Below are the words from my daily political diary. It is quite long so scroll on by if not interested. But do stay around and add your commentary and point of view to the thread.
4/16/19
CORRECTION
I reported in this column that California Rep. Adam Schiff’s sister was married to George Soros’ son. Was corrected on a FreeRepublic forum and subsequently checked. Soros’ son might have been married to a Schiff, but it was not Adam Schiff’s sister.
BOY THROWN FROM THIRD FLOOR OF MINNESOTA MALL OF AMERICA
He just picks up a young kid and throws him down four stories.
The kid’s condition is kind of being kept quiet.
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A 5-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries on Friday after being thrown or pushed by an apparent stranger from a third-floor balcony at Minnesota’s Mall of America, and a man who fled the scene has been charged with attempted homicide, police said.
The child was rushed to a hospital after officers and passersby provided aid at the scene, Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts said. His condition was not immediately known.
Shortly after the incident, police arrested a 24-year-old man inside the mall, one of the state’s leading tourist attractions, after he had fled the scene, Potts said.
The suspect, Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, who is from the area, was charged with attempted homicide, police said in a statement.
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MUELLER REPORT DUE OUT THURSDAY
Just in time for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and, of course, Easter.
I cannot wait.
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL BURNING DOWN
France has certainly had their problems latterly. They had those yellow jackets constantly rioting in the streets.
Now the most famous cathedral in the world is in flames, as of this writing, as I type and watch.
Should I mention what’s on everyone’s mind?
It’s a Christian church. Perhaps another religion destroyed it.
4/17/19
UPDATE ON NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL STATUS. I have some questions about the burning of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France. But then don’t we all have questions?
First some facts/Questions/Concerns
Valuable artifacts saved on Notre Dame cathedral have all been saved. This is a good thing although I am not sure what artifacts were in danger and which were saved.
Why on earth did it take two hours for the Parisian fire department to begin working on that fire? I’ve heard it was because of the people all about, it was because they couldn’t get to a water hookup. I’ve yet to see any news conferences on the matter or why the fired burned for TWO HOURS before anybody started to work on it.
Were there really people on the side shouting "Allah Akbar"? At first it was asserted that the sounds were artificially inserted into the sound track. Then, later, it was asserted there really were Muslims standing nearby shouting Allah Akbar.
The cross of the church did emerge shining brightly and brilliantly. It was a sight to behold.
Foxes Shep Smith and Neil Cavuto must have been told to not allow any mention of possible Muslim origination and they both yelled at even a priest for mentioning the many church burning happening throughout Europe.
Below, a reason the Notre Dame burned down so easily.
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The massive inferno that engulfed Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral left in its wake a blackened shell of a historic monument that survived nearly 900 years of tumultuous French history.
The cathedral – immortalized in Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” – was undergoing a massive $6.8 million renovation project when the blaze broke out. It was an effort to turn back the clock on centuries of neglect of the beloved monument.
One heritage expert said the destruction of this magnitude was “bound to happen” sooner or later. "The lack of real upkeep and daily attention to such a major building is the cause of this catastrophe,” Jean-Michel Leniaud, president of the scientific council at the national Heritage Institute told AFP. “This is not about looking for people to blame. The responsibility is collective because this is the most loved monument in the country.”
Middle Ages specialist Claude Gauvard told AFP that not enough had been spent on maintenance at the revered building.
"The ongoing works finally got started -- and it was high time, and perhaps even a little late,” she said. “I went up to the foot of the spire (before the renovations began) and some of the brickwork was disjointed, held in place by a grate to prevent it falling.”
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Rush Limbaugh had some things to say about the subject, especially the Fox news nonsense.
Even on Fox News the head of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue, was on. He acknowledges it may be arson but also that we have to look at what is actually happening. There are churches being destroyed and set on fire, and the moment he got even halfway out with that sentence, the anchors at Fox, “No, no, no, no, no, we’re not going there. We’re not going there Bill. We’re not gonna speculate, we’re not. Until we have the facts, we’re not even gonna go there.”
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I think that Minnesota Somali has them all scared to death.
4/18/19
GUESS WHO MIGHT BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
Wednesday was a slow news day except for updates on the Notre Dame cathedral cleanup. No input on why it took Paris firefighters two hours to get to the fire and fight it.
However there is one tidbit that showed up online that seems to have been overlooked.
Below a quote from a FreeRepublic post.
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Former Secretary of State and failed 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry is reportedly thinking about making another White House run, but he told the New York Times on Tuesday that he is waiting to see if former Vice President Joe Biden will officially enter the 2020 race.
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Most of note, today AG Barr releases the redacted Mueller report. Barr is scheduled to hold a press conference at 9:30 am.
Already the Democrats are complaining about the Mueller report.
They will never, not ever, be satisfied, until they impeach and throw out the president that WE elected.
4/19/19
ANN COULTER OUT OF HER MIND
Ann Coulter is a very good writer, allow me to assert.
She was an avid Trump supporter during the campaign. Then she became a Trump hater.
Now the nut is in support of Bernie Sanders.
