Tuesday, June 07, 2016
History for June 7
History for June 7 - On-This-Day.com
Paul Gauguin (Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin) 1848 - Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, Virginia Apgar 1909 - Physician that specialized in anesthesia, Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti) 1917 - Singer, actor ("The Dean Martin Show", "Rio Bravo", "Young Lions")
Tom Jones 1940 - Singer, Ken Osmond 1943 - Actor, known for his role as Eddie Haskell in the original "Leave It To Beaver" television series, Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) 1958 - Musician, actor ("Purple Rain", "Sign 'O' the Times", "Under the Cherry Moon")
1863 - Mexico City was captured by French troops.
1903 - Professor Pierre Curie revealed the discovery of Polonium.
1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.
1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes.
1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.
1948 - The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia.
1968 - Legoland Billund opend in Billund, Denmark. It was the original Legoland park.
1981 - Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only nuclear reactor.
Monday, June 06, 2016
The Secret History: Obama Is a Nincompoop
The Secret History: Obama Is a Nincompoop | PJ Media
"Whenever you put forward an idea that enrages both the left and the right, you can feel pretty certain you've come close to the truth.
A while back — I can no longer locate the post — I advanced the notion that Barack Obama is a hapless schmuck.
The theory was greeted with derision from both sides.
Leftists, of course, were furious because it's clear to them that even their president's failures are a product of his genius.
He's just too smart for the rest of us to comprehend what it is he's doing.
Rightists were upset because I had offended their certainty that Obama is evil.
Clearly every disaster of his administration was the result of his careful planning.
He hated America so much that he had schemed and connived to lose her wars and damage her economy, and what a brilliant job he'd done.
They were wrong.
I was right.
The man's a nincompoop.
The most plausible explanation is neither genius nor evil, merely the incompetence of a boob.
Obama's not an idiot.
He hasn't got a low IQ.
He's just a fool.
His ideas about the world are almost entirely wrong, and his ironclad narcissism keeps him from changing his mind.
On top of that, his ideology has served him so well personally — raising him to the country's highest post on the shoulders of a deluded elite and an ignorant public — that he can never acknowledge that it is simply false..."
"Whenever you put forward an idea that enrages both the left and the right, you can feel pretty certain you've come close to the truth.
A while back — I can no longer locate the post — I advanced the notion that Barack Obama is a hapless schmuck.
The theory was greeted with derision from both sides.
Leftists, of course, were furious because it's clear to them that even their president's failures are a product of his genius.
He's just too smart for the rest of us to comprehend what it is he's doing.Rightists were upset because I had offended their certainty that Obama is evil.
Clearly every disaster of his administration was the result of his careful planning.
He hated America so much that he had schemed and connived to lose her wars and damage her economy, and what a brilliant job he'd done.
They were wrong.
I was right.
The man's a nincompoop.
- An economy that should be in a booming recovery has stalled.
- A war that was fought and won when Obama took office has to be fought all over again.
- The "Arab spring" has spiraled into an endless winter of discontent after the administration mishandled nearly every uprising in every nation.
The most plausible explanation is neither genius nor evil, merely the incompetence of a boob.
Obama's not an idiot.
He hasn't got a low IQ.
He's just a fool.
His ideas about the world are almost entirely wrong, and his ironclad narcissism keeps him from changing his mind.
On top of that, his ideology has served him so well personally — raising him to the country's highest post on the shoulders of a deluded elite and an ignorant public — that he can never acknowledge that it is simply false..."
What Is Hillary Hiding?
What Is Hillary Hiding? | PJ Media
"Like millions of avid news readers, I’ve been trying to sort out the Hillary Clinton scandals.
You know, all that stuff about classified material on her “private” server, sensitive national security secrets that have most likely been lifted by hostiles.
I think we’ve lost track of the central question:
Why was she so eager to conceal her communications from Congress and the American public?
Most of the commentary goes something like “because she wanted to evade discovery.”
She dreaded all the FOIAs.
But that only leads to the question another time:
What did she want to hide, and why?
...What if the concealment had to do with non-policy matters?
