In its nuclear deal with Iran, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found, the Obama administration pushed the U.S. Treasury to let the Islamic regime, the world’s No. 1 supporter of terrorism, convert the equivalent of $5.7 billion of funds into dollars.
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Obama gave $200,000 to al-Qaida affiliate
Obama gave $200,000 to al-Qaida affiliate:
The Obama administration also supported al-Qaida-related groups in Libya and in Syria, supplying arms and allowing the military arsenal of deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi to fall into the hands of terrorists.
In its nuclear deal with Iran, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found, the Obama administration pushed the U.S. Treasury to let the Islamic regime, the world’s No. 1 supporter of terrorism, convert the equivalent of $5.7 billion of funds into dollars.
In its nuclear deal with Iran, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found, the Obama administration pushed the U.S. Treasury to let the Islamic regime, the world’s No. 1 supporter of terrorism, convert the equivalent of $5.7 billion of funds into dollars.
Ripoff!-----Union President Heads List of Highly Paid Flint Employees – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Union President Heads List of Highly Paid Flint Employees – Michigan Capitol Confidential:
"A water department staffer, he gets $155k, including $20k to ‘standby’
The president of a city union is Flint’s highest-paid employee, collecting an average of $155,000 in both 2016 and 2017.
His annual pay was more than double the amount of the base pay due to on-call pay and other union-negotiated perks granted by city officials, as well as overtime.
Donald Lewis is the president of the AFSCME Council 25, Local 1799, which represents Flint supervisors and managers.
The city lists him as an employee of the Water Pollution Control Operations Supervisors.
Lewis collected gross pay of $161,065 in 2016.
The sum included $50,606 in overtime, $19,948 in “standby” time – defined by the union contract as being on call while at home – and another $14,906 for union business.
He also collected $6,357 in paid leave time..."
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"A water department staffer, he gets $155k, including $20k to ‘standby’
The president of a city union is Flint’s highest-paid employee, collecting an average of $155,000 in both 2016 and 2017.His annual pay was more than double the amount of the base pay due to on-call pay and other union-negotiated perks granted by city officials, as well as overtime.
Donald Lewis is the president of the AFSCME Council 25, Local 1799, which represents Flint supervisors and managers.
The city lists him as an employee of the Water Pollution Control Operations Supervisors.
Lewis collected gross pay of $161,065 in 2016.
The sum included $50,606 in overtime, $19,948 in “standby” time – defined by the union contract as being on call while at home – and another $14,906 for union business.
He also collected $6,357 in paid leave time..."
Read on.
The Incredible Campaign Against Plastic Straws | Orange Power
The Incredible Campaign Against Plastic Straws | Orange Power
"Environmental activists have spent decades making it more difficult to wash and reuse beverage containers and they’re also not too keen on the items that we throw away.
Now along comes the current campaign to rid the world of plastic straws.
Some companies in the hospitality industry have lately agreed to try to force their customers to sip through paper. Meanwhile politicians in various jurisdictions are seeking to mandate the end of plastic.
...In an episode oddly reminiscent of the 1980s scare that Americans were running out of landfill space and would soon be swimming in garbage, this latest compelling factoid has been useful in arguing that a world awash in plastic must change its ways or face certain catastrophe.
But perhaps fast-food joints should pause for a moment before asking anyone to consume a milkshake without the benefit of plastic.
This week National Public Radio provides an update on the statistic at the heart of this debate:
"Environmental activists have spent decades making it more difficult to wash and reuse beverage containers and they’re also not too keen on the items that we throw away.
Now along comes the current campaign to rid the world of plastic straws.
Some companies in the hospitality industry have lately agreed to try to force their customers to sip through paper. Meanwhile politicians in various jurisdictions are seeking to mandate the end of plastic.
...In an episode oddly reminiscent of the 1980s scare that Americans were running out of landfill space and would soon be swimming in garbage, this latest compelling factoid has been useful in arguing that a world awash in plastic must change its ways or face certain catastrophe.
