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9 More Shot Dead as Protesters in Iraq Now Calling for Revolution
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Recently Released Epstein Court Docs Reveal Bill Clinton Visited Epstein's ‘Pedophile Island'
[Right Wing Tribune] President Bill Clinton’s name appears a whopping 31 times in the court documents that also reveal the former president traveled to the infamous island owned by Epstein, Little St. James, otherwise known as Pedophile Island.

Newly released court documents that were made public the night before Epstein allegedly committed suicide reference Clinton 31 times, including an excerpt revealing Clinton visited Epstein’s infamous island, often referred to by media as Pedophile Island.

Posted by: Besoeker || 11/25/2019 01:51 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Clinton is a grifter as much as he is a perv. Trying to bilk money out of a rich guy could easily explain a number of the visits (certainly that's the line he used with Hillary).
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/25/2019 9:42 Comments || Top||

#2  Maybe the Grifter-in-Chief took some of his pay in the form of underaged nookie.
Posted by: Lex || 11/25/2019 11:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Trying to bilk money out of a rich guy

Likely proximity to Clinton was one of Epstein's hooks for the long game grift.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/25/2019 11:17 Comments || Top||

#4  The $$$ prob'y flowed in both directions.
Posted by: Lex || 11/25/2019 12:07 Comments || Top||

#5  Was that the time when Bill slipped his secret service detail? Or that time he was out there with Kevin Spacey? Or that other time with Alan Dershowitz?
Posted by: mossomo || 11/25/2019 23:08 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
'I guess you can buy followers, but not Retweets or personality?' Donald Trump Jr. mocks Michael Bloomberg after former New York mayor's 2020 campaign launch fizzles on Twitter
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/25/2019 11:23 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  You can buy retweets. Bloomberg is just doing it wrong.
Posted by: mossomo || 11/25/2019 23:33 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
More Virginia Counties Declare ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Status
[BREITBART] More Virginia counties declared "Second Amendment Sanctuary" status this week in an effort to get ahead of the gun control promises from Gov. Ralph Coonman Northam
...Governor of Virginia, another Dem Great White Hope. He won election by calling his Publican opponent Ed Gillespie a racist, but then, don't they all?...
(D) and newly-elected Democrats.

On November 19, 2019, Breitbart News reported that Appomattox County Board of Commissioners passed a "Second Amendment Sanctuary" resolution, with the goal of opposing any efforts that would "unconstitutionally restrict gun rights."

WHSV 3 reports that Giles County and Dinwiddle both adopted "Second Amendment Sanctuary" resolutions on November 21, 2019.

Dinwiddle Supervisor William Chavis said, "We have rights to bear arms. Point blank. And our county, we have a lot of hunters, lots of sportsmen that like to sport shoot."

On November 8, 2019, Breitbart News reported that Gov. Northam responded to Democrat election victories by readying a war on guns.

Northam introduced a number of gun controls following the May 31, 2019, Virginia Beach shooting in which 12 people were shot and killed with guns that were legally acquired. The gun control push failed to survive Republican opposition, but Northam sees hope for more Second Amendment restrictions now that Democrats will be in control.

Northam told CNN he will push universal background checks, as well as bans on "high volume magazines," bump stocks, and more.

None of Northam’s gun controls would have hindered, must less prevented, the Virginia Beach shooting.
Posted by: Fred || 11/25/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In other words - we're not going to die on that hill to enforce your dictates.

You want them, you personally go collect them.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/25/2019 6:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Still some P. Henry left there, it seems.
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/25/2019 8:31 Comments || Top||

#3  what would Mosbeys Raiders say?
Posted by: 746 || 11/25/2019 13:59 Comments || Top||

#4  High capacity magazines banned?

Well, watch out for the crew served AR-15 with belt feed.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 11/25/2019 18:36 Comments || Top||

#5  Belt Fed AR-15 Upper
Posted by: Silentbrick || 11/25/2019 18:45 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach revealed Joe Biden was paid nearly $1 million for lobbying activities by Burisma Holdings while he was US Vice President
Article from 1 month ago. Missed this tidbit until now.
Biden learns an old Clinton trick.
BTW, Burisma owner Nikolai Zlochevsky has warrant for arrest in Ukraine. He is reported in Monaco.

[GatewayPundit] Even worse, Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach revealed Joe Biden was paid nearly $1 million for lobbying activities by Burisma Holdings while he was US Vice President.

Derkach publicized the documents at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency last Wednesday as he said the records, "describe the mechanism of getting money by Biden Sr."

