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In The Mailbox: 10.11.19

Posted on | October 11, 2019 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Chicago Keeping Gun Criminals On The Street
EBL: Trump’s Minneapolis Rally
Twitchy: “Remove Conservative From Your Bio And Kindly Piss Off” – Jen Rubin Finds Out The Hard Way Trump Hasn’t Lost The Womens’ Vote
Louder With Crowder: NBA Cancels Press Conferences, Says Red China Questions Are “Unfair”
According To Hoyt: A Clarifying Sign
Monster Hunter Nation: Correia On The Classics
Vox Popoli: Smells Like Old Pajamas, also, The Clearing Of The Amazon

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Friday Hawt Chicks & Links – The Couldn’t Care Less Edition
American Greatness: Morning Greatness – Urine, Spitting, &  Violence From Trump Protestors In Minneapolis
American Power: Shepard Smith Out At Fox
American Thinker: The Frightened Old Woman With Her Trump 2020 Flag, also, Guns & Cannabis – The Insidious Creep Of Tyranny
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Persistence Hunting Friday
Babalu Blog: Election 2019 In Socialist Cuba – Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm For October 11
Camp of the Saints: On Justice Kavanaugh At The End Of Year One
Cafe Hayek: Stand With The Chinese People, Trade With Them Freely
Da Tech Guy: Real Dictators vs. Liberal Fantasies
Don Surber: Trust Trump, He Earned It, also, Highlights Of The News
First Street Journal: Ali Watkins Could Not Be Reached For Comment
The Geller Report: Five Stabbed In Knife Rampage At Manchester UK Shopping Mall, also, Kurdish PKK Militia Trained Antifa Goons In Northern Syria
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day, also, The Medusa Merger
Hollywood In Toto: Gemini Man Suffers From Split Personality Syndrome
Legal Insurrection: Ukraine Whistleblower Worked For VP Biden, also, SCOTUS To Hear Big 2nd Amendment Case Despite Threats From Sheldon Whitehouse & Other Senate Dems
The PanAm Post: Why Do We Object To Freedom? also, Hong Kong Is Not In Latin America
Power Line: A Shoutout From President Trump, also, The Donald Trump Experience
Shark Tank: Rick Scott Keeps Up The Pressure On The Chicoms
Shot In The Dark: The Irreducible Logic Of An Illogical Choice
STUMP: Illinois’ Bright Idea – Put A Bunch Of Underfunded Pension Plans In One Pile
The Political Hat: Firing Line Friday – What’s Ahead For The Democrats? Part II
This Ain’t Hell: Gun Control, My Fat Aunt Harriet! also, “Alaska Bob” Glaves’ “Restricted” Files
Victory Girls: NYT Says Republicans Questioning Fauxcahontas’ Authenticity Are Sexist
Volokh Conspiracy: More In The “Copyright Troll” Saga
Weasel Zippers: Trump Says Biden Was A Good VP Because He Knew How To Kiss Obama’s Ass, also, Beta Says Churches That Don’t Believe In Same Sex Marriage Should Lose Tax Exemption
Megan McArdle: Conservatives Say “I Do”, Liberals Say “Why Bother?”, And That’s A Problem
Mark Steyn: The Smell Of The Swamp

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Category: Linkagery

Shep Smith Out at Fox News

Posted on | October 11, 2019 | Comments Off on Shep Smith Out at Fox News

 

Was he fired or did he quit?

Shepard Smith is stepping down from Fox News, the network announced on Friday. Today’s Friday afternoon showing of Shepard Smith Reporting was his last.
A native of Holly Springs, Mississippi, Smith, 55, joined Fox News at its inception in 1996 after beginning his television career a decade earlier at WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of FOX News Media, said in a statement, “Shep is one of the premier newscasters of his generation and his extraordinary body of work is among the finest journalism in the industry.”
“His integrity and outstanding reporting from the field helped put FOX News on the map and there is simply no better breaking news anchor who has the ability to transport a viewer to a place of conflict, tragedy, despair or elation through his masterful delivery,” the statement went on. “We are proud of the signature reporting and anchoring style he honed at FOX News, along with everything he accomplished here during his monumental 23-year tenure. While this day is especially difficult as his former producer, we respect his decision and are deeply grateful for his immense contributions to the entire network.”

We can expect the backstory of Smith’s departure to be widely reported. Smith had become the face of anti-Trump hatred at Fox News, and was specifically denounced by the president for his bias. Smith’s critics tended to attribute his hatred of conservatives to the rumor (I don’t know that it was ever confirmed, officially) that he is homosexual.



