Trump Calls For Special Prosecutor To Look At Clinton Foundation

By William Teach August 23, 2016 – 7:33 am

There’s a couple maxims in politics. One is that an honest politician is one who stays bought. Another is that if it looks like corruption, feels like corruption, it’s probably corruption. Most realize there was something very shady about the Clinton Foundation, and how those how there was a pretty big link between people, entities, and governments making donations then suddenly getting access to the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and a new released giant batch of emails makes the case that there was pay for play going on.

(Fox News) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for an “expedited investigation” by a special prosecutor into “pay-to-play” accusations involving the Clinton Foundation while reiterating on Monday he plans to have a “firm, but fair” stance on illegal immigration.

“The Clintons’ made the State Department into the same kind of Pay-to-Play operations as the Arkansas Government was: pay the Clinton Foundation huge sums of money and throw in some big speaking fees for Bill Clinton and you got to play with the State Department,” Trump said at a campaign rally Monday night in Akron, Ohio.

“The amounts involved, the favors done, the significant amount of time, require an expedited investigation by a special prosecutor immediately, immediately,” he added.

Would a special prosecutor find evidence of criminal wrong-doing? Maybe, maybe not. The Clinton’s are very, very good at hiding their shading activities. She also thought she was very good at hiding her emails, but, the FBI found these almost 15,000 emails, and Hillary has stated that she turned over all her emails. That could be, what’s that word, oh, year, perjury. Even the Washington Post noted that how foundation donors got easy access to Hillary and her aides at the State dept.

(Politico) Donald Trump intensified his effort Monday to shift the focus of the campaign to Hillary Clinton and the huge donations to the Clinton Foundation from foreign benefactors, calling for a special prosecutor to “investigate Hillary Clinton’s crimes.”

Trump argued during a campaign rally in Akron, Ohio, that the federal government could not be trusted to impartially probe Clinton’s relationship to the foundation and its donors.

“The Justice Department is required to appoint an independent Special Prosecutor because it has proven itself to be a political arm of the White House,” he said.

Trump has a point: the DOJ seems to very much look at things in a partisan manner under this president. You can bet the farm that if Hillary had an R after her name, they’d be doing massive investigations.

At a minimum, there was a massive conflict of interest. Remember the whines from liberals about Halliburton and Dick Cheney? Cheney had no financial stake or control of the company while serving as Vice President. Hillary was closely involved with her so-called-charity which provided little charity and there is an odor of corruption involving pay for play.

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Man With Giant Carbon Footprint Blows Out Europa Project To Fund Hotcoldwetdry Research

By William Teach August 22, 2016 – 6:52 pm

Replacing actual science with political cultism

(Daily Caller)  The Obama administration announced plans to scale down NASA’s proposed mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to pay for more global warming research, according to Universe Today.

President Barack Obama requested NASA’s mission to Europa receive only $49.6 million in 2017, far less than the $175 million the mission got from Congress in 2016. Much of the money not spent on the probe would go to global warming research. A rival proposal from the House of Representatives would allocate $260 million to fully fund the mission for the next year.

NASA’s budget for this kind of stuff is already over $2 billion dollar, and they still need to create bad models that do not work and modify data to fit their preconceived notions.

Spending on NASA’s Earth Science Mission Directorate has increased by 63 percent over the last eight years, making it the largest and fastest growing budget of any NASA science program. In comparison, NASA’s other functions, such as astrophysics and space technology, are only getting a mere $781.5 and $826.7 million, respectively, in the budget proposal. Over the same time period, the general NASA budget grew only by 10.6 percent — just enough to account for inflation.

It’d be nice if NASA spent money on real science, rather than voodoo.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 22, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…is an ocean that will rise up and cause islands to tip over, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Flopping Aces, with a post on Trump, lemons, and lemonade.

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We Totally Need To “Enlist” The Market In The Climate Change Fight Or Something

By William Teach August 22, 2016 – 10:34 am

You rarely see the Wall Street Journal engaging in Warmism, but, they do often allow opposing voices, in this case Brian Deese and Jeff Zients, both of who work for the Obama admin, who confuse the word “enlist” with “forced by government”

Enlist the Market in the Climate-Change Fight
Standardized disclosure of climate risk will help secure long-term value for investors and taxpayers.

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This year’s World Economic Forum Global Risks Report declared the “failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation” the “risk with the greatest potential impact in 2016.” Yet financial markets suffer from an alarming lack of standardized and comparable climate-risk information, which keeps investors and policy makers from accurately incorporating these risks into their decisions. Combating climate change requires not only leveraging bold action by governments to cut carbon pollution, but also harnessing the power of market forces with clear, uniformly disclosed assessments of climate-related economic risks.

