The police arrive to a man with a gun who is also mentally ill and possibly abusing substances although that was never clear. Jacob Craig pointed the gun at the police officer and now he is dead.
I thought gun laws kept guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. Jacob Craig is soundly stated as mentally ill. What was he doing with a gun?
Jacob Craig could have been in downtown Tulsa when he decided to carry his gun into a crowd when a police officer was apparent. What was stopping this man from killing numerous people with a gun he clearly should not have had in his possession.
I am not saying the police officer had no right to defend himself. The PROBLEM here is the fact Jacob Craig had a gun at all. Our laws and the gun lobby proclaim the requirements to prevent mentally ill people are enough to protect the public. CLEARLY, that is not the case. Where are the lawsuits that demand the mentally ill never obtain weapons? The regulations are clearly not working and not a thing is being done.
This is not simply a fluke case. There have been many others whereby a mentally ill person died by a police bullet because the officer was defending himself or herself. Then there are the issues like Virginia Tech. The laws that require background checks for mental illness or criminal history are obviously unable to protect Americans, and I might add nor those among us that are mentally ill.
When is this going to change? Where did Jacob Craig receive a gun at all? Now that he is dead the case of his death is closed. Why? There is no reason to close the case when in fact he was mentally ill and possessed a gun.
December 26, 2017
By Kyle Hinchley
A man fatally shot by police (click here) after reportedly pointing a gun at an officer while naked on Christmas had a history of mental illness and may have been high on mushrooms, according to his mother.
A Tulsa police officer shot and killed 31-year-old Jacob Craig about 4:45 p.m. Monday in the 1100 block of South Wheeling Avenue.
The officer, whose name has not been released, was responding to a report of a disturbance with a weapon when authorities say Craig approached him while carrying a handgun and wearing no clothes. Police say the officer gave several commands for the man to put the gun down, but opened fire when Craig pointed the gun at him.
Craig was taken to an area hospital and died from his injuries....
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
The litigation should continue in the face of obvious political corruption.
Scott Pruitt is not competent. He is simply putting a pen on paper without due cause to change the regulations of the EPA. This case clearly shows the corruption he brings to the EPA.
The idea there are jobs that may be effected by environmental law is a reality that plagues the agency. There is nothing one can do about lost jobs and profits because regulations require Americans to be safe from environmental pollution. Excess greenhouse gases are pollution.
No one likes to cause adverse economic conditions because of NECESSARY REGULATIONS. The beautiful effect of the EPA in leveraging regulation to improve the lives of Americans is to realize the number of jobs created by alternative energies over the past decade. When people lost their jobs, their homes and hope in 2008, the Democratic Recovery Act brought new jobs in areas of energy sourly ignored for decades.
Today, there are very viable economic realities that cannot be ignored. Scott Pruitt in his antiquated ideas and incompetent METHODS of determining regulation or the lack of it, is at least as offensive as he claims current regulation is; to the brave new energy world instilled under the Obama administration. There are very viable arguments for a court to consider about the incompetency of Pruitt, his methods and strong partisan discrimination that will cause damage to Americans and their economy.
Just because Pruitt puts his name on a piece of paper doesn't mean the lawsuit ends there, if anything it goes forward with more viability to prove how wayward this administration is without a care about the danger Americans are being placed in.
December 26, 2017
The idea there are jobs that may be effected by environmental law is a reality that plagues the agency. There is nothing one can do about lost jobs and profits because regulations require Americans to be safe from environmental pollution. Excess greenhouse gases are pollution.
No one likes to cause adverse economic conditions because of NECESSARY REGULATIONS. The beautiful effect of the EPA in leveraging regulation to improve the lives of Americans is to realize the number of jobs created by alternative energies over the past decade. When people lost their jobs, their homes and hope in 2008, the Democratic Recovery Act brought new jobs in areas of energy sourly ignored for decades.
Today, there are very viable economic realities that cannot be ignored. Scott Pruitt in his antiquated ideas and incompetent METHODS of determining regulation or the lack of it, is at least as offensive as he claims current regulation is; to the brave new energy world instilled under the Obama administration. There are very viable arguments for a court to consider about the incompetency of Pruitt, his methods and strong partisan discrimination that will cause damage to Americans and their economy.
