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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Another Trump basher fired
[DONSURBER.BLOGSPOT] President Trump did not meet the standards of Stephen Henderson, managing director of opinion and commentary at the Detroit Free Press. In column after column this year and last, Henderson called Trump a bigot, a bully, and a harasser of women.

Today the Detroit Free Press fired Henderson.

For sexual harassment.
Posted by: Fred || 12/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The headline link has some really good information. There is a list of "I Fought The Donald, And The Trump Won." It made for highly entertaining reading!
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 12/19/2017 5:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Henderson called Trump a bigot, a bully, and a harasser of women.

Bwahaha! Projection at its finest! Or is it denial? Whatever the case, we really need an "own petard" graphic. Maybe that gun with a U-shaped barrel?
Posted by: gorb || 12/19/2017 9:41 Comments || Top||


Dems Gearing Up To Weasel Out On Franken Resignation Now That Moore Is Safely Defeated?
[Althouse] I can't even get mad at the Dems for this.

Slimy, self serving scumminess is what they're all about, after all.

It's the idiot boy scout Republicans (pols and voters alike) who keep falling for this crap that I'm pissed at.

GOP needs to change its symbol to Charlie Brown attempting to kick the football.
Posted by: charger || 12/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Why am I not surprised?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/19/2017 3:02 Comments || Top||

#2  This man was elected to DC by the people as their representative. THIS IS America today.

Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 || 12/19/2017 3:16 Comments || Top||

#3  This man was elected to DC by the people as their representative

Same folks that once voted Jesse Ventura as their governor.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/19/2017 8:22 Comments || Top||

#4  I guess they decided that Franken was less of a liability than the VP of Planned Parenthood whom the Governor of Minnesortaliberal was going to appoint to fill Franken's seat.

Does no one on the left read anything about Planned Parenthood?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/19/2017 9:15 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: gorb || 12/19/2017 9:45 Comments || Top||

#6  This is better for the GOP as he would have been replaced by a DEM anyway and this way when the seat comes up again he's tainted and no other DEM has an incumbent advantage.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 12/19/2017 12:02 Comments || Top||

#7  I hope he stays. I'm looking forward to the next time Attorney General Jeff Sessions appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Posted by: OregonGuy || 12/19/2017 14:57 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Federal appeals judge Alex Kozinski resigns after being accused of sexual misconduct
[THEHILL] Alex Kozinski, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, resigned Monday in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, The Washington Post reported.

"I cannot be an effective judge and simultaneously fight this battle. Nor would such a battle be good for my beloved federal judiciary. And so I am making the decision to retire, effective immediately," Kozinski said in a statement to the Post.

The newspaper reported last week that several women accused Kozinski of making sexual comments, touching them inappropriately or kissing them without consent.
Another appointment for President Trump to make, which should be interesting for the 9th Circuit.
Posted by: Fred || 12/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...This one will be fun to watch. 9th Circuit is stacked the way it is for a reason, and the Usual Suspects will do whatever they have to do to make sure that that seat stays 'reliable'...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 12/19/2017 6:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Heh heh heh, could you see Trump appointing a really conservative kid judge to the 9th Circus?

Imagine the uproar if a real constitutional scholar was on that bench.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/19/2017 9:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Kozinski was no left winger. Was a reliable voice of reason.
Posted by: Iblis || 12/19/2017 11:37 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
ESPN President John Skipper announced he is resigning from his position, citing a substance addiction problem
The gentleman is 61, so he could have just announced that he was retiring, despite apparently recently signing a new contract. But with all the abuse accusations flying around, I suppose it is better to be known as an addict than assumed to be a vicious pervert.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 12/19/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  better to be known as an addict than assumed to be a vicious pervert

Depends on what you're addicted to.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/19/2017 3:04 Comments || Top||

#2  ...As the Old Professor said yesterday, "This would explain a lot of things."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 12/19/2017 6:55 Comments || Top||

#3  It's stretch of the words but Young boys are a substance I suppose.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 12/19/2017 7:17 Comments || Top||

#4  I was thinking about this.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/19/2017 8:34 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Clapper finally jumps shark - POTUS now a Vlad Putin intelligence asset
[Free Beacon] Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper referred to President Donald Trump on Monday as an intelligence "asset" for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The term "asset" refers to people with countries or organizations being spied upon who serve as resources for outside spies.

Clapper appeared on CNN to discuss Trump's national security strategy speech given Monday, where he referred to Russia as a rival but also said he wanted to form a partnership.