Or with policy issues linked to something else?
Money, for example.
Not U.S. government money, but private money that would enrich the Clintons themselves?
The most frightening explanation is that she sold foreign policy favors to the highest bidders to the Clinton Foundation and/or her husband.
Peter Schweizer, the author of Clinton Cash, argues that we can’t understand the “server” story unless we look carefully at the Clinton Foundation.
In his opinion, some of Hillary’s policy decisions were linked to contributions to the Clinton Foundation.
He calls our attention to the surprising fact that 20% of U.S. uranium is under the control of companies owned by Russia, and the Clinton Foundation pocketed roughly $150 million from the companies and advisers involved in the deals..."
"Like millions of avid news readers, I’ve been trying to sort out the Hillary Clinton scandals.
You know, all that stuff about classified material on her “private” server, sensitive national security secrets that have most likely been lifted by hostiles.
I think we’ve lost track of the central question:
Why was she so eager to conceal her communications from Congress and the American public?
Most of the commentary goes something like “because she wanted to evade discovery.”
She dreaded all the FOIAs.
But that only leads to the question another time:
What did she want to hide, and why?
...What if the concealment had to do with non-policy matters? Or with policy issues linked to something else?
Money, for example.
Not U.S. government money, but private money that would enrich the Clintons themselves?
The most frightening explanation is that she sold foreign policy favors to the highest bidders to the Clinton Foundation and/or her husband.
Peter Schweizer, the author of Clinton Cash, argues that we can’t understand the “server” story unless we look carefully at the Clinton Foundation.
In his opinion, some of Hillary’s policy decisions were linked to contributions to the Clinton Foundation.
He calls our attention to the surprising fact that 20% of U.S. uranium is under the control of companies owned by Russia, and the Clinton Foundation pocketed roughly $150 million from the companies and advisers involved in the deals..."
Nixonian palace guard now protects Hillary
Nixonian palace guard now protects Hillary: Jonathan Turley
"Greatest danger from electing Clinton president may be her cadre of fawning aides.
It has taken almost 50 years, but the Democrats have finally found their inner Nixon.
Make no mistake about it: Hillary Clinton is the most Nixonian figure in the post-Watergate period.
Indeed, Democrats appear to have reached the type of moral compromise that Nixon waited, unsuccessfully, for Republicans to accept:
Some 71% of Democrats want Clinton to run even if indicted.
While Obama could be criticized for embracing Nixon’s imperial presidency model, his personality could not be more different from his predecessor.
Clinton however is the whole Nixonian package.
On a policy level, her predilection for using executive and military power is even coupled with praise for (and from) Nixon’s secretary of State, Henry Kissinger.
However, it is on a personality level that the comparison is so striking and so unnerving.
Clinton, like Nixon, is known to be both secretive and evasive.
She seems to have a compulsive resistance to simply acknowledging conflicting facts or changes in position.
She only makes admissions against interest when there is no alternative to acknowledging the truth in a controversy..."
"Greatest danger from electing Clinton president may be her cadre of fawning aides.
It has taken almost 50 years, but the Democrats have finally found their inner Nixon.
Indeed, Democrats appear to have reached the type of moral compromise that Nixon waited, unsuccessfully, for Republicans to accept:
Some 71% of Democrats want Clinton to run even if indicted.
While Obama could be criticized for embracing Nixon’s imperial presidency model, his personality could not be more different from his predecessor.
Clinton however is the whole Nixonian package.
On a policy level, her predilection for using executive and military power is even coupled with praise for (and from) Nixon’s secretary of State, Henry Kissinger.
However, it is on a personality level that the comparison is so striking and so unnerving.
Clinton, like Nixon, is known to be both secretive and evasive.
She seems to have a compulsive resistance to simply acknowledging conflicting facts or changes in position.
She only makes admissions against interest when there is no alternative to acknowledging the truth in a controversy..."
Plastic Bags Are Good for You
Plastic Bags Are Good for You - Reason.com:
Here is a list of things that are thicker than a typical plastic grocery bag:
A strand of hair.
