Monday, February 29, 2016

The Hollywood Presidential race

The genius of the Jimmy Kimmel Show:
 "THE PRODUCERS" MEETS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN


Political Cartoons by Ken Catalino


Obama and the Jews; a prophecy from 2008

The Chicago Jewish News
cover image of Barack Obama at the Wailing Wall

By and large, this article discusses much Jewish support for Obama and appreciation for his working with Jews. Tet, peeking through the cracks shows some troubling -for Israel- indicators.
. . . "Jewish criticism of Obama - aside from the lunatic fringe that still harps on his middle name, Hussein, and supposed Muslim "credentials" - centers on four factors: his positions on Israel, several of his foreign policy advisors, his foreign policy inexperience and his apparent willingness as president to talk to the Iranian regime. His domestic agenda is little mentioned in these debates.
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Emily Soloff, area director of the nonpartisan American Jewish Committee, said that is natural since "the Jewish community is passionate about many things but particularly about Israel." . . .
"In addition, she said, "Jews are well educated, they're readers, there are many Jewish bloggers, all of which means the amount of information that comes out about a candidate, there is tremendously more information coming out than there has been in the past."
"In such an environment, "people tend to shrei (Yiddish for yell) a little bit louder to get their voices heard," she said. "In terms of this election, Obama's youth and his newness also has put him under greater scrutiny than candidates who have been in the public eye for much longer and have longer records of action as well as words."

"Even former Israeli cabinet minister Natan Sharansky has expressed his concerns, telling a Shalom TV interviewer that Obama has no record on foreign policy and that an Obama presidency would be a "risk" for Israel.

"Closer to home, Jewish criticism of Obama - aside from the lunatic fringe that still harps on his middle name, Hussein, and supposed Muslim "credentials" - centers on four factors: his positions on Israel, several of his foreign policy advisors, his foreign policy inexperience and his apparent willingness as president to talk to the Iranian regime. His domestic agenda is little mentioned in these debates.
Emily Soloff
Emily Soloff
Emily Soloff, area director of the nonpartisan American Jewish Committee, said that is natural since "the Jewish community is passionate about many things but particularly about Israel. People for whom Israel is the issue or the primary issue look with a magnifying glass at everything a candidate says or does. The nature of campaigning in America makes it difficult for any candidate to hold up to that kind of scrutiny."
In addition, she said, "Jews are well educated, they're readers, there are many Jewish bloggers, all of which means the amount of information that comes out about a candidate, there is tremendously more information coming out than there has been in the past."
In such an environment, "people tend to shrei (Yiddish for yell) a little bit louder to get their voices heard," she said. "In terms of this election, Obama's youth and his newness also has put him under greater scrutiny than candidates who have been in the public eye for much longer and have longer records of action as well as words."
Even former Israeli cabinet minister Natan Sharansky has expressed his concerns, telling a Shalom TV interviewer that Obama has no record on foreign policy and that an Obama presidency would be a "risk" for Israel.
Closer to home, Rabbi Victor Weissberg, a local Israel activist and chair of To Protect Our Heritage PAC, which works to promote a closer alliance between the United States and Israel, said Obama is "flawed., a local Israel activist and chair of To Protect Our Heritage PAC, which works to promote a closer alliance between the United States and Israel, said Obama is "flawed." . . .
And how did all this work out since then?

Comically Incorrect dreams of a Hillary presidency

The racial soap opera that has been this Democrat legacy continues

We have not heard the last of this lady and her perpetual victimhood

The "eternally racially-aggrieved Ms. Harris-Perry" leaves MSNBC
. . . "After having her show pre-empted two weeks in a row for somethng inconsequential called "election coverage," MSNBC hostess and tampon fashion model Melissa Harris-Perry walked off her own show and described her mistreatment entirely in racial terms. Which she backed down from shortly after a presumed conversation with MSNBC's evil, moustache-twirling, whip-wielding legal department.

"After a short cooling off period, Ms. Harris-Perry and MSNBC were able to arrive at a new business arrangement based on the network's appreciation of her unique talents and contributions. Specifically, she has agreed to never again try to enter their studios, in return for which MSNBC won't release attack dogs on her or blast her with a fire hose." . . .

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Legal Insurrection got snarky with this intro: It was nice knowin’ ya, Melissa Harris-Perry...and your Tampon earrings.

