Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) challenged FBI Director James Comey’s rationale for ending a criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Adebin regarding the latter’s negligent handling of classified governmental information in her former role as then Secretary of State Clinton's Deputy Chief of Staff at the State Department."
Saturday, May 06, 2017
WATCH: Cruz SLAMS Comey For Not Prosecuting Hillary Aide Huma Abedin | Daily Wire
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) challenged FBI Director James Comey’s rationale for ending a criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Adebin regarding the latter’s negligent handling of classified governmental information in her former role as then Secretary of State Clinton's Deputy Chief of Staff at the State Department."
Trump can make America manufacture again — with rare Earth elements - NetRight Daily
Trump can make America manufacture again — with rare Earth elements - NetRight Daily:
"...Care to guess how China could get advanced schematics of the F-35 fighter jet?
There are hundreds of pounds of parts with rare Earth elements in them.
Would it be easier to launch a sophisticated computer hacking operation, or simply walk over to the factory that is producing parts for the jet and have a look?
The most sophisticated and expensive weapons system ever produced is literally “Made in China”.
Smart bombs have accounted for 99.5 percent of the strikes against the Islamic State.
The strikes are occurring in populated areas and precision weapons must be used to avoid civilian casualties.
The munitions are expensive and highly advanced.
The munitions also use rare Earth elements.
Recently the military has indicated a shortage of these munitions.
Is the U.S. military supposed to ask China for permission to carry out an action?
...This is an economic and national security matter.
Something must be done.
Fixing the rare Earth element shortage problem would be the quickest way for President Trump to bring back manufacturing jobs to the U.S.
As stated above, right now $7 trillion in goods cannot be manufactured in the U.S.
China uses its monopoly as a weapon to force manufacturers to relocate or to stay in China.
While there, China steals the intellectual property of the companies it forced to relocate..."
"...Care to guess how China could get advanced schematics of the F-35 fighter jet?
There are hundreds of pounds of parts with rare Earth elements in them.
Would it be easier to launch a sophisticated computer hacking operation, or simply walk over to the factory that is producing parts for the jet and have a look?
The most sophisticated and expensive weapons system ever produced is literally “Made in China”.
Smart bombs have accounted for 99.5 percent of the strikes against the Islamic State.
The strikes are occurring in populated areas and precision weapons must be used to avoid civilian casualties.The munitions are expensive and highly advanced.
The munitions also use rare Earth elements.
Recently the military has indicated a shortage of these munitions.
Is the U.S. military supposed to ask China for permission to carry out an action?
...This is an economic and national security matter.
Something must be done.
Fixing the rare Earth element shortage problem would be the quickest way for President Trump to bring back manufacturing jobs to the U.S.
As stated above, right now $7 trillion in goods cannot be manufactured in the U.S.
China uses its monopoly as a weapon to force manufacturers to relocate or to stay in China.
While there, China steals the intellectual property of the companies it forced to relocate..."
History for May 6
History for May 6 - On-This-Day.com:
Maximilien Robespierre 1758 - French revolutionary, Sigmund Freud 1856 - Psychiatrist, originated psychoanalysis, Robert E. Peary, Sr. 1856 - Explorer
Rudolph Valentino (Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina) 1895 - Actor, (George) Orson Welles 1915 - Actor ("War of the Worlds", "A Man for All Seasons", "Catch-22"), Tony Blair 1953 - British Prime Minister
1527 - German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance.
1889 - The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, France, marking the dedication of the Eiffel Tower. Also at the exposition was the first automobile in Paris, the Mercedes-Benz.
1937 - The German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people (of the 97 on board) were killed.
1941 - Joseph Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership.
1960 - U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
1981 - A jury of international architects and sculptors unanimously selected Maya Ying Lin's entry for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1994 - The Channel Tunnel officially opened. The tunnel under the English Channel links England and France.
1994 - Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against U.S. President Clinton. The case alleged that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
Friday, May 05, 2017
Islamic State urges jihadis to get into hostage-taking business, buy weapons at U.S. gun shows - Washington Times
Islamic State urges jihadis to get into hostage-taking business, buy weapons at U.S. gun shows - Washington Times:
"The Islamic State, identified by the Pentagon by the acronym ISIS, also tells extremists to place fake job or real estate ads on Craigslist and eBay to lure victims, according to a translation by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which monitors jihadi communications.
