This time he may go down--maybe not

Utah prosecutor investigating Harry Reid for corruption

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They may smell Reid... but not half as bad as you.

This  is the same Harry Reid who illegally spent nearly $17,000 in campaign funds on “holiday gifts” for supporters and staff.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/03/26/reids_kin_may_have_benefited_beyond_gift_purchase_122071.html

Another one from Senator Harry Reid. Sound like a statesman to you?

Harry Reid is proud he lied about Mitt Romney's taxes


This guy dirtier than the exhaust pipes on a Mac truck.



In Nevada, the Name to Know is Reid

This is a rather lengthly 7 page article (you know, deception, double-dealing, fraud, etc) on how Harry Reid uses his position and influence to funnel millions of dollars to himself and his family. 


And finally this. 

In Reid's book, that sold I think all of 12 copies, he said Barry was a  "light skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/09/harry-reid-negro-comment-_n_417406.html

Where is Black Lives Matter? They finally have something legitimate to bitch about and they let this gem slip through their fingers. I'm not referring to what Reid said about Barry. I'm talking about Jesse Jackson Jr.

 He and his wife were sentenced to jail for using campaign funds ($750,000) to live a lavish life style. That's peanuts to what Reid has absconded with. Meanwhile... Black Live Matter is out searching for another worthless "victim" a Michael Brown type, so they can pin it on a white 'racist' cop. Instead of looking to capitalize on some good-for-nothing chump why not focus on a real prize. Taking down the Senate Minority Leader of the United States! Lets see Reid's white, Jesse's black. Bet they could get the Congressional Black Caucus to go along with them, even though their all Democrats, because after all... skin color trumps all else. Talk about a feather in their cap. Hope they won't let this opportunity slide by.

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A Utah state prosecutor who has been investigating allegations of wrongdoing against Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid for more than a year on Wednesday night challenged the Senate minority leader to voluntarily provide evidence to clear his name.

Davis County District Attorney Troy Rawlings, who is pursuing a corruption case against a former Utah attorney general where Mr. Reid's name surfaced, issued the challenge after Mr. Reid's office dismissed the prosecutors' investigation as a witch hunt designed to burnish Mr. Rawlings' political career.

"I have no political career," Mr. Rawlings told The Washington Times, saying he doesn't plan to run for any other office except local prosecutor. "This is not a PR game."

In a detailed statement directly addressed to Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat, he asked for voluntary cooperation in his investigation, including a waiver under the Freedom of Information Act so that the FBI could release evidence it gathered involving the Nevada senator.

"What I do want, to use your terminology, is (1) every scrap of evidence used by federal investigators and prosecutors in unsubstantiating, dismissing or not pursuing the allegations you refer to; (2) your full waiver of privacy rights under FOIA in connection with all documents that memorialize, refer or relate in any way to the allegations so we can obtain the information through that means; and (3) a chat about the unsubstantiated allegations that were not pursued by federal prosecutors," Mr. Rawlings said.

"You may end up being an important witness. I have a defendant in Utah, Mr. Mark L. Shurtleff, who, like you, is presumed innocent and is entitled to all of this material based on multiple critical investigative intersects. Please urge the Department of Justice to provide the exonerating evidence and information so we do not have to litigate the issues in Utah," he said.

The Times reported more than a year ago that Mr. Rawlings, a Republican, an another Utah prosecutor, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, a Democrat, were pursuing allegations of possible corruption against several elected officials, including Mr. Reid, after the FBI was blocked by the Obama Justice Department from pursuing the information.

This administration is corrupt from top to bottom starting with the DOJ. I know... Barry's not supposed to call the shots at the DOJ but he does. Holder skated, so did Lerner and her cohorts, and now they tried to pull another fast one with Reid.

Mr. Reid has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing.

Since that time, Mr. Rawlings has indicted Mr. Shurtleff, the former state attorney general, on corruption charges and continued to investigate possible links.

When The Associated Press published an update on Mr. Rawlings' efforts earlier Wednesday, Mr. Reid's office responded with a blistering attack on the prosecutor.

