Of course spying occurred in 2016 against the Trump campaign by the Obama administration. What do you think a FISA warrant is for?

Of course spying occurred in 2016 against the Trump campaign by the Obama administration. What do you think a FISA warrant is for?
“I think spying did occur… but the question is whether it was predicated, adequately predicated?”
That was Attorney General William Barr testifying before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
...And of course spying occurred. 
The nearly three-year investigation was complete with Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants, approved in federal court, that allowed federal officials to look at Trump campaign emails, listen to phone calls and see other communications.
That’s what a FISA warrant does.
 It’s for surveillance, which is right in the name of the statute.
That is spying..."
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One party rule?-----Trump-supporting campus police chief on leave after student backlash

Trump-supporting campus police chief on leave after student backlash

• Mount Holyoke College placed a Trump-supporting campus police chief was on leave after students scrutinized social media posts in which the chief expressed his support for the president.
• The college has yet to say exactly why it placed the chief on leave.

"Over the past few weeks, members of our community have expressed concerns about the ability of Chief Daniel Hect to develop the level of trust required to engage in community policing," Sonya Stephens, president of the college, wrote to students and faculty..."
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#1 This day 1985-----USA for Africa - We are the World

More government lies!-----High Costs and Errors of German Transition to Renewable Energy - SPIEGEL ONLINE

High Costs and Errors of German Transition to Renewable Energy - SPIEGEL ONLINE:

• Germany's agressive and reckless expansion of wind and solar power has come with a hefty pricetag for consumers, and the costs often fall disproportionately on the poor. 

Altmaier and others are on a mission to help people save money on their electricity bills, because they're about to receive some bad news.
The government predicts that the renewable energy surcharge added to every consumer's electricity bill will increase from 5.3 cents today to between 6.2 and 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour -- a 20-percent price hike.

German consumers already pay the highest electricity prices in Europe..."
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James Comey Has ‘Never Thought’ Of Electronic Surveillance ‘As Spying’ | The Daily Caller

James Comey Has ‘Never Thought’ Of Electronic Surveillance ‘As Spying’ | The Daily Caller:

Former FBI Director James Comey contended Thursday that electronic surveillance of individuals really doesn’t amount to “spying,” as Attorney General William Barr suggested during a congressional hearing this week.
Comey told CNN he doesn’t “know what [Barr] is talking about when he talks about spying on the [Trump] campaign.”

The Many Reasons to Run for President When You Probably Don’t Stand a Chance - The New York Times

The Many Reasons to Run for President When You Probably Don’t Stand a Chance - The New York Times
"...But at the very least, if recent history is a guide, a run is likely to yield better things, perpetuating the victory-in-defeat incentive structure endemic to modern presidential politics.
Today’s primaries tend to produce one nominee but many winners.
Beyond the long-shot candidates effectively auditioning for cabinet positions or building a profile (and donor base) for future races, there are prospective books to sell and television contracts to sign, boards to join and paid speeches to paid-speak.
Any setback is temporary, any embarrassment surmountable.
“There’s just absolutely no downside and only upside,” Antonia Ferrier, a longtime Republican strategist and former senior aide to Senator Mitch McConnell, said of quixotic presidential runs.
“It is an industry of self-promotion. What better way to self-promote than run for president?”...
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History for April 14

History for April 14 - On-This-Day.com
Christian Huygens 1629, Anne Mansfield Sullivan 1866 - "The Miracle Worker", famous for teaching Helen Keller to read, write and speak, Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee 1889 - Historian, author
 

Frank Serpico 1934, Loretta Lynn 1935 - Country singer, first woman to earn the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award, Pete Rose (Peter Edward Rose) 1941 - Baseball player


1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. He actually died early the next morning.


1912 - The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.

Former Obama Aide Indicted For Lying To DOJ | The Daily Caller

Former Obama Aide Indicted For Lying To DOJ | The Daily Caller:

Former Obama White House counsel, Greg Craig, was indicted Thursday on two charges of lying to federal investigators about consulting work his former firm did on behalf of Russia-backed ex-Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Craig was accused of lying to the Department of Justice for allegedly making false statements and concealing “material facts,” which were revealed in a settlement announced Thursday. Craig’s former firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, was hit with a $4.6 billion fine for working with Paul Manafort in 2012 on behalf of Ukraine.

