Michigan woman meets Viet Cong soldier involved in husband’s death

Vietnam widow reflects on her past

American Military News "When Hattie and Jim Ford went to Vietnam in January, they hoped to learn more about the death of her first husband.
"Lt. Deane Taylor Jr. was fatally shot by the Viet Cong after his Army helicopter crashed during the Vietnam War in 1969.
"What the Fords never expected was to be standing face to face with one of the soldiers who had attacked Taylor.
"The Vietnamese soldier, found after a circuitous search, brought them to the spot where the attack had occurred exactly 50 years earlier.
"It was as if the Fords had stepped into a time machine and were transported to one of the ugliest chapters in American history.
"Surreal, said Hattie, 73, a retired math teacher from Kalamazoo.
"Unfathomable, said husband Jim, 73, a retired lawyer.
“ 'It was a million to one shot,” he said. “We would find this VC soldier, still alive, still in the same hamlet and willing to talk.”
"The former soldier didn’t offer an apology, but the Fords weren’t looking for one." . . .
Video here.

Trump Ukraine Transcript: Asked for Biden Review, But Made No Mention of Withholding Military Aid

Legal Insurrection  "President Donald Trump released the transcript of his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that took place on July 25 from 9:03 AM to 9:33 AM.

"It shows that he asked Zelensky for a review on Vice President Joe Biden’s family dealings in Ukraine.

"However, Trump did not threaten to withhold “military aid as part of a quid-pro-quo, as Democrats have suggested in pressing forward with impeachment.”

"You can read the transcript here: WhiteHouse.gov:

"From Fox News:

It begins with the president congratulating Zelensky on his election victory, before Trump eventually broaches the subject former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

“There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great,” Trump said in the phone call. “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it…It sounds horrible to me.”

That refers to Joe Biden, while vice president, urging Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, while Shokin was investigating the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings — where Hunter Biden was on the board. Biden has maintained that corruption concerns prompted his intervention.

"Zelensky told Trump Ukraine’s new prosecutor would look into the controversy surrounding Biden and his son Hunter Biden working with a Ukrainian company:

“He or she will look into the situation specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue, the issue of the investigation of the case is actually the issue to restore the honesty so we will take care of that and we will work on the investigation of the case.”

The president told Zelensky he wanted his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and Attorney General Bill Barr to get involved.

“I will have Mr. Giuliani give you call and I’m also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom if it. I’m sure you will figure it out,” he said.

"I see on Twitter people saying it implicates Trump, but it lacks the quid-pro-quo the Democrats latched onto as an excuse for an impeachment inquiry. Supposedly Trump threatened not to hand over $400 million of military aid to Ukraine.

"Yet, in the transcript, Zelensky says the matter of Biden is also important to him:. . . "

Ukraine call transcript shows Trump sought Biden probe, asked about DNC server – but made no mention of US aid
. . . “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great,” Trump said in the phone call. “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it…It sounds horrible to me.”

"This refers to Joe Biden, while vice president, urging Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who was investigating the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings — where Hunter Biden was on the board. Biden has maintained that corruption concerns prompted his intervention.
"Trump, in the run-up to the transcript's release, was accused by Democrats of essentially pressuring a foreign power to investigate a political opponent, as Biden is now a top contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
"On Monday, it was reported that Trump had even ordered his staff to freeze nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine a few days before the phone call with Zelensky, a detail that fueled impeachment calls and led to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to announce a formal impeachment inquiry Tuesday. But the call transcript does not show Trump mentioning the aid as a bargaining chip or otherwise — though Zelensky did appear to reference military aid early in the call, when he thanked Trump for "great support in the area of defense.' " . . .

Cory Booker dodges question about Biden's Ukraine ties, says Trump's actions a 'bridge too far'

On Trump, Progressives confused by irony and facts

The NYT published an article asserting 40 “facts” indicting Trump. In truth, each of those “facts” was false or pure opinion based upon intractable bias.

"The New York Times published an article by one of its opinion columnists, David Leonhardt, that purports to indict Trump in a mere 40 sentences, each asserting a supposedly devastating “fact” showing Trump to be a criminal, a fascist, or a fool. Reviewing these 40 sentences, I found that most are premised on erroneous facts, with the remainder relying on underlying assumptions that deserve to be challenged. A fisking is in order. 
“He has pressured a foreign leader to interfere in the 2020 American presidential election.”
"'Follow this link and you’ll discover that it refers to the fact that Trump asked the president of Ukraine to finish a legitimate corruption investigation that then-Vice President Biden had 
stopped through the use of strong-arm tactics. We know that’s what Biden did because he boasted about it, loud and proud. Of course, reopening the investigation means Ukraine will resume asking questions about Hunter Biden’s business dealings in that country — which is no doubt the reason that Biden stopped the investigation in the first place. 