 

Category: Fox News

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

Posted on | October 11, 2019 | Comments Off on Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty

Dear Leanna,

I am so sorry.

At the time I had a bunch of reasons for leaving. Maybe some were nearly good. None had to do with you, that I promise.

I still made sure that you were provided for, despite what you may have heard.

I forgave your mother. Even if she could not seem to forgive me before she passed, I hope that you can.

I love you. Let’s make the next 50 years better than the last 5.

Sincerely,

Your Dad
* * *
She looked up from the email app and he stood there, tears streaming, and she completely lost it.
—
via Darleen

Category: Friday Fiction

Anti-Trump Riot in Minneapolis

Posted on | October 11, 2019 | 3 Comments

Joel Pollak at Breitbart reports:

Left-wing rioters attacked supporters of President Donald Trump leaving a rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday evening — assaulting them in groups, setting fire to pro-Trump hats, and attacking the police.
Riot police stood by as members of Antifa were seen dragging steel fences away from the Target Center. . . .
Local Minneapolis Star-Tribune reporter Liz Sawyer noted there were several hundred rioters, and that some were singling out Trump supporters and surrounding them in groups before attacking them. . . .
The Target Center had attempted to charge the Trump campaign hundreds of thousands of dollars for additional security. The rally itself — with a capacity crowd inside and tens of thousands outside — passed without serious incident, but local police seemed unprepared for the violence by anti-Trump rioters after the event was over.

Meanwhile, Gateway Pundit reports:

Far-left protesters reportedly made a bonfire with dozens of ‘Make America Great Again’ hats stolen off the heads of people who attended Thursday night’s Trump rally in Minnesota.
Blaze correspondent Elijah Schaffer reports that there were approximately 40 hats stolen and burned.
Schaffer tweeted that after burning the hats, “they then left the ashes as a vigil against fascism, leaving a f*ck Trump sign on the top of the pile This is tolerance. This is the left.”
The Minnesota rally was attended by 20,000 people, with an additional 25,000 supporters left gathering outside after the stadium was full.
Protesters also swarmed the area, destroying barricades and even waving the flag of communist China.
After the rally had concluded, Schaffer tweeted a warning that the area was no longer safe for Trump supporters.
“Trump supporters are literally fleeing the event after it ended as protestors are waiting around attacking attendees as they leave the arena It is not safe in Minneapolis any longer for Trump supporters. Please stay away from the vicinity and do not come out with branded gear,” Schaffer tweeted.



 

Category: Crime, Minnesota

‘The One Where Nobody Gets Raped’

Posted on | October 10, 2019 | Comments Off on ‘The One Where Nobody Gets Raped’

In the comments at Instapundit, a reader reminded America’s parents that if you’re worried about your daughter being raped at Yale — and remember, Yale officials recently reported that the number of sexual assaults on campus has doubled in the past three years — you should instead enroll her at Reynolds Online University:

 

It’s cheaper than Yale. And not a single student has been raped yet.



 

Category: Education

In The Mailbox: 10.10.19

Posted on | October 10, 2019 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 10.10.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Last Flight Of The Blackbird
Locomotive Breath: Senators Push For Prosecution Of Kavanaugh Accusers
EBL: Andrew McCarthy Disagrees With NR, NeverTrumpers About Syria & The Kurds
Twitchy: GOP Senator Joni Ernst Drops Nancy Pelosi For Cowardly Subtweeting Her
Louder With Crowder: Ukraine President Says There Was NO BLACKMAIL In Trump Call

