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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Police fume as another cop killed on duty and still no mention by Obama
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] One more police officer was shot to death this week, raising the number to 16 this year, and still President Obama hasn't mentioned the slayings or reached out to the victims, according to law enforcement.

Virginia State Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer, 37, was killed Thursday at a Richmond bus station. Richmond is less than two hours from the White House.
I believe we all know why he saw fit to not mention it. Ten more slowly passing months, just ten more months.
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He's lining up beers on the front porch.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/02/2016 1:58 Comments || Top||

#2  It's not going to get better until Obean is out of the WH. Hillary is not the answer as she is not all that "cop friendly."
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/02/2016 11:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Obama hasn't said anything because the victim doesn't look like one of his sons.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/02/2016 12:47 Comments || Top||

#4  And the perp does!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 04/02/2016 15:26 Comments || Top||

#5  My brother from another mother. Too much weed in his life and I am not sure he has stopped. I believe it explains much of his behavior.
Posted by: Dale || 04/02/2016 17:00 Comments || Top||


Huma Abedin on her emails being out there: 'terrifying'
[POLITICO] Huma Abedin hasn’t freshly read any of her email exchanges with Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as America's Blond Eminence and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Bainbridge Colby ...
that have been released by the State Department, but the longtime Clinton aide said it is "terrifying" to know that the messages are out there.

"It’s something I can’t really think about, but I can’t even imagine what’s in those emails. But I’m sure I would probably be mortified. I have no idea. I haven’t read any of them," Abedin, who served as one of Clinton's top aides at State, said in an interview with the podcast "Call Your Girlfriend."

The State Department publicly released thousands of emails from Clinton, including many messages to her aides, after it was discovered that she used a private email server during her four-year tenure as secretary of state. Clinton has said that, looking back, it wasn't the best decision, but that she did not violate any rules or laws. The FBI is investigating the unusual server setup.

In the interview, Abedin was also asked about the infamous fax emails in which she is trying to coach Clinton through using a secure fax machine. Abedin said the exchange showed "a little bit of her frustration because it wasn’t working, and my frustration that she couldn’t figure it out or whatever it was."

"It wasn’t unusual when secure faxes were coming through that we had some challenges," she said, adding that she didn’t remember that specific moment until the email made the headlines.
Yes, 'challenges' such as keeping up with the removal of classification markings, scanning, and re-transmitting, etc. Due to the large volume, it must have been quite laborious and time consuming.
But it isn’t all bad, Abedin said. She had heard about a woman who decided to back Clinton after reading her emails because she felt she got to know her better through her personal writing. "She saw what a warm, caring, thoughtful, determined person she was," Abedin said.
Yes, 'warm and caring' to an entirely new level indeed. Shouldn't we have 'March of the defenders of Moscow' playing softly in the background ?
You can tell Hilarity is in trouble: she's trotted Huma out for a "charm offensive"...
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So you are the victim now?

Tables changed huh?
Posted by: newc || 04/02/2016 0:41 Comments || Top||

#2  So you are the victim now?

She's a Muslim, ain't she?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/02/2016 6:52 Comments || Top||

#3  Well f&#k you Huma. It's all about you just as it is for your former boss. How about all the people who might have been jeopardized by Hilda's insecure server and all the top secret emails which were read by our enemies?
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/02/2016 11:30 Comments || Top||


State Department halts review of Clinton emails at FBI request
[REUTERS] The U.S. State Department has suspended an internal review of whether classified information was properly handled in former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John C. Calhoun ...
's emails at the request of the FBI, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

Clinton, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic Party nomination in the Nov. 8 presidential election, has apologized for using a private email server for official business while in office from 2009 to 2013 and said she did nothing wrong. The FBI is investigating the arrangement.

On Jan. 29, the State Department said 22 emails sent or received by Clinton had been upgraded to top secret at U.S. intelligence agency's request and would not be made public as part of the release of thousands of Clinton's emails. It said that none of the emails was marked classified when sent.

