I mentioned Ms. Palin's appearance at my previous entry, "Sarah Palin Heading to One America News Network."
And here's the video from yesterday's segment of "On the Record": "Gov. Sarah Palin: On Immigration, It's Tough to 'Trump' Trump - Greta - 8/18/15."
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Yosemite Campers Killed by Falling Limb Identified as Two Teenagers from Tustin (VIDEO)
This was an already heartbreaking story. I blogged it here, "Massive Tree Limb Falls, Crushes Two Kids Camping at Yosemite."
Now there's a local angle that makes this even more sad. My youngest son's still in middle school.
Watch, at ABC News 7 Los Angeles, "2 KILLED BY FALLING TREE LIMB AT YOSEMITE IDENTIFIED AS ORANGE COUNTY TEENS":
Now there's a local angle that makes this even more sad. My youngest son's still in middle school.
Watch, at ABC News 7 Los Angeles, "2 KILLED BY FALLING TREE LIMB AT YOSEMITE IDENTIFIED AS ORANGE COUNTY TEENS":
Vigil 7pm tomorrow at Irvine's Northwood High. Honoring Justin Lee & Dragon Kim, killed by falling tree in Yosemite. pic.twitter.com/YFzLRyCwQ1
— Elex Michaelson (@ABC7Elex) August 18, 2015
TUSTIN, Calif. (KABC) -- Two minors who died when a limb from an oak tree fell on a tent at a Yosemite Valley Campground early Friday have been identified as high school students from Orange County.
Dragon Kim, 14, and Justin Lee, 15, died around 5 a.m. Friday when the tree fell on their tent at the Upper Pines Campground. A park spokesman said the teens were on a camping vacation with family.
"I heard a loud crash, a loud boom. It almost sounded like a gunshot when it came down. I heard a woman screaming at the top of her lungs and I knew something was wrong," said witness Daniel Moore.
Both teenagers had attended Pioneer Middle School in Tustin and also played water polo together.
"I'm extremely sad and heartbroken to report that Dragon Kim and Justin Lee passed away over the weekend. The whole club sends their thoughts and prayers to the families of this tragedy," the Northwood Water Polo Club posted on Facebook.
Kim was a sophomore at Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, where Lee was set to start next week.
Carly Fiorina's Camp is Trying to Not Show the Sweat on Her Brow
She's sweating it?
There's no sweating up on the big stage!
Actually, she's just hoping to get up on that stage in the first place.
From Hadas Gold, at Politico, "Carly Fiorina’s play for varsity debate":
Actually, she gave excellent answers on defeating Islamic State in recent interviews. I think we need to hear her round it out on what Islam really is.
There's no sweating up on the big stage!
Actually, she's just hoping to get up on that stage in the first place.
From Hadas Gold, at Politico, "Carly Fiorina’s play for varsity debate":
Carly Fiorina is in an all-out sprint to keep the momentum going at the polls in hopes of making it into CNN’s varsity debate next month, with recent numbers showing she’s gripping onto that stage by her fingertips.And ICYMI, at BNI, "It’s taken two months, but the MSM is finally talking about the problem of presidential candidate Carly Fiorina being an apologist for Islam."
Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO who has never held political office, got a boost on Tuesday as a CNN/ORC poll put her at 5 percent support, bumping Chris Christie out of the top 10.
CNN is taking the average of surveys released by 13 major polling operations between mid-July and Sept. 10 to determine the top 10 participants for the main event, while the remaining candidates who score at least 1 percent across their three best polls will participate in an earlier debate.
Pollsters say Fiorina is on track to make it to the big show on Sept. 16, as long as she is able to consistently score higher numbers in more polls.
Fiorina’s camp is trying to not show the sweat on Fiorina’s brow, even as she hustles. They know that one of her biggest liabilities is a lack of name recognition. So even as headlines have sprouted this week, condemning her executive record as far less than sterling, it still keeps Fiorina’s name out there. And after she delivered a commanding performance at the junior varsity Fox News debate earlier this month, Fiorina’s popping up everywhere, from the Iowa State Fair with her folksy plaid shirt and pork chop flipping, to a tour of Nevada and New Hampshire, for a breakneck schedule of town halls, meet-and-greets, and an education summit.
“We’re going to keep meeting with lots of voters, and answering every question,” said Sarah Isgur Flores, deputy campaign manager. “She wanted to introduce herself to voters,” said Flores on the debate response and good polls. “That was the goal. It’s accomplished.”
Getting to the main stage and delivering a repeat solid performance would be a further boost for Fiorina, showing that she deserves to be among the heavy-hitters. It would also be a test to see if she could break through the noise of Donald Trump, the spotlight hog of the first debate who prevented other candidates from getting their memorable moments.
Actually, she gave excellent answers on defeating Islamic State in recent interviews. I think we need to hear her round it out on what Islam really is.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Angry Hillary Clinton Shuts Down Press Conference, Waves Arms, Attacks Reporters for Asking Questions About Emails (VIDEO)
I saw her waving her hands today, walking away shrugging with body-language saying, "It's not my problem, you low-life scum-sucking losers."
And frankly, she did, if not in so many words.
At the Hill, via Memeorandum, "Clinton pulls plug on testy presser over server questions."
There's more at RealClearVideo, with both video and transcripts of the exchange, "Fireworks: Hillary Clinton vs. Ed Henry: 'My Personal Emails Are Personal, Right?'" (Via Memeorandum.)
Even the radical leftists at MSNBC are fed up with Ms. Clinton's stonewall, as you can see at the video below. Frankly, John Nichols is a Bernie Sanders operative anyway, and obviously thinks Clinton's in bed with Wall Street.
Plus, Amy Chozick has the transcript from the very last moment of the exchange, at the New York Times, "For Hillary Clinton, Another Grilling About Emails":
And frankly, she did, if not in so many words.
At the Hill, via Memeorandum, "Clinton pulls plug on testy presser over server questions."
There's more at RealClearVideo, with both video and transcripts of the exchange, "Fireworks: Hillary Clinton vs. Ed Henry: 'My Personal Emails Are Personal, Right?'" (Via Memeorandum.)
Even the radical leftists at MSNBC are fed up with Ms. Clinton's stonewall, as you can see at the video below. Frankly, John Nichols is a Bernie Sanders operative anyway, and obviously thinks Clinton's in bed with Wall Street.
Plus, Amy Chozick has the transcript from the very last moment of the exchange, at the New York Times, "For Hillary Clinton, Another Grilling About Emails":
At one point Mr. [Ed] Henry [from Fox News] asked Mrs. Clinton about an NBC News report that the Federal Bureau of Investigation may be able to recover some of the messages on the server and whether she had tried to wipe the server clean before handing it over to the F.B.I. That exchange follows:And here's Ed Henry's report from tonight's Special Report on Fox, "Mainstream Media Hammer Hillary Over E-Mail Troubles."
Mr. Henry: Did you try to wipe the entire server?
Mrs. Clinton: My personal emails are my personal business, right? We went through a painstaking process and turned over 55,000 pages of anything we thought could be work-related. Under the law, that decision is made by the official. I was the official. I made those decisions, and as I just said over 1,200 of the emails have already been deemed not work-related. All I can tell you is in retrospect had I used a government account and I’d said: “You know what, let’s release everything. Let’s let everybody in America see what I did for four years,” we would have the same arguments.
Mr. Henry: Answer the question. Did you try to wipe the whole server? You didn’t answer the question.
Mrs. Clinton: I don’t. I have no idea, that’s why I turned it over.
Mr. Henry: You were the official in charge of it. Did you wipe the server?
Mrs. Clinton: What? With a cloth or something?
Mr. Henry: I don’t know. You know how it works digitally.
Mrs. Clinton: I don’t know how it works digitally at all.
Mr. Henry: So you didn’t try? You did not try?
Mrs. Clinton: Ed, I know you want to make a point and I can just repeat what I said.
Mr. Henry: It’s a simple question.
Mrs. Clinton: In order to be as cooperative as possible we have turned over the server. They can do whatever they want to with the server to figure out what is there and not there. That’s for the people investigating it to figure out. But we have turned over everything that was work-related, every single thing. Personal stuff, we did not. I had no obligation to do so and did not.
After that, Mrs. Clinton started to depart the gymnasium here, where she had just concluded a wide-ranging town hall meeting. A NBC News reporter shouted, “Is this an indication that this issue isn’t going to go away for the remainder of your campaign?”
But by then a visibly irritated Mrs. Clinton had already made her way toward the door. She threw a wristy wave goodbye to the press corps as she said, “Nobody talks to me about it other than you guys.”
FBI Working to Recover Hillary's Clinton's Deleted Emails
They say they're "optimistic." But we'll see. We'll see.
At Hot Air, "Oh yes: Sources tell NBC that FBI is optimistic it can recover data from Hillary’s wiped server; Update: Hillary dodges when asked if server was wiped."
At Hot Air, "Oh yes: Sources tell NBC that FBI is optimistic it can recover data from Hillary’s wiped server; Update: Hillary dodges when asked if server was wiped."
Phoenix Apartment Complex Has No Air Conditioning
Unreal.
When I was in Phoenix back in 2010 to cover the immigration rallies, temperatures soared to over 100 degrees. It's so hot there, I can't believe that building codes would allow non-air conditioned apartment homes.
At ABC News 15 Phoenix, "Apartment complex in Phoenix has no air conditioning."
When I was in Phoenix back in 2010 to cover the immigration rallies, temperatures soared to over 100 degrees. It's so hot there, I can't believe that building codes would allow non-air conditioned apartment homes.