The email she sent to her staff is here.
. . . "We’ve written about Melissa Harris-Perry on a number of occasions:
"Twitchy has compiled some reactions to this news:" . . .

The Case for Marco Rubio, though diminished by the last debate

I ask why can't Democrats see the obvious corruption in Hillary, but what about Trump supporters who overlook so much in that man? It is said a nation deserves the government it gets; the same nation that deserved eight years of Obama should be eligible for years of Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Suddenly I am glad to be 76 years old, but fear for the nation my family will inherit. TD

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Ed Lasky  . . . "Conservative icon William Buckley promulgated what has become known as the Buckley rule: “Nominate the most conservative candidate who is electable.”  Among the current candidates the only one who passes that test is Marco Rubio.

"Donald Trump and some in the media have tried to characterize Marco Rubio as the “establishment” candidate.  How does that square with reality?

"Recall that the election of Rubio was hailed as a Tea Party hero when he knocked off the serial party-shifter and establishment candidate Charlie Crist. Has he retained his conservative credentials since being elected?

"As Jim Geraghty wrote in late December, Marco Rubio is “plenty conservative” and has an indisputably conservative record as a senator :" . . . Read more....

Here are specifics on the choice of Senator Rubio:


The Republicans we felt had classy, informed arguments have descended into the gutter  "Those tacky ties", penis jokes; pleease, Mr Rubio. That last debate was far from the Republican's finest hour. 

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Jude Law’s Security Team Mugged By Migrants When He Visits Calais ‘Jungle’ To Advocate On Their Behalf

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"No respect for the Hollywood left…
Security guards hired to protect Jude Law when he visited the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp were reportedly targeted by rock-pelting migrants just moments after the actor boarded the coach home.
The star made the journey to northern France last week to highlight the plight of child refugees who are being evicted under a move by French authorities to demolish the southern part of the camp.
He was joined by singer Tom Odell and a film crew, who captured him on camera as he urged David Cameron to let the hundreds of children at the camp come to the UK.

What will Hillary attack Trump over?

"Trump doesn't speak the truth, he speaks gibberish."

Let’s Make Trump Great Again  "The Trump White House will be guided by whatever makes Trump look good on the front page of the New York Times."


Donald Trump praised the massacre at Tiananmen Square The Chinese government's actions impressed Trump.


Cruz: Trump Tax Returns May Include ´Bombshell,´ Mafia Ties

Yes, Trump University Was a Massive Scam  "Trump University is currently the defendant in three lawsuits — two class-action lawsuits filed in California, and one filed in New York by then-attorney general Eric Schneiderman, who told CNN’s New Day in 2013: “We started looking at Trump University and discovered that it was a classic bait-and-switch scheme. It was a scam, starting with the fact that it was not a university.' ”

Trump is caught cold-shouldering his newest endorser Chris Christie on hot mic as he tears into 'little Marco' Rubio

Inside the Republican Party’s Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump

Is Trump a Democratic Party Agent?   "It is hard to explain Donald Trump’s refusal, on CNN this morning, to disavow the Ku Klux Klan. Jake Tapper gave Trump multiple opportunities to do so, but Trump could only respond by saying he didn’t know anything about David Duke, who reportedly has endorsed him. " 



Donald Trump Fails Three Times to Deny the KKK  "Trump knows full well who Duke is, having cited him as a reason for leaving the Reform Party in 2000, but of course, consistency is never a Trump strong suit; you ask him the same question five times, you are liable to get five different answers." This has to be a gift to the Democrat Party. 
Trump sounds like someone interviewed on Watters World.

