Mr. Obama's impact on the world stage

Obama downplays alleged diplomatic snub by China  "He also was the only national leader not to be provided with red carpet on arrival."

Theresa May is pushed into the shadows as Merkel and Obama take centre stage at the G20 meeting after US President tells her Britain MUST wait its turn for trade deal talks

Theresa May (pictured on the left of the second row) found herself on the fringes of the G20's family photograph today after bruising comments from Barack Obama warning that the UK would not get a quick trade deal

World Journal (China): ‘Five Things You Should Know’ – Barack Obama Snubs Hillary Clinton   . . . "Martha’s Vineyard. Over the weekend, Hillary Clinton held several fundraising parties on this traditionally wealthy resort island. U.S. President Barack Obama took his family on vacation there for 16 days. Earlier, the media had reported that Obama would support Clinton at the fundraisers, but during Clinton’s stay on the island, Obama strolled on the beach, watched fireworks, and ultimately did not show up at Clinton’s fundraisers. On the Daily Mail’s headline, the word “snub” was used." . . .

The 5 most outrageous things Hillary Clinton said in her FBI interview

CNBC

. . . "Here are five of the most outrageous statements Clinton made in that three-and-a-half hour FBI interview:

1. She cited her 2012 concussion as the reason that she cannot remember details of briefings during her "transition out of office."

2. She said she never even thought whether emails she exchanged on a future U.S. drone attack should be classified.

3. She said she thought the "C" before a paragraph indicated alphabetical order. The C actually stands for "classified."

4. She said no one ever raised concerns to her about her use of a private email server.

5. She said she could not recall any training on how to handle classified information.

What's more, Clinton aides told the FBI that the Secretary of State frequently replaced her Blackberry phone and the whereabouts of her old device would become "unknown." The FBI report suggests there were at least 13 different devices used.

"You're going to hear on the mainstream media all weekend a lot of supposedly objective pundits insist the above revelations offer no "smoking gun." And that may be true from a legal standpoint, but we're in the middle of an election and these statements are poison for Clinton and cannon fodder for Donald Trump. 

Obama’s Iran Deal Is a Fraud on the American People

Ali Reza Eshraghi

Andrew C. McCarthy

"He and Kerry worked with Tehran to excuse and ‘exempt’ its flouting of its commitments."

. . . "The Institute for Science and International Security (hereafter, the Institute) reported on Thursday that Iran was not in full compliance with its JCPOA commitments on Implementation Day, as was required — we were led to believe — before Iran was to get sanctions relief. What’s more, the Obama administration not only well knew that Iran was not in compliance; it also colluded with Iran, through the secretive JCPOA device known as the “Joint Commission,” in order to exempt Iran’s multiple violations from compliance requirements. 

"Got it? As Obama and Kerry were telling you that Iran had “fully implemented its required commitments,” and that the administration would continue working energetically to ensure future continued “full compliance” with those commitments, Obama and Kerry were working with Iran to excuse its flouting of its commitments — and, it turns out, to lay the groundwork for future “exemptions” from compliance." . . .

Meet the mastermind behind Clinton’s massive email coverup

NY Post

. . . "Yet despite signs Clinton’s former chief of staff Cheryl Mills obstructed efforts by investigators to obtain Clinton’s emails, the FBI invited Mills to attend Hillary’s interview at FBI headquarters as one of her lawyers.

“ 'It’s absolutely outrageous,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.

“ 'The FBI saw massive document destruction and clear intent to withhold material evidence,” he added, “and they just ignored that obstruction, and even let her sit in on the interview.' ” . . .

Paul Sperry is author of “The Great American Bank Robbery,” which exposes how liberal Clinton housing policies led to the mortgage crisis.

WAS IT SOMETHING HE SAID?

Power Line  "The Chinese government found a new way to express its contempt for Barack Obama and the United States yesterday. The authorities snubbed Obama upon his arrival in Hangzhou before the start of the G20 conference. According to the Guardian: “[Obama] was forced to disembark from Air Force One through a little-used exit in the plane’s belly after no rolling staircase was provided when he landed in the eastern Chinese city on Saturday afternoon.”

"And that’s not all! “When Obama did find his way on to a red carpet on the tarmac below there were heated altercations between US and Chinese officials, with one Chinese official caught on video shouting: ‘This is our country! This is our airport!’” I think that’s what Secretary of State John Kerry calls nineteenth-century thinking.

"The Guardian quotes the New York Times report: “The reception that President Obama and his staff got when they arrived here Saturday afternoon was bruising, even by Chinese standards.”

"Was it something he said? The Guardian consider the possibilities, including the possibility that Obama declined the standard red carpet treatment. I think we can rule that out. The execrable Susan Rice didn’t have a face-saving explanation ready to offer. Rice commented: “They did things that weren’t anticipated.' ”

Mr Obama got the same treatment he gave others who had been friends with the US   "When the Dalai Lama went to exit the White House Thursday via the back door, a mound of trash awaited him."

