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-Lurid Crime Tales-
The Ilhan Omar scandal nobody's talking about… yet
[Liberty Daily] Our distaste for most Democrats is strong. That wasn’t always the case as there was a time not too long ago when many if not most in the Democratic Party were tolerable. Today, few are. But nobody on Capitol Hill is as despicable as Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as she continues to do things that would make the most dishonest Democrats cringe.

Omar’s campaign put up a fundraising portal through ActBlue. She Tweeted it and posted it on Facebook with the posts making it appear as though people would be donating that money directly to MN FoodShare. A few days later, the Executive Director of MN FoodShare said she didn’t know about this so-called partnership and asked where the money was going.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/12/2020 01:35 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Expect this story to be picked up by other news outlets soon."

Yeah, if so, then what? Uh, like, nothing?
Posted by: Clem || 05/12/2020 6:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Nothing will happen at the State level - her pimp Keith Ellison will protect her.
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/12/2020 8:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Get rid of this criminal and replace her with Lacy Johnson(R).
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/12/2020 13:04 Comments || Top||

#4  For the love of Allan, arrest her, already
Posted by: Lex || 05/12/2020 20:05 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
GOOD: House Armed Services Committee gets upset with FCC ruling on 5G that hurts GPS sat signals.
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 05/12/2020 10:42 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  The behind the scenes rumbling is that US will skip 5G altogether. Given the delayed roll out, it shouldn't even cost the carriers much money.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/12/2020 11:03 Comments || Top||

#2  5G won't be any good if DoD is allowed to counter jam it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/12/2020 15:20 Comments || Top||


Great White North
Trudeau says businesses who do not fight climate change will not get new support money
You WILL be made to care
[Post Millennial] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed media on Monday, announcing new additional support for businesses.

In a news release titled "Prime Minister announces additional support for businesses to help save Canadian jobs," the Trudeau government outline a new four-point plan that is aimed to help businesses through the pandemic.

This will be done mainly through the new Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) "to provide bridge financing to Canada's largest employers, whose needs during the pandemic are not being met through conventional financing, in order to keep their operations going."

Trudeau said that oil and gas companies will be expected to put forward a frame that shows their commitments to reducing emissions and fighting climate change to be eligible for the LEEFF. Companies which avail themselves to the LEEFF subsidies will need to make a commitment to the fight against climate change.

"We have seen many oil and gas companies make commitments already around net-zero by 2050, around understanding that we need to do better in terms of reducing emissions both as a country and as a sector. That's why we're expecting them to put forward a frame within which they will demonstrate their commitments to reducing emissions and fighting climate change," said Trudeau of the funding.

Companies are going to have to put forward their framework for reducing emissions before receiving federal cash.
Posted by: Frank G || 05/12/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is that legal - even in Canada?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/12/2020 0:52 Comments || Top||

#2  O Canada!
Posted by: SteveS || 05/12/2020 0:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Is that legal - even in Canada?

Probably not. But they're too laid back to ask or even care, it seems.
Posted by: gorb || 05/12/2020 1:10 Comments || Top||

#4  ..you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Better be careful about being laid back or not caring.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/12/2020 2:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Trudeau needs to be cross-checked into the boards.
Posted by: Clem || 05/12/2020 4:54 Comments || Top||

#6  Geez. You'd think the Great Frozen North would be all in favor of global warming - you could be the new California; you've already got the political side down, all you need is the temperature.
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/12/2020 8:36 Comments || Top||

#7  Guess my tire-burning business idea's a no-go...
Posted by: Raj || 05/12/2020 9:27 Comments || Top||

#8  But go ahead, turn in your guns, your government will take care of you.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/12/2020 11:27 Comments || Top||

#9  As Alberta becomes the 51st US state...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/12/2020 11:44 Comments || Top||

#10  Bloody bourgeoisieshevik.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 05/12/2020 13:34 Comments || Top||

#11  Saskatchewan - 52nd
Manitoba - 53d
Posted by: Lex || 05/12/2020 13:35 Comments || Top||

#12  yeah! I've always wanted a state that had a town named MooseJaw.
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/12/2020 13:44 Comments || Top||

#13  Medicine Hat fer me, eh?
Posted by: Lex || 05/12/2020 13:54 Comments || Top||

#14  If Soros has a heart attack , he may clinch his fist so hard it will take surgery to remove it from Trudy's ass.
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163 || 05/12/2020 19:18 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Gov. Newsom Says Elon Musk's Fight is with Alameda County, Not State
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/12/2020 14:21 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


#2  He won't take a chance on being dis invited to Silly Con Valley cocktail circuit.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/12/2020 14:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Someone feeling the heat? It ain't the Santa Ana winds.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/12/2020 15:19 Comments || Top||

#4  The "governor with an iron hand" narrative is going down the pipes faster than dollar store toilet paper.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/12/2020 16:03 Comments || Top||

#5  Elon Musk is a white south African who never owned slaves and his family never owned any. They may have sold some but they never owned any.
Posted by: jpal || 05/12/2020 17:06 Comments || Top||

#6  he already has a massive complex in Reno
Posted by: 746 || 05/12/2020 19:32 Comments || Top||

#7  He spends more time in Silicone Valley (Bel Air) than in Sillycon V.
Posted by: Lex || 05/12/2020 19:57 Comments || Top||


John Podesta Admits in Testimony Both DNC and Hillary Campaign Split the Cost for Bogus Trump-Russia Dossier That Launched the Coup
[Gateway Pundit] Hillary Clinton and the DNC both claimed they knew nothing about the Trump-Russia dossier when it was published by Buzzfeed in January 2017.