The Rumiyah’s ninth issue states, “Ideal target locations for hostage-taking scenarios include night clubs, movie theaters, busy shopping malls and large stores, popular restaurants, concert halls, university campuses, public swimming pools, indoor ice skating rinks, and generally any busy enclosed area, as such an environment [that] allows for one to take control of the situation by rounding up the kuffar [non Muslim] present inside and allows one to massacre them while using the building as a natural defense against any responding force attempting to enter and bring the operation to a quick halt.”"
The Rumiyah’s ninth issue states, “Ideal target locations for hostage-taking scenarios include night clubs, movie theaters, busy shopping malls and large stores, popular restaurants, concert halls, university campuses, public swimming pools, indoor ice skating rinks, and generally any busy enclosed area, as such an environment [that] allows for one to take control of the situation by rounding up the kuffar [non Muslim] present inside and allows one to massacre them while using the building as a natural defense against any responding force attempting to enter and bring the operation to a quick halt.”"
WATCH: Democrat Senator Admits NO EVIDENCE of Trump-Russia Collusion | Daily Wire
"Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was unable to offer any evidence of collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russian government officials towards subversion of last year's presidential election during a Wednesday interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer."
Presidential politics has increased job stress and sapped workers' productivity, psychologists say - LA Times
Presidential politics has increased job stress and sapped workers' productivity, psychologists say - LA Times:
"Last year’s presidential campaign seemed to intensify the political divisions among Americans, and our workplaces were hardly immune.
A new report from the American Psychological Assn.’s Center for Organizational Excellence details several ways the animosity from the campaign trail made its way into our professional lives — often to the detriment of workers.
Here are some of the key findings:
A new report from the American Psychological Assn.’s Center for Organizational Excellence details several ways the animosity from the campaign trail made its way into our professional lives — often to the detriment of workers.
Here are some of the key findings:
Politics has fueled more workplace conflicts since the election
Raul Labrador: Media Hiding Fact that GOP Healthcare Plan Covers Pre-Existing Conditions - Breitbart
Raul Labrador: Media Hiding Fact that GOP Healthcare Plan Covers Pre-Existing Conditions - Breitbart:
"Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) scolded reporters at a briefing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, saying it is “pretty shameful” the way reporters have described the revised GOP health care bill, expected to be voted on by the House Thursday.
“We’re not doing anything to injure or hurt anybody with a pre-existing condition — I wish you guys would report that instead of reporting that is just the Democratic talking points, which is pretty shameful,”
“So we’re not doing away with helping people with pre-existing conditions — in fact, what we’re doing is we’re helping all Americans,” Labrador said.
“The question is how do you pay for people with pre-existing conditions?
“The way Obamacare paid for it was by raising everybody’s premiums and making health care almost unaffordable for the average American and then covering people with pre-existing conditions,” Labrador said..."
"Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) scolded reporters at a briefing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, saying it is “pretty shameful” the way reporters have described the revised GOP health care bill, expected to be voted on by the House Thursday.“We’re not doing anything to injure or hurt anybody with a pre-existing condition — I wish you guys would report that instead of reporting that is just the Democratic talking points, which is pretty shameful,”
“So we’re not doing away with helping people with pre-existing conditions — in fact, what we’re doing is we’re helping all Americans,” Labrador said.
“The question is how do you pay for people with pre-existing conditions?
“The way Obamacare paid for it was by raising everybody’s premiums and making health care almost unaffordable for the average American and then covering people with pre-existing conditions,” Labrador said..."
New Report Suggests 2016 Heat Wave Was Anomaly, Antarctica Is Actually Getting Colder
New Report Suggests 2016 Heat Wave Was Anomaly, Antarctica Is Actually Getting Colder:
"Liberals are going to hate new data that casts even more doubt on their crumbling notion that Antarctica is melting, but they sure need to pay attention to it.
A study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment in February debunks the notion that the South Pole is melting.
In fact, according to the study, the opposite is happening."
A study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment in February debunks the notion that the South Pole is melting.
In fact, according to the study, the opposite is happening."
