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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Passerby shoots, kills motorist assaulting deputy after traffic stop
[FOX] A driver who attacked a Florida sheriff's deputy Monday morning was shot and killed by a bystander who warned him to stop beating the officer, according to a report.

The incident began at around 9:30 a.m. when the Lee County deputy tried to make a traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Estero. Instead of complying, witnesses said the driver took off, reaching speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.

The deputy chased the suspect onto an exit ramp, where a witness said the suspect got out of his car and assaulted his pursuer.

Shanta Holditch told WZVN that the suspect pulled the deputy out of his car and "just kept beating him and beating him ... throwing him to the ground and punching him in all different directions."

At that point, WINK reported, another driver got out of his car and ran to the scene. He told the suspect that he'd shoot him if he didn't stop beating the deputy.

"[He] refused to get off the officer and the officer kept yelling, 'shoot him, shoot him, shoot him,' Holditch said.

When the suspect didn't stop his attack, the third man shot him three times. The deputy was not hit. The suspect later died.

"I heard like three shots. He fell down on top of the police officer," said a witness who would only give his last name, Smith. "After a moment, the police officer rolled him back over, got on his mic, then rolled over back on the ground besides the guy."

Authorities have not identified the suspect or the person who shot him and it was unclear if charges would be sought. WINK reportd that the suspect was armed and the bystander who shot him possesed a concealed weapons license.

WINK identified the deputy as Dean Bardes, a 12-year veteran of the Lee County Sheriff's Office. He was briefly hospitalized with minor injuries, but later released

The southbound off-ramp at Exit 123 was reopened Monday evening after being closed for several hours while investigators worked the scene.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 06:31 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  WINK news reporting link.

Perhaps one should begin every morning with a little WINK.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 6:39 Comments || Top||

#2 
"[He] refused to get off the officer and the officer kept yelling, 'shoot him, shoot him, shoot him,'

Dad always told me never argue with an officer, do as he says. Save the emotions for later.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2016 8:38 Comments || Top||

#3  That guy saved the officer's life.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/15/2016 9:50 Comments || Top||

#4  Only in America.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/15/2016 12:10 Comments || Top||

#5  We will have to wait until the races of the police officer, shooter, and dead person are released. Only then can BLM and other groups decide whether to riot or not.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/15/2016 12:35 Comments || Top||

#6  Keep the Faith in the Brotherhood.
Well done, My Son.
Posted by: newc || 11/15/2016 20:24 Comments || Top||


Woman blames .33 Blood alcohol count and driving crash on Trump
Posted by: lord garth || 11/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ah, Minnesota. And it's not even winter yet.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/15/2016 8:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Russians hack her blood stream?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 11:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Yeah. I'm gonna' try that excuse when I quit filing tax returns...... /sarc.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/15/2016 15:41 Comments || Top||

#4  She's just trying to get to Canada...
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/15/2016 16:02 Comments || Top||


Over 412m accounts from porn and sex hookup service leaked
[THEGUARDIAN] Estimated current U.S. population is 325,000,000. I guess it's a pretty curious and friendly world.
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And this was just government workers?
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/15/2016 9:15 Comments || Top||

#2  Migrants?
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/15/2016 16:03 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Lena Dunham won’t move to Canada despite Trump win, blasts those calling on her to keep word
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Add Lena Dunham to the list of anti-Trump celebrities who won’t be moving to Canada after all.

Miss Dunham, star of the HBO comedy series "Girls," took to Instagram to slam those calling for her to make good on her promise to leave the country if Republican Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
won the presidency.

"And for those demanding I move to Canada based on something I said when this man seemed like a steak salesman with a long shot at the presidency: stay busy reveling in your new regime," she said in a Friday post.

"I will go many places during my lifetime, surrounded by kindreds on a mission to spread justice and light. I can’t wait for all of this, and for the change to come, as we use what we’ve been given to protect those who can’t protect themselves," she added. "What are you living for?"

Miss Dunham, one of Mr. Trump’s most outspoken and visible critics, said at the Matrix Awards in April that she had plans to move to Vancouver in the event of a Trump win.

"I know a lot of people have been threatening to do this, but I really will. I know a lovely place in Vancouver," she told award ceremony host Andy Cohen.
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So she won't be Canadian Bacon after all?

