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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Mike Huckabee: "This country will have Bill O'Reilly to thank" if Kate's Law passes
[Media Matters] MIKE HUCKABEE: A five-time loser who have been deported five times kept coming back, catch and release type program and he ends up murdering a young woman filled with promise and hope on the streets of one of our sanctuary cities. That ought to be enough to churn everybody's stomach. And I pray that Kate's Law gets passed. And let me just say this, if it does, this country will have Bill O'Reilly to thank for it because he was the one who kept giving voice to it when no one else was and when people were giving up on it. And I got to give him some credit for this. If it's signed, frankly the president ought to give him one of the pens that he signs it with because that's why we will have it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 10:46 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Five lifetimes of Bill O'Reilly sanctimonious bluster totally forgiven and forever forgotten if this law becomes reality.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 11:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Bill's books are pretty good though
Posted by: 746 || 06/30/2017 13:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Sanctimonious bluster is being polite! A bit of a blow-hard. But, I agree 100%...kudos to O'Reilly if this gets passed.
Posted by: Fat Bob Whinegum6521 || 06/30/2017 13:58 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
NYT Quietly Issues Major Correction ‐ Only 4, Not 17 Intel Agencies Approved "Russia Hacking" Assessment
[Gateway Pundit] The MSM’s credibility took another hit today, as the New York Times quietly issued a correction about their claims that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies agreed that the Russians ’hacked’ the 2016 presidential election. The REAL number is only 4 agencies held such views.

The New York Times has finally admitted that one of the favorite Russia-gate canards ‐ that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies concurred on the assessment of Russian hacking of Democratic emails ‐ is false.

In the Times’ White House Memo of June 25, correspondent Maggie Haberman mocked Trump for "still refus[ing] to acknowledge a basic fact agreed upon by 17 American intelligence agencies that he now oversees: Russia orchestrated the attacks, and did it to help get him elected."On Thursday, the Times appended a correction to a June 25 article that had repeated the false claim, which has been used by Democrats and the mainstream media for months to brush aside any doubts about the foundation of the Russia-gate scandal and portray President Trump as delusional for doubting what all 17 intelligence agencies supposedly knew to be true.

However, on Thursday, the Times ‐ while leaving most of Haberman’s ridicule of Trump in place ‐ noted in a correction that the relevant intelligence "assessment was made by four intelligence agencies -- the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency. The assessment was not approved by all 17 organizations in the American intelligence community."

The Times’ grudging correction was vindication for some Russia-gate skeptics who had questioned the claim of a full-scale intelligence assessment, which would usually take the form of a National Intelligence Estimate (or NIE), a product that seeks out the views of the entire Intelligence Community and includes dissents.

The reality of a more narrowly based Russia-gate assessment was admitted in May by President Obama’s Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Obama’s CIA Director John Brennan in sworn congressional testimony.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 09:39 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  17.. 4... sure, whatever
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 06/30/2017 10:34 Comments || Top||


Beyond TDR: Dem Leader Maxine Waters Wants President Trump Impeached AND Exiled
[Gateway Pundit] When impeachment is not enough.,,
Democrat leader Auntie Maxine wants Trump impeached because he posts mean tweets.

But that’s not all. Waters wants President Trump impeached and then exiled!

The reader's comments are particularly uplifting.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 09:26 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Between Nancy and Maxine, one begins to think they opened the asylum gates.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/30/2017 11:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Just proves that criminals aren't bright; merely venal and cunning.
Posted by: Pappy || 06/30/2017 12:31 Comments || Top||


#4  Her wig must be too tight.
Posted by: Crusader || 06/30/2017 16:22 Comments || Top||


GOP operative tried to get Clinton emails from hackers, claimed ties to Flynn
[NY Post] A Republican opposition researcher hunted for copies of missing emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server -- which he believed had been hacked -- before the 2016 election and implied to associates he was working with then Trump adviser Michael Flynn, according to a report.
Mike Flynn standing behind A.J. at Smith's graveside service provides additional evidence of the linkage.
The Wall Street Journal said that GOP operative Peter W. Smith was scouring the world of hackers, including Russians, to get the Clinton emails, which the former Democratic presidential candidate said were deleted because they were personal.

