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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

In Georgia Divorce Case, Lesbian Claims Her Same-Sex Marriage Wasn’t Real

Posted on | October 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

Lee Kyser (left) and Lawrie Demorest (right) with Nancy Pelosi in 2007.

A major LGBT activist who now faces a divorce filing from her longtime lesbian partner is claiming their marriage was never legally valid:

Atlanta attorney Lawrie Demorest has devoted tremendous energy and earnings to the fight for LGBTQ equality, but in response to an atypical divorce action brought by her lesbian partner, the former co-chair of the board of directors for the Human Rights Campaign has tried to legally nullify a relationship she once said should be treated the same as a marriage.
In some ways, Demorest is arguing against her younger self in a case that involves an expired marriage statute, the reach of Obergerfell v. Hodges and whether a national leader on LGBTQ rights abandoned the spirit of marriage equality in her personal life.

In 1998, hundreds attended Demorest’s “wedding” ceremony with her partner Lee Kyser at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and Kyser subsequently quit her job to care for the twin infants the lesbian couple adopted. In 2004, they sued Atlanta’s prestigious Druid Hills Golf Club for discrimination, claiming they were not being treated equally to heterosexual couples, but now Demorest argues they never were:

Yet, in an affidavit Demorest filed as part of her attempt to dismiss a Complaint for Divorce filed by Kyser in DeKalb County, Georgia, Demorest said she didn’t have “any inkling” that Kyser would one day pretend their relationship had been a marriage.
“I just can’t get over her blindness,” Kyser told LGBTQ Nation. “How did she get to [a place] where she really talked herself into believing that she can advocate for equality and have this tremendous reputation, and then turn around and try to exit our relationship in this way, which is totally contradictory to fairness and equity. To have built up such a reputation professionally and politically, and to then turn and handle her own relationship and family like this just tears it down.” . . .
In her complaint, Kyser evoked both the Obergefell ruling and common law marriage, which was abolished in Georgia in 1997. Her attorneys have argued these combined principles retroactively date the start of Kyser and Demorest’s marriage to July 1996, when Kyser moved into Demorest’s home. . . .
In a motion to outright dismiss Kyser’s standing to file a divorce, Demorest said the couple began cohabitating because Kyser wanted to rent out her home while the summer Olympics were in Atlanta.
“When I agreed for Lee to move in with me in 1996, I never considered whether this would impose any long term legal obligations on me … because they were not available to us as a same-sex couple,” Demorest said in a sworn affidavit. “I never knowingly took on such legal responsibilities and never expected any legal implications to arise from our dating relationship or our agreement to live together.”
However, over the next two decades, Demorest and Kyser co-mingled their finances, brought property together, agreed that Kyser would scale back her psycholgical practice in order to raise the infant twins the couple adopted, and fought on behalf of same-sex couples, including jointly giving more than $175,000 to HRC.
When Demorest told Kyser she was leaving the relationship in December 2017, Kyser said her ex-partner proposed they each walk away with what was titled in their own names, despite having agreed decades earlier that Demorest would be the family’s breadwinner. Kyser’s only source of income at the time was social security, and she accused Demorest of setting her up for “an undignified retirement.”

Well, isn’t this an ugly little sequel to “marriage equality”? And I wonder how their adopted twins are dealing with this trauma . . .



 

Category: Gays, Marriage
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