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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Sharyl Attkisson: The Clearest (No Spin) Summary of FBI Report on HRC's Email
The Takeaways

The FBI could not review all of the Hillary Clinton emails under investigation because:

The Clintons’ Apple personal server used for Hillary Clinton work email could not be located for the FBI to examine.

An Apple MacBook laptop and thumb drive that contained Hillary Clinton email archives were lost, and the FBI couldn’t examine them.

2 BlackBerry devices provided to FBI didn’t have their SIM or SD data cards.

13 Hillary Clinton personal mobile devices were lost, discarded or destroyed. Therefore, the FBI couldn’t examine them.

Various server backups were deleted over time, so the FBI couldn’t examine them.

After State Dept. notified Hillary Clinton her records would be sought by House Benghazi Committee, copies of her email on the laptops of her attorneys Cheryl Mills and Heather Samuelson were wiped with BleachBit, and the FBI couldn’t review them.

After her emails were subpoenaed, Hillary Clinton’s email archive was also permanently deleted from her then-server "PRN" with BleachBit, and the FBI couldn’t review it.

Also after the subpoena, backups of the PRN server were manually deleted.

Even though the FBI did not have a complete record of Hillary Clinton’s emails on three unclassified personal servers, it found:

2,093 emails State Dept. currently classifies as Confidential or Secret. (State Dept. did not address what their classification was at the time they were sent.)
193 emails (81 separate email conversations) that were classified at the time they were sent, ranging from "Confidential" to "Top Secret/Special Access Program."
68 of the 81 email chains remain classified today.
8 were Top Secret.
37 were Secret.
36 were Confidential.
7 were Special Access Program.
3 were Sensitive Compartmentalized Information.
36 were Not Releasing to Foreign Governments.
2 were Releasable Only to Five Allied Partners.
12 of the suspect email chains were not provided by Hillary’s attorneys. The FBI found them other ways.
The email chains contained classified information from 5 other agencies: CIA, DOD, FBI, NGA and NSA.

Con't.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/08/2016 14:11 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ugly.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/08/2016 20:27 Comments || Top||


Nevada GOP Chair Cries Election Fraud In Early Voting
[DAILYCALLER] Nevada’s Republican party chairman is alleging that Clark County election officials kept polling locations open for at least three hours past their scheduled closing time.

Michael McDonald, Nevada’s State GOP chair, referred to polling locations that remained open in Clark County, which made up close to 70 percent of the vote statewide in 2012. The county is home to Las Vegas and is 30 percent Hispanic. Higher turnout likely benefits Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Dean Rusk ...
in a state that has turned into a battleground.

"Last night in Clark County, they kept a poll open until 10 o’clock at night so a certain group can vote," McDonald said Saturday during a Trump rally in Reno. "It was in an area that normally has high transition. The polls are supposed to close at seven. This was kept open until 10. You feel free right now? You think this is a free and easy election?," McDonald argued to a raucous crowd.

At a polling location in a Clark County shopping center, the last early ballot was cast at 10:10 p.m., which is over three hours after polls were scheduled to close (7:00 p.m.), CBS Las Vegas reported. Election officials at a polling location in the heavily Hispanic section of East Las Vegas were still "processing voters" two hours after closing time, according to a local CBS report.
Posted by: Fred || 11/08/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Just voted, had to stand in line which is unusual here. I had to show a picture ID, state my name and address, and sign the registration book. That is how its done here in Kansas. I have to applaud the rural folks, they vote knowing their vote has no influence at the state or national level. I will predict a Trump victory in Kansas even though it went for Cruz in the primary.
Posted by: bman || 11/08/2016 12:11 Comments || Top||

#2  I can only hope so.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 11/08/2016 20:02 Comments || Top||

#3  John Boehner country (Butler County, Ohio -- just north of Cincinnati). A short line, had to give a photo I.D. -- my driver's license -- orally complete my birthdate and state my address, which they matched against their records. No problem with the machine, which creates a paper tape for me to approve before registering my vote. But I'm in deep red Republcan territory; things are no doubt very different in the city of Cincinnati and other Democratic strongholds, based on stories and newspaper reports from previous elections.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/08/2016 20:33 Comments || Top||

