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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Monday, August 29, 2016
Big Brother comes to Chicago
Mayor Rahm promises to delete pedestrian photos within 10 minutes.
CHICAGO — The Windy City has begun installing what sounds and looks a whole lot like a Fitbit that can measure the vitals of a bustling metropolis.
Chicago, which partnered on the project with researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory and several corporations, last week installed the first two of 500 modular sensor boxes. The devices will eventually allow the city and public to instantly get block-by-block data on air quality, noise levels, as well as vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
The project — dubbed the Array of Things and described by Chicago officials as a "fitness tracker for the city" — is a first-of-its-kind effort in the nation. Plans are in the works to replicate the project in the coming years in more than a dozen other cities, including Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Seattle. The Chicago project was funded with the help of a $3.1 million National Science Foundation grant.
“Five years out, if we’re successful, this data and the applications and tools that will grow out of it will be embedded in the lives of residents, and the way the city builds new services and policies,” Chicago’s chief information officer Brenna Berman told USA TODAY. “It will be viewed as a utility — the same way view our street lights and the way we view our buses. They are there for us and they help us get through the city more easily. ... They are just part of our everyday life.”
The 10-pound, beehive looking boxes — affixed on light poles — are fitted with sensors that will allow the city to measure air and surface temperature, barometric pressure, light, vibration, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone and ambient sound intensity. Two cameras in each sensor box will collect data on vehicle and foot traffic, standing water, sky color and cloud cover.
The data will be nearly instantly distributed through the city’s website. Data from the first sensor boxes installed are expected to be made available to the public starting in mid-October. A total of 50 sensor boxes, or nodes, will be installed around Chicago by the end of the year, and 450 more will come online by 2018.
Officials in the nation’s third largest city are optimistic that the project will have in-the-moment utility for residents trying to make decisions about whether to drive or walk an asthmatic child to school or help pedestrians avoid taking desolate routes. For the city, officials believe the sensors will provide a treasure trove of data that will help them make better decisions about infrastructure and health issues in the future.
“For residents, the ability to have real-time information when you bike to school or to work and to choose the lowest pollution route, once all the nodes are up, is something we envision for the future,” Berman said. “What it means for the city is if we know there are pockets of poor air, we can work with environmentalists and community groups to improve air quality in those areas of the city that need that focus.”
Berman added that the city has immediate plans to use the data to help guide decisions about bus service. The city also wants to use the vehicular and pedestrian traffic data to help guide policy and infrastructure decisions as it tries to reduce traffic fatalities in Chicago. (The city is one of many around the globe that are part of an ambitious collaborative aiming to cut traffic fatalities to zero.)
Since the project was announced in 2014, Berman said the city has also been approached by community groups who are eager to use the data. The first sensor boxes were installed in the Pilsen neighborhood, whose residents suffer a higher occurrence of asthma than other parts of the city. Berman said operators of a health clinic in the neighborhood are eager to see the data collected by the sensor boxes.
“There are a ton of hit-and-miss experiments being done in cities around the world, but they are not being measured,” said Charlie Catlett, the lead investigator of the Array of Things project. “We’re not able to take a success in Chicago and say this is why it succeeds, and this is how you can adapt that to Denver or Los Angeles or New Orleans. I want to see this project help city designers and planners navigate better.”
When the project was announced more than two years ago, officials faced some skepticism from residents concerned that the collection of data could invade individual privacy.
The group, however, has scrapped original plans to use a Bluetooth modem, which would have helped it collect foot traffic data by detecting the number of smartphones moving through an area. They’ve also assured residents that photos taken by the cameras would automatically be deleted within “tens of minutes” — the amount of time it takes to download relevant information into the system.
“We are not handling anything that’s that sensitive, but we are sensitive to the impressions,” Catlett said. “We wanted to make sure that we’re doing a project that people in Chicago can be excited about and not worried about.”
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Was this a bribe to a foreign leader?
And if so, what American laws broken?
WASHINGTON (AP) — A $400 million cash delivery to Iran to repay a decades-old arbitration claim may be unprecedented in recent US history, according to legal experts and diplomatic historians, raising further questions about a payment timed to help free four American prisoners in Iran.
