Graham was referring to the process the FBI used in applying for a FISA warrant to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Republicans have claimed that the FBI improperly relied on and misrepresented information from Christopher Steele's unverified Russia dossier. Democrats have downplayed the role the dossier may have played in the process.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Lindsey Graham claims the only ones against releasing Russia probe details 'are worried about being exposed' | Fox News
Lindsey Graham claims the only ones against releasing Russia probe details 'are worried about being exposed' | Fox News:
"The people who are worried about this are worried about being exposed for taking the law in their own hands," Graham said on "Fox News Sunday."
Graham was referring to the process the FBI used in applying for a FISA warrant to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Republicans have claimed that the FBI improperly relied on and misrepresented information from Christopher Steele's unverified Russia dossier. Democrats have downplayed the role the dossier may have played in the process.
Graham was referring to the process the FBI used in applying for a FISA warrant to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Republicans have claimed that the FBI improperly relied on and misrepresented information from Christopher Steele's unverified Russia dossier. Democrats have downplayed the role the dossier may have played in the process.
A Summer From Hell Is Coming to U.S. Airports - Bloomberg
"...On Friday, United said it would cancel 2,410 flights in June and July due to the grounding as it extended its Max-free schedule to Aug. 3.
Southwest, the largest Max operator with 34, has put Aug. 5 on its schedule as a placeholder for the Max’s return to the fleet;
American has set Aug. 19, the date that carrier sets as the unofficial close of its peak season.
American said the Max grounding is causing 115 daily flight cancellations..."
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High Taxes and Government Debt Have Soured Chicago’s Housing Market
- High taxes and government debt have soured buyers on Illinois and the nation’s third-largest city.
"In early 2012, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel warned residents and local politicians that, unless the city, along with the state of Illinois, started tackling its deep pension problems, “You won’t recruit a business, you won’t recruit a family to live here.”
Seven years later, as Emanuel exits office, it’s becoming clearer what he meant.
A few months ago, Realtor.com predicted that Chicago would have the weakest housing activity this year among the nation’s top 100 markets..."
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Report: Obama Administration's Actions Against Press Worse Than Previously Known | Daily Wire
Report: Obama Administration's Actions Against Press Worse Than Previously Known | Daily Wire:
The Office of Professional Responsibility's report on the Obama Justice Department's subpoenas of AP phone records reveals that "the DOJ’s actions against the AP were broader than previously known, and that the DOJ considered subpoenaing the phone records of other news organizations, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and ABC News," the authors explain. The report also reveals "how narrowly the DOJ interprets the Media Guidelines, the agency’s internal rules for obtaining reporters’ data."
Michigan 'beyond 11th hour' as Asian carp move closer to Great Lakes
- Asian carp detected closest to Lake Michigan yet
- Present risk to destroy multibillion fishing industry
- New barrier plan moving forward in Illinois
"Ecologists, biologists, anglers and politicians all agree that Asian carp are a problem — a 2015 report from the Government Accountability Office called aquatic-invasive species like Asian carp a "never-ending oil spill."
...Yet the Mississippi River's largest entry point to the Great Lakes — the Chicago Area Waterways System, which connects to Lake Michigan — remains its most vulnerable..."
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Hate thrives in Liberal hell-holes-----New York Police Record 83% Rise in Hate Crimes - WSJ
New York Police Record 83% Rise in Hate Crimes - WSJ:"New York politicians and community leaders are pushing Mayor Bill de Blasio for more funding to eradicate hate crimes, as police record a dramatic rise in bias complaints.
The New York Police Department had 176 complaints of hate crimes from Jan. 1 to May 19, the most recent date for which the data is available, according to figures provided to The Wall Street Journal. That is an 83% increase in hate-crime complaints across all categories..."
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Yes, The Bee. But is this the REAL reason Libs hate Chick-fil-A?-----Gay Man Miraculously Turned Straight By Single Bite Of Chick-Fil-A | The Babylon Bee
Gay Man Miraculously Turned Straight By Single Bite Of Chick-Fil-A | The Babylon Bee:DALLAS, TX—While gay conversion therapy has long been thought to be ineffective, there may be a promising new method for converting the gays.
Local gay man Landon Ellison was out protesting a Chick-fil-A in his city Wednesday morning when he got hungry.
He looked around to make sure his fellow protestors weren't watching before slipping into the restaurant and ordering a classic chicken sandwich.
"It's probably terrible," he sneered at the cashier, who only smiled and said it was her pleasure to have her place of work insulted.
"I'll bet it tastes like HATE!"
But when Ellison's food was served 3 seconds later, something miraculous happened: he took a bite of the sandwich and suddenly found he was no longer attracted to men.
The woman who served him the sandwich instantly appeared attractive to him.
"How you doin'?" he said, raising his eyebrows suggestively.
She told him it was her pleasure to be hit on and walked away..."
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Liz Cheney: Statements by Peter Strzok, Lisa Page 'Could Well Be Treason' | Breitbart
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said negative statements by former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page while investigating President Donald Trump sounded “a whole lot like a coup” and added that it could even be “treason.”