At ABC News 15 Phoenix, "Apartment complex in Phoenix has no air conditioning."
Sarah Palin Heading to One America News Network
Just saw Ms. Palin on Greta Van Susteren's "On the Record," which is supposedly the first time she's been on cable news in two months.
I like One America News. Tomi Larhen's show is cool, although I only watch it on YouTube. I haven't checked network availability through my cable provider yet, although the channel is expected to make a move on Fox News as the "next" conservative news network.
At Mediaite, "CONFIRMED: Sarah Palin Returns to Cable News."
I like One America News. Tomi Larhen's show is cool, although I only watch it on YouTube. I haven't checked network availability through my cable provider yet, although the channel is expected to make a move on Fox News as the "next" conservative news network.
At Mediaite, "CONFIRMED: Sarah Palin Returns to Cable News."
The Rise of Sexual Fluidity
Heh.
I need to check, but I don't think Diane Lane's sexually fluid.
The topic came up when I tweeted out this WSJ report from last night, "Kristen Stewart, Miley Cyrus and the Rise of Sexual Fluidity."
See the exchange on Twitter, with R.S. McCain and Ms. EBL.
BONUS: "The Late Late Show Diane Lane on Craig Ferguson (VIDEO)."
I need to check, but I don't think Diane Lane's sexually fluid.
The topic came up when I tweeted out this WSJ report from last night, "Kristen Stewart, Miley Cyrus and the Rise of Sexual Fluidity."
See the exchange on Twitter, with R.S. McCain and Ms. EBL.
BONUS: "The Late Late Show Diane Lane on Craig Ferguson (VIDEO)."
Donald Trump Boosts Lead in New CNN Poll, Gains Favorability With Voters (VIDEO)
Very interesting findings.
Trump almost doubles the support that Jeb Bush gets (24 to 13 percent respectively), and perhaps more troubling for movement conservatives, Scott Walker's down to 8 percent at the poll.
See, "Post-debate, Trump pulls clear of competition" (at Memeorandum).
Go right to the survey internals here. Trump's doubled his support from June, and he beats all the other candidates on favorability. And he's destroying the competition on immigration and the economy, the hottest of hot-button issues this year.
Also at Hot Air, "Brutal: Jeb Bush sinks to 35/57 favorable rating among registered voters in new CNN poll."
That Echelon Insights poll from a week ago isn't looking like so much an outlier at all.
FLASHBACK: "Wham!! New Echelon Insights Poll Has Donald Trump at 29 Percent, Soaring Over GOP Field!"
Trump almost doubles the support that Jeb Bush gets (24 to 13 percent respectively), and perhaps more troubling for movement conservatives, Scott Walker's down to 8 percent at the poll.
See, "Post-debate, Trump pulls clear of competition" (at Memeorandum).
Go right to the survey internals here. Trump's doubled his support from June, and he beats all the other candidates on favorability. And he's destroying the competition on immigration and the economy, the hottest of hot-button issues this year.
Also at Hot Air, "Brutal: Jeb Bush sinks to 35/57 favorable rating among registered voters in new CNN poll."
That Echelon Insights poll from a week ago isn't looking like so much an outlier at all.
FLASHBACK: "Wham!! New Echelon Insights Poll Has Donald Trump at 29 Percent, Soaring Over GOP Field!"
Los Angeles Unified Hopes for a Good First Day Back to School
Oh boy.
I'm glad my kids don't go there, or a least my little kid. My 19-year-old graduated from Irvine High last year, and that was tough enough.
At the Los Angeles Times, "L.A. Unified looks for smoother tech operations this school year":
Note that the district had a graduation rate of 77 percent for the 2013-14 school year, an improvement from previous years, but still meaning that almost one fourth of all students don't receive a diploma. Irvine Unified has a 95 percent graduation rate, which is on the high side of statewide averages. You can see why families like living in Irvine.
Also, "The mismatch between LAUSD's diversity of students and teachers."
I'm glad my kids don't go there, or a least my little kid. My 19-year-old graduated from Irvine High last year, and that was tough enough.
At the Los Angeles Times, "L.A. Unified looks for smoother tech operations this school year":
Getting students into the right classroom on the first day of school is a modest goal.More.
But it's a huge improvement over last year, when thousands of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District were left without class assignments and teachers couldn't even take roll.
Officials this week are trying to right two major technology debacles: a malfunctioning records system and a now-abandoned plan to provide iPads to all students.
Last year, the records system caused chaos at campuses around the district. The iPad project led to an ongoing FBI investigation. And both contributed to the departure of the superintendent and other top administrators.
As schools opened Tuesday, officials are hopeful that they've turned the corner on their technology fiascoes.
A recent spot check of district schools found about 3% of students still needed to be assigned classes. At Jefferson High School, south of downtown, only one student, a new arrival to the campus, was lacking a schedule.
This time last year, Jefferson couldn't determine how many students it had, and few, if any, had correct class assignments — let alone accurate transcripts or grade-point averages needed for college applications.
Although Jefferson may have been most affected, the system failed districtwide. It couldn't handle the volume of data or the complexity of tasks.
"We feel good that students are in the right classes," said Jefferson Principal Jack Foote. "We had kids pick up their schedules last week."
The student records system had seemed like a bargain at first — it was based on free computer code, obtained from Fresno Unified, which could be modified as needed. It was intended to unite all student records in one place, including attendance, course schedules, emergency contacts, past performance and special needs. Such coordination, officials hoped, would lead to faster and more appropriate services for students and more efficient business practices.
The new program, called My Integrated Student Information System (MISIS), cost $133 million to get on track. Officials set aside $80 million this year to pay for additional fixes.
Veteran school system lawyer Diane H. Pappas was placed in charge of salvaging the records system. She assembled consultants, district technicians, volunteers from the private sector and staffers from schools.
A software company might update a program two or three times a year, Pappas said, whereas the district has had to push through 100 fixes some weeks.
"We've been rebuilding on what was here," Pappas said. "MISIS was in a complete state of disarray."
Note that the district had a graduation rate of 77 percent for the 2013-14 school year, an improvement from previous years, but still meaning that almost one fourth of all students don't receive a diploma. Irvine Unified has a 95 percent graduation rate, which is on the high side of statewide averages. You can see why families like living in Irvine.
Also, "The mismatch between LAUSD's diversity of students and teachers."
Donald Trump Shows Up for Jury Duty
He got no special treatment, although he was called to a jury after all.
At Politico, "Donald Trump shows up for jury duty, and causes a scene."
And at CBS News 2 New York, "Trump Reports for Jury Duty."
At Politico, "Donald Trump shows up for jury duty, and causes a scene."
And at CBS News 2 New York, "Trump Reports for Jury Duty."
Eileen Javora's Got Your Tuesday Forecast
It's going to be a little cooler, especially later in the week. The Central Valley is still pretty scorching though, man. I used to live in Fresno and it's incredibly hot up there in the summer.
At KCRA News 3 Sacramento:
At KCRA News 3 Sacramento:
Yay! The #Angels Finally Win One!
Well, I wasn't optimistic last night when the Angels went up 2-1 after a C.J. Cron solo home run in the seventh inning. Frankly, Huston "Blown Save" Street makes me nervous, but he was able to nail it down for the win last night.
At the O.C. Register, "C.J. Cron hits key homer in Angels' much-needed 2-1 win over White Sox."
And watch, at MLB, "8/17/15: Cron hits go-ahead homer to give Angels win."
Okay, here comes Huston 'Blown Save' Street. Let's see if we can avoid another cluster tonight. #Angels
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) August 18, 2015Yay! #Angels finally win one!
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) August 18, 2015At the O.C. Register, "C.J. Cron hits key homer in Angels' much-needed 2-1 win over White Sox."
And watch, at MLB, "8/17/15: Cron hits go-ahead homer to give Angels win."
U.S. Army Skydiver Corey Hood Dies in Freak Accident at Chicago Air Show
At CBS News 2 Chicago, "One of Final Photos of Army Parachutist Shows Exuberance Before Fatal Jump."
And watch, at CBS Evening News, "Army skydiver dies after mid-air collision."
He was knocked unconscious, landed on a building, and then fell over the side, crashing on the ground below.
Yeah, a freak accident and a goddamned bummer.
And watch, at CBS Evening News, "Army skydiver dies after mid-air collision."
He was knocked unconscious, landed on a building, and then fell over the side, crashing on the ground below.
Yeah, a freak accident and a goddamned bummer.
Glenn Beck: Donald Trump's 'Record is Horrendous When It Comes to Conservative Principles' (VIDEO)
I wanna follow-up on this great post at Hot Air from yesterday, "Glenn Beck on Sean Hannity: We’re at an impasse because I don’t understand why conservatives trust Trump."
Take your time reading that entry, which provides an insightful take on the conservative splits over the Trump campaign.
For me, I don't pretend Trump's a conservative. I just like the way he's pushed illegal immigration to the top of the national policy agenda. I certainly don't know if I'd vote for Trump in the GOP primary. Shoot, California's primary is scheduled for June 7, 2016, which means the race could be decided by then in any case. The fact is, Trump's pulling the Republican field to the right on immigration. Voters will vote for those who they see as best representing their interests, and in this case border security and economic nationalism appear as top interests among conservatives (and a lot of independents, according to polls).
So, it turns out that Glenn Beck just can't buy Donald Trump as a genuine conservative, whereas Sean Hannity looks at Trump pragmatically, seeing him as the kinda guy who can turn the country around.
It's pretty compelling.