"This individual has decided to use Senator Reid's name to generate attention to himself and advance his political career, so every few months he seeks headlines by floating the same unsubstantiated allegations, which he admits have been dismissed by federal prosecutors," Mr. Reid's office said.

This time he may go down--maybe not

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Obama threatens to veto House GOP bill on Syrian refugee screening

Can you even believe what you just read?

Someone convince me this guy is OUR president. Isn't his first responsibility to keep Americans safe? He seems to have some sort of bizarre aversion to individuals providing proper ID. i.e.  Photo ID to vote is somehow racist. Dare to say this is derived from his paranoid behavior when it comes to his own college transcripts. 

BTW…This comes on the heels of this.

Report: U.S.-bound Syrians arrested in Honduras with fake passports

and this

ISIS Threatens America: ‘We Will Raise The Flag Of Allah In The White House’

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BREAKING NEWS: Congress votes to stop all Syrian refugees - setting up showdown with Obama

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President Obama threatened late Wednesday to veto legislation aimed at improving screening for Syrian refugees, potentially putting the White House and Congress on a collision course in a matter of days. 

The veto threat came as the House was preparing the bill -- which sets high hurdles for refugee admission including FBI background checks and sign-offs by top officials -- for floor action as early as Thursday. In a committee meeting, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, accused the president of confusing the public about the intentions of the legislation. 

Moments later, the White House issued a statement defending the current screening process and claiming the changes called for under the bill would create "significant delays and obstacles" for the existing vetting program. 

"Given the lives at stake and the critical importance to our partners in the Middle East and Europe of American leadership in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis ... [Obama] would veto the bill," the White House said. 

But House Republicans touted the legislation as a common-sense answer to security concerns. 

Further, while Republicans a day earlier called for a "pause" in Syrian refugee admissions, some on Wednesday indicated a willingness to accept refugees from Syria and Iraq who are fleeing the civil war and Islamic State militants -- provided the screening process is improved, under the terms of the bill. 

"America has a proud tradition of welcoming refugees into our country, and we lead the world in humanitarian assistance. However, we also must put proper measures in place to ensure our country's safety," House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said in a statement. 

The bill introduced Wednesday would require the FBI director to certify a background investigation for each refugee -- and several top security officials to certify that each refugee is not a security threat to the U.S. -- before a refugee from Iraq or Syria can be admitted. 

House Speaker Paul Ryan said the chamber would vote on the bill later this week, and stressed that it would not subject applicants to a religious test. He made this clarification after some GOP presidential candidates suggested preference should be given to Christians. 

McCaul, in a statement, said that while he wants a "temporary suspension" of Syrian refugee admissions, "It is apparent that the President will ignore these concerns, making this legislation necessary to toughen security measures." 

Indeed, Obama on Wednesday continued to defend plans to bring in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year as he threatened to veto the House bill. 

"Slamming the door in the face of refugees would betray our deepest values. That's not who we are. And it's not what we're going to do," Obama tweeted late Wednesday morning. 

Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., also touted the latest House bill, saying it was based on legislation he introduced just days earlier. Hudson said the new bill would likely be voted on in the House on Thursday. 

"America is a compassionate nation. No country on Earth does more or spends more to care for our fellow man. But being compassionate doesn't mean we have to have reckless policies that put American lives at risk," he said in a statement. 

McCaul's committee also released a report Wednesday on the Syrian refugee flow, saying it reveals "alarming gaps in the vetting of Syrian refugees at home and abroad." 

Already, the new legislation was facing criticism from both sides of the aisle -- and not just the White House. 

Heritage Action executive officer Michael A. Needham said in a statement that the bill, while setting up better vetting, "provides no leverage for Congress to weigh in and relies solely on President Obama's appointees to carry out the new vetting process." 

House Democrats also voiced opposition, with one House Democratic leadership aide telling Fox News the bill would "end the refugee program altogether." The aide said they hope to "negotiate a bipartisan bill" and are weighing introducing an "alternative bill." 