#4  TX
Party registration card from the preliminaries
CC card for Picture ID and addr
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/08/2016 22:43 Comments || Top||

#5  No ID answered security questions and voted provisionally, quick and painless with a receipt and a sekret number. :)
Posted by: Shipman || 11/08/2016 23:15 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Glenn Beck now supports Black Lives Matter, says ‘Obama made me a better man’
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Conservative radio talk show host Glenn Beck had nothing but praise for the Obamas in a recent interview with The New Yorker, saying the president was not the bogeyman he made him out to be all these years.

"I did a lot of freaking out about Barack Obama
I am not a dictator!...
," Mr. Beck said.

But, he added: "Obama made me a better man."

Mr. Beck said he regretted painting Mr. Obama as a racist and actually now considers himself a Black Lives Matter supporter.

"There are things unique to the African-American experience that I cannot relate to," he said. "I had to listen to them."
Posted by: Fred || 11/08/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Intellectual disability and cognitive impairment? I blame Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO). Please monitor for mouth foaming.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/08/2016 1:53 Comments || Top||

#2  poor fool seems to be doing the "Little Green Footballs" R to L flip. This will not end well for him.
Posted by: Nguard || 11/08/2016 6:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Scrabbling to save his collapsing business. He seems to have forgotten Air America.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 11/08/2016 6:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Beck must have had a psychotic break somewhere along the line. He's not making a lick of sense.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/08/2016 7:28 Comments || Top||

#5  He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother
George Orwell, 1984
Posted by: whitecollar redneck || 11/08/2016 7:52 Comments || Top||

#6  Is there a germ or virus going around?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 11/08/2016 8:55 Comments || Top||

#7  Glenn seemed to be going off the deep end for a while. Seems he finally tipped.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/08/2016 9:09 Comments || Top||

#8  Orwell quote is perfection
Posted by: regular joe || 11/08/2016 9:15 Comments || Top||

#9  Another regurgitated hit piece with no context. No where (that I can find) does Beck claim to be a BLM "supporter". In his original op-ed he says he has "empathy" for the "true believers". (Which he distinguishes from the "political insiders and instigators") And if his critique of Trump qualifies him as nuts we better lower a net over half the country.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 11/08/2016 9:52 Comments || Top||

#10  He went nutsy-coocoo a while ago. This is why everyone started ignoring him.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 11/08/2016 9:56 Comments || Top||

#11  Add him to the list with Ann Coulter and Peggy Noonan of commentators to ignore.
Posted by: Iblis || 11/08/2016 10:01 Comments || Top||

#12  @#10: I believe the precise Medical Term is "Cuckoo Bananas," but Dr. Steve can verify that.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/08/2016 10:18 Comments || Top||

#13  I have a toddler and have to watch alot of kids movies. It was used in Hotel Transylvania 2:p Quite amusing really.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 11/08/2016 11:03 Comments || Top||

#14  He developed the same symptoms that Charles Johnson at LGF developed a decade ago. It's a variant of "dysphoric self-inflicted self-aggrandizement self-image" disorder.

Non-medical folks use the term "attention whore".
Posted by: Steve White || 11/08/2016 11:16 Comments || Top||

#15  Well, his break certainly fits in with the type of year that has been occurring. Beginning to wonder if the Mayans just missed the year by 4.
Posted by: Charles || 11/08/2016 11:52 Comments || Top||

#16  I like Ann Coulter, except she is a little skinny, maybe.
Posted by: jvalentour || 11/08/2016 12:49 Comments || Top||

#17  Saved by Zero.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/08/2016 12:54 Comments || Top||

#18  So Trump was right about him.
Posted by: gorb || 11/08/2016 13:42 Comments || Top||

#19  Paul Ryan Syndrome. Ryan was defeated as running mate for the White House. Beck was not the most populate talk radio host. In both cases the gut feel was these people were simply ambitious people. It never was about principle.
Posted by: Chesney and Company1587 || 11/08/2016 14:09 Comments || Top||

#20  So Beck how believes Only Black Lives Matter.

