What a busy few weeks Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has had. She appeared onstage with Prince. Sat down for an interview with Vogue. And, of course, she made national news by pressing charges against six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a severe spinal injury while in police custody. Now Mosby and her husband, City Councilman Nick Mosby, are about to be guest ringmasters for the UniverSoul Circus. The couple is also slated to accept the “UniverSoul Circus Community Service Award for their commitment to the well-being of the Baltimore community” at Friday afternoon’s performance, according to a press release from the circus. . . .
. . . "That said, there are other, [less] obvious reasons why this entire affair disgusts me. "2. The indictment of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert could not have come at a better time for Democrats. With scandal upon scandal piling up around Hillary Clinton, her shakedown foundation, and her horn dog Orgy Island-visiting husband having difficulty staying off the stage, it is a welcome distraction for the media."' . . .
. . . "I am sure that with an election pending, we will get a ton of dirt on Hastert. A great distraction from the Clintons."
. . . "On the list of excuses for President Obama's ongoing failure to produce decent economic growth, we hadn't heard this one: A "seasonal adjustment" problem at the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which compiles the GDP estimates.
"White House chief economist Jason Furman says that, despite its seasonal adjustments, the BEA might not be accurately accounting for the effect of winter weather on growth.
Clinton Foundation hit with racketeering lawsuit . . . "The racketeering, influenced and corrupt organizations, or RICO, case alleges the former first couple and their family philanthropy traded political favors for donations or generous speaking fees for Bill Clinton while his wife was the nation's chief diplomat.
" 'Negotiations by email about influencing U.S. foreign policy or U.S. Government actions to benefit donors to ... The Clinton Foundation or sponsors of speaking engagements would not be captured on a U.S. Government email account because her emails would not be with a U.S. Government official," Klayman said in court documents obtained by the Washington Examiner." . . .
Richard Larsen . . . "Considering the nature of the charges against FIFA,
it seems only logical to wonder if, or when, such charges will be levied
against Bill and Hillary Clinton, and the Clinton Foundation.
Wonder what FIFA got for their contribution to the Clinton Foundation
"The DOJ indictment alleges that FIFA officials “abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars
in bribes and kickbacks,” according to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
The graft is alleged to have influenced World Cup host nation selection,
marketing rights for sports marketing companies, and broadcast rights
for television coverage of FIFA events.
"Prima facie, it doesn’t appear that FIFA did anything more legally dubious than did the Clinton Foundation. ' . . .
Soon Hillary will have even more reason to hate the press "Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is widely believed to have a strong dislike
for the national media, though there is no clear reason why. Wall
Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan thinks she knows the answer.
"In an op-ed
on Thursday, Noonan said Clinton, when she was first lady, didn't
initially grasp that just because reporters are generally liberal, that
doesn't mean they're on her side."
President Obama, in describing his foreign policy doctrine in private conversations to reporters, said, “We don’t do stupid sh*t.” He actually does, quite a lot, and in ways that may be unmatched by any president in our history. Over the course of his presidency, Mr. Obama has implemented the policy he’s wanted. As a result, in several nations and in some regions, he has helped open the gates of hell.
Peter Wehner "With the Islamic State expanding its reach after two key victories in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar Province, and Palmyra, a strategically important city in Syria, it might a good time to ask: What are the worst foreign policy failures of Barack Obama’s presidency? The list is long; here are several to choose from.
"1. The Rise of ISIS. President Obama failed to anticipate the rise of ISIS, which he ridiculed as a “jayvee team” as recently as last year, and he has since failed to do anything effective to impede it. ISIS had established territory in large parts of Syria and Iraq; it now “controls a volume of resources and territory unmatched in the history of extremist organizations.” Under Mr. Obama’s watch, a jihadist caliphate has been established in the heart of the Middle East — and the president has no strategy to deal with it.
"2. Losing the War in Iraq. President Obama’s predecessor handed to him a war that had been won." . . . Read the full article.
I feel other nations must worry more about the American voters - legal or otherwise- who put this man into office not once, but twice. The second time after knowing what kind of president he has been! If the next time we elect an intelligent, courageous foreign policy leader, many of our allies may still be reluctant to follow our lead because they realize the very next administration will be another leftist, ineffectual one like that which Obama voters chose in 2008 and 2012.
"The liberal media might not have Jon Ritzheimer to kick around any more.
"He’s the Marine (there’s no such thing as an “ex-Marine”, Mediaite) who organized the “Draw Mohammed” protest in Phoenix last night. He said that he’s received death threats in response to his protest.
"Who saw that coming?
"Ritzheimer told the media that, as a result of the threats, he’s going into hiding for his own safety and the safety of his family.
"We can’t blame him.
"He noted that there had been people “calling for folks to come and behead” him. He called that “tyranny” and “terrorism right here in America.”
"President Obama would probably call it “protest violence.' ” . . . More...
"This just infuriates me. The government made promises to these guys, who put their lives on the line for us and thus earned their way onto a Taliban hit list. Many of the interpreters have just been left to be killed because the Obama regime can’t get off the golf course to follow through on the promises made. This man’s death is on their heads." Thanks to the organization that brings you healthcare and veterans benefits.
. . . "The indictment did not spell out the nature of the “prior misconduct” by Hastert, but it noted that before entering state and federal politics in 1981 Hastert served for more than a decade as a teacher and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School in Illinois.
"In 2010, confronted about the “prior misconduct,” the former speaker agreed to pay $3.5 million to the person “to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against Individual A,” prosecutors alleged." . . .