Just because Pruitt puts his name on a piece of paper doesn't mean the lawsuit ends there, if anything it goes forward with more viability to prove how wayward this administration is without a care about the danger Americans are being placed in.
December 26, 2017
By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin
Since 2010, (click here) the Environmental Protection Agency has been embroiled in an enforcement battle with a Michigan-based company accused of modifying the state’s largest coal-fired power plant without getting federal permits for a projected rise in pollution.
On Dec. 7, as the Supreme Court was considering whether to hear the case, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a memo that single-handedly reversed the agency’s position. No longer would the EPA be “second-guessing” DTE Energy’s emission projections. Rather, it would accept the firm’s “intent” to manage its pollution without requiring an enforceable agreement — part of President Trump’s broader push to reduce the “burden” on companies, he wrote.
The little-noticed episode offers a glimpse into how Pruitt has spent his first year running the EPA. In legal maneuvers and executive actions, in public speeches and closed-door meetings with industry groups, he has moved to shrink the agency’s reach, alter its focus and pause or reverse numerous environmental rules. The effect has been to steer the EPA in the direction sought by those being regulated.
The United Nation's is working with the USA, not obstructing it. A hissy fit over Jerusalem is juvenile.
If the USA is 22 percent of the UN budget is $1.2 billion over 2 years that means the UN operates on about $5.4 billion every two years or $2.52 billion per year. That is incredible. For the scope of the United Nation's ability, including supporting peacekeepers, the cost is incredibly low.
Nicky Haley is a horrible US Mission Ambassador. Trump can't simply cut the UN membership on a whim. The USA has a place at the UN and it's financial contribution of it's membership is determined by the United Nation through it's rules.
The General Assembly, (click here)
Recalling its previous resolutions and decisions on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, including its resolutions 55/5 B and C of 23 December 2000, 57/4 B of 20 December 2002, 58/1 B of 23 December 2003, 61/237 of 22 December 2006, 64/248 of 24 December 2009 and 67/238 of 24 December 2012 and its decision 68/548 of 27 December 2013,
Reaffirming Article 17 of the Charter of the United Nations and rule 160 of its rules of procedure,
Recalling paragraphs 5 and 6 of its resolution 58/1 B, Having considered the report of the Committee on Contributions on its seventy-fifth session1 and the report of the Secretary-General on multi-year payment plans,
1. Takes note of the report of the Committee on Contributions on its seventy-fifth session;
2. Reaffirms that the determination of the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations shall remain the prerogative of the General Assembly;
3. Also reaffirms the fundamental principle that the expenses of the Organization shall be apportioned broadly according to capacity to pay;
4. Further reaffirms the obligation of all Member States to bear the expenses of the United Nations, as apportioned by the General Assembly, in conformity with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations;
5. Reaffirms that the Committee on Contributions as a technical body is required to prepare the scale of as...
Every member of the United Nations fall under the same rules. I said Trump is scum and he is. The United Nations came together to bring tighter sanctions against North Korea and what do they get in return? The other countries receive disloyalty and demeaning of the United Nation's mission. Either Trump wants these measures achieved through the UN Security Council or he doesn't. But, to demean and ridicule those who stood with him and turn around and insult the United Nations by removing THE MEMBERSHIP DUES; he is empowering North Korea to continue it's path.
December 25, 2017
The U.S. government (click here) says it has negotiated a significant cut in the United Nations budget.
The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said on Sunday that the U.N.'s 2018-2019 budget would be slashed by over $285 million. The mission said reductions would also be made to the U.N.'s management and support functions.
The announcement didn't make clear the entire amount of the budget or specify what effect the cut would have on the U.S. contribution.
U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said that the "inefficiency and overspending" of the organization is well-known, and she would not let "the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of."
This is another reason to impeach Donald Trump. The Republicans are putting the country at risk to continue to allow Trump his rampage from the White House. He should have been impeached as soon as he was inaugurated because of the violation of the emoluments clause. Republicans are selling the country to the highest bidder and not governing. Trump should have been gone a long time ago and it didn't take Mueller to achieve it.
GOT THAT?
The Republicans are allowing Trump to stay in the Oval Office to sign their corrupt legislation. That is the truth. The Republicans do not have loyalty to the USA.