Watch: "Glenn Beck questions Donald Trump's popularity," and "Glenn Beck provides insight into America's struggles."
Take your time reading that entry, which provides an insightful take on the conservative splits over the Trump campaign.
For me, I don't pretend Trump's a conservative. I just like the way he's pushed illegal immigration to the top of the national policy agenda. I certainly don't know if I'd vote for Trump in the GOP primary. Shoot, California's primary is scheduled for June 7, 2016, which means the race could be decided by then in any case. The fact is, Trump's pulling the Republican field to the right on immigration. Voters will vote for those who they see as best representing their interests, and in this case border security and economic nationalism appear as top interests among conservatives (and a lot of independents, according to polls).
So, it turns out that Glenn Beck just can't buy Donald Trump as a genuine conservative, whereas Sean Hannity looks at Trump pragmatically, seeing him as the kinda guy who can turn the country around.
It's pretty compelling.
Watch: "Glenn Beck questions Donald Trump's popularity," and "Glenn Beck provides insight into America's struggles."
Heidi Klum's Still a Smokin' 10!
She's hot in my book!
At People, "Heidi Klum Fires Back at Donald Trump After He Says She's Not a 10 Anymore."
And then Heidi on Twitter, "#TrumpHasSpoken #sadly #9.99."
And at Althouse, "#HeidiTrumpsTrump."
BONUS: Flashback to 2011, "Heidi Klum Nude!"
At People, "Heidi Klum Fires Back at Donald Trump After He Says She's Not a 10 Anymore."
And then Heidi on Twitter, "#TrumpHasSpoken #sadly #9.99."
And at Althouse, "#HeidiTrumpsTrump."
BONUS: Flashback to 2011, "Heidi Klum Nude!"
What American Dream? Today's Young People Are Worse Off Under Obama-Democrats
At IBD, "Is the American Dream Dead for Millennials and Gen X?":
Seniors are 40% richer than seniors in 1989, but Gen X and millennials' wealth is down 30% from prior generations http://t.co/3wgQElFhI0
— Investors.com (@IBDinvestors) August 18, 2015The 2008 financial crisis hit when Shelley Finke was a senior in college. "I remember completely freaking out to my dad, 'I'm never going to have a job,'" she said. "He had just bought a home that year, and he took a huge hit on it. It scared me to think about a house in that way."
Finke did get a job. And now she's house hunting, because her belief that paying rent is "throwing money out the window" outweighs the traumatic memory of the housing bubble bursting.
Even though she's doing all the right things — moving back in with her dad to save for a down payment, setting her sights on a town house rather than a single-family — Finke has one big strike against her.
Members of her generation, the millennials, and generation X, born just before them, have far less wealth than older folks.
Americans 62 and older were 40% wealthier in 2013 than people that age were in 1989, but the middle-aged and young were about 30% less wealthy, St. Louis Federal Reserve researchers noted in a recent report.
Young people just starting out almost never have as much wealth as those at the end of their careers. But the researchers broke down the numbers another way. In 1989, the median wealth of the old, middle-aged and young was $149,728, $153,759 and $19,830 (in 2013 dollars). In 2013, those figures had jumped for seniors, to $209,590, but fallen for the middle-aged and young, to $106,094 and $14,220.
Wealth matters in ways that earning power — jobs and wages — does not. This generational wealth gap is reshaping the economy. It's also making many younger people feel they have it worse than their parents — a cruel distortion of the American dream.
Finke says she's lucky. Her parents didn't go to college, but managed to help her finance her education. But she and her friends feel worse off than their parents.
"It always seems like we're living paycheck to paycheck, and it's hard to save," she said. "I don't know why it's been more of a struggle for us."
The St. Louis Fed researchers offer a few reasons.
'Straight Outta Compton' Not Showing in Compton
Heh.
It's not playing in N.W.A.'s hood.
Straight outta movie theaters.
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "The hit film is not playing in its home city, which lacks a theater."
And ICYMI, "'Straight Outta Compton' Reviews Slam Overly-Long Sputtering Film That Leaves Out Group's Hate Speech," and "Ice Cube on Charges of Racism, Anti-Semitism: 'That's not who I'm about ... you can't discriminate...' (VIDEO)."
It's not playing in N.W.A.'s hood.
Straight outta movie theaters.
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "The hit film is not playing in its home city, which lacks a theater."
And ICYMI, "'Straight Outta Compton' Reviews Slam Overly-Long Sputtering Film That Leaves Out Group's Hate Speech," and "Ice Cube on Charges of Racism, Anti-Semitism: 'That's not who I'm about ... you can't discriminate...' (VIDEO)."
Here's the Video of That Charlotte McKinney Photo Shoot for Galore Magazine
I blogged Ms. McKinney here, "Charlotte McKinney Photo Shoot for Galore Magazine."
And watch the video, which must have come out sometime afterwards, "Charlotte McKinney for Galore Mag."
And watch the video, which must have come out sometime afterwards, "Charlotte McKinney for Galore Mag."
Monday, August 17, 2015
Scott Walker at Iowa State Fair: 'I am not intimidated...' (VIDEO)
Here's the headline at Politico, via Memeorandum, "Scott Walker tries to make hay out of heckling incident."
Watch, "Scott Walker to Protester: 'I Am Not Intimidated'."
Also at Legal Insurrection. "Scott Walker Confronts Union Protesters at Iowa State Fair."
Watch, "Scott Walker to Protester: 'I Am Not Intimidated'."
Also at Legal Insurrection. "Scott Walker Confronts Union Protesters at Iowa State Fair."
More Migrants Wash Up on Greek Island of Kos (VIDEO)
This really is a huge story, with tremendous implications for Europe. Especially interesting is the horrible treatment the migrants are getting, especially from the Greeks. And across Europe, getting a legal visa is a total long shot. But they keep coming.
Watch, at Euronews, "More Migrants Wash Up on Greek Island of Kos":
Watch, at Euronews, "More Migrants Wash Up on Greek Island of Kos":
From a distance they almost look like holidaymakers.
But Monday morning's dinghy-load brought the latest batch of migrants to wash up on the Greek island of Kos after "crossing from nearby Turkey.
Like many, this particular group said they were from Syria. They want to travel to Hungary...
Illegal Immigrant Brian Omar Hyde Charged in Lehigh Acres Triple Homicide
The suspect's a 19-year-old from Belize, who illegally crossed the Texas-Mexico border, accused of the brutal murders of a 37-year-old woman, her 18-year-old pregnant daughter, and the daughter's 19-year-old boyfriend.
Bill O'Reilly highlighted the case as one more horrendous crime in his campaign for a "Kate's Law" in the U.S. Congress.
This is down in Ft. Myers, Florida.
At Breitbart, "Illegal Immigrant Charged with Murdering 3 Family Members and Unborn Child."
Plus, watch at NBC News 2 Ft. Myers, "Lehigh triple murder suspect in court," and "Lehigh Acres triple murder suspect: Who is Brian Hyde?"
Heinous murders committed by Illegal are happening at almost a daily basis. It's no wonder Donald Trump, whose signature issue is illegal immigration, is surging in the Republican primary campaign.
Bill O'Reilly highlighted the case as one more horrendous crime in his campaign for a "Kate's Law" in the U.S. Congress.
This is down in Ft. Myers, Florida.
At Breitbart, "Illegal Immigrant Charged with Murdering 3 Family Members and Unborn Child."
Plus, watch at NBC News 2 Ft. Myers, "Lehigh triple murder suspect in court," and "Lehigh Acres triple murder suspect: Who is Brian Hyde?"
Heinous murders committed by Illegal are happening at almost a daily basis. It's no wonder Donald Trump, whose signature issue is illegal immigration, is surging in the Republican primary campaign.
Public Safety Professor Jordan Omens Disciplined by Miramar College After Carrying Handgun Into Administrative Meeting
Hmm... I don't know.
This guy might be over the line. He unholstered his weapon and placed it on the table facing the district administration. He's a cop, yeah. But that's gotta be provocative.
But then, administrators themselves may have overreacted.
At the San Diego Union-Tribune, "Professor takes gun to meeting, gets disciplined."
This guy might be over the line. He unholstered his weapon and placed it on the table facing the district administration. He's a cop, yeah. But that's gotta be provocative.
But then, administrators themselves may have overreacted.
At the San Diego Union-Tribune, "Professor takes gun to meeting, gets disciplined."
'Route 29 Batman' Killed When Hit by Motorist After Car Breaks Down on Interstate 70 (VIDEO)
Sad.
You never know when you're going to go, but for one thing, if you pull over on the highway, you've got to steer way away from traffic coming up from behind.
At the Washington Post, "Route 29 Batman is killed after his Batmobile breaks down along a Md. highway."
And at CBS News 13 Baltimore, "'Baltimore Batman' Fatally Struck By Car Off I-70."
You never know when you're going to go, but for one thing, if you pull over on the highway, you've got to steer way away from traffic coming up from behind.
At the Washington Post, "Route 29 Batman is killed after his Batmobile breaks down along a Md. highway."
And at CBS News 13 Baltimore, "'Baltimore Batman' Fatally Struck By Car Off I-70."
Chelan Fires in Central Washington Destroy More Than 50 Structures
The heat wave has hit all across the Western United States, and the wildfires are out of control in Central Washington.
At the Seattle Times, "Chelan blazes: 900 firefighters, 100,000 acres, no end in sight."
And at KXLY News 4 Spokane:
RELATED: At the Boston Herald, "Western wildfires: Wind, heat, dry land fueling large blazes" (autoplay video warning).
