[FOX] Rudy Giuliani, a personal attorney for President Trump, said Monday that he played a key role in forcing ex-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch from her post earlier this year, and claimed that he has evidence the Trump impeachment inquiry is a "cover-up" of Democratic malfeasance.
Giuliani, one of Trump's most loyal defenders, told Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle" that he helped forced out Yovanovitch because she was corrupt and obstructing the investigation into Ukraine and the Bidens.
Giuliani raised eyebrows recently after an interview was published in the New Yorker where he was quoted saying that he needed her "out of the way" because she would make the investigation into the Bidens "difficult for everybody."
He told Ingraham that he needed her out of the way because she was corrupt. Giuliani said he was not the first person to go to the president with concerns about the diplomat.
Yovanovitch, 60, a career diplomat and daughter of immigrants who fled the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, claimed that she was ousted from her role due to a smear campaign by Trump allies. Trump's tweets about her were shown during her testimony in front of Congress and she called them "very intimidating."
Yovanovitch “clearly is somebody who’s been a public servant to the United States for decades and I don’t think the president should have done that,” said Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., at the time.
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U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, the same gal that back in the Obama/Biden era gave Ukraine prosecutors a hands-off list of people who were not to be touched?
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Good job, Rudy. It really was fun watching her cry and lie about it during the intel committee hearings. And when it's proven that she really did give a "hands-off" list to the Ukrainian prosecutor she can go to jail for telling Congress that she didn't.
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Too nerdy for this crowd? You cannot possibly be serious, SteveS — there is no kind of nerdiness that at least some Rantburgers have not mastered, as far as I can tell.
[American Thinker] Adam Schiff almost could give chutzpah lessons to James Comey. "Shameless" doesn't seem fully adequate to the job of describing his self-righteousness in the face of his phoniness and outright lies. It would be funny if it were not for the grave consequences of his perfidy. Appearing on the Sunday morning talk shows, he fell back on the Sgt Schultz defense ‐ that he just didn't know the facts, but with no apology for acting on false information. That is total BS, as Steve Scalise pointed out on Twitter:
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Censure: The House can discipline and punish its members for "disorderly behavior (censure, expulsion, etc." according to the Constitution. I'd be surprised if the House would do this in the current political climate.
Thus Spoke Kurt G(r)om beat me to it :-) carried over for Tuesday
[Townhall] Clearly Greta Thunberg is being exploited by her cynical puppetmasters, but equally clearly she’s a tiresome, bizarre Marxist scold whose exploitation of the hapless dummies who buy into the climate change hoax is part of what is an increasingly violent plot to undermine capitalism and freedom. Recently, the cretins at TIME, which shockingly still exists in 2019, named her "Person of the Year." That’s appropriate, since 2019 has been a very annoying year.
In 2029, after the world hasn’t ended but her usefulness has, she’ll be a Jeopardy question and probably shacked up with an unemployed performance artist named Björn in an Oslo suburb. Fun fact: "Greta Thunberg" is Swedish for "Cindy Sheenhan."
But today, we’re all supposed to fall over ourselves over Pippi Longnagging ‐ at least that’s what our betters command ‐ yet it’s unclear why. Teenagers are notoriously ignorant, and ones spewing recycled Marxism are the worst of all.
...Trump mocked her and a zillion pearls were clutched. How dare you...criticize the Luddite pest who presumes to tell you how to live, leveraging the full benefit of her nearly 17 years of experience to explain to you how stuff should be. How dare you!
...The other day, this malignant muppet "told cheering protesters ... 'we will make sure we put world leaders against the wall' if they fail to take urgent action on climate change." Now, maybe her English is bad, or maybe she’s just ignorant, but then again the murder of opponents is the Marxist way. Marxist? St. Greta? Well, let’s take a look at what was carved on the tablets she recently brought down from Mount Socialism:
... science demands it," ... the climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will. Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all. Our political leaders can no longer shirk their responsibilities."
Wait, "the science demands" that we "dismantle" all our "[c]olonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression?" Now, what science exactly is that? Is it geology? Physics? Phrenology maybe?
...Everyone who isn’t an idiot knows the climate change hoax was never about "science." That’s a hack lie they use to shut you up when you point out that the ice age, floods, and mass polar bear die-offs they are always promising never, ever seem to happen. It’s a deliberate scam that blends leftism, hysterical hyperbole, and outright fraud into a gooey pudding designed to fill the spiritual void in empty-souled western suckers while providing a tool for our global leftist establishment to steal more of our money and freedom.
...Now, Greta clearly believes all the silliness she is regurgitating, and she will certainly be sad when we ignore it. And that’s too bad. Her feelz are utterly immaterial. In fact, the sadder she gets, the freer we are.
[Jpost] The most potent non-military threat to Israel’s existence is the opposition to Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights by the international community, led by the Europe ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... an Union.
The EU is the largest single donor to the Paleostinians ‐ more than a half-billion euros annually. It funds over two dozen anti-Israel propaganda organizations (NGOs) dedicated to demonizing Israel ‐ over €6 million annually. In addition, these NGOs also receive millions from individual European countries. The EU is the largest contributor to UNRWA, which is dedicated to Israel’s demise. The EU supported US president Barack Obama
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The EU is the largest single donor to the Paleostinians ‐ more than a half-billion euros annually.
With all that cash flowing in, you'd think Gaza would be Paradise on Earth by now. Sure, there is corruption and skimming, but you can buy a whole *bleep*load of red binders for a mere quarter-billion.
[Jpost] Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett warned Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... that although it appeared to be establishing a ring of fire around Israel, Syria could be Iran’s Vietnam.
"We need to move from containment to attack," the defense minister said last week.
