Hi there, !
Today Mon 07/27/2020 Sun 07/26/2020 Sat 07/25/2020 Fri 07/24/2020 Thu 07/23/2020 Wed 07/22/2020 Tue 07/21/2020 Archives
Rantburg
532771 articles and 1859315 comments are archived on Rantburg.

Today: 61 articles and 195 comments as of 19:09.
Post a news link    Post your own article   
Area: WoT Operations    WoT Background    Non-WoT    Opinion       
Federal officers in Portland may have been permanently blinded by lasers
Today's Headlines
Headline Comments [Views]
Page 6: Politix
0 [1] 
16 21:03 Frank G [1] 
4 19:37 Frank G [6] 
19 23:59 gorb [2] 
14 21:41 Frank G [3] 
3 07:35 Skidmark [2] 
0 [2] 
1 08:11 Mullah Richard [4] 
Page 1: WoT Operations
3 15:02 g(r)omgoru [1]
12 20:05 trailing wife [11]
7 23:58 trailing wife [3]
1 03:41 Procopius2k [5]
1 09:23 Chris [6]
0 [3]
0 [1]
0 [4]
1 08:32 Frank G [1]
1 00:13 Rob Crawford [1]
0 [4]
0 [6]
0 [1]
1 05:13 g(r)omgoru [6]
0 [4]
5 15:10 g(r)omgoru [1]
14 23:43 CrazyFool [5]
Page 2: WoT Background
0 [4]
5 10:23 SteveS [1]
1 09:26 Chris [2]
1 14:43 Skidmark [3]
2 19:59 trailing wife [4]
1 08:39 b [8]
1 09:58 Mercutio [6]
0 [5]
0 [1]
0 [2]
0 [5]
0 [5]
0 [4]
0 [2]
1 08:48 b [1]
1 11:47 Alaska Paul [2]
0 [1]
1 04:38 g(r)omgoru [3]
Page 3: Non-WoT
17 23:56 gorb [2]
9 22:45 Bangkok Billy [1]
0 [1]
9 18:36 swksvolFF [2]
0 [13]
5 18:38 Clem [1]
4 14:54 charger [2]
3 19:09 trailing wife [1]
5 21:51 Alaska Paul [4]
3 14:27 Skidmark [2]
4 22:07 DooDahMan [2]
2 20:13 swksvolFF [4]
4 09:47 Procopius2k [6]
0 [5]
4 14:29 Skidmark [3]
Page 4: Opinion
7 19:29 swksvolFF [1]
1 10:04 Mercutio [1]
1 07:27 Sonny Black [1]
Home Front: Politix
Trump Cancels In-Person Jacksonville Republican National Convention
Legal Insurrection via Instapundit
President Donald Trump said he will no longer hold a large, in-person Republican convention in Jacksonville, Florida, because of the coronavirus but will hold virtual events and still give an acceptance speech.
If this it intended as a a warning to De Santis (https://globalnews.ca/news/7196622/florida-coronavirus-epicentre/) - it's, IMO, too subtle.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/24/2020 04:54 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Video shows uniformed sailor screaming ‘F*** Trump!' and angrily confronting protesters
Looks like a BCD or Captain's Mast at minimum. She should be put on a calorie-deficient ration as well, Jeebus. Video at link
[Navy Times] Video of a uniformed petty officer screaming "Fuck Trump!" as she angrily confronted protesters over the weekend has sparked an investigation by her California command, officials said Tuesday.

At the onset of the roughly one-minute video, the sailor ‐ identified by officials as Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Launch/Recovery) 2nd Class Sarah J. Dudrey ‐ gets out of a vehicle and walks up to a group of shouting, flag-waving individuals on the sidewalk. The confrontation took place at the Ventura County Government Center, but what sparked it remains unclear.

Roughly seven seconds in, wearing her woodland cammies and a face mask pulled down around her chin, Dudrey yells and gets in the face of one protester while several others mill about.

"Fuck Trump!" she yells at the throng. "Fuck you!"

Dudrey, 24, deploys double middle fingers to the incensed crowd ‐ which appears to number roughly a dozen people ‐ several times throughout the encounter, which Navy officials said happened on Sunday.

Her appearance in uniform sparked responses from the crowd.

"Shame on you," one voice calls from off camera.

Dudrey appears to jaw with several people but her exact words are lost in the din.

