Flynn addresses Milwaukee's 'deadliest month' in 25 years

Flynn addresses Milwaukee's 'deadliest month' in 25 years:
"A woman beaten to death with a lamp in an act of domestic violence.
A man fatally stabbed during an argument outside a tavern.
A man shot and killed while returning from a funeral for his grandfather.
Those are just three of the 24 homicides recorded in August — what Milwaukee police have termed the "deadliest month" in 25 years.
It is the highest monthly total since July 1991, when the victims of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer were discovered, Milwaukee police said..."

When Work Is Punished Again: "If You Accept This Raise, You Fall Off The Welfare Cliff"

When Work Is Punished Again: "If You Accept This Raise, You Fall Off The Welfare Cliff" | Zero Hedge:
"Four years ago we first exposed the dismal fact that in the U.S., for the lowest income American Dreamers, work is punished. 
Sadly, the situation has grown worse as buying votes amid a burgeoning welfare state has left millions in the so-called 'low-wage-trap' leaving Americans teetering on the welfare cliff.

The situation can be summed up perfectly, as Foundation for Economic Education's Howard Baetjer explains, "If you accept this raise... you fall off the welfare cliff"...

Pretend you are a poor, single parent of two in Chicago, earning $12 an hour, working full time, and determined to do what is best for your family. And suppose your employer, impressed with your work, offers you training for and promotion to a new job paying $15. Should you take the offer?

It sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s not.

At your present $12 an hour you are eligible for refundable tax credits, food assistance, housing assistance, child care assistance, and medical assistance worth $41,465 combined. Together with your earned income after taxes of $22,121, you are now bringing home to your kids about $63,586 a year.

If you take your employer’s offer, you’ll earn $5,451 more after taxes, $27,572. You will also become eligible for an Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credit. But at that level of earned income all your other benefits would decrease by $8,336, more than your increase in net pay. That means the income you would bring home would decrease from $63,586 to $60,701.
...Here is the chart on which the hypothetical above is based (the particular numbers in our example come from tables in the report, which clarify the visual data in the charts.)

Notice that welfare cliff we considered above, which occurs between $12 an hour and $15 an hour, is relatively small. A bigger one (and the reason I call the report “appalling”) occurs between $15 an hour and $18 an hour..."

Blog: Another Soros puppet string revealed

Blog: Another Soros puppet string revealed:
"George Soros is a brilliant mastermind, the closest thing to a real-life Bond villain in human history.  He thinks strategically, targeting sources of leverage, and he wants to bring about structural change.  See, for instance, his close involvement in the Secretary of States Project.
Another attempt at targeting strategic sources of leverage has been outed at Politico (!) by Scott Bland:
While America’s political kingmakers inject their millions into high-profile presidential and congressional contests, Democratic mega-donor George Soros has directed his wealth into an under-the-radar 2016 campaign to advance one of the progressive movement’s core goals — reshaping the American justice system.
The billionaire financier has channeled more than $3 million into seven local district attorney campaigns in six states over the past year — a sum that exceeds the total spent on the 2016 presidential campaign by all but a handful of rival super-donors.
Typically, D.A. races do not attract big bucks, so the Soros money can become a major factor..."

State Orders Release of Clinton Training Records | The Daily Caller

State Orders Release of Clinton Training Records | The Daily Caller:

"A federal judge ordered the Department of State Wednesday to produce for The Daily Caller News Foundation the security training records of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her aide Huma Abedin within two weeks, or face direct deposition of multiple government officials."

Experts: Obama Admin. Using 'Emergency' Provision to Expand Immigration

Experts: Obama Admin. Using 'Emergency' Provision to Expand Immigration | NumbersUSA:
"Last week Pres. Obama used a provision called “humanitarian parole” to give temporary status to immigrant entrepreneurs, historically this parole has only been used during a time of emergency.
Humanitarian parole allows the DHS secretary to admit foreigners into the U.S. for a “temporary period of time due to a compelling emergency,” such as to allow someone to undergo a life-saving medical treatment they can’t receive in the homeland or to testify in a court case.
“It was intended as a very, very limited power the president could exercise … It was intended to be used very rarely,” said Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
“Like a lot of powers, this president extended it as far as it could possibly be extended.”
...Mehlman remarked, “There is no legal authority for parole in place. It’s part of a steady erosion of respect for immigration laws that we’ve seen...”