At the Seattle Times, "Chelan blazes: 900 firefighters, 100,000 acres, no end in sight."
And at KXLY News 4 Spokane:
RELATED: At the Boston Herald, "Western wildfires: Wind, heat, dry land fueling large blazes" (autoplay video warning).
Tony Alva on the Peaceful Warrior Way
I met up with Tony Alva and Christian Hosoi at the Bomb in a Bowl fingerboarding art show in Los Angeles, back in December 2013. It was the highlight of my son's brief fingerboarding career, heh.
I hadn't seen Tony in years, and frankly he seemed way more subdued. Somewhere, on Facebook I think, I'd read something about him overcoming substance abuse. Lord knows there was plenty of that back in the '70s and '80s, but I guess Tony was having some really difficult times.
This is all guesswork, since I haven't spent time with these guys lately. But he talks about it at this video clip from Vans Off the Wall, "Pass the Bucket with Tony Alva: Considered to be one of the the most influential skateboarders of all time, Tony Alva, an original Z-Boy, hit a bottom 4 years ago battling drug addiction and alcoholism."
The video's actually from 2007, so again, I can't confirm where Tony is right now with his life or recovery. I do know that he is perhaps the purest skateboarder ever, and thank goodness he's doing alright. Skated many times with him back in the day. And oh those were the days.
Watch that video. It's good.
I hadn't seen Tony in years, and frankly he seemed way more subdued. Somewhere, on Facebook I think, I'd read something about him overcoming substance abuse. Lord knows there was plenty of that back in the '70s and '80s, but I guess Tony was having some really difficult times.
This is all guesswork, since I haven't spent time with these guys lately. But he talks about it at this video clip from Vans Off the Wall, "Pass the Bucket with Tony Alva: Considered to be one of the the most influential skateboarders of all time, Tony Alva, an original Z-Boy, hit a bottom 4 years ago battling drug addiction and alcoholism."
The video's actually from 2007, so again, I can't confirm where Tony is right now with his life or recovery. I do know that he is perhaps the purest skateboarder ever, and thank goodness he's doing alright. Skated many times with him back in the day. And oh those were the days.
Watch that video. It's good.
Academic Fascism
From Walter Williams, at FrontPage Magazine, "The leftist cancer on our society -- funded by our own tax dollars":
College campuses are the beachheads of Marxist radical politicization and agitation. It's going to take a long time to take them back, but it can happen. Folks need to realize this is war.
George Orwell said, "There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them." If one wants to discover the truth of Orwell's statement, he need only step upon most college campuses.Keep reading.
Faculty leaders of the University of California consider certain statements racism and feel they should not be used in class. They call it micro-aggression. To them, micro-aggressive racist statements are: "America is the land of opportunity." That is seen as perpetuating the myth of meritocracy. "There is only one race, the human race." Such a statement is seen as denying the individual as a racial/cultural being. "I believe the most qualified person should get the job." That's "racist" because it gives the impression that "people of color are given extra unfair benefits because of their race."
These expressions don't exhaust the list of micro-aggressions. Other seemingly innocuous statements deemed unacceptable are: "Everyone can succeed in this society, if they work hard enough," "When I look at you, I don't see color," or "Affirmative action is racist." Perhaps worst of all is, "Where are you from or where were you born?" For more of this, see a document released by The College Fix (http://tinyurl.com/ne8ckqn) titled "Diversity in the Classroom," UCLA Diversity and Faculty Development.
This micro-aggression nonsense, called micro-totalitarianism by my colleague Dr. Thomas Sowell (http://tinyurl.com/nxulxc), is nothing less than an attack on free speech. From the Nazis to the Stalinists, tyrants have always started out supporting free speech, and why is easy to understand. Speech is vital for the realization of their goals of command, control and confiscation. Free speech is a basic tool for indoctrination, propagandizing, proselytization. Once the leftists gain control, as they have at many universities, free speech becomes a liability and must be suppressed. This is increasingly the case on university campuses...
College campuses are the beachheads of Marxist radical politicization and agitation. It's going to take a long time to take them back, but it can happen. Folks need to realize this is war.
#Angels Have Lost 17 of Last 23 Games, and Went 1-6 on Latest Road Trip
It's depressing.
The Angels were the hottest time in baseball before the All-Star break. Now it looks like they're heading into an epic post-All Star break collapse.
Last night Kole Calhoun hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, but Huston "Blown Save" Street" couldn't close the deal. Former Angel Kendrys Morales hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the tenth.
Angel Manager Mike Scioscia needs to do something --- anything! --- to get this team back on track. This is ridiculous.
At the Los Angeles Times, "Angels fall to Royals, 4-3, in 10 innings, finish trip 1-6."
The Angels were the hottest time in baseball before the All-Star break. Now it looks like they're heading into an epic post-All Star break collapse.
Last night Kole Calhoun hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, but Huston "Blown Save" Street" couldn't close the deal. Former Angel Kendrys Morales hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the tenth.
Angel Manager Mike Scioscia needs to do something --- anything! --- to get this team back on track. This is ridiculous.
At the Los Angeles Times, "Angels fall to Royals, 4-3, in 10 innings, finish trip 1-6."
At Least 19 Dead as Massive Terror Bombing Rocks Tourist Area in Bangkok (VIDEO)
So far, no one's claimed responsibility, although Jemaah Islamiah, a Southeast Asian al-Qaeda affiliate, claimed credit for the 2002 Bali nightclub attack that killed 202.
Watch, at CNN, "Bangkok explosion caught on camera."
Also, at London's Daily Mail, "Devastating Bangkok blast caught on camera: At least 27 dead and dozens injured as motorbike bomber targets tourists at shrine."
The Telegraph UK is reporting 19 people were killed, per police reports, "Bangkok bomb: Explosion close to Erawan shrine 'kills at least 19 people' including three foreigners - latest updates":
Watch, at CNN, "Bangkok explosion caught on camera."
Also, at London's Daily Mail, "Devastating Bangkok blast caught on camera: At least 27 dead and dozens injured as motorbike bomber targets tourists at shrine."
The Telegraph UK is reporting 19 people were killed, per police reports, "Bangkok bomb: Explosion close to Erawan shrine 'kills at least 19 people' including three foreigners - latest updates":
Reports of at least 81 injured and 19 killed after a bomb exploded at the Ratchaprasong intersection in central Bangkok. Follow the latest developments here.More at the Washington Post, "Bomb explodes near busy Bangkok crossroads; at least 19 killed."
U.S. on Pace for Most Highway Traffic Deaths Since 2007
Here's former NTSB chairwoman Deborah Hersman, at CBS This Morning:
FLASHBACK: "Hey, Check Out NTSB's Smokin' Hottie Deborah Hersman."
FLASHBACK: "Hey, Check Out NTSB's Smokin' Hottie Deborah Hersman."
Monday Afternoon Roundup of the Roundups
Okay, let's get the ball rolling with the Other McCain, "Feminism’s Radical Transvaluation."
He's working on a second edition of his book, but the first edition is going to be collector's item. Get yours here: Sex Trouble: Essays on Radical Feminism and the War Against Human Nature.
Also at the Other McCain, from Wombat Socho, "FMJRA 2.0: Automotive High School."
Now, at Maggie's Farm, "Monday morning links." Also, "Saturday morning links."
More, form Doug Ross at Director Blue, "Larwyn's Linx: The real email question: Did Hillary Clinton sell US secrets?"
Also at Director Blue, "The Top 300 Conservative Websites, August 2015." I've dropped down to 231 in the rankings, for reasons of which I'm not sure. More competition, for one thing, but then Memeorandum rarely links me anymore (I've fallen out of their algorithm), which means I don't get the kind of residual linkage as the old days, say 2008. Besides that, I have no clue. Rule 5 blogging's a niche market, heh.
In any case, at Gateway Pundit, "Environmentalists Post Photo of Scott Walker’s Decapitated Head on Facebook – Think It’s Cute."
And at Mad Jewess Woman, "Hillary Clinton’s Facelifts Will NEVER Change Her Evil Heart."
At Theo Spark's, "Lacking Energy...", and "Hamilton Air Show..."
And at Cold Fury, "I love the smell of desperation in the morning":
From Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, "ACTUAL CNN HEADLINE: ‘HILLARY CLINTON REVIVED AMERICA’S REPUTATION IN WORLD’."
Also at Free Beacon, "Tom Steyer-Funded California Green Jobs Measure Creates Less Than One-Tenth of Promised Jobs."
At Knuckledraggin', "Labrador Retriever – the most destructive breed ever."
From Warner Todd Huston, at Right Wing News, "Investigators Find 60 More Classified Emails Illegally sent From Hillary’s Private Email Server."
And at the College Fix, "College accused of racism for hanging a no-tolerance sign against ‘sagging pants’."
Okay, more blogging throughout the day.
He's working on a second edition of his book, but the first edition is going to be collector's item. Get yours here: Sex Trouble: Essays on Radical Feminism and the War Against Human Nature.
Now, at Maggie's Farm, "Monday morning links." Also, "Saturday morning links."
More, form Doug Ross at Director Blue, "Larwyn's Linx: The real email question: Did Hillary Clinton sell US secrets?"
Also at Director Blue, "The Top 300 Conservative Websites, August 2015." I've dropped down to 231 in the rankings, for reasons of which I'm not sure. More competition, for one thing, but then Memeorandum rarely links me anymore (I've fallen out of their algorithm), which means I don't get the kind of residual linkage as the old days, say 2008. Besides that, I have no clue. Rule 5 blogging's a niche market, heh.