Smith considered Flynn -- who was at the time an advisor to President Trump’s campaign -- an ally in his search, according to emails written by Smith and obtained by the Journal.

"He said, 'If it's the last thing I do....’I’m talking to Michael Flynn about this--if you find anything, can you let me know?’" Eric York, an Atlanta computer-security expert, told the paper.

The Journal cautioned that it was unclear what role Flynn might have played in Smith’s email hack hunt -- which turned up nothing. Flynn did not respond to the paper’s requests for comment
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 01:36 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If you enjoyed this article, you may also enjoy the following:

The Daily Beast - NASA Denies That It’s Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 1:47 Comments || Top||

#2  And Smith —who died at age 81 shortly after talking to the Journal — told the paper he knew Flynn, but he never said Flynn was involved.

Probably no chance Mr. Smith will be called to testify by Bob Mueller, or anyone else for that matter.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 5:32 Comments || Top||

#3  As we noted late last week, Benjamin Wittes, the Brookings Institution senior fellow and noted ally of former FBI Director James Comey, took to twitter to claim that another “bombshell” story, presumably related to the multiple investigations into whether the Trump camp colluded with the Russians, was in the works. However, unlike previous warnings from Wittes, this one contained a caveat: the “fuse” on the story is of an uncertain length, and that the next salvo could arrive as soon as Monday.

Zero Hedge link

Comey had an 'ally', a friend? Who knew ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 6:02 Comments || Top||

#4  Has anyone ever explained exactly to what end said collusion was initiated?

I'm looking for something beyond the dictionary "do bad things" level of specificity.

Every political campaign in the world endeavors to secretly achieve the defeat of the opponent. So, again, colluding to beat Hillary ain't gonna cut it.
Posted by: AlanC || 06/30/2017 9:02 Comments || Top||

#5  Russian hackers talked about how to get the deleted Clinton emails and hand them over to Flynn though a third party.

This shouldn't have been too difficult if this occurred during the time Hillary's home-brew server was unsecured and had the welcome mat out to anyone.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/30/2017 9:16 Comments || Top||

#6  In the interview with the Journal, Mr. Smith said he and his colleagues found five groups of hackers who claimed to possess Mrs. Clinton’s deleted emails, including two groups he determined were Russians.

Who were the three non-Russian groups who claimed to have had HRC's 33,000 deleted emails?

U.S. intelligence agencies have accused the Russians of stealing emails from the Democratic National Committee and Mrs. Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, and providing them to WikiLeaks last summer as part of a multifaceted operation to interfere with the election and help Mr. Trump’s campaign.

Podesta, whose emails were password-protected by the password which was "Password."

If most of the intelligence agencies were loaded with deep-state people who supported Hillary, what interest would they have in an honest investigation of Hillary's illegal server and her emails? Moreover, these same people thought Hillary would be their boss beginning in 2017.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/30/2017 9:48 Comments || Top||

#7  Geez, I got cornered at an embassy source during the Paris Air Show by a Soviet Colonel who wanted to talk cars and loose women...does that mean I colluded too?

I suppose that since I voted for DJT I should expect a call from Mr. Mueller.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 06/30/2017 16:24 Comments || Top||

#8  SPOD, you been talking to me in the 'burg for years. And my maternal grandfather not only been with the Red Army from 1918 (as a tailor), he once tailored a greatcoat for Leon Trotski.* If you're lucky, Mueller will send you a subpoena - instead of sending a SWAT team.