Meanwhile, CIA Director John Brennan said in a speech Wednesday that about half of Syria's population -- or about 12 million people -- has been displaced by the ISIS onslaught and the civil war, a number that includes both those who have been internally displaced and those forced to flee the country. 

Speaking at the Overseas Security Advisory Council Conference, Brennan said Syria is "approaching 50 percent of the population" that has been displaced. 

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Father Explaining Paris Attack To Young Son

This is supposed to be a heartbreaking video of father explaining to his son the senseless attack in Paris. 

What do you derive from it?

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 The kid seems to have more sense than his old man. Bet he's thinking...

Ouais papa ... Je prends beaucoup de réconfort à prétendre fleurs et des bougies vont me protéger.

Translation:

Yeah Dad...I take a lot of solace in pretending flowers and candles are going to protect me.

Father Explaining Paris Attack To Young Son

Senate committee approves removing Confederate statue

I have an old dusty American history book in the closet. 

Got it out the other day.

Chapter 10  The civil war

 was missing.

A measure that would remove a statue of a Confederate general born in Florida from the U.S. Capitol was quickly approved by a state Senate panel Tuesday, though the proposal drew its first opposing vote.

The Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee passed the bill (SB 310) on a 4-1 vote, with Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, in opposition. The debate over the statue of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, one of two Floridians represented in the National Statuary Hall at the Capitol, comes amid a backlash against symbols of the Confederacy after a man with white supremacist views was accused of killing nine African-American worshipers in June at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C.

Seber Newsome III, from Yulee, told the committee that the backlash was an overreaching attempt to erase Southern history. And he questioned the motives of Sen. John Legg, a Trinity Republican who is sponsoring the bill and was first elected to the Legislature in 2004.

"If it is so important to him to remove the statue of General Smith, why did he wait 11 years?" Newsome asked.

But Legg said he had been "planning on it for a couple of decades actually," recalling that he would take his history students to the U.S. Capitol and have them write about Florida's two statues. Legg noted that Smith left Florida when he was 12.

"His impact on Florida was not significant," Legg said. "He just did not shape Florida's history."

Each state is allowed a pair of statues in the hall. A replacement for Smith would be nominated by a committee responsible for selecting recipients of the Great Floridian award. The Florida Department of State would submit a report to the Legislature by Jan. 1, 2017, including the name of the nominee, the sculptor and the estimated cost.

The House version of the bill was unanimously approved by the House Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee this month. The measures are filed for the 2016 session, which starts in January.

Senate committee approves removing Confederate statue

Obama warns China on South Sea expansion

 I think he meant yellow.

President Obama calls on China to halt advances in disputed South China Sea

President Obama called on China to halt land reclamation and construction in the disputed South China Sea in his latest show of support for Southeast Asian nations unnerved by China’s assertiveness in the region.

Obama met Wednesday with Philippine President Benign Aquino III on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Manila, where he called for “bold steps” to lower tensions over the contested waters.

The last time Barry took bold steps it was to get to the bathroom because he had diarrhea.

China claims most of the South China Sea, creating a fault-line in relations with its Southeast Asian neighbors including the Philippines and Vietnam.

Through land reclamation, China has created artificial islands from reefs to bolster its claims. But the U.S. has recently responded with military maneuvers near the islands to show it won’t allow freedom of navigation to be compromised in seas that are crucial to political stability in Asia and global trade.

Obama said he and Aquino discussed the impact that China’s land reclamation is having on regional stability. He’s said that maritime disputes need to be resolved peacefully.

“We agree on the need for bold steps to lower tensions, including pledging to halt further reclamation, new construction, and militarization of disputed areas in the South China Sea,” Obama said.

Aquino said freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea must be continuously ensured, consistent with international law.

South China Sea disputes and the Paris attacks have overshadowed the trade- and business-focused agenda of the annual APEC summit.

China’s president Xi Jinping did not mention the South China Sea in his speech Wednesday to a business conference held alongside APEC.

The 21-member bloc accounts for about 60 percent of global GDP. It groups the United States and China with midlevel powers such as Australia as well as developing nations in Asia and South America.

Obama warns China on South Sea expansion