Nicky Haley is a horrible US Mission Ambassador. Trump can't simply cut the UN membership on a whim. The USA has a place at the UN and it's financial contribution of it's membership is determined by the United Nation through it's rules.
The General Assembly, (click here)
Recalling its previous resolutions and decisions on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, including its resolutions 55/5 B and C of 23 December 2000, 57/4 B of 20 December 2002, 58/1 B of 23 December 2003, 61/237 of 22 December 2006, 64/248 of 24 December 2009 and 67/238 of 24 December 2012 and its decision 68/548 of 27 December 2013,
Reaffirming Article 17 of the Charter of the United Nations and rule 160 of its rules of procedure,
Recalling paragraphs 5 and 6 of its resolution 58/1 B, Having considered the report of the Committee on Contributions on its seventy-fifth session1 and the report of the Secretary-General on multi-year payment plans,
1. Takes note of the report of the Committee on Contributions on its seventy-fifth session;
2. Reaffirms that the determination of the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations shall remain the prerogative of the General Assembly;
3. Also reaffirms the fundamental principle that the expenses of the Organization shall be apportioned broadly according to capacity to pay;
4. Further reaffirms the obligation of all Member States to bear the expenses of the United Nations, as apportioned by the General Assembly, in conformity with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations;
5. Reaffirms that the Committee on Contributions as a technical body is required to prepare the scale of as...
Every member of the United Nations fall under the same rules. I said Trump is scum and he is. The United Nations came together to bring tighter sanctions against North Korea and what do they get in return? The other countries receive disloyalty and demeaning of the United Nation's mission. Either Trump wants these measures achieved through the UN Security Council or he doesn't. But, to demean and ridicule those who stood with him and turn around and insult the United Nations by removing THE MEMBERSHIP DUES; he is empowering North Korea to continue it's path.
December 25, 2017
The U.S. government (click here) says it has negotiated a significant cut in the United Nations budget.
The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said on Sunday that the U.N.'s 2018-2019 budget would be slashed by over $285 million. The mission said reductions would also be made to the U.N.'s management and support functions.
The announcement didn't make clear the entire amount of the budget or specify what effect the cut would have on the U.S. contribution.
U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said that the "inefficiency and overspending" of the organization is well-known, and she would not let "the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of."
This is another reason to impeach Donald Trump. The Republicans are putting the country at risk to continue to allow Trump his rampage from the White House. He should have been impeached as soon as he was inaugurated because of the violation of the emoluments clause. Republicans are selling the country to the highest bidder and not governing. Trump should have been gone a long time ago and it didn't take Mueller to achieve it.
GOT THAT?
The Republicans are allowing Trump to stay in the Oval Office to sign their corrupt legislation. That is the truth. The Republicans do not have loyalty to the USA.
By Jeffery M. Jones
Washington, D.C. -- Americans (click here) once again are most likely to name Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as the man and woman living anywhere in the world they admire most, as they have for the past 10 years. The pair retain their titles this year, although by much narrower margins than in the past. Obama edges out Donald Trump, 17% to 14%, while Clinton edges out Michelle Obama, 9% to 7%....
In Gallup Poll, Donald Trump wasn't even on the radar before 2015.
President Obama exceeds all other admired men and Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman. The media reports Trump gossip and bombast. His statements have no basis in truth. I think the Democrats need to stop believing Hillary Clinton is poison to their message. Hillary should have won the 2016 election. That is not poison.
Former Secretary Clinton has always been admired. She is always popular. What occurred in 2016 was a crime. There was a thumb on the electorate scale through dishonest and illegal means. Director Mueller would never simply waste the country's money for the sake of a job. His investigates are providing indictments that hold up to judges. Every voter needs to realize the USA had an election altered by nefarious people. That is serious. It is the country. The Democrats need to stand in the breach and hold on tight.
Hillary Clinton has been dedicated to the country. She is a great woman and always will be. She is not evil nor criminal. Any complaint about Hillary Clinton for political hubris has never held up and never will.
Another tribute to American women is Oprah Winfrey.