*Lived in fear until the day Stalin died - why not, people disappeared for less.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/30/2017 16:39 Comments || Top||


I had no idea Chelsea was Muslim
[PatriotRetort] Oh, brother. Has Chelsea never heard the old saying, "’Tis better to be thought a fool, than to tweet out 140 characters and remove all doubt."

I’m telling you, Chelsea’s twitter feed is the gift that keeps on giving.

So desperate is she to glom on to the Victim Group du Jour that Chelsea has to rewrite her own family history.

But there are some glaring problems with Chelsea’s moronic argument.
Continues...
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 06/30/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No way she's Slick Willy's get.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/30/2017 5:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Do you seriously believe that Bill ever had sex with Hillary, grom?
Posted by: whitecollar redneck || 06/30/2017 7:43 Comments || Top||

#3  So desperate is she to glom on to the Victim Group du Jour that Chelsea has to rewrite her own family history.

Cultural appropriation. Seems to be a phenomena of the open-borders, "we are all one" wacky left. Kumbaya. See Elizabeth Warren.

HRC came to the Rose Law Firm where Webb and Vince were partners. IMO she was a career climber or user some might say. Anything is possible.


Posted by: JohnQC || 06/30/2017 8:48 Comments || Top||

#4  Whitecolor, on him I'd believe sex with female killer whale.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/30/2017 9:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Who knows who her daddy is... Really. Bill never tagged her mom. There are rumors of some desperate dem party dude, and rumors of her paying for men. Any one of them could be her dad....
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/30/2017 10:20 Comments || Top||

#6  Do you seriously believe that Bill ever had sex with Hillary, grom?

Just thinking about it makes me wanna puke.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/30/2017 10:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Every tweet can and will be used against her if she ever runs for office.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/30/2017 12:25 Comments || Top||

#8  Correct me if I'm wrong, but the whole "relationship" thing was cooked up by our legal betters (stop laughing!) and was *not* part of Trump's executive order.
Posted by: SteveS || 06/30/2017 16:47 Comments || Top||

#9  "I had no idea Chelsea was Muslim"
Now, see, here and I thought that she was just a dipshit, but I guess she decided to go all in.
(They do need to give her her paper bag back, though... you know, over the head.)
Posted by: ed in texas || 06/30/2017 20:53 Comments || Top||

#10  Every Father's Day she sends a card to Webb's syringe
Posted by: Frank G || 06/30/2017 21:30 Comments || Top||

#11  Every Father's Day she sends a card to Webb's syringe turkey baster.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/30/2017 22:00 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Social Justice Morons Complain that 'Dunkirk' Movie is Too White [VIDEO]
[Victory Girls] I’m not a big movie fan. Typically summer blockbusters come and go, and my reaction is "meh."

However, there’s a movie coming out in July that I want to see, especially since I’m fascinated by World War II history. Besides, it’s British history, and I’m a sucker for British epics (Lawrence of Arabia, anyone?)
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 02:20 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If the focus is "too white", the SJMs are missing the point of this historic evacuation of those who would later free Europe and the world of the yoke of fascism.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/30/2017 9:52 Comments || Top||

#2  I never thought of myself as sexist because I didn't want to see Fried Green Tomatoes or racist because I didn't want to see Straight out of Compton. There's no need to be racist or sexist about it. If you're not interested in a movie, don't go to see it.

IMHO, regardless of race or gender, Hollywood produces a helluva lotta schlock these days but they've finally made a movie I want to see.

I can't wait to see Dunkirk.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/30/2017 10:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Think of it as a study in white privilege SJWs; help ya get started 'White people get free cruises in yet another study of hyper-masculinity and gun culture'.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/30/2017 14:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Tell it to Chollie Rangel. The way that corrupt fat racialist fuck tells it, all front line cannon fodder are brown and black.
Posted by: Frank G || 06/30/2017 20:56 Comments || Top||


Beyond Pro-Choice: The Solution to White Supremacy is White Abortion
[Medusa Magazine] In a progressive society, it is often white families that stand in the way of equality and justice. Systemic white supremacy depends, first and foremost, on the white family unit. When white conquerors forcefully penetrated the indigenous, egalitarian homeland of the Native peoples of America, they were quick to replicate their white societies, initiating their parasitism by establishing white plantations, headed by white fathers, submissive white mothers, and, most critically, white children, with full dominion over the enslaved and oppressed people of color that were forced to uphold these micro-fiefdoms.

