Headline says it all.
FBI didn’t record Clinton interview,
did not administer sworn oath
I don’t recommend reading the article if you have blood pressure issues and are having a bad day in that respect.
“It’s beginning to look a lot like whitewash
Done this regime’s way . . . .”
(And yes – the omission of the “Government Incompetence” tag for this article was intentional.)
Remember that Iranian Nuclear Deal? You know, the one that would convince Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions via the “Kumbaya Principle”? That agreement that was so good it had to remain classified so that the American public wouldn’t know what their leadership was signing up to do?
Well, the German domestic Intelligence agency recently released a report concerning Iran. Here’s the BLUF:
. . . . Iran has a “clandestine” effort to seek illicit nuclear technology and equipment from German companies “at what is, even by international standards, a quantitatively high level.” The findings by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany’s equivalent of the FBI, were issued in a 317-page report last week.
So much for “give up its nuclear ambitions”. I guess the gang of rank, naïve amateurs and idiots in DC current Administration never got the memo explaining that the “Kumbaya Principle” is a religious and/or fantasy concept not generally applicable to foreign relations.
In other “good news”, the same German report indicated that over 1,000 associates of terrorist groups backed by Iran are also living in Germany. It further goes on to opine that some may be “working on behalf of Iran and other terror-sponsoring states.”
Gee – ya think?
So how is Iran funding this effort, you ask? Well, the nuclear agreement released $100 billion in financial assets that had been frozen after the Iranian Revolution to Iranian control.
Money is fungible. You can probably figure it out from there.
At least Esau got dinner (the proverbial “mess of pottage”) when he sold out. All the current Administration seems to have gotten when it sold out US security is an “agreement” that even Stevie Wonder could see was worthless and would soon be broken.
And the American public still doesn’t know what else in in that agreement.
Wonderful. Just freaking wonderful.
Jonn’s written before about the recent death of Seaman James Derek Lovelace during SEAL training, as well as about some initial reports regarding the incident. For those who’ve forgotten: Lovelace died during SEAL training this past May, during a swimming drill, after being “one-on-one” with an instructor.
San Diego medical examiners have determined that Lovelace died by drowning – and have ruled the man’s death a homicide. There is surveillance video of the incident; that footage apparently was considered when making the determination.
I’m not competent to comment on the behavior shown in the surveillance video, nor have I viewed it. However, the newest linked article contains a verbal description of what was observed to happen during the incident. I’ll let someone who is competent in this area make the call on whether classifying the death as a homicide is apropos or not.
But I’ll say this much: either way, IMO if the description is accurate someone (or multiple someones) can kiss careers goodbye – perhaps justifiably. And some of them may also be looking at criminal charges; NCIS has yet to determine whether criminal charges are warranted in connection with this death.
Truly sad.
Well, we have a bit more info about the demographics of those Syrian “refugees” admitted to the US (with “thorough screening”, of course) over the last several months. And the numbers are . . . interesting.
In March, the US government “determined . . . that abuses carried out by ISIS (sic) against Christians and other minorities in areas under its control constitute genocide.” That, presumably, was one reason for the inane decision by that group of naive fools in charge Administration’s recent decision to “open the floodgates, security be damned” relax policy concerning Syrian “refugee” admissions.
So, that means the majority of refugees being admitted are Christians or other minorities, right? I mean, those are the groups being persecuted by Daesh – so wouldn’t they get priority in admission?
Short answer: in your dreams, perhaps. But not in reality.
In June, 2,381 Syrian “refugees” were admitted to the US. Of that total, a whopping eight – or less than 0.336% – were Christians fleeing persecution. The grand total of 9 others were “other minorities”: eight who were non-Sunni Muslim, and one other individual who did not disclose their religious affiliation (if any).
The other 2,364? Sunni Muslim, just like Daesh.
May was much the same. During May, 1,069 Syrian “refugees” were admitted to the US. Of those, 2 – that’s slightly more than 0.187% – were Christian; seven (nearly 0.655%) were of minority Muslim sects. The remainder (1060, or just over 99.158%) admitted to the US in May were Sunni.
Finally, the article has monthly demographic totals since last October. Over the past 9 months, the US has admitted 5,186 such “refugees” – presumably fleeing religious persecution by Daesh. Of that total, a whopping 20 were Christian; 67 were other religious minorities. The rest were Sunni.
Percentage-wise, that’s less than 0.4% Christian and less than 1.3% “other” religious minority that have been admitted by the US from Syria over the last nine months. That means that over 99.3% of those admitted were Sunni Muslim – just like Daesh.
“Refugees of religious-based genocide”? Hardly. When over 99% of those admitted aren’t even members of the groups supposedly being targeted for religious genocide, any claim that the US is admitting more refugees because they’re somehow “victims of genocide” is very obviously bullsh!t.
CNSNews has a good article concerning the recent Syrian “refugees” admitted to the US. It confirms what many of us have long suspected: the current Administration is simply letting anyone who claims they’re a refugee come through the front door, NQA. Any “screening” being done is merely for show – not for “go/no go” decisions on who’s to be admitted.