"As one would expect from alleged “news” reports of late, this is absolutely, completely 100% poppycock. John Solomon explains what actually happened — and it had nothing to do with Trump begging for Ukraine to throw the election (emphasis mine):" . . .

Lucianne

Trump releases Ukraine transcript: No proposed deal swap, no military aid mentioned; asks about looking into Biden  . . . “You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No pressure and, unlike Joe Biden and his son, NO quid pro quo! This is nothing more than a continuation of the Greatest and most Destructive Witch Hunt of all time!” Trump tweeted. " . . .

Who will win this one?

AL school board votes to keep ‘Go Trump #MAGA’ score board ad despite complaints
"Liberals in Limestone, Alabama are enraged after the school board voted to keep an advertisement next to the high school’s score board that read “Go Trump #MAGA.” 
“This is a clear, unambiguous endorsement of a current candidate running for office in a presidential election,” local resident James Hickman ranted on Facebook. “This sign represents paid partisan political speech displayed 365 days a year on public school property.”
"Hickman wrote that he and his wife Sandy “absolutely object” to the Make America Great Again message, but they’re most disgusted that the district “opened the door for local and outside advertisers with deep pockets, plus individuals, seeking to influence our children and our opinions, to purchase advertisements containing all manner of political messages and viewpoints.”
"James and Sandy think everyone should bombard the superintendent and school board members with messages to get their way." . . .

The school board vote.

San Fran students make anti-Trump posters in class, teachers escort to protest
Well, this was in California, so it's not like, you know, America.

"What once made America function so much better than any previous nation is now lost."

Are no Democrats concerned enough to speak out against what they are doing to this nation? Consider these tin-pot dictator actions that have been made by leaders who have been put into office by voters formed from American media and schools. TD

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Thomas Lifson: Rudy Giuliani tells Dems they’ve walked into a trap

. . . "It was in the first segment that he gave a preview of what lies ahead, and it is evident that he and his client, President Trump, have been waiting for the right moment to launch their counterattack.

• “The Democrats have stepped into something way beyond what they realize.”
• “We’ve lost the FBI… and who knows what else?
• “They have walked into a trap”
• “There’s only one reason the Chinese spent all that money: to buy Joe Biden.”
• He warned, “I have the records,” about the actual corruption of Biden and his son, who he said have provided, ”evidence of guilty knowledge.”
• This impeachment effort is, “Covering up for what will turn out to be massive corruption in the Obama administration.”
• “The Clintons enriched themselves in public office to the tune of hundreds of millions.”

"Here is the juiciest part of the interview, roughly the last 3 minutes, for those in a hurry."

. . . 

The Democrats' Ukraine hoax   "Virtually all the Democrats, past (Harry Reid, Al Gore) and present, who have risen to the top of the party's food chain are blatantly corrupt.  With their silly new ploy, they will only bring attention to their own duplicitous natures.   They are likely counting on the Republicans to, as usual, become frightened of their own shadows and do nothing.  One would think there would be one or two of them in Congress with the courage to fight back but there is only Trump and his growing base of supporters.  

"The media, of course, is as culpable as the Democrats, as committed to the undoing of this presidency as the democrats.  They long ago gave up any pretense of journalistic ethics in the belief, stated once by the Mika Brenziski that it is "their job to tell us what to think."  They are propagandists in service to leftism and nothing more." . . .

Video of a bragging Biden trading $1 billion in Ukraine aid for official firing resurfaces amid Trump flap

American Military News  "In the wake of whistleblower complaints that President Donald Trump pressured his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Biden’s own past comments may add a new dynamic to a looming political scandal."
In a video of his 2018 comments at a panel for the Council on Foreign Relations, Biden seemingly admitted to withholding military aid to Ukraine as a pressure tactic to force the firing of a prosecutor he did not like. Biden’s comments may see new scrutiny amid whistleblower allegations Trump improperly called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Biden.

