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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Trey Gowdy: ‘If This Conduct Doesn't Warrant Prosecution, What Does?!'
[PJ] Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) is still questioning the investigation into Hillary Clinton's deleted emails and private server. He asks, "If this conduct doesn't warrant prosecution, what does?! He says, possibly unfortunately, that the only thing left to be done is to convince the public that Hillary is a corrupt person and to advocate against voting for her.

What do you think of Gowdy's statements? Leave your comments below.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/06/2016 06:16 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Congressman Gowdy, I don't know what is prosecutable anymore after watching the FBI and DOJ investigation charade. The endless destruction of evidence--even after evidence has been subpoenaed, obstruction of justice, clandestine meetings to cut deals, the mishandling of classified information, the pay-for-play deals of the Clinton Foundation, Benghazi, the constant lying, the ignoring of subpoenas, money laundering, primary voter fraud, foreign political donations, and on and on and on is just jaw-dropping. To the citizen out here, it appears there is no limit to criminality. The bar has been raised and raised and raised again for what is criminal. There are two systems of justice in this country as the result of the Clintons. One for the Clintons and their associates and one for the rest of us. In fact the country has become more lawless as the result of the Clinton's flaunting of the law--if there even is a rule of law anymore.
Posted by: JohnQC || 10/06/2016 7:57 Comments || Top||

#2  When I saw tank recovery vehicles and people incinerated at Waco, I began wondering about the Rule of Law.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/06/2016 8:37 Comments || Top||

#3  No one is accountable and lifelong bureuacrats ensure lunacy continues even with an election. A legal arms dealer for State and an innocent filmaker were destroyed to keep the architects protected.
Posted by: One Eyed Speaking for Boskone7919 || 10/06/2016 11:08 Comments || Top||

#4  Representative Gowdy provoked the FBI head to angrily declare that he is not a weasel, after his attempt to put blame for the immunities given on the Department of Justice rather than on the FBI.
Now we find out that Ms. Mills and others were not only granted immunity. but the FBI agreed to destroy their laptops, and this after the information on them had been subject to a Congressional subpoena.
Who knew that this angry claim actually meant:
"I am not a weasel, I am a skunk!."
Posted by: Grins Snese4215 || 10/06/2016 12:34 Comments || Top||

#5  Please cease defaming our members or we will be forced to take legal action.
Posted by: ASI (Associattion of Skunks International) || 10/06/2016 14:58 Comments || Top||

#6  When I saw tank recovery vehicles and people incinerated at Waco, I began wondering about the Rule of Law.

I started wondering after Ruby Ridge.
Posted by: Angeregum Anginenter7484 || 10/06/2016 17:56 Comments || Top||

#7  ask the guy who was in charge of Ruby Ridge... he lives at the corner of [redacted] Idaho

No addresses please. We don't do that here.
Posted by: 746 || 10/06/2016 19:11 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Al Gore to campaign for Clinton, hoping to galvanize young voters on climate change
[WASHINGTONPOST] Former vice president Al Gore
Former Vice President, Nobel Prize winner, and crazed sex poodle Al Gore
will start campaigning for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as America's Blond Eminence and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John C. Calhoun ...
, according to individuals briefed on the plan, in an effort to mobilize young voters who see climate change as a key issue.

The decision by Gore to plunge into the campaign during the final weeks shows the extent to which Democrats remain concerned that Clinton has yet to connect with many millennials, some of whom are backing third-party candidates this year. The former vice president, a climate activist, will speak about not just Clinton’s plan to address global warming, but also the idea that voting for an independent presidential candidate could deliver the White House to Republicans in the same way that Ralph Nader’s candidacy helped undermine his presidential bid in 2000.

Posted by: Fred || 10/06/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wonder why they think he has any appeal?
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/06/2016 2:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Nothing says young and sexy like Al Gore.
Posted by: charger || 10/06/2016 7:23 Comments || Top||

#3  #2 Nothing says young and sexy and ["snake-oil salesman"} like Al Gore. Took license to make a small addition. Tim Kaine reminds me of AlGore.
Posted by: JohnQC || 10/06/2016 7:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Th HRC campaign must be very desperate to pull him out of hiding. What they fail to realize is that he's been in hiding for a reason.

