Hi there, !
Today Sun 05/14/2017 Sat 05/13/2017 Fri 05/12/2017 Thu 05/11/2017 Wed 05/10/2017 Tue 05/09/2017 Mon 05/08/2017 Archives
Rantburg
533275 articles and 1860613 comments are archived on Rantburg.

Today: 64 articles and 132 comments as of 7:22.
Post a news link    Post your own article   
Area: WoT Operations    WoT Background    Non-WoT    Opinion       
Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy
Today's Headlines
Headline Comments [Views]
Page 6: Politix
2 18:26 Bright Pebbles [3] 
3 12:54 Besoeker [3] 
2 14:02 g(r)omgoru [4] 
4 15:13 Crusader [2] 
Page 1: WoT Operations
1 12:39 Frank G [14]
3 19:54 trailing wife [7]
5 11:04 g(r)omgoru [7]
1 08:55 Frank G [8]
0 [12]
0 [6]
0 [18]
0 [9]
1 13:17 Frozen Al [8]
0 [1]
0 [7]
0 [6]
0 [7]
0 [7]
0 [6]
2 10:39 gorb [7]
0 [3]
0 [4]
1 00:21 Skidmark [8]
2 14:54 trailing wife [4]
1 19:46 Elmerert Hupens2660 [5]
0 [4]
0 [4]
0 [9]
Page 2: WoT Background
10 22:31 Nero White 3083 [10]
3 18:52 Zenobia Floger6220 [5]
1 11:15 g(r)omgoru [4]
0 []
0 [8]
0 [7]
1 07:08 Mike Kozlowski [6]
1 11:17 g(r)omgoru [4]
3 11:18 g(r)omgoru [4]
3 16:28 g(r)omgoru [8]
0 [2]
0 [2]
0 [6]
0 [6]
0 [6]
0 [8]
0 [7]
Page 3: Non-WoT
3 15:54 Procopius2k [7]
8 21:21 phil_b [8]
15 23:43 Frank G [8]
0 [6]
5 17:18 lord garth [9]
5 18:51 charger [7]
3 17:29 Crusader [4]
2 11:26 g(r)omgoru [3]
9 18:49 charger [10]
2 02:36 newc [5]
0 [11]
0 [6]
4 11:10 Rex Mundi [3]
Page 4: Opinion
10 12:42 Ulons de Medici6452 [9]
7 12:58 Ulons de Medici6452 [2]
3 21:20 3dc [7]
3 08:35 Ulons de Medici6452 [2]
0 [7]
3 08:16 JohnQC [2]
-Lurid Crime Tales-
Bangladesh prime minister says Clinton personally pressured her to help foundation donor
Squirrel! Russia!
[Circa.com] While secretary of state, Hillary Clinton made a personal call to pressure Bangladesh's prime minister to aid a donor to her husband's charitable foundation despite federal ethics laws that require government officials to recuse themselves from matters that could impact their spouse's business.

The Office of Bangladesh Prime Minister
The Odious
Sheikh Hasina confirmed to Circa that Mrs. Clinton called her office in March 2011 to demand that Dr. Muhammed Yunus, a 2006 Nobel Peace prize winner, be restored to his role as chairman of the country's most famous microcredit bank, Grameen Bank. The bank's nonprofit Grameen America, which Yunus chairs, has given between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Clinton Global Initiative. Grameen Research, which is chaired by Yunus, has donated between $25,000 and $50,000, according to the Clinton Foundation website.
Posted by: Frank G || 05/11/2017 09:04 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Trump administration ought to just keep trickling out one thing after another about the corruption of the previous administration and the Clinton administration. Maybe the MSM would report it--maybe not. The left has a stranglehold on the press. The MSM has abdicated its 1st Amendment role in our country.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/11/2017 9:26 Comments || Top||

#2  The fact this bitch isn't in prison shows that most of DC is in the trough with her.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/11/2017 12:31 Comments || Top||

#3  The fact this bitch isn't in prison shows that most of DC is in the trough with her.

Amen and amen.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/11/2017 12:54 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
Bangladesh prime minister says Clinton personally pressured her to help foundation donor
via Drudge:
[Circa.com] While secretary of state, Hillary Clinton made a personal call to pressure Bangladesh’s prime minister to aid a donor to her husband’s charitable foundation despite federal ethics laws that require government officials to recuse themselves from matters that could impact their spouse’s business.

The Office of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina confirmed to Circa that Mrs. Clinton called her office in March 2011 to demand that Dr. Muhammed Yunus, a 2006 Nobel Peace prize winner, be restored to his role as chairman of the country’s most famous microcredit bank, Grameen Bank. The bank’s nonprofit Grameen America, which Yunus chairs, has given between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Clinton Global Initiative. Grameen Research, which is chaired by Yunus, has donated between $25,000 and $50,000, according to the Clinton Foundation website.

"Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton telephoned Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in March 2011 insisting her not to remove Dr. Muhammad Yunus from the post of Managing Director of Grameen Bank," Deputy Press Secretary Md Nazrul Islam told Circa in an email.