BLM basic 'demand' is that certain persons never be held accountable for their crimes based on the color of their skin (and their political leanings... conservative blacks need not apply).
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/08/2016 14:21 Comments || Top||

#21  In his own mind, Beck is just auditioning for the position of Kapo. He wants to be the last in line, regardless of the fact that as yet there is no line.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/08/2016 15:43 Comments || Top||

#22  Glen now a better man, Obama got in touch with his feminine side. I feel so left out, maybe I should go abuse myself, or wait, an hour at the shooting range should do it!
Posted by: Wizski || 11/08/2016 17:13 Comments || Top||

#23  Charles Johnson can at least play a mean guitar.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/08/2016 23:16 Comments || Top||


Nigeria: Prophet TB Joshua Says Clinton Will Win U.S. Election
[All Africa] Nigerian prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of nations (SCOAN), has predicted that Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as The Heroine of Tuzla and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John Jay ...
will win the US presidential election in a "narrow victory" against her Republican rival Donald Trump.

TB Joshua's declaration came as the world's attention focused on the contentious US elections slated for Tuesday November 8.

He made the disclosure while speaking to a packed congregation at the SCOAN on Sunday.

TB Jushua claimed that he saw it all in a vision 10 days ago.

The holy man prophesied that the female candidate would win the coveted position and shared his "vision" on his Facebook page which is followed by over 2.5 million people.

"Ten days ago, I saw the new President of America with a narrow win," the holy man, who is renowned for his controversial prophetic abilities, began.

He, however, said the new president would be visited by many challenges, including attempts to possibly pass a "vote of no confidence" amidst difficulties in the passing of bills.

"The boat of the new president will be rocked," he said.

TB Joshua went further to reveal that two states would be instrumental in Clinton's impending victory at the polls.

He also, on the other hand, lauded Clinton's outspoken opponent Donald Trump: "I want to salute the opposition - a very strong man and courageous.

"He is my friend because he is very, very courageous. Challenges don't mean anything to him. The more they abuse him, the more he comes out to talk and smile."

Posted by: Fred || 11/08/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Siener van Rensburg to the white courtesy fone please.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/08/2016 2:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Greetings!
I am a Nigerian prophet! I would like to donate to the Clinton Foundation, but I am currently out of money. If you could send me your bank account and routing number I promise Clinton will shower much favors upon you!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/08/2016 11:42 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Leaked Documents Reveal Expansive Soros Funding to Manipulate Federal Elections
[PJMEDIA] Leaked funding documents reveal an effort by George Soros and his foundations to manipulate election laws and process rules ahead of the federal election far more expansively than has been previously reported.

The billionaire and convicted felon moved hundreds of millions of dollars into often-secret efforts to change election laws, fuel litigation to attack election integrity measures, push public narratives about voter fraud, and to integrate the political ground game of the left with efforts to scare racial minority groups about voting rights threats.

These Soros-funded efforts moved through dozens of 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) charities and involved the active compliance with civil rights groups, government officials, and purportedly non-partisan groups like the League of Women Voters.

The leaked documents also reveal deliberate and successful efforts to manipulate media coverage of election issues in mainstream media outlets like the The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
Conservatives and Republicans have no opposing effort or source of funds that represents even a small fraction in opposition to level of the Soros-led manipulation contained in the leaked documents.

The documents reveal that the Soros campaign fueled litigation attacking election integrity measures, such as citizenship verification and voter ID. It funded long-term efforts to fundamentally transform election administration -- including the creation of databases that were marketed to state governments for use in voter verification. It propped up left-leaning media to attack reports of voter fraud, and conducted racially and ideologically targeted voter registration drives.