"On Tuesday, Trump repeated denials of allegations he withheld $391 million in military aid during a July call with his Ukrainian counterpart to elicit an investigation of Biden. Trump instead claimed the funds were only paused out of unspecified concerns of corruption in the Ukraine and concerns other European allies weren’t also helping Ukraine. He added that the funds were eventually paid in full and he made no effort to pressure the Ukrainian president.  . 
"The specific allegations of Trump’s alleged pressuring techniques may follow corruption allegations against Biden himself. In Biden’s 2018 comments before the CFR panel, the former Vice President appeared to admit to withholding a $1 billion loan agreement for Ukraine while carrying out a 2016 diplomatic visit on behalf of then-President Barrack Obama.
"In his panel comments, Biden appeared to suggest he withheld a $1 billion loan guarantee for Ukraine unless Ukrainian government officials agreed to fire a prosecutor investigating the Ukrainian gas company, Burisma Holdings.
"Biden said he received a commitment prior to a Ukraine visit, but upon arrival, he learned the prosecutor was still in place. In his comments before the CFR panel, he said he would not release the funding measure unless Ukrainian government officials acted immediately on the matter.
“ 'I said we’re not going to give you the billion dollars. They said ‘you can’t do that, you have no authority, you’re not the president,'” Biden remarked. “I said call [President Obama], I told you you’re not getting a billion dollars.” . . .

Impeachment: "What do we want?" Bah blah- blah..."When do we want it" " BLAH!"

Trump Will Release Transcripts of Conversation With Ukrainian President Zelensky
"Tuesday, Trump announced via Twitter that he would release the “complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine.” In this particular conversation, Trump has been accused of pressuring Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Biden, whose son’s company received favorable business dealings with Ukrainians while Biden was in office."

"Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans have used the Ukraine allegations to bolster their case for impeachment, even though President Zelensky has said he was not pressured by Trump and up to this point, those calling for impeachment have no actual details about the conversation that remains (in their minds) an impeachable offense.

"Professor Jacobson blogged: . . .

On Trump, Progressives confused by irony and facts  "The NYT published an article asserting 40 “facts” indicting Trump. In truth, each of those “facts” was false or pure opinion based upon intractable bias." . . (.Former Leftie. Motto: Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; Leftists have conclusions and sell them as facts.) 

Aiming At Trump, Shooting Biden

Watch Joe Biden Brag About Bribing Ukraine To Fire The Prosecutor Investigating His Son’s Company  "The media has had a field day over new hearsay accusations that President Trump was wrong to ask Ukranian leaders to investigate political corruption related to Joe Biden. Predictably, several House Democrats have used this news cycle to again demand Trump’s impeachment.

"While the whistleblower complaint is based on hearsay, we do know that Joe Biden, while serving as vice president, pressured the Ukrainian government to fire the prosecutor who was investigating his son’s company." . . . 

Democrats Rush To Impeach Trump Without Viewing Alleged ‘Whistleblower’ Complaint Or Transcripts  . . . "Impeachment is a risk for Democrats, however, as the public remains opposed to the measure. A recent Politico/Morning Consult poll shows only 37 percent of voters support the start of impeachment proceedings against Trump." . . .

Five Dumbest Reasons Democrats Have Wanted To Impeach Trump

1) President Trump Should Be Impeached for Pardoning Joe Arpaio 

2) House Democrat prepares impeachment articles against Trump — citing his tweets 

3) Leftists wanted Trump impeached for his reaction to Charlottesville.

4) Progressive Lawmakers’ Answer to Trump’s Racism: Impeachment

5) Russia. Russia. Russia. 

"And now, Democrats are going to actually go through it because of Ukraine. What a trip this will be."

WHOA! PELOSI ACCIDENTALLY TELLS THE TRUTH! Admits Earlier Today Everything They’re Doing Is Attempt to Stop Trump from Being Elected (VIDEO)

. . . "But earlier today Pelosi spoke at the Atlantic Festival and let the cat out of the bag.
"Speaker Pelosi accidentally admitted to a liberal crowd that everything Democrats are doing is to stop President Trump from being reelected." . . .

Let's get real: Democrats were first to enlist Ukraine in US elections

The Hill  "Earlier this month, during a bipartisan meeting in Kiev, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered a pointed message to Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

"While choosing his words carefully, Murphy made clear — by his own account — that Ukraine currently enjoyed bipartisan support for its U.S. aid but that could be jeopardized if the new president acquiesced to requests by President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to investigate past corruption allegations involving Americans, including former Vice President Joe Biden’s family.

"Murphy boasted after the meeting that he told the new Ukrainian leader that U.S. aid was his country’s “most important asset” and it would be viewed as election meddling and “disastrous for long-term U.S.-Ukraine relations” to bend to the wishes of Trump and Giuliani.

