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As a politician, Bloomberg is a pandering hypocrite. It is one thing to get in the ring while training and another when the main fight begins. (See 1 below.)
If Hillary does not run as his VP maybe he could consider Romney.
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Salena discusses Trump support. (See 2 below.)
And:
https://spectator.org/to-
Dov Fischer understands Trump as I believe I do because so many of my and Lynn's family came from New York and many still live there. The only problem is they have become liberalized and thus Hate Trump. They also miss the essence of Trump but not Fischer. He is right on and it is amazing he worked at Jones-Day and Baker&Hostetler, two of the great "white shoe" legal firms. (See 3 below.)
And:
https://spectator.org/to-
Dov Fischer understands Trump as I believe I do because so many of my and Lynn's family came from New York and many still live there. The only problem is they have become liberalized and thus Hate Trump. They also miss the essence of Trump but not Fischer. He is right on and it is amazing he worked at Jones-Day and Baker&Hostetler, two of the great "white shoe" legal firms. (See 3 below.)
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There comes a time when legitimate science should dictate: https://youtu.be/JYQ6eZDXXRE and
454) Professor Ian Plimer book launch - Not For Greens - YouTube
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Was McCabe let off the hook? (See 4 below.)
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There comes a time when legitimate science should dictate: https://youtu.be/JYQ6eZDXXRE and
454) Professor Ian Plimer book launch - Not For Greens - YouTube
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Was McCabe let off the hook? (See 4 below.)
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Dick
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1) So Bloomberg knew all along that Obamacare was a disaster...
Michael Bloomberg, whose ubiquitous television ads in California feature old recordings of President Obama praising him, would have you believe that President Obama endorses him for president.
Which isn't true, but interesting that Obama hasn't protested. Over in San Diego, the local Democratic Party had a fit when moneybags-lefty candidate Sara Jacobs slyly attempted to suggest she had their endorsement, but she didn't. Endorsements are jealously guarded on the left.
No complaints from Obama.
And with Bloomberg after that coveted Obama endorsement, that means at a minimum a quick about-face on Obamacare, Obama's signature "achievement" which he also touts in his ads. He decries high health care costs, and then sound the alarm about President Trump trying to get rid of the root of it, which is Obamacare:
Turns out he knew the truth about Obamacare all along. A new tape has surfaced of him blasting it in 2010, the year it passed - for most of the right reasons.
Michael Bloomberg in 2010:
Obamacare is “a disgrace...” It would do "nothing to fix the big health care problems in this country” and “just created another program that's going to cost a lot of money."
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WESTBY Wisconsin-
“Collectively, they are all board members of a co-op that was formed over 117 years ago by local dairy-farm families searching for a way to develop a sustainable market for their milk and dairy products in their creamery.
“Collectively, they are all board members of a co-op that was formed over 117 years ago by local dairy-farm families searching for a way to develop a sustainable market for their milk and dairy products in their creamery.
Individually, they are superhumans. Not only do they work the dawn-to-dusk hours (cows are milked twice a day every day of the year) required to bring you cheese, yogurt, milk, sour cream, and any other dairy delight that fills refrigerators: They are devoted conservationists of the soil and water and are tireless volunteers dedicating countless hours for the 4-H club, local schools, their churches, as well as their work on the co-op’s board.
Both collectively and individually, they all said their vote for Trump wasn’t for him but rather for their communities.
It was an abstract and complicated decision that rarely makes sense to people who don’t walk in their shoes, live in their ZIP code, or understand how long establishments within both parties have let them down, their parents down, their grandparents down, and their children down.”
Click here for the full story.