Enlisting is voluntary. This is more along the lines of being drafted

Likewise, the administration recently proposed requiring that all companies doing business with the federal government publicly disclose what they know about their climate-risk exposure. This information will be a factor in taxpayer-funded contracting decisions. The administration is also working to increase disclosure of climate risks that America’s more than 140 million pension beneficiaries face in their investments. And we now require that our agencies consider and publicly disclose climate risk when undertaking other major federal actions, like leases of public resources, issuance of permits, and investment in infrastructure.

Funny how members of the Cult of Climatrology always want Other People to be forced into Compliance and bear the burden for the beliefs of Warmists via Government.

This Big Government movement goes on for a while, finally ending with

The stakes for our economy are too high to stand still or move backward. This is the moment to accelerate efforts to understand, measure and standardize disclosure of climate risk and put that understanding to use. Doing so will help to secure long-term value for investors and taxpayers; improve market efficiency and stability; strengthen the resilience of our communities; and help the world combat climate change.

Other than confusing enlist with conscript, there’s another word missing, which you can easily see when reading the headline: “free”. As in “free market”. Because anthropogenic climate change has little to do with science and almost everything to do with increased government dominance. In this case, ncreased regulation, increased economic control of the markets, dictating how they act.

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Federal Judge Blocks Obama’s Gender Confused Bathroom Policy

By William Teach August 22, 2016 – 7:13 am

Some people think it’s a bad idea allowing people who feel that they’re the opposite biological sex in bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers of the opposite biological sex, especially when there is a serious concern that many are just pretending

(Bloomberg) The Obama administration was barred by a judge from enforcing a directive that U.S. public schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms according to their gender identity.

A federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday sided with Texas and 12 other states that argued the administration’s policy usurps local control and threatens students’ safety and privacy. (snip)

In the Texas case, the judge said his ruling was based on the administration failing to follow rule-making procedures and not underlying issues of students’ rights.

“This case presents the difficult issue of balancing the protection of students’ rights and that of personal privacy when using school bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and other intimate facilities, while ensuring that no student is unnecessarily marginalized while attending school,” O’Connor said. “The resolution of this difficult policy issue is not, however, the subject of this order.”

You have this tiny, tiny, tiny segment of the population which needs some serious psychological guidance, along with restraining orders against wackjob parents who advocate and coddle their little boys and girls into believing that they are really the opposite biological sex at young ages. And none of them will accept a common sense solution like separate showers, locker rooms, and bathrooms, so that everyone is afforded their privacy and safety. No, no, they want to force this gender confusion down everyone’s throats.

And no, this is not even close to what blacks went through when Democrats were instituting Jim Crow and other segregation laws, an argument liberals like to trot out. No one is kicking TGs out of school, saying they can’t participate in gym class, nor cannot use the bathroom. They just need to use the either use the bathroom etc that corresponds to their biological sex or accept a reasonable accommodation that allows for other people’s privacy.

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Poll: People Really Hate The Thought Of Voting For Either Hillary Or Trump

By William Teach August 22, 2016 – 6:49 am

We’re having a really, really special election this year

(The Hill) Half of all voters say they definitely won’t consider voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to a new Morning Consult poll.

The poll also found that 45 percent of voters said they definitely wouldn’t consider voting for Clinton.

The number for Trump is exactly 50%, to be clear, once you check the link.

As you can see, Hillary leads in the definitely will vote for category 35-29%. The numbers are marginally bad, but, here’s something to consider in Trump’s favor

Among independents, 23 percent said they supported Clinton and 30 percent said they backed Trump.

Here’s the thing: this election should have been relatively easy, with the Democrats nominating one of the worst candidates of all time. She’s shadier and more paranoid than Richard Nixon, yet doesn’t even have the accomplishments of things like important legislation than Nixon. Her charitable foundation barely spends 10% on charity, and is more of a slush fund for the Clinton’s who also use it as a pay for play system with foreign governments and private entities. She has less transparency than Obama. Her health is most likely poor. She’s unexciting and really doesn’t like speaking to crowds. She treated the press like garbage, and has even smacked around her own supporters.

Yet. Trump. There may be time, but, it’s very limited.

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Just Playing Through

By William Teach August 21, 2016 – 6:51 pm

https://twitter.com/Tomvegas1/status/766697239788027904

Imagine the outrage from Dems and the media if Bush had not only refused to end his vacation and spent lots of time golfing, partying, and attending fundraisers, but waited a few days after his vacation to head to a disaster zone.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 21, 2016 – 1:00 pm

…are trees that will die from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is A View From The Beach, with a post on no ethics at Clinton.com.