National suicide!!-----European Union - EU orders member states to drop migrant crisis border checks | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
European Union - EU orders member states to drop migrant crisis border checks | Politics | News | Express.co.uk:
"BRUSSELS today ordered European countries to drop internal border checks originally introduced to bring the migrant crisis under control within the next six months..."
"BRUSSELS today ordered European countries to drop internal border checks originally introduced to bring the migrant crisis under control within the next six months..."
Fake news=NYT Correspondent Falsely Reports House Members Voted to Exempt Themselves From GOP Health Care Bill
NYT Correspondent Falsely Reports House Members Voted to Exempt Themselves From GOP Health Care Bill:
"A New York Times correspondent falsely reported Thursday on Twitter that members of the House of Representatives unanimously voted to exempt themselves from the Republican health care bill.
"A New York Times correspondent falsely reported Thursday on Twitter that members of the House of Representatives unanimously voted to exempt themselves from the Republican health care bill.
A day earlier, reporters noticed that a provision in the American Health Care Act would exempt lawmakers and their staff from losing some of the repealed Obamacare provisions. In response to the criticism, House leadership announced they would vote separately on the issue.
The House voted 429-0 to pass a bill rectifying the mistake, preventing lawmakers from being exempted.
But the New York Times‘ chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, apparently misunderstood the vote.
But the New York Times‘ chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, apparently misunderstood the vote.
That is the exact opposite of what actually happened. Baker eventually deleted the tweet and apologized for the mistake.
DNC: We rigged primaries. So what?
DNC: We rigged primaries. So what?:
"The Democratic National Committee is currently defending the tactics it used last year to rig the presidential primary against Sen. Bernie Sanders in a class-action lawsuit, brazenly telling voters in a court of law that the party is not obligated to run a fair and impartial primary election.
Outraged by how the DNC unfairly boosted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and cleared the way for her primary victory,"
"The Democratic National Committee is currently defending the tactics it used last year to rig the presidential primary against Sen. Bernie Sanders in a class-action lawsuit, brazenly telling voters in a court of law that the party is not obligated to run a fair and impartial primary election.
Outraged by how the DNC unfairly boosted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and cleared the way for her primary victory,"
Physical Scientists Are So Darned Cute When They Finally Understand Economics - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Physical Scientists Are So Darned Cute When They Finally Understand Economics - Hit & Run : Reason.com: "Remember Peak Oil?
What about Peak Everything?
The Limits to Growth myth of impending mineral resource exhaustion was running once again rampant just a decade ago.
The world didn't run out of any critical minerals or metals.
Why not?
Because as rising demand boosted the prices for minerals like tin, copper, zinc, and iron ore, geologists and entrepreneurs went in search of new sources while manufacturers and consumers economized on the amounts required to make their products.
The current issue of Geochemical Perspectives is devoted to considering "Future Global Mineral Resources."
The good news is that the group of geologists who put together the study have stumbled upon economics and now understand a bit about how demand and supply works.
...We demonstrate that global resources of copper, and probably of most other metals, are much larger than most currently available estimates, especially if increasing efficiencies and higher prices allow lower-grade ores to be mined.
These observations indicate that supplies of important mineral commodities will remain adequate for the foreseeable future.
The good news is that humanity is nowhere near peak everything; the bad news is that we are also nowhere near peak doom.
For more on physical scientists' fruitful encounters with economics, see my 2012 column where I report their astonishing discovery that property rights can save fisheries from depletion."
Yup. They're gonna run with this.-----Dormant Diseases Frozen In the Ice Are Waking Up - Slashdot
Dormant Diseases Frozen In the Ice Are Waking Up - Slashdot:
Like a plot from a Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) movie, evil is waking up as permafrost melts due to weather or natural, man-made, local, and/or global climate change.
(Take your pick of any or all -- doesn't matter -- the plot and result is roughly the same.) According the the BBC, a 12-year-old boy died and at least twenty people were hospitalized after being infected by a disease (anthrax) that lay buried in the ice for 75 years. "The theory is that, over 75 years ago, a reindeer infected with anthrax died and its frozen carcass became trapped under a layer of frozen soil, known as permafrost," reports BBC. "There it stayed until a heatwave in the summer of 2016, when the permafrost thawed." In this case, bringing back the disease was accidental, but the story goes on to give examples of scientists (no indication of whether they are mad or not) purposefully seeing what ancient bacteria and virus they can resurrect from the ice. How many more diseases are lurking in the ice? Will The Andromeda Strain be released by meddling scientists or global warming?
