[Townhall] Conservatives’ expectations for honest and fair movies coming out of Hollywood are understandably low. For decades now we have been brow-beaten and lectured by clueless celebrities on everything from saving the Spotted Owl to gun control ‐ the latest flavor of the moment.
But a breath of fresh air is blowing in from the left coast. The new movie ’Chappaquiddick,’ from Entertainment Studios and Apex Entertainment, is a brutally honest recounting of one of America’s greatest public tragedies homicides: the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in a car owned and driven by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)
Producer Mark Ciardi has a winner, and perhaps it’s his record of brilliantly telling true sports stories (Invincible, The Rookie,Miracle, and Secretariat) that so influenced a talented group of director and actors ‐ liberals all ‐ to buy into a straight-up, no spin or bias, telling of this story. As one might expect, longtime Ted Kennedy senior aide and speechwriter Bob Shrum, trashed the movie (likely without even seeing it) as "a disservice both to the victim and the truth." On the contrary, the movie is a revelation of truth exposing the decades-long cover-up that Shrum, and other defenders of the Kennedy faith, have long perpetuated.
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I had a white painted version of that car. It was a nice road boat. 425" Super Rocket, 405 HP - only ran on the real premium (2 formula changes ago). It got squishy going real fast. Never dared take mine over 118 mph. The drum brakes on it really were worthless at high speed. {there I did it! An apolitical comment}
It's so sad to see the fairy tale prime ministership come to a screeching halt...
[WaPo] - OTTAWA ‐ Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau no longer looks invincible.
After showing a steady lead in public opinion surveys for more than two years after his surprise October 2015 election victory, Trudeau appears to be politically vulnerable. And that’s despite a buoyant economy, what’s seen as a steady hand in NAFTA trade talks with President Trump, and a weak political opposition.
"All of a sudden, we saw this drop," said David Coletto, chief executive of Abacus Data, an Ottawa polling firm, referring to his company’s latest poll, completed in early March. "It’s the first time since Trudeau became prime minister that we have results showing the Conservatives slightly ahead."
Question for the 'Burg - Trump Effect in play here, or is Justin just that lame?
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Trump Effect in play here, or is Justin just that lame?
Perfect storm: It's both...
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Question for the 'Burg - Trump Effect in play here, or is Justin just that lame?
Yes, but mostly the 'Trump Effect' means that the usual apologists are so busy worrying about Trump that they can't spare any energy to flack for Trudeau.
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The voters determine that it is time for the adults to run things when their pain threshold is exceeded. In the USA, California and NYC voters have an exceedingly high threshold of pain. They will get there eventually.
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....see Venezuela. For the entrenched Left, the pain threshold is infinite. It's just everyone else who suffers.
You go, girl! Keep yapping! 2020!
Hillary Clinton is striking back at critics telling her to "shut up" following her 2016 loss, saying, "They never said that to any man who was not elected."
"I was really struck by how people said that to me ‐ you know, mostly people in the press, for whatever reason ‐ mostly, ‘Go away, go away,'" Clinton said Thursday during an event at Rutgers University.
"And I had one of the young people who works for me go back and do a bit of research. They never said that to any man who was not elected. I was kind of struck by that," Clinton said.
Clinton's remarks came in response to a question from Eagleton Institute of Politics' director Ruth Mandel about the former Democratic presidential nominee's reaction to those who say she should "get off the public stage and shut up."
"I'm really glad that, you know, Al Gore didn't stop talking about climate change," Clinton said to applause.
"And I'm really glad John Kerry went to the Senate and became an excellent secretary of State," the former first lady continued. "And I'm really glad John McCain kept speaking out and standing up and saying what he had to say. And for heavens sakes, Mitt Romney is running for the Senate," Clinton said. NOT great examples, Hon
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Don't want to hear from obutthole (won) Dubya (won) Billy Jeff (won) ꜟJeb! (loser) Kay-sick (loser) Rubio (loser) or a slew of other ones, including swillary (carpetbagger / loser / pox on the nation)
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Democratic ju-jitsu at its most absurd - make a sexist comment (women vote b/c of their husbands), then accuse your critics of being sexist when the backlash ensues.
You would think all of these recent public accidents would have intelligent people tell Hillary to retire or that she would realize it herself. The only logical explanation to me - she's a fucking bonkers psychopath.
[Daily Caller] - Hillary Clinton, plagued by rumors of poor health during her presidential campaign, showed up for a Thursday speech at Rutgers University with a cast on her arm.
Clinton broke her wrist during her recent trip to India when she slipped and fell in a bathtub. While on that trip, she asserted that Trump supporters want to take rights away from black people and that female Trump voters were influenced by their husbands and bosses.
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When she hasn't had her daily vodka/fetal blood infusion the frailty worsens
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There's a headline @ Drudge: "Hillary Clinton got $7K less than Snooki for Rutgers speech. Does it get any worse?" Yes, it can get far worse. The salad days are over for HRC. Rutgers ought to check to make sure HRC doesn't run off with the cafeteria flatware and salt and pepper shakers.