" 'I told Zelensky that he should not insert himself or his government into American politics. I cautioned him that complying with the demands of the President's campaign representatives to investigate a political rival of the President would gravely damage the U.S.-Ukraine relationship. There are few things that Republicans and Democrats agree on in Washington these days, and support for Ukraine is one of them," Murphy told me today, confirming what he told Ukraine's leader." . . .

Scaramucci: Trump is 'gone' and 'done' ...

OBSESSED: Nets Bang Impeachment Drum 73 Times in a Day  "Over the span of just 26 hours on Monday and Tuesday, the network morning and evening newscasts featured mentions of impeachment a stunning 73 times while hyping the controversy over President Trump’s July phone call with the president of Ukraine.

"After the NBC, ABC, and CBS morning shows included a combined 17 mentions of impeachment on Monday, the evening news broadcasts that night continued to push the narrative with 16 more mentions. By Tuesday morning, it became an avalanche, with the network broadcasts touting the I-word a whopping 40 times. Out of the 73 mentions, only two (2.7%) suggested impeachment was a "divisive" move that could "backfire politically" on Democrats." . . .

BACKLASH: Critics Lambast Melodramatic Greta Thunberg Speech As ‘Child Abuse’

Daily Wire
Elisha Krauss tweeted: "This is heartbreaking and disturbing to me. Environmental activists and her crappy parents have stolen her childhood, not capitalism and the UN."

"Critics responded strongly to a speech given by far-left climate extremist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations on Monday, saying that the apparent level of emotional distress she appears to be dealing with constitutes "child abuse."

"Thunberg made waves after she gave a melodramatic speech warning of "mass extinction" while attacking capitalism as "fairytales of eternal economic growth."

"Thunberg, who repeatedly declared "how dare you!" in an arrogant manner, also claimed: "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood."

"Critics weighed in on her speech, calling it "child abuse," "disturbing," "exceptionally creepy," "scary," "insanity," "fanaticism," and "propaganda."

Here is some of the reaction her speech garnered online:
"Federalist editor David Harsanyi tweeted: "The idea that they can use a kid as a political shield, give her immense coverage, and then no [one] is allowed to talk about the substance of her arguments because she is a kid ... is just silly. It's the same with the gun-control kid. He says tons of ridiculous things that are then amplified by media. Yet, people get mad when you point it out. Hey, don't use kids for your political causes. I hate when either side does it.' " . . .

TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk tweeted: "The same people who say we can't criticize 16-year old ANTIFA climate activist Greta Von Thunburg ... Spent months shamelessly attacking the Covington Catholic High School kids — just because they supported our president"

 Rich Lowry: Don’t Listen to Greta Thunberg  . . . "There’s a reason that we don’t look to teenagers for guidance on fraught issues of public policy. With very rare exceptions — think, say, the philosopher John Stuart Mill, who was a child prodigy — kids have nothing interesting to say to us. They just repeat back what they’ve been told by adults, with less nuance and maturity.

"Much of the climate advocacy of young people boils down to the plaint that all parents know well: “I want it, and I want it now.” As one headline on a National Geographic story put it, “Kids’ world climate strikes demand that warming stop, fast.”

"Behind the foot-stomping is the idea that a long-running global phenomenon could be quickly stopped, if only adults cared as much as the kids did. This fails to account for such recalcitrant factors as costs and complexity, but when do children ever think of those? (And who can blame them? They’re children.)" . . .

Speaking of child labor in social justice causes:

IT WAS ALL A HOAX: Little Girl Seen Crying in Viral Video at Global Warming Rally Is a Child Actress – She Was Just a Child Prop for the Left   Video 
"As we reported on Monday — One terrified little girl in Australia couldn’t even talk to reporters about climate change without crying.
"She broke down in tears while talking to reporters about climate change junk science"
"But that was not your typical emotional teen. The girl in the video is an Aussie child actress.

"Via Michael Smith News — the girl even has her own profile at an online talent agency."

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Beth Pickelsimer Robert Stack • 6 hours ago • edited

Similar to the stage craft enlisted to derail the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings. Code Pink anarchists and a Conga line of sexual assault victim imposters, including the theatrics by Christine Blasey Ford, all orchestrated. Blasey-Ford, as a psychology professor, is documented to have taught methods of evasion and persuasion to manipulate lie detector readings for the desired answer. She meticulously adopted the voice, hair and dress style, and glasses to convince her audience, contrary to her normal appearance, style, voice and background. Her act collapsed in a convulsion of horrendously malicious lies, overt manipulation, and convenient amnesia.