‘Drag 101’ course for teens to be taught at Ohio public library | The College Fix
"An Ohio public library will be treated to a first this summer: An hour-long course dubbed “Drag 101” taught by Kyle Gayle.
Or, if you prefer, Kyle’s drag name: Selena T. West, “relative of drag royalty Nina West,” according to WOWK.
The course will take place at the Orange Branch of the Delaware County Library system.
West says Drag 101 will be about “the building blocks of how to do drag […] it’s nothing to do with sex or gender identity at all.”
...Drag 101 is one of 400 programs he says, “45 of which are for teenagers.”
According to ThisWeekNews.com, the course is designed for kids age 12-17..."
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History for May 28
History for May 28 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Moore 1779 - Lawyer, social philosopher, author, Jim Thorpe 1888 - Olympic athlete, baseball and basketball player, Ian Fleming 1908 - Author, journalist, created character of James Bond
Gladys Knight 1944 - Singer, Rudolph Giuliani 1944 - Mayor of New York City, Marco Rubio 1971 - Politician
1863 - The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal were convicted of fraud.
Monday, May 27, 2019
Memorial Day Reminds Us That Our Freedom Didn’t Come Cheaply | The Heritage Foundation
Memorial Day Reminds Us That Our Freedom Didn’t Come Cheaply | The Heritage Foundation:
And if there’s one thing that Memorial Day reminds us, it’s that our freedom didn’t come cheaply. Many Americans gave what President Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” so that liberty could continue to ring from, yes, sea to shining sea.
It’s all too easy, especially for those of us blessed to have grown up in this great land, to take our liberty for granted. We forget that freedom isn’t free. It must be paid for, and not just once.
Again and again, Americans have stepped forward in a moment of crisis and put their lives on the line.
They fought in the American Revolution – both in the heat of summer and in the dead of winter, when snow blanketed the ground, supplies were low, and the outlook was bleak.
And if there’s one thing that Memorial Day reminds us, it’s that our freedom didn’t come cheaply. Many Americans gave what President Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” so that liberty could continue to ring from, yes, sea to shining sea.It’s all too easy, especially for those of us blessed to have grown up in this great land, to take our liberty for granted. We forget that freedom isn’t free. It must be paid for, and not just once.
Again and again, Americans have stepped forward in a moment of crisis and put their lives on the line.
They fought in the American Revolution – both in the heat of summer and in the dead of winter, when snow blanketed the ground, supplies were low, and the outlook was bleak.
What went wrong inside Boeing's cockpit? - BBC News
What went wrong inside Boeing's cockpit? - BBC News
Capt Yared Getachew (right)
"...There was nothing more the pilots could have done.
Capt Yared Getachew (right)"...There was nothing more the pilots could have done.
As alarms sounded in their cockpit, the captain and first officer struggled to regain control of their stricken aircraft.
They were far too close to the ground, and needed to gain altitude.
Yet when Capt Yared Getachew tried to guide the nose of the Boeing 737 upwards, an electronic system forced it down again.
Simply pulling back on his control column wasn’t enough.
So he used a thumb switch as well, to adjust the aerodynamic balance of the plane, and encourage it to climb.
But a few seconds later, those adjustments were automatically reversed.
So he used a thumb switch as well, to adjust the aerodynamic balance of the plane, and encourage it to climb.
But a few seconds later, those adjustments were automatically reversed.
The column was shaking in his hands, a mechanical warning that the aircraft was in danger of stalling and falling out of the sky.
A harsh robotic voice called out “don’t sink” three times, indicating that the plane was losing height.
Together, he and First Officer Ahmednur Mohammed Omar worked quickly to find a solution.
They flicked switches on the centre console to disable part of the electronics, and began using manual controls instead, in an attempt to make the plane fly normally.
Regaining control was difficult.
By now the aircraft was gathering speed, and aerodynamic forces were building rapidly; it’s likely they had simply become too great for the pilots to fight against using manual controls.
They flicked switches on the centre console to disable part of the electronics, and began using manual controls instead, in an attempt to make the plane fly normally.
Regaining control was difficult.
By now the aircraft was gathering speed, and aerodynamic forces were building rapidly; it’s likely they had simply become too great for the pilots to fight against using manual controls.
Whatever the reason, they turned the electronics back on and Capt Getachew tried once more to raise the nose of the aircraft, using the thumb switch on his controls.
With power assistance restored, the aircraft responded.
Briefly it began to climb.
With power assistance restored, the aircraft responded.
Briefly it began to climb.
But then, inexorably, the process was reversed as the computers intervened yet again.
Another alarm was now chirping urgently, warning that the speed of the plane had become dangerously high, as it began to dive towards the ground.
In desperation, Capt Getachew called on his co-pilot for help.
Together, they hauled back on their control columns, using their combined strength, in a last-ditch effort to overcome the forces arrayed against them with sheer muscle power.
Together, they hauled back on their control columns, using their combined strength, in a last-ditch effort to overcome the forces arrayed against them with sheer muscle power.
The dive became steeper and steeper, and the aircraft fell faster and faster, until it slammed into the ground at more than 500mph, just six minutes after taking off..."
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