The money was sent to Iran on Jan. 17, the same day Iran agreed to release the prisoners. The Obama administration claimed for months the events were separate, but recently acknowledged the cash was used as leverage until the Americans were allowed to leave Iran. Only then, did the US allow a plane with euros, Swiss francs and other foreign currency loaded on pallets to take off in the other direction for Tehran.
“There’s actually not anything particularly unusual about the mechanism for this transaction,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said this week of the initial cash
The money was sent to Iran on Jan. 17, the same day Iran agreed to release the prisoners. The Obama administration claimed for months the events were separate, but recently acknowledged the cash was used as leverage until the Americans were allowed to leave Iran. Only then, did the US allow a plane with euros, Swiss francs and other foreign currency loaded on pallets to take off in the other direction for Tehran.
“There’s actually not anything particularly unusual about the mechanism for this transaction,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said this week of the initial cash
Saturday, August 27, 2016
POS
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has willingly immersed himself into controversy by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of what he deems are wrongdoings against African Americans and minorities in the United States.
His latest refusal to stand for the anthem -- he has done this in at least one other preseason game -- came before the 49ers' preseason loss to Green Bay at Levi's Stadium on Friday night.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview after the game. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
The 49ers issued a statement about Kaepernick's decision: "The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pre-game ceremony. It is an opportunity to honor our country and reflect on the great liberties we are afforded as its citizens. In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose and participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem."
By taking a stand for civil rights, Kaepernick, 28, joins other athletes, like the NBA's Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony and several WNBA players in using their platform and status to raise awareness to issues affecting minorities in the U.S.
However, refusal to support the American flag as a means to take a stand has brought incredible backlash before and likely will in this instance. The NBA's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf of the Denver Nuggets, formerly Chris Jackson before converting to Islam, refused to acknowledge the flag in protest, citing similar reasons as Kaepernick and saying that it conflicted with some of his Islamic beliefs.
Abdul-Rauf drew the ire of fans and was briefly suspended by the NBA before a compromise was worked out between the league and player, who eventually stood with his teammates and coaches at the playing of the national anthem.
Kaepernick said that he is aware of what he is doing and that he knows it will not sit well with a lot of people, including the 49ers. He said that he did not inform the club or anyone affiliated with the team of his intentions to protest the national anthem.
"This is not something that I am going to run by anybody," he said. "I am not looking for approval. I have to stand up for people that are oppressed. ... If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right."
Kaepernick said that he has thought about going public with his feelings for a while but that "I felt that I needed to understand the situation better."
He said that he has discussed his feelings with his family and, after months of witnessing some of the civil unrest in the U.S., decided to be more active and involved in rights for black people. Kaepernick, who is biracial, was adopted and raised by white parents and siblings.
Kaepernick's Twitter feed is filled with civil rights messages.
The former Super Bowl starting quarterback's decision to go public comes while he is fighting for his football life with the 49ers, who drafted him in the second round in 2011. He lost his starting job last season after being one of the most promising players in the NFL during his run under former coach Jim Harbaugh.
Over the past few months, his relationship with management has turned sour. He requested a trade last spring, which never came. He also has spent most of the offseason rehabilitating from operations to his left (non-throwing) shoulder, his hand and knee. His recovery left him unable to fully compete with Blaine Gabbert for months and has him seemingly in a bind to regain his starting job.
He made his preseason debut against the Packers and played in the second quarter, completing two of six passes for 14 yards. He looked as rusty as you'd expect from someone who has not played since last November.
Following the game, and without any knowledge of Kaepernick's non-football behavior, coach Chip Kelly said that there has never been any discussion about cutting Kaepernick. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport added Saturday that Kelly will make "football decisions" on Kaepernick, despite the quarterback's comments.
Friday, August 26, 2016
A sickly old lady
Hillary Clinton needs a stool step to get in & out of her car
InfoWars reporter Joe Biggs said that during the Republican National Convention last June, two Secret Service agents approached InfoWars and asked to speak to them. (See “Secret Service is source of leaks on Hillary Clinton’s deteriorating health“)
Biggs said:
“The Secret Service contacted me. They said that Hillary Clinton has Parkinson’s disease. They [Hillary’s people] spent over a quarter million dollars on these stairs…to allow her to step down from the vehicle to the ground because she has trouble walking.”
Here’s photographic confirmation that Biggs and his Secret Service source told the truth.
68-year-old Hillary is so feeble and sickly, she requires a stool step to get in and out of an SUV.