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History for September 2

History for September 2 - On-This-Day.com
Cleveland Amory 1917, Allen Drury 1918, Peter Ueberroth 1937


Christa McAuliffe 1948, Mark Harmon 1951, Jimmy Connors 1952


31 B.C. - The Roman leader Octavian defeated the alliance of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian, as Augustus Caesar, became the first Roman emperor.


1775 - Hannah, the first American war vessel was commissioned by General George Washington.


1864 - During the U.S. Civil War Union forces led by Gen. William T. Sherman occupied Atlanta following the retreat of the Confederates.


1897 - The first issue of "McCall’s" magazine was published. The magazine had been known previously as "Queens Magazine" and "Queen of Fashion."


1901 - Theodore Roosevelt, then Vice President, said "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.


1945 - Japan surrendered to the U.S. aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II. The war ended six years and one day after it began.


1963 - "The CBS Evening News" was lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.


1973 - Billy Martin was fired as manager of the Detroit Tigers. Martin was relieved of his duties three days after ordering his pitchers to throw spitballs against Cleveland Indians batters.

Josh Earnest Lectures Journalists to Report That the Obama Administration Is Transparent | TheBlaze.com

Josh Earnest Lectures Journalists to Report That the Obama Administration Is Transparent | TheBlaze.com:

"White House press secretary Josh Earnest wrote a letter to the editor published in the New York Times Wednesday arguing that journalists should take note of the Obama administration’s efforts to become “the most transparent White House in history.”"

What If Only Taxpayers Could Vote?

What If Only Taxpayers Could Vote? | The State:
"This might be the most disturbing electoral map ever created.
To realize so few people would vote Democrat if only taxpayers could vote is enlightening to say the least. 
This map originates from a BuzzFeed article some time ago covering a multitude of antiquated and restrictive voting scenarios.
In this scenario, both men and women can vote, but poll taxes are added back to exclude non tax paying voters.
This, of course, disproportionately affects ethnic minorities as an unintended consequence..."

Here's A Case Study In How Journalists Protect Hillary Clinton From Bad News

Here's A Case Study In How Journalists Protect Hillary Clinton From Bad News | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:
"Media Bias: It took six years and a court order for the Associated Press to dislodge Hillary Clinton's schedule from the State Department. 
What it show
ed is that Clinton entertained a parade of visitors who were major donors to the Clinton Foundation. As thanks for this important investigative work, the AP is being viciously attacked by other journalists.
"This is an important and interesting thing that people should know about,
Clinton's tenure in the highest office that she's ever held, secretary of state.
Who did she meet with?
Who are those people?" said Associated Press executive editor Kathleen Carroll.
The fact that State refused to turn these documents over for years, and did so only after being ordered by a judge, clearly suggested that Clinton had something to hide.
Even now, State is withholding half of Clinton's meeting schedule until after the election.
The information the AP was able to get its hands on strongly supports other evidence showing that the Clinton Foundation was little more than a pay-to-play operation, with the Clinton's trading payments to their personal "charity" for access and favors.
In common parlance, this is called graft, and it's the sort of crass political corruption that journalists used to care about.
But not when it involves their chosen presidential candidate.
On CNN's Reliable Sources this Sunday -- over a chyron that read "Critics Say AP Story Flawed" -- Brian Stelter started his segment by wondering "why the AP published the story at all? 
They conducted a long investigation.
Did they just want to show that they had done the work?
Did they just want to show that they had found something, even if it didn't amount to much?.."