...Oprah Winfrey Finishes in Top 10 for 30th Time
Hillary Clinton has finished in the top 10 26 times, the fifth most among women. She trails two of this year's other top 10 finishers -- Queen Elizabeth II (who holds the record for women, with 49 appearances) and Oprah Winfrey (named for the 30th time, third behind former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 34 appearances and ahead of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' 28 during their lifetimes)....
The Democrats are seeing excitement among women within their ranks. I read a local free newspaper stating the candidates for office on the Democratic side are all women. Women are excited about taking the initiative to become a familiar face with the people of their districts. There is a great deal of pride to be found in the young, minorities and women candidates emerging with the ambition to win. It is a great party. The only success by Republicans to degrade any Democratic candidate is through media. Democrats need to overcome the media assault. It can be done. Alabama speaks eons to the awakening of the electorate.
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Being a corporate sellout has made all the difference in the world for Jason Saine.
By Lynn Bonner
State Rep. Jason Saine, (click here) a Republican from Lincolnton, will be the next chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council.
ALEC is a conservative group backed by corporations that proposes model legislation for state legislators to introduce.
Saine will serve a one-year term beginning January 1, an ALEC spokesman said in an email.
Clothing makes the man evidently.
December 10, 2015
By Jim Morrell
N.C. Rep. Jason Saine (click here) on Monday defended spending more than $19,000 in campaign money on clothes, including some from a custom tailor in Charlotte.
Saine, a Lincolnton Republican, cited the spending on his most recent campaign report. It was first reported on The Daily Haymaker, a conservative website.
Saine spent $17,908 on clothes from Tom James Co., which bills itself as “the world’s largest manufacturer of custom clothing.”...
Good 'ole Jason can handle conflict of interest just fine.
January 8, 2017
By Jeff Moore
Raleigh — Republican state lawmaker Rep. Jason Saine (click here) of Lincoln County has been named to the Federal Communications Committee’s (FCC) Intergovernmental Advisory Panel.The Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) is a two-year advisory panel that will focus its efforts on recommendations to the FCC on broadband and wireless infrastructure deployment, Universal Service programs, consumer complaints processes and public safety issues. It may be renewed for an additional two-year term at the discretion of the FCC.In an interview Saine said he looks forward to the opportunity to work with federal regulators and help them shape policy around broadband and wireless infrastructure, an area in which the lawmaker has been active in the N.C. General Assembly.”The IAC serves as an advisory board to the FCC to relay some of the challenges that state and local governments face with broadband deployment,” said Saine. “It provides a nice platform to interact with federal decision-makers on some of the policies that they’re setting forth and how they work and how they don’t work....
Nothing like spreading oneself so thin that simply voting conservative is better than thinking for high-value targets, like the Koch's campaign contributions. That is especially true when privatizing the public schools is paramount to turning the USA into a profit machine for private industry.
October 17, 2017
By Lynn Bonner, Jane Stancill and David Raynor
...Johnson said campaign contributors (click here) have not influenced his thinking.
“These are things I have learned from my own experience,” he said. “If I disagree with the policy, I’m not afraid to say ‘no’ to anyone who gave me money.”
Charter Schools USA CEO Jonathan Hage contributed the maximum amount, $10,200, to Forest and Republican former Gov. Pat McCrory in the last election cycle. Charter Schools USA is a for-profit charter management company.
Hage gave smaller amounts to legislators. From 2014 to 2016, he gave $5,500 to Republican state Rep. Jason Saine of Lincolnton, who helped sponsor a new law that allows companies to employ the teachers in the schools they manage. Before the change, teachers had to work for the schools’ boards of directors. That law also allows charter schools to grow faster and authorizes the state charter school office to help the schools open NC Pre-K programs.
Saine is on the board of directors of West Lake Preparatory Academy, a Charter Schools USA school set to open next year in Lincoln County.
Republican legislators don't have to think. They simply vote the party line and solicit contributions for election and re-election. There is nothing to it. A legislator can be predictable to their contributors because that is all there is time for.
Acting as Chair for ALEC will be the first time Saine ever had to write legislation. He always had it done for him before. I doubt he will be a Chair, so much as a salesman.
And then there are the White Supremacists among the NC Legislator. It is simply a question as to how to contain them until it is socially okay again to be more verbal.
April 13, 2017
By Colin Campbell
...At least one House Republican legislator, (click here) however, is denouncing Pittman’s remark and voicing support for Lincoln.