"Take the flag off your shoulder!" another protester yells.

At one point, the petty officer gets in the face of a woman who holds a star-spangled umbrella in one hand and a sign in the other that reads, in part, "no more house arrest."

"You should be ashamed!" a protester yells at Dudrey.

"Learn how to act in a fucking uniform, you fucking piece of shit!" another advises.

"Who's your commanding officer?" one off-camera voice asks repeatedly.

Cover in hand, Dudrey then heads back to her car, middle fingers once more raised.

"Fuck Trump!" she yells again.

Dudrey is assigned to Naval Base Ventura County, about 15 miles from the site of the confrontation. Her command became aware of the video Sunday and started looking into it on Monday, according to spokeswoman Melinda Larson.

"The Navy is a proponent of free speech and active-duty members are free to participate in protests during their off-duty time," Larson said in an email. "However, Navy members are not authorized to wear military uniforms while engaging in protests and voicing personal opinions."

Dudrey could not be reached for comment Tuesday, and Larson said she had been unable to contact the petty officer on behalf of Navy Times.

In a February memo to the ranks, Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned troops to avoid political statements or supporting certain candidates while representing the military.

"As citizens, we exercise our right to vote and participate in government," Esper wrote. "However, as public servants who have taken an oath to defend these principles, we uphold DoD's longstanding tradition of remaining apolitical as we carry out our official responsibilities."

What disciplinary action Dudrey may face remained unclear Tuesday.

"After a thorough inquiry into the matter, the Commanding Officer will make a determination on what actions are warranted," Larson said.

Civilian control of the military constitutes a pillar of American society, and such in-uniform politicking has long been considered a no-no, according to Eugene R. Fidell, a civilian attorney specializing in military law. While troops are encouraged to vote and can attend protests while not in uniform, Fidell said that a "key norm of our society…is that the military should steer a wide berth around anything having to do with partisan politics."
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Filed Grade Article 15 for Conduct Unbecoming, pull a stripe, 15 days in the stockade, confinement to quarters, extra duty for 6 months.
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 || 07/24/2020 0:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Just caught this... the military should steer a wide berth around ...

Hard to do anything but a wide berth around that lardass disgrace to the uniform.
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 || 07/24/2020 0:40 Comments || Top||

#3  kansas 1855
Posted by: Lumpy Mussolini7603 || 07/24/2020 0:48 Comments || Top||

#4  A very harsh example must be made - a clear message must be sent.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 07/24/2020 0:59 Comments || Top||

#5  Put women in the military they said, it'll be good they said...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/24/2020 4:51 Comments || Top||

#6  I had issues with the audio, but this kurva must be a real winner to be using foul language in front of children.

But, will anything be done to her? Hope I am wrong, but my money's on 'no'.
Posted by: Clem || 07/24/2020 7:06 Comments || Top||

#7  Piglet ought to take time out from stress testing the BDU's, put it's cover on and get over the delusion that she is part of adult conversations.
Posted by: Cesare || 07/24/2020 7:09 Comments || Top||

#8  Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Launch/Recovery) 2nd Class...
After this would you trust this person near expensive, very expensive hardware? BCD, so she can enjoy her new career in the Left.
Posted by: magpie || 07/24/2020 10:37 Comments || Top||

#9  Put women in the military they said, it'll be good they said...

Give women the vote they said, it'll be good they said...
Posted by: Sniper Glavimble7848 || 07/24/2020 17:13 Comments || Top||

#10  Not a winning point, or humorous. The women who visit/run/comment at this site would likely kick your ass, Anonymous poster S7848
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 19:21 Comments || Top||

#11  Teach ‘em to talk, they said...
.
.
.
...and suddenly they’re moderating with clue bat in hand.

No group is immune to the occasional ass, and putting on the uniform does not always lead to getting it beaten out of them. But especially in these fraught times, people overreact to all sorts of things, so I am going to hope this bosun’s mate was on her way home after struggling to deal with a particularly bad day rather than that she is in the habit of imposing her politics on random strangers.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2020 19:45 Comments || Top||

#12  Not a winning point, or humorous.