But perhaps fast-food joints should pause for a moment before asking anyone to consume a milkshake without the benefit of plastic.
This week National Public Radio provides an update on the statistic at the heart of this debate:
Limbaugh offers to personally rescue Facebook
As Facebook continues to financially bleed with its massive meltdown, the top-rated radio talk-show host in America is now offering the social-media giant a way to help reverse its downslide and improve its reputation.
Must read/listen!!-----Gregg Jarrett: 'Trump-Russia Collusion' a Scheme to Clear Hillary, Undo Election
Gregg Jarrett: 'Trump-Russia Collusion' a Scheme to Clear Hillary, Undo Election
"Fox News Channel legal analyst Gregg Jarrett, author of The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump, described the “Trump-Russia collusion” as “an effort to undo the election.”
Jarrett continued: “On the very day that Comey stood in front of television cameras, July 5th, 2016, clearing [Hillary Clinton] of the obvious crimes she had committed, his FBI was secretly meeting for the first time in London with the author of the phony anti-Trump dossier, an ex-MI6 British agent, and armed with that fabricated document — it’s laughable on its face — they decided this is the pretext that they can exploit to frame Donald Trump for crimes he didn’t commit, and indeed, crimes that don’t even exist.
"Fox News Channel legal analyst Gregg Jarrett, author of The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump, described the “Trump-Russia collusion” as “an effort to undo the election.”
He offered his remarks during a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with Breitbart News Senior Editors-at-Large Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.
Jarrett said, “There was scheme to clear Hillary Clinton and frame Donald Trump. Top officials at the FBI and the Department of Justice were threatened by Trump; this guy is going to come in there and drain the swamp, and that threatened their jobs and their positions.
There is nothing that will motivate people more than power forfeited, so people like James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Andy McCabe, people at the Department of Justice decided that they were going to clear Hillary Clinton of the many crimes she surely committed.
To do that, they had to twist the facts and contort the law.”
There is nothing that will motivate people more than power forfeited, so people like James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Andy McCabe, people at the Department of Justice decided that they were going to clear Hillary Clinton of the many crimes she surely committed.
To do that, they had to twist the facts and contort the law.”
LISTEN:
Jarrett concluded, “They were trying to damage his candidacy and prevent him from being elected, and when he defied that and was elected, they doubled down in an effort to undo the election and destroy his presidency, and it’s still going on, right now.”
Jarrett cast the Obama administration’s surveillance of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as baseless.
- He said, “There was never any evidence of collusion.
- There was no basis to launch the investigation of Trump and his campaign.
- There was no probable cause, as the law requires;
- no credible evidence that crimes were committed, as FBI [and] Department of Justice regulations demand.
- There was never any plausible intelligence to justify a counterintelligence probe.
- They invented or exaggerated facts.
- It was a hoax, manufactured by these high-ranking officials at the FBI and Department of Justice.”
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The Economy Grows Bigly - WSJ
The Economy Grows Bigly - WSJ
"Call it huge or fantastic or even beautiful.
Trumpian adjectives are absolutely appropriate to describe the humming U.S. economy in the second quarter of this year.
The great American opportunity machine is roaring once again.
While it may be unlikely that growth will be quite this strong in the quarters to come, Friday’s GDP report from the Commerce Department gives every reason to believe that a robust expansion will continue.
"Call it huge or fantastic or even beautiful.
Trumpian adjectives are absolutely appropriate to describe the humming U.S. economy in the second quarter of this year.
The great American opportunity machine is roaring once again.
While it may be unlikely that growth will be quite this strong in the quarters to come, Friday’s GDP report from the Commerce Department gives every reason to believe that a robust expansion will continue.
That’s in large part because businesses have been making significant investments in new factories and equipment since the start of this year.
Such capital expenditures are not one-quarter wonders—they allow higher production in the years to come.
