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Angry Biden: ‘It’s Not a Conflict of Interest … I’m Not Going to Respond to That’

Posted on | October 5, 2019 | Comments Off on Angry Biden: ‘It’s Not a Conflict of Interest … I’m Not Going to Respond to That’

 

The stench of corruption:

Former Vice President Joe Biden exploded at the media on Friday when asked about his youngest son’s shadowy business dealings in Ukraine.
The tense altercation occurred during a campaign stop in Los Angeles, California, where the former vice president was asked if Hunter Biden’s service on the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian oil and gas giant, had posed a conflict of interest during his time in the White House.
Biden, who in the past had refused to discuss his son’s business dealings with foreign governments, appeared perturbed by the question.
“It’s not a conflict of interest,” the former vice president said. “There’s been no indication of any conflict of interest, from Ukraine or anywhere else, period. I’m not going to respond to that.”
The question regarding the potential conflict of interest came only hours after the newly appointed Ukrainian Prosecutor General announced he was reviewing allegations of criminal conduct against Burisma.
Hunter Biden joined the company’s board of directors in April 2014, despitehaving no prior background in either the energy industry or Ukraine. As Peter Schweizer, senior contributor at Breitbart News, detailed in his book Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends, Hunter Biden secured the position, which paid as much as $83,000 per month, around the same time his father was tapped to lead the Obama administration’s policy in Ukraine.
The timing of Hunter Biden’s ascension to Burisma’s board immediately raised questions from ethics watchdogs in both the U.S. and Europe concerning conflicts of interest. Adding to the ethical cloud over that appointment was that Mykola Zlochevsky, Burisma’s founder, had his assets seized in the United Kingdom for suspicion of money laundering. Many have speculated Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board was an attempt by Zlochevsky to curry favor with western leaders to prevent further scrutiny of his business dealings.
Such a brazen attempt would not be totally ill-suited for Zlochevsky. The Burisma founder is rumored to be one of eastern Europe’s top oligarchs, a position obtained while serving in the Ukrainian government under former President Viktor Yanukovych — a staunch ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was during his tenure in government as Ukraine’s minister of natural resources that Burisma received its oil and gas licenses.

Remember that Biden denied ever talking to Hunter about his business in Ukraine, but then a photo turned up of Biden and Hunter playing golf with an executive from the Ukrainian gas company. When reporters tried to ask him about that photo, Biden again refused to answer:

“This is the guy that’s unhinged,” Biden said about the president. “He is unhinged. I worry about what he’s going to do — not about me or my family. I’m worried about what he’ll do in the next year in the presidency, as this thing continues to rot on his watch.”

Don’t ask Joe questions about Ukraine! He gets angry when you do that.



 

Category: Joe Biden, Ukraine

‘Nothing Short of a Coup’

Posted on | October 5, 2019 | 1 Comment

The Trump 2020 campaign recently made an $8 million ad buy, and this is one of the ads that will be running as part of that buy:

 

The Trump campaign has been piling up millions and the Democrats have given them an excuse to start spending it early with ads like this.
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“Punch back twice as hard,” as somebody said.



 

Category: Donald Trump

In The Mailbox: 10.04.19

Posted on | October 4, 2019 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
Outdoor Life Review: Deer Hunting Tips
EBL: Diahann Carroll, RIP
Twitchy: Watch Joe Biden Rage At Reporter Who Asks Him About Hunter & Ukraine
Louder With Crowder: #Youtube2020 Election Blacklist, also, Drag Queen Strips For Kids At Drag Queen Story Time – How Does This Promote Reading?
According To Hoyt: The Perilous Passage
Monster Hunter Nation: Invisible Wars Is In Stores Now
Vox Popoli: No-Evidence Debunked Disinformation Propaganda, also, A Game Designer Gets It