Perhaps they think the timing is in their favor with hurricane Matthew teed up as a possible redux of Katrina. After all, if there's one thing the Dems do well, it's never letting a crisis go to waste.
Posted by: Eltoroverde || 10/06/2016 7:37 Comments || Top||

#5  Oh yeah, olde man sex offender. And his VP choice, nice decisions. Why, we're gonna git livelier than a twig in snow.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/06/2016 8:32 Comments || Top||

#6  Oh for the young'ins - look up Al Gore stops at Lawrence Kansas.

Bernie would have. This guy doesn't like your kind.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/06/2016 8:34 Comments || Top||

#7  It's BrexitMAGA time.

Maybe he can rant a bit more about ManBearPig?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/06/2016 10:38 Comments || Top||

#8  Why don't we corrugate them instead?
Posted by: Shipman || 10/06/2016 13:28 Comments || Top||

#9  Mrs Rabbit sez "I thought we were rid of that asshole".

You have to love this woman as much as I do.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 10/06/2016 17:06 Comments || Top||


Clinton Campaign Caught Using Child Actor in Staged/Scripted Pennsylvania Town Hall…
The "Random" kid seems to have quite a CV!

Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 10/06/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This kind of like the phony doctors Obama surrounded himself with when trying to ram fraudulent ObamaCare down our throats. It seems like anything coming from the Donks is phony, a lie, a crime or just pure unadulterated bullshit.
Posted by: JohnQC || 10/06/2016 8:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Finally. A convincing argument for sterilization and euthanasia...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/06/2016 9:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Not a whole lot of men in attendance at that town hall. Not a whole lot of women either. Maybe a couple hundred, maybe a thousand people there tops. But the men were really scarce. And this is supposed to be a state that Hildebeest will carry.

But, hey, the girl is cute.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/06/2016 11:57 Comments || Top||


Clinton off the trail
[CNN] The Democratic nominee is off the campaign trail ahead of Sunday's debate, leaving media appearances and public rallies to her deep bench of high-profile surrogates, including her immediate family, the first family and Former Vice President, Nobel Prize winner, and crazed sex poodle Al Gore. Clinton does, however, have fundraisers slated for Wednesday and Thursday, including one that will be open to cameras.

Advisers say the reason behind the decision is simple: the debate carries far greater importance than a standard campaign event. The first debate was viewed by more than 80 million, far more than the audience for any rally.

Clinton's top takeaway from her first debate with Trump was that preparation matters.
Get the message, Donald?
So ahead of the contest at Washington University, Clinton will hunker down with a select group of aides later this week to refine her attacks on Trump and prepare for the added level of difficulty created by a live audience that asks questions.

Clinton is spending Wednesday preparing for the town hall debate at her home in Washington.

John Podesta, the campaign chairman, Jake Sullivan, Clinton's top policy adviser, and Ron Klain and Karen Dunn, two top members of Clinton's debate team, were all seen entering her home. The small group of aides were joined by Sara Solow, Kristine Costa and Tony Carrk, all members of the small group of aides working with Clinton ahead of Sunday's debate.
Posted by: Fred || 10/06/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What are they pumping into her to lessen her symptoms?

If she really has something serious that is causing symptoms like her 9/11 freezeup and apparently involuntary head shaking they must be hiding it somehow for the debates. How?

I know the NFL players take a needle to play through pain. Is this similar?
Posted by: AlanC || 10/06/2016 8:56 Comments || Top||

#2  May be similiar, AlanC. But there won't be any drug testing for Hillary. They can pump her full of anything they want.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/06/2016 12:00 Comments || Top||

#3  She is feeding off the souls of Haitian children that were captured for this purpose by the Clinton Foundation.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 10/06/2016 12:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Well, rjs, that would certainly explain a lot.

But, it would be the closest thing to actually having a soul she would ever experience.
Posted by: AlanC || 10/06/2016 14:25 Comments || Top||


Parkinson's? Hillary's head shakes during Harrisburg press conference
[American Mirror] Hillary Clinton is known for frequently shaking her head while she's listening to someone else speak, but was more going on during a Pennsylvania press conference?