Triggered much, Frankie? It is every bit as humorous as Bright Pebbles similar comment. Winning point? Wasn't looking to win anything. You talk tough from behind a keyboard. Have a beer, chill out.
Posted by: Sniper Glavimble7848 || 07/24/2020 19:51 Comments || Top||

#13  a "winning point" = a convincing one. You have none. bye
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 20:04 Comments || Top||

#14  Pick a nym, coward
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 20:09 Comments || Top||

#15  a "winning point" = a convincing one. You have none. bye

Again, with your assumptions. I was not trying to make a winning or convincing point. Clear? It happens to be my opinion. You may not like it, but that's okay.

Nym picked. The poster previously known as Sniper Glavimble7848 shall henceforth be known as Harold the Annoying! Ta Da!
Posted by: Harold the Annoying || 07/24/2020 20:48 Comments || Top||

#16  Fair enough, don't stray. Good Evening
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 21:03 Comments || Top||


Oakland mayor’s home vandalized with graffiti calling for defunding police
[NYPOST] A pack of vandals allegedly sprayed-painted graffiti about defunding the police across the garage door, sidewalk and stone wall of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s home early Tuesday morning.

Witnesses said as many as 40 people wearing facemasks and all-black clothing shot off fireworks and other projectiles as they vandalized Schaaf’s home around 2 a.m., the local ABC affiliate reported.

Some of the graffiti messages read, "Defund OPD," "homes 4 all," and "blood on your hands," according to the station.

Justin Berton, the mayor’s front man, confirmed the witness’ accounts to the East Bay Times.

"This attack, designed to intimidate the mayor and strike fear into her family, will not stop her from advocating for the policies she believes are in the best long-term interests of her beloved hometown," Berton said in a statement.
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Haha,
Well the right should make sure it continues to show they do need police!

Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/24/2020 5:06 Comments || Top||

#2  That "they'll eat our brains last" gambit isn't working.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2020 7:19 Comments || Top||

#3  It’s to bad we do not know the addresses of the Tech billionaires. It would be nice to picket their homes and families
Posted by: Pancho Turkeyneck5267 || 07/24/2020 19:32 Comments || Top||

#4  They buy thru trusts and LLC's so their name isn't public info
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 19:37 Comments || Top||


Biden says Trump is America's first racist president
Ummm... Lyndon Johnson? Woodrow Wilson? Think a little harder, Joe... Oh. Wait. Sorry. No offense.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Biden campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders later issued a statement clarifying Biden's comments.
[MSN] "There have been a number of racist American presidents, but Trump stands out -- especially in modern history -- because he made running on racism and division his calling card and won," she said. "He deliberately foments both, intentionally causing indescribable pain because he thinks it advantages him politically. The George Wallaces of our country's history who have run on these hate-filled themes have lost."

Setting aside Biden's assessment of Trump, his remark drew instant criticism, given the known histories of past presidents, a number of whom were slave owners. That history, in recent weeks, has driven controversial efforts to take down and deface statues and monuments dedicated to them.

In addition to the known record of presidential slave ownership, including by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, early in the country’s history, other presidents from the last century also have come under fire. Princeton University decided just last month to remove President Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public policy school and a residential college, citing Wilson’s "racist views and policies" as the main factor in the decision.

Wilson, who served in the early 20th century, supported segregation and imposed it on several federal agencies. During his presidency, the notoriously racist film "The Birth of a Nation," which glorified the Ku Klux Klan, was screened at the White House.
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Biden campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders later issued a statement clarifying Biden's comments.

"What he meant to say is that Trump is America's first president."
Posted by: gorb || 07/24/2020 1:04 Comments || Top||

#2  The George Wallaces of our country's history who have run on these hate-filled themes have lost.

Wow. They really don't need competition to destroy themselves. Now, if only the now generation read its history.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2020 1:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Obama wasn't divisive with his hate America first policies?

Wow the MSM/Dem are really scraping the barrel, but that's all they got.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/24/2020 5:08 Comments || Top||

#4  How do we know Biden is still actually alive?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/24/2020 5:12 Comments || Top||

#5  History would be a wonderful thing if only it were true. - Tolstoy paraphrase

No surprise, but MSM doesn't know much (or aren't saying) about Tommy Jefferson's history.
Posted by: Clem || 07/24/2020 7:15 Comments || Top||

#6  Come on people, they've got to try. They've done a spiffy job of erasing the Democratic Party's history of slavery, segregation and the actions of their auxiliary, the Klan. Their commissars work daily to make sure that is never highlighted or brought to fore.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2020 7:17 Comments || Top||

#7  And FDR, IIRC, was an anti-Semite.
Posted by: Clem || 07/24/2020 7:20 Comments || Top||

#8  re: #7

But Clem, there's nothing wrong with that according to the Woke, Dem, MSM brigades these days. Heck, throwing the Japanese-Americans in camps is glossed over now.
Posted by: AlanC || 07/24/2020 8:00 Comments || Top||

#9  I still have yet to see any leftist clearly articulate what is 'rayciss' about Trump.