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Friday Hawt Chicks & Links – The Pollution Edition
American Greatness: The Anesthetic Effect Of Ukrainegate
American Power: President Trump Warns Speaker Pelosi – No Cooperation Until The Full House Votes On Impeachment
American Thinker: Schiff Collusion With Whistleblower The Last Straw
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Climate Hypocrite Friday
Babalu Blog: After Decades Of Mass Killings & Oppression, The 70th Anniversary Of Red China Is Nothing To Celebrate
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm For October 4
Camp of the Saints: The Small Businessmen – Guardians Of The Free Markets
Cafe Hayek: Some Links
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: Impeachment As Sports Talk Radio & Other Sports Stuff Under The Fedora
Don Surber: Still Calling Us Deplorable
First Street Journal: Male & Female He Created Them
The Geller Report: Antifa Who Assaulted Elderly Canadian Lady Is Syrian Migrant, also, Undercover With Imams Pimping Little Girls For Temporary “Pleasure Marriages”
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, also, A Modest Proposal
Hollywood In Toto: Mesmerizing Joker Targets Oscar, Not Real World Violence
Joe For America: NYPD Hunts For Lion-Taunting Woman Who Taunts Cops On Instagram As Rapper
JustOneMinute: Good Jobs Report And The White House Strikes Back At “Formal” Impeachment Inquiry
Legal Insurrection: Congressional Testimony Of US Ukraine Envoy Contradicts Democrat Narrative, also, Joe Biden Has Bad Q3 Fundraising, Trailing Even Mayor Pete
The PanAm Post: Venezuelan Parliament Approves “Electoral Roadmap” Without Ending Usurpation
Power Line: Thoughts From The Ammo Line, also, Trump Doubles Down (2)
Shark Tank: Wassermann Schultz Blames Trump For Maduro Still Being In Power
Shot In The Dark: Ripped From The Headlines – In A World Where The Media Isn’t A Democrat PR Firm
The Political Hat: Firing Line Friday – What’s Ahead For The Democrat Party?
This Ain’t Hell: WTH? also, Valor Friday
Victory Girls: Kavanaugh Smear Book Fails To Sell
Volokh Conspiracy: Treason, Sedition, & Trump Derangement Syndrome
Weasel Zippers: Rep. Zeldin – Closed Door Hearings Are Blowing Massive Holes In Schiff’s Impeachment Narrative, also, Muslim Activists Demand McDonald’s Serve Halal Food
Megan McArdle: One Day, Trump’s Superpower Of Shameless Self-Regard May Desert Him
Mark Steyn: Eurodee & Eurodum, also, Going Nowhere

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Category: Linkagery

Three Headlines

Posted on | October 4, 2019 | 1 Comment

All from Red State:

If New Paul Sperry Report About Whistleblower
Is True, It’s A Game Changer

News Breaks That The Whistle-Blower Worked
For A Current 2020 Democrat Presidential Candidate

Amazing Coincidence That Nancy Pelosi’s Son
Also Has Business Connections With Ukraine

Each of these headlines is significant in making an important point: Democrats are trying to impeach President Trump for allegedly doing the same stuff Democrats always do. Conflicts of interest and using federal power for partisan political purposes? Suddenly Democrats say that’s wrong? As if Obama didn’t do it for eight years?

The report by Paul Sperry that the whistleblower was meeting with Ukrainian operatives to get dirt on Trump in 2016 seems almost too good to be true, so everybody’s waiting to see if it’s confirmed but OH BOY! If this proves to be true, it’s going to be HUGE! Because I’ve got a hunch that, if that’s how it works out, we will eventually find Alexandra Chalupa‘s fingerprints somewhere on this. And then the report that this whistleblower, said to be a CIA analyst, once worked for a current Democrat presidential candidate? Well, what does that tell us about staffing decisions in the our intelligence community, if they’re hiring Democrat operatives as “analysts”? And yes, of course Nancy Pelosi’s son is knee-deep in Ukraine — it’s very lucrative to be the offspring of a powerful Democrat. But if President Trump tries to clear up this corruption? Impeach him!

 



 

Category: Corruption, Ukraine

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

Posted on | October 4, 2019 | 1 Comment

by Smitty

We crossed the ridge as the sky brooded and looked down on the Umgeheuer encampment.

