"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has asked Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to review a claim reported last week by the New York Times that the Obama administration placed an FBI informant inside the Trump campaign in 2016."
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Rosenstein asks IG to review ‘Obama spying’ on Trump campaign
Rosenstein asks IG to review ‘Obama spying’ on Trump campaign:
"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has asked Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to review a claim reported last week by the New York Times that the Obama administration placed an FBI informant inside the Trump campaign in 2016."
"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has asked Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to review a claim reported last week by the New York Times that the Obama administration placed an FBI informant inside the Trump campaign in 2016."
Dan Gilbert seals $618M tax incentive package for 4 Detroit projects
Dan Gilbert seals $618M tax incentive package for 4 Detroit projects
"The approval by the board of the Michigan Strategic Fund in Lansing on Tuesday was the final bureaucratic hurdle for the tax incentive package. The $618 million amount "is a new height for us," Greg Tedder, an executive vice president of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., said at a press conference Tuesday. The strategic fund is part of the MEDC. By comparison, construction of the $863 million Little Caesars Arena received $329.1 million in tax subsidies earlier this decade.
Quicken officials said that over the 30-year period in which the tax incentive package will be repaid, the incentives will have covered 15 percent of the projects' costs; meaning 15 percent will have come from some form of taxpayer money that would have ordinarily gone to schools, fixing roads and generally supporting state government departments..."
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A Russian's Devastating Verdict on Norway | Trending
A Russian's Devastating Verdict on Norway | Trending
"Among the real-life Norwegian phenomena made gentle fun of in the 2012-14 Netflix series Lilyhammer, starring Steven Van Zandt as a New York mobster who has moved to Norway under the Witness Protection Program, were natteravnene -- the “night ravens,” groups of unarmed citizen volunteers, including little old ladies, who patrol the night streets to talk wayward youths out of breaking the law.
The concept is a quaint one, originating in a time when virtually all crimes committed in the middle of the Norwegian night were petty misdemeanors and when the perpetrators were Norwegian kids who, if confronted on the verge of a transgression by somebody their parents' or grandparents' age, could be expected to hang their heads in shame and go home.
No more: last Saturday night, a gang of “youths” in the Groruddalen area of Oslo, the physical descriptions of whom in the media made it clear that they were not ethnic Norwegians, threw rocks at a group of Natteravner.
The next night, a youth gang roamed around Tøyen, another Muslim neighborhood of Oslo, and threw rocks at passersby.
Minor crimes, perhaps -- but, in the Norwegian context, marks of a sea change...
...Don't believe my reports?
Fine -- listen to what Yuri Snegirev has to say.
Snegirov, a reporter for Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the Russian government's newspaper of record, visited Norway recently and recorded his observations in a three-part series of articles.
...He was appalled by how costly it is to travel by car, given the high tax on imported cars, the hefty tolls (and the extra charge to drive into Oslo), and the staggering price of gas (the world's highest). He highlighted one thing that I've griped about every winter since moving to Norway two decades ago: nobody shovels snow, so that the city sidewalks, except where underlaid with heating pipes, are covered for months at a time with deadly sheets of ice.
But Snegirev's comments on these topics were only prelude to the more serious stuff..."
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"Among the real-life Norwegian phenomena made gentle fun of in the 2012-14 Netflix series Lilyhammer, starring Steven Van Zandt as a New York mobster who has moved to Norway under the Witness Protection Program, were natteravnene -- the “night ravens,” groups of unarmed citizen volunteers, including little old ladies, who patrol the night streets to talk wayward youths out of breaking the law.
No more: last Saturday night, a gang of “youths” in the Groruddalen area of Oslo, the physical descriptions of whom in the media made it clear that they were not ethnic Norwegians, threw rocks at a group of Natteravner.
The next night, a youth gang roamed around Tøyen, another Muslim neighborhood of Oslo, and threw rocks at passersby.
Minor crimes, perhaps -- but, in the Norwegian context, marks of a sea change...
...Don't believe my reports?
Fine -- listen to what Yuri Snegirev has to say.
Snegirov, a reporter for Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the Russian government's newspaper of record, visited Norway recently and recorded his observations in a three-part series of articles.