Posted by: Fred || 11/08/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Preet Bharara. Rico.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/08/2016 7:44 Comments || Top||

#2  This cancer has been working in the background for some years gnawing away at the moral fabric of the country. He seems to have found a home in the U.S. He fled Britain and is a wanted man in France.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/08/2016 7:56 Comments || Top||

#3  i still think Soros and Clinton were behind BLM. Creating race riots enabled Hillary to position herself as the only saviour, and Trump as the racist
Posted by: anon1 || 11/08/2016 11:59 Comments || Top||

#4  If conservatives were as crazy evil as the Democrats think Soros would have been tits up long ago.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/08/2016 14:26 Comments || Top||


Carr: Nation fails its moral exam
[BOSTONHERALD] They’re frauds -- the Democrats, their media coatholders, the Paul Ryan
...U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party. He proposed an alternative to President Obama's 2011 budget and made himself the target of both Democrat and Republican verbal pies...
Republicans, Wall Street, all of them. And they are so, so unhappy -- they don’t just hate the "deplorables," the "irredeemables" and the "bitter clingers." They despise one another. They hate themselves.

From WikiLeaks, we know the disdain they have for "medieval" Catholics and "needy Latinos."

We’ve long understood the Clintons’ breathtaking contempt for "the help" -- Secret Service agents, the military, basically anyone in uniform. Now we’re discovering the Clintons’ supposed acolytes feel the same way about their masters. They say no man is a hero to his valet, and to the Clintons, we are all valets.

Doug Band writes a withering email to Podesta saying Chelsea is "not smart."

Podesta replies: "You’re perfecting your skills for understatement."

Neera Tunden exhorts Podesta to stay on Hillary’s case and "eventually (she) will sound like a human."

I doubt it, Neera.

As Dave Chappelle, the comedian, told an audience in New York Friday night, "She’s not right and we all know it."

She and all the people who surround her.

They’re these inside-the-Beltway, trust-funded supercilious snots from third-tier Ivy League wannabe schools who, as Victor Davis Hanson put it, "sound quite clever without being especially bright, attuned to social justice without character. Their religion is not so much progressivism as appearing cool and hip and ’right’ on the issues ... . Well-connected and mediocre ... . They write and sound off about the buffoon Trump and preen in sanctimonious moral outrage ... ."

Even if Hillary staggers across the finish line Tuesday, does anyone really think she can put the genie back in the bottle? Half the country is checking out, has checked out already. Nobody reads the Hillary-worshipping newspapers anymore, or watches their crappy TV networks. They have not a shred of moral authority.

I’m not worried so much right now about the Second Amendment -- Robby Mook and George Stephanopoulos and the rest of the pajama boys won’t be kicking down anyone’s doors anytime soon, although higher taxes on ammo are certainly on the agenda. Via executive order, of course. Why go the constitutional route when Hillary’s new and improved Supreme Court will rubber-stamp everything?

Banana Republic -- it’s not just an overpriced clothing store in the mall anymore. We’re living in one, have been for eight years now.

If Hillary wins, it’s going to be a long winter for the Little Sisters of the Poor and independent filmmakers and anyone else who relies on the protections of the First Amendment. As for the rest of us, these next few years are going to be a lot like they were for dejected Roman citizens in the fifth century A.D.

The Empire’s over, the barbarian hordes have breached the gates, but if you can just get a flat-bottomed boat and flee to those swamps around Venice, maybe you can fortify the Grand Canal and hold out against the Goths a little while longer.

As has become abundantly clear, the Clintons don’t believe they are bound by any laws that inconvenience them in the slightest. After all, she’s on record in Brazil as saying that her dream is "open borders." Which are, of course, against the law. But like Obama, Hillary wants to import a replacement population, one as amoral and shiftless as she and her followers. People who, you might say, don’t need no stinkin’ badges.

If you believe that we are a nation of laws, not men, if you want the laws enforced, especially "without fear or favor" as they used to say -- then Hillary and her supporters denounce you as a, uh, racist, or something.

John Adams once wrote of the new republic: "Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

Are we still a moral and religious people? Sadly, I think we all know the answer to that question -- even before the polls open Tuesday.
Posted by: Fred || 11/08/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Evil cannot be blamed, it's simply a tool of natural selection which pre-dates political candidates or parties. Those of us who exercise 'free will,' reject the moral imperative, and choose the wrong tool are the ones to be blamed.

