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... MR. BAKER: Could you tell us where exactly you disagree with Mr. Horowitz? MR. BARR: I think there are three parts or issues, let’s say categories of analysis in the report. The first is, was the investigation adequately predicated, the start of it? The second one is, how was it conducted? And I break that down into two things: How was it conducted before the election and how was it conducted after the election? The real meat of Horowitz’s work, and the real thrust of the report actually deals with the conduct of the investigation, where I think it...

The Brits: they just copycat everything we do. First they elect a guy with goofy blonde hair who wants to make Britain sovereign again:Then the disloyal opposition rolls out their “resistance” - which looks a lot like the Trump resistance on the other side of the pond. All the usual suspects showed up to cry and howl at the full moon.Funny how Antifa always shows up for these “spontaneous” protests.Add homophobia and sexism to the charges of racism. Anti-Tory protesters marched on Whitehall last night, rejecting the result of the general election and chanting that Boris Johnson is “not my...

In February 2018, California Rep. Devin Nunes released a four-page memo on “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” The memo included two key claims: that the now-discredited Steele dossier “formed an essential part” of the Carter Page application, and that the application was compromised. Though Mr. Nunes has now been vindicated by Inspector General Michael Horowitz, at the time he was widely derided. Those who dismissed him included his Republican counterpart chairing the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr. In a July 24 story headlined “Burr breaks with Nunes,” CNN quoted...

If you have recently visited a grocery store, you are likely to have seen People magazine’s latest issue: “2019 The Year in Pictures, Tributes, Babies & More!”  According to People’s "media kit" for potential advertisers, the “special double issue” will be viewed by 37.9 million Americans — more than 10% of the 329 million population. However, the subscriber “rate base” is only 3.5 million — of which I am one and have been for over three decades.Accounting for the enormous discrepancy between subscribers and viewers is the “pass-a-long” rate — such as when you flipped through a copy in a...

As much as Britain’s election Thursday was a victory to Boris Johnson, the vote also dealt a humiliating defeat to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Not since 1935 has a Labour candidate fallen so flat with voters, and the reasons are a warning to America’s Democrats. The collapse of Labour’s working-class vote is the main explanation for Mr. Johnson’s win, and the main story of the election. Labour’s “red wall” of districts across the north of England collapsed, with the Tories winning seats so staunchly Labour that the Tories barely campaigned. Some of these areas have voted Labour since before...

Mark Ruffalo may be most famous for his fictional portrayal of Dr. Robert Bruce Banner and his alter ego “The Hulk” in Marvel’s Avengers series, but he has recently been grabbing headlines for other reasons. Last month, Ruffalo made the news by submitting testimony in Congress based on his recent role in a largely fictionalized movie — Dark Waters — that is being portrayed as a “true story.”  While the media, Ruffalo, trial attorneys, and some politicians pretend that Dark Waters is a dramatization of a true story, its marketing materials merely claim it is “inspired by true events.” But it gets so...

... [W]hether most CEOs are prepared to make a real difference on the toughest challenges is an open question. A number have spoken out on an assortment of important subjects—gun control, immigration, race relations, affordable housing, transgender rights and more. But they can be warier in taking on the issues that are most core to the business. On the environment, for instance, “things are moving in the right direction—but not fast enough,” says Andrew Winston, who has advised major corporations on sustainability. “Emissions continue to go up, and companies are still preoccupied with asking, ‘What about the shareholder?’ ” A...

While campaigning for president, Donald Trump said that he would fix every one of the lopsided trade agreements that the U.S. had with trading partners worldwide. After being sworn into office, he carefully examined each agreement and came to the conclusion that each one had to be re-negotiated.  The problem was that every trading partner was very reluctant. And why not? For whatever reason, every single trade agreement was slanted in favor of our trading partner and to the detriment of the U.S. Each trading partner liked it that way.As an example, consider the automobile industry. When a car...

Here's what you should know ahead of Saturday's competition. Didn't a global pageant just happen? Yes. But that was Miss Universe, a competitor pageant that was founded years after Miss World by a swimsuit company (hence the swimsuit competition). Miss World is one of the four major global beauty pageants, and the oldest, the organization says, at almost 70 years old. Miss World delegates from 111 countries spend a month in London competing in events like "Sport," "Talent" and "Beauty with a Purpose" to secure their spot in the televised finale. Miss Universe lasts only a few days.

REDSTONE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police said a man was sent to an area hospital after being shot while trying to burglarize a home in Fayette County Friday night. State police said the suspect has been identified as 39-year-old Adam Earl Morgan. Police said he is also responsible for two other burglaries, along National Pike, in Redstone Township, that happened on Friday night. "He climbed up a table and some chairs," said neighbor Joe Shashura. The back window to Joe and Sue Shashura's home had been broken and several items stolen, minutes before police said Morgan walked into their...