...He was appalled by how costly it is to travel by car, given the high tax on imported cars, the hefty tolls (and the extra charge to drive into Oslo), and the staggering price of gas (the world's highest). He highlighted one thing that I've griped about every winter since moving to Norway two decades ago: nobody shovels snow, so that the city sidewalks, except where underlaid with heating pipes, are covered for months at a time with deadly sheets of ice.
But Snegirev's comments on these topics were only prelude to the more serious stuff..."
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HIDDEN CAMERA: Gay Wedding Cake At Muslim Bakeries
HIDDEN CAMERA: Gay Wedding Cake At Muslim Bakeries:
"Yes folks, I did this. I went there. You have this now. As I was discussing on last week’s radio show/podcast…
Actually, I taped this video a long time ago but due to audio corruption issues, was never able to upload it. Now that my in-house whizz kid, Jared was able to salvage the footage, I am passing it onto you."
"Yes folks, I did this. I went there. You have this now. As I was discussing on last week’s radio show/podcast…
Actually, I taped this video a long time ago but due to audio corruption issues, was never able to upload it. Now that my in-house whizz kid, Jared was able to salvage the footage, I am passing it onto you."
A Housing Boom, Then a Volcanic Eruption
A Housing Boom, Then a Volcanic Eruption:
"Lava flows from the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea have destroyed at least 26 homes and disrupted thousands of lives in the past two weeks.
Reading this news, you might wonder why some Hawaii residents have chosen to live at the foot of an active volcano.
The strange truth is that the state government encourages them.
Kilauea, located on the southeast side of the Big Island, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
In geologic terms, it has been continuously erupting since 1983, when a lava flow destroyed 16 homes in a subdivision called Royal Gardens.
...The destruction caused in the early 1990s cost private insurers millions of dollars, prompting them to stop insuring property in the most vulnerable areas...
Unfortunately, the Hawaii state government stepped in.
In 1991 the legislature created the nonprofit Hawaii Property Insurance Association, which provides policies to people who can’t buy them on the market.
But private insurers are forced to join the HPIA as a condition of doing business in the state.
They split the HPIA’s expenses, profits and losses in proportion to their market share.
In essence, Hawaii law requires all private insurers to pool their resources to subsidize policies in Lava Zones 1 and 2..."
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"Lava flows from the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea have destroyed at least 26 homes and disrupted thousands of lives in the past two weeks.
Reading this news, you might wonder why some Hawaii residents have chosen to live at the foot of an active volcano.
The strange truth is that the state government encourages them.
In geologic terms, it has been continuously erupting since 1983, when a lava flow destroyed 16 homes in a subdivision called Royal Gardens.
...The destruction caused in the early 1990s cost private insurers millions of dollars, prompting them to stop insuring property in the most vulnerable areas...
Unfortunately, the Hawaii state government stepped in.
In 1991 the legislature created the nonprofit Hawaii Property Insurance Association, which provides policies to people who can’t buy them on the market.
But private insurers are forced to join the HPIA as a condition of doing business in the state.
They split the HPIA’s expenses, profits and losses in proportion to their market share.
In essence, Hawaii law requires all private insurers to pool their resources to subsidize policies in Lava Zones 1 and 2..."
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Faculty urge USC president to resign over scandal involving ex-campus gynecologist - ABC News
Faculty urge USC president to resign over scandal involving ex-campus gynecologist - ABC News
Dang! I always think too small.
I figured the $1million per MSU-sex-scandal victim might just possibly bring out a few more ... "Oh, I just remembered how awful it was..." new "victims".
It'd be terrible to waste the $75 million fund set up just for that.
But I forgot there are THOUSANDS of other predatory colleges with thousands of geeky Drs. in the US.
Deep pockets all!
Let the milking begin!
"...The letter came in the wake of lawsuits filed against the school and Tyndall by current and former students who've accused the doctor of molesting patients for several decades.
At least six women have sued the university alleging misconduct.
One civil lawsuit claimed USC ignored complaints that Tyndall allegedly made crude remarks, took inappropriate photographs and groped patients to "satisfy his own prurient desires."