Islam said the prime minister informed Mrs. Clinton that according to Grameen Bank rules and regulations, nobody can hold the position of the Managing Director of Grameen Bank after the age of 60. He was 70 at the time of his removal and had wrangled for months to no avail with the prime minister over his removal.
More interesting than the (unsurprising) content is that it came out. Hoping it has legs....
Posted by: Ulons de Medici6452 || 05/11/2017 12:45 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  given between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Clinton Global Initiative

Wonder what she'd do for a few millions?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/11/2017 13:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Sell Russia American uranium?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/11/2017 18:26 Comments || Top||


Europe
HS Drama teacher leaves husband to pursue student 25 yrs her junior
[CNN] She was a married 40-year-old drama teacher when she met the then 15-year-old Emmanuel Macron while directing a school play.
Den Sommeren jeg fylfe 15 ?
Now Brigitte Trogneux will continue to coach her husband, but on a much bigger stage - as France's First Lady at the Elysee presidential palace.

Newly-elected French President Macron 's wife, now 64, has been constantly by his side during his campaign, managing his agenda, editing his speeches and advising him on his stage presence.

In his victory speech made outside the Louvre Museum, Macron thanked his family and those close to him as the crowd was cheering "Brigitte!"
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/11/2017 06:03 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Now that is a tad odd.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/11/2017 8:35 Comments || Top||

#2  By the way, any bets on how long before some Frenchmen start calling him Lord Nekron?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/11/2017 14:02 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
McCain stings GOP, surprises environmentalists by swinging vote for methane regulations
[Wash Times] Sen. John McCain on Wednesday handed Republican leadership and President Trump a stinging legislative defeat as he cast a surprise deciding vote to maintain an Obama-era regulation limiting methane emissions from oil and gas wells.

It was the first time the White House and congressional Republicans failed to rewrite or overturn environmental regulations put into place by the previous administration. That regulatory rollback, until Wednesday, united the party.

The Bureau of Land Management rule, put into place in November, has been in Republican crosshairs for months. The House has voted to eliminate the rule through the Congressional Review Act, a law that lets Congress unwind some recent regulations.

The Senate was expected to follow suit and deliver a win not just for Republican leadership and the administration, but also for their allies in the oil and gas industry. Instead, Mr. McCain and two fellow Republicans -- Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan M. Collins of Maine -- joined all 48 Democrats in voting against the measure, leading to its defeat in a 51-49 vote.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/11/2017 01:16 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  More McShame obstinance and betrayal:

Two GOP senators come out against Trump trade nominee
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/11/2017 1:43 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm beginning to think we should arrest his entire state for treason, cause they keep electing him.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 05/11/2017 6:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Can't the Republicans expel McCain and Graham from the party? If they walk like ducks and quack like ducks they should go ahead and switch their party affiliation to the donks.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/11/2017 11:13 Comments || Top||

#4  I look forward to the day that the State of Arizona votes to fill the position he once held.
Posted by: Crusader || 05/11/2017 15:13 Comments || Top||



Who's in the News
24[untagged]
9Islamic State
4Taliban
4Govt of Pakistan
4Moslem Colonists
3Arab Spring
3Houthis
3Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
2al-Shabaab (AQ)
2Govt of Syria
1Commies
1al-Nusra
1Narcos
1Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1Sublime Porte
1Hamas

Bookmark
E-Mail Me

The Classics
The O Club
Rantburg Store
The Bloids
The Never-ending Story
Thugburg
Gulf War I
The Way We Were
Bio

Merry-Go-Blog











On Sale now!


A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...
Steve White
Seafarious
tu3031
badanov
sherry
ryuge
GolfBravoUSMC
Bright Pebbles
trailing wife
Gloria
Fred
Besoeker
Glenmore
Frank G
3dc
Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT
Thu 2017-05-11
  Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy
Wed 2017-05-10
  US ignores Turkey’s objection, approves arming Kurdish forces in Syria
Tue 2017-05-09
  Egypt issues life sentence for Muslim Brotherhood chief
Mon 2017-05-08
  Confirmed: Head of ISIS In Afghanistan Killed In Raid By 50 U.S. Special Ops, 40 Afghan Commandos
Sun 2017-05-07
  Ismail Haniyeh elected new head of Hamas
Sat 2017-05-06
  New Jersey Man Charged With Attempting to Support ISIS, Planning NYC Bombing
Fri 2017-05-05
  US drone strike leaves 7 ISIS-K militants dead in East of Afghanistan
Thu 2017-05-04
  Kurd, Turkish army troops fighting near Rojava
Wed 2017-05-03
  Taliban kill 27 ISIS militants in East of Afghanistan
Tue 2017-05-02
  FBI translator married ISIS terrorist she was supposed to investigate: report
Mon 2017-05-01
  Al-Qaeda ready to join forces with Saudi-led groups to fight ‘Houthi Shia’ in Yemen
Sun 2017-04-30
  Jaish Al-Islam executes Al-Qaeda commander as rival jihadists slaughter each other in Damascus
Sat 2017-04-29
  ISIS on its last legs as the Syrian Army imposes full control over gas field in east Homs
Fri 2017-04-28
  Fighting between Kurds and Turkish troops continue in Northern Syria
Thu 2017-04-27
  Damascus airport rocked after 'Israel air strike' on arms depot


Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
3.22.51.241
Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:
WoT Operations (24)    WoT Background (17)    Non-WoT (13)    Opinion (6)    (0)