Like a plot from a Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) movie, evil is waking up as permafrost melts due to weather or natural, man-made, local, and/or global climate change.
(Take your pick of any or all -- doesn't matter -- the plot and result is roughly the same.) According the the BBC, a 12-year-old boy died and at least twenty people were hospitalized after being infected by a disease (anthrax) that lay buried in the ice for 75 years. "The theory is that, over 75 years ago, a reindeer infected with anthrax died and its frozen carcass became trapped under a layer of frozen soil, known as permafrost," reports BBC. "There it stayed until a heatwave in the summer of 2016, when the permafrost thawed." In this case, bringing back the disease was accidental, but the story goes on to give examples of scientists (no indication of whether they are mad or not) purposefully seeing what ancient bacteria and virus they can resurrect from the ice. How many more diseases are lurking in the ice? Will The Andromeda Strain be released by meddling scientists or global warming?
A nation of moronic wimps-----Colgate University Goes On Lockdown Over Hot Glue Gun | American Military News
Colgate University Goes On Lockdown Over Hot Glue GunHamilton, New York’s Colgate University went on lock-down Monday evening for four hours after police received reports of an active shooter on campus.
A Colgate student called campus safety to alert them that they had seen a black man with what appeared to be a gun.
While there was a black man with a gun, it was a hot glue gun and he was working on an art project.
Colgate University President Brian W. Casey is calling for an investigation into the incident he described as a “profound error” and said there was “implicit racial bias.”
“It is important that we understand the role that implicit racial bias had in the initial reporting of and responses to the events of (Monday) night.
I want to make sure we speak with those who made and received the initial report to understand the role this played,” Casey said in a statement on Tuesday..."
I'll Say it Again -- If Clinton and Her Team Had Been in the Military, They'd Be in Jail | National Review
I'll Say it Again -- If Clinton and Her Team Had Been in the Military, They'd Be in Jail | National Review:
"When it comes to the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal, I thought I was beyond surprise. I thought I’d heard it all. But then came James Comey’s revelation that Huma Abedin e-mailed classified information to Anthony Weiner — allegedly so he could print it out for her.
This is stunning. Just stunning. "
This is stunning. Just stunning. "
• Chart: What Apple's Cash Pile Could Buy | Statista
• Chart: What Apple's Cash Pile Could Buy | Statista:
"As Apple reported in its latest earnings report, the company’s gigantic cash pile has grown past the quarter trillion dollar mark in the first three months of 2017.
...To illustrate how much money that is, we put together an imaginary shopping list of companies that Apple could acquire with that cash (assuming they would pay market value).
"As Apple reported in its latest earnings report, the company’s gigantic cash pile has grown past the quarter trillion dollar mark in the first three months of 2017.
...To illustrate how much money that is, we put together an imaginary shopping list of companies that Apple could acquire with that cash (assuming they would pay market value).
It’s a pretty long list and the companies on it aren’t exactly small-time outfits either with Uber, Time Warner and Sony all finding their way into our made up shopping basket..."
History for May 5
History for May 5 - On-This-Day.com:
Soren Kierkegaard 1813 - Philosopher, poet, theologian, Karl Marx 1818 - Socialist writer ("Das Kapital", "The Communist Manifesto"), founder of communism, Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran Seaman) 1865 - Journalist, wrote about taboo subjects for her time period (divorce, poverty, capital punishment, insanity), women’s rights advocate
Christopher Morley 1890 - Writer (New York Evening Post, Saturday Review), novelist, Arthur Schawlow 1921 - American physicist, Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) 1942 - Country singer
1809 - Mary Kies was awarded the first patent to go to a woman. It was for technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.
1862 - The Battle of Puebla took place. It is celebrated as Cinco de Mayo Day.
1892 - The U.S. Congress extended the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act for 10 more years. The act required Chinese in the U.S. to be registered or face deportation.
1912 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda began publishing.
1917 - Eugene Jacques Bullard becomes the first African-American aviator when he earned his flying certificate with the French Air Service.
1925 - John T. Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton, TN, was arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
1945 - A Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon. A pregnant woman and five children were killed.
1961 - Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made a 15 minute suborbital flight.
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