Is Trump Trying to Avoid Offending White Supremacists?  . . . "Trump dodged again. "Well, I have to look at the group. I mean, I don't know what group you're talking about. You wouldn't want me to condemn a group up that I know nothing about. I'd have to look. If you would send me a list of the groups, I will do research on them and certainly I would disavow them if I thought there was something wrong. But you may have groups in there that are totally fine and it would be very unfair...
Tapped interjected, "The Ku Klux Klan?"
"Trump continued, "So give me a list of the groups and I'll let you know."
"Tapper clarified, "I'm just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here."
"Trump ignored the KKK part, and said, "honestly, I don't know David Duke. I don't believe I've ever met him, I'm pretty sure I didn't meet him, and I just don't know anything about him."
In a related item from 2008: Farrakhan on Obama: 'The Messiah is absolutely speaking'  "Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, another powerful Chicago-based political figure associated with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and other long-time associates of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama, is leaving no doubt about what he thinks of the leader in the campaign for the White House." Watch for yourself
“[Chris] Christie’s endorsement [of Donald Trump] sends a signal to mainstream Republicans that, hey, this guy might be all right,” said pollster Neil Newhouse, who advised Right to Rise. “That’s a very tough combination for Marco Rubio to overcome right now.”
"Sending such signals has become a Christie specialty. " . . .
If Trump Wins Super Tuesday, There Will Be a Third Party
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"So much for making Trump swear he wouldn’t run as a third party candidate.
. . . 
ERIC ERICKSON: “There absolutely will be, there are too many conservatives who would sit it out if it was Donald Trump and—“
ANDREA MITCHELL: “Doesn’t that elect Hillary Clinton?”
ERIC ERICKSON: “It could but I think that ultimately that Donald Trump supporters need to understand that Hillary Clinton will be elected if they choose to go down this path and Republicans have an obligation to to make it clear in the primary that it will be Hillary Clinton if they don’t change.'

Hillary Calls For ‘Unity’, Taunts Trump, Attacks Police While Lying About Facts In Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland Cases


. . . "Trayvon Martin was of course not ‘shot and killed just for walking down the street’. He was shot by George Zimmerman in self-defense after he was beating Zimmerman’s head into the concrete. Dontre Hamilton was a paranoid schizophrenic who attacked a police officer, the DA declined to prosecute calling it self-defense. Eric Garner was not ‘choked to death’. Sandra Bland killed herself after her family and activist friends failed to bail her out and she was despondent over that, according to a nearby cellmate. No police officer had anything to do with her death."

A Shellacking in South Carolina: Clinton Is Inevitable

Hillary Clinton wins South Carolina as Bernie Sanders leaves state early
Daily Mail

Blooomberg via Drudge   "The Democratic calendar finally reached a good Hillary Clinton state on Saturday, and wow did she take advantage of it.
She was expected to win big. Nate Silver projected that if the national race was a tie between Clinton and Bernie Sanders, she would win in South Carolina by about 20 percentage points. Instead, she romped by far more – as I write this, she’s taking over 70 percent of the vote. 
"The bottom line is that Sanders still hasn’t found any way to appeal to black voters, who made up a large percentage of Democratic turnout. Without them no candidate can compete for a Democratic presidential nomination. The exit polls in South Carolina project Sanders lost the black vote by some 70 percentage points. That not only doomed him today, but also it dooms him in far too many states to have any serious chance of being nominated.
"We’re going to see the effects on Tuesday, where polls have Sanders getting crushed in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama and Georgia. " . . .
"Sanders hasn’t been a national leader during his long political career. He is one now. He has to decide what he will do with his new influence."
NRO: Clinton Annihilates Sanders in South Carolina as Blacks Break against Bernie  . . . "Sanders wasn’t even in the state when the vote was called. He left for Minnesota before the polls closed, refusing to give a concession speech in the state where he crumpled under Clinton’s weight." . . .

Huge black margin of support powered Hillary’s South Carolina primary win  "This is stunning: Hillary Clinton won a greater share of black votes in the South Carolina primary yesterday than Barack Obama did in 2008, running against Clinton.  Nobody else in the media wants to examine the reason why. Hillary demonstrated the power of racial bloc voting in the South Carolina primary yesterday, approaching a three to one margin over Bernie Sanders with 73.48% of the vote to his 25.97%."

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Opinion Journal: A Telling Iran Vote

WSJ   "Foundation for Defense of Democracies Executive Director Mark Dubowitz on the country’s first elections since signing the nuclear deal. Photo credit: Getty Images."

