2 police officers shot dead in Mississippi; suspects in custody

Take a wild guess who shot them.

Ever wonder how many cops were murdered during the Bush years?

Goes to show you what can be accomplished when Barry, Stedman, and Al go to work.

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(CNN)Two police officers were shot dead in Mississippi late Saturday. It was the first time in 30 years that an officer was killed in the line of duty in Hattiesburg, the mayor said.

Officers Benjamin J. Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 24, were making a traffic stop when they were shot, Mayor Johnny DuPree said.

They were taken to hospital, but did not survive.

"The men and women who go out every day to protect us, the men and women who go out every day to make sure that we are safe, were turned on tonight," DuPree said.

Police have apprehended two suspects, Marvin Banks and Curtis Banks, he said. 

After the shooting, the suspects stole a police vehicle, which they used to flee. It was later found abandoned, according to CNN affiliate WDAM. The two men both have criminal records.

Police also took a woman into custody who was with the suspects at the time of the shooting, WDAM reported. They have not said whether she was involved.

Deen had been named the city's officer of the year in 2012, according to Jackson newspaper The Clarion-Ledger. Tate had recently graduated from the police academy.

Deen leaves behind a wife and two children. Tate was not married and had no children, Mayor DuPree said. 

After visiting the crime scene, the mayor went to the hospital, where he tended to family members until early Sunday. 

"You have to search for words you say to family members how much we love them; we are here to support them," he said. The city is making grief counselors available to the slain men's fellow officers. 

DuPree vowed that the perpetrators of the attack would face justice. 

Police in Oxford, Mississippi, sent out condolences in a tweet.

"Both Hattiesburg Police Officers have died. Terrible. Prayers to the entire community and families," it read.

2 police officers shot dead in Mississippi; suspects in custody

Barry in SD... "I have now been to all 50 states as president"

Not according to this video. 

There are 50 57 states... and he still has one to go! Just another example of Barry learning something after he heard it on the news. 

Video 112

 (Is Alaska and Hawaii 59 and 60?) 

 Oh... and BTW did you think any of his adoring fans scratched their head in wonderment over a free college education?

Of course not. This is where they envision the money comes from.

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 "I have now been to all 57 50 states as president"

South Dakota — President Obama visited South Dakota for his proposal to construct community college, in which millions of students can get an education. The president got grand reception and an appraisal from the veterans by having the flags waved by them.

Mr. president said "I have now been to all 50 states as president — and I was saving the best for last," he told the capacity crowd at Lake Area Technical Institute. "To the other 49, I hope you take no offense."

Mr. Obama used the visit to promote his proposal to make community college free for millions of students. "I didn't come here today to inspire you," he told the 720 graduates assembled in the Watertown Civic Arena, the town's largest venue, which holds just under 5,000 people. "I came here because you, the graduates, inspire me."

Mr. Obama was the first sitting president to visit Watertown, a community of about 21,000 in eastern South Dakota. Although he received just 39 percent of the state's vote in 2012, his reception was overwhelmingly positive. Veterans hung nearly 350 flags around the city, and the Watertown Mall distributed 300 free flags for residents to wave.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard and the state's entire congressional delegation, all Republicans, attended.

"It's just such an amazing thing," said Mayor Steve Thorson. "Every other city in South Dakota is quite jealous right now."

No... they just have more brains then you Thorson.

Barry in SD... "I have now been to all 50 states as president"

Tsarnaev will be in good company if he's not executed

Boston Bomber Tsarnaev Faces Prison Hell if He Escapes Execution

If Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is spared the death penalty, he will likely spend the rest of his life at the most restrictive prison in America, a place so isolating that it has been called a clean version of hell. 

The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility — aka ADX, or "supermax" — is where the federal government sends its worst criminals, from terrorists to traitors. At this point, it is the best Tsarnaev can hope for. But as they wrap up their case against the death penalty, Tsarnaev's lawyers are trying to persuade the jury that if they sent him to the ADX, he'd be separated from the world forever. 

On Wednesday, the defense team called a retired U.S. Bureau of Prisons warden to describe the extreme isolation that Tsarnaev would face at the 490-cell prison in the barren foothills of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. 

The former warden, Mark Bezy, described the ADX as "the most restrictive penitentiary in the federal system," and said Tsarnaev would likely be placed in a unit reserved for terrorists whose contact with other people is severely limited. His testimony was expected to continue Thursday. 

Even in general population, the ADX imposes extreme isolation. Prisoners spend about 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in 12-by-7-foot cells with a single 4-inch-wide window and walls thick enough to stifle any attempts at communication. A slot in the door is used to deliver meals and for any visits. 

Amnesty International last year said the facility breached international standards for the humane treatment of prisoners. 

"It breaks down the human spirit, it breaks down the human psyche. It breaks your mind," former supermax inmate Garrett Linderman told CBS' 60 Minutes in 2009. 

If the jury sentences Tsarnaev to life in prison, he will likely join a rogue's gallery of convicted terrorists, along with gang leaders, mobsters and serial killers. 

Here are some of the most notorious men he'd be joining: 

Ted Kaczynski

Kaczynski, a highly intelligent anti-technology zealot who became known as the Unabomber, killed three and wounded 23 with package bombs mailed to victims over a span of 17 years. He was undone after publishing a 1995 manifesto advocating "a revolution against the industrial system," which his brother, David, recognized and alerted authorities. 

Eric Rudolph

Rudolph conducted a years-long bombing campaign aimed at homosexuals and abortion supporters, including a 1996 pipe bomb blast at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, killing two and injuring dozens. He spent five years as a fugitive, living in the mountains of North Carolina before he was arrested in 2003. 