A coat of paint.
A human cornea.
Here is a list of things that are thicker than a typical plastic grocery bag:
A strand of hair.
A coat of paint.
A human cornea.
High-density polyethylene is a miracle of materials science.
Despite weighing less than 5 grams, one bag can hold 17 pounds, well over 1,000 times its own weight. At about a penny apiece, the bags are cheap enough for stores to give away and sturdy enough to carry home two gallons of milk in the evening and still be up to the task of scooping Cujo's poop the next morning.
Yet almost as soon as grocers started offering their customers the choice of "paper or plastic?" these modern marvels became a whipping boy for environmentalists, politicians, and other well-intentioned, ill-informed busybodies.
Plastic bags for retail purchases are banned or taxed in more than 200 municipalities and a dozen countries, from San Francisco to South Africa, Bellingham to Bangladesh.
Each region serves up its own custom blend of alarmist rhetoric; coastal areas blame the wispy totes for everything from asphyxiated sea turtles to melting glaciers, while inland banners decry the bags' role in urban landscape pollution and thoughtless consumerism.
But a closer look at the facts and figures reveals shaky science and the uncritical repetition of improbable statistics tossed about to shore up the case for a mostly aesthetic, symbolic act of conservation.
How did one of the most efficient, resource-saving inventions of the 20th century become an environmentalist bugaboo?..
Read on!
Yet almost as soon as grocers started offering their customers the choice of "paper or plastic?" these modern marvels became a whipping boy for environmentalists, politicians, and other well-intentioned, ill-informed busybodies.
Plastic bags for retail purchases are banned or taxed in more than 200 municipalities and a dozen countries, from San Francisco to South Africa, Bellingham to Bangladesh.
Each region serves up its own custom blend of alarmist rhetoric; coastal areas blame the wispy totes for everything from asphyxiated sea turtles to melting glaciers, while inland banners decry the bags' role in urban landscape pollution and thoughtless consumerism.
But a closer look at the facts and figures reveals shaky science and the uncritical repetition of improbable statistics tossed about to shore up the case for a mostly aesthetic, symbolic act of conservation.
How did one of the most efficient, resource-saving inventions of the 20th century become an environmentalist bugaboo?..
Read on!
ESPIONAGE ACT VIOLATION? HILLARY EXPOSES Names Of Hidden Intelligence Officials In Emails Through "Gross Negligence" » 100percentfedUp.com
ESPIONAGE ACT VIOLATION? HILLARY EXPOSES Names Of Hidden Intelligence Officials In Emails Through "Gross Negligence" » 100percentfedUp.com:"One thing we know for sure, with this corrupt administration, anything could happen. Obama seems to have mastered the art of punishing America. Will the most corrupt President to ever occupy our White House, be the one responsible for finally putting end to the Clinton Crime Syndicate…or does she know too much?
Hillary Clinton posted and shared the names of concealed U.S. intelligence officials on her unprotected email system.
Federal records reveal that Clinton swapped these highly classified names on an email account that was vulnerable to attack and was breached repeatedly by Russia-linked hacker attempts. These new revelations — "
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Create A Highly-Secure Password?
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Create A Highly-Secure Password? - Slashdot:
"An anonymous reader writes:
A security lab at Carnegie Mellon performed a study on password security recently, and issued a warning about common user misconceptions.
For example, 'ieatkale88' would require 4 billion more guesses than 'iloveyou', because 'iloveyou' is one of the most common strings in passwords.
And the word 'pAsswOrd' would take 4,000 times more guesses than 'p@ssw0rd', simply because "In modern day password-cracking tools, replacing letters with numbers or symbols is predictable."
But then what passwords are secure in the face of these modern password-cracking tools?.."
A security lab at Carnegie Mellon performed a study on password security recently, and issued a warning about common user misconceptions.
For example, 'ieatkale88' would require 4 billion more guesses than 'iloveyou', because 'iloveyou' is one of the most common strings in passwords.
And the word 'pAsswOrd' would take 4,000 times more guesses than 'p@ssw0rd', simply because "In modern day password-cracking tools, replacing letters with numbers or symbols is predictable."