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3) Rabbi Dov Fischer, Esq., a high-stakes litigation attorney of more than twenty-five years and an adjunct professor of law of more than fifteen years, is rabbi of Young Israel of Orange County, California. His legal career has included serving as Chief Articles Editor of UCLA Law Review, clerking for the Hon. Danny J. Boggs in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and then litigating at three of America’s most prominent law firms: JonesDay, Akin Gump, and Baker & Hostetler. In his rabbinical career, Rabbi Fischer has served several terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, is Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Coalition for Jewish Values, has been Vice President of Zionist Organization of America, and has served on regional boards of the American Jewish Committee, B’nai Brith Hillel, and several others. His writings on contemporary political issues have appeared over the years in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Jerusalem Post, National Review, American Greatness, The Weekly Standard, and in Jewish media in American and in Israel. A winner of an American Jurisprudence Award in Professional Legal Ethics, Rabbi Fischer also is the author of two books, including General Sharon’s War Against Time Magazine, which covered the Israeli General’s 1980s landmark libel suit.
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4) Why Was Andrew
McCabe Let off the
Hook?
By Guy Benson
On Friday, we covered the Justice Department's decision not to pursue criminal charges against former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe. McCabe had been fired for cause by career ethics officials at DOJ, following the nonpartisan Inspector General's finding that he had lied under oath on multiple occasions regarding his own leaking to the press. The case had been referred for potential prosecution, but the department ultimately chose to take a pass. Why? Writing at National Review, Andy McCarthy -- a longtime federal prosecutor -- thoroughly reviews the case and takes a stab at a few reasons that may have contributed to this decision. Before I get to those theories, I please enjoy this small nugget about the leak/lie saga, which I had not read before:
It's the 'two tiers' issue that has so many Trump supporters seeing red. Hillary evaded charges for clear violations of the espionage act, then the Justice Department waved off potentially-criminal misconduct from both James Comey and now McCabe. On the other hand, some Trump allies get the book thrown at them for at least similar violations (McCarthy addresses this point in the piece excerpted above, plus here and here). It's quite clear that the president is none too pleased with how this is playing out:
As I mentioned last week, between the Attorney General's public rebuke of Trump, and his decisions to spare Comey and McCabe the ordeal of facing charges, the (growing) Barr derangement movement seems a bit ridiculous. If he were the hopelessly compromised presidential hatchet man that his critics allege he is, he wouldn't have hurled some chin music at Trump on national television, and the two of the FBI's top former leaders would be staring down the barrel of indictments. But that's not the case. I do wonder if Barr may be angling at something else here: Is there a common thread that connects the Barr DOJ's determinations to (a) forego charges on Comey and McCabe (b) to take a step back from a draconian sentencing recommendation in the Roger Stone case, and (c) to review the Michael Flynn case (important details of which are also rehearsed in McCarthy's column)?
Perhaps Barr sees a dysfunctional and unhealthy status quo that is shot through with politics -- this context is crucial -- and is taking steps to de-escalate things a bit. In spite of the prevailing, often-hysterical story about Barr peddled by his detractors and partisans, there's a strong case to be made that Barr is operating as one of the few responsible actors in Washington. He knows this is the final stop of his career, having served as AG under two different presidents. I believe him when he says he's unafraid of media criticism, Democratic caterwauling, and yes, presidential histrionics. I'll leave you with McCabe shamelessly claiming victimhood in a media tour of the network that employs him:
A proven liar complaining about being thought of as a liar -- and lecturing others about 'absolutely disgraceful' conduct. Perfect
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3) Rabbi Dov Fischer, Esq., a high-stakes litigation attorney of more than twenty-five years and an adjunct professor of law of more than fifteen years, is rabbi of Young Israel of Orange County, California. His legal career has included serving as Chief Articles Editor of UCLA Law Review, clerking for the Hon. Danny J. Boggs in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and then litigating at three of America’s most prominent law firms: JonesDay, Akin Gump, and Baker & Hostetler. In his rabbinical career, Rabbi Fischer has served several terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, is Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Coalition for Jewish Values, has been Vice President of Zionist Organization of America, and has served on regional boards of the American Jewish Committee, B’nai Brith Hillel, and several others. His writings on contemporary political issues have appeared over the years in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Jerusalem Post, National Review, American Greatness, The Weekly Standard, and in Jewish media in American and in Israel. A winner of an American Jurisprudence Award in Professional Legal Ethics, Rabbi Fischer also is the author of two books, including General Sharon’s War Against Time Magazine, which covered the Israeli General’s 1980s landmark libel suit.