“There’s no excuse for making that kind of blanket statement that’s incredibly offensive,” said Rep. Jason Saine, a Lincolnton Republican who chairs the powerful House Finance Committee. “Sometimes people say something they don’t mean, so I hope that whatever statement that comes next is apologetic.”...
A gaff. Comparing Abraham Lincoln to Hitler is a gaff. Interesting.
...Saine says Pittman’s comment harms the legislature’s reputation. “The public perception of elected officials is tarnished every time there’s a gaffe like this, whether it’s on the left or the right,” he said, noting that Pittman was a hot topic Wednesday morning in Saine’s hometown barber shop. “I’d rather talk about issues and things that are important, and when someone goes rogue like this, it’s certainly newsworthy.”
Should House leadership take action against Pittman?
“I don’t really know what our options are,” Saine said. “I have a feeling the folks that are going to go to the polls in 2018 will certainly remember this. I’m not sure that it’s up to us to dole out any punishment.”
Saine said the NC GOP is still the “Party of Lincoln,” and he’s a fan of the 16th president.
“He is a symbol of our party,” he said. “We certainly respect and hold high on a pedestal Abraham Lincoln.”
Democrats were quick to pounce on Pittman’s comments and criticized Moore’s silence on the issue Wednesday.
“Speaker Moore has remained silent after yet another outrageous comment by Rep. Pittman,”...
Monday, December 25, 2017
Barak Obama
@BarakObama
On behalf of the Obama family, Merry Christmas! We wish you joy and peace this holiday season.
Are you for real? Joy and Peace? Prez, are you still living in the USA? There is no joy and peace anywhere! Hello?
There is no reason to pass an infrastructure bill when there are no workers. The USA construction industry is winning bids on projects, but, do not have enough workers.
The construction industry is rushing through work with fewer workers leaving behind poor quality as they move to the next project.
There will no doubt be plenty of lawsuits filed due to the shortage of construction workers.
The construction industry is rushing through work with fewer workers leaving behind poor quality as they move to the next project.
There will no doubt be plenty of lawsuits filed due to the shortage of construction workers.
Sunday, December 24, 2017
By Clement Clarke Moore
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN!
On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONNER and BLITZEN!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONNER and BLITZEN!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
Deputy Director McCabe should handle his career according to his priorities.
Benefits provided by any job is what attracts many good people. Andrew McCabe has a right to achieve his status for a pension with the FBI. He was attracted to service which included good benefits, as it should. I would encourage him to continue to put the USA first above any inflammatory rhetoric by a wayward President.
Deputy Director McCabe came to the FBI because he loves the USA. He should recall those priorities to his service. There is no shame in measuring career moves in relation to benefits promised when employment was first engaged. He is welcome to the benefits the FBI provides for his service to the country. He should make his career plans and see them through.
What I find interesting is that if this is the truth, how did FOX News know? Who was the informant, Trump himself? Trump, the FAKE NEWS KING. How many lies has he told to date? Anyone keep track?
If those are Deputy Director McCabe future plans, it is the country's loss of his service. It provides significant time to search for a replacement. I wish him well in his future endeavors.
December 24, 2017
By Sonam Sheth
President Donald Trump (click here) kicked off Christmas Eve on Sunday by railing against deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe on Twitter, continuing a tirade that started Saturday.
Quoting Fox News, the right-leaning network that frequently runs pro-Trump coverage, the president tweeted on Sunday morning, "FBI’s Andrew McCabe, 'in addition to his wife getting all of this money from M (Clinton Puppet), he was using, allegedly, his FBI Official Email Account to promote her campaign. You obviously cannot do this. These were the people who were investigating Hillary Clinton.'"
The tweet came on the heels of two others Trump blasted out on Saturday, criticizing McCabe and former FBI director James Comey.
"How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin' James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?" Trump tweeted....
Deputy Director McCabe came to the FBI because he loves the USA. He should recall those priorities to his service. There is no shame in measuring career moves in relation to benefits promised when employment was first engaged. He is welcome to the benefits the FBI provides for his service to the country. He should make his career plans and see them through.
What I find interesting is that if this is the truth, how did FOX News know? Who was the informant, Trump himself? Trump, the FAKE NEWS KING. How many lies has he told to date? Anyone keep track?