The New York Times — famous for their fake news — reported in 2017 that Hillary and the DNC were unaware that their law firm Perkins Coie was working on the dossier.

But that is not what John Podesta told House Intelligence investigators under oath in his December 2017 testimony.

John Podesta admitted under oath that the DNC and the Hillary Campaign split the cost of the Trump-Russia dossier.

Now we know.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/12/2020 01:54 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:


President Trump: I Hope You Had Fun Investigating Me – Now It's My Turn
Posted by: Phusotle Dingle5823 || 05/12/2020 01:13 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If you strike at the king, you must kill the king.

Cause if you fail.....
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/12/2020 2:06 Comments || Top||

#2  I keep waiting for the first real shot to be fired.

By whom, at whom?
Posted by: AlanC || 05/12/2020 7:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Comey, McCabe, Strozk & Page, then work your way up & out?
Posted by: Raj || 05/12/2020 9:20 Comments || Top||

#4  Decorate the lamp posts along Pennsylvania ave. with these jokers.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/12/2020 9:54 Comments || Top||

#5  "Treason doth never prosper..." Maybe, we will see.
Posted by: magpie || 05/12/2020 10:29 Comments || Top||

#6  ..will get you a Netflix deal and a gig on CNN.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/12/2020 10:40 Comments || Top||

#7  Treason doth never prosper.

I always thought it's "Treason never doth prosper" because it rhymes better.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/12/2020 10:45 Comments || Top||

#8  It's the thought that counts...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/12/2020 11:09 Comments || Top||

#9  I'd like to see a lot of folks do the Pentangeli to avoid life in prison and a pile of debt for their families.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 05/12/2020 13:18 Comments || Top||

#10  Dear Trump is not someone to make a proclamation and not follow through. And BTW, instead of waiting for term 2, why do it know when everyone is focused on the virus.?
Posted by: Clavinter Splat2965 || 05/12/2020 16:00 Comments || Top||


Clinton Campaign Attorney Mark Elias Admitted in Testimony He Sent the Bill from Fusion GPS for Dossier Directly to Campaign Manager Robbie Mook
[Gateway Pundit] On Saturday The Gateway Pundit reported that thanks to newly released transcripts Hillary Campaign chairman John Podesta admitted during testimony that both the DNC and Hillary Campaign split the cost of the bogus Trump-Russia dossier in 2016 that initially launched the attempted coup against Donald Trump.

John Podesta was Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman in 2016.

CNN reported in October 2017 that Podesta and then DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz "both denied to congressional Russia investigators that they had any knowledge about an arrangement to pay for opposition research on President Donald Trump, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN."

But that is not what John Podesta told House Intelligence investigators under oath in his December 2017 testimony.

John Podesta admitted under oath that the DNC and the Hillary Campaign split the cost of the Trump-Russia dossier.
Posted by: Phusotle Dingle5823 || 05/12/2020 01:07 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Podesta from the Latin for "friendly fire"
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/12/2020 8:46 Comments || Top||

#2  It's also the name of a pizza.
Posted by: Clem || 05/12/2020 8:49 Comments || Top||

#3  I think you're thinking of Putanesca...no, wait, that means prostitute... OK,, you're right.....
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/12/2020 18:14 Comments || Top||

#4  Pudenda. Shame on this lying clown .
Posted by: Lex || 05/12/2020 19:54 Comments || Top||


DNI Richard Grenell Declassifies List of Obama Officials Involved in ‘Unmasking’ Flynn in His Conversations with Kislyak
*BOOM*
[GatewayPundit] Acting DNI Richard Grenell declassified the list of Obama officials involved in the unmasking of General Mike Flynn in his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

Grenell was seen delivering a satchel of documents to the DOJ last week and according to ABC, he also discussed the list of Obama officials involved in unmasking Flynn.

The names of the officials who were involved in unmasking General Flynn in his calls to Kislyak have not been released to the public yet.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Woodrow || 05/12/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Now let's see what Barr does.
Posted by: charger || 05/12/2020 0:33 Comments || Top||

#2  He's going to wait until Hillary and the DNC explode from indecision.
Posted by: gorb || 05/12/2020 1:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Barr still believes Jeffie Epstein committed suicide, so.....
Posted by: Clem || 05/12/2020 4:52 Comments || Top||

#4  Barr can’t say what he really believes. There’s a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes, and lots of misdirection happening on stage. Let things play out, the finale is coming.
Posted by: Phineter Turkeyneck6202 || 05/12/2020 7:12 Comments || Top||

#5  Although I like all the recommendations here, we have the rule of law.-- The Obama administration seems to have ignored or circumvented this rule of law in an attempt to take down Trump and those who voted for him. Have fun POTUS. Schadenfreude.