In any case, at Gateway Pundit, "Environmentalists Post Photo of Scott Walker’s Decapitated Head on Facebook – Think It’s Cute."
And at Mad Jewess Woman, "Hillary Clinton’s Facelifts Will NEVER Change Her Evil Heart."
At Theo Spark's, "Lacking Energy...", and "Hamilton Air Show..."
And at Cold Fury, "I love the smell of desperation in the morning":
Donald Trump went back and forth with NBC host Chuck Todd on Sunday in one of his most combative interviews since announcing his presidential candidacy earlier this summer..."More at Drunken Stepfather, "CAMILLA FORCHHAMMER CHRISTENSEN FOR LOVE AND LEMONS OF THE DAY."
From Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, "ACTUAL CNN HEADLINE: ‘HILLARY CLINTON REVIVED AMERICA’S REPUTATION IN WORLD’."
Also at Free Beacon, "Tom Steyer-Funded California Green Jobs Measure Creates Less Than One-Tenth of Promised Jobs."
At Knuckledraggin', "Labrador Retriever – the most destructive breed ever."
From Warner Todd Huston, at Right Wing News, "Investigators Find 60 More Classified Emails Illegally sent From Hillary’s Private Email Server."
And at the College Fix, "College accused of racism for hanging a no-tolerance sign against ‘sagging pants’."
Okay, more blogging throughout the day.
Migrant Crisis Threatens European Union's Cohesion
This is exactly what I blogged about the other day, "Migrant Crisis Raises Existential Questions for Europe."
And now at the Wall Street Journal, "The Migrant Threat to EU Cohesion":
It's pretty fascinating.
Still more at the link.
And now at the Wall Street Journal, "The Migrant Threat to EU Cohesion":
Just as the European Union appears to have resolved one crisis, it risks being overwhelmed by another.That's NIMBY politics at the international level. Not-in-my-backyard. You take care of the problem. It's ugly, but it's the way international politics works, and it's interesting that it's the EU system as a whole that's coming up short in response. That's not how institutional theories of cooperation conceptualize problems. Greater integration of states is supposed to facilitate collective action to mutual problems, but the migration crisis shows how self-interest causes collective action failures, and how institutional cohesion breaks down.
Last week eurozone finance ministers approved Greece’s new bailout, a major step toward ending a crisis that had threatened to tear apart Europe’s single currency. Meanwhile, the European Commission was outlining its latest efforts to address what it called the greatest migration crisis Europe has faced since the end of World War II.
Few believe the measures announced match the scale of the challenge. The EU border agency Frontex estimates that more than 100,000 migrants crossed into the EU in July alone, compared with 270,000 in the whole of 2014.
More than 50,000 turned up in Greece in July, more than in the whole of 2014. Many of them have been washing up in small inflatable boats on four small Greek islands. Similar numbers have been making their way to Italy from Libya, while 35,000 have arrived in July alone at the Hungarian border with Serbia.
Many are fleeing violence in Syria, Afghanistan and Libya; others are traveling from Iraq, Pakistan and the Horn of Africa in search of a better life. Most have paid large sums to traffickers who brazenly advertise their services via social media.
Once in Europe, many are intent on making their way to Northern Europe, where jobs are more plentiful. Germany reckons up to 600,000 migrants have arrived this year. Meanwhile, large numbers have congregated around the French port of Calais, where they have besieged the Channel Tunnel, hoping to smuggle themselves into the U.K.
The migration crisis may yet prove a bigger test of European cohesion than the euro crisis. Both pose fundamental questions about where the balance lies between national responsibility and intra-government solidarity. But whereas the Greek crisis was ultimately a dispute over money, the migration crisis concerns visceral questions of culture and identity.
It also has revealed serious deficiencies in the EU’s institutional and legal setup and exposed rifts between Northern and Southern Europe.
The problem is that national governments have responsibility for controlling their borders and deciding on whom to grant citizenship and asylum. But most countries have abolished border controls within the EU, allowing those inside to move freely between the member states.
That makes each country’s border and migration policies a common EU concern. In response, Brussels has put in place harmonized rules on treatment of asylum seekers. But many doubt how rigorously these rules are being applied, particularly in those countries receiving the bulk of the migrants, some of which have been overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge.
Under EU law, those claiming refugee status—as most migrants do—are entitled to be fed and housed while their cases are investigated, an expensive process. For a country such as Greece, in the midst of a deep financial crisis, the drain on resources has been too much, leading to angry scenes at reception centers on the island of Kos.
There, 12,000 migrants have arrived this summer, equivalent to more than a third of its population. Meanwhile, EU rules also say that refugees must be registered and fingerprinted in the country in which they first arrive, which then becomes responsible for housing them until their status is decided.
This system is now in disarray. Richer Northern European countries accuse Southern European countries of failing to keep track of illegal migrants, passing the problem on to them. This summer, France briefly reopened its border post with Italy. Meanwhile, Southern countries say they are unfairly being forced to take responsibility for migrants whose real objective is to head to the richer north.
This makes forging a common response to the crisis extraordinarily difficult.
Faced with harrowing reports of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean earlier this summer, the member states agreed to provide military assistance for search-and-rescue missions and efforts to disrupt smuggler networks off the coast of Italy and in the Aegean Sea. The EU has also handed out €2.4 billion ($2.66 billion) in emergency assistance to member states to help with the cost of managing the crisis. It also says it will use its diplomatic muscle to tackle the problem at source at a summit with leaders of African countries in November.
But when the commission proposed in June that all 28 members of the EU commit to a plan to resettle 20,000 refugees from outside the EU and relocate 40,000 migrants already inside, several countries—including Eastern European countries with no tradition of accepting refugees and richer countries such as the U.K. and Austria where anti-immigrant sentiment is strong—refused to participate. Some EU officials describe this as the darkest moment in EU history...
It's pretty fascinating.
Still more at the link.
U.S. Boots on the Ground in Iraq?
Lou Dobbs interviews retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters, who's not so pleased with the idea of "embedding" a few U.S. ground forces with Iraqi troops.
Watch: "Should the U.S. Consider Putting Boots on the Ground in Iraq?"
Watch: "Should the U.S. Consider Putting Boots on the Ground in Iraq?"
Republican Presidential Hopefuls Split on Sending Ground Troops to Middle East
At the San Bernardino County Sun:
ATLANTA --- Republican presidential candidates are split on whether the U.S. should send ground troops to the Middle East to combat Islamic State forces.Still more.
And most of those who would commit troops offer few details on their plans.
“I don’t see anybody on our side coming up with a robust plan that truly would destroy” the Islamic State militants, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Graham stands out among Republicans hawks for his specifics. He has called for 20,000 American troops divided between Iraq and Syria.
“You can’t do this through the air,” Graham said.
Yet several other Republicans want to try — or at least not to get mired in the details beyond casting President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as weak and feckless. Clinton is Democrats’ 2016 favorite.
Businessman Donald Trump, who is leading most surveys of likely Republican primary voters, backed into a commitment of ground troops Sunday during a wide-ranging interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Trump said to cripple Islamic State group he would “take away their wealth” by reclaiming oil fields the group has commandeered. When host Chuck Todd told him that would take ground troops, Trump replied, “That’s OK.” But he sidestepped Todd’s reference to the potential number of troops.
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Ohio Gov. John Kasich blasted the Islamic State group: “All the religions of the world ought to stand up say, ‘You blow up innocent men, women and children and you think you’re going to paradise? There’s something wrong with you. You’re nuts.’”
But on ground troops, Kasich said he would deploy American forces only as part of an international coalition. “I don’t want to go alone,” he said.
The U.S. currently has about 3,500 troops working as trainers and advisers to Iraqi forces, but those Americans are not intended to engage in direct combat.
Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, blasted Obama and Clinton as “inconsistent” in the region. “We’ve done nothing in Syria,” Fiorina said of another country where Islamic State militants have a foothold.
But, she added, “I disagree that we’re at that point where we need to put tens of thousands of boots on the ground.”
Pressed on the question, Fiorina repeated that “the Jordanians, the Saudis, the Kuwaitis, the Kurds and the Egyptians ... know this is their fight” and that they “need leadership resolve, support and material from us.”
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Amazon Pushes Employees to the Limit — And They Like It!
This is pretty fascinating.
At the New York Times, "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace":
And then see the puerile, whiny response from Erick "Lumberjack" Loomis, at Lawyers, Gays, and Marriage, "On Amazon."
Jeff Bezos is a visionary businessman. But I've yet to hear that he forces people to work for his company. It's not Bezos but communists like Loomis who are "terrible, awful human beings."
At the New York Times, "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace":
The company is conducting an experiment in how far it can push white-collar workers to get them to achieve its ever-expanding ambitions.Read the whole thing at the link.
And then see the puerile, whiny response from Erick "Lumberjack" Loomis, at Lawyers, Gays, and Marriage, "On Amazon."
Jeff Bezos is a visionary businessman. But I've yet to hear that he forces people to work for his company. It's not Bezos but communists like Loomis who are "terrible, awful human beings."
Four Dead as Two Small Planes Crash Into Each Other Near San Diego's Brown Field (VIDEO)
According to reports, it appeared to be a "very violent crash."
At the San Diego Union-Tribune, "4 dead after planes collide near Brown Field."
And watch, at ABC News 10 San Diego, "Four people killed in mid-air collision," and "Aviation safety consultant talks recent plane crashes."
At the San Diego Union-Tribune, "4 dead after planes collide near Brown Field."