Obama snubbed Netanyahu for dinner with Michelle and the girls, Israelis claim  " 'There is no humiliation exercise that the Americans did not try on the prime minister and his entourage," Israel's Maariv newspaper reported."

The progress of the pilgrim called Hillary.

Video: Hillary delete it   "Can Hillary successfully stonewall, and lie her way out of what she's done? She's doing her best to make the unthinkable happen: another Clinton occupying the Oval Office."

"This is about as plausible as “the dog ate my homework' ”.  "This is about as plausible as “the dog ate my homework”. She claimed she didn’t know that the “c” meant “confidential”, that nobody told her that she should retain work emails as they are part of the public record. Further in the article, she throws her staff under the bus, in effect claiming that underlings and minions told the dog to eat her homework.

"That’s some Grade A leadership there, right? Makes you wanna sign right up for that outfit, no?

"Further, I have an Ivy League lawyer, wife of a former governor and president, who lived in the White House for eight damned years, then went on to be a senator and Secretary of State telling me she didn’t know about classified email and that work-related documents needed to be saved as part of the public record?" . . .

She and hubby Bill are apparently made from the same mold. Back during the Lewinsky scandal I saw talking heads on the news discuss Bill's denial of having sex with Monica Lewinsky. One said he had been married for years and had several kids, but after listening to Bill Clinton describe his relationship with Lewinsky, he said "I'm not sure I ever had sex with my wife".

Nor did Hillary ever conduct business on behalf of the US State Department it would seem.  TD

Thomas Lifson; FBI holiday weekend document drop is devastating to Hillary  "The decision to wait for late Friday on Labor Day weekend to release the FBI’s investigation notes of Hillary Clinton’s email practices offers further evidence of the politicization of the agency.  As the United States slides into a banana republic, we now know that a political thumb is on the scale at the two most feared federal agencies: the IRS and the FBI.

"Still, one can understand why the Hillary faction wanted to obscure the documents, for they contain toxic revelations that disqualify Hillary Clinton from the presidency." . . .

"In a sure sign of how devastating this issue is, a female Democrat senator has already played the sexism card.  Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) took to MSNBC:" . . .

"There is actually a lot more, and we will have time to sort it out.  But perhaps the most damning of the damning evidence that the FBI has been compromised is the entirely improper presence of Hillary’s consigliere Cheryl Mills at the interview." . . .

Trump and Hillary where the rubber hits their respective roads

"Trump Walks Through Detroit Community; Liberals Heads Will Explode With Racism"

Donald Trump To Black Congregation: “You’re God’s Greatest Gift to Our Nation”  "Donald Trump spoke at the Great Faith Ministries Church in Detroit on Saturday and called for a civil rights movement for our time. When he concluded his speech, he received a standing ovation.

"At the beginning and as Donald Trump left the church, about 100 angry protesters tried to break in, condemning the pastor of the church for hosting Donald Trump who they called a racist. There was not much of a protest beyond that. Inside the church, he was well-received.

"Mr. Trump told those assembled that a lot of people don’t realize Abraham Lincoln was a Republican as he grabbed the mantle of Lincoln for the party, telling them “You’re are God’s greatest gift to our nation”.

That’s a beautiful sentiment."

. . . 

"CNN interviewed some who said they found him “honest and transparent”. Another said it was “not in any way offensive” and “it was great”. Still another said he probably didn’t change minds but he was more “relatable”. Some described him as “humble.”

“ 'We’ll see about what he says, the actions that he takes,” one parishioner said. “Not just for people of color, but all people.” . . .

Trump speaks in a black church in Detroit and Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild makes a "nice night" for Hillary Clinton on the lawn of her Martha’s Vineyard estate.

Clinton Spends Most of Her Time with the Ultra-Wealthy  "New York Times: “Mr. Trump has pointed to Mrs. Clinton’s noticeably scant schedule of campaign events this summer to suggest she has been hiding from the public. But Mrs. Clinton has been more than accessible to those who reside in some of the country’s most moneyed enclaves and are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to see her.  In the last two weeks of August, Mrs. Clinton raked in roughly $50 million at 22 fund-raising events, averaging around $150,000 an hour, according to a New York Times tally.”



Where Has Hillary Clinton Been? Ask the Ultrarich (New York Times)

Democrats Leaked Memo: Don’t Talk About Black On Black Crime!

. . . "Looks like the Democratic Party got their hands caught in the cookie jar again with a recently leaked memo that details how they wanted to deal with black voters, including the Black Lives Matter movement. I guess the only way to snuff out a problem is not talk about it, Democrats are good at that." . . .

"The old rural plantations were run by Democrats, and the new urban plantations are run by Democrats. Now it’s time for it to come to an end!"

Hillary’s Infamous Pantsuits Are Made in China and Bangladesh

For example, this joke from David Letterman: "Hillary is dressing sexier and sexier. Yesterday she was seen shopping at Victoria's Pantsuit." 

Fresh News USA

"Wednesday, Hillary Clinton told a large crowd that Donald Trump’s ties were not made in America.

"From The Hill:

"On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton stood in front of a clothing display at American-made Knotty Ties in Colorado. The image was to portray the message that Trump ties can be made in America.