At the time, the department also said it would conduct an internal review on whether the information in the emails was classified at the time it passed through Clinton's private clintonemail.com account run on a server in her New York home.

The department consulted the FBI about this in February, and in March the law enforcement agency asked the State Department to halt its inquiry.

"The FBI communicated to us that we should follow our standard practice, which is to put our internal review on hold while there is an ongoing law enforcement investigation ," State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau told news hounds.

"The internal review is on hold, pending completion of the FBI's work," she added." We'll reassess next steps after the FBI's work is complete."
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Delay, dawdle and deflect. Nothing will ever come of this.
Posted by: AlanC || 04/02/2016 8:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Delay, dawdle and deflect. Nothing will ever come of this. Posted by: AlanC

If the past 18 months are any indicater, I'm affeared you are correct Alan.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/02/2016 8:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems like the thing Washington does best is screw the pooch.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/02/2016 11:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Should have seized servers (or backup servers without telling Stare) and arrested folks for contempt long ago as they delayed
Posted by: Rjschwarz || 04/02/2016 17:24 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Sarah Palin In Wisconsin To Stump With Trump As The Donald Makes Final Push
[BREITBART] Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who’s endorsed Donald Trump, is in Wisconsin campaigning for the GOP frontrunner.

Palin posted on Facebook, “Just touched down in the great state of Wisconsin to ‪#‎Stump4Trump‬! Wisconsin’s middle class has been hurt by DC politicians’ out-of-touch policies worse than any other state – 100,000 jobs lost to Mexico and China thanks to trade deficits with countries that cheat on our ‘agreements.'”
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Poor Sarah. Even Ann Coulter is backing away from this train wreck.

And in other news, support for a border wall is plummeting. Thanks, Donald.
Posted by: Iblis || 04/02/2016 12:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Sooooo done with all the Palins
Posted by: Frank G || 04/02/2016 14:15 Comments || Top||

#3  And in other news, support for a border wall is plummeting

Yes, the people reporting the new are saying that. Gee, wonder why? Welcome to the age of WTF.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/02/2016 15:07 Comments || Top||

#4  No need to worry, P2K. Nothing short of sad experience will dissuade Trump voters.
Posted by: Iblis || 04/02/2016 15:38 Comments || Top||

#5  Them outsiders sure stick together!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/02/2016 15:49 Comments || Top||


Clinton sued for election fraud
Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders have filed a lawsuit against former President Bill Clinton in Massachusetts court, claiming he broke the law to help deliver the state to his wife earlier this month.

According to the lawsuit filed by a group called MA Sanders Voters and Volunteers Disenfranchised by Bill Clinton, the former president engaged in a number of illegal activities, including openly campaigning at polling stations.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 04/02/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh sure. All of a sudden the Democrats are worried about Clinton lawlessness.
Posted by: Iblis || 04/02/2016 13:36 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Obama announces he will tell the world how many NUKES America has



Fool.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 04/02/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, we get to find out how much damage this malicious moron can do in 10 months.
Posted by: Nguard || 04/02/2016 0:42 Comments || Top||

#2  Releasing strategic numbers, just like Jimmy "Lusted in my Heart" Carter did with Stealth and Neutron Bombs.

"I have more bombs than you" transparency as a deterrent probably won't work on madmen.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/02/2016 1:57 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm sure both Russians & Chinese already have these numbers.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/02/2016 6:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Prediction: The Bammer doesn't make it 24 months after leaving office.
Posted by: Zebulon Check7490 || 04/02/2016 8:04 Comments || Top||

#5  I had a discussion with a Professor of mine back in '72 about just this topic.

He aid that we should tell the Soviets everything we knew about their military to show them that we are invincible.

I pointed out that all this would do, if they believed us, was tell them what we DIDN'T know so they could concentrate on those areas.