The way we were-----The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed

Boob-tube-----Afternoon Cartoon Commercial Breaks - Circa 1984

Federal $30,000 scholarships granted to zero self-described conservatives in 2018 | The College Fix

Federal $30,000 scholarships granted to zero self-described conservatives in 2018 | The College Fix
"Program is billed as nonpartisan but stats show otherwise
None of the nearly 60 recipients of a prestigious $30,000 federal scholarship granted in 2018 reported that they had ever worked for a Republican political candidate or conservative organization, according to an analysis by The College Fix.
The lucrative Truman Scholar awards are given to college juniors, who receive $30,000 to attend graduate school and pledge to serve three of their first seven years after graduation in public service.

• ...The research found that 21 of the scholars – or 36 percent – had worked for Democrat candidates (Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama, etc.) or Democrat-aligned organizations (Tom Steyer’s NextGen America, Planned Parenthood, etc.)
• Another 17 scholars – or 29 percent – listed their primary interest as solidly progressive (intersectionality, climate change, expanded government-provided health insurance, LGBT issues, food insecurity, minimizing “rape culture.”)
• Another eight scholars – or 14 percent – said they were primarily interested in issues moderately associated with the left, such as environmental “sustainability” and rights for immigrants and refugees.

Stealing your money and giving it to their supporters!

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DA knew Jeffrey Epstein was a dangerous pedophile when arguing for leniency

DA knew Jeffrey Epstein was a dangerous pedophile when arguing for leniency
"The Manhattan DA’s office had graphic and detailed evidence of pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s depravity when a prosecutor inexplicably argued for leniency during his 2011 sex offender registry hearing, The Post has learned.
In advance of the hearing, then-deputy chief of Sex Crimes, Jennifer Gaffney, had been given a confidential state assessment that deemed Epstein to be highly dangerous and likely to keep preying on young girls, the DA’s office admitted in its own appellate brief eight months after the hearing.
...It describes a state assessment’s findings that Epstein should be monitored in New York as a level three offender — reserved for the most dangerous.
...Nevertheless, Gaffney argued that he should be labeled a level one offender, the least restrictive, which would keep him off the online database..."
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AG Barr’s Testimony Reignites ‘Spygate’ Debate | The Daily Caller

AG Barr’s Testimony Reignites ‘Spygate’ Debate | The Daily Caller:

Attorney General William Barr’s Senate testimony Wednesday has revived a partisan debate over “Spygate,” the term President Donald Trump coined to describe revelations that the FBI used informants in an investigation during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Barr said during an appearance before the Senate Appropriations Committee that he believed “spying did occur” against the Trump campaign.

How libs "think"-----Boston Globe’s phony sanctimony sounds a bit fishy – Howie Carr Show

Boston Globe’s phony sanctimony sounds a bit fishy – Howie Carr Show
"Think back on all the journalistic grifters whose bylines and totally made-up crap have disgraced the dismal pages of the Boston Globe – Mike Barnicle, Kevin Cullen, Patricia Smith and Jayson Blair, among others.
But even those recidivist frauds must be shaking their pampered, protected-class heads over this latest embarrassment to befall the failing broadsheet – a column by a “journalist from Massachusetts” named Luke O’Neil.
So far, at least three versions of his piece have appeared on the Globe website. 
Let’s go over the first sentences – the lede, as they say – in order of their appearance.
“One of the biggest regrets of my life is not pissing in Bill Kristol’s salmon.”...
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World Faces "Uphill Battle" With Average IQ Of Just 82! | Zero Hedge

World Faces "Uphill Battle" With Average IQ Of Just 82! | Zero Hedge
"David Becker has released a new version of the World’s IQ. 
Each country has a score showing the cognitive abilities of their citizens, this being a blend of genetics and the environment of each country, particularly as regards education and health. 
The world’s global score is 82. 
This is 12th percentile rank on the Greenwich Mean Intelligence benchmark of IQ 100. 
As school teachers used to say in end of year reports: “Could do better”.

What does IQ 82 mean in practical terms?..."

A country's aggregate IQ matters!

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"The results for individual countries vary somewhat according to the method used, but these are probably the very best estimates..."

Must see! Lunch video-----Candace Owens slams the Leftist media.