Leak: Soros funded ousting of Glenn Beck from Fox News

Leak: Soros funded ousting of Glenn Beck from Fox News:

"In the memo, Vandenberg says a reason for continuing to fund Color of Change is that the group through implementing successful political communications campaigns “has held media companies accountable for derogatory actions, including successful campaigns to oust Glenn Beck from the Fox Network and Pat Buchanan from MSNBC.”

The memo appears to confirm the suspicion among conservatives that Soros has funded aggressive attacks on advertisers to silence effective conservative commentators.

$40 million attack"

There's a Big Problem With One of Hillary Clinton's Favorite Campaign Stories

There's a Big Problem With One of Hillary Clinton's Favorite Campaign Stories | Mother Jones:
"...But Hillary Clinton's campaign has been invoking DeLay's name a lot lately to demonstrate that she can reach across the aisle to work productively with anyone—even Tom DeLay.
It's a great narrative.
As the story goes, Clinton, as first lady, set aside partisan differences to find common ground with DeLay even as he was mercilessly attacking her husband and obstructing his agenda.
By the campaign's telling, the pair first worked together on an adoption bill that became law in 1997 and helped thousands of foster children find loving homes.
Clinton has been telling the story on the stump for more than a decade now, but it's been especially prominent during this presidential campaign, emphasized repeatedly by the candidate and her surrogates, most notably by her husband Bill, who brought it to prime-time TV during his Democratic National Convention speech last month.
"I don't remember ever working with her" on that bill, DeLay told Mother Jones.
There's just one problem with the story: 
It isn't accurate. 
Over the years, the tale of Tom and Hillary has grown in mythic proportions, as Bill and others have conflated dates and confused events in a way that makes a better story but vastly overstates the relationship between DeLay and Hillary Clinton..."

Detailing Russian Surface to Air Missile Coverage

Detailing Russian Surface to Air Missile Coverage – Defensetech:
"The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, has released an informational graphic highlighting Russia’s increasing surface-to-air missile coverage in Europe.
The graphic released Monday details the Russian military’s deployment of S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems not only within Russia and Kaliningrad, the Russian city in a territory between Poland and Lithuania, but also Crimea and areas encircling the Ukraine, even Latakia, Syria.
The S-300 has a range of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles); the S-400 up to 400 kilometers (250 miles). 
Both systems are designed to target any number of U.S. and NATO aircraft, from bombers to fighters to spy planes.
Notably absent from the picture is any reference to the S-500, which a reader of this blog has argued was already deployed around Moscow but which an expert contacted by this correspondent has said remains in development...."

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State Department ordered to hand over files on Abedin | Washington Examiner

State Department ordered to hand over files on Abedin | Washington Examiner:

"A federal judge ordered the State Department on Monday to hand over all documents related to the employment status of Huma Abedin, former deputy chief of staff to Hillary Clinton, by the end of September."

Sports Drinks Are Mostly Pointless

Sports Drinks Are Mostly Pointless
"Sports drinks seem like they should be healthy.
Athletes endorse them, and they don’t have the same “liquid candy” reputation as the Pepsi a few shelves over.
But how helpful are they to serious and casual exercisers? 
Not very, it turns out.
To be clear, we’re talking about sports drinks, not energy drinks like Rockstar and Monster.
Despite the similar names, they’re no relation.
Energy drinks are super-caffeinated soda with a few gimmicky supplements thrown in to make them look special.
Sports drinks, on the other hand, are the beverages like Gatorade and Powerade that deliver carbohydrates and electrolytes in a typically fruity, brightly colored fluid sold in plastic bottles.
To put it another way: energy drinks are for all-night video game marathons; sports drinks are for actual marathons..."