Posted by: charger || 11/15/2016 0:06 Comments || Top||

#2  "I will go many places during my lifetime, surrounded by kindreds on a mission to spread justice and light. I can’t wait for all of this, and for the change to come, as we use what we’ve been given to protect those who can’t protect themselves,"

Just tell her that the Hale Bob comet is coming around again. She sounds like one of those believers. She'll 'self-deport'.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/15/2016 0:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Canadians weren't willing to admit her?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/15/2016 6:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Probably couldn't meet the qualifications.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/15/2016 8:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Great. We're stuck with the stinky skank.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/15/2016 9:56 Comments || Top||

#6  just another attention whore
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 11/15/2016 14:43 Comments || Top||

#7  USN, accent on the last word.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/15/2016 15:52 Comments || Top||

#8  Don't be too harsh now Rambler.
Don't want to confuse her with Madonna and the others.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/15/2016 16:01 Comments || Top||

#9  Thought we were rid of this twit. Why don't they ever deliver on their promises?
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/15/2016 16:32 Comments || Top||

#10  ..you mean like real affordable health care? Better relations with the world? Economic recovery? Racial healing?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2016 17:42 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
More than half of arrested anti-Trump protesters didn't vote in Oregon
More than half of the anti-Trump protesters arrested in Portland didn't vote in Oregon, according to state election records.

At least sixty-nine demonstrators either didn't turn in a ballot or weren't registered to vote in the state.

KGW compiled a list of the 112 people arrested by the Portland Police Bureau during recent protests. Those names and ages, provided by police, were then compared to state voter logs by Multnomah County Elections officials.

Records show 34 of the protesters arrested didn't return a ballot for the November 8 election. Thirty-five of the demonstrators taken into custody weren't registered to vote in Oregon.

So either they have been bused in out of state... or they really are idiot snowflakes.

Both sets need some grapeshot.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/15/2016 13:02 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So all that proves is that the residents of Portland weren't smart enough to protest!

I seem to be in moonbat mode today.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/15/2016 13:32 Comments || Top||

#2  So either they have been bused in out of state... or they really are idiot snowflakes.

Don't see this statement as an either/or kind of thing.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 11/15/2016 14:45 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm curious about how many are even Oregonians...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/15/2016 14:45 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Women in Riyadh feel more at ease without niqab
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The land-locked Saudi capital Riyadh has long been culturally conservative in comparison to other areas in the kingdom requiring its women to cover their faces with what it is known as niqab.

But women there no longer feel fully obliged to move around its streets covering their faces - except their eyes - with a veil known as the niqab, now considered by many as non-mandatory requirement in Islam anyways.

Instead, more and more women are opting to wear the Islamic veil that covers the hair known as hijab, sometimes even with strands of their hair showing, combined with colorful abayas or cloaks instead of the traditional black color.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  Yemen war is escalating, they need more sandbags.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/15/2016 0:43 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
N. Korea Begs China to Stop Calling Kim Jong-un Fat
North Korean officials are pleading with their counterparts in China to stop calling North Korean President Kim Jong-un fat, according to The Sun newspaper in the U.K.

The dictator has gained more than 80 pounds in recent years, prompting such derogatory nicknames in Chinese media as Jin San Pang, meaning "Kim Fatty III," Jin Pang Pang ("Kim Fat Fatty") and Jin San Fei ("Kim Abundant III.")

The Sun quotes Hong Kong's Apple Daily as saying North Korean government officials are asking their closest ally to knock it off over fears Kim will look for someone to blame. Kim's anger reportedly has led to death sentences among his top officials.
Oh my. I hadn't given this any thought. I'm not sure whether this is a bad thing to be avoided or a good thing to be taken advantage of.
The Sun earlier reported that North Korean scientists were developing a drug that could reduce weight without diet or exercise.
If His Abundance pulls this off, he will go from reviled to revered overnight worldwide.
And it isn't the first time North Korea has demanded their leader not be mocked. In 2014, North Korean diplomats demanded a London barber remove a poster from his window that featured a picture of Kim's odd coiffure with the slogan "Having a bad hair day?"

British officials told the North Koreans citizens in free countries are free to insult their own or foreign leaders.