Opinion Journal: A Telling Iran Vote

Hilltoons

UPDATED Sunday evening: Watch The Moment Bill Clinton Totally Loses It Over 1 Question These Protesters Ask About Hillary

UPDATE:  Video exclusive: Marine booted from Clinton rally pours his heart out after event in emotional interview
. . . "He praised the police officers who removed him and shared his contempt for the former secretary of state who had no regard for the lives of his brothers.
"The man, who identified himself only as a Marine Sergeant, explained to freelance travel journalist T.J. Champitto of  TheBlazingNomad.com why he was so animated when he asked former president Bill Clinton to answer for his wife’s incompetence.
“ 'Benghazi was a direct result of failed performance of Hillary Clinton,” the Marine who said he served for five years in an infantry unit and three years training recruits on Parris Island, told Champitto. “She failed to perform. Not only that but she lied about it and she tried to cover it up.
Now back to the original post:
“Hillary lied over four coffins!” a woman in the crowd yelled out. “She lied and she lied to those families, so all those families are liars? I want to know. Did she lie?”
Drudge
Western Journalism   "The man who as president parried questions about his affair with Monica Lewinsky with style and a smile was driven to distraction Friday when hecklers insisted his wife lied about the 2012 attacks on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans died in the attacks.
"Former President Bill Clinton was leading a rally in Bluffton, S.C., Friday, when a man who said he was a veteran complained about the Veterans Administration. Then the subject changed." . . .

"The man said he had seen Gold Star families “who have mourned.” He then added, “We had four lives in Benghazi killed and your wife tried to cover it up.”




'SNL's' Kate McKinnon on Hillary Clinton: 'I just love her so dearly'
McKinnon said, "The impersonations always come from a place of love. I refuse to do it otherwise.' "    How tender.

Trump, the EU crack-up and Israel

In the final analysis, Trump’s rise in America and the rise of the populists in Europe is yet another indication of the West’s growing identity crisis fueled by its economic, social, military and cultural weakness. Israel needs to read the writing on the wall and act appropriately lest we become a casualty of that identity crisis.
Israel the bully

Caroline Glick  "Trump is popular because he has a rare ability to channel the deep-seated frustrations that much of the American public harbors toward its political and cultural elites.
"Trump’s presidential bid isn’t based on specific, defined economic or foreign policy platforms or plans. Indeed, it isn’t clear that he even has any.
"Trump’s campaign is based on his capacity to resonate two deeply felt frustrations harbored by a large cross-section of American citizens.
"As The Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Henninger explained recently, a very large group of Americans is frustrated – or enraged – by the intellectual and social terror exercised upon them by the commissars of political correctness.
. . . 
"If Trump is elected president and if Britain leads the charge of nations out of the EU, then Israel can expect its relations with both the US and Europe to be marked by turbulence and uncertainty that can lead in a positive direction or a negative direction, or even to both directions at the same time.

 "Just as Trump has stated both that he will support Israel and be neutral toward Israel, so we can expect for Trump to stand by Israel one day and to rebuke it angrily, even brutally, the next day.

"So, too, under Trump, the US may send forces to confront Iran one day, only to announce that Trump is embarking on negotiations to get a sweetheart deal with the ayatollahs the next."  

Read and heed

Closing Gitmo

Starnes: Republicans need to stop acting the fool

Todd Starnes   "It's time for the GOP presidential candidates to have a come-to-Jesus meeting. How about dropping the personal insults and start talking about issues that really matter."

Starnes: Republicans need to stop acting the fool

Weimar America

Victor Davis Hanson


. . . "No one can figure out how and why America’s youth have borrowed a collective $1 trillion for college tuition, and yet received so little education and skills in the bargain. Today’s campuses have become as foreign to American traditions of tolerance and free expression as what followed the Weimar Republic. To appreciate cry-bully censorship, visit a campus “free-speech” area. To witness segregation, walk into a college “safe space.” To hear unapologetic anti-Semitism, attend a university lecture. To learn of the absence of due process, read of a campus hearing on alleged sexual assault. To see a brown shirt in action, watch faculty call for muscle at a campus demonstration. To relearn the mentality of a Chamberlain or Daladier, listen to the contextualizations of a college president. And to talk to an uneducated person, approach a recent college graduate." . . .

Friday, February 26, 2016

Jonah Goldberg’s take on Trump’s alleged Christian martyrdom before the IRS

Donald TrumpBookworm Room   "One of my favorite things to read every Friday is The Goldberg File. . .  In today’s, he addresses Donald Trump’s claim that the IRS has been auditing him every year because he is a Christian martyr.  I can’t wait until tomorrow; you have to read it today, every word of it:"
I was only half listening when Donald Trump came into the spin room on CNN to explain why he’s been audited every year for twelve years.
“I’m always audited by the IRS, which I think is very unfair — I don’t know, maybe because of religion, maybe because of something else . . .
 