They just throw it out there like it is an established fact, and the media nods their collective head in agreement.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what is racist about the President? In clear, unambiguous terms.
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 || 07/24/2020 8:04 Comments || Top||

#10  Tell me about convenience store owners from India, Joe
Posted by: Raj || 07/24/2020 8:49 Comments || Top||

#11  When everything is racist, nothing is.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/24/2020 9:15 Comments || Top||

#12  They just throw it out there like it is an established fact, and the media nods their collective head in agreement.

It's called the Big Lie. It's all they have.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/24/2020 12:23 Comments || Top||


#14  If being White is defacto racism, and it’s inherent in our nature, we need to quit worrying about it and quit giving guilt money to the race extortionists who keep screaming BLM.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/24/2020 12:41 Comments || Top||

#15  ^ As the left's celebrated Lady Gaga sang: "I was born this way"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 12:57 Comments || Top||

#16  but MSM doesn't know much

Perhaps you could point them to your Google resources.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2020 14:45 Comments || Top||


#18  Ja ja ja ja ja.

There goes two months of narrative building.

Wilson was a real gem of a democrat. Does that mean The League of Nations and its bastard daughter United Nations are racist ideas and institutions?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/24/2020 20:07 Comments || Top||

#19  How about a compromise and we defund the UN?
Posted by: gorb || 07/24/2020 23:59 Comments || Top||


Maxine Waters: Trump’s Paramilitary Are a ‘Trial Run’ -- He is Organizing ‘to Not Accept’ Losing Election
[BREITBART] Wednesday on MSNBC’s "The ReidOut," Rep. The Ageless and Downright Brilliant Comrade Maxine Impeach 45! Waters
...U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district, serving since 1991, a total of 28.64444 years. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the most senior of the twelve black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Before becoming a member of Congress she served in the California Assembly, to which she was first elected back when Disco was in flower, in 1976, which would make it 43.64239 years. She has been a politician for virtually all her adult life. If she was a little brighter she'd be a Communist...
(D-CA) said 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...
ordering the use of federal coppers in Portland, OR and threatening to do the same in other cities to quell the ongoing protests was a "trial run," which she said was a part of to "not accept what happens when we have the election if he’s not elected."

Waters said, "The people of this country need to be worried about what we’re seeing in Portland. We have these coppers or whomever they are, offices of agents of some kind that’s been organized by the president of the United States. He didn’t contact the local mayors. He didn’t contact the governors. Who are these people? Why did they have these uniforms on? We don’t have anything that identifies them. They have unmarked cars. They’re pulling people off the street into those cars."

She added, "I want to tell you, Joy, this is what you see in countries where you have dictators. In third world countries, you have dictators who have paramilitary that they can call anytime they want. As a matter of fact, it has been suggested that this is a trial run of the president of the United States who may be organizing to not accept what happens when we have the election if he’s not elected. Is he going to pull out his military? Is he going to engage us? He has already alluded to there may be a civil war if he’s re-elected. This is dangerous."
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Dems always project what they intend to do themselves.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 07/24/2020 1:04 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm beginning to think her hair is some kind of alien tinfoil hat.
Posted by: gorb || 07/24/2020 1:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Gee Maxine, sort of missed all those fortified DHS building during the Obama era didn't you. Who was in charge of those 'paramilitaries' at the Bundy ranch? Quick talk over the Obama FBI 'not accepting' losing the 2016 election. Freudian projection all around.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2020 3:38 Comments || Top||

#4  It's all projection all the time.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/24/2020 5:09 Comments || Top||

#5  not so much projection as whipping up her constituents.

stuff like this is red meat to them.
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 || 07/24/2020 7:58 Comments || Top||

#6  This is what a good friend from college, who has spent the past 40 years in Los Angeles, had to say to me about the President sending the DHS to Portland to protect federal property. "It’s bs and you know it. It’s pre ww2 Like Hitler trump will use any device to divide. Blacks against whites Democrats against conservatives you watch him using these storm trooper like militia
in big cities the next step will be to control the elections with them
If you like America you cannot like what is happening to our country." Here is what I answered " don't like what is happening in Portland, Seattle, and other cities with the Mayors and Governors refusing to stop the violence and even encouraging it" He used to be sane..
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 07/24/2020 8:15 Comments || Top||

#7  ...sides are being picked. We're in Bleeding Kansas. There is no going back.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2020 9:49 Comments || Top||

#8  "Organizing to not accept losing election."