The hacking of Sony Pictures was blamed on North Korea's anger over the comedy film "The Interview" which depicted Kim being assassinated by characters played by Seth Rogen and James Franco.
Posted by: gorb || 11/15/2016 13:42 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Great pic - does he eat basketballs whole?
Posted by: Raj || 11/15/2016 14:02 Comments || Top||

#2  I think that was his wife.
Posted by: gorb || 11/15/2016 14:20 Comments || Top||

#3  "Tell the Chinese to stop calling me fat!"
"At once, your corpulence!"
Posted by: PBMcL || 11/15/2016 14:37 Comments || Top||

#4  I always like the name Pugsley - from the Adams Family.
But the old staple 'LardAss' will do.

And I'm not small.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/15/2016 14:48 Comments || Top||

#5  Full figure? Husky? Softig? Pear shaped?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2016 14:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Kim Two-Chairs
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 15:22 Comments || Top||

#7  The Sun earlier reported that North Korean scientists were developing a drug that could reduce weight without diet or exercise.

hence: "Nork Meth"
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2016 15:32 Comments || Top||

#8  What about His Rotundity. That should be a title of apparent respect to the rubes.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 11/15/2016 16:06 Comments || Top||

#9  I'm not saying he is fat, just that Jelly Belly came out with a flavor called Kim Jong.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 18:06 Comments || Top||

#10  Heard his belt size is 0° Lat.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 18:37 Comments || Top||

#11  His jacket is red, its just that light can't escape.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 18:39 Comments || Top||

#12  He keeps a picture of the Land o' Lakes girl in his wallet.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 18:41 Comments || Top||

#13  His footware manufacturer is NEES.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 18:47 Comments || Top||

#14  Aside from that chick like a horse,
What job in Pyongyang could be worse
For sheer mental hardship
Than telling His Lardship
He's pulling their missiles off course?

Nuthin.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 11/15/2016 20:22 Comments || Top||



Iron tyranny grips Hong Kong - Hong Kong court validates China's interference in local elections
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/15/2016 13:08 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Really, is anyone surprised the Chinese are doing away with the last vestiges of self rule in Hong Kong?
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/15/2016 13:10 Comments || Top||

#2  The progressive model for the US if Hillary had won.

We've dodged A bullet but have to keep a sharp eye to avoid all those to come. Unfortunately Donald has not proven yet that he won't turn into a tool in office so we'll have to keep his feet to the fire.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/15/2016 13:33 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Former Rep. Mike Rogers nudged off Trump transition team
[Wash Times] Former Rep. Mike Rogers abruptly exited President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team Tuesday at the urging of team members, according to multiple reports.

The Michigan Republican formerly served as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He was serving the transition team’s national security advisor and was believed to be a frontrunner to head up the CIA in the Trump administration.

But transition team members asked him to step aside, Bloomberg News first reported.

"These past six months, it has been an honor to serve as National Security Senior Advisor to the Trump transition team," Mr. Rogers said in a statement.

"Our work will provide a strong foundation for the new transition team leadership as they move into the post-election phase, which naturally is incorporating the campaign team in New York who drove President-elect Trump to an incredible victory last Tuesday," he said.

Mr. Rogers said that he was handing off his duties to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who is leading the transition team; Rick Dearborn, the executive director of the team; and the Trump family.

A bit more from the WSJ.

More from CNN
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 15:46 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Trey Goudy memo arrived or somebody is doing their Benghazi homework. In any event, a polite golf clap is well due.

Friends of Christie (FOC's) folding like
stick chairs.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 16:00 Comments || Top||

#2  and there's his wife
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2016 18:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Supposedly this is vapor-news, along the lines of Trump's kids getting security clearances.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/15/2016 20:16 Comments || Top||


Trump's team seeks top-secret clearance for family members
[Reuters] Republican President-elect Donald Trump's team has asked the White House to explore the possibility of getting his children top-secret security clearances, CBS News said on Monday, citing unnamed sources.

