NYT calls for moderator ‘fact check’ after Lauer sins by allowing candidates to speak

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Observer  . . . "Suddenly, Lauer is garbage, no better—in the eyes of the mainstream media—than some basement-dwelling right-wing blogger.

"His sin? He allowed Trump to speak during the candidate forum, and didn’t press the Republican presidential nominee on his answers to the liking of the liberal media. This morning, I detailed the extent of the hate being spewed against Lauer by his colleagues in the mainstream media." . . .

"It seems obvious they’re all just upset that Trump hasn’t said or done anything to take the heat off of Clinton’s two weeks of bad news coverage. Previously, whenever bad news broke for Clinton, Trump was there to say or do something outrageous that would suck up attention and allow Clinton to skate scrutiny. That has changed since Kellyanne Conway became campaign manager, Steve Bannon of Breitbart News became campaign CEO, and Jamestown Associates (full disclosure: a group I am collaborating with on a documentary) took over communications.

"Desperate to hold up their historically terrible candidate (second only to Trump himself), the media is now using Lauer as a scapegoat and sending a warning to debate moderators that if they don’t step in and do everything they can to sink Trump’s candidacy, they will be pariahs in their profession." . . .

Dear Colin Kaepernick:

Ryan Bomberger 

 . . . "We have similar backgrounds. You’re biracial. I’m biracial. Both of us had black biological “fathers” who weren’t in the picture at all. (Actually, that’s an understatement for me as my biological mother was raped yet chose life despite her horrific circumstances). Your biological mother faced different but dire circumstances, too. Each of our courageous birthmoms chose adoption for us, allowing us to be loved like crazy
. . .
. . . " You’ve been seduced into a false narrative that exploits racism for political means when your experience and your biracialism should call you to be what President Obama has never chosen to be —a unifier. Rockin’ an afro doesn’t make you blacker or righter, by the way. It doesn’t change who I am either. Truth changes who we are…for the better. . . .  The fundamentally dishonest, Marxist #BlackLivesMatter movement is toxic. Surely, there’s a better way to illuminate actual injustice and address needless, tragic losses of life without spewing the venom of a movement rooted in regurgitated black nationalism.

"Martin Luther King powerfully declared: “Let us be dissatisfied until that day when nobody will shout, ‘White Power!’ when nobody will shout, ‘Black Power!’ but everybody will talk about God's power and human power!”  . . .

Ryan Bomberger has a rather unique perspective on the nature of Purpose. Adopted into a large multi-racial family of 15, he grew up in a Christian home that exuded compassion. Today he’s an adoptee and adoptive father. As an Emmy® Award-winning creative professional he is passionate about igniting, in people’s hearts and minds, an awareness and a love of the intrinsic value we all possess. Ryan and his wife, Bethany, created The Radiance Foundation in 2009 as a life-affirming educational organization. Through creative ad campaigns, powerful live multimedia presentations and compassionate community outreach, Radiance illuminates the God-given Purpose within each of us. " . . .

"Two stupids: Kaepernick and Nessa Diab"  . . . "Thousands of black-on-black killings in Chicago, and acorn-brains like Nessa want to stop the cops from protecting her people.

"Chop down the tree of brainless rebellion.  Spare blacks from the undercurrent of violence by Kaepernick.  Save blacks from their own limousine liberals."

OOPS! Kaepernick Supporter, Broncos’ Brandon Marshall DROPPED By Sponsor  . .  . "Air Academy Federal Credit Union, which mostly serves members of the military and their families, announced on social media Friday that it was ending its five-month relationship with Marshall." . . .

A couple of Obama stats

Thanks to Weasel Zippers for this content.

Mr Obama speaks and Jeremiah Wright's voice comes out.

Video: Obama Refers To Himself 171 Times During A Single Townhall In Laos…

MONTAGE: 18 TIMES OBAMA TRASHED AMERICA IN ASIA 

"His just-concluded trip to Asia was no different. 