 "There are two possibilities here. Either Donald Trump believes what he said, or he doesn’t. If he does believe this, he’s sufficiently delusional to disqualify himself for public office. If he doesn’t believe this, he thinks his conservative Christian supporters are morons."
. . . 
"I know he now says that “nobody reads the Bible more than me.” But, again, I can’t imagine anyone actually believes him.
. . . 
"Apparently, according to Trump. . . The IRS is different. It’s like the eye of Sauron searching the land for “strong Christians.” When its cruel gaze landed upon the failed casino magnate, beauty-pageant impresario, thrice-married and confessed adulterer who’s talked about how his own daughter is so hot he’d date her if she wasn’t his daughter" . . . 
 I personally can’t wait to see the Trump Student Center and Hall of Greatness at Liberty University.) . . .

A Day in Auschwitz - Nazi Jewish Holocaust Amazing Documentary

A Day in Auschwitz
"A day in Auschwitz is an amazing documentary that takes us through a visit to the infamous concentration camp set up by Hitler's Nazis to take part in the jewish holocaust. 

"A tragic tale of violence and certainly the best documentary about Auschwitz and its horrors during wwii."


For armored warfare buffs: the Hetzer

Inside the Tanks: The Hetzer - World of Tanks  "We are back with the second episode of the Inside the Tanks, filmed at The Deutsches Panzermuseum, Munster.

"The Jagdpanzer 38(t), better known as Hetzer was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassi. The project was inspired by the Romanian "MareÅŸal" tank destroyer.


Visit our forums and talk about your favourite tanks with our Military Specialist:
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More on the Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer  "It was first known as "Leichtes Sturmgeschutz 38(t)", then "Jagdpanzer 38(t) für 7.5cm Pak 39 L/48", and finally "Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer". It appears that the name Hetzer was not an official name but used by troops and then used in post-war publications. "


Still hull-down after all these years.

Al Sharpton Might Flee America If Trump Wins…

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"Go, now." Via Washington Examiner:
Rev. Al Sharpton told attendees at a Center for American Progress Action Fund event Thursday he would flee the country if Donald Trump won the election, in order to avoid being deported by Trump.
Sharpton, a Democrat, had positive feedback for many of the Republican presidential candidates until he got to Trump.
“If Donald Trump is the nominee, I’m open to support anyone [else], while I’m also reserving my ticket to get out of here if he wins, only because he’d probably have me deported anyway,” Sharpton told attendees, who responded in laughter.
Sharpton, who has participated in various national protests condemning police brutality, did not explain why he thinks Trump would deport him, though both New Yorkers have publicly shared their differences of opinion on various issues.

Marco Rubio’s letter-perfect ‘Trump Watch’ slam.

RedState  "Come, I will conceal nothing from you: I turned on the debate, then turned it off because I thought that it was going to be as dull as dishwater.  And then I turned it back on, because people emailed me asking why I wasn’t watching Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz eat Donald Trump’s liver.  If you missed the debate, this pretty much epitomizes what Marco Rubio was like tonight.  From Marco Rubio’s store:

Rubio's Trump Watch
"The actual quote was, I believe, “If Donald Trump hadn’t inherited $200 million, he’d be selling $10 watches in Manhattan.” Which is, of course, true. And I am highly gratified to hear somebody say that to Donald Trump’s face."   Moe Lane
PS: The other thing to take away from this is that you should not think that I didn’t enjoy watching Ted Cruz staple every corrupt Democrat for the last forty years (there were a lot of age jokes at Trump’s expense, and he mostly missed them) to Donald Trump’s forehead. If you’re a Cruz supporter, he did a great job today. I just love that watch.

While Obama fiddles ...