Impeachment is on the brain, and it would seem to the exclusion of everything else. But we had better make room for the Iraqi people. At the start of the month, Chaldean archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil visited New York and spoke at the United Nations Security Council about the situation in his native Iraq. Warda has been housing and caring for people, primarily Christians, who fled ISIS in Mosul in 2014. He's been working to secure some semblance of a future for them, including by establishing a Catholic university in his native country. In his speech on Dec. 3,...

Hot chocolate, holiday parties, eggnog, and good cheer characterize this time of the year. It is a time when, as a nation, we engage in a season of festivities, enjoying the comforts of our loved ones, our friends, time off from work, and a nation at peace and rest.  Yet there are many who won’t be celebrating with their most cherished persons this holiday season. This past Thanksgiving a New York Times article titled “What Thanksgiving Looks Like in a War Zone” reminded us of the men and women of our military who are separated from their loved ones this and...

Thanks to the Department of Justice Inspector General's report, we now know for certain what has been, for those paying attention, fairly obvious. The Steele dossier played a central role in the genesis of the Russia hoax and was used to justify extensive spying on former naval officer and Annapolis graduate Carter Page. The top two leaders of the FBI were closely involved in this fiasco. Other powerful people knew what was happening and lied to cover it up. That all was confirmed by the IG report. The report was a disaster for the credibility of top leaders in Barack...

There was a time not too long ago that you could get on Linked In and see that many of the people who were in charge of Apple News were people had previous ties to various left-wing news outlets, think tanks, and activist centers. It is harder to find now. As this Guardian piece notes, Apple News employees now tend to not note that they work for Apple News. Others have cleaned up their resumes so you can’t tell they’re from leftwing interest groups now sending you push alerts from Apple to highlight left leaning news items and talking points....

This will be a weekly post. Count is now 172 judges confirmed. 120 District Court judges 50 Circuit Court judges 2 Supreme Court justices Trump now has FIFTY circuit judges confirmed in less than THREE years. Obama had 55 in EIGHT years. Also, Trump now has TEN judges confirmed to the 9th circuit. This will go far in balancing that far left circuit. It's power-hungry district judges will be slapped down more frequently. There are 18 District judges remaining on the Senate floor. McConnell is attempting to get a package deal from the democrats, but if not, nominees preferred by...

Primates and guinea pigs are unable to synthesize vitamin C. In contrast, almost all other mammals produce vitamin C in their livers with production increasing during stress. Furthermore, largely to metabolic consumption, a high percentage of critically ill patients are deficient in vitamin C. In an observational study, Carr et al. found that 75% of critically ill patients had plasma levels of vitamin C that were abnormally low [1]. The degree and incidence of deficiency were most pronounced in those patients with sepsis. Several trials have shown that administration of vitamin C to patients with sepsis is associated with better...

Shocking incident occurred on November 21 in Hamilton County, Florida Boy named only as Tyler, 14, was hospitalized after the brutal 5-on-1 attack Mother says he had been relentlessly bullied after wearing Trump hat previously Calls for the attackers to be prosecuted for hate crime and attempted murder Shocking video has emerged showing a 14-year-old boy being attacked on a school bus, allegedly because he'd previously worn a hat supporting President Donald Trump. The incident occurred on November 21 in Hamilton County, Florida, and the video first emerged on Thursday after the boy's family retained attorney Foye B. Walker for...

Whereas abuse of power is a separate issue, how can the House impeach Trump for "Obstruction of Congress" when it is the Constitutional right of the co-equal Judicial Branch to act as the arbiter in the event of the House of Reps wanting the White House to comply with summons and turning over what it believes is important and pertinent documents, the White House/Executive as another co-equal branch says take it to the courts to decide, the House of Reps refuses, then demands that the Executive acquiesce to its demands, unconstitutionally acts as if it possesses those Judicial Branch powers...

Some of the highest percentages of voters who could be tossed would be in Wisconsin’s two largest cities and areas with college campuses, epicenters of Democratic support, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel analysis found. Milwaukee and Madison, the largest cities and base of Democratic support, account for 23% of the letters that were sent to voters who may have moved. More than half of the letters went to voters in municipalities where Democrat Hillary Clinton defeated Trump in 2016, the analysis found. As of Dec. 5, only about 16,500 of those who received the mailing had registered at their new address....

Like the Democrats when Hillary ran, Remainers enlisted the very vocal support of Hollywood luvvies to fight their cause. Hollywood actors Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led the way, backed up by the likes of grime artist Stormzy and pop singer Lily Allen. Grant, who seemed to forget that playing a fictitious Prime Minister in Love Actually is not a qualification to be a real politician, spent weeks marching around ordering people not to vote for Johnson or the Conservatives because they had the audacity to want to act on the democratic will of the people. Hugh Grant looks glum...