But then what passwords are secure in the face of these modern password-cracking tools?.."
Durex takes couples' phones away, enjoys wild viral hit
Durex takes couples' phones away, enjoys wild viral hit - CNET
You know that Mark Zuckerberg wants you to share and share alike.
All the time. Until you're dead. Or even after.
Somewhere, though, in what remains of your heart, there's a desperation to just be in the sun with the one you love and have no tech to distract you.
This is exactly the dream given to some people by condom maker Durex.
In a wonderful experiment, it challenged couples to go on vacation and leave their phones and iPads at home.
The company claims that 40 percent of people are less likely to try friskiness if their partner's on the phone in bed. Gadgets have truly turned into love interests.
So Durex created the #DoNotDisturb hashtag (wait, that's dragging people toward tech, isn't it?) and sent six couples away on vacation.
You know that Mark Zuckerberg wants you to share and share alike.
All the time. Until you're dead. Or even after.
Somewhere, though, in what remains of your heart, there's a desperation to just be in the sun with the one you love and have no tech to distract you.
This is exactly the dream given to some people by condom maker Durex.
In a wonderful experiment, it challenged couples to go on vacation and leave their phones and iPads at home.
The company claims that 40 percent of people are less likely to try friskiness if their partner's on the phone in bed. Gadgets have truly turned into love interests.
Half were allowed gadgets.
Half were not.
The company then posted the results to YouTube, where almost 20 million people have already come to watch.
Even more entertaining was her annoyance at her partner who's texting with someone else over dinner.
The company then posted the results to YouTube, where almost 20 million people have already come to watch.
Even more entertaining was her annoyance at her partner who's texting with someone else over dinner.
She was angry, but she still had her phone in her hand.
The core depressing truth emerges at the end of the video.
One loving man admits to his partner that he can't make it last.
The core depressing truth emerges at the end of the video.
One loving man admits to his partner that he can't make it last.
He says that the tech will creep back in, but he promises it won't be as bad as before.
Should she believe him? I'm not confident."
Should she believe him? I'm not confident."
June 6, D-Day Normandy Invasion Anniversary
June 6, D-Day Normandy Invasion Anniversary - The DENISE SIMON EXPERIENCE Blog
On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed along a heavily fortified, 50-mile stretch of French coastline in the historic operation known as D-Day.
More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded on the beaches of Normandy, but by day’s end, the Allies had gained a foothold to begin liberating Europe.
On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed along a heavily fortified, 50-mile stretch of French coastline in the historic operation known as D-Day.
More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded on the beaches of Normandy, but by day’s end, the Allies had gained a foothold to begin liberating Europe.
Iran rejects US charge of being leading terror sponsor | Fox News
Iran rejects US charge of being leading terror sponsor | Fox News: "
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has rejected an annual U.S. State Department report that called it the world's leading sponsor of terrorism.
State TV on Sunday quotes Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari as saying the report is "false" and further evidence of the "lack of credibility of reports by the U.S. State Department."
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has rejected an annual U.S. State Department report that called it the world's leading sponsor of terrorism.State TV on Sunday quotes Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari as saying the report is "false" and further evidence of the "lack of credibility of reports by the U.S. State Department."
Credit binge could hit $1 trillion. Yes, that's a 'T'
Credit binge could hit $1 trillion. Yes, that's a 'T':
"Just one trip to the cupcake store — plus a follow-up call to my credit card company — gave me a glimpse into how Americans are moving closer to ringing up $1 trillion in credit card and other debt.
On a whim, I pulled out my credit card to buy six extra cupcakes to add a little variety to the dessert table for my son's high school graduation party.
I had already paid for my order of 50 cookies-and-creme cupcakes weeks earlier, and I was picking up the goodies for the party.
Oddly enough, my credit card was rejected on the spot for a $12 purchase for those extra cupcakes. Sure, my spending was way up after the added expenses during the final weeks of my son's senior year.
But believe me, I was nowhere near my credit limit.