While addressing the media after a rally in Harrisburg, Clinton's head subtly shook up and down after she turned to her right to listen to a reporter's question. Watch video.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/06/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Catch any of the Michael J Fox videos.
This video evidence is a reach.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/06/2016 2:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Her persistent inability to recall shows the onset of dementia has begun.
Posted by: One Eyed Speaking for Boskone7919 || 10/06/2016 11:40 Comments || Top||


Government
Obama admin sequesters key docs relating to Iranian secret deals
[Free Beacon] Key documents relating to the Obama administration's secret negotiations with Iran, including a $1.7 billion cash payment, are being stored at a highly secure site on Capitol Hill, preventing the public and many in Congress from accessing them, according to multiple sources who described the situation to the Washington Free Beacon.

The documents are not technically classified but are being kept in a "secure reading space" where the majority of congressional officials cannot access them. Those cleared are forced to relinquish their cellular devices and are barred from taking notes, undermining the ability of staffers to brief their lawmakers on the contents, according to the sources.

Sources further disclosed that joint U.S.-Iranian signatures across the three documents add up to a package deal between Washington and Iran's Intelligence Ministry, the country's internal spy agency. Sources familiar with a closed-door January briefing by senior Obama administration officials told the Free Beacon they were informed the United States negotiated with "the Iranian intelligence apparatus."
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/06/2016 02:31 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  NOT a treaty. President Trump should immediately reimpose sanctions
Posted by: Frank G || 10/06/2016 9:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Modeled after private libraries of the Vatican.
Perhaps we have a new Pope.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/06/2016 9:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Just like the TPP - Gangster Government in action.
Posted by: Raj || 10/06/2016 11:10 Comments || Top||

#4  If Baraq is so proud of his deal with the Mad Mullahs why won't he disclose the details?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/06/2016 11:41 Comments || Top||

#5  I can't beleive there is no one among the staff with a photographic memory.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/06/2016 13:17 Comments || Top||

#6  I can't beleive there is no one among the staff with a photographic memory

Those folks were weeded out during the interview process, TW.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 10/06/2016 14:47 Comments || Top||

#7  Calling Sandy Berger in size 62 big and tall pants
Calling Sandy Berger in size 62 big and tall pants
Posted by: Airandee || 10/06/2016 17:45 Comments || Top||


DHS Deputy Sec Resigns over His Ethics Violations involving HRC's brother
[Daily Caller] Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sent out an email Wednesday announcing his resignation.

The announcement follows an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation that showed neither the DHS, nor the Office of Government Ethics properly examined major ethics violations related to his fast-tracking of visas for a company run by Hillary Clinton's brother.

DHS spokeswoman Marsha Catron told The Daily Caller News Foundation Wednesday that Mayorkas is leaving the agency a couple months early -- before the Obama administration comes to a close and a new administration takes over.

"I am writing to inform you that my last official day as the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security will be October 28th," Mayorkas said in an email obtained by The DCNF.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/06/2016 01:51 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wiki:
"In June 2013, President Obama nominated Mayorkas as the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security.[8] Mayorkas' role in managing the EB-5 Visa program was questioned by an Inspector General's report.[9] A meeting with former GreenTech Automotive executive and Virginia governor-elect Terry McAuliffe was also questioned.[10]

On December 16, 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Mayorkas' nomination to cut off a filibuster by Republican senators. On December 19, 2013, the Senate voted 55-45 for cloture on his nomination. The next day, the Senate confirmed Mayorkas in a 54-41 vote and he was sworn-in on December 23.[11][12] No Republicans voted yes. Mayorkas reports to Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson.[13]
Mayorkas announced his last official day with DHS is 10/28/16."
Posted by: Frank G || 10/06/2016 9:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Something about leaving under his own power makes future lobbying employment more likely.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/06/2016 12:03 Comments || Top||


Obama to NatSec Agencies: Increase Diversity, Train on 'Implicit or Unconscious Bias'
[PJ] WASHINGTON -- President Obama issued a memo to heads of government agencies today on increasing diversity in the national security workforce to make the diplomacy, development, defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security complex "more effective at problem solving than homogeneous groups."