If those are Deputy Director McCabe future plans, it is the country's loss of his service. It provides significant time to search for a replacement. I wish him well in his future endeavors.
December 24, 2017
By Sonam Sheth
President Donald Trump (click here) kicked off Christmas Eve on Sunday by railing against deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe on Twitter, continuing a tirade that started Saturday.
Quoting Fox News, the right-leaning network that frequently runs pro-Trump coverage, the president tweeted on Sunday morning, "FBI’s Andrew McCabe, 'in addition to his wife getting all of this money from M (Clinton Puppet), he was using, allegedly, his FBI Official Email Account to promote her campaign. You obviously cannot do this. These were the people who were investigating Hillary Clinton.'"
The tweet came on the heels of two others Trump blasted out on Saturday, criticizing McCabe and former FBI director James Comey.
"How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin' James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?" Trump tweeted....
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Words have consequences, especially words of hate.
The speech Nicky Haley made before the United Nations were words of hate. She valued money before real values. The Palestinians were not even human beings to the White Supremacists in the USA Executive Branch. The rest of the world values every life on Earth. These two Palestinians would be alive today if Trump never forced a vote on Jerusalem.
Nicky Haley and Donald Trump are directly responsible for these deaths.
December 23, 2017
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
Gaza (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead (click here) at least two Palestinians and wounded about 60 with live fire on Friday, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, as protests intensified against Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
A U.N. General Assembly resolution passed on Thursday, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 Jerusalem declaration, did little to calm Palestinian anger over his reversal of decades-old U.S. policy on the contested holy city.
Instead, thousands of Palestinian protesters, many of them throwing rocks, confronted Israeli security forces along the Gaza border fence, in all of occupied West Bank’s seven cities and in East Jerusalem.
Nicky Haley and Donald Trump are directly responsible for these deaths.
December 23, 2017
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
Gaza (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead (click here) at least two Palestinians and wounded about 60 with live fire on Friday, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, as protests intensified against Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
A U.N. General Assembly resolution passed on Thursday, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 Jerusalem declaration, did little to calm Palestinian anger over his reversal of decades-old U.S. policy on the contested holy city.
Instead, thousands of Palestinian protesters, many of them throwing rocks, confronted Israeli security forces along the Gaza border fence, in all of occupied West Bank’s seven cities and in East Jerusalem.
Friday, December 22, 2017
What I find interesting about this trending graph is the increased number of days greater than 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
Scot Pruitt doesn't care what happens to Americans. PLEASE understand, Scott Pruitt does not care at all about the well being and health of Americans.
Scott Pruitt does not recognize the climate crisis as a legitimate threat to human life, because, his cronies are the petroleum companies.
Scott Pruitt will not enforce any regulation that exists to protect American lives.
SCOTT PRUITT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT AMERICAN LIVES.
He is flagrant in his duties while he smoozes citizens with his love of baseball. I would ask Scott Pruitt if he played his best baseball when the air was white?
Find a way not to die. Every American is going to need that strategy under Trump's Executive Branch.
Mark my words. Increasing air temperatures propagates ground ozone. Illness will increase for this reason adn Americans most vulnerable will no longer have health insurance.
Make it more difficult to breathe deeply and vigorously.
Cause shortness of breath, and pain when taking a deep breath.
Cause coughing and sore or scratchy throat.
Inflame and damage the airways.
Aggravate lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.
Increase the frequency of asthma attacks.
Make the lungs more susceptible to infection.
Continue to damage the lungs even when the symptoms have disappeared.
Cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
It doesn't matter how often the corrupt Republican Party shuffles the deck at the FBI.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
Careers and reputations SCREWED with, while Former DIRECTOR Robert Mueller is investigating a concern that is directly related to the sovereign of the USA; DOESN'T MATTER!
EXCEPT. THAT it will end be the political career of those screwing with the FBI!
The truth is the truth.
I love the USA. It is by far the most incredible country the world has ever witnessed, EVEN WITH a citizen like Trump. He is scum. He has always been scum. Some Americans are scum. More are not!
Everyone who sincerely loves the USA and VALUES it beyond imagination will be standing in the breach. I think there are great Americans already standing in the breach. Right?