My immediate thought: Someone hacked into my card.
I dug for cash, lugged my cupcakes home and called the credit card issuer.
While waiting on the phone to find out what happened — nothing did, the clerk somehow ran into a glitch at the store — the card issuer's automated system suggested that I update my income for their records.
The recorded voice planted the thought that I could soon qualify for a larger line of available credit. One minute, I need to cough up cash to pay for six cupcakes.
Another minute, I'm likely to add hundreds or thousands more dollars onto my credit line.
Say good-bye to the credit crunch and the Great Recession.
Credit card issuers are pushing cashback and 0% credit cards, opening up doors for the subprime borrower and offering bigger lines of credit when possible.
The number of new credit card accounts jumped to 80.3 million — up 16.3% from a year earlier, according to the American Bankers Association's latest Credit Card Market Monitor.
New accounts are being driven, in part, by a 26% increase year-over-year in new subprime accounts, which bankers say still remain below prerecession levels, according to the ABA Credit Card Monitor for May 2016...
...About $662 billion in credit card debt is outstanding, according to data from Moody's Analytics and Equifax.
That figure includes $593 billion in outstanding balances on bank cards and $68.8 billion on retail cards for specific merchants.
Add about $320 billion in consumer finance loans and other consumer credit, and you get closer to a much-talked-about $1 trillion figure."
"Just one trip to the cupcake store — plus a follow-up call to my credit card company — gave me a glimpse into how Americans are moving closer to ringing up $1 trillion in credit card and other debt.
On a whim, I pulled out my credit card to buy six extra cupcakes to add a little variety to the dessert table for my son's high school graduation party.
I had already paid for my order of 50 cookies-and-creme cupcakes weeks earlier, and I was picking up the goodies for the party.
Oddly enough, my credit card was rejected on the spot for a $12 purchase for those extra cupcakes. Sure, my spending was way up after the added expenses during the final weeks of my son's senior year.But believe me, I was nowhere near my credit limit.
My immediate thought: Someone hacked into my card.
I dug for cash, lugged my cupcakes home and called the credit card issuer.
While waiting on the phone to find out what happened — nothing did, the clerk somehow ran into a glitch at the store — the card issuer's automated system suggested that I update my income for their records.
The recorded voice planted the thought that I could soon qualify for a larger line of available credit. One minute, I need to cough up cash to pay for six cupcakes.
Another minute, I'm likely to add hundreds or thousands more dollars onto my credit line.
Say good-bye to the credit crunch and the Great Recession.
Credit card issuers are pushing cashback and 0% credit cards, opening up doors for the subprime borrower and offering bigger lines of credit when possible.
The number of new credit card accounts jumped to 80.3 million — up 16.3% from a year earlier, according to the American Bankers Association's latest Credit Card Market Monitor.
New accounts are being driven, in part, by a 26% increase year-over-year in new subprime accounts, which bankers say still remain below prerecession levels, according to the ABA Credit Card Monitor for May 2016...
...About $662 billion in credit card debt is outstanding, according to data from Moody's Analytics and Equifax.
That figure includes $593 billion in outstanding balances on bank cards and $68.8 billion on retail cards for specific merchants.
Add about $320 billion in consumer finance loans and other consumer credit, and you get closer to a much-talked-about $1 trillion figure."
History for June 6
History for June 6 - On-This-Day.com
Nathan Hale 1755 - Soldier for Continental Army during American Revolutionary War, considered to be America's first spy, known for his famous quote "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.", Alexander Pushkin (Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin) 1799 - Russian author and poet, Thomas Mann 1875 - German novelist, short story writer, social critic
Gary U.S. Bonds (Gary Levone Anderson) 1939 - Singer, Robert Englund (Robert Barton Englund) 1948 - Actor, best known for player the character of Freddy Krueger, Harvey Fierstein 1954 - Actor, playwright
1813 - The U.S. invasion of Canada was halted at Stony Creek, Ontario.
1882 - The first electric iron was patented by H.W. Seely.
1925 - Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
1932 - In the U.S., the first federal tax on gasoline went into effect. It was a penny per gallon.