The national security workforce in the federal government consists of more than 3 million workers from agencies such as the Intelligence Community, USAID, Treasury Department, State Department, Justice Department, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Obama said data collected on the departments "indicate that agencies in this workforce are less diverse on average than the rest of the federal government," and in 2015 only the State Department USAID Civil Services "were more diverse in terms of gender, race, and ethnicity than the federal workforce as a whole."

The president reminded agency heads of his 2011 directive to "promote diversity and inclusion" in the federal workforce as a whole, and directed national security leaders to "ensure their diversity and inclusion practices are fully integrated into broader succession planning efforts and supported by sufficient resource allocations and effective programs that invest in personnel development and engagement."

Agencies will be required yearly to provide their demographic breakdown to the general public. Applicant data will be analyzed for "fairness and inclusiveness" in the recruitment process and "agencies shall develop a system to collect and analyze applicant flow data for as many positions as practicable in order to identify future areas for improvement in attracting diverse talent, with particular attention to senior and management positions." Agencies will expand the categories of voluntary information current employees can provide to include details "such as information regarding sexual orientation or gender identity."

Obama directed interviews with current employees and exit interviews to be studied by leaders for "if and how the results of the interviews differ by gender, race and national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, and other demographic variables" with any resulting policy recommendations.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/06/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Yeah NSA. Vet your talent!"
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/06/2016 2:35 Comments || Top||

#2  "Obama directed interviews with current employees and exit interviews to be studied by leaders"

this is horrible shit.Think about it.
They accuse you before you leave the gate.

Obama is a Mind Crime, that jack ass
Posted by: newc || 10/06/2016 3:00 Comments || Top||

#3  'Implicit or Unconscious Bias'

Unless Tea Partier Groups apply for exemptions from the IRS.
Posted by: Elminerong Darling of the Esquimeaux5180 || 10/06/2016 5:16 Comments || Top||

#4  He's in tribal overdrive. You'll have to forgive him.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/06/2016 6:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Obama to NatSec Agencies: Increase Diversity, Train on 'Implicit or Unconscious Bias'

You mean like against white people who make up over 75 percent of the population (or more if you use the pre-1970 definition that was inclusive of Hispanics). Those racists that fill war veteran cemeteries by the legions that made it possible only for empowered racist like yourself to denounce them.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/06/2016 9:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Jan 20, 2017 - reverse every one of his lame duck directives
Posted by: Frank G || 10/06/2016 9:28 Comments || Top||

#7  1984: thought crime
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/06/2016 9:40 Comments || Top||

#8  I wonder if the female WH staff are still getting paid less then their male counterparts?
Posted by: Raj || 10/06/2016 11:13 Comments || Top||

#9  After all, Baraq himself owes his entire career to Affirmative Action.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/06/2016 11:45 Comments || Top||



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Thu 2016-10-06
  Russians say hospitals are legitimate targets
Wed 2016-10-05
  34 die in bomb attack on wedding in Hasakah
Tue 2016-10-04
  US kills veteran al-Qaeda leader in Syria drone strike
Mon 2016-10-03
  Syrian army calls on rebels to leave Aleppo, offers safe passage
Sun 2016-10-02
  Five police conscripts killed in militant attack in Egypt's North Sinai
Sat 2016-10-01
  President Ghani and Hekmatyar Sign Peace Deal
Fri 2016-09-30
  US invests $50m in Niger drone base for counterterrorism
Thu 2016-09-29
  India carries out surgical strikes targeting terror 'launch pads' across LoC
Wed 2016-09-28
  Ruritanian warplanes hit Al Shaboobs outside Kismayo town
Tue 2016-09-27
  Pak Taliban commander Azam Tariq killed in Afghanistan
Mon 2016-09-26
  Two teen girls held in Nice over alleged terror plot
Sun 2016-09-25
  Washington mall shooting: Bad Guy in custody
Sat 2016-09-24
  3 Al-Qaeda suspects killed in drone strike in Yemen
Fri 2016-09-23
  100 Russian, Syrian airstrikes hit Aleppo
Thu 2016-09-22
  Islamic State launches chemical attack on US-Iraqi military base: officials


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