Tyndall, who worked at a USC student health clinic for 30 years, denied wrongdoing in interviews with the Los Angeles Times..."
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I figured the $1million per MSU-sex-scandal victim might just possibly bring out a few more ... "Oh, I just remembered how awful it was..." new "victims".
It'd be terrible to waste the $75 million fund set up just for that.
But I forgot there are THOUSANDS of other predatory colleges with thousands of geeky Drs. in the US.
Deep pockets all!
Let the milking begin!
"...The letter came in the wake of lawsuits filed against the school and Tyndall by current and former students who've accused the doctor of molesting patients for several decades.
At least six women have sued the university alleging misconduct.
One civil lawsuit claimed USC ignored complaints that Tyndall allegedly made crude remarks, took inappropriate photographs and groped patients to "satisfy his own prurient desires."
Tyndall, who worked at a USC student health clinic for 30 years, denied wrongdoing in interviews with the Los Angeles Times..."
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How the FBI, CIA, and NYT Collaborated to Sway the 1996 Election
How the FBI, CIA, and NYT Collaborated to Sway the 1996 Election:
"The idea is floated frequently that the still nameless Russian collusion scandal is "worse than Watergate."
It may well be, but that comparison overlooks a more useful parallel.
The gold standard of government conspiracy remains the investigation into the July 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the south coast of Long Island.
The ensuing cover-up involved many of the same players as in the Russia conspiracy and for the same immediate goal: to secure a presidential election for a Clinton.
"The idea is floated frequently that the still nameless Russian collusion scandal is "worse than Watergate."
It may well be, but that comparison overlooks a more useful parallel.
The gold standard of government conspiracy remains the investigation into the July 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the south coast of Long Island. The ensuing cover-up involved many of the same players as in the Russia conspiracy and for the same immediate goal: to secure a presidential election for a Clinton.
As with the Russia scandal, not all the collaborators in the TWA 800 case were equally motivated or equally powerful.
The White House drove the conspiracy through its Justice Department.
The CIA executed it without conscience.
The FBI grudgingly yielded to the CIA.
And the New York Times dutifully reported what the FBI whispered in its reporters' ears.
The White House drove the conspiracy through its Justice Department.
The CIA executed it without conscience.
The FBI grudgingly yielded to the CIA.
And the New York Times dutifully reported what the FBI whispered in its reporters' ears.
As to the National Safety Board, the only agency with statutory authority to investigate a domestic plane crash, the DOJ shoved it aside on day one.
The U.S. Navy brass, whose "combatants" were responsible for the accidental shoot-down of the 747, kept their heads down and their lips impressively sealed.
They had nothing to gain by rocking this boat..."
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The U.S. Navy brass, whose "combatants" were responsible for the accidental shoot-down of the 747, kept their heads down and their lips impressively sealed.
They had nothing to gain by rocking this boat..."
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Obama administration was corrupt - Washington Times
Obama administration was corrupt - Washington Times:
"There was so much hope in January 2009 when Barack Obama took office. Here was the first black president of the United States, promising to be a leader for all Americans, to halt the rise of the oceans and to be the most transparent administration ever. Even black Americans were saying the Civil War was finally over.
Unfortunately for America, it didn’t turn out that way. As more and more evidence is revealed daily on the evening news, it is now very clear the Obama administration was the most corrupt presidency in the history of the republic.
As Mr. Obama’s favorite, President Lincoln, warned us, the most dangerous threats can come from domestic enemies."
Unfortunately for America, it didn’t turn out that way. As more and more evidence is revealed daily on the evening news, it is now very clear the Obama administration was the most corrupt presidency in the history of the republic.
As Mr. Obama’s favorite, President Lincoln, warned us, the most dangerous threats can come from domestic enemies."
White South African farmers claiming persecution at home seek refuge in Australia — RT Business News
White South African farmers claiming persecution at home seek refuge in Australia — RT Business News:
"More than 200 farmers from South Africa have applied for humanitarian visas in Australia after allegedly suffering attacks for being white, according to the Australian Home Affairs Ministry.
"More than 200 farmers from South Africa have applied for humanitarian visas in Australia after allegedly suffering attacks for being white, according to the Australian Home Affairs Ministry.