1933 - In Camden, NJ, the first drive-in movie theater opened.
1934 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act, which established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
1944 - The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.
1968 - U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44am in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was was shot the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Sunday, June 05, 2016
Gun Shop Owner Stands to Challenge Obama on Second Amendment — Listen Closely to the President’s Response | Video | TheBlaze.com
Gun Shop Owner Stands to Challenge Obama on Second Amendment — Listen Closely to the President’s Response | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"President Barack Obama did his best to convince a gun owner that it is possible to enact “common sense” firearms laws without infringing on Americans’ Second Amendment rights. His remarks came during a PBS-hosted town hall meeting in Elkhart, Indiana, on Wednesday.
Following the “NewsHour” broadcast, Obama took a “few bonus questions” from the audience. Gun shop owner Doug Rhude challenged the president’s stance on the Second Amendment."
"President Barack Obama did his best to convince a gun owner that it is possible to enact “common sense” firearms laws without infringing on Americans’ Second Amendment rights. His remarks came during a PBS-hosted town hall meeting in Elkhart, Indiana, on Wednesday.Following the “NewsHour” broadcast, Obama took a “few bonus questions” from the audience. Gun shop owner Doug Rhude challenged the president’s stance on the Second Amendment."
Green Energy Doesn’t Work Without Energy Storage That Doesn’t Exist Yet
Green Energy Doesn’t Work Without Energy Storage That Doesn’t Exist Yet:
"Scientists from the University of East Anglia found wind and solar power can’t compete with conventional electricity without economical energy storage systems that don’t exist.
The research published Friday concludes without economical energy storage systems, wind and solar power simply aren’t that useful due to their unreliability and intermittent nature.
The study argues the money used to financially support wind and solar power should be spent supporting research into bringing down the costs of energy storage.
“We need sufficient storage and more investment in storage systems in order for renewable energy to reach its full potential,” said Dr. Konstantinos Chalvatzis, co-author of the paper, in an press statement emailed to The Daily Caller News Foundation..."
"Scientists from the University of East Anglia found wind and solar power can’t compete with conventional electricity without economical energy storage systems that don’t exist.
The study argues the money used to financially support wind and solar power should be spent supporting research into bringing down the costs of energy storage.
“We need sufficient storage and more investment in storage systems in order for renewable energy to reach its full potential,” said Dr. Konstantinos Chalvatzis, co-author of the paper, in an press statement emailed to The Daily Caller News Foundation..."
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Posted Names of Hidden Intelligence Officials On Her Email
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Posted Names of Hidden Intelligence Officials On Her Email - Breitbart:
"Hillary Clinton posted and shared the names of concealed U.S. intelligence officials on her unprotected email system.
Federal records reveal that Clinton swapped these highly classified names on an email account that was vulnerable to attack and was breached repeatedly by Russia-linked hacker attempts.
These new revelations — reminiscent of the Valerie Plame scandal during George W. Bush’s tenure — could give FBI investigators the evidence they need to make a case that Clinton violated the Espionage Act by mishandling national defense information through “gross negligence.”
Numerous names cited in Clinton’s emails have been redacted in State Department email releases with the classification code “B3 CIA PERS/ORG,” a highly specialized classification that means the information, if released, would violate the Central Intelligence Act of 1949..."
"Hillary Clinton posted and shared the names of concealed U.S. intelligence officials on her unprotected email system.
Federal records reveal that Clinton swapped these highly classified names on an email account that was vulnerable to attack and was breached repeatedly by Russia-linked hacker attempts.These new revelations — reminiscent of the Valerie Plame scandal during George W. Bush’s tenure — could give FBI investigators the evidence they need to make a case that Clinton violated the Espionage Act by mishandling national defense information through “gross negligence.”
Numerous names cited in Clinton’s emails have been redacted in State Department email releases with the classification code “B3 CIA PERS/ORG,” a highly specialized classification that means the information, if released, would violate the Central Intelligence Act of 1949..."