"Here are 18 separate attacks he unloaded while in China and Laos:

1. There are still too many poor children in the United States
2. Too many children in America are not getting enough to eat
3. Despite America's wealth, we’re not providing sufficient educational resources in poor communities
4. America lacks the “political will” to help poor inner cities that have suffered discrimination.
5. Americans are “lazy” in thinking we don’t need to learn about foreign nations.
6. Colin Kapernack is justified protesting the National Anthem, as the NFL star is raising “real, legitimate issues” about things America needs to be talked about. 
7. America suffers from racism, conflicts between ethnic groups, and discrimination against immigrants.
8. Criticisms of America being imperfect and having problems with racism discrimination are accurate.
9. America still has “situations where women are not treated equally.”
10. America “didn't think through” our policy in Vietnam War, as dropping cluster bombs proved counterproductive to "winning hearts and minds."
11. America’s treatment of Native Americans was “tragic.”
12. America “struggled to stay true” to our founding ideal that all men are created equal.
13. When the environment is destroyed in America, it’s because the private sector is being “lazy."
14. The United States is still to this day learning how to develop industry without destroying the environment.
15. Due to industrialization, America “used to have terrible pollution … everywhere.”
16. America’s role in the Vietnam war led to mass displacement of people from their homes.
17. America dropped more bombs on Laos than on Germany and Japan during World War II … more than 2 million bombs … “the bombs fell like rain.” More bombs, he said on several occasions, were dropped on Laos per capita than anywhere else in the world.
18. We bombed the “simple homes” of civilians in Laos. “Villages and entire allies were obliterated.” The ancient Plain of Jars “was devastated.” Countless civilians were killed.

The Un-compelling Ms. Clinton

Hat tip to Kevin Larkin; Ozark, MO

NRO: Clinton is such an uncompelling candidate, she has made her campaign all about Trump. . . . "And yet for all of Donald Trump’s weaknesses, Hillary is barely leading him. According to the new CNN poll, her voters are less enthusiastic than his are. Her unfavorable rating is just a tick below his when he has spent a year gleefully trampling every political piety and she is determinedly cautious and colorless. 

"It is telling that at the height of her lead in August, she was almost entirely absent. She let Trump dictate the pace of the campaign, often to his own detriment. As he has become more disciplined, this approach may have reached its natural limit." . . .  Read more

Brian Abel

Unfair Treatment of Hillary? Give Us a Break  . . . "Clinton’s press conference yesterday — her first in 278 days — consisted of only six questions, none of which demanded serious answers on serious subjects. Among the most noteworthy were two about media bias, one asking, “Do you think you’re treated differently because you’re a woman?” and the other wondering whether Clinton believes the media are going too easy on Trump."

History professor rips down campus 9/11 ‘Never Forget’ posters

The College Fix   "Conservative students attending a community college in Southern California say campus leaders worked to cancel their Sept. 11 memorial, and what’s more, a history professor tore down their “Never Forget” remembrance posters.

"The students, who attend Saddleback College and are members of the Young Americans for Freedom group, filmed on Thursday history Professor Margot Lovett tear down posters with images showing various terrorists acts and the words “Never Forget.”

"Lovett, chair of the history department, told the students they did not have permission to hang them, the video shows."

"The actions of Lovett, who in 2001 endorsed a statement blaming U.S. imperialism for the 9/11 attacks, came after campus leaders used bureaucratic red tape to try to shut down the conservative students’ previously approved Sept. 11 memorial." . . .

Who Flubbed Aleppo? All of Them.

Jonathan S. Tobin

"Yesterday morning, Gary Johnson earned himself immortality by saying something that will be in every political blooper reel for as long as the media survive. His cringe­inducing blank stare, offered when asked what he would “do about Aleppo,” made him the butt of abuse across the political spectrum. Yet he was also subsequently was praised for owning up to his mistake and for coming up with a coherent­sounding answer when probed later about his views on the Syrian civil war. 