Fly the flag. Not out of faux nationalism, but, for the reason, it feels good to be an American standing in the breach.
End of discussion!
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
Careers and reputations SCREWED with, while Former DIRECTOR Robert Mueller is investigating a concern that is directly related to the sovereign of the USA; DOESN'T MATTER!
EXCEPT. THAT it will end be the political career of those screwing with the FBI!
The truth is the truth.
I love the USA. It is by far the most incredible country the world has ever witnessed, EVEN WITH a citizen like Trump. He is scum. He has always been scum. Some Americans are scum. More are not!
Fly the flag. Not out of faux nationalism, but, for the reason, it feels good to be an American standing in the breach.
End of discussion!
Unsung hero from Flint, Michigan.
Flint (WJRT) - A retired Flint auto worker (click here) is using his talents to lift spirits in Hurricane Maria's aftermath in Puerto Rico.
Armando Fernandez has completed murals in different parts of the city of Flint over the years, including many works of art at the Hispanic Technology & Community Center in Flint back in the early 2000s.
Now three months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving destruction and death, Fernandez is using his gift of art to inspire.
Fernandez spent dozens of hours painting a six-foot canvas of Nin. Nin is a 96-year-old woman who lives in the Puerto Rican city of Moca....
...He's been lifting spirits now for more than a month. Armando and his son left Flint to help his elderly parents who also live in Moca.
"At one point my dad -- everything was going out -- and getting in line to possibly get water," Fernandez said. "One time he waited in line, I'm not exaggerating, 15 hours."
He said it was difficult to know his dad experienced that, but his parents are doing better now. Their electricity is restored although they still experience outages here and there. Others are still in bad shape.
"Still areas that they can't reach that people are in dire need of help. The roads are -- it's more inland and up in the hills -- and there's people that don't have any water and need medical assistance," Fernandez said....
Flint's educator honored.
December 22, 2017
By Maria Burns
Now retired as an emeritus elementary principal, Dr. Simmons served the Flint Community Schools for more than 45 years, dating back to when he first taught as a classroom teacher in 1962. Moving into educational administration six years later, he continued to gain great strides in his profession, and was recognized as the first African American elementary school principal in Flint Community Schools in 1970, as well as the first African American elementary assistant principal in Flint Community Schools between 1968 and 1970. He was an elementary principal from 1970 until his retirement in 2007...
Joe: What Nikki Haley Did At The UN Was An Embarrassment | Morning Joe |... (click here)
This is nothing but coercion. This speech proves Haley has no independent practice, she is Trump's puppet. It is completely obvious. Haley was a peacemaker when standing up for African Americans in the removal of the Confederate flag. This level of hate for the entire membership of the United Nations is new and out of character.
The United Nations is a powerful organization of which the world of countries and nations of people have gratitude. The payment by the United States to the United Nations is our membership assessment. It is in no way generous. Those are MEMBERSHIP DUES. I am quite sure Donald Trump understands membership dues.
The USA has been very successful over the DECADES to bring about morality and justice to the global community through the United Nations. An excellent example of the incredible power of the UN, is the new sanctions upon North Korea, including China, to bring about peace on the Korean Peninsula.
December 22, 2017
The U.N. Security Council (click here) imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea in response to latest ballistic missile it says can reach the U.S.
"It sends the unambiguous message to Pyongyang that further defiance will invite further punishment and isolation," U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said of the new resolution after the vote Friday.
The resolution adopted by all 15 council members Thursday doesn't go as far as the toughest-ever sanctions that have been sought by the Trump administration, such as prohibiting all oil imports and freezing international assets of North Korea's government and its leader, Kim Jong Un.
But it is a sign that China has come around to ratcheting up of pressure on Pyongyang, CBS News' Pamela Falk reports from the U.N. The unanimous passage shows that Beijing is working with Washington to increase economic pressure on the North Korean regime in response to its nuclear program.
The resolution caps North Korea's crude oil imports at 4 million barrels a year and limits its imports of refined oil products, including diesel and kerosene, to 500,000 barrels a year. That would be a nearly 90 percent cut in imported fuels that are key to North Korea's economy....