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Charles Krauthammer  "State of the world, Year Eight of Barack Obama:
"1. In the South China Sea, on a speck of land of disputed sovereignty far from its borders, China has just installed antiaircraft batteries and stationed fighter jets. This after China landed planes on an artificial island it created on another disputed island chain (the Spratlys, claimed by the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam). These facilities now function as forward bases for Beijing to challenge seven decades of American naval dominance of the Pacific Rim." . . .
"2. Syria. Russian intervention has turned the tide of war. Having rescued the Bashar al-Assad regime from collapse, relentless Russian bombing is destroying the rebel stronghold of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, creating a massive new wave of refugees and demonstrating to the entire Middle East what a Great Power can achieve when it acts seriously.
"The U.S. response? Repeated pathetic attempts by Secretary of State John Kerry to propitiate Russia (and its ally, Iran) in one collapsed peace conference after another. On Sunday, he stepped out to announce yet another“provisional agreement in principle” on “a cessation of hostilities” that the CIA director, the defense secretary and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff deem little more than a ruse.
Obama Syrian Policy
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3. Ukraine. Having swallowed Crimea so thoroughly that no one even talks about it anymore, Russia continues to trample with impunity on the Minsk cease-fire agreements. Vladimir Putin is now again stirring the pot,intensifying the fighting, advancing his remorseless campaign to fracture and subordinate the Ukrainian state. Meanwhile, Obama still refuses to send the Ukrainians even defensive weapons.
"4. Iran. Last Thursday, Iran . . . is negotiating an $8 billion arms deal with Russia that includes sophisticated combat aircraft. Like its ballistic missile tests, this conventional weapons shopping spree is a blatant violation of U.N. Security Council prohibitions. It was also a predictable — and predicted — consequence of the Iran nuclear deal that granted Iran $100 billion and normalized its relations with the world." . . .  Emphases added, TD

Just so you know, Mr. Chamberlain had his red line and when Hitler crossed it, he led his nation to war against the Nazis. 

Three Simple Questions for Trump Supporters


If I were the Washington establishment, I would be publicly tut-tutting Donald Trump about his rhetoric every day -- and going to sleep with a big smile on my face every night.
Political Cartoons by Chip Bok

Daren Jonescu  . . . "In light of this consistent pattern of preemptive assault from the "left" and "right" against all anti-establishment GOP candidates, isn't it odd that Trump, who has been the obvious frontrunner in the primaries since last summer, and who presents as inviting a target for a media takedown effort as any candidate has ever presented, has been given a pass?  In fact, he's been given much better than a pass.  Aside from the nonstop free advertising he is getting as celebrity of the year, the most overtly leftist news network, MSNBC, has actively helped to create an aura of inevitability around him, and to demean his opponents.  Meanwhile, has there been even one serious attempt on any twenty-four hour news network to dredge up and pursue any kind of scandal, ugly rumor, old girlfriends, shady business associates, anything at all that might undermine his campaign?"

Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson

Revealed: 'Bullied' employee had been issued a restraining order 90 MINUTES before going on deadl UPDATEDy workplace rampage that killed three and wounded 14 in Kansask

UK Daily Mail   "Law enforcement officials in Kansas revealed Friday that the gunman who killed three people and wounded 14 on Thursday was issued a restraining order that afternoon, which may have triggered the deadly rampage at the factory where he worked.
Father-of-two Cedric Ford, 38, clocked in to work at lawn-mower manufacture firm Excel Industries in Hesston, Kansas, on Thursday morning. But hours later he left - and returned with a high-powered rifle, police said"Father-of-two Cedric Ford, 38, clocked in to work as a painter at lawn-mower manufacturing firm Excel Industries in the city of Hesston on Thursday morning.
"But hours later he left - and returned with a .223-caliber assault-style rifle and a pistol.
"He allegedly gunned down victims in multiple locations and stole a car along the road back to Excel Industries at 5pm on Thursday. The stolen car's driver was one of the three killed.
"Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said this morning that the sheriff's office served Ford a protection from abuse order involving his gilfriend at around 3.30pm Thursday, and that he thinks it was likely what led to the attack, which began about 90 minutes later." . . . 

UPDATE: Mass Shooting Swept Under Rug After Liberals Learn Suspect is Black  "Liberals across social media became oddly quiet Thursday evening after it was learned that a mass shooting in Kansas, which took the lives of three and injured as many as 16, was carried out by a black male."
"Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder, who is being hailed as a hero by his local community, is said to have stopped the mass shooting after being the first officer on scene.
“ 'He went right in and did a heroic duty and service,” Gov. Sam Brownback said." . . . Do I hear Obama saying, "The police acted stupidly"?