Noon-toon

Amazon Workers Record and Share What You Say Around Alexa, Reports Say | The Daily Caller

Amazon Workers Record and Share What You Say Around Alexa, Reports Say | The Daily Caller:

Amazon employees are listening and recording conversations spoken after waking Alexa in the homes of thousands of people worldwide, reports say.
Amazon’s Alexa needs more human assistance than the public may be aware of. Full-time Amazon workers spend their days “parsing as many as 1,000 audio clips per shift,” reports from Bloomburg reveal. These clips may merely be innocent phrases intended to help Alexa cope with slang and understand human speech patterns, but they also catch snippets of personal life through Alexa, such as clips workers discussed wherein they heard a woman singing off-key in the shower and a child crying for help.

College Wouldn’t Cost So Much If Students and Faculty Worked Harder - WSJ

College Wouldn’t Cost So Much If Students and Faculty Worked Harder - WSJ:
"I assign far less reading, demand less writing, and give higher grades than I did two generations ago.
One reason college is so costly and so little real learning occurs is that collegiate resources are vastly underused.
Students don’t study much, professors teach little, few people read most of the obscure papers the professors write, and even the buildings are empty most of the time.
...Surveys of student work habits find that the average amount of time spent in class and otherwise studying is about 27 hours a week.
The typical student takes classes only 32 weeks a year, so he spends fewer than 900 hours annually on academics—less time than a typical eighth-grader...
It wasn’t always this way.
...Learning takes time, so the diminution of effort surely means students are learning less..."
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Progressivism is a skinwalker---Michael Smith--Fans of Best of the Web Today

Fans of Best of the Web Today-Michael Smith
"One important aspect we should clearly understand is that progressivism is a skinwalker.
Navajo legend tells us that skinwalkers were medicine men who achieved the heights of power such that they could transform into animal forms to do evil.
Progressive skinwalkers are racists, sexists and bigots who transform themselves into innocent, pure doves in order to call others racists, sexists and bigots.
Skinwalkers are vulnerable to one thing - the truth.
Those who do track a skinwalker and learn of their true identity must pronounce the name of the evil one in full. 

Once this happens, the skinwalker will get sick or die for the wrongs they have inflicted against others."

#1 This day 1992-----Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last

Ridiculous Pacifiers Are Getting Popular On Instagram

Ridiculous Pacifiers Are Getting Popular On Instagram:

• "Parents all over Instagram are going crazy sharing all kinds of funny pacifiers shoved in their kid’s mouth. Since they are only few dollars on Amazon, it’s a cheap way to get easy laughs."

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Hmmm....

234 House Democrats, Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete On Girls’ Sports Teams | The Daily Caller

234 House Democrats, Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete On Girls’ Sports Teams | The Daily Caller:

Every House Democrat but one has co-sponsored a bill requiring schools to allow male athletes who identify as transgender girls to compete on female sports teams.
Democrats’ Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make “sexual orientation and gender identity” protected characteristics under federal anti-discrimination law. Among other things, the bill would force public schools to expand female athletic teams to include biological males who identify as transgender girls.

She don't quite git the irony-----Clarice Feldman - Quit laughing: Hillary Clinton responds to...

Clarice Feldman - Quit laughing: Hillary Clinton responds to...
"Quit laughing:
Hillary Clinton responds to Julian Assange's arrest: 'He has to answer for what he has done'"

AM Fruitcake

History for April 13

History for April 13 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Jefferson 1743 - 3rd U.S. President, Frank W. Woolworth 1852 - Merchant, created the five and ten cent store, head of F.W. Woolworth & Co., Alfred Butts 1899 - Architect, game inventor (Scrabble)


Paul Sorvino 1939 - Actor ("Law and Order", "Dick Tracy"), Tony Dow 1945 - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver"), Rick Schroder 1970 - Actor ("Silver Spoons", "NYPD Blue")


1981 - Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke received a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy." Cooke relinquished the prize two days later after admitting she had fabricated the story.


1997 - Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par.

New York Post Fires Back At Omar’s Trivialization Of 9/11: ‘Here’s Your Something’ | The Daily Caller

New York Post Fires Back At Omar’s Trivialization Of 9/11: ‘Here’s Your Something’ | The Daily Caller:

The New York Post’s front cover Thursday gave a blunt response to Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s characterization of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as “some people” who “did something.”
The headline in large white font reads, “Here’s Your Something,” coupled with an image of the World Trade Center being hit by a plane in the background.

The way we were-----American Bandstand 1969 – Take A Letter Maria, R.B. Greaves

Boob-tube-----25 NEW SHOWS OF FALL TV 1974