That was more in the wheelhouse of Hillary and Obama. They still have not accepted that Trump won in 2016.
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/24/2020 10:56 Comments || Top||

#9  Antifa are the democrat party armed wing...

The are projecting their plans.
Act accordingly.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/24/2020 14:29 Comments || Top||

#10  Buy More Ammo.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 07/24/2020 19:11 Comments || Top||

#11  Mad Max needs to get shown what "paramilitary" really do.

She needs to just disappear some night and wake up in Guantanamo or Alaska or Kazahkstan or similar garden spot. Along with guards who "No spikka da Englais."

I'm getting real tired of these tyrant wannabes.
Posted by: AlanC || 07/24/2020 19:51 Comments || Top||

#12  AKA her actual District, which she doesn't live within:
She needs to just disappear some night and wake up in Guantanamo or Alaska or Kazahkstan or similar garden spot.
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 20:06 Comments || Top||

#13  The repeated "He won't accept losing" messages are battlespace preparation for when Trump pushes back at their attempts to scam the election.

Anyone need a mail-in ballot? We got extras!
Posted by: SteveS || 07/24/2020 21:17 Comments || Top||

#14  ^ Yep
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 21:41 Comments || Top||


Trump, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot agree to deployment of federal agents
[NYPOST] President Trump called reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot
...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway...
on Wednesday evening to confirm his plans to send 200 federal agents to the city to combat "a rampage of violence."

In a statement obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, the mayor’s office said Trump "reached out to Mayor Lightfoot this evening to confirm that he plans to send federal resources to Chicago to supplement ongoing federal investigations pertaining to violent mostly peaceful crime."

"The conversation was brief and straightforward," the statement said.

Lightfoot, who previously vowed to turn away the feds, and Trump — who blasted "extreme politicians" whom he accused of joining an "anti-police crusade" — are in agreement over the strategy of sending in agents to plug into existing operations, the paper reported.

"Mayor Lightfoot maintains that all resources will be investigatory in nature and be coordinated through the U.S. Attorney’s office," the statement said. "The Mayor has made clear that if there is any deviation from what has been announced, we will pursue all available legal options to protect Chicagoans."
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ummmm, no - the mayor agreed on deployment of Fed agents, Trump was going to do it anyway.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 07/24/2020 1:01 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: SteveS || 07/24/2020 1:39 Comments || Top||



Cuomo violated his own mask rules while in Georgia, declined to self-quarantine on return to N.Y.
This F'n Douchebag - rules are for the little people Proles
[Just The News] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was recently spotted in Georgia violating the mask and social-distancing rules he has imposed upon his own state.

Cuomo, a Democrat, also declined to self-quarantine after returning to New York, despite his emergency orders dictating quarantine protocols for many New York residents who have traveled to Georgia and other states.

Cuomo in April ordered that "any individual [in New York] who is over 2 and able to medically tolerate a face-covering shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a mask or cloth face-covering when in a public place and unable to maintain, or when not maintaining, social distance."

The governor on June 30 also began requiring individuals traveling from Georgia to New York to self-quarantine for two weeks upon entering New York, an addition to an earlier quarantine order for several other states. Georgia on that day had "reached the level of spread required to qualify for New York's travel advisory," Cuomo said.

Yet on the recent trip to Georgia the governor was seen violating his own mask order, hugging and standing close to Savannah Mayor Van Johnson without wearing a mask, as seen on an online video.

Both politicians had earlier fielded criticism for being seen "elbow-bumping" without wearing masks, with Johnson admitting to media that the two men "messed up" in doing so. Johnson during that press conference did not acknowledge the hug the two men shared; Cuomo has also not publicly acknowledged the hug.

The state of Georgia does not have a mask mandate, but several jurisdictions including Atlanta have imposed one.