[Freebeacon] Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, who is up for reelection in Missouri in November, said Wednesday that it would be "terrific" if former President Barack Obama campaigned across the country this year.
McCaskill told reporters in Kansas City that she does not know whether Obama will agree to campaign for anyone, but then encouraged him to do so.
"I think it would be terrific if he worked and campaigned around the country for a variety of candidates," she said, according to the Kansas City Star. "If he wants to come here and campaign, I would never turn down a previous president."
McCaskill's comments came after reports publicized that Obama will headline a Beverly Hills fundraiser for McCaskill in May.
"He offered and this works for his schedule. And I think whenever a former president offers to help you, it's important to say yes," McCaskill said.
The senator is fighting for reelection in a state that President Donald Trump carried by 19 points in 2016. McCaskill's main Republican challenger, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, has attacked McCaskill for her perceived closeness to Obama.
[Al Jazeera] A group of House Democrats has called on the FBI to investigate President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's senior adviser Jared Kushner for allegedly leaking classified information to a foreign power.
In a letter addressed to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday, the six politicians demanded the president's son-in-law be questioned over allegations in recent media reports that he gave Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016.... - also known as MBS - secret information.
"We request the FBI open an immediate investigation to determine if these reports are accurate and to explore the extent to which information and sources may have been compromised," the letter said.
Representatives Ted Lieu, Gerald Connolly, Donald Beyer, Pramila Jaypal, Peter Welch, and Ruben Gallego noted "while the president has the authority to declassify and share information, the president's advisers do not".
The letter said Kushner may have shared information in the President's Daily Brief (PDB) on which Saudi royals US intelligence agencies "deemed to be loyal" to bin Salman when he visited the capital Riyadh last year.
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"six politicians demanded the president's son-in-law be questioned over allegations in recent media reports"
First step for the FBI would be those journalist that produced said story, if they are tight-lipped they should sit in jail awhile. If they made shit up they should be sued for libel or slander or whatever.
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Slander involves the oral "publication" of a defamatory remark that is heard by another, which injures the subject's reputation or character. Slander can occur through the use of a hand gesture or verbal communication that is not recorded. Libel, on the other hand, is the written "publication" of a defamatory remark that has the tendency to injure another's reputation or character. Libel also includes a publication on radio, audio or video.
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Fusion GPS says it's so
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As a wing of the Democratic national propaganda machine, I don't believe anything Fusion GPS says, in fact, I am completely contrarian on their public statements...
I think that’s an absolutely brilliant idea. And I think lots and lots of very generous Progressives should donate a great deal of money to help him fail to win enough votes to carry more than New York and California.
[DAILYCALLER] Former B.O. regime attorney general Eric Inaction Jackson Holder ... aka Mister Fast and Furious... speculated this week on what would incentivize him to run for president.
Holder was asked in an interview with the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... about running for the highest office in the land. The news hound asked, "If you were gonna do it, why would you do it. If you didn’t do it, why would you not do it?"
Holder said "If I were gonna do it, I’d do it because I would have concluded that maybe I could unify the country... help unify the country." Holder said he could also "advance" and "repair" the country as president. Holder said, "I had something to contribute, that would be the thing that would push me toward considering a run."
Holder said that the strain on his family would be the reason he would not run for president. The former attorney general noted that his family would regularly be bothered by the news stories and hearings that surrounded his contentious helm at the AG position.
"To subject myself and my family to that again could be a negative," Holder said.
Holder has speculated on a 2020 run in the past few months in various interviews.
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I sometimes think the Trump Campaign pays these clowns to run for President. "Holder's gun running killed more people than the NRA ever did." to quote just one reaction.
Trump ought to be able to beat anyone of them. If that list isn't enough to scare the bejesus out of freedom-loving voters and bring them out to the voting booths, I don't know what it would take.
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Holder said that the strain on his family would be the reason he would not run for president. The former attorney general noted that his family would regularly be bothered by the news stories and hearings that surrounded his contentious helm at the AG position.
"To subject myself and my family to that again could be a negative," Holder said
They oughtta be listening to it from a Criminal Trial Courtroom
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Benny Johnson has a weird sense of humor. Better material for the "Onion" than the "Daily Caller."
[Daily Caller] Protesters occupied Chicago’s city hall Wednesday and demanded that the city strip police of millions of dollars and give the funding instead to black students.
The protesters, who belong to #NoCopAcademy, are suing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for not disclosing emails concerning the construction of a $95 million police and fire training center, reported Chicago Tribune.
"Rahm supports schools and resources for cops, not for Black and Brown kids," the activists say in their mission statement. "We demand a redirecting of this $95 million into Chicago’s most marginalized communities instead. Real community safety comes from fully-funded schools and mental health centers, robust after-school and job-training programs, and social and economic justice. We want investment in our communities, not expanded resources for police."
"Back up, back up, we want freedom, freedom," the protesters chanted. "All these racist a** cops, we don’t need ’em, need ’em."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Freebeacon] Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, who is up for reelection in Missouri in November, said Wednesday that it would be "terrific" if former President Barack Obama campaigned across the country this year.
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