Two Key Unanswered Questions in Case of Intentional Deletion of State Dept. Iran Deal Video | Video | TheBlaze.com
Two Key Unanswered Questions in Case of Intentional Deletion of State Dept. Iran Deal Video | Video | TheBlaze.com:"Townhall editor Guy Benson said Saturday the State Department is not interested in uncovering the truth after video of an exchange on the Iran deal during a press briefing was mysteriously deleted."
Retiree Obligations, Lack of Cash Hampers Michigan's Fiscal Condition
Retiree Obligations, Lack of Cash Hampers Michigan's Fiscal Condition [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Retiree obligations and cash solvency for short-term expenses are hampering Michigan's fiscal condition, according to a new report.
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University recently published its “Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition” report.
According to the report's fiscal guidelines, Michigan ranks 35th, down one spot from the previous year.
...In this year's ranking, Michigan declined in terms of budget solvency because the state budget increased faster than revenue projections.
Michigan advanced in three categories during the fiscal year:
Long-run solvency moved up one spot from 25th to 24th; service-level solvency advanced three spots from 33rd to 30th; and trust-fund solvency progressed three spots from 35th to 32nd.
The state remained at 34th for cash solvency.
The state falls short of the national average in all five major categories.
Most notably, Norcross and Olivia Gonzalez peg Michigan’s unfunded pension liabilities at $123 billion, 42 percent above the national average.
These unfunded liabilities, combined with other post-employment benefit plans and state debt, result in future expenses equal to about 38 percent of total state personal income..."
"Retiree obligations and cash solvency for short-term expenses are hampering Michigan's fiscal condition, according to a new report.
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University recently published its “Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition” report.
...In this year's ranking, Michigan declined in terms of budget solvency because the state budget increased faster than revenue projections.
Michigan advanced in three categories during the fiscal year:
Long-run solvency moved up one spot from 25th to 24th; service-level solvency advanced three spots from 33rd to 30th; and trust-fund solvency progressed three spots from 35th to 32nd.
The state remained at 34th for cash solvency.
The state falls short of the national average in all five major categories.
Most notably, Norcross and Olivia Gonzalez peg Michigan’s unfunded pension liabilities at $123 billion, 42 percent above the national average.
These unfunded liabilities, combined with other post-employment benefit plans and state debt, result in future expenses equal to about 38 percent of total state personal income..."
Hillary University: Bill Clinton Bagged $16.46 Million from For-Profit College as State Dept. Funneled $55 Million Back
Hillary University: Bill Clinton Bagged $16.46 Million from For-Profit College as State Dept. Funneled $55 Million Back - Breitbart:
With her campaign sinking in the polls, Hillary Clinton has launched a desperate attack against Trump University to deflect attention away from her deep involvement with a controversial for-profit college that made the Clintons millions, even as the school faced serious legal scrutiny and criminal investigations.
With her campaign sinking in the polls, Hillary Clinton has launched a desperate attack against Trump University to deflect attention away from her deep involvement with a controversial for-profit college that made the Clintons millions, even as the school faced serious legal scrutiny and criminal investigations.
In April 2015, Bill Clinton was forced to abruptly resign from his lucrative perch as honorary chancellor of Laureate Education, a for-profit college company.
The reason for Clinton’s immediate departure: Clinton Cash revealed, and Bloomberg confirmed, that Laureate funneled Bill Clinton $16.46 million over five years while Hillary Clinton’s State Dept. pumped at least $55 million to a group run by Laureate’s founder and chairman, Douglas Becker, a man with strong ties to the Clinton Global Initiative.
The reason for Clinton’s immediate departure: Clinton Cash revealed, and Bloomberg confirmed, that Laureate funneled Bill Clinton $16.46 million over five years while Hillary Clinton’s State Dept. pumped at least $55 million to a group run by Laureate’s founder and chairman, Douglas Becker, a man with strong ties to the Clinton Global Initiative.
Laureate has donated between $1 million and $5 million (donations are reported in ranges, not exact amounts) to the Clinton Foundation.
Progressive billionaire George Soros is also a Laureate financial backer..."
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