It’s Hawaiian week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach August 21, 2016 – 9:13 am

Patriotic Pinup Gil Elvgren

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in the awesome nation of America. The birds are singing, the sun is shining, football is close to being back for real. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The Right Scoop notes Trump being possibly open to amnesty
  2. Vlad Tepes covers ISIS responding to the Pope
  3. The Quite Towers discusses a line you cannot cross (with Trump supporters)
  4. The Other McCain covers feminists being worse than lynch mobs
  5. The Daley Gator is totally feeling better without a certain song
  6. Powerline says Trump 2.0 can’t be just better speeches
  7. Patterico’s Pontifications notes protection of POTUS who would rather golf
  8. Moonbattery has some fun bad lip reading at the DNC
  9. Gay Patriot covers the religion of white guilt
  10. Fire Andrea Mitchell wonders if Hillary is wearing a defibrillator
  11. DaTechGuy has general blather on disagreement
  12. Creeping Sharia covers what all the glowing coverage of a Muslim Olympian forgot
  13. Chicks On The Right discusses Trump’s latest outreach to the black community
  14. Capitalism Is Freedom notes the 10 states with the most freedom
  15. And last, but not least, Bookworm Room has a message for #NeverTrumpers

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. (BTW, since someone asked, the reason I leave links for the previous week up (or you might see a *) is because they are place holders for later in the day or for next weeks. Easier than rewriting all the time. Also, the listing order has to do with how they are added over time, not how good a post is. I just copy and paste from the previous week, then edit. If you see one of the *’s, go ahead and check out the blog anyhow, see if there is an update. I cannot update with my Android during the day.

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NY Mag: It’s A Real Shame Republicans Won’t Allow Single Payer

By William Teach August 21, 2016 – 8:02 am

Liberal activists and Obamacare supporters have been telling us for years that Ocare is not really meant to be a platform for single payer, and anyone who says that is engaged in a conspiracy theory. They aren’t really looking for that, you guys, all they want is to make sure citizens have affordable health insurance, and Ocare is doing so darned great that there’s no reason for a public option. Hence the reason no one is calling for a public option. Not Bernie Sanders. Not Hillary Clinton. Not the NY Times, Washington Post, elected Democrats. No one. Certainly not Obama. Right?

There’s an odd sort of complacency, and even smugness, in some progressive circles over the problems being created by the flight of private insurers like UnitedHealth and Aetna from participating in the Affordable Care Act’s purchasing exchanges. It is being widely noted that this is precisely the sort of contingency that a “public option,” originally supported by the president and most congressional Democrats but abandoned in the final legislation to get it through the Senate, was designed to address. In the most prominent “told you so,” Bernie Sanders has predictably commented that the leverage of private insurers over Obamacare shows why we instead need a single-payer system that abandons private insurance entirely.

The collapsing support from insurers in the exchanges is not a bug, it is a feature, much like most provisions of Ocare. It’s all designed to a) put people more under the thumb of government and b) move towards full single payer.

Of course, NY Mag’s Ed Kilgore is very upset that Republicans will block any fixes to Ocare, because it apparently needs a lot of repairs. Seriously, why didn’t anyone point out all the potential problems before this travesty was passed over the objections of the citizens?

That is all well and good, but the very same political problems that prevented the adoption of a public option (much less “Medicare for all”) in 2009 and 2010 when Democrats controlled Congress by comfortable margins have gotten worse, not better. Yes, if Hillary Clinton is elected in November she has already announced support for adding a public option to Obamacare, and there’s a decent chance she will bring a narrowly Democratic Senate along with her. A Democratic House, however, remains a very long shot, and even if it happens, getting something as controversial as an Obamacare “fix” through a closely divided Congress is at best an even longer shot. Yes, in theory, something like an increase in insurance subsidies to lure the private companies back in could be enacted via a budget reconciliation bill that is immune to a GOP Senate filibuster. But progressive Democrats who want to abandon private insurance entirely aren’t likely to go along with that, and it’s doubtful a major structural reform could be accomplished without the kind of legislation that could be filibustered (barring elimination of the filibuster altogether).

Those political problems would be the public not wanting government run health care, not wanting Ocare in the first place, and elected Democrats mostly not wanting to expose their ultimate agenda, which the progressive base was pushing, namely, government run health care.

So even if they hate Obamacare’s structure and the very existence of private health insurance, progressives should hope against hope that private insurers hang around and that the ACA continues to function. Much of the coverage gains achieved by Obamacare were via state Medicaid expansions that are unlikely to be revoked, at least in the bare majority of states that enacted them. So the picture is not all bleak. But it’s politically unseemly and morally questionable for progressives to enjoy the problems bedeviling the ACA, even if they told us so.

In other words, Progressives should be circumspect over their ultimate plan of single payer, and celebrating the collapse of Ocare in order to push single payer overtly should be put on the back burner.

Oh, but don’t forget, Democrats had been telling us that Ocare was doing super awesome

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