defense Minister
Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday, referring to the recent nuclear agreement between
the P5+1 and Tehran. Ya'alon said that a storm is raging around Israel , and that Iran is "continuing to arm
itself, and arm others."
Iraqi Prime Minister,
in Washington
Excerpt: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of
Iraq is using his first
official visit to Washington
this week to pursue billions of dollars in loans and international assistance
as his government struggles with plunging oil prices and a yawning budget
deficit. (What if China
won't lend it to us to give to them? ~Bob)
Excerpt: Nigeria's President-elect Muhammadu Buhari vowed on
Tuesday to make every effort to free more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko
Haram militants a year ago but admitted it was not clear whether they would
ever be found. (Time to unleash Michelle on Twitter? ~Bob)
Excerpt: At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted
by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 and many have been forced into sexual
slavery and trained to fight, said Amnesty International on the first
anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok school girls. Based on nearly 200
witness accounts, including 28 with abducted women and girls who escaped
captivity, a new 90-page report, 'Our
job is to shoot, slaughter and kill': Boko Haram’s reign of terror,
documents multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Boko
Haram, including the killing of at least 5,500 civilians, as it rampaged across
north-east Nigeria during 2014 and early 2015.
Somali Police Say 8 Die
in Attack on Government Office
Excerpt: Ten people were killed on Tuesday in an assault on
the offices of Somalia 's
education ministry and seven attackers were also killed, said a government
spokesman.
The fatalities include eight civilians and two soldiers,
said spokesman Ridwan Haji Abdiweli.
Police later secured the Ministry of Higher Education office
complex, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior police officer.
Muslim Costco
employee refuses to touch pork; sues after getting transferred to different
department
Excerpt: Bear in mind that Costco was completely reasonable.
The Muslim cashier refused to check out people with alcohol and pork, and so
they transferred him to another position. That should have been sufficient. But
he is suing. Apparently he wants Costco to have to check-out lines, one for
Muslims and one for kaffirs. These demands for special accommodation are
everywhere.
Excerpt: Just another day in England where Muslim rape epidemics
are alive and well. The child sex grooming scandal is no secret to anyone, and
is now estimated to have enabled Muslims to victimize over ONE MILLION children across England . Everyone knows the situation
in Sweden , a country far
more organized and detailed in their statistics than England . Sweden has become the world’s top
five rape nations solely due to Muslim immigration. Only Africa beats Sweden in the
volume of rapes per capita. In 2013 Swedish authorities reported that Muslims raped over
300 children and 700 women in the first half of the year.
Muslim rapists in Sweden
Excerpt: Listen to former EU commissioner Margot Wallström
LAUGH at Swedish women and children being raped by Muslim immigrant criminals
that she and her useless Brussels
bureaucrats import into the country in this radio interview held on March 23,
2014. You
can hear Wallström trivialize the rape of her people at 10:10 mins
into the interview. This is the kind of people running the political
landscape today. Unfortunately we do not have a transcript of the full
interview.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 45, born and raised a Muslim in Somalia , sought asylum in the Netherlands as
a young woman wishing to escape an arranged marriage. There she went from
cleaning factory floors to a seat in the Dutch parliament. By the time she
moved to the U.S.
in 2006, Hirsi Ali was already one of the world’s most celebrated and reviled
critics of Islam. She described her journeys from Africa to America , and
from faith to atheism, in two memoirs, Nomad and Infidel. She
has now released her third book, Heretic:
Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now.
PEN Outraged by
Confinement of South African Writer Who Expressed Admiration for http://www.pen.org/blog/pen-outraged-confinement-south-african-writer-who-expressed-admiration-rushdie
Excerpt: PEN American Center
expressed outrage at the harassment and confinement in a mental institution of
South African psychologist and novelist Zainub Priya Dala (ZP Dala) exacted in
reprisal for her comments in appreciation of the writing of former PEN American
Center
*****
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.
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For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s
eleven books are listed here:
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