The United States could never achieve gains toward peace and morality of the quality of life of other countries without the help of the United Nations. In the recent decades, Republican Leaders from the USA have little to know compassion, loyalty or WORRY to the quality of life of others in allowing continued emissions of greenhouse gases and ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARD LARGER EMISSIONS BY THE PETROLEUM COMPANIES.
The USA has been served very well by the United Nations, I just wish the United Nations would feel well served by the USA in protecting human life on Earth from the climate crisis.
The United Nations is a powerful organization of which the world of countries and nations of people have gratitude. The payment by the United States to the United Nations is our membership assessment. It is in no way generous. Those are MEMBERSHIP DUES. I am quite sure Donald Trump understands membership dues.
The USA has been very successful over the DECADES to bring about morality and justice to the global community through the United Nations. An excellent example of the incredible power of the UN, is the new sanctions upon North Korea, including China, to bring about peace on the Korean Peninsula.
December 22, 2017
The U.N. Security Council (click here) imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea in response to latest ballistic missile it says can reach the U.S.
"It sends the unambiguous message to Pyongyang that further defiance will invite further punishment and isolation," U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said of the new resolution after the vote Friday.
The resolution adopted by all 15 council members Thursday doesn't go as far as the toughest-ever sanctions that have been sought by the Trump administration, such as prohibiting all oil imports and freezing international assets of North Korea's government and its leader, Kim Jong Un.
But it is a sign that China has come around to ratcheting up of pressure on Pyongyang, CBS News' Pamela Falk reports from the U.N. The unanimous passage shows that Beijing is working with Washington to increase economic pressure on the North Korean regime in response to its nuclear program.
The resolution caps North Korea's crude oil imports at 4 million barrels a year and limits its imports of refined oil products, including diesel and kerosene, to 500,000 barrels a year. That would be a nearly 90 percent cut in imported fuels that are key to North Korea's economy....
The United States could never achieve gains toward peace and morality of the quality of life of other countries without the help of the United Nations. In the recent decades, Republican Leaders from the USA have little to know compassion, loyalty or WORRY to the quality of life of others in allowing continued emissions of greenhouse gases and ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARD LARGER EMISSIONS BY THE PETROLEUM COMPANIES.
The USA has been served very well by the United Nations, I just wish the United Nations would feel well served by the USA in protecting human life on Earth from the climate crisis.
Chain of Custody.
I find the circumstances surrounding this victory disconcerting.
My understanding of a hearing regarding this very close race is that the Republican attorney brought a ballot that was questionable. The judge didn't think it was questionable, the ballot went to a Republican. Okay. That is one ballot. Where are the other 11,606 that voted for a Republican/
The entire circus by Republicans has violated several laws. A lawyer can't simply walk into a courtroom demanding a judge decide an election based on questionable evidence. There needed to be an election official in control of the ballot the lawyer wanted as evidence.
There are far too many violations of the law and ethical issues with the Republican attorney to allow any challenge to go forward. If this hideous challenge by Republicans is to go forward, then Virginia House Representative Elect Shelly Simonds should be raising money for her defense. The Democrats need to help represent her in court.
This is ridiculous.
December 19. 2018
My understanding of a hearing regarding this very close race is that the Republican attorney brought a ballot that was questionable. The judge didn't think it was questionable, the ballot went to a Republican. Okay. That is one ballot. Where are the other 11,606 that voted for a Republican/
The entire circus by Republicans has violated several laws. A lawyer can't simply walk into a courtroom demanding a judge decide an election based on questionable evidence. There needed to be an election official in control of the ballot the lawyer wanted as evidence.
There are far too many violations of the law and ethical issues with the Republican attorney to allow any challenge to go forward. If this hideous challenge by Republicans is to go forward, then Virginia House Representative Elect Shelly Simonds should be raising money for her defense. The Democrats need to help represent her in court.
This is ridiculous.
December 19. 2018
Democrats edged out Republicans by one vote in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday after a rollercoaster recount flipped a red seat to blue and created a 50-50 tie between the two parties.
Democrat Shelly Simonds is the apparent winner in the race for the 94th District, beating incumbent Republican David Yancey.
She won, 11,608 to 11,607, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project.
This is the first time Republicans have not been in control of the Virginia House in nearly two decades.
Democrats celebrated the win as an indication of the party's strength ahead of the 2018 midterms....
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