"This was the transfer of Burisma Group’s funds for lobbying activities, as investigators believe, personally to Joe Biden through a lobbying company. Funds in the amount of $900,000 were transferred to the U.S.-based company Rosemont Seneca Partners, which according to open sources, in particular, the New York Times, is affiliated with Biden. The payment reference was payment for consultative services," Derkach said.
Posted by: Unaitle Panda6599 || 11/25/2019 06:29 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm sure there's a convenient rug around here somewhere to sweep this under.
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/25/2019 8:33 Comments || Top||

#2  "This has already been investigated and there was nothing wrong here. Move along."
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/25/2019 10:00 Comments || Top||

#3  Whoa!
Posted by: Lex || 11/25/2019 10:38 Comments || Top||

#4  $1M of indirect 'hands off' payments

probably not illegal but disgusting

also its chickenfeed compared to what bill and Hillary were pulling in
Posted by: lord garth || 11/25/2019 11:54 Comments || Top||

#5  Through the lobbying firm Blue Star Strategies? That's the one (of many) full of lie-level ex-Clinton hacks who made a specialty out of shaking down southeast European ex-Warsaw Pact countries' governments seeking access to Western pols.
Posted by: Lex || 11/25/2019 12:05 Comments || Top||


Five Interesting Things About Catherine Pugh's Alleged Misdeeds
h/t Instapundit
1. Healthy Holly books were sold multiple times ― including tens of thousands that were never printed.

2. A trust’s planned $50,000 donation to charity was intercepted by Healthy Holly.

3. Healthy Holly LLC was used to fund illegal campaign donations ― and then a legal defense.

4. Pugh reported less income on tax forms than her legislative salary.

5. Investigators uncovered a separate set of alleged tax crimes during the investigation.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/25/2019 05:31 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Graduate of the Jim Wright School of public administration?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/25/2019 6:44 Comments || Top||

#2  The book and charity was originally named Health Hillary but that turned out to be unhealthy for Ms. Pugh.
Posted by: Unaitle Panda6599 || 11/25/2019 8:26 Comments || Top||

#3  More Adam Clayton Powell......
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/25/2019 8:32 Comments || Top||

#4  This whole thing is a simple mix up at the printer, it's obviously supposed to be 'Wealthy Holly'.
Posted by: Cesare || 11/25/2019 10:10 Comments || Top||

#5  JarJar Stinks
Posted by: Lex || 11/25/2019 10:49 Comments || Top||

#6  Obama pattern?
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/25/2019 11:14 Comments || Top||


Pentagon fires Navy Secretary Richard Spencer after controversy over Navy SEAL case
Considerably more on our breaking story from yesterday evening.
[CNBC] Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has asked for the resignation of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer amid controversy over the handling of a case involving a Navy SEAL convicted of illegally posing for pictures with the corpse of an ISIS fighter.

Spencer had reportedly threatened to quit his post after President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
intervened in the case of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher. Trump said on Twitter Thursday he would not allow the Navy to strip Gallagher of the Trident pin denoting his membership in the elite SEAL group.

Spencer responded by telling the White House that a Twitter post is not an official order and Trump would have to order the end of the disciplinary proceeding in writing. The Navy Secretary had denied over the weekend that he had threatened to resign.

In his letter of resignation, Spencer said the rule of law is what sets the United States apart from its adversaries and he could not in good conscience obey an order that would violate the oath he took to support and defend the Constitution.

Spencer said it had become clear that he and Trump no longer share the same understanding of the key principles of good order and discipline.

"The President deserves and should expect a Secretary of the Navy who is aligned with his vision for the future and our force generation and sustainment," Spencer said.

Trump said in a Twitter post Sunday that Spencer was fired over the way the Navy handled Gallagher’s case as well as cost overruns that were not addressed to his satisfaction. Ken Braithwaite, admiral and ambassador to Norway, will be nominated to replace Spencer, Trump said.

DISPUTE OVER SEAL CASE
Gallagher, 40, was demoted in rank and pay grade after being convicted by a military jury in July of illegally posing for pictures with the corpse of an ISIS fighter. He was acquitted of premeditated murder for allegedly killing a maimed captive during his 2017 deployment to Iraq. Earlier this month, Trump ordered that the Navy restore Gallagher’s status.

Last week, Spencer said that Gallagher’s membership in the SEAL community should be decided by a board of his peers.

The Pentagon said in a statement that Defense Secretary Esper had lost trust and confidence in Spencer over "his lack of candor" over conversations with the White House regarding Gallagher’s case.

The Pentagon accused Spencer of privately proposing to the White House that Gallagher’s rank be restored and allow him to retire with his Trident pin, contrary to the Navy Secretary’s public position. Spencer never informed Esper of his private proposal, according to the Pentagon.

Esper has directed that Gallagher retain his Trident pin and will meet with Navy Under Secretary Thomas Modley, who will now serve as acting Navy Secretary, and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday on Monday to discuss the way forward.
Posted by: Fred || 11/25/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hope Vindman reading this.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/25/2019 1:07 Comments || Top||

#2  People are policy.
Posted by: Iblis || 11/25/2019 10:36 Comments || Top||

#3  The USN certainly has been in the news a lot lately. And not for anything good.