"To some extent the instinct to show mercy to Johnson is understandable, especially since that gaffe may cost him whatever small chance he might have had to get his polling numbers up to 15 percent and join the first presidential debate. Having the grace to admit your mistakes is a good thing and the choices in this election would seem less grim to most voters if the two major­party candidates could do that. But it’s a mistake to let Johnson off the hook. It was no accident that he would demonstrate ignorance on this topic. As a rigid isolationist, neither he nor most of his Libertarian supporters care about what’s happening in Syria. After all, he is still undecided about the merits of intervening in World War Two.

"Yet rather than merely guffaw at Johnson, we also ought to hold the other candidates — and the incumbent — accountable for their statements on Syria." . . .

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The Allied invasion as you've never seen it before: Stunning colorized photographs show battle-torn France in the aftermath of D-Day

Any men in these photos who still live are those feeble, doddering elderly veterans that many silly people laugh at when watching them walking slowly. Little do they know. TD

Previously black and white images have been colorized bringing to life key moments at the end of WWII
Photos show E-Company in Hitler's private residence after storming the Austrian town of Obersalzberg

Images also document the D-Day landing on Normandy beach and liberation day in Northern France

UK Daily Mail  "Striking color pictures have brought the struggle and victory of the Second World War's Western Front into the twenty-first century. 

"The images from June 1944 show USS LST-388 landing at Normandy Beach, US Army forces making a desperate bid to fight German forces on Utah Beach and marching through Po Valley.

"Other amazing shots from under a year later show members of America's E-Company celebrating victory over the Nazis in Hitler's private residence in the Bavarian mountains as well as France during Liberation Day.

"The wartime photographs were colorized by American emergency medical technician Jared Enos, 19, from North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

" 'Some of the most famous, inspiring, and harrowing stories come from the Western Front,' he said.

" 'I really wanted to capture the people in this collection, to allow you to glimpse into the past and think, 'What could have been going through their mind at a moment like this.'

Two color guards and color bearers of the Japanese-American 442nd Combat Team, stand to attention in the Bruyeres area, France, on November 12 1944.  The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry. In total around 14,000 Japanese-Americans fought in World War II

A shell fired by a 88 mm gun explodes on Utah Beach during the landing on June 6, 1944. The target 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coast was divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword Beach. Up to 9,000 Germans and some 6,000 Allied forces died during the fighting 

Video and photos at the link.

Obama Kept His Promise, 83,000 Coal Jobs Lost And 400 Mines Shuttered

Daily Caller  "This Labor Day, America 

has 83,000 fewer coal jobs and 400 coal mines than it did when Barack Obama was elected in 2008, showing that the president has followed through on his pledge to “bankrupt” the coal industry.

"A 2015 study found the coal industry lost 50,000 jobs from 2008 to 2012 during Obama’s first term. During Obama’s second term, the industry employment in coal mining has fallen by another 33,300 jobs, 10,900 of which occurred in the last year alone, according to federal data. Currently, coal mining employs 69,460 

"Americans, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Much of the blame for the job losses is targeted at federal regulations aimed at preventing global warming, which caused coal power plants to go bankrupt, resulting in a sharp decline in the price of coal." . . .

Oh, man; not more of this silliness Updated

Seattle Seahawks consider team-wide national anthem protest at NFL opener

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane said he will continue to sit during the national anthem.

"The Seahawks kick off their regular season at CenturyLink Field against the Dolphins, on the 15th anniversary of 9/11."
Downtrend reports on this as well
On the other hand....
Seahawks planning ‘pregame demonstration of unity’ to ‘honor the country and flag’  "Former Seahawk and Green Beret veteran Nate Boyer also gave a hint at what may be to come with a Tweet reading “Talked to the Seahawks. What the team will do is a powerful sign of unification + respect for the Anthem + those that fight for our Freedom!' ”

Megan Rapinoe doesn’t get chance to kneel for national anthem. It was played with teams in locker room.   "In a preemptive move, the owner of the Washington Spirit, Air Force veteran Bill Lynch, ordered “The Star-Spangled Banner” to be played while the teams were in the locker room.

