June 14, 2014 – 2:54 pm
Remember this tweet from a post yesterday? https://twitter.com/brooks_rosa/statuses/477255213640728577 Uh huh (The Hill) Russia has supplied Ukrainian separatists with tanks, rocket launchers and other military vehicles, the State Department said Friday. A convoy of three Russian tanks crossed the border near the Ukrainian town of Snizhne, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Friday. U.S. intelligence also indicates that […]
June 12, 2014 – 6:45 am
It would have been nice to hear this from the Attorney General, announcing that he is Doing His Job. Alas, no (Fox News) FBI Director James Comey confirmed Wednesday that the bureau’s Phoenix branch has opened a criminal investigation of the Veterans Affairs Department, amid mounting calls on Capitol Hill for the Justice Department to […]
June 10, 2014 – 8:33 am
In relation to Bowe Bergdahl, Obama has said many times since the swap “We don’t leave men and women in uniform behind”, or something to that tune. He even doubled down by adding “We don’t condition that.†Of course, the issue isn’t Bergdahl, but a failure to notify Congress and, #1, trading 5 high ranking Taliban […]
June 8, 2014 – 8:02 am
I’m surprised NY Times writers, Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Eric Schmitt, didn’t just straight out Blame Bush Bergdahl Was in Unit Known for Its Troubles The platoon was, an American military official would assert years later, “raggedy.†On their tiny, remote base, in a restive sector of eastern Afghanistan at an increasingly violent time […]
June 6, 2014 – 7:11 am
The hit parade keeps coming (Wall Street Journal) A federal watchdog is investigating allegations of dozens of complaints of backlash against whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a release Thursday. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, a federal body that protects government employees from improper employment practices, including backlash against whistleblowers, announced […]
June 6, 2014 – 6:40 am
Fallout from the Bergdahl exchange? First, let’s consider The swap of five high-level Taliban operatives — dubbed a jihadist “Dream Team” — for a U.S. Army sergeant accused by fellow soldiers of desertion has “encouraged†the Afghan terror group to kidnap more U.S. service members, according to a report. A source described as a Taliban […]
June 5, 2014 – 8:12 am
One does have to wonder what was going through the heads of Obama and the people working for him regarding the prisoner swap that released 5 hardcore Islamists, high ranking members of the Taliban, in exchange for a soldier who deserted, and possibly gave aid and comfort to the enemy. Defense and CIA were overruled, […]
June 4, 2014 – 10:33 am
Let’s be clear on one thing: this is Chuck Todd, appearing on The Today Show, reporting this, so take it with a grain of salt. But, having seen the way Team Obama has acted over the past 5+ years, would anyone be surprised if this was dead on? via The Weekly Standard’s Mark Hemingway Every […]
June 4, 2014 – 8:26 am
The EPA apparently doesn’t want Black people to attend (The Blaze) Democrats have argued for the past few years that voter ID laws are being used by Republicans to create obstacles to voting by minorities, the elderly and others. But on Monday, the Obama administration said it would require anyone who wants to attend critical […]
June 3, 2014 – 8:15 am
I’m sure almost every high school boy would agree that teenage high school girls should be allowed to wear extremely revealing clothing in school (Global News) It all started when Grade 11 student Lindsey Stocker was singled out by Beaconsfield High School officials for the length of her shorts. “I was in violation for showing […]