It is no surprise, then, that America’s fascination with the white family unit has gone hand-in-hand with the historical proliferation of white supremacy. After Bacon’s Rebellion, white micro-fieftans thought it necessary to expand the definition of white family to encompass the entirety of white society, so as to coerce the working class to fight amongst itself based on racial lines. Whites are embedded from birth with the sense of common white identity, and this identity conditions them to replicate the white family unit, thus furthering the cycle of white supremacy in America. That is why the white family unit must be destroyed.

In 1973, the Supreme Court, consisting entirely of men, eight of whom were white, ruled that the termination of pregnancy was constitutional up until the third trimester. For decades, progressives have championed this decision as a victory for the cause of women’s rights. However, it is time we challenge this problematic notion.

First of all, it is critical to understand that the appeal to abortions being "Constitutional" reinforces white supremacy. There is no way around it. The Constitution was drafted and signed by white men, for white men. Slavery was Constitutional. The "right" to terrorize citizens through the bearing of arms is Constitutional. So-called "due process," in which white juries condone the murder of innocent black men, is a Constitutional process. Being Constitutional does not make something progressive or innately valuable. In fact, Constitutionality is often synonymous with "exclusively beneficial to the white race."
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 01:57 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  IMO, any Caucasian woman influenced by this comes under the category of "evolution in action".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/30/2017 3:29 Comments || Top||

#2  is this really not a parody?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/30/2017 4:23 Comments || Top||

#3  "egalitarian homeland of the Native peoples of America"

Mayans?

Incas?

Aztecs?

Comanches?
Posted by: Theter Jones3017 || 06/30/2017 6:02 Comments || Top||

#4  white supremacy - new code word for classical democracy. Not to be confused with "the People's Democratic Republic of.."

Remember this is the Left who in the 60s and 70s demanded Black Majority Rule in South Africa. What's wrong with the same principle applied to America? /rhet question
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/30/2017 7:09 Comments || Top||

#5  Egalitarian, huh? Lost me on that one.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/30/2017 10:33 Comments || Top||


Government
USS Fitzgerald: When A Big Ocean Gets Small
[US Naval Institute] It is a big ocean. Until you have been far into it, it is really hard to appreciate just how big. Bringing a ship back from Japan to Hawaii, I once went ten days without seeing another ship, either by eye or radar. That is a long time to be alone in the world, especially if you are moving in a straight line and at good speed.

On the other hand, you would be surprised at how crowded the ocean can get in certain places. The Strait of Malacca, for instance, divides the island of Sumatra from Malaysia. Not only is Singapore at the southern end--one of the great maritime ports of the world--but most of the shipping moving between Asia and Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, travels through this increasingly narrow, 600 mile-long passage. Every year, 100,000 ships transit this strait. By the way, these confined waters are infested with pirates and literally thousands of fishing boats. While a chart may make the strait seem wide, the passable channel for big ships is only a couple of miles wide.

Challenging By Day, Frightening at Night.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/30/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Somebody must have mentioned keelhauling. Just, you know, casually, as a sort of historical note or something.
Because I haven't seen a single report claiming to be sourced to the boys and girls on the Fitz.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 06/30/2017 6:34 Comments || Top||

#2  No leaks in the US Navy?
Posted by: Bobby || 06/30/2017 7:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Bobby, if you're in the military, the people above you have more powers than in the civilian world.

I saw an email from some admiral telling people NOT to openly speculate about the collision while the investigation is underway. Looks like people are listening.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 06/30/2017 8:58 Comments || Top||



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