But she and all her enablers in the MSM and Hollywood (Jimmy Kimmel: “She can open a pickle jar!”) insist this sickly old woman is physically fit to be President. How stupid do they think we are?
On Hillary’s rapidly deteriorating health, see:
- Hillary Clinton refuses to release her up-to-date detailed medical records
- Website offers $1M bounty for Hillary Clinton’s medical records
- Hillary Clinton wears a catheter?
- Strange bulges under Hillary’s coat suggest a defibrillator vest
- New photo of Hillary being propped up so she wouldn’t fall
- Hillary Clinton is unfit to be President: Photographic proof she has seizures
- Is the hole in Hillary Clinton’s tongue from cancer surgery?
- Bombshell: Hillary Clinton has dementia according to leaked medical records
- There is something very wrong with Hillary
- Did Hillary have a brain seizure on camera?
- Best explanation for Hillary’s coughing fits
- Hillary’s health: her meds, thick eyeglasses, and what doctors say
- Hillary Clinton is ‘often confused’
- Hillary is dealing with mounting health issues, new book claims
- Hillary Clinton said to have multiple sclerosis; a stroke risk
- Ophalmologist says Hillary’s thick glasses were for double vision from ‘severe head trauma’
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Guaranteed Rate Field - YUK
These guys really know how to take the warm and cuddly approach! Again, the White Sox ownership proves just how out of touch they are with their fans.
The ballpark currently called U.S. Cellular Field will become known as Guaranteed Rate Field starting in November. The team and the mortgage company announced a 13-year naming rights deal Wednesday.
"We view this partnership as an opportunity to connect a successful Chicago business with a historic baseball franchise, and we look forward to growing this important relationship over the coming years as millions of fans enjoy White Sox baseball at Guaranteed Rate Field," White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said.
The White Sox are below .500 and are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the 10th time in 11 seasons since the 2005 team won the World Series.
"This is a very solid partner that is interested in helping us drive people to the ballpark and giving us the best opportunity to put the best possible product out on the field," White Sox senior vice president of sales and marketing Brooks Boyer said. "The revenue generated for our club ... goes back out into the field. This is a nice step today toward continuing to fulfill the vision of putting the best possible club out on the field that can be out there for our fans."
The agreement was approved by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, which owns the ballpark. The White Sox hold a one-year option that could extend the deal through 2030.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though it is estimated to be as much as $95,000,000 over the life of the contract. IFSA chairman Manny Sanchez said the agreement will generate up to $6.4 million for the authority. He also said the IFSA figures to save at least $15 million and as much as $20-$25 million in potential facilities improvements as part of a compromise with the team for approving the naming rights deal.
"This is something that is really, really a serendipitous godsend that we have in my view encountered on behalf of the taxpayers of the state of Illinois," Sanchez said.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
As Trump begins to move ahead in the polls....
With so much on the line this is not a normal election. Both people and political/economic forces are so engaged that emotions are running ultra-high and will soon be ramped up even more.
Monday, August 22, 2016
Leaders with virtue
How Elites Destroy Themselves
By Jonathan F. Keiler
An 18th Century European lord puzzling over the accelerating decline of the aristocracy only had to look in the mirror to find his answer. Chronic inbreeding ensured the degeneration of the gentry, and yet even though the nobility well knew this, they were powerless. The entire European system of class and governance rested upon the idea of hereditary rule, even as it sowed the seeds of its own demise.
Elites always need more than just raw power. They need a justification for rule to establish legitimacy, at a very minimum in their own eyes, if not those of the lower classes. Today’s elites are no different, and their claims to legitimacy no better than that of modern Europe’s doomed nobility. They must inevitably fall, though the questions as always are -- how long and at what cost?
In the millennium after Germanic warlords overran the weakened Roman Empire, they established a system of rule based on hereditary right. Over the centuries the gene pool gave out on them, evidenced not only by chronic disease, but in appearance, fertility, and intellect. When Spain’s King Phillip IV hired Diego Velazquez to paint his portrait, he asked the painter hide his oversized “Hapsburg jaw”, the result of relentless inbreeding. Though Velazquez is arguably the greatest painter in history, there was only so much he could do. A century later another great Spanish painter, Francisco Goya painted the family of Charles IV, a controversial work because it depicted them realistically, which was not a good thing.