Daughter Ivanka, sons Eric and Donald Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner were close advisers to Trump's campaign and are part of his transition team announced on Friday. The CBS report did not specify for which Trump children top-secret clearance was being sought.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 01:11 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Eat your brussel sprouts or you are fired I'll temporarily suspend your access.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 6:47 Comments || Top||

#2  In other words "I talk about my work with my family".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/15/2016 6:48 Comments || Top||

#3  As long as Sidney Blumenthal and Huma Mahmood Abedin are not on the access roster, who cares ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 6:52 Comments || Top||

#4  CBS News said on Monday, citing unnamed sources.
Isn't that CBS News code for "We just made that story up"
Posted by: Classer || 11/15/2016 6:59 Comments || Top||

#5  No, no! It's because he wants them to be part of the government! But that's unconstitutional! He wants to be king, and his family princes/potentates!

/moonbattery
Posted by: Bobby || 11/15/2016 8:10 Comments || Top||

#6  Mrs. Conspiracy went a little nutz upon hearing this. I explained to her that The President is allowed to run his/her show as they see fit, including management structure and whom they select as advisers.

A JFK/RFK analogy seemed to get the point across.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/15/2016 8:20 Comments || Top||

#7  And the maid too!

(do I need to put a /sarc on that?)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2016 8:35 Comments || Top||

#8  There have been rumors about one or more being diplomats. They will need a TS clearance for that.

Posted by: DarthVader || 11/15/2016 11:04 Comments || Top||

#9  I believe Bobby Kennedy had clearance, but not Billy the Catuh
Posted by: Shipman || 11/15/2016 11:12 Comments || Top||

#10  Kellyanne Conway has called shenanigans, saying "someone" merely made a general inquiry.

The only issue that I see with granting said clearances is the Trump campaign promise that he would remove himself from the day-to-day involvement in his businesses, instead giving his kids management responsibilities without his involvement.

If his kids get security clearances, the only solution, as I see it, would be a blind trust for his businesses. Doubt this would fly.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/15/2016 13:08 Comments || Top||

#11  Trump didn't request top secret clearance for his kids: official
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/15/2016 13:22 Comments || Top||

#12  You mean the MSM makes up stuff and then puts it in the echo chamber for distribution?
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/15/2016 16:30 Comments || Top||

#13  #4 - Dan Rather was the "inside source"
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2016 18:48 Comments || Top||

#14  Its just as real as the forged Bush Guard papers. Have the press forgotten Rathergate?
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 11/15/2016 19:49 Comments || Top||


Trump will Re-Install Churchill Bust in the Oval Office
[GP] This weekend British Ukip leader Nigel Farage told reporters Donald Trump will re-install the bust of Churchill into the Oval Office.
Express.co reported:

NIGEL FARAGE has revealed that Donald Trump will re-install a bust of Winston Churchill removed from the Oval Office by Barack Obama ‐ in a clear sign of the friendship the new President wishes to foster with Britain.

The interim Ukip leader said Mr Trump has already pushed Britain to the front of the queue for a favourable trade relationship and added that he is the man to forge stronger ties with the US as he flew to visit the business tycoon in his first days as President Elect.

Mr Farage said: "We talked about the prospect of the United Kingdom being at the front of the queue, all of which was met positively."

His comments come after outgoing President Barack Obama told the UK earlier this year that its decision to leave the EU meant it would be at the "back of the queue" for trade talks.

The Ukip leader described Donald Trump as an "anglophile" and said his re-installation of the Churchill statue was a clear sign of his appreciation for the historically warm relationship between the allies.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 00:47 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Heh. Bringing back the Churchill bust and putting GB at the front of the line.

That's an FU^2 if I've ever seen one before, and I approve.
Posted by: gorb || 11/15/2016 2:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Good show old boy. Nigel Farage is quite a positive force in the world.
Posted by: Dale || 11/15/2016 6:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Perhaps there was a reason for the bust's 2008 departure ?

A Century Before Donald Trump, Churchill Warned ‘No Stronger Retrograde Force Exists in the World’ Than Islam
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 7:34 Comments || Top||

#4  US + UK +Australia +???? to balance the EUSSR?
Posted by: AlanC || 11/15/2016 8:25 Comments || Top||

#5  I wish I knew how to invest in
The futures of Farage and Weston.
I'd follow, with greatest
Of interest, the latest
Quotations of prophets predestined.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 11/15/2016 11:27 Comments || Top||

#6  Zenobia F, that was absolutely masterful. The interweaving within the two short lines is, I think, the best I've seen.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2016 19:53 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Police manhandle disabled persons in Quetta
[DAWN] Police officials on Monday reportedly manhandled and dragged disabled persons to clear the route for a government official during a protest demonstration in the Hockey Chowk area of Quetta.