This morning at the White House, the President described this encouraging trend:
... I happen to think we’re going to do extraordinarily well in our next report, next quarter. I think it’s going to be outstanding. I won’t go too strong, because then if it’s not quite as good, you’ll not let me forget it. But I think the numbers are going to be outstanding.
Why shouldn’t he think that?
Mr. Trump’s cuts to regulation and tax rates are having exactly the intended effect.
And there’s more good news in Friday’s report beyond the increased willingness of business owners to bet on long-term success..."
Mr. Trump’s cuts to regulation and tax rates are having exactly the intended effect.
And there’s more good news in Friday’s report beyond the increased willingness of business owners to bet on long-term success..."
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Nancy Pelosi refers to 9/11 terror attacks as 'incident' during border-security remarks - Washington Times
Nancy Pelosi refers to 9/11 terror attacks as 'incident' during border-security remarks - Washington Times:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi used her weekly press conference on Thursday to rhetorically downgrade the September 11, 2001 terror attacks to an “incident.”
A discussion on the Trump administration’s immigration policies took a macabre turn when the California Democrat focused on the deadly terror attacks orchestrated by Osama bin Laden. Mrs. Pelosi claimed that Republicans were historically weaker on border security than Democrats because they balked on some of the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations.
A discussion on the Trump administration’s immigration policies took a macabre turn when the California Democrat focused on the deadly terror attacks orchestrated by Osama bin Laden. Mrs. Pelosi claimed that Republicans were historically weaker on border security than Democrats because they balked on some of the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations.
Steve Russo - Holy Crap! Another Reason Why You Should Have To...
Steve Russo - Holy Crap! Another Reason Why You Should Have To...:
"Holy Crap!
Another Reason Why You Should Have To take An IQ Test Before You're Allowed To Vote.... Marxist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Supporters Love Socialism... But Have No Idea What It Is or Who's Going To Pay For It
This really should depress everyone.
...Her official platform offers lots of goodies at someone else’s expense, including free college, housing as a right, Medicare for all, guaranteed jobs, and open borders so that the whole world can partake of the cornucopia. https://ocasio2018.com/issues
...Useful idiots - the products of a dumbed-down politicized education system.
...Here's a clue....
Socialism ALWAYS comes out of democracy.
Communism ALWAYS comes out of socialism.
Communism ALWAYS transforms into violence, and/or genocide, and/or starvation.
Marxism/Socialism/Communism Leads to millions of people dying.
Get it?
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"Holy Crap!
Another Reason Why You Should Have To take An IQ Test Before You're Allowed To Vote.... Marxist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Supporters Love Socialism... But Have No Idea What It Is or Who's Going To Pay For It
This really should depress everyone.
...Her official platform offers lots of goodies at someone else’s expense, including free college, housing as a right, Medicare for all, guaranteed jobs, and open borders so that the whole world can partake of the cornucopia. https://ocasio2018.com/issues
...Useful idiots - the products of a dumbed-down politicized education system.
...Here's a clue....
Socialism ALWAYS comes out of democracy.
Communism ALWAYS comes out of socialism.
Communism ALWAYS transforms into violence, and/or genocide, and/or starvation.
Marxism/Socialism/Communism Leads to millions of people dying.
Get it?
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Jeb Bush's Florida do-gooder with a $761,000 salary
Jeb Bush's Florida do-gooder with a $761,000 salary
"Next time you hear President Obama, or Jeb Bush, or Bernie Sanders call for more funds and programs for some social issue, or else praise public-private "partnerships," take a gander at what goes on in such rackets over in Florida, from this Miami Herald report:
"Next time you hear President Obama, or Jeb Bush, or Bernie Sanders call for more funds and programs for some social issue, or else praise public-private "partnerships," take a gander at what goes on in such rackets over in Florida, from this Miami Herald report:
Tiffany Carr runs the state's top domestic violence organization, a nonprofit that uses public money – state and federal – to finance shelters and other essential services. And she makes a good living.