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: A True Holiday Is No Holiday At All
American Greatness: Imagining Chelsea Clinton’s America
American Power: Lights Out In California
American Thinker: The Bluffpeachment
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Space Travel News
Babalu Blog: No “Che” Signs In Hong Kong!
BattleSwarm: South Park‘s “Band In China” Gets South Park B& In China, also, Red China – Threat Or Menace?
Cafe Hayek: Trump, The Champion Of The Chinese People?, also, A Chip Off The Energy-Industry Block
CDR Salamander: China Is In An INFO War, Whether You Know It Or Not, also, Diversity Thursday
Da Tech Guy: There’s More To That Poll Concerning The Black Vote Than Meets The Eye, also, Sorry, Liz & Bernie – For A Country To Be Free & Prosperous, Property Rights Must Be Sacred
Don Surber: Red China Cracks Down On Dissidents In The USA, also, Highlights Of The News
First Street Journal: The Taliban Will Kill Her, also, #MedicareForAll – Promising Lousy Healthcare For Americans
Fred On Everything: Greg, John, Razib, & Me
The Geller Report: Democrats Remove POW/MIA Flags From Offices, also, Stop Romanticizing The Kurds
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, also, Another Reason To Have Left California
Hollywood In Toto: Rise Of Jordan Peterson Pushes Past Partisan Bickering
JustOneMinute: Is It Thursday?
Legal Insurrection: United Nations Could Run Out Of Money By The End Of October, also, Californians Fume Over Massive Power Outages, Sky-High Gas Prices
The PanAm Post: We Argentines Like To Be Lied To, also, About That Che T-Shirt
Power Line: Farewell To The Tomahawk Chop, also, Omar Feels The Heat – Trump Edition
Shark Tank: Rubio – Trump Cut Deal To Wipe Out America-Friendly Kurds
Shot In The Dark: Don’t Mind Me, also, A Thousand Times “Yep”
STUMP: Meep On Books – Some Catchup With Videos
The Political Hat: Transing Toddlers – Illinois Toddlers, California Sex Ed Guidelines, & NEA President Pitching To Kindergartners
This Ain’t Hell: Chief Gallagher Forwards Clemency Package, also, Hillary Claims She Could Beat Trump Again
Victory Girls: Corporate Hypocrites Ignore Chicom Organ Harvesting Horror
Volokh Conspiracy: The White House Counsel is Making Political Arguments, Not Legal Ones
Weasel Zippers: Ukraine Company Paid Joe Biden $900,000 In Lobbying Fees, also,
Megan McArdle: What’s Behind The Rise Of Radicalism? Here’s Some Theories
Mark Steyn: Cancel Culture Bites Its Own Tuchus, also, Having Your Yellowcake & Making Bush Eat It

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Category: Linkagery

#UkraineGate: The CrowdStrike Angle

Posted on | October 10, 2019 | Comments Off on #UkraineGate: The CrowdStrike Angle

Fascinating article by George Parry:

In his telephone conversation with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, President Trump requested Ukraine’s help in getting “to the bottom of” the Russian collusion narrative and the role of CrowdStrike, a private computer security company, in propagating that story. Lost in the volcanic eruption of faux outrage and condemnation aimed at the president by the Democrats and their wholly owned media subsidiary, this reference to CrowdStrike indicates that the Justice Department’s investigation of the counterintelligence operation against candidate and president-elect Trump may be hot on the trail of exposing what could well be a seminal lie that the Democratic National Committee’s computer server was hacked by Russian operatives. To understand why, consider the following:
On June 12, 2016, WikiLeaks announced that it would soon release stolen computer files that pertained to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Two days later, CrowdStrike, which was working for the DNC, announced that it had detected Russian malware on the DNC’s computer server. . . .
In their breathless coverage of the Russian hacking story, the media downplayed the very odd behavior of the DNC, the putative victim. For, when the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI learned of the hacking claim, they asked to examine the server.
But the DNC refused.
Why would the purported victim of a crime refuse to cooperate with law enforcement in solving that crime? Was it hiding something? Was it afraid the server’s contents would discredit the Russia-hacking story? . . .

Read the rest at The American Spectator.



 

Category: Democrats, Ukraine

BREAKING: Giuliani Ukrainian Associates Charged in Campaign Finance Case

Posted on | October 10, 2019 | Comments Off on BREAKING: Giuliani Ukrainian Associates Charged in Campaign Finance Case

The Wall Street Journal story is behind a paywall, so I’ll have to give the report to you from NBC News:

Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, two foreign-born donors who gave money to a political action committee supporting President Donald Trump, were arrested Wednesday night and face charges tied to campaign-finance violations, two law enforcement officials confirmed to NBC News.
The pair are expected to appear in federal court Thursday.
Fruman and Parnas worked with Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney, Giuliani has previously said, as part of his dealings in Ukraine that involved efforts to encourage the nation to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Parnas is Ukrainian, while Fruman is Belarusian, according to the indictment unsealed Thursday. . . .
Fruman and Parnas are charged with making $325,000 in illegal straw donations to a Trump super PAC, according to the indictment, as well as giving $15,000 to a second committee.
In May 2018, the two men gave $325,000 to the pro-Trump super PAC American First Action through an LLC, the group confirmed to NBC News. . . .
House committees involved in the recently launched impeachment inquiry sought documents and depositions from Parnas and Fruman. Parnas was requested to appear before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committees Thursday, while Fruman was requested to appear Friday.

What’s happening here? It’s very simple: If you are connected to Trump in any way, you will become a target of investigation.

The Deep State wants to make it a crime to be a Republican.



 

Category: Ukraine
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