The disabled persons were demanding the provincial government to ensure implementation of disabled persons quota in government services and were also demanding a special package for them.

"Four to five of our colleagues were maimed by the police," said Izatullah, the head of voice for disabled person in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
.

He added the police dragged him on the road to clear the route for a senior government official.

Another protester, Asmatullah, said they were tortured without any justification.

The disabled persons have been protesting for five months to press the authorities for acceptance of their demands.

Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Why India wiped out 86% of its cash overnight
[BBC] India is in the middle of an extraordinary economic experiment.

On 8 November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave only four hours' notice that virtually all the cash in the world's seventh-largest economy would be effectively worthless.

The Indian government likes to use the technical term "demonetisation" to describe the move, which makes it sound rather dull. It isn't. This is the economic equivalent of "shock and awe".

Do not believe reports that this is primarily about bribery or terror financing, the real target is tax evasion and the policy is very daring indeed.

You can see the effects outside every bank in the country. I am in Tamil Nadu in the south of India and here, as in every other state in the country, queues of people clutching wads of currency stretch halfway down the street.
Posted by: John Frum || 11/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


Dupe entry:
Posted by: Thumper Dribble5791 || 11/15/2016 23:53 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Culture Wars
The Far Left Is Planning The Biggest Political Protest In United States History For Inauguration Day
[DCClothesline] And this call to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration appears to have originated with a Marxist politician out in Seattle...
Well, if they're wearing all black, it should be easy to identify them and offer them a, er, safe space while they deal with their emotions.
According to the article, the Marxist politician is also a member of George Soros's Occupy Wall Street group. And according to the Washington Times, The Answer Coalition, which we used to know as the Stalinist "anti-war" group International A.N.S.W.E.R. (which stood for something not worth remembering), is leading the ritual lawsuit to expand protest areas along the parade route, to be taken from areas reserved for those celebrating the inauguration.

Mr. Soros wants his own party that day, and is willing to pay for it.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Effectively, they will be marching in support of Trump's 2020 reelection. Outside of the rioters' own little echo chambers, a lot of "normal" citizens just look at the destructive mob and say/think "Whatever these losers are against, is probably worthy of my support."
Posted by: Lone Ranger || 11/15/2016 0:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Nice opportunity for a large military parade. Say 82nd Airborne Division size. Doesn't everyone like marching bands and parades ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 0:25 Comments || Top||

#3  I've got a red tshirt here somewhere.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/15/2016 0:46 Comments || Top||

#4  Actually an opportunity. Only take one dollar a year in salary, how about a really toned down inauguration? Short TV appearance, live from the Trump Towers, before the nation, then a 'Its time to get down to business. We have a lot of work to do now. We're 19 trillion dollars in debt. No time for play'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2016 8:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Ref #4. Your retirement ceremony, the cake? No thanks, just mail me the OER and award.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 8:31 Comments || Top||

#6  Actually, yes. Had a change of boss within 6 months of retirement, so we could even skip the OER.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2016 9:03 Comments || Top||

#7  I would have fed your 4187 and packet into the nearest shredder and told you to get back to work.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2016 9:06 Comments || Top||

#8  Maybe the weather in D.C. will be colder than a pipeliner's arse in the winter in Alaska.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/15/2016 9:11 Comments || Top||

#9  In effect Occupy Wall street is rioting in support of the Wall street candidate and they are too dumb to realize the disconnect.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/15/2016 9:44 Comments || Top||

#10  There is no hypocrisy in power. Power's all self rationalizing and justifying.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2016 10:00 Comments || Top||

#11  Cautionary Tale: Rampaging sheep kills 94-year-old Frenchman
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/15/2016 10:04 Comments || Top||

#12  Trump should invite minority leaders, make the inauguration about them (rather than white coastal elites), about economic equality and all that, and make the protesters look the fool.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/15/2016 12:09 Comments || Top||

#13  And perhaps invite those bikers that showed up at so many Trump rallies.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/15/2016 12:09 Comments || Top||

#14  #8: Maybe the weather in D.C. will be colder than a pipeliner's arse in the winter in Alaska

Invite AlGore to be sure. :-D
Posted by: Barbara || 11/15/2016 13:24 Comments || Top||

#15  I rather like the televised ceremony. Or better yet, stream it.