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Seems far-fetched. Iran uses proxies. Assad is more in control than ever - there's zero chance of his being overthrown. Iran's next door and can easily influence events on the sly and without making huge commitments.
The Iranians hold a lot of cards here. Best to get out entirely.
"REPORT: 99% of biggest firms pay no federal tax at all..."
You know how to treat any news item by now, don't you? Ask the following question: how are these bastards lying to me now? In this instance, in a few particular ways:
1) Always trust your sources! The authors of this article are: "Jeff Stein and Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post Published 4:11 pm EST, Monday, December 16, 2019 ". Further comment is not necessary.
2) How many of you see an explicit reference to this 99% number? I don't.
3) The closest reference in the report is this sentence:
"The report also found that 91 corporations in the Fortune 500, many worth billions of dollars, paid no federal taxes last year."
2A) 99% of '91 corporations' leaves me with '90(.09) corporations. Is that number referenced anywhere in the article? No, it is not. Convenient, isn't it?
3) So, how do we get around these inconveniences?
"Researchers excluded taxes incurred by corporations under a one-time "repatriation tax" on money they brought back from overseas because of the tax law, according to Matt Gardner, an analyst at ITEP."
Again - any reference at all to this 99% number? Maybe it's under this sofa cushion; lemme go check...
Anyways, the rest of the article reads exactly like you'd expect from WaPo types - mention 'tax breaks' and 'loopholes' a bunch of times, wring your hands about Federal budget deficits and shed crocodile tears that, somehow, corporations are benefiting unjustly / unfairly because they get to use things like 'deductions' (yes, that was actually in there) and 'tax breaks & loopholes' to lower taxable income.
What you're left with is an article whose sole purpose is to make the reader think that the Trump tax cuts were baaaaaad. And that's how you do Fake News', business section.
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There are hints that he's sold it and no longer runs it daily.
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All business taxes are passed along to the customer. Anyone who does not get that is a buffoon.
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All business taxes are passed along to the customer. Anyone who does not get that is a buffoon.
Do economists know about this? Because if it is true, then all the pols talking about punishing those Evil Corporations (Hi, Bernie!) are simply fleecing the rubes.
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Dropped Drudge as increasingly there was far too many clickbait article links and UK tabloid trash links to alien stories. The mix with some genuine news but with a decidedly leftish drift made it obvious someone else was at the helm.
[Babylon Bee] BILLINGS, MT‐A local snowflake is speaking out after learning that snowflakes are being used to describe overprotected college students who are easily distressed by ideas that do not align with their worldview, sources confirmed.
"When I first heard the term ‘Generation Snowflake' I thought it was a compliment," said the feathery ice crystal, in a statement issued from a snowbank just off Route 318.
"Then I learned more about it, and I was appalled. Just because I'm uniquely designed by God, I'm not entitled to go through life never facing hardship or having my beliefs challenged. Where did that idea come from?" Enablers
"I mean, could these young people plummet 10,000 feet in subzero conditions, with style and serenity?" the precipitant went on. "We don't demand safe spaces from kids' scalding hot tongues. We don't ask for trigger warnings every time a dog starts sniffing around. Enough is enough."
"To call them snowflakes is an insult to snowflakes everywhere," it added.
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I was looking something up, and came across a report in the archive about the professor who mentored that proud communist at West Point being placed on administrative leave in 2017. Naturally, I wondered what happened to him afterward. Herewith the rest of the story:
Former West Point professor Rasheed Hosein, assistant professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic history and mentor of former Army Ranger and West Point graduate Spenser Rapone, turned his energy to other avenues after being placed on administrative leave for having encouraged Rapone and other select students to develop unhealthy attitudes. Please do not comment on his LinkiedIn page, dear Reader, or in any other way disturb his tranquility — I post this just to close the book on another attempt by the Obama crowd to march through the institutions.
[LinkedIn] Rasheed Hosein
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Experienced analyst and historian with a demonstrated ability of working in the government and the military. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Editing, Public Speaking, Media and Public Relations, Academic Writing, analysis, and International Relations. Strong administrative professional with a PhD focused in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from University of Chicago.
Asset Protection Specialist
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Oct 2017 – Present 2 years 3 months
Greater New York City Area
Department of Commerce
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Department of Commerce
Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 3 months
Orange County, New York
Helped conduct phase 1 of the 2020 United States Census.
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United States Military Academy at West Point
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United States Military Academy at West Point
Jul 2011 – Jan 2018 6 years 7 months
West Point, New York
Assistant professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History There is more work history, but we don’t really care what he did before he became a West Point professor, dear Reader. And those who do can go look.
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His academic credentials were solid. Hard to do better than U Chicago for Middle Eastern and Islamic History.
As to Rapone, if this nutjob didn't display any commie tendencies prior to being nominated by his Member of Congress and accessing the Academy, then it's really unlikely that anything different could have been done.
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Thought the same thing when I read it. Resume definitely worthy of the Bab Bee. Seriously, who would call attention to this with such a bloated moniker. It's an honorable job so own it and swallow your pride.
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.
[American Thinker] Adam Schiff almost could give chutzpah lessons to James Comey. "Shameless" doesn't seem fully adequate to the job of describing his self-righteousness in the face of his phoniness and outright lies. It would be funny if it were not for the grave consequences of his perfidy. Appearing on the Sunday morning talk shows, he fell back on the Sgt Schultz defense ‐ that he just didn't know the facts, but with no apology for acting on false information. That is total BS, as Steve Scalise pointed out on Twitter:
[Babylon Bee] BILLINGS, MT‐A local snowflake is speaking out after learning that snowflakes are being used to describe overprotected college students who are easily distressed by ideas that do not align with their worldview, sources confirmed.