This was the hard part. I beamed instructions to my drone rider, and he dismounted, unaware of his pending demise. We’d clone him again.
As sun set, the drone crawled in low to where their noisy power generators throbbed and poured pollutants skyward.
Past the generators was a large fuel bladder. The enemy was cocky about their camp layout.
The explosives in the drone’s stomach took full advantage of this.
* * *
“Excellent work, Xanthippus,” said General Benton, the drone’s DNA source, upon my return to base.
—
via Darleen

Category: Friday Fiction

In The Mailbox: 10.03.19 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | October 4, 2019 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: What’s The Cost of Being Stupid About Security?
EBL: Adam Schiff’s Phony Impeachment Is Unraveling
Twitchy: Occasional Cortex Condemns “Right Wing” Reaction To Climate Change Freakout At Her Town Hall
Louder With Crowder: Trump Nails Biden On Ukraine Lie With Nickelback “Photograph” Tweet

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Greatness: Newly Released Judicial Watch Docs Paint Rosenstein As Active Participant In Deep State Coup
American Power: Democrats Will Destroy America’s Energy Sector, And The Economy
American Thinker: The Purge Of Conservatism From America
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Imperial Society News
Babalu Blog: Senators Rubio & Scott Question NEA Funding For Exhibit Glorifying Che Guevara
BattleSwarm: Breaking – Bernie’s Blocked Arteries, also, Wargaming A Sanders Exit
Camp of the Saints: Medieval Is Not Evil
Cafe Hayek: Wondering If Bernie Sanders Realizes…
CDR Salamander: The Navy Defines Professionalism Down
Da Tech Guy: Animal Farm Is So Very Relevant Today
Don Surber: Biden Duped Senators Into Helping His Corrupt Son
First Street Journal:  The Criminalization Of Speech, Part II
The Geller Report: Jewish Boy Forced To Kiss Muslim Classmate’s Feet, also, Paris Bloodbath – Recent Convert Slaughters Four Fellow Policemen In Cold Blood
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, also, Bombshells & Duds
Hollywood In Toto: Eastwood’s Richard Jewell Punches Fake News In The Nose
Joe For America: Joker Director Says He No Longer Makes Comedies Due To “Woke Culture”
Legal Insurrection: Happiness! Red Meat Turns Out To Be Healthier Than “Settled Science” Predicted, also, Trump Digital Team Brings Their A-Game To Biden Ukraine Fight
The PanAm Post: What Happened In Peru? Coup D’Etat Or Rebel Congress?
Power Line: Whither Impeachment? also, The Real World Consequences Of “Jailbreak” Policies & Practices
Shot In The Dark: Placed Into Evidence
STUMP: Visualizations Of Public Pension Funding & Why Fundedness Is Decreasing
The Political Hat: Unwelcome In College – Affirmative Action Bake Sales, Teaching Conservative Political Thought, Male Authors
This Ain’t Hell: What About Bob? also, Stolen Valor & Valor Vulture Blumenthal Wastes No Time Grabbing Attention From Tragedy
Victory Girls: Rashida Tlaib Thinks All Blacks Look Alike to Non-Blacks
Volokh Conspiracy: The CRS Has Shifted Its Position On Whether The Foreign Emoluments Clause Applies To The President
Weasel Zippers: Woman At AOC Town Hall Freaks Out, Says It’s Time To Eat Babies, also, Pelosi Claims Schiff Didn’t Fabricate Trump Quotes From Ukraine Call
Mark Steyn: Michael E. Mann – Loser, Liar, Scofflaw & Deadbeat

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Category: Linkagery

Hey, @LiamHemsworth: Name Something You Should Never Stick in Crazy

Posted on | October 3, 2019 | 3 Comments

 

There is a proverbial saying among men about avoiding crazy women, so why did Liam Hemsworth ever get involved with Miley Cyrus? In August, when the “Wrecking Ball” singer publicly humiliated Hemsworth by engaging in a lesbian affair with Brody Jenner’s ex-girlfriend Kaitlynn Carter, Hemsworth declared he “wish[ed] her nothing but health and happiness” and an “insider” was quoted saying, “Miley and Liam love each other and always will.” What does “love” mean in such a context? If Miley loved her husband, would she have made such a fool of him? And why would Liam “always” love a woman who had disgraced him?