Oh, and remind everyone that George Washington's inaugurations were in NYC and Philadelphia, respectively.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/15/2016 13:44 Comments || Top||

#16  Can't wait to see code pinksters marching with signs that say "Hands Off Our Wars!!!"
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/15/2016 13:55 Comments || Top||

#17 

#1 Effectively, they will be marching in support of Trump's 2020 reelection. Outside of the rioters' own little echo chambers, a lot of "normal" citizens just look at the destructive mob and say/think "Whatever these losers are against, is probably worthy of my support."

These astroturfed "protests" just reaffirm my choice to vote for Trump-- and reaffirm my belief that progressives are either stupid, or crazy, or evil.
Posted by: Dave D. || 11/15/2016 14:56 Comments || Top||

#18  ...embrace the power of 'and'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2016 15:01 Comments || Top||

#19  Can't wait to see code pinksters marching with signs that say "Hands Off Our Wars!!!"

And the topless feminazis, "Hands Off Our Handwarmers!!!"
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/15/2016 16:06 Comments || Top||

#20  I'd like to see all chapters of the Hells Angels, the Outlaws and the Bandidos show up as well. If they're looking for a fight, I say give them a fight.
Posted by: Raj || 11/15/2016 18:24 Comments || Top||


BOOM! Lawmaker drops the HAMMER on colleges coddling election crybabies…
[NewsFoxes.com] Speaking with Who Radio's Simon Conway, Kaufman [Chairman of the Iowa House Oversight Committee] explained his plan to co-sponsor the "SUCK IT UP, BUTTERCUP" bill. The proposed legislation would identify the monies spent by state by state schools on activities deemed to be a waste of money. The state would then penalize those schools by cutting triple the amount of money wasted from the 2017 budget.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's a good start.

What's needed is to cut off funding for all the unecessary spongers off the taxpayer. Then return the savings to taxpayers as a refund would make it very popular.
Posted by: phil_b || 11/15/2016 1:37 Comments || Top||

#2  There are hundreds of edu-crats in every state that would meet any rational definition of "waste of money".

Whack them and things will improve.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/15/2016 8:37 Comments || Top||

#3  The existing policies in universities encourage bad behavior. Free speech, Yes. Whining, molly-coddled lefty cry babies, No.
University administrator pay should be contingent upon not encouraging this bad behavior. One problem is that large universities have become microcosms of Federal government and its left-leaning policies.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/15/2016 9:07 Comments || Top||

#4  Fire every bureaucrat with "diversity" or "student life" in their title.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 11/15/2016 9:15 Comments || Top||

#5  Colleges should only get the loans paid IF the student is earning an above average wage.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 11/15/2016 10:45 Comments || Top||

#6  Cut Athletics funding and you will get serious attention. Still, good start.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 10:58 Comments || Top||

#7 

h/t xbradtc.com
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 12:10 Comments || Top||

#8  Of course, I sent that Millennial video around. Thanks. :-)
Posted by: gorb || 11/15/2016 14:27 Comments || Top||

#9  That hit more than a few desktops, swksvolFF.

Thanks!
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/15/2016 14:38 Comments || Top||

#10  Too precious to not share. Not that I go to many sites, but that is where I saw it first. Whoever made it, quality work.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2016 14:59 Comments || Top||

#11  Fire every bureaucrat with "diversity" or "student life" in their title.

A response to Federal regulations. Get rid of those regulations, and state legislatures can do the rest -- at least for public institutions.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2016 19:18 Comments || Top||

#12  Some of them are not jsut a waste of money - they are a waste office space, and in a few cases, a waste of oxygen.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 11/15/2016 19:46 Comments || Top||

#13  "and in a few most cases, a waste of oxygen"

FTFY, #12 Injun.
Posted by: Barbara || 11/15/2016 20:30 Comments || Top||



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