"Small ball compared to Sharpton and the Clintons.", comments Lucianne
Watcher of Weasels "Yes, once again, It’s time to present this week’s statuette of shame, The Golden Weasel!! "Every Tuesday, the Council nominates some of the slimiest, most despicable characters in public life for some deed of evil, cowardice or corruption they’ve performed. Then we vote to single out one particular Weasel for special mention, to whom we award the statuette of shame, our special, 100% plastic Golden Weasel. This week’s nominees were all spectacularly disgusting, but the votes are in and we have our winner winner…the envelope please…"
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie ‘Let ‘Em Riot’ Rawlings-Blake!
Don Surber: "Mustela Baltimoron mayorus Stephanie Rawlings-Blake for giving rioters, arsonists and looters a space of their own. Her actual words:
“I made it very clear that I work with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech. It’s a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well. And we worked very hard to keep that balance and to put ourselves in the best position to de-escalate.”
"Oberlin graduate! Need we say more? It takes a certain kind of cowardice to stand up to a crowd of lawless outlaws and say, “Do what you want to the girl, but leave me alone.'”
THE POLITICAL CHRISTIAN: Do We Have Any Choice? . . . " My personal view, and I want to stress it’s MY PERSONAL VIEW, is that it’s spiritually suicidal not to be politically aware, and even politically involved to some degree. Some Christians want to continually shut the world out and live in a vacuum. According to that mind set, as long as we have our church services, our retreats, seminars and concerts, as along as we still have all of our Christian paraphernalia, then everything will be hunky-dory because, hey, it’s “of the Lord”. " . . .
Creator of Viral Obama Poster Loses Hope . . . "Uneducated? Complacent? It almost sounds like Fairey is describing the millions of ‘low information’ voters who cast their ballots for Obama in 2008 and 2012. " . . . Jon Gabriel of Ricochet:
Perhaps Obama was too busy raising $1.1 billion in 2012 to get around to taking money out of politics.
The New York Times' hypocrisy regarding displays of "offensive" religious imagery runs unabated, as shown in a Scott Reyburn article in Friday's Arts section on the sale of Chris Ofili's controversial painting "The Holy Virgin Mary," which shows the Virgin Mary clotted with elephant dung against a porn-collage background -- and accompanied by a photograph of the offensive work.
Yet when the paper refused to reprint a cartoon of Muhammad that appeared in the Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that resulted in the January 2015 massacre of 12 magazine staffers, it offered this smug, cowardly justification:
- See more at: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2015/05/29/nyts-artistic-display-religious-hypocrisy-runs-offensive-virgin-mary#sthash.PvJi2DPu.dpuf
The New York Times' hypocrisy regarding displays of "offensive" religious imagery runs unabated, as shown in a Scott Reyburn article in Friday's Arts section on the sale of Chris Ofili's controversial painting "The Holy Virgin Mary," which shows the Virgin Mary clotted with elephant dung against a porn-collage background -- and accompanied by a photograph of the offensive work.
Yet when the paper refused to reprint a cartoon of Muhammad that appeared in the Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that resulted in the January 2015 massacre of 12 magazine staffers, it offered this smug, cowardly justification:
- See more at: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2015/05/29/nyts-artistic-display-religious-hypocrisy-runs-offensive-virgin-mary#sthash.PvJi2DPu.dpuf
The New York Times' hypocrisy regarding displays of "offensive" religious imagery runs unabated, as shown in a Scott Reyburn article in Friday's Arts section on the sale of Chris Ofili's controversial painting "The Holy Virgin Mary," which shows the Virgin Mary clotted with elephant dung against a porn-collage background -- and accompanied by a photograph of the offensive work.
Yet when the paper refused to reprint a cartoon of Muhammad that appeared in the Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that resulted in the January 2015 massacre of 12 magazine staffers, it . . .
. . . "If this is true, then reinforcing a failing strategy that depends on Baghdad doing the right thing might not only be misguided but counterproductive,” he writes. “A better approach might be to surge resources to those actors in Iraq who we judge would actually take on ISIS on the battlefield.” “ 'There are actors — the Kurdish peshmerga and several Sunni tribes — that would benefit from more direct support from the United States and its allies. It may be possible to deploy special operations forces and other capabilities more directly proximate and responsive to these actors.” . . . "Several former senior military officers have come forward in recent
months to call for a change in the Obama administration’s Iraq strategy.
The CNAS analyses represent stiff criticism from some of Mr. Obama’s
former political appointees."
Washington Examiner . . . "Ultimately, the Presidential Records Act depends on the honesty of the president. That's not Clinton's strong suit. Recent polls have shown substantial numbers of Americans do not believe she is honest and trustworthy. After the State Department experience, they would have good reason to be suspicious of her in the White House.
"Don't look for this to become a big campaign issue — compliance with the Presidential Records Act is not exactly the most critical issue facing voters in 2016. But as far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, it could be a harbinger of bigger problems to come."
. . . "You can imagine the paroxysms into which this sort of reasonsing, focused on making history rather than making policy, will send some commentators: People elected Obama because it made them feel good to elect the first black president, and look at his approval now! Have we not learned our lesson?! But clearly the idea of Clinton finally breaking the glass ceiling she cracked, by her count, 18 million times in 2008 holds a strong pull. (The third reason, at 8 percent, is that she'd represent a change from the Obama and Bush policies—a maybe optimistic sense.)
"What is surprising, as Grace Wyler points out, are the reasons people give for not wanting her to win:" . . .