Caution: Men (Not) At Work

Caution: Men (Not) At Work | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:
"Jobs: While the Fed and government policymakers fret over "full employment," a new study by one of America's leading demographers and economists argues that in fact we are in the midst of a full-blown unemployment crisis — one that remains, in his words, "hidden."
This Friday, a new jobs report will come out.
If the Wall Street consensus is correct, it will show the unemployment rate continuing to hover around 5% while nonfarm payrolls will grow about 180,000 for the month.
But that won't tell the whole story.
Nicholas Eberstadt, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, argues in a new book called "Men Without Work," due out next week, that we're suffering not from full employment, but massive underemployment — in particular, nearly one out of six working-age men have no job and are no longer looking for one. 
A release for his book calls this "a hidden time bomb with far-reaching economic, social and political consequences."
With 10 million fewer male workers in the labor force than we should have, it's hard to disagree..."

Breaker, Breaker One-Niner! Regulators Are Running Amok!

Breaker, Breaker One-Niner! Regulators Are Running Amok! | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:
"Late last week, the Transportation Department issued a proposed rule that would require new commercial trucks and buses to have speed-limiting devices installed in them.
The government says the move is about increasing safety and reducing emissions, but what it's really about is showing how federal regulators can pretty much do whatever they want these days.
After all, there were no votes on this proposal in Congress.
No committee meetings. 
No public debate. 
Just pressure put on Washington bureaucrats by special interests.
On the surface, the mandate might seem reasonable.
After all, nobody wants to be on a highway with an 18-wheeler or a commercial bus barreling down on them.
The government says that the rule could save lives.
And the American Trucking Association backs the mandate.
But there's no guarantee that this rule will save any lives at all..."

Caution: Men (Not) At Work | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

Caution: Men (Not) At Work | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:

"While the Fed and government policymakers fret over "full employment," a new study by one of America's leading demographers and economists argues that in fact we are in the midst of a full-blown unemployment crisis — one that remains, in his words, "hidden."

This Friday, a new jobs report will come out. If the Wall Street consensus is correct, it will show the unemployment rate continuing to hover around 5% while nonfarm payrolls will grow about 180,000 for the month. But that won't tell the whole story."

Polling Benchmarks Trump Needs to Overtake Clinton

Polling Benchmarks Trump Needs to Overtake Clinton | RealClearPolitics
"Can Donald Trump win this election?
And if a comeback is in store, when will the polls start to show it?
It's impossible to know if Trump will make a comeback.
Clinton is the clear favorite and leads in the polls, but there are still more than two months left in the race.
It's possible to imagine scenarios where Trump catches up and overtakes Clinton.
But it's important to try to figure out if those scenarios are plausible and what the early signs of a Trump comeback might be.
To that end, I analyzed polling from 11 presidential elections and came up with three rules of thumb - Trump can still win, to do so he needs to be within a few points in late September, and there isn't much time to move polls in October - to help guide readers through the next two-plus months of polling.
These guidelines came from an analysis of historical polling data,.."

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History for September 1

History for September 1 - On-This-Day.com:
Alfred Ely Beach 1826 - Designer of New York City's earliest subway, patented a typewriter for the blind, Edgar Rice Burroughs 1875 - Writer (Tarzan of the Apes), Yvonne De Carlo (Peggy Yvonne Middleton) 1922 - Actress (The Munsters, Salome, McLintock!)


Rocky Marciano (Rocco Marchegiano) 1923 - Boxer, the only heavyweight champion to have won every fight in professional career, Lily Tomlin 1939 - Actress, comedian,  Gloria Estefan (Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo) 1957 - Singer (Miami Sound Machine)


1807 - Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.


1878 - Emma M. Nutt became the first female telephone operator in the U.S. The company was the Telephone Dispatch Company of Boston.


1905 - Saskatchewan and Alberta became the ninth and tenth provinces of Canada.


1939 - World War II began when Germany invaded Poland.


1969 - Col. Moammar Gadhafi came into power in Libya after the government was overthrown.

1970 - The last episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" aired on NBC-TV. The show premiered was on September 18, 1965.


1972 - America’s Bobby Fischer beat Russia’s Boris Spassky to become world chess champion. The chess match took place in Reykjavik, Iceland.


1979 - The U.S. Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Saturn.