Copperheads are fairly common in Georgia. Particularly common near streams and ponds during dry periods where I deer hunt. Nothing particularly evil about the Copperhead. 'Free Will' permits one to stop and observe the creature. 'Free Will' also offers the opportunity to reach down and pick one up. Leaving it undisturbed and simply moving on seems like such an obvious choice.

Thanks Fred. Excellent article.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/08/2016 2:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Carr nails it.

When our "better" schools became purveyors of a credential-ocracy instead of a meritocracy starting some time in the 1980's, they guaranteed that we would come to this point.

Blame Griggs vs Duke Power, affirmative action, KGB-planted meme bombs, Saudi money, and an education industry that sold its soul in exchange for government money to turn out graduates who were neither bright or authentically educated.
Posted by: no mo uro || 11/08/2016 5:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Wikileaks gives us a peek inside the mind of those chosen to be leaked. Which I have appreciated these last few weeks.

On the other hand, who among us could stand to have their innermost thoughts exposed and examined by the public? Who will run for office in 2018 and 2020? The pure and righteous? Or the conniving and character-less? David Muir? Dan Rather? Madonna?
Posted by: Bobby || 11/08/2016 7:41 Comments || Top||

#4  While I certainly have my concerns about the state of the State, some of my local evidence goes against the trend;

My parish has expanded it's facilities twice in the past 10 years. We now have over 2000 families attending. One may be surprised by the number of young families with children that attend. It's no longer just a bunch of white-haired Catholics (like me).

But more importantly, the parish school has doubled in both space and students this year. Additionally, we've started to add again to the (newly completed) school. We expect to double in size again by 2018. So, I need to raise another $5 million or so starting right now.

Perhaps the numbers of decent, hardworking folks nationwide is shrinking - I don't know about that. But maybe the (smaller numbers of the) faithful are consolidating and becoming stronger.

Similar to that of the Marine Corps.

I can hope.
Posted by: GORT || 11/08/2016 7:42 Comments || Top||

#5  IMO that about 2/3 of the American people have not failed their moral exam, it is the elites who have failed their moral exam. I just hope and pray there are enough moral and good people to change our country's direction. Consistently, polls have indicated that about 2/3 of the people think the country has been headed in the wrong direction.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/08/2016 7:54 Comments || Top||

#6  great piece, thanks Fred

surprised to see anything like it get a run in any mainstream media outlet
Posted by: anon1 || 11/08/2016 11:50 Comments || Top||

#7  Are we still a moral and religious people?

That would be a great question to ask all the self-proclaimed Evangelical Christians that abandoned their values to cast their primary vote for a thrice married adulterer best known for his lewd behavior and idolatrous lifestyle.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 11/08/2016 11:54 Comments || Top||

#8  ...you go to war with the army you got.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/08/2016 12:04 Comments || Top||

#9  Are we still a moral and religious people?

One might ask, were you (or any other People) ever?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/08/2016 12:20 Comments || Top||


Sarah Palin Stumps for Trump in Michigan -- Goon Sprays Crowd with Chemicals
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] Sarah Mama Grizzly Palin
... the babe libs love to hate ...
, former Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008, came to bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit
... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang...
Sunday evening and predicted a "monster vote" for Trump in Michigan.

"If Trump wins, then America wins," she said during an interview with Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly that was taped at the Town Pump Tavern in Detroit. "They are hot, hot, hot for Trump in Michigan."

About a dozen supporters came to the bar for the stop, but several people walking by started pounding on the window when they noticed her. One said "I have no respect for you." And someone sprayed some sort of substance into the bar from outside that had many in the tavern momentarily coughing.

Posted by: Fred || 11/08/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Michigan...its deer musk.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/08/2016 22:39 Comments || Top||


Leaked Bill Clinton Speech: Obama Years Left No Hope For White Working Class
[DailyCaller] The economic stagnancy of the Obama years is to blame for plummeting life expectancy rates among white, working-class Americans, according to former president Bill Clinton, who privately told Democratic donors that lower-income whites "don’t have anything to look forward to when they get up in the morning."