And watch, at ABC News 10 San Diego, "Four people killed in mid-air collision," and "Aviation safety consultant talks recent plane crashes."
California to Provide English Language Interpreters in All Court Cases
Well, yeah.
Hardly anyone speaks English around here anymore.
Shoot, I'm surprised the Democrats in Sacramento aren't requiring mandatory Spanish and Chinese immersion courses for all English speakers. Either that, or you'll spend the rest of your days in a camp.
At the Contra Costa Times, "California moves to provide interpreters in all court cases":
Hardly anyone speaks English around here anymore.
Shoot, I'm surprised the Democrats in Sacramento aren't requiring mandatory Spanish and Chinese immersion courses for all English speakers. Either that, or you'll spend the rest of your days in a camp.
At the Contra Costa Times, "California moves to provide interpreters in all court cases":
SAN FRANCISCO -- Going through a divorce has been difficult for Sepideh Saeedi. Not understanding what's happening in court because she isn't proficient in English has made the process even harder.Still more.
"When you don't understand what the judge is saying, what the other side's attorney is saying, it's very stressful," Saeedi, 33, who speaks Farsi, said after a recent court hearing in Redwood City
Legal advocates say throughout the state, litigants in divorce, child custody, eviction and other civil cases who have difficulty with English are going into court without qualified interpreters. Instead, many are forced to turn to friends or family members -- or worse yet, the opposing party -- for translation.
That's because California only guarantees access to an interpreter in criminal cases, not civil cases.
But the state is looking to change that. Under pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice, California's Judicial Council this year approved a plan to extend free interpretation services to all cases by 2017.
"You can't have a court hearing without having your client understand it correctly," said Protima Pandey, a staff attorney with Bay Area Legal Aid.
Pandey said she always makes sure an interpreter is available for her clients, but many litigants in family court don't have attorneys to do that for them.
alifornia court officials say extending interpreter services to all cases won't be easy. California has the nation's largest court system spread out over a vast area with many rural counties. The state has about 7 million residents with limited English proficiency who speak over 200 languages.
The courts have also faced funding cuts in recent years that have seen courthouses close and staffs cut. There is no estimate yet on how much it would cost to provide interpreters in all cases, but the plan approved by the judicial council said the courts would need more than the $92 million they were spending.
"California's judiciary is committed to language access and eager to work out the best way to get that done," said state Supreme Court Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, who heads the group in charge of implementing the state's language-access goals.
Critics say the state has dragged its feet...
Morgan Freeman's Step-Granddaughter Stabbed to Death in Manhattan
The victim is E'Dena Hines, the step-granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman.
I can't imagine this.
Ms. Hines was apparently murdered by her "deranged" boyfriend.
At the New York Daily News, "E'Dena Hines, granddaughter of Morgan Freeman, fatally stabbed in Washington Heights street: police."
I can't imagine this.
Ms. Hines was apparently murdered by her "deranged" boyfriend.
At the New York Daily News, "E'Dena Hines, granddaughter of Morgan Freeman, fatally stabbed in Washington Heights street: police."
Morgan Freeman's step-granddaughter was stabbed by boyfriend who chanted, "Get out devils!" http://t.co/nCD51CCdkQ pic.twitter.com/FqtjisD8PL
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 16, 2015Sunday Cartoons
At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."
Also at Randy's Rountable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."
More at Theo Spark's, "Cartoon Round Up..."
Cartoon Credit: Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – You’re Wired!"
Also at Randy's Rountable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."
More at Theo Spark's, "Cartoon Round Up..."
Cartoon Credit: Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – You’re Wired!"
$15.00 Minimum Wage Laws Speed the Arrival of Robots in Restaurants
Anyone with half a brain saw this stuff coming. Businesses will do what they need to do to stay in business. At big corporate chains like McDonald's you'll see increasing use of self-serve kiosks, and then of course robots.
Naturally, these moves will be attacked as "racist," but then everything's racist if it goes against the prevailing ideology of unicorns and rainbows.
At the Washington Post, "Minimum-wage offensive could speed arrival of robot-powered restaurants."
Naturally, these moves will be attacked as "racist," but then everything's racist if it goes against the prevailing ideology of unicorns and rainbows.
At the Washington Post, "Minimum-wage offensive could speed arrival of robot-powered restaurants."
Restaurants race to robots as minimum wages rise http://t.co/A9iTECmWM0
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 17, 2015China Death Toll Rises After Massive Explosion
The death toll's up to 112 now.
At CBS News, "China warehouse explosion: New blasts and toxic winds and rising death toll," and Euronews, "China: fear and anger in the wake of the Tianjin disaster."
At USA Today, "Death toll rises from China blast amid contamination fears" (warning: autoplay video):
At CBS News, "China warehouse explosion: New blasts and toxic winds and rising death toll," and Euronews, "China: fear and anger in the wake of the Tianjin disaster."
At USA Today, "Death toll rises from China blast amid contamination fears" (warning: autoplay video):
The death toll in China from explosions at a warehouse storing hazardous materials rose to 112 Sunday, as authorities worked to remove chemical contamination.Still more at that top link.
Some 95 people, including 85 firefighters, remain missing following the blasts Wednesday night in the port city of Tianjin, 75 miles east of Beijing, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
State-run news publications The Paper and the Southern Metropolis reported that the warehouse was storing 700 tons of sodium cyanide — 70 times more than it should have been.
Sodium cyanide is a toxic chemical that can form a flammable gas upon contact with water, and several hundred tons would be a clear violation of rules cited by state media that the warehouse could store no more than 10 tons at a time, the Associated Press reported.
China's top prosecuting office announced Sunday that it was setting up a team to investigate possible offenses related to the massive blasts, including dereliction of duty.
Zhi Feng, general manager of the warehouse’s operator, Ruihai International Logistics, has been under police watch while he receives medical treatment to ensure he does not flee during an investigation, state media reported, without giving further details. Zhi was hospitalized after being injured in the disaster.
Meanwhile, a task force has been sent to find and measure the area contaminated by the toxic chemical and prevent its spread in sewage, and hydrogen peroxide has been used to reduce the level of sodium cyanide, Xinhua reported Sunday. No rescuers been made ill by chemical contamination, officials told the news agency. Used commercially for fumigation and extracting gold and silver from rock, exposure to sodium cyanide can be fatal...
Amber Lee's Got Your Record-Breaking Forecast (VIDEO)
Following-up from yesterday, "Kristen Keogh's Got Your Record-Breaking Forecast for This Weekend."
It's like a freakin' frying pan out there. Riverside is 108 degrees!
From CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
It's like a freakin' frying pan out there. Riverside is 108 degrees!
From CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Donald Trump's Immigration Reform Plan to Make America Great Again! (VIDEO)
Sometime back I notice Noah Rothman really going after Donald Trump on Twitter. And I like Noah. It's just, as I've said before, some journalists on the right are really invested in this campaign, to the extent that they appear like GOP operatives rather than reporters. And hey, it's not like I don't want Republicans to win. It's more like I want a conservative to win, and a lot of Republicans aren't very conservative. That's not to say that Donald Trump is, but genuinely hardcore conservatives at the grassroots are falling in love with this guy because he's the only one to give full-throated assertiveness to their positions on illegal immigration. This is the debate we've needed to have. That is, this is the debate the nation needs to be having, because we're definitely at the tipping point of preserving a lot of basic American values. And frankly, that's what's intrigued me about Donald Trump, despite the fact that he's got a long record of supporting left-wing positions. Shoot, Trump has long been boon coons with Bill and Hillary Clinton. In that sense, he's the consummate politician, jettisoning political incorrect associations when the times demand it.
In any case, I've read Trump's new position paper on immigration reform, which dropped last night. Read it here, "IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN."
Rothman goes after the plan like a savage, "Trump’s War on Legal Immigration a Tipping Point for the GOP." Read the whole thing, of course, but note the ferocity:
Rothman, for one thing, argues that building a complete border wall all the way to Matamoros "is infeasible; the geography of the border simply does not allow for one unbroken wall." Okay, then build the wall where it is feasible and then beef up human security checkpoints where it's not. The main reason that Arizona and Texas have become the battlegrounds against illegal immigration in recent years is because California essentially militarized its border in the 1990s, and illegals simply moved to entry points further east. This has long been documented, and indeed, the Los Angeles Times has written about it frequently. Border walls work. If you build them, they don't come.
Rothman also complains about how much of Trump's plan, like "E-Verify," has been a staple of Republican reform proposals for like forever. The problem, of course, is that workplace eligibility regulations like this simply aren't enforced, even in red states like Texas. Indeed, sanctuary states like California actively prohibit enforcement of E-Verify regulations. Maybe Trump's plan can turn things around. Lord know there's room for improvement there. (And I don't buy the argument that rigorous enforcement alienates and thus hinders the cooperation of illegal immigrants. These criminals have no reason to cooperate with immigration enforcement to begin with. We need to get real about how we're going to follow through with enforcing policies already on the books. Local law enforcement has already abandoned any pretense of cooperation with federal authorities. As the Kathryn Steinle and Marilyn Pharis cases sadly prove just how true this is in California.)
I agree with Rothman about "birthright citizenship," however. Talk of reforming automatic citizenship for illegal alien children is mostly a sop to the nativist right, because frankly, birthright is strongly embedded in the Constitution and it'll take a constitutional amendment to change it, and that ain't happening. Better to keep illegals out of here in the first place.