Yeah, our legs keep getting wetter. And it’s not raining.
This is for our baseball fans. IMO it’s apropos considering that today begins the 4th of July weekend.
ESPN has been running a series this year. It’s a fictionalized “diary” by Yankees’ pitcher Myles Thomas concerning their 1927 season.
Thomas was a real individual. As various baseball sites show, he was a journeyman and not a star. But he’s not really the point of the series. The point is to provide background on the individuals involved with that team during the season.
The diary entries appear to be based on real events. Some are entertaining; some are moving. All IMO are well-written.
And some of them are gut-splitting hilarious.
If you’re a baseball fan, IMO you could do much worse than to spend a few minutes reading each of these “diary entries” whenever they’re posted. Enjoy.
And have a great 4th of July.
I’m old enough to remember the “Cola Wars”, but this is ridiculous. Headline says it all:
Ronald McDonald shot at NC Sonic
(smile)
Remember Benghazi? You know, that little incident in North Africa that left a US Ambassador and three others dead? The one that the current Administration tried initially to blame on an “inflammatory Internet video” that nobody had ever heard of? The incident about which someone famously later asked, “At this point, what difference does it make?”
Well, the House Select Committee on Benghazi has finally released its report on Benghazi. And here’s the “money quote”:
“None of the information coming directly from the agents on the ground in Benghazi during the attacks mentioned anything about a video or a protest. The firsthand accounts made their way to the office of the Secretary through multiple channels quickly . . . ,” the report concluded.
That’s not all. Apparently the SECSTATE e-mailed her daughter that the attack was due to an “al Quaeda-like (sic) group”. So yeah – she knew “up front” that Benghazi wasn’t about any damn film.
However, the beginning of the “spin campaign” regarding Benghazi started that very evening. A White House meeting held that day – roughly 3 hours after the attack – focused on tying the attack to the famous video blamed for it. Fully half (5 of 10) of the action items from that meeting referenced the video alleged later to have spurred the attack.
Now that seems kinda strange to me, considering that no one on site mentioned a protest or a video in their SITREPs. You’d think they’d have mentioned something like that – if it occurred.
In fact, it almost looks like they were already looking for an excuse to blame the film for something – and Benghazi provided the excuse. But maybe that’s just me.
And yeah – the SECSTATE was at that meeting.
Fox News has a good article giving more details concerning the report. IMO It’s worth a read.
Or, if you like, you can read the House Select Committee Report here.
Yep – your leg’s wet. And regarding Benghazi, it’s been wet since 2012.
Well, we have a new claim by our “illustrious regime” in DC. They now claim that they know why their past attempts to support that mythical “moderate” Syrian opposition during the Syrian Civil War failed.
They now claim that US support failed because it was sabotaged.
Seriously.
Specifically, the latest attempt to grasp at straws blatant propaganda designed to shift blame claim is that CIA aid to those mythical “moderate” Syrian rebels was diverted by “dirty Mideast intel”. Allegedly, Jordanian intelligence redirected a substantial part of the aid intended for those mythical “moderate” rebels in Syria to Daesh.
They also admit that corruption within the Syrian opposition was also partly to blame. They had no choice but to do that; that’s already too well publicly documented.
Why would Jordan do that, you ask? Well, as the story goes: because “Jordan’s biggest enemy is anything Shia” – and Daesh was opposing Iran.
Gee. A foreign nation looking out for its own interests. Ya think that might happen on occasion?
And corruption within the shadowy world of intel? Oh, no! That implies that intel is sometimes a “dirty” endeavor! This is big news! Stop the presses!
Hmm. Ya think that maybe corruption might happen on occasion too? Especially in the Middle East? Or in the shadowy world of intel?
At the risk of sounding “insensitive”: both of those possibilities are so obvious that even Stevie Wonder can see them.
These inane tall tales dubious claims by the Administration IMO show one of two things. First, and IMO most likely: they’re simply dissembling in an attempt to redirect blame for failure.
And second: if by some miracle that’s not the case and they’re telling the truth, then this fiasco shows a near-childlike level of incompetence and naïvety. I mean really: given how “steadfastly” we’ve supported our allies recently, did they really not expect Jordan to “look out for number one”? Were they so foolish that they disregarded the possibility of corruption in pretty much ANY organization in the Middle East?
And to add insult to injury: either way, they’re also throwing a valuable ally “under the bus” in the process. We seem to have gotten quite good at that lately, too.
GMAFB. If they didn’t take measures to detect/correct diversion of support to support an ally’s agenda and limit corruption, then IMO they are literally incompetent fools. But given what I’ve seen in the past from this Administration, I can easily believe that could well be the case.
Hell, given this ridiculously naïve and grossly incompetent clown krewe running the show Administration I personally believe both deliberate mendacity and abysmally naïve incompetence played a part in creating this latest fairy tale. No, I don’t have proof that’s the case. But it simply fits.
Once again, I think my leg’s wet. And it hasn’t started raining yet.