How good? In a June 30, 2017 report, the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence disclosed she is paid $761,560 annually, a salary that is approved by its board...Carr's coalition, a nonprofit..
So this woman, who runs this non-profit group that supposedly helps battered women, is really, truly worth her $761,560 salary, and the state just has to cough up for her because of all the value she brings, or else all is lost.
...The Herald reports that $761,000-woman Carr's group gets nearly all its money from the government.
She owns three houses, two of them expensive vacation homes, as part of a program set up by, surprise, then-gov. Jeb Bush.
...The Herald reports that $761,000-woman Carr's group gets nearly all its money from the government.
She owns three houses, two of them expensive vacation homes, as part of a program set up by, surprise, then-gov. Jeb Bush.
Global Warming: Why Hasn't The California Heat Wave Sparked The Usual Climate Hysteria?
Global Warming: Why Hasn't The California Heat Wave Sparked The Usual Climate Hysteria?
Environmentalism: This week, the southwest was hit with an earth-scorching heat wave, with temperatures well above 100 in some areas.
Normally that would cause every news organization to trot out "global warming is killing us" stories. But not this time.
Maybe they've caught on to the fact that the public has tuned out.
It wasn't long ago when the mainstream press took every opportunity, no matter how weak the connection, to blame bad things on global warming.
So far, at least, we haven't found one major story using the heat wave gripping the southwest to sound the alarm about global warming.
This lack of alarmism has not gone unnoticed.
Writing at the New Republic this week, Emily Atkin complained that despite record-breaking heat and a wildfire season that, she says, is already worse than usual, "there's no climate connection to be found in much news coverage, even in historically climate-conscious outlets like NPR and The New York Times."...
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Environmentalism: This week, the southwest was hit with an earth-scorching heat wave, with temperatures well above 100 in some areas.
Normally that would cause every news organization to trot out "global warming is killing us" stories. But not this time.Maybe they've caught on to the fact that the public has tuned out.
It wasn't long ago when the mainstream press took every opportunity, no matter how weak the connection, to blame bad things on global warming.
So far, at least, we haven't found one major story using the heat wave gripping the southwest to sound the alarm about global warming.
This lack of alarmism has not gone unnoticed.
Writing at the New Republic this week, Emily Atkin complained that despite record-breaking heat and a wildfire season that, she says, is already worse than usual, "there's no climate connection to be found in much news coverage, even in historically climate-conscious outlets like NPR and The New York Times."...
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Feds bust illegal immigrants on ID fraud - Washington Times
More than 20 illegal immigrants have been charged with document and benefit fraud, officials announced Thursday, after a Boston-based sweep designed to crack down on the means many illegal immigrants use to live and remain in the U.S.
All told, the feds netted 25 people — 21 of them illegal immigrants — in the sweep, including a convicted murderer who escaped from Puerto Rican prison and had been living under a different name in Massachusetts, and a drug trafficker who authorities say stole the identity of a U.S. citizen displaced by last year’s hurricanes in Puerto Rico.
FLASHBACK: Economic ‘Experts’ Predicted 4-Percent Growth Would Never Happen | The Daily Caller
FLASHBACK: Economic ‘Experts’ Predicted 4-Percent Growth Would Never Happen | The Daily Caller
Gross domestic product (GDP) grew to a 4.1-percent rate in the second quarter of 2018, compared to just 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2017. (RELATED: US Economy Grew At 4.1 Percent Rate In Second Quarter Of 2018)
The United States hit its highest economic growth rate in roughly four years on Friday — something many economists predicted would never happen.
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Gross domestic product (GDP) grew to a 4.1-percent rate in the second quarter of 2018, compared to just 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2017. (RELATED: US Economy Grew At 4.1 Percent Rate In Second Quarter Of 2018)
Meanwhile, CNN ran a headline in October of 2016 claiming, “Donald Trump promises 4-percent growth, but economists say no way,” and the Los Angeles Times ran a column with an even more dire prediction — that Trump was “dreaming” to think he could hit a 3-percent growth rate.