And I can't comment knowledgeably on reform of the H1B visas program, and the related ins and outs of workplace-sponsored immigration programs (it's complicated, sheesh). I do know that they're abused to high heaven, and countries like China know are gaming the system like crazy. See Michelle Malkin on that, "The Big, Fat 'American Worker Recruitment First'- Lie of H-1B."
And Trump's plan sounds like a home run to me, in any case:
As I always say, let's see how it all shakes out. We're having another GOP debate on September 16th. Frankly, I can't wait to see how Trump does, and it should be especially interesting because Carly Fiorina's expected to be on the stage. This should be an extremely informative event, all the better because it's going to be held here in California, at the Reagan Library. CNN's putting it on too, so if Megyn Kelly's left-wing talking points weren't enough, I'm sure CNN's moderator Jake Tapper (formerly of far left-wing Salon) will pick up the pace.
In any case, there's more in the news on Trump's plan. At NBC News, "Donald Trump: Undocumented Immigrants 'Have to Go'" (via Memeorandum), and ABC News, "Donald Trump Unveils His Immigration Plan, Calls for End to Birthright Citizenship, Will Deport the Undocumented."
Also at the Chicago Tribune, "Trump: Deport children of immigrants living illegally in U.S.," and the New York Times, "Donald Trump Releases Plan to Combat Illegal Immigration."
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In any case, I've read Trump's new position paper on immigration reform, which dropped last night. Read it here, "IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN."
Rothman goes after the plan like a savage, "Trump’s War on Legal Immigration a Tipping Point for the GOP." Read the whole thing, of course, but note the ferocity:
Trump’s “plan” is an assault on not merely the illegal immigrants who have violated American laws, but those who have played by the existing rules to come to the United States. The proposal amounts to a declaration of war on America’s immigrant community, an attack on the foundational nature of America’s character as a melting pot for all the peoples of the world, and the inception of a police state that is incompatible with a free republican democracy.Hyperbole isn't a strong enough word, but then, you have to read Trump's proposal.
Rothman, for one thing, argues that building a complete border wall all the way to Matamoros "is infeasible; the geography of the border simply does not allow for one unbroken wall." Okay, then build the wall where it is feasible and then beef up human security checkpoints where it's not. The main reason that Arizona and Texas have become the battlegrounds against illegal immigration in recent years is because California essentially militarized its border in the 1990s, and illegals simply moved to entry points further east. This has long been documented, and indeed, the Los Angeles Times has written about it frequently. Border walls work. If you build them, they don't come.
Rothman also complains about how much of Trump's plan, like "E-Verify," has been a staple of Republican reform proposals for like forever. The problem, of course, is that workplace eligibility regulations like this simply aren't enforced, even in red states like Texas. Indeed, sanctuary states like California actively prohibit enforcement of E-Verify regulations. Maybe Trump's plan can turn things around. Lord know there's room for improvement there. (And I don't buy the argument that rigorous enforcement alienates and thus hinders the cooperation of illegal immigrants. These criminals have no reason to cooperate with immigration enforcement to begin with. We need to get real about how we're going to follow through with enforcing policies already on the books. Local law enforcement has already abandoned any pretense of cooperation with federal authorities. As the Kathryn Steinle and Marilyn Pharis cases sadly prove just how true this is in California.)
I agree with Rothman about "birthright citizenship," however. Talk of reforming automatic citizenship for illegal alien children is mostly a sop to the nativist right, because frankly, birthright is strongly embedded in the Constitution and it'll take a constitutional amendment to change it, and that ain't happening. Better to keep illegals out of here in the first place.
And I can't comment knowledgeably on reform of the H1B visas program, and the related ins and outs of workplace-sponsored immigration programs (it's complicated, sheesh). I do know that they're abused to high heaven, and countries like China know are gaming the system like crazy. See Michelle Malkin on that, "The Big, Fat 'American Worker Recruitment First'- Lie of H-1B."
And Trump's plan sounds like a home run to me, in any case:
We graduate two times more Americans with STEM degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program. More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than eighty percent for its bottom two. Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the U.S., instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas. This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.Finally, how much of Trump's plan is genuinely unworkable? Well, beyond birthright citizenship, hardly any of it at all. It's simply going to take someone's who's not afraid of the massive backlash of political correctness, and unending charges of racism. And as we've seen so far, not only is Trump unfazed by such criticism, he's also not been penalized politically for speaking out forthrightly on the crisis.
As I always say, let's see how it all shakes out. We're having another GOP debate on September 16th. Frankly, I can't wait to see how Trump does, and it should be especially interesting because Carly Fiorina's expected to be on the stage. This should be an extremely informative event, all the better because it's going to be held here in California, at the Reagan Library. CNN's putting it on too, so if Megyn Kelly's left-wing talking points weren't enough, I'm sure CNN's moderator Jake Tapper (formerly of far left-wing Salon) will pick up the pace.
In any case, there's more in the news on Trump's plan. At NBC News, "Donald Trump: Undocumented Immigrants 'Have to Go'" (via Memeorandum), and ABC News, "Donald Trump Unveils His Immigration Plan, Calls for End to Birthright Citizenship, Will Deport the Undocumented."
Also at the Chicago Tribune, "Trump: Deport children of immigrants living illegally in U.S.," and the New York Times, "Donald Trump Releases Plan to Combat Illegal Immigration."
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Ichiro Suzuki Just Put Ty Cobb in the Shade!
At CBS News 4 Miami, "Ichiro Unofficially Passes Cobb With 4,192nd Hit."
And I didn't even know he was still playing. The Marlins aren't on TV too much around here lol.
He's cool though.
And I didn't even know he was still playing. The Marlins aren't on TV too much around here lol.
He's cool though.
'Star Wars' Coming to Disneyland
Very shrewd move.
Here's the announcement at Disney, "Star Wars-Themed Lands Coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts."
And the O.C. Register appears pleased, if their Sunday front-page is any indication.
And see, "VIDEO: It's official: 'Star Wars' theme land coming to Disneyland."
Here's the announcement at Disney, "Star Wars-Themed Lands Coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts."
And the O.C. Register appears pleased, if their Sunday front-page is any indication.
And see, "VIDEO: It's official: 'Star Wars' theme land coming to Disneyland."
Jessica Alba Bikini Pics!
She's lovely.
At London's Daily Mail, "PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Alba keeps her curves in check as she sports two teeny bikinis on sizzling Mexican getaway."
At London's Daily Mail, "PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Alba keeps her curves in check as she sports two teeny bikinis on sizzling Mexican getaway."
Donald Trump Tops GOP Field at 25 Percent in Latest Fox News Poll
He's still going strong.
At Fox News, "Fox News Poll: Shakeup in GOP field after first debate, Sanders gains on Clinton":
Fox does telephone sampling, so the findings here at the closest to the 29 percent in the Echelon Insights poll from Wednesday. See, "Wham!! New Echelon Insights Poll Has Donald Trump at 29 Percent, Soaring Over GOP Field!"
Trump's lead is no fluke. Let's see how long he can hold it. So far nothing --- no so-called "gaffes" or controversies --- seem to be slowing him down.
At Fox News, "Fox News Poll: Shakeup in GOP field after first debate, Sanders gains on Clinton":
The explosive first Republican debate has shaken up the 2016 GOP presidential race....The raw internals are here.
Businessman Donald Trump still leads the field for the Republican nomination. He gets 25 percent among GOP primary voters. He was at 26 percent before the debate. Trump’s support among women went from 24 percent two weeks ago to 21 percent now. He mostly held steady among men (28 percent).
The real-estate mogul maintains his first-place status despite also being judged in the poll as having the worst debate performance and being considered the least likeable Republican candidate. More on that later.
The August 6 Republican presidential debate was hosted by Fox News Channel in Cleveland. Several of the exchanges at the debate remained in the news for days after.
Fox does telephone sampling, so the findings here at the closest to the 29 percent in the Echelon Insights poll from Wednesday. See, "Wham!! New Echelon Insights Poll Has Donald Trump at 29 Percent, Soaring Over GOP Field!"
Trump's lead is no fluke. Let's see how long he can hold it. So far nothing --- no so-called "gaffes" or controversies --- seem to be slowing him down.
Hillary Clinton: Deja Vu
The bottom line is that Hillary can be beat.
At the Washington Post, "Backers fear old weaknesses stalk Clinton campaign":
At the Washington Post, "Backers fear old weaknesses stalk Clinton campaign":
It was supposed to be different this time. After the wounds of 2008, many of them self-inflicted, Hillary Rodham Clinton rebooted for 2016 with a new message, new advisers and new energy.Keep reading.
But two dynamics have crystallized this month, suggesting the New Hillary is hobbled by old weaknesses. Once again, worried supporters see signs of a bunker mentality in response to bad news about her e-mail server and other controversies, and they see a candidate who can seem strangely blinkered to the threat posed by a lesser-known challenger.
“A lot of the people who were hired by the campaign were new to the Clintons,” said a prominent Democrat who counts both Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton as friends. “I kind of assumed it would be different. But it hasn’t changed.”
That Democrat and other supporters requested anonymity in order to discuss the shortcomings of a candidate whom they still overwhelmingly support and think can win the White House. Several supporters said that while no one is pulling the fire alarm, they see worrisome patterns emerging.
Among them: insularity, rigidity and a sense that the operation is tone-deaf to changes happening around it...
Labour Leader Candidate Jeremy Corbyn Anti-Semitic Associations
Yesterday, Louise Mensch was tweeting all kinds of stuff on Jeremy Corbin's anti-Semitic ties. I was retweeting her pretty furiously.
But the story's turning out to be a big one.