The aristocracy -- or at least the brighter among them -- understood what was happening, but as hereditary right was the fundamental basis of their claim to authority they had no choice, even though it was self-destructive.
Today’s elites define themselves very differently from those gentry of old, but their justifications to take and keep power are even more obviously self-destructive. In general terms, these elites define themselves as graduates of exclusive schools of higher education, globally oriented, contemptuous of traditional Western values, and indoctrinated in the ideas such as multiculturalism and catastrophic global warming, though they would likely never put it that way. Rather, they would define their class as virtuous, that virtue residing in essentially in their resumes and worldviews. Since wealth and power alone are not sufficient to gain class entry, you get a lot of so-called virtue signaling, by which members can recognize and honor one another.
Not that wealth and power are disqualifiers. Conveniently, this definition of virtue does not prohibit the amassing of great riches and power, which allows plutocrats from George Soros to Al Gore to John Kerry to Hillary Clinton to rationalize and justify their immense wealth by the virtuous thoughts that bounce around in their heads. It’s okay for Gore to jet around from mansion to mansion burning enormous amounts of fossil fuels because he believes in philosophies that contradict his actions. The excesses of a tiny elite won’t make much if any difference on a global scale, as opposed to massively reworking of social, governmental and energy policies for everybody else. And as the global elite need to move around quickly and work comfortably, private jets, multiple homes, and gourmet diets are not just justifiable but necessary.
Having communal virtue within a society is not necessarily a bad thing, depending upon the virtues and assuming they are shared society-wide. But there is a growing gulf between what modern elites perceive as virtuous and what everyone else does. That is potentially disastrous, as elites ignore the masses as unvirtuous peons, giving the masses a choice between submission and rebellion.
There is some historic precedent for this gulf and its detrimental effects, even if the idea of elites defining themselves almost exclusively by a subjective conception virtuousness is relatively novel. The Roman republic only did this in part, as it obviously had classes based on birth and dumb luck. Still, for centuries Roman conceptions of personal and communal virtue were applicable to all Roman citizens, not just elites, which allowed the nation to prosper and also permitted (for the time) liberal social mobility. That most famous of Roman noble families, the Julians, originated as commoners, a fact that they did their best to hide, and perhaps left at least one notable descendant with a chip on his shoulder regarding the Senatorial class.
The eventual weakening and dissolution of the Roman republic was largely coextensive with the idea of virtue residing exclusively in the upper classes. When Cicero wrote in the first century BCE that “All craftsmen spend their time in vulgar occupations; no workshop can have anything enlightening about it” the writing was on the wall for the Roman republic. By then the Romans had come to see military service in much the same way, as universal duty gave way to a professional army, which gave way to mercenaries, leading to the destruction of Rome itself (albeit much later.) Can anyone gainsay that Cicero’s attitude mirrors that of today’s elites as they jet about working on their PDAs, gleefully clucking about closing down coal mines?
What’s particularly frightening about today’s virtuous Western elites is how inherently destructive to society their virtues are. Indeed, pursuing elite virtue today essentially means doing things with objectively damage society, whether it is cutting off valuable energy sources, weakening conceptions of excellence and hard work, increasing public debt to perilous levels or a half-dozen other hair-brained ideas.
Angela Merkel is perhaps the optimal example of this dynamic. Not only is she totally divorced from the burdens that her open immigration policy is laying on her countrymen, who must now live cheek by jowl with hostile migrants who threaten their livelihoods and personal safety, she is voluntarily and objectively destroying her own nation. It appears baffling until one considers that, like those damaged intermarried nobility, she has no choice.
Merkel’s own conception of entitlement to power rests on perception of her own virtuousness. Other than her virtue, by the ideations of her own class (which otherwise rejects class distinctions), she must press on with the policy of open immigration from Islamic lands because open borders are a virtue, while recognizing Islamic radicalism is the epitome of the absence of virtue.
While Merkel is an exemplar of self-destructive elitist virtue, most current Western leaders, to include the current American president and the Democrat that intends to succeed him, share her basic values and view of virtuousness, meaning that Germany’s fate, however it resolves, will presage the fate of the West.
Modern democracies offer some potential remedy for the unvirtuous masses short of rebellion or submission. The British Brexit and the rise of populist political movements on both sides of the Atlantic reflect this. In America, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are imperfect tribunes of the people, but for all their flaws, they are the only noteworthy response to the dominance of these corrupt and entitled elites of “virtue.” That these elites are busily sowing the seeds of their own demise is a pretty sure thing. The big questions are how long it will be, and how much damage will be done before they fall.