“An aging population and stagnant productivity could put Donald Trump’s goal of 3.5-percent economic growth out of reach,” the Wall Street Journal similarly wrote in December of 2016.
Businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban predicted that the markets would tank if Trump were elected president in 2016.
And, of course, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that the economy would fare quite poorly under her 2016 opponent.
“Just like he shouldn’t have his finger on the button, he shouldn’t have his hands on our economy,” Clinton said during the election.
History for July 28
History for July 28 - On-This-Day.com
Beatrix Potter 1866, Rudy Vallee 1901, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929
Darryl Hickman 1931, Jim Davis 1945, Sally Struthers 1948
1868 - The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was declared in effect. The amendment guaranteed due process of law.
1914 - World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
1945 - A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building. 14 people were killed and 26 were injured.
1951 - The Walt Disney film "Alice in Wonderland" was released.
1973 - Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett were married.
1982 - San Francisco, CA, became the first city in the U.S. to ban handguns.
1998 - Bell Atlantic and GTE announced $52 billion deal that created the second-largest phone company.
1998 - Monica Lewinsky received blanket immunity from prosecution to testify before a grand jury about her relationship with U.S. President Clinton.
Friday, July 27, 2018
Rod Rosenstein impeachment articles introduced by GOP lawmakers - Washington Times
Rod Rosenstein impeachment articles introduced by GOP lawmakers - Washington Times:
Conservative House lawmakers introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday, saying he’s led the Justice Department in “hiding” information from Congress on investigations into Russian election meddling and Hillary Clinton’s secret emails.
The Justice Department vigorously pushed back against claims of lack of transparency, saying it’s provided a historic amount of documents to Congress.
The Justice Department vigorously pushed back against claims of lack of transparency, saying it’s provided a historic amount of documents to Congress.
Janitors union OKs strike if contract talks fail | Crain's Detroit Business
Janitors union OKs strike if contract talks fail | Crain's Detroit Business:
"With contract negotiations ongoing, unionized janitors have voted to strike if an agreement isn't reached with employers by July 31.
Service Employees International Union Local 1 announced the vote results Monday evening alongside a vigil in front of One Campus Martius in downtown Detroit, according to a news release.
The union's 1,700 janitors could walk out of their jobs starting Aug. 1, if talks aren't fruitful.
SEIU Local 1 is calling for at least $15 per hour wages and more benefits in a three-year contract. Contract negotiations began June 20.
Around 400 janitors attended the vigil, voting for the strike unanimously, union spokeswoman Izabela Miltko-Ivkovich said in an email.
..."If they choose to strike, this will affect not only downtown buildings, but also 500 [Detroit schools] custodians as well as a couple hundred of janitors at the airport," Miltko-Ivkovich said in an email earlier Monday.
The SEIU local in June launched a "Fight for 15" campaign...
The campaign also supports a $15 wage and union rights for fast food, airport and other workers, the news release said."
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"With contract negotiations ongoing, unionized janitors have voted to strike if an agreement isn't reached with employers by July 31.
Service Employees International Union Local 1 announced the vote results Monday evening alongside a vigil in front of One Campus Martius in downtown Detroit, according to a news release.The union's 1,700 janitors could walk out of their jobs starting Aug. 1, if talks aren't fruitful.
SEIU Local 1 is calling for at least $15 per hour wages and more benefits in a three-year contract. Contract negotiations began June 20.
Around 400 janitors attended the vigil, voting for the strike unanimously, union spokeswoman Izabela Miltko-Ivkovich said in an email.
..."If they choose to strike, this will affect not only downtown buildings, but also 500 [Detroit schools] custodians as well as a couple hundred of janitors at the airport," Miltko-Ivkovich said in an email earlier Monday.
The SEIU local in June launched a "Fight for 15" campaign...
The campaign also supports a $15 wage and union rights for fast food, airport and other workers, the news release said."
Read all.
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