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Conservative commentator Ann Coulter said she could support Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, in 2020 and even floated the idea of working in his administration if he returned to his earlier stance on immigration. In a preview clip of PBS’s “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover” released Wednesday, host Margaret Hoover asked Coulter how she viewed the progressive senator. She asked whether she would support him if he campaign on “getting rid of low-skilled workers” to ensure higher wages.
“If he went back to his original position, which is the pro-blue-collar position. I mean, it totally makes sense with him," she said. If he went back to that position, I’d vote for him. I might work for him. I don’t care about the rest of the socialist stuff. Just-- can we do something for ordinary Americans?”
Coulter was apparently referencing Sanders’ policy position from 2007 where he opposed an immigration reform bill that he feared would drive down wages for lower-income workers. He co-authored a restrictive immigration amendment with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA. The bill ultimately failed to pass the Senate.
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She wants attention, she wants to sell books. If we’ve learned nothing about Ann Coulter, it’s that she has no loyalty save the dollar.
MUELLER REDACTED REPORT RELEASED.
AG Barr held a press conference before releasing the Mueller report. It was fairly mundane. Barr asserted, once again, that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and there was no obstruction of justice.
Rod Rosenstein stood on Barr’s left and Ed O’Callaghan, a veteran prosecutor brought on to help over see the Russian investigation.
Barr said while President Trump expressed frustration with "witchhunt" but still concludes there was no Russian collusion, no obstruction of justice.
There were so many people talking, yelling and screaming on the news channels yesterday so I tried to pick through the most relevant items.
Snippets below:
First, ten instances of obstruction of justice named in report.
Joe scarborough calls Barr reputation sullied
Nadler wants Mueller before congress before 5/23
above the actual report.
Intriguing info about Jeff Sessions, Mueller tried to stretch it into obstruction
Mueller inserted note that congress could get Trump for collusion.
The two biggest summaries of the day was CNN’s assertion that there were no obstruction of justice charges because nobody on the Trump team did what he told them to do.
Donald McGahn seems to be the one the liberals got their mouths around. McGahn was Trump’s personal lawyer and he says Trump told him to fire Mueller. McGahn did not do it and this is why, according to the tremendously intelligent Jake Tapper of CNN, that Trump did not commit obstruction of justice because the person he told to obstruct justice did not do what Trump told him.
Were it not for these wonderful Trump associates President Trump probably would have murdered people but they didn’t do as instructed.
So Trump told McGahn to fire Mueller and Mueller didn’t. What, Trump only told him once? After a month it never occurred to Trump to ask if Mueller was fired yet?
Evidently Trump had a fit of anger, silly man, spent two years being persecuted and lambasted for something he didn’t do as the SWAMP tried to get our lawfuly elected president thrown out. He probably shouted to McGahn to fire Mueller, in a fit of exasperation. McGahn didn’t do it and what? Trump never noticed that Mueller was still around?
This president has been through hell because a bunch of liberals didn’t like him and didn’t like people who voted for him.
It won’t end but I do think it will peter out to nothing.
4/20/19
BIDEN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT-DEMOCRAT
I will believe it when I see it. Joe Biden has a reputation for being very “handsy”. It is rumored he loves to swim naked, even in the presence of female secret service employees. The man has been one big gaffe machine his whole life and is not amongst the genius’ among us.
Again, why wait until next Wednesday? Why not announce now?
REP AOC WANTS TO IIMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
She wants to join the Communist Rashida Tlaib in leading impeachment.
She’s a kid. Let her try to impeach Trump.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said that she supported impeaching President Trump after reading the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on Thursday.
“Mueller’s report is clear in pointing to Congress’ responsibility in investigating obstruction of justice by the President. It is our job as outlined in Article 1, Sec 2, Clause 5 of the US Constitution,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Ocasio-Cortez added that she is signing on to Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) impeachment resolution.
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FOX NEWS RANT
There’s been a lot of complaints about Fox News of late, although let us state right now, out of CNN, MSNBC and FOX, Fox leads them all handily, almost double.
First, Donna Brazille.
I just don’t think so.
Whoever came up with the idea of hiring her, cheater, liar and with no morals….well every time I see the woman I shall change the channel.
Somebody tell Fox that was a stupid idea.
Next, I am not so angry at Chris Wallace as many of my cohorts are in the Conservative community. But first, he’s the son of a not-so-good news guy, lending nepotism to the equation, Mike Wallace. Second, every week he sounds more and more like he belongs on CNN.
I don’t consider him clever. I don’t consider him open-minded as he wants us to believe. I consider him a man with any opinion that will keep him on the air.
Shepperd Smith….seriously, this guy is as annoying as they come. Rumor is he likes guys but I am not sure that is true.
Jessica Tarlov….every time I see her I want to pull her face through my TV and punch on it for about an hour. She brings nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, to the argument.
Another one causing me to turn the channel.
Sean Hannity is very good but he tends to interrupt his guests. Laura Ingraham is amongst the top but at times you tune in and there’s about 30 people talking over each other.
Fox and Friends….pretty good group.
I am turning away from Fox more and more every day.