The two leaders have also expressed recent gratitude to each other, with Putin calling and thanking Trump for sharing intelligence that helped foil a terror plot and Trump thanking Putin for his recent praise of the American economy.

"Is that a contradictory message?" CNN host Jim Sciutto asked Clapper.

"Well, it is to me," Clapper said. "I think this past weekend is illustrative of what a great case officer Vladimir Putin is. He knows how to handle an asset, and that's what he's doing with the president."

"You're saying that Russia is handling President Trump as an asset?" Sciutto asked.

"That's the appearance to me," Clapper said.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/19/2017 08:23 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I remember when U. S. "intelligence" during the Obama trainwreck was given warnings on the Tsarnaev brothers by Russian intelligence. Nothing was done, people were maimed and killed.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/19/2017 9:29 Comments || Top||

#2  I would tell people I think that, too, if I and several other of my peers within the prior administration were about to be exposed for conspiring to fix an election— a conspiracy which failed miserably— before we conspired to undermine the duly elected incoming administration— a conspiracy that while not quite dead yet, is heaving with its last and final breaths.
Posted by: Eltoroverde || 12/19/2017 9:29 Comments || Top||

#3  Who exactly is Clapper working for these days?
Or is this strictly CYA?
Posted by: jvalentour || 12/19/2017 9:41 Comments || Top||

#4  If Clapper had hard evidence Mueller would surely have announced an indictment of Trump by now. But they have nothing so this is mere slander from a guy who is probably hoping against hope that he doesn't get indicted himself.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/19/2017 9:51 Comments || Top||

#5  I'd say that Russia handled President 0bama as an chump and a rube
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 12/19/2017 10:17 Comments || Top||

#6  I'd say that Russia handled President 0bama as an chump and a rube

Sadly, this only counts if the left is willing to recognize it.
Posted by: gorb || 12/19/2017 10:26 Comments || Top||

#7  I'd say that Russia handled President 0bama as an chump chimp (Russians are very racist I'm afraid)
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/19/2017 11:33 Comments || Top||

#8  Clap on
Clap off
James Clapper

Meanwhile, Bernie bro had his honeymoon in Soviet Russia
Posted by: newc || 12/19/2017 14:00 Comments || Top||

#9  Who exactly is Clapper working for these days?

He appears to be working on an audition as a cartoon villain for the next Batman movie.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/19/2017 14:54 Comments || Top||

#10  Clspper is a liiar. Why would anyone listen to him?
Posted by: JohnQC || 12/19/2017 17:36 Comments || Top||

#11  Lying UNDER OATH. Congress: “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Clapper: “No, sir.” Perjury. And Obama shielded him.

OPM hack that opened up thousands to Chinese Intelligence.

Told Obama that ISIS was a JV team wearing Lakers uniforms, and let ISIS grow massively under his watch.

Denied the terrorist roots and international reach of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Why is anyone paying attention to anything this massive failure is saying or doing? The only thing he didn't fail at was weakening the US and kissing Obama's ass.

He should be in prison.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 12/19/2017 18:26 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2017-12-19
  Ballistic missile intercepted over Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh just seconds before it slammed into royal palace
Mon 2017-12-18
  Senior Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Somalia Drone Strike
Sun 2017-12-17
  Suicide bombers attack Pakistan church, killing at least 9, officials say
Sat 2017-12-16
  Judge Lori Walkley hands down death penalty to convicted Islamic murderer
Fri 2017-12-15
  Yemen Islah party sever ties with Muslim Brotherhood
Thu 2017-12-14
  Afghan forces foil deadly blast, US drone strike kill 3 IS militants in Nangarhar
Wed 2017-12-13
  Newspaper: Saudi members of Islamic State arrested in Iraq up to 50
Tue 2017-12-12
  Scores of Islamic State militants surrender to security forces in Mosul
Mon 2017-12-11
  Several injured after device explodes at New York City’s Port Authority, one arrest
Sun 2017-12-10
  Coptic pope cancels Pence meeting over Jerusalem
Sat 2017-12-09
  Ahrar al-Sham commander eliminated in Idlib
Fri 2017-12-08
  Egyptian grand mufti affirms death sentences for 13 Ajnad Misr terrorists
Thu 2017-12-07
  Houthis execute ‘thousands’ in two days: UN’s Yemen envoy
Wed 2017-12-06
  Islamist suicide plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May foiled
Tue 2017-12-05
  Iranian Embassy In Sana’a Has Been Attacked


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