I found this article via Transterrestrial Musings….

I had to share it:

How is this not classified?” So exclaimed Hillary Clinton’s close aide and confidante, Huma Abedin. The FBI had just shown her an old e-mail exchange, over Clinton’s private account, between the then-secretary of state and a second person, whose name Abedin did not recognize. The FBI then did what the FBI is never supposed to do: The agents informed their interviewee (Abedin) of the identity of the second person. It was the president of the United States, Barack Obama, using a pseudonym to conduct communications over a non-secure e-mail system — something anyone with a high-level security clearance, such as Huma Abedin, would instantly realize was a major breach.

They couldn’t prosecute Hillary without prosecuting (or at least exposing) Obama for the same crime. Which statute, BTW, doesn’t not mention “intent” merely the “misuse or mishandling of Classified data or information”…Which includes ALL presidential communications.

Trump to provide path for citizenship for Dreamers:

I’m sympathetic to the plight of the Dreamers, and would be more than willing to let them find a way to stay…

As long as we STOP the open borders and Chain colonization migration.

My only issue with these folks is that the, for the most part, don’t seem to care about citizenship. They say the US is their home, but they don’t ACT like it is. IF thy wish to make the US their home, and become citizens, then they might actually become loyal to the US and put the country first…

Stopping the influx of illegals over our southern border is a priority with me. (I still think if we’d tax monies (5%??) transferred from the US to Mexico and other Latin American countries we’d be able to pay for a goodly portion of the wall in about 10 years, but that’s just my practicality speaking. I’d put up a wall and then a minefield, if it were up to me. )

Ending “chain Migration” is another.

So I could support this idea in principle. Haveta see the details.

ETA: Here are some more details:

I can still support it. As long as they fund the wall first. Then show me the chain migration legislation (and I want something without holes in it).

If they can do what they say, without the DNC folks watering it down, then I can still support it. Otherwise, no.

But the wall (completed) first. No more empty promises. The wall first, as a trigger for the rest.

So yesterday (Tuesday)…..While having lunch with a friend, I listened to a man  in the restaurant expound on the Deep State….You know, the ones who:

1. Covered for Hillary and Bill in all their misdeeds during Bill’s term as president. (See also the definition of “Fostered”).
2. Tried desperately to come up with some reason for Trump to not be eligible for election.
3. Tried to come up with false information to discredit him. Paid for by the FBI and State.
4. Colluded with each other to give Hillary an out for her misdeeds that came to light.
5. Accuse Trump of “Russian Collusion” while hiding Hillary’s actual collusion with those same “Russians”.

-….and about 6 or 7 other items that DO point to a conspiracy of entrenched bureaucrats. One that is now blatantly hiding evidence of their own misdeeds and ignoring requests from Congressional investigations. Blatantly.

And then he pointed out all the inconsistencies in the Kennedy Assassination, and how it couldn’t have been Lee Harvey who did all of the shooting (which I do believe, Warren Commission notwithstanding) but rather the CIA under the command of the “Deep State”.

He also mentioned Reagan and the oddly well-timed series of “missteps” by the Secret Service that day which allowed the attempt on his life by John Hinkley ……..(and the commonalities between him and Oswald) in an attempt Reagan from doing what Trump wants to do today….

At first I was dismissive, but then I considered his statements and I couldn’t help but think that there might be a bit of truth in the connection he claimed. The more I thought about it, the more disturbing it was…..I couldn’t dismiss his statements.

I find that kinda scary, actually. Evidence does point in that direction. I cannot discount it. Is it possible (even likely) that there is a group of folks who, over the past 54 (or more) years, have twisted and (mis) guided and controlled our country’s direction? I can’t say “No” anymore.

I wish that I could laugh his statements off…..But I can’t. Deeply entrenched Conspiracies??
But I can’t laugh it away anymore.

And we are allowing these things to slide.

Yeah he might be crazy. I might be crazy. But that doesn’t mean we are wrong……

If I only knew what to do about it. 

There’s a Lot of it……..Just not from the Russians:

Google, Apple, Comcast, Facebook and Amazon all set records for money spent on “lobbying”.

Anyone really think that they don’t influence elections (and legislators)? That they didn’t “Collude” with elected officials to influence elections? To change the message presented to voters?

If you do, I have this neat bridge to sell you.

Small bills only, please,  and all that…..

Ursula K. Le Guin, the immensely popular author who brought literary depth and a tough-minded feminist sensibility to science fiction and fantasy with books like “The Left Hand of Darkness” and the Earthsea series, died on Monday at her home in Portland, Ore. She was 88.

Is John Moses Browning’s birthday.

Nearly every semi-automatic pistol sold today owes him for the operating mechanism it uses.

One wonders what he could do today in design with modern materials and metal manufacturing techniques….back then his designs were limited to “Start with a hunk of good quality steel (which wasn’t that great by today’s standards) and carve away everything that doesn’t look like a gun part”.

With today’s steels, metals, manufacturing techniques, and modern polymers? What might he create?

You should read it.

HERE

It would seem that there is no place for Wayne LaPierre in the NRA bylaws.

Found via Uncle

Seems that there is a movement by Black Americans to help (or at least convince) other black people to move from the US to Somewhere Else because “Reasons”. (The reason given is “In response to the recent rise in racism and the 2016 election, Blaxit has returned. We have built their civilization thanklessly, now it’s time to build our own”)

On the one hand, I would think that the standard of living in Angola could be pretty high if you have any reasonable amount of saving in US dollars…..But I doubt that it is a great place to live, when one looks at the crime stats and such. There may be opportunities for skilled workers in those countries, but there are just as many opportunities of you have skills here in the US.

And, despite what they claim, there are still better protections here in the us than anywhere else.

I hear they are accepting donations too, if that interests you….

(http://www.officialblaxit.org)