Got to admit the Mussolini solution is attractive as well as chasing these enemies of the State down the street with pitchforks. Unlike Obama and his ilk, Rantburg folks believe in the rule of law.

Treason, sedition, misprision, etc.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/12/2020 10:33 Comments || Top||

#6  I had to look up "misprision".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/12/2020 10:43 Comments || Top||

#7  Misprision - pro tip: it's not "the flu..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/12/2020 10:48 Comments || Top||

#8  Thy self thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing,
Or me to whom thou gav'st it else mistaking;
So thy great gift,
upon misprision growing,
Comes home again, on better judgement making.
Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter,
In sleep a king, but waking no such matter.
Posted by: Lex || 05/12/2020 11:08 Comments || Top||

#9  the dream of justice doth flatter...
Posted by: Lex || 05/12/2020 11:11 Comments || Top||

#10  Diluting St. Fauci's senate testimony nicely.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/12/2020 11:38 Comments || Top||

#11  h/t Instapundit

Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/12/2020 14:23 Comments || Top||

#12  Let things play out, the finale is coming.

"Trust the plan."

Where have I heard that before?
Posted by: charger || 05/12/2020 16:09 Comments || Top||

#13  Now ABC is reporting the DOJ won't release the names...!?
Posted by: Woodrow || 05/12/2020 18:57 Comments || Top||

#14  I thought this was not up to DOJ. This is within the realm of ODNI.
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 || 05/12/2020 19:25 Comments || Top||


Podesta testimony: Hillary Clinton knew in 2016 about Russia dirt digging on Trump
[Just the News] Former Clinton campaign chairman talks about how DNC, Clinton campaign funded research but says candidate likely didn't know the vendors

In recently unsealed testimony to Congress, former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta acknowledged that both he and Hillary Clinton were aware that her campaign had purchase opposition research and was looking for dirt on Donald Trump's ties to Russia during the 2016 election.

Podesta's comments are the most direct acknowledgement about what Donald Trump's opponent knew in real-time about the effort that ultimately became known as the Steele dossier.

In a second appearance before the House Intelligence Committee in December 2017, Podesta testified that Clinton likely didn't know the names of the firm, Fusion GPS, and former British spy Christopher Steele who had conducted the research. But he said she and he were both cognizant of an opposition research effort to connect Trump to business dealings in Russia.
Read the entire article.
Posted by: Phusotle Dingle5823 || 05/12/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Whatever happened to Omerta?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/12/2020 10:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Sounds like someone is jumping ship early.
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163 || 05/12/2020 10:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Podesta knows too much and is vomiting intel...he must be "quieted down". Don't think for a moment that she hasn't contemplated this
Posted by: Warthog || 05/12/2020 13:15 Comments || Top||

#4  rats, ship..
Posted by: Lex || 05/12/2020 13:30 Comments || Top||


Graham says he'll hold Senate hearing on Flynn case in early June
Posted by: Phusotle Dingle5823 || 05/12/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  With script by Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
Posted by: charger || 05/12/2020 0:35 Comments || Top||

#2  ^Snark of the day?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/12/2020 0:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Say's Lindy that refused to issue subpoenas. Nor investigate McStain's part in the Fusion GPS. I'm calling BS, complete BS.
Posted by: Woodrow || 05/12/2020 11:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Oh, Linds will hold a hearing. Star witness will be Meggie Moo, who will testify daddy told her with hisssssssssssch dying breath: "It wassssssssch Trump!"
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/12/2020 11:57 Comments || Top||

#5  Lindy is full of promises but comes up short on delivery.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/12/2020 12:39 Comments || Top||

#6  Aside from the one spark he showed during the Kavanagh hearings, Lindsey has been a tremendous disappointment.

We do have a primary here in SC June 9, and I'm voting for anyone running against him. Fat chance, I know. And in November I will vote for him over whatever sacrificial lamb the Democrats put up.
Posted by: Tom || 05/12/2020 13:43 Comments || Top||

#7  June of which year?
Posted by: Grunter || 05/12/2020 21:45 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2020-05-12
  GNA militia evacuate their headquarters in Abuslim
Mon 2020-05-11
  Iran navy own goal in Oman Gulf exercise; 24 dead
Sun 2020-05-10
  GNA militias lines collapsing quickly
in Abuslim and Salah AlDin with a LNA advance
Sat 2020-05-09
  Houthi Yemeni Scholar Ibrahim Al-Ubeidi: Saud Clan Is a Jewish Family
Fri 2020-05-08
  933 Taliban Prisoners Freed by Afghan Govt, More Promised
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  PM is elected in Iraq without guidance from Qassem Soleimani
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  16 killed as airstrike targets gathering convened by Red Unit commander of Taliban
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  U.S. approves first Sudanese ambassador in two decades
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  Trial begins in Denmark of man accused of attack plot for Iran
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