Following that trip, Cuomo earlier this week was asked by media if he would be self-quarantining after his return from Georgia. The governor said he would not, declaring himself an "essential worker" under his own rule's exemptions. His administration also noted that the quarantine rule does not apply to individuals passing through a flagged state for less than 24 hours. Cuomo said he would take a COVID-19 test upon returning to New York to ensure he was virus-free.

The governor's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday morning regarding the mask-less hug he gave Johnson and whether he would nevertheless consider self-quarantining given the elevated infection risk he faces after his embrace of the Savannah mayor.
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Dem Chicago Alderman: Mayor’s ‘Grandstanding’ and ‘Pettiness’ Costing Lives
[BREITBART] During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s "The Story," reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
Alderman Raymond Lopez (D) sharply criticized Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway...
(D) by stating that her "level of pettiness is causing disaster" and criticizing her public feud with President Trump by stating that the dispute reminds him "of how many lives were lost because of the politics of grandstanding in the city of Chicago."

Lopez said, "It’s unfortunate. Because the mayor has been going back and forth with the president, who, to be perfectly honest, I don’t agree on many of his policies, but protecting our citizens should not be a partisan issue. ... And for her to go for weeks on end tweeting back and forth and making all kinds of comments, and then finally admitting yesterday, that she’s open to having the FBI, DEA, and ATF come in. Those comments that she made, remind me of how many lives were lost because of the politics of grandstanding in the city of Chicago."

He also stated that it is "clearly obvious...that our city’s in chaos and in turmoil." And that the mayor’s "level of pettiness is causing disaster in the city of Chicago right now."
Posted by: Fred || 07/24/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Lopez, dem that he is, actually tries to help the folks in his district. He gets a lot of backlash from other dems, and there's this, but the folks that live there actually appreciate him.

Well, maybe not the gang-bangers.

Look for a 'woke machine dem' to run against him during the next election, though.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 07/24/2020 8:11 Comments || Top||



Who's in the News
25[untagged]
7Sublime Porte
5Taliban
5Antifa/BLM
4Muslim Brotherhood
3Islamic State
2Govt of Iran
2Commies
1Govt of Saudi Arabia
1Hezbollah
1Pirates
1al-Shabaab (AQ)
1al-Qaeda
1Govt of Iran Proxies
1Govt of Iraq
1Govt of Qatar (MB)

Bookmark
E-Mail Me

The Classics
The O Club
Rantburg Store
The Bloids
The Never-ending Story
Thugburg
Gulf War I
The Way We Were
Bio

Merry-Go-Blog











On Sale now!


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.
Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...
Steve White
Seafarious
tu3031
badanov
sherry
ryuge
GolfBravoUSMC
Bright Pebbles
trailing wife
Gloria
Fred
Besoeker
Glenmore
Frank G
3dc
Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT
Fri 2020-07-24
  Federal officers in Portland may have been permanently blinded by lasers
Thu 2020-07-23
  Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby
Wed 2020-07-22
  At Least 14 People Wounded In Mass Shooting Outside Funeral in Chicago
Tue 2020-07-21
  BLM Beats Conservative Michelle Malkin With Clubs In Denver
Mon 2020-07-20
  Turkey says 27 IS suspects arrested in Istanbul
Sun 2020-07-19
  Minneapolis: ‘It’s 24-Hour Crime’
Sat 2020-07-18
  Jordan’s top court dissolves country’s Muslim Brotherhood
Fri 2020-07-17
  Nigeria: 602 Boko Haram terrorists surrender
Thu 2020-07-16
  Video footage from Iranian port after 7 ships caught fire
Wed 2020-07-15
  Explosion as fire breaks out at Iranian industrial complex
Tue 2020-07-14
  BLM activist claimed in ultra-viral tweet that racist messages were left on his car. Video shows he placed them there himself
Mon 2020-07-13
  Florida man crashes into Catholic Church,
sets it on fire with worshipers inside
Sun 2020-07-12
  Turkish military seizes strategic summit in Iraqi-Kurdistan
Sat 2020-07-11
  Turkey issues presidential decree to convert Hagia Sophia back into mosque
Fri 2020-07-10
  Latest explosions in Tehran reportedly hit warehouses of rockets that belong to the IRGC


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.
3.141.244.201
Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:
WoT Operations (17)    WoT Background (18)    Non-WoT (15)    Opinion (3)    (0)