Well, after her fling with Kaitlynn Carter ended, Miley was reportedly “begging” Hemsworth to take her back, but he’s filed for divorce and returned to his native Australia, and his family is reportedly trying to keep Hemsworth away from the toxic bisexual bimbo:

Chris Hemsworth and his wife, Elsa Pataky, have had enough of their former sister-in-law, Miley Cyrus, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively — and have issued her a stern warning to stop playing games with heartbroken Liam.
“They are the ones picking up the pieces,” a source told Radar. “And they’ll happily do anything to protect Liam, including shutting Miley out of Liam’s life.” . . .
Adding insult to injury, Cyrus, 26, released a scathing breakup song aimed at her ex titled “Slide Away.”
“The breakup song, the smear campaign implying he has addiction issues, her texting him at random – it’s all infuriating to them,” the source continued. “They welcomed Miley with open arms even though she was way too wild and immature for their friendship group, and they feel betrayed by her behavior too.” . . .
“They have conveyed that message to her in a strongly worded text,” the source confessed. “Miley was actually shocked that Chris and Elsa had struck her off and told her in no uncertain terms to stay away from their brother and let him heal.”

Do I have to explain why Hemsworth has no one but himself to blame? He and Cyrus first hooked up about 10 years ago and were on-and-off for quite a few years before they married, and he should have seen that she was definitely not wife material. Miley Cyrus will never mean anything but misery to any man fool enough to get involved with her.

Oh, and her “bisexuality” is just another symptom of her borderline personality disorder (BPD). There are no sane bisexuals. There are gay men and lesbian women who have both feet on the ground, but every bisexual is a bundle of neurotic craziness. And when you examine Miley Cyrus’s life history, it’s a laundry list of BPD symptoms.

Never trust a bisexual. How many times do I have to explain this?

It was my lesbian friend Cynthia Yockey who pointed out the substantial overlap between bisexuality and borderline personality disorder. People with BPD notoriously have “boundary issues.” They can’t stand to be told “no,” and don’t think the rules should apply to them. They love to cause drama, and would rather have negative attention than to be ignored. BPD is “characterized by extreme fear of abandonment; unstable relationships with other people, sense of self, or emotions; feelings of emptiness; frequent dangerous behavior; and self-harm.”

That is such a perfect description of Miley Cyrus that it might as well have been written about her specifically, and so we must ask why no one warned Liam Hemsworth to steer clear of her.

Well, he can’t say he hasn’t been warned now. My work here is done.



 

Category: Celebrities

‘DEEP STATE’ BOMBSHELL: Rosenstein Was Part of Anti-Trump Coup Plot

Posted on | October 3, 2019 | 1 Comment

 

What was widely suspected is now conclusively proven:

Judicial Watch on Wednesday released 145 pages of former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s communications which include a one-line email from Rosenstein to Robert Mueller stating “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions.” That email came just five days before Rosenstein appointed Mueller to take over the FBI’s Russia investigation as special counsel, roiling Trump’s presidency.
The communications — which include “off the record” emails with major media outlets around the date of Mueller’s appointment — show that Rosenstein did not just dispassionately go along with the fraudulent probe in an attempt to get at the truth, but was an active participant in the deep state coup, secretly plotting with other FBI and DOJ officials against the president of the United States. . . .
On May 8, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo to President Trump recommending that FBI Director James Comey be fired. The next day, President Trump fired Comey. Just three days later, on May 12, Rosenstein sent an email assuring Robert Mueller that “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions.”
In a May 16, 2017 email, sent the day before Mueller’s appointment, Rosenstein emailed former Bush administration Deputy Attorney General and current Kirkland & Ellis Partner, Mark Filip stating, “I am with Mueller. He shares my views. Duty Calls. Sometimes the moment chooses us.”
And on May 17 Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
During the same time period, between May 8 and May 17, according to then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Rosenstein met with McCabe and other senior Justice Department and FBI officials to discuss wearing a wire into the oval office to spy on Trump, as well as invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president. . . .
The documents released by Judicial Watch also show that Rosenstein had a cozy relationship with reporters from the anti-Trump news outlets 60 Minutes, New York Times and Washington Post.

(Hat-tip: Steven Green at Instapundit.)

Remember that the firing of Comey was the pretext for launching the Mueller “Russian collusion” witch-hunt. What we now see is that Rosenstein, who wrote the memo supporting Comey’s firing, was the entire time working with anti-Trump forces — the whole thing was a set-up, a frame job, from the start. The “deep state” is real, my friends.



 

Category: Corruption, Donald Trump
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