He was honest enough to say that I had a point. He was a typical ivory tower leftist of course.
Posted by: AlanC || 04/02/2016 8:26 Comments || Top||

#6  Except, in 1972, some leftists were for real, AC.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/02/2016 8:40 Comments || Top||

#7  Not just a bad president, but a bad person too.

This is being done out of spite.
Posted by: Iblis || 04/02/2016 11:33 Comments || Top||

#8  Why do I have this vision.
President Trump "USA has no atomic weapons. None. Nada. So, if somebody nukes you, it weren't us."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/02/2016 15:51 Comments || Top||

#9  Zeb, my opinion also. Anything is possible. I say he will go broke quickly. Possibly divorced. I really think cocaine will be his end. Like Marion Barry. Especially if he stays in DC. He acts like he is God above it all and so his demise will be self inflicted. Especially with the media(Washington Post) pumping up his ego. He will be treated as though he is still in office.
Posted by: Dale || 04/02/2016 16:46 Comments || Top||

#10  Kimmie is probably tracking him.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 04/02/2016 22:17 Comments || Top||


Obama plays the clown by flashing the peace sign for nuclear security summit 'team photo'
  • [DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] President Barack Obama is meeting dozens of world leaders for a nuclear summit in Washington, DC, today

  • He gave the peace sign as the group stood together for a 'team photo' - bemusing dozens of the world's politicians

  • Prime Minister David Cameron looked less than impressed by Obama's behavior amid a strained special relationship

  • Obama recently slammed Cameron for being 'distracted' during the crisis in Libya and turning it into a 's**t show'

  • World leaders discussed nuclear terrorist threats as well as the controversial Iran deal at the summit
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My first reaction was "what a f#cking idiot". Hasn't changed now three hours later.
How can this punk say Trump (or anyone else) is not a qualified to be president?
Simply f#cking stupid.
Posted by: jvalentour || 04/02/2016 0:33 Comments || Top||

#2  In some cultures, that is NOT a peace sign.
Posted by: newc || 04/02/2016 0:43 Comments || Top||

#3  He's not really stoned, is he?
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/02/2016 2:08 Comments || Top||

#4  The sad reality is, he's not 'playing.'
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/02/2016 5:19 Comments || Top||

#5  Hes starting to see the end of the job. Gonna play loose from this point to the door. Gonna say and do things hes always wanted to. Doesn't have to worry about burning any bridges. Maybe even get a couple of brewskis at lunch. 'Cause whadda they gonna do, fire him?

He got 'Short Timers Disease'.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 04/02/2016 6:19 Comments || Top||

#6  Ain't that the truth BR. I wish he would go play golf exclusively for the rest of his term. He can and will still do a lot of damage.
Posted by: AlanC || 04/02/2016 8:32 Comments || Top||

#7  That was not the peace sign. Someone from cnn asked Obama how many Castro brothers he 'serviced' in Cuba.
Posted by: airandee || 04/02/2016 9:06 Comments || Top||

#8  "Choom Gang".
Posted by: OCCD || 04/02/2016 10:03 Comments || Top||

#9  Nuclear security? What that? He provided an open door for Iran's nuclear weapons program along with a huge amount of boodle (billions) to finance it. Yes, he is a blithering idiot.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/02/2016 11:34 Comments || Top||

#10 

#3, Watch him issue an executive order legalizing weed.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/02/2016 12:55 Comments || Top||

#11  Showing that hand gesture as he's doing in Spain would get you into an argument (having to do with hoping a bull gores you).

Holding it the other way, back of the hand forward, meant that you would get pounded into the ground (calling someone a lady part, I believe).
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/02/2016 16:22 Comments || Top||

#12  The man, and his friends and admirers, are astoundingly parochial, Mullah Richard.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/02/2016 21:58 Comments || Top||

#13 
Posted by: Deadeye McCoy4554 || 04/02/2016 22:18 Comments || Top||



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