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4) Why Was Andrew
McCabe Let off the
Hook?
By Guy Benson
The Journal story generated by McCabe’s leak was published on October 30, a Sunday. Late that afternoon, McCabe called the head of the FBI’s Manhattan office. Why? Well . . . to ream him out over media leaks, that’s why. McCabe railed that New York agents must be the culprits. He also made a similar call to the Bureau’s Washington field office, warning its chief to “get his house in order” and stop these terribly damaging leaks. It is worth remembering McCabe’s October 30 scolding of subordinates when you think about how he later claimed that, on the very next day, he’d freely admitted to his superior, Comey, that he himself was the source of the leak. Quite the piece of work, this guy: To throw the scent off himself after carefully arranging the leak, McCabe dressed down the FBI’s two premier field offices, knowing they were completely innocent, and then pretended for months that he knew nothing about the leak. This is the second-highest-ranking officer of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency we’re talking about, here.
McCarthy recounts in detail how the case against McCabe is airtight, at least insofar as it's impossible to credibly deny that he'd lied under oath -- which is what the IG found, prompting McCabe's firing. So why allow this former powerful official to get away without charges? McCarthy runs through a host of possible factors, including internal DOJ politics, a tough (anti-Trump) DC jury pool, hostile (also anti-Trump) witnesses, and other complications. It would have been a politically-fraught case that would have been tough to win. Plus, McCarthy notes, McCabe isn't exactly vindicated or in the clear:
McCabe is not out of the woods yet, of course: The Durham investigation is a separate matter, and it is continuing. But it is unclear whether he will face any criminal charges arising from that inquiry, whereas the now-dead-and-buried false-statements case against him looked cut-and-dried. The FBI’s former deputy director, though he undeniably misled investigators, remains a commentator at CNN. In the meantime, Papadopoulos is a felon convicted and briefly imprisoned for misleading investigators, while Flynn and Stone are awaiting sentencing on their false-statements charges. That covers both tiers of our justice system.
It's the 'two tiers' issue that has so many Trump supporters seeing red. Hillary evaded charges for clear violations of the espionage act, then the Justice Department waved off potentially-criminal misconduct from both James Comey and now McCabe. On the other hand, some Trump allies get the book thrown at them for at least similar violations (McCarthy addresses this point in the piece excerpted above, plus here and here). It's quite clear that the president is none too pleased with how this is playing out:
IG report on Andrew McCabe: Misled Investigators over roll in news media disclosure...Lacked Candor (Lied) on four separate occasions...Authotized Media Leaks to advance personal interests...IG RECOMMENDED MCCABE’S FIRING
As I mentioned last week, between the Attorney General's public rebuke of Trump, and his decisions to spare Comey and McCabe the ordeal of facing charges, the (growing) Barr derangement movement seems a bit ridiculous. If he were the hopelessly compromised presidential hatchet man that his critics allege he is, he wouldn't have hurled some chin music at Trump on national television, and the two of the FBI's top former leaders would be staring down the barrel of indictments. But that's not the case. I do wonder if Barr may be angling at something else here: Is there a common thread that connects the Barr DOJ's determinations to (a) forego charges on Comey and McCabe (b) to take a step back from a draconian sentencing recommendation in the Roger Stone case, and (c) to review the Michael Flynn case (important details of which are also rehearsed in McCarthy's column)?
Perhaps Barr sees a dysfunctional and unhealthy status quo that is shot through with politics -- this context is crucial -- and is taking steps to de-escalate things a bit. In spite of the prevailing, often-hysterical story about Barr peddled by his detractors and partisans, there's a strong case to be made that Barr is operating as one of the few responsible actors in Washington. He knows this is the final stop of his career, having served as AG under two different presidents. I believe him when he says he's unafraid of media criticism, Democratic caterwauling, and yes, presidential histrionics. I'll leave you with McCabe shamelessly claiming victimhood in a media tour of the network that employs him:
A proven liar complaining about being thought of as a liar -- and lecturing others about 'absolutely disgraceful' conduct. Perfect
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