"The Spirit took the action, the National Women’s Soccer League club said, “rather than subject our fans and friends to the disrespect we feel such an act would represent.' ”

Update: Watch Colin Kaepernick Get Crushed While The National Anthem Plays

Incident in Hangzhou; Obama’s humiliation in China is a sign of global disdain for the president.

Charles Krauthammer

"The president of the United States lands with all the majesty of Air Force One, waiting to exit the front door and stride down the rolling staircase to the red-carpeted tarmac. Except that there is no rolling staircase. He is forced to exit — as one China expert put it rather undiplomatically — through “the ass” of the plane.

". . . Indeed, not one of the other G-20 world leaders was left stranded on his plane upon arrival."

"Did President Xi Jinping directly order airport personnel and diplomatic functionaries to deny President Obama a proper welcome? Who knows? But the message, whether intentional or not, wasn’t very subtle. The authorities expressed no regret, no remorse and certainly no apology. On the contrary, they scolded the media for even reporting the snub.

"No surprise. China’s ostentatious rudeness was perfectly reflective of the world’s general disdain for Obama. His high-minded lectures about global norms and demands that others live up to their “international obligations” are no longer amusing. They’re irritating." . . .

Other nations know what we Americans all know: when Barack Obama rises to speak we are all going to be scolded for not pleasing him. His closing insult is usually "that's not who we are."  TD

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Hillary's Performance at National Security Forum Was Atrocious

Weekly Standard

"So why are the media focused on Matt Lauer instead?"

"Wednesday night, NBC hosted a presidential forum on issues related to national security and the military where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were interviewed and took selected questions from military personnel in attendance. Today host Matt Lauer served as moderator.

"If you read media reports about the forum, the event was a total fiasco. Not because Clinton did poorly—and she did—but because Lauer was totally unfair to her. A good summary of this bizarre take on events can be found on the Washington Post's Thursday morning under the headline: "Matt Lauer's widely-panned performance shows the perils for debate moderators":

. . .  Much more here...

"Both Paul Krugman and Nicholas Kristof were cited by Politico and CNN. Krugman authored a column on Monday before the debate whingeing that the media have been too hard on Clinton. The column was so shameless even commentators on the Left described Krugman's column as part of an "Unrelenting Pundit-Led Effort to Delegitimize All Negative Reporting About Hillary Clinton." Kristof's Twitter feed is similarly filled with defenses of Clinton that are at odds with the facts. And if nearly all of the criticism being cited comes from liberal columnists and Democratic operatives, how can we say Lauer was "widely panned" much less "universally" condemned?

"Why are the media are piling on Lauer here? The answer was right there in the Post's headline about the "the perils for debate moderators." Hillary Clinton's performance Wednesday was abysmal, and it's easier to spin Trump's lesser lies about relatively inconsequential lies like whether he supported the Iraq War as a private citizen. Clinton's allies in the media are suddenly very worried that she's going to bomb in the debates, and the best way to improve her chances is to make the debate moderators afraid to answer tough questions about her many lies."

John Podhoretz: Presidential forum proves no matter who wins, America loses  . . . "Listening to Clinton prevaricate about her emails and Trump prevaricate about positions he holds and doesn’t entirely seem to understand once again raises the unholy horror of the fact that out of 330 million people in the United States, these are the two who have ended up in the race for the White House in 2016."

Vet Confronts Clinton and She Lies Again

"A US Navy veteran confronted Hillary Clinton during the Commander in Chief forum Wednesday over her handling of confidential information."

Debunking the Palestine Lie

Youtube  The roots of Arab hatred for Israel.