We're certainly accumulating a long list of failed institutions and organizations. IRS, FBI, the intel community, colleges, science, etc. And that's just here at home. Don't get me started on Europe.
Posted by: SteveS || 11/25/2019 10:42 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ hence The Shitshow. It's mainly about using absurd maneuvers and self-aggrandize get puffery to mask the reality of clownish incompetence.
Posted by: Lex || 11/25/2019 11:48 Comments || Top||

#5  * absurd maneuvering and self-aggrandizing puffery
Posted by: Lex || 11/25/2019 11:49 Comments || Top||

#6  Shouldn't try lying to an esper.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/25/2019 15:47 Comments || Top||

#7  Shouldn't try lying to an esper.

Nerdy Sci-Fi Snark of the Day
Posted by: SteveS || 11/25/2019 17:46 Comments || Top||

#8  😎
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/25/2019 17:54 Comments || Top||


Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Prayers’ For President More Hex and Curse-Like Than ‘Prayerful’
[CANADAFREEPRESS] "Gawd, please strike him dead! Turn him into a pillar of salt! Smite his family root and branch, yea, unto the seventh generation! Amen!"
Posted by: Fred || 11/25/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  She doesn't own an ass (donkey), does she?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/25/2019 1:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Pelosi and Prayer in the same sentence is kind of an oxymoron.
Think about it.
Posted by: 3dc || 11/25/2019 5:43 Comments || Top||

#3  ‘Prayers’ For President More Hex and Curse-Like
Witches gotta witch.
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/25/2019 8:29 Comments || Top||


Howard County, Maryland, School District Implements Busing Over Near-Unanimous Opposition
[DAILYCALLER] The Howard County, Maryland, school board voted to implement a massive, 1970s-style busing program Thursday, despite overwhelming opposition.

After one vote failed, members went into a back room, and when they came out, one of the members who voted "no" was crying. They did a do-over and she changed her vote.

Board member Jennifer Mallo lectured to constituents who voiced displeasure, saying it was a "privilege" that they got to witness the meeting, admonishing them not criticize her on social media, and complaining about her salary.

Immigrants colonists from China and the former Soviet Union said that what they were witnessing reminded them of the totalitarian regimes where they grew up.
Posted by: Fred || 11/25/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's tough when they throw out real history in school and replace it with 'studies' -

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/25/2019 6:31 Comments || Top||

#2  County Executive Calvin Ball, a Democrat, has a “chauffeur and personal security,” while the school system is spending on more buses instead of educational programs, Steil said. “Ball sat in the audience of his church while the pastor talked about sending black children to ‘white schools’ — we do not have ‘white schools’ in this county since the student population is only 35.8% white. FARMs students is only 18.9% of the county,” she said.

No, reeeeally. Calvin Ball?
Posted by: Frank G || 11/25/2019 6:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Immigrants from China and the former Soviet Union said that what they were witnessing reminded them of the totalitarian regimes where they grew up.

I hear this comparison made frequently these days by immigrants from the former USSR and those old enough to remember the Cultural Revolution.

What's most astonishing to them is the eerie resemblance between the 'woke' practice of denouncing thought-criminals and what they and their parents endured -- sometimes with terrible consequences -- in Mao's China or under Soviet Communism.

Truly terrifying that it's happening here.
Posted by: Lex || 11/25/2019 11:00 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
A-G says Netanyahu can stay in office for now
[Jpost] Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit issued a legal opinion on Monday that amounts to deflecting all three ways that critics have sought to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of office in any immediate time frame.

Mandelblit issued the blockbuster opinion only days after announcing a final indictment for Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust last Thursday.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/25/2019 14:06 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Golly. That’s big of him.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/25/2019 20:38 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2019-11-25
  9 More Shot Dead as Protesters in Iraq Now Calling for Revolution
Sun 2019-11-24
  Navy secretary Richard Spencer resigns amid controversy over Navy SEAL
Sat 2019-11-23
  Algerians mark 40th week of anti-government protests
Fri 2019-11-22
  Iranian security forces brutally beat #Iranian protesters
Thu 2019-11-21
  Afghanistan’s president claims victory over IS
Wed 2019-11-20
  SpaceX Starship BLOWS UP!
Tue 2019-11-19
  Iran’s Guards threaten petrol protesters with ‘revolutionary’ response
Mon 2019-11-18
  Basra roads closed as national protests continue
Sun 2019-11-17
  Today's Hong Kong Images on Twitter -
Sat 2019-11-16
  Protests erupt across Iran, burning banks, angry over gas prices
Fri 2019-11-15
  Roger Stone found guilty by D.C. jury.
Thu 2019-11-14
  121 ISIS militants and relatives surrender to Afghan forces in Nangarhar, 300+ in past week
Wed 2019-11-13
  Live: the House’s Trump Impeachment hearings starting at 10 a.m. ET
Tue 2019-11-12
  Israel hit by rockets after killing Islamic Jihad leader Abu al-Ata in Gaza
Mon 2019-11-11
  Thanks to all the veterans on Veterans Day!


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