An 18th Century European lord puzzling over the accelerating decline of the aristocracy only had to look in the mirror to find his answer. Chronic inbreeding ensured the degeneration of the gentry, and yet even though the nobility well knew this, they were powerless. The entire European system of class and governance rested upon the idea of hereditary rule, even as it sowed the seeds of its own demise.
Elites always need more than just raw power. They need a justification for rule to establish legitimacy, at a very minimum in their own eyes, if not those of the lower classes. Today’s elites are no different, and their claims to legitimacy no better than that of modern Europe’s doomed nobility. They must inevitably fall, though the questions as always are -- how long and at what cost?
In the millennium after Germanic warlords overran the weakened Roman Empire, they established a system of rule based on hereditary right. Over the centuries the gene pool gave out on them, evidenced not only by chronic disease, but in appearance, fertility, and intellect. When Spain’s King Phillip IV hired Diego Velazquez to paint his portrait, he asked the painter hide his oversized “Hapsburg jaw”, the result of relentless inbreeding. Though Velazquez is arguably the greatest painter in history, there was only so much he could do. A century later another great Spanish painter, Francisco Goya painted the family of Charles IV, a controversial work because it depicted them realistically, which was not a good thing.
The aristocracy -- or at least the brighter among them -- understood what was happening, but as hereditary right was the fundamental basis of their claim to authority they had no choice, even though it was self-destructive.
Today’s elites define themselves very differently from those gentry of old, but their justifications to take and keep power are even more obviously self-destructive. In general terms, these elites define themselves as graduates of exclusive schools of higher education, globally oriented, contemptuous of traditional Western values, and indoctrinated in the ideas such as multiculturalism and catastrophic global warming, though they would likely never put it that way. Rather, they would define their class as virtuous, that virtue residing in essentially in their resumes and worldviews. Since wealth and power alone are not sufficient to gain class entry, you get a lot of so-called virtue signaling, by which members can recognize and honor one another.
Not that wealth and power are disqualifiers. Conveniently, this definition of virtue does not prohibit the amassing of great riches and power, which allows plutocrats from George Soros to Al Gore to John Kerry to Hillary Clinton to rationalize and justify their immense wealth by the virtuous thoughts that bounce around in their heads. It’s okay for Gore to jet around from mansion to mansion burning enormous amounts of fossil fuels because he believes in philosophies that contradict his actions. The excesses of a tiny elite won’t make much if any difference on a global scale, as opposed to massively reworking of social, governmental and energy policies for everybody else. And as the global elite need to move around quickly and work comfortably, private jets, multiple homes, and gourmet diets are not just justifiable but necessary.
Having communal virtue within a society is not necessarily a bad thing, depending upon the virtues and assuming they are shared society-wide. But there is a growing gulf between what modern elites perceive as virtuous and what everyone else does. That is potentially disastrous, as elites ignore the masses as unvirtuous peons, giving the masses a choice between submission and rebellion.
There is some historic precedent for this gulf and its detrimental effects, even if the idea of elites defining themselves almost exclusively by a subjective conception virtuousness is relatively novel. The Roman republic only did this in part, as it obviously had classes based on birth and dumb luck. Still, for centuries Roman conceptions of personal and communal virtue were applicable to all Roman citizens, not just elites, which allowed the nation to prosper and also permitted (for the time) liberal social mobility. That most famous of Roman noble families, the Julians, originated as commoners, a fact that they did their best to hide, and perhaps left at least one notable descendant with a chip on his shoulder regarding the Senatorial class.
The eventual weakening and dissolution of the Roman republic was largely coextensive with the idea of virtue residing exclusively in the upper classes. When Cicero wrote in the first century BCE that “All craftsmen spend their time in vulgar occupations; no workshop can have anything enlightening about it” the writing was on the wall for the Roman republic. By then the Romans had come to see military service in much the same way, as universal duty gave way to a professional army, which gave way to mercenaries, leading to the destruction of Rome itself (albeit much later.) Can anyone gainsay that Cicero’s attitude mirrors that of today’s elites as they jet about working on their PDAs, gleefully clucking about closing down coal mines?