Zacarias Moussaoui

Moussoui, an Al Qaeda operative and convicted 9/11 conspirator, admitted that he knew about the plans to fly hijacked plans into the World Trade Center and claimed he was supposed to fly one into the White House. Born in France, he was detained on immigration charges at the time of the attacks. 

Ramzi Yousef

Yousef was the mastermind behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, in which six people died and more than 1,000 were injured. He was also convicted of trying to kill Pope John Paul II and President Clinton and trying to bomb 11 airliners on their way from Asia to the U.S. His plots were financed by Al Qaeda. 

Terry Nichols

Nichols helped Timothy McVeigh in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter. He was at home in Kansas on the day of the bombing, but prosecutors said he had helped McVeigh make the bomb the day before. The two were close, having bonded over their fondness of weapons and their distrust of the U.S. government. 

Robert Hanssen

Hanssen is a former FBI agent who pleaded guilty in 2001 of spying for Soviet and Russian intelligence services over 22 years, a crime that the Department of Justice has called "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history." He was charged with selling U.S. secrets in exchange for cash and jewels, and is now serving 15 consecutive life sentences. 

Richard Reid

Reid is known as "the shoe-bomber" for his failed 2001 attempt to blow up a jetliner with a shoe rigged with explosives aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. He was foiled by a flight attendant who saw him try to light a fuse coming from his shoe, which contained a plastic explosive. He was subdued by passengers and sedated by two doctors.

Tsarnaev will be in good company if he's not executed

A Slush Fund or the....

 The " charity executives"

Before reading remember there is no need for an FBI investigation.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/26/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund/

Charity watchdog: Clinton Foundation a ‘slush fund’

The Clinton Foundation’s finances are so messy that the nation’s most influential charity watchdog put it on its “watch list” of problematic nonprofits last month.

The Clinton family’s mega-charity took in more than $140 million in grants and pledges in 2013 but spent just $9 million on direct aid.

The group spent the bulk of its windfall on administration, travel, and salaries and bonuses, with the fattest payouts going to family friends.

On its 2013 tax forms, the most recent available, the foundation claimed it spent $30 million on payroll and employee benefits; $8.7 million in rent and office expenses; $9.2 million on “conferences, conventions and meetings”; $8 million on fundraising; and nearly $8.5 million on travel. None of the Clintons is on the payroll, but they do enjoy first-class flights paid for by the foundation.

In all, the group reported $84.6 million in “functional expenses” on its 2013 tax return and had more than $64 million left over — money the organization has said represents pledges rather than actual cash on hand.

Some of the tens of millions in administrative costs finance more than 2,000 employees, including aid workers and health professionals around the world.

But that’s still far below the 75 percent rate of spending that nonprofit experts say a good charity should spend on its mission.

Charity Navigator, which rates nonprofits, recently refused to rate the Clinton Foundation because its “atypical business model . . . doesn’t meet our criteria.”

Charity Navigator put the foundation on its “watch list,” which warns potential donors about investing in problematic charities. The 23 charities on the list include the Rev. Al Sharpton’s troubled National Action Network, which is cited for failing to pay payroll taxes for several years.

Other nonprofit experts are asking hard questions about the Clinton Foundation’s tax filings in the wake of recent reports that the Clintons traded influence for donations.

“It seems like the Clinton Foundation operates as a slush fund for the Clintons,” said Bill Allison, a senior fellow at the Sunlight Foundation, a government watchdog group where progressive Democrat and Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout was once an organizing director.

In July 2013, Eric Braverman, a friend of Chelsea Clinton from when they both worked at McKinsey & Co., took over as CEO of the Clinton Foundation. He took home nearly $275,000 in salary, benefits and a housing allowance from the nonprofit for just five months’ work in 2013, tax filings show. Less than a year later, his salary increased to $395,000, according to a report in Politico.

Braverman abruptly left the foundation earlier this year, after a falling-out with the old Clinton guard over reforms he wanted to impose at the charity, Politico reported. Last month, Donna Shalala, a former secretary of health and human services under President Clinton, was hired to replace Braverman.

Nine other executives received salaries over $100,000 in 2013, tax filings show.

The nonprofit came under fire last week following reports that Hillary Clinton, while she was secretary of state, signed off on a deal that allowed a Russian government enterprise to control one-fifth of all uranium producing capacity in the United States. Rosatom, the Russian company, acquired a Canadian firm controlled by Frank Giustra, a friend of Bill Clinton’s and member of the foundation board, who has pledged over $130 million to the Clinton family charity.

The group also failed to disclose millions of dollars it received in foreign donations from 2010 to 2012 and is hurriedly refiling five years’ worth of tax returns after reporters raised questions about the discrepancies in its filings last week.

An accountant for the Clinton Foundation did not return The Post’s calls seeking clarification on its expenses Friday, and a spokesperson for the group refused comment.

A Slush Fund or the....

This has to be a major concern even if you're a Democrat

A Bloomberg article

Hillary Clinton's Immigration Stance May Haunt Republicans Until Election Day

The fight for the Hispanic vote is on.

Amid concern that probable Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is attempting to court Hispanic voters away from the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton staked her claim to that increasingly important electorate by restating her support for easing immigration laws and saying she'd go beyond President Obama's controversial executive orders to protect certain undocumented workers from deportation.

To take it a step beyond Barry would be to remove the border fence altogether so they don't get injured climbing over it.

Clinton's move on Thursday to not just make immigration reform a central issue so early in her presidential campaign but to also appeal directly to immigration activists is a reminder of how crucial the Hispanic vote has been for Democrats, and highlights the long road Republicans have with that voting bloc, even if they pick Bush as their nominee.

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They fail to mention the road won't be so long if Rubio or Cruz is the Republican nominee.

This has to be a major concern even if you're a Democrat