“The type of criteria they of course have to meet – or the key one – is evidence of persecution, so that's exactly what we will be looking at,”...
News reports emerged earlier this year revealing that white farmers in South Africa had faced persecution after the country's government approved a new law allowing for the confiscation of their lands, which would be transferred to black citizens.
The legislation evoked strong disapproval both in the country and internationally, with a reported upsurge in violence against white farmers.
Last year, some 82 people were killed in a record 423 farm attacks, and there have been 109 attacks and more than 15 murders in 2018, Afriforum, a South African civil rights group reported in March.
Last year, some 82 people were killed in a record 423 farm attacks, and there have been 109 attacks and more than 15 murders in 2018, Afriforum, a South African civil rights group reported in March.
Australia calls for emergency visas for white farmers facing violent attacks in South Africa on.rt.com/9180
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History for May 23
History for May 23 - On-This-Day.com
Friedrich Anton Mesmer 1734 - Physician, astrologist, Margaret Fuller (Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli) 1810 - Journalist, critic, women's rights activist, Scatman Crothers (Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers) 1910 - Actor, musician, singer, dancer
Joan Collins 1933 - Actress ("Dynasty"), Robert Moog 1934 - Musician, Drew Carey 1958 - Actor, game show host
1701 - In London, Captain William Kidd was hanged after being convicted of murder and piracy.
1785 - Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter that he had invented bifocals.
1873 - Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established. The organization's name was changed to Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920.
1900 - Civil War hero Sgt. William H. Carney became the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, 37 years after the Battle of Fort Wagner.
1934 - In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers were riding in a stolen Ford Deluxe.
1945 - In Luneburg Germany, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, committed suicide while imprisoned by the Allied forces.
1949 - The Republic of West Germany was established.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
More than 450 caravan migrants made it into U.S. - Washington Times
More than 450 caravan migrants made it into U.S. - Washington Times:
"More than 450 people from the illegal immigrant caravan managed to make it into the U.S., officials told Congress Tuesday.
Of those just 122 were arrested for jumping the border, while more than 330 others showed up at official ports of entry and demanded asylum, the officials told the House Homeland Security Committee, giving the first complete look at the effects of the caravan."
Of those just 122 were arrested for jumping the border, while more than 330 others showed up at official ports of entry and demanded asylum, the officials told the House Homeland Security Committee, giving the first complete look at the effects of the caravan."
Mark Levin On Spies In Trump Campaign: "What The Hell Is This? The Soviet Union, Venezuela?" | Video | RealClearPolitics
Mark Levin On Spies In Trump Campaign: "What The Hell Is This? The Soviet Union, Venezuela?" | Video | RealClearPolitics:
"Mark Levin delivers commentary on a "cabal of FBI agents" who took it upon themselves to investigate a presidential campaign. Levin said the interference in the election was not by Russians but by the U.S. intel community. He called on Sessions to investigate actions by former CIA director John Brennan and former DNI James Clapper and let the chips fall where they may."
"Mark Levin delivers commentary on a "cabal of FBI agents" who took it upon themselves to investigate a presidential campaign. Levin said the interference in the election was not by Russians but by the U.S. intel community. He called on Sessions to investigate actions by former CIA director John Brennan and former DNI James Clapper and let the chips fall where they may."
High School Principal Apologizes for Prom Tickets That Say 'Party Like It's 1776' - Hit & Run : Reason.com
High School Principal Apologizes for Prom Tickets That Say 'Party Like It's 1776' - Hit & Run : Reason.com: "Dennis Perry, principal of Cherry Hill High School East in New Jersey, has apologized for an insensitive message on the tickets for this year's prom: "party like it's 1776."
That's problematic, since students of color would definitely not have felt like partying if they were alive in 1776, when slavery was still legal.
"It was insensitive and irresponsible not to appreciate that not all communities can celebrate what life was like in 1776," said Perry in a letter to the community.
"It was insensitive and irresponsible not to appreciate that not all communities can celebrate what life was like in 1776," said Perry in a letter to the community.
It's not clear whether any students were actually bothered by the message..."
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