What’s particularly frightening about today’s virtuous Western elites is how inherently destructive to society their virtues are. Indeed, pursuing elite virtue today essentially means doing things with objectively damage society, whether it is cutting off valuable energy sources, weakening conceptions of excellence and hard work, increasing public debt to perilous levels or a half-dozen other hair-brained ideas.
Angela Merkel is perhaps the optimal example of this dynamic. Not only is she totally divorced from the burdens that her open immigration policy is laying on her countrymen, who must now live cheek by jowl with hostile migrants who threaten their livelihoods and personal safety, she is voluntarily and objectively destroying her own nation. It appears baffling until one considers that, like those damaged intermarried nobility, she has no choice.
Merkel’s own conception of entitlement to power rests on perception of her own virtuousness. Other than her virtue, by the ideations of her own class (which otherwise rejects class distinctions), she must press on with the policy of open immigration from Islamic lands because open borders are a virtue, while recognizing Islamic radicalism is the epitome of the absence of virtue.
While Merkel is an exemplar of self-destructive elitist virtue, most current Western leaders, to include the current American president and the Democrat that intends to succeed him, share her basic values and view of virtuousness, meaning that Germany’s fate, however it resolves, will presage the fate of the West.
Modern democracies offer some potential remedy for the unvirtuous masses short of rebellion or submission. The British Brexit and the rise of populist political movements on both sides of the Atlantic reflect this. In America, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are imperfect tribunes of the people, but for all their flaws, they are the only noteworthy response to the dominance of these corrupt and entitled elites of “virtue.” That these elites are busily sowing the seeds of their own demise is a pretty sure thing. The big questions are how long it will be, and how much damage will be done before they fall.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/08/how_elites_destroy_themselves.html#ixzz4Hs8983R4
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Saturday, August 20, 2016
The Cubs are contenders!
The Cubs have
Serious Owners
Serious Management
Serious Players
The Sox have none of this and it's sad.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
The Clinton death list - This is crazy but statistically what are the chances?
Julian Assange is offering $20,000 reward
- Seth Rich, an analyst with the DNC. was shot in the back in Washington, D.C. on July 10
- Rich is being linked to the 20,000 leaked emails that brought down close Hillary ally Debbie Wasserman-Schultz - forced out as DNC chairman
- Police suspected a robbery, but he had his wallet, phone and watch
- 'Some are attempting to politicize this horrible tragedy, and in their attempts to do so, are actually causing more harm than good,' a spokesman for Rich's parents told Daily Mail Online
- His unsolved murder has reignited old rumors that Hillary and Bill will stop at nothing when they want to silence someone
- Wikileaks is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the
- murder
PUBLISHED: 12:59 EST, 10 August 2016 | UPDATED: 18:39 EST, 10 August 2016
The mystery surrounding the murder of rising Democrat star Seth Rich took a sudden sinister turn Wednesday with claims that he was responsible for the email dump that brought down close Hillary Clinton ally Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
Julian Assange, the head of Wikileaks, the organization that released the emails, announced a
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Racist Chicago politician will say anything......and gets away with it.
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RACIST |
County Commissioner Richard Boykin is calling the shooting death of Paul O'Neal a “police execution” at the same time that several street gangs are calling for the shooting of police as revenge. When does this stop? Since when did it become OK for a public official to incite violence against the police? The Chicago City Council and Cook County Board needs to sanction Boykin for his racist and inflammatory remarks.
Monday, August 8, 2016
Trump - Ukraine
WAS TRUMP WRONG ABOUT THE UKRAINE?
By Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold -
Donald Trump’s somewhat disjointed reference to the Ukraine and Russia’s intentions, and his swift denunciation by the Left merit a further examination. Of course the liberal press is firmly behind Hillary and Obama, and will seize on any opportunity to deprecate Trump without allowing any amplification of the issues. Let’s look back a couple of years.
In 2014, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych put off efforts to commit to joining NATO in favor of strengthening ties with Russia. Besides Ukraine’s long association with Russia, and as one of the former Soviet States, nearly 20% of its residents are ethnic Russians, even more in the strategically important Crimean peninsula. Ukrainians opposed to Yanukovych staged a number of increasingly violent demonstrations, which provoked equally violent reaction by the police.
President Obama threw his support behind the demonstrators, and when the elected President, Yanukovych was forced to flee the country, quickly recognized the rebel
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