Clinton made the remarks while speaking to at a November 2015 closed-door fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in Canton, Ohio.

Echoing a theme of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign, the former president expressed his concern that white, working-class Americans have been left behind over the last eight years.

Clinton expressed his frustration with the most recent (at that time) Democratic debate, which he said lacked a single mention of the fact that "84 percent of the American people, after inflation, had not had a raise of 1 cent since the financial crash."

"We have incredible debates all over America that shouldn’t exist between people in different racial groups because they don’t trust law enforcement anymore," he continued. "And in the middle of all this we learned, breathtakingly, that middle-aged, non-college-educated white Americans’ life expectancy is going down and is now lower than Hispanics, even though they make less money."

"And the gap between African Americans and whites is closing, but unfortunately not because the death rate among African Americans is dropping but because the death rate among white Americans is rising." Clinton continued. "Why? Because they don’t have anything to look forward to when they get up in the morning. Because their lives are sort of stuck in neutral.

RELATED: Bill Clinton Told Donors The Border Won’t Be Secure ’For A Very Long Time’
Public versus private positions, I guess.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/08/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Last time I looked the death rate was still stuck at 100%. And one thing Bill is right about, middle aged white guys (and minority ones too) who raised their kids, had decent jobs, hepled send their kids to college, payed taxes, bought cars, bought houses and in general showed good faith with the country and the economy have been increasingly kicked to the curb. White, no make that "working class", Americans are the dog shit the elites want to scrape off of their shoes after stepping in it. If I sound bitter, well maybe I am
Posted by: Cheaderhead || 11/08/2016 6:07 Comments || Top||

#2  84 percent of the American people, after inflation, had not had a raise of 1 cent since the financial crash.

But the economy is grand! I read it in the papers!
Posted by: Bobby || 11/08/2016 7:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Every now and again, Bill Clinton, unlike his wife, utters truth. When a liar lies, it is no surprise but when a liar tells the truth, it is a great surprise.

The working middle class has been dog shit to the elites. Every message they send via the MSM reeks of superiority and elitism. People have grown very tired of being bashed about by these leftist elites.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/08/2016 7:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Clinton, while signing the NAFTA bill, stated that "NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't support this agreement."[11]

[11] Signing NaFTA". History Central. Retrieved February 20, 2011

Can you say Beltway Party boys and girls?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/08/2016 10:04 Comments || Top||

#5  The politicians see "working class", Americans as children that should know their place.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/08/2016 15:21 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Antioch U awards PhD to former US Rep Cynthia McKinney
The Program of Leadership and Change awarded a PhD to former US Representative and conspiracy theorist (a 9-11 truther who also believed the CIA killed Tupac) Cynthia Ann McKinney.

The PhD Dissertation is "El No Murio, El Se Multiplico*"
Hugo Chávez : Hugo Chavez: The Leadership and the Legacy on Race

[*He did not die' he multiplied]

The link goes to the dissertation.
Posted by: lord garth || 11/08/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Antioch U. (Midwest), where they would you could earn (buy) a Masters Degree in a summer for the right price.
Posted by: jvalentour || 11/08/2016 8:36 Comments || Top||

#2  So that's what PhD stands for, Phaque Diploma.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 11/08/2016 8:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Antioch is in Yellow Springs, OH. Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) went to school there. It has been way left as far back as I can remember--on a par with Berkeley. Apparently, they have even further lowered their standards.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/08/2016 9:08 Comments || Top||

#4  So they give PhD's in Bat Shit Craziness?

I didn't know that was a curriculum at Antioch.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 11/08/2016 10:50 Comments || Top||

#5  Phailed Democrat?
Posted by: European Conservative || 11/08/2016 15:04 Comments || Top||

#6  Maybe a branch of Wassamatta U.


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Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 11/08/2016 20:00 Comments || Top||



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