“ 'So, why does Donald Trump make his ties in China?” Clinton asked. She failed to mention that this company, Knotty Ties, predominantly hires Muslim refugees, which effectively steals all those so-called jobs from Americans.

"Don’t you find it hypocritical that Clinton stands in front of a Colorado tie company (full of refugee non-American workers) to point out that Donald Trump makes his ties in China and suits in Mexico.

"While she wears clothing from designers who manufacture most of theirs in China, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka? There was plenty of conversation surrounding the white pantsuit Clinton wore at the Democrat national convention while accepting the nomination.

"We’re told it was a Ralph Lauren pantsuit. She’s also known to wear Armani pantsuits at her speeches. Ralph Lauren and Armani assemble many of their products in Bangladesh.{

Let's see what today's Colinoscopy has to show

#KapSoBlack

"But his ignorance and stupidity is just starting. Kaepernick is upset because a handful of black men have been shot by police. Meanwhile there are thousands of black Americans shot each year on the streets of Chicago." Wayne Allen Root 

MORE KAEPERNICK FALLOUT AS POLICE UNION THREATENS TO BOYCOTT 49ERS GAMES

". . .  The police union letter isn’t about his refusal to stand for the national anthem but rather his pig socks and anti-cop statements. It would also seem to indicate that Kaepernick won’t be among the roster cuts to be announced on Saturday. Ironically, the overpaid Prima Donna may have saved his job by becoming a hero to liberals and blacktivists who would turn his being jettisoned into nothing short of a crucifixion. There is already a new hashtag #KapSoBlack although not one as of yet that is more honest like #BlackMillionairesMatter.

"One thing is for sure and that is by not acting, the 49ers organization is effectively rewarding Kaepernick and in doing so will spread the seeds of black militance to locker rooms throughout the NFL."

Related:  Police-blasting Beyonce' and Michelle Obama spend a weekend together

Colin Kaepernick – the Dumbing Down of America  . . . "The kid is young, dumb and filled with…ignorance. He is a tragic example of the liberal biased, hateful “blame America first” propaganda taught to America’s young people at schools and universities." . . .

Kaepernicking the NFL  . . . "To be sure, the NFL brought this upon itself by wading into the quagmire of radical social issues with thoughtless pandering to racists (remember Super Bowl halftime?), feminists, gender extremists, and other assorted crazies.  By so doing, it created the opportunity for Kaepernick but also set itself on a glide path to irrelevancy, as sponsors have undoubtedly taken horrified notice." . . .

I Just Want to Enjoy Watching the Game  "Nobody watches sports because they want to raise their level of “social awareness.” Nobody tunes in to Monday Night Consciousness-Raising. Most sports fans are perfectly aware of the world’s problems. They are much more likely to encounter those problems in their daily lives than any of the well-paid, famous players on the field. I can’t speak for all of them, but I think their mentality isn’t too far from mine." . . .

California bans painting of Civil War battle from County Fair art show, because painting includes Confederate battle flag

Plus the painting is pretty bad.
Volokh Conspiracy

"California Government Code § 8195 provides that “The State of California may not sell or display the Battle Flag of the Confederacy, also referred to as the Stars and Bars, or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, or state museum that serves an educational or historical purpose.” Read narrowly, this would be constitutional: The California Legislature is generally free to decide what speech the state engages in.

"But it looks as though the state is now reading this as prohibiting even the display of private citizens’ paintings in venues such as County Fair art shows, and even in a context where basically all other submissions are displayed (so that the government isn’t just selecting a few paintings for display because it thinks they are the best). A lawsuit filed by the Center for Individual Rights argues that this violates the First Amendment:" . . .

Beyoncé and Blue Ivy spend Labor Day weekend with Michelle Obama and the girls at Camp David

Daily Mail   "Beyoncé and her daughter Blue Ivy have touched down in Maryland, apparently set to spend Labor Day weekend with the Obamas at Camp David.

"But, with Barack having jetted off to China for the final G20 summit of his presidency, it looks like the holiday weekend will double as a girls' weekend.

"The megastar was spotted stepping off a private plane in Frederick, Maryland, on Friday afternoon. " . . .

Donald Trump catches up with Hillary Clinton in latest polls that show 'virtual tie'

Independent
Clinton lost an eight-point lead over the past week, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll

. .  . "The poll found that 40 per cent of likely voters support Mr Trump, while 39 per cent back Ms Clinton for the week of 26 August through 1 September. Ms Clinton’s lead has declined from an eight-point lead, according to Reuters. 

"Mr Trump’s favour among Republicans has also bounced six percentage points to 78 per cent over the past two weeks, despite controversial staff shake ups and his seemingly wavering stance on immigration. In a major policy speech on Wednesday, Mr Trump seemed to win back enthusiasm as he vowed to deport millions of undocumented immigrants during his “first hour” as president." . . . 

. . . "The Friday poll comes amid news that the FBI released details of Ms Clinton’s interview with investigators regarding emails kept on her private servers – an issue that has plagued the Clinton campaign from the onset."