William Jacobson's done a painstaking aggregation, at Legal Insurrection, "Likely British Labour leader’s creepy associations."
More from James Bloodworth, "Why is no one asking about Jeremy Corbyn’s worrying connections?"
Also at Britain's Sunday Express, "EXCLUSIVE: Vile Corbyn trolls are abusing me for being Jewish."
And especially the Jewish Chronicle, "The key questions Jeremy Corbyn must answer."
But the story's turning out to be a big one.
William Jacobson's done a painstaking aggregation, at Legal Insurrection, "Likely British Labour leader’s creepy associations."
More from James Bloodworth, "Why is no one asking about Jeremy Corbyn’s worrying connections?"
Also at Britain's Sunday Express, "EXCLUSIVE: Vile Corbyn trolls are abusing me for being Jewish."
And especially the Jewish Chronicle, "The key questions Jeremy Corbyn must answer."
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Massive Tree Limb Falls, Crushes Two Kids Camping at Yosemite
The initial reports said a "tree branch" feel on a tent, killing two campers.
But this is no ordinary branch. It's a massive tree limb obviously weighing hundreds of pounds.
God have mercy.
Watch, at ABC News 30 Fresno, "2 MINORS KILLED IN YOSEMITE AFTER TREE LIMB FALLS ON TENT."
And the story at the Los Angeles Times, "A loud bang, then a scream in Yosemite when branch kills 2 youths":
But this is no ordinary branch. It's a massive tree limb obviously weighing hundreds of pounds.
God have mercy.
Watch, at ABC News 30 Fresno, "2 MINORS KILLED IN YOSEMITE AFTER TREE LIMB FALLS ON TENT."
And the story at the Los Angeles Times, "A loud bang, then a scream in Yosemite when branch kills 2 youths":
Authorities in Yosemite National Forest were trying to determine why a large tree limb fell early Friday, killing two children sleeping in their tents.
Park officials released few details about the accident, which occurred about 5 a.m. in the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley.
But witnesses described a grim scene at the campgrounds when the branch fell.
“I heard this loud bang and then a woman screaming at the top of her lungs,” camper Daniel Moore, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I knew something was not right. I stepped outside to see what was going on and saw a lot of people clustered around their campground. It made me sick to my stomach when I figured out what had happened.”
Authorities described the victims as minors but did not disclose their identities or any other personal information...
'Straight Outta Compton' Reviews Slam Overly-Long Sputtering Film That Leaves Out Group's Hate Speech
Following-up up from yesterday, "Ice Cube on Charges of Racism, Anti-Semitism: 'That's not who I'm about ... you can't discriminate...' (VIDEO)."
It turns out that the flick's getting so-so reviews. Mostly, the films starts out strong, then sputters with plodding scenes of the band's infighting and black-ho "bacchanalia." Kenneth Turan, at the Los Angeles Times, is particularly bored by it, "NWA film 'Straight Outta Compton' starts fast but runs out of gas."
Joe Morgenstern's underwhelmed as well, at the Wall Street Journal, "‘Straight Outta Compton’ Review: Hip-Hop History With Attitude":
It turns out that the flick's getting so-so reviews. Mostly, the films starts out strong, then sputters with plodding scenes of the band's infighting and black-ho "bacchanalia." Kenneth Turan, at the Los Angeles Times, is particularly bored by it, "NWA film 'Straight Outta Compton' starts fast but runs out of gas."
Joe Morgenstern's underwhelmed as well, at the Wall Street Journal, "‘Straight Outta Compton’ Review: Hip-Hop History With Attitude":
“Straight Outta Compton” celebrates N.W.A. as poster men for free speech in their perennial disputes with would-be censors. That’s an appropriate part of the equation, but the movie declines to discuss the group’s hate speech—the violence, misogyny, antigay views and scattershot racism that pervade its songs. (Anti-Semitism comes up only because Heller is outraged by Ice Cube’s attacks on him, as well as on N.W.A., the rapper’s former group, in his notorious song “No Vaseline.”)Only Manohla Dargis, at the New York Times, of the three major reviews I've read, eschews serious criticism. See, "Review: In ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ Upstarts Who Became the Establishment."
Kristen Keogh's Got Your Record-Breaking Forecast for This Weekend
At ABC News 10 San Diego.
It was in the 70s and 80s at 8:00 this morning, with record forecasts throughout the day, especially inland.
Also, at the Los Angeles Times, "So you think it's hot now? A skin-toasting weekend in Southern California in store."
It was in the 70s and 80s at 8:00 this morning, with record forecasts throughout the day, especially inland.
Also, at the Los Angeles Times, "So you think it's hot now? A skin-toasting weekend in Southern California in store."
Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fair
At Politico, "Trump Force One lands at the Iowa State Fair":
And from Jennifer Jacobs, of the Des Moines Register:
Trump Force One lands at the Iowa State Fair http://t.co/WVw9nws7Vo | Photo: @smahaskey pic.twitter.com/qYDLuClDsR
— POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2015DES MOINES — There in the center of the sweaty, frothing mob of bodies and cameras and microphones, reaching and shoving and snapping away as state troopers guided the mass along the concourse, was the blonde-haired billionaire, his ruddy, sunken face shaded under the brim of a bright-red ballcap.Keep reading.
For the 45 minutes it took him to walk from Gate 8 to the Iowa Pork Tent, onlookers stood agape, corndogs in one hand and smartphones in the other, shouting, pleading for a handshake, taking it in.
We love you Donald.”
“Give ‘em hell!”
“Kick Hillary’s ass!”
He’d landed several blocks away in a $7 million helicopter bearing his name. As he braved the sizzling midday heat, walking along in a navy blazer, khakis and shiny white spats, the chopper, still giving rides to groups of fawning children, swirled overhead.
Donald Trump, currently leading the polls for the Republican nomination and ready to spend $1 billion to win it all, was a long way from the gold-plated interior of New York City’s Trump Tower. But as a man who loves nothing more than to bask in the public’s adulation, he had come to the perfect place.
“My crowd is 10 times Hillary’s,” Trump gloated as he walked, having just been told the Democratic frontrunner, also campaigning at the fair Saturday, had taken note of his helicopter flying above...
And from Jennifer Jacobs, of the Des Moines Register:
Looks like Donald Trump will be on time to Iowa State Fair. Wheels down at DSM at 10:28a, per @mmcnarney. #iacaucus pic.twitter.com/eJcTty9xOi
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:09a, There he is!" Iowa Trump fans say as Donald Trump's helicopter approaches a Field near the Iowa State fair.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:12a Shay Doyle, 11, of Waverly, will be in the second group of kids to go up in Trump chopper
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:13a, Donald Trump makes a very noisy very windy landing at a ball diamond near the Iowa State fair. pic.twitter.com/wGVTHNezPq
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:14a, 1st set of kids that will be going up in Trump chopper are william 9, sean 6, brendan 5 and henry 3. All sons of Sara Bowman of WDM
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:17a, Donald Trump tells reporters Hillary Clinton's email troubles are very serious. He wishes her luck.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:20a, Donald Trump to reporters in Iowa: "Jeb Bush is a puppet to his donors. I know them." pic.twitter.com/pBFZQ2QyG5
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:22a Trump: I'm turning down so much money. If I took it I'd feel obligated. I know the game. pic.twitter.com/yCe8uc7DB9
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:22a, Trump: "I will be so great to women. I cherish women." Says he'll be better to women than Jeb who said $500b too much for healthcare
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:34a, Trump: I built a city on the west side of Manhattan. I've been dealing with politicians all my life. (doesn't like them)
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:25a, Asked why no #DMRSoapbox, Trump says "that paper's not relevant to me." #iacaucus
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:29a, Trump says he's been very successful in business. "whatever kind of brain that is will be used to make this country great."
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:30a, Trump tells reporters in Iowa, when asked if he'd spend $1B billion on campaign, "I would do that yeah if I had to." #iacaucus
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:34a, "All kids! All kids!" Trump says, and psyched up kids, some in Trump Tshirts, mob him. #iacaucus
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 2015Trump Iowa aide @heytana says she went in the Trump chopper as a reward when she was a contestant on The Apprentice. "Absolutely gorgeous."
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:51a, State troopers in golf carts are escorting Donald trumps golf cart to the Iowa State fair
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:53a Trump is in gate seven at the Iowa State fair and is immediately swarmed with reporters and fairgoers pic.twitter.com/lFUjaxl9J6
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:58a, you are trying to spot Trump in the mob at Iowa State fair he is the one in the red cap. By Horse Barn pic.twitter.com/K6CQp6kqHH
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:04p, "Who is it, Terry Branstad?" Robert Green, 66, of Ankeny, says when he sees massive and ever-growing Trump mob pic.twitter.com/QJOUS5d5MI
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 2015Trump aide Chuck Laudner asks an @IowaPress staffer to go warn Iowa pork producers that Trump is on his way Hadn't told the grill guys.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 2015130p, Trump is at Pork Chop on a Stick
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:32a, Trump swarm is waaaaaaay bigger than for Palin in 2011. What did he wear to Iowa State Fair? Suit jacket, khakis, white dress shoes.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:38a, People are climbing tables chairs and walls to get a peek at Trump pic.twitter.com/KyrylZvPFg
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:43p, at a side tent at Pork Producers, Trump takes breather in shade with pork chops on a stick. Leads crowd chant "make America great"
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:47p, Trump escapes in a golf cart surrounded by more than a dozen security officers, waving at Iowans pic.twitter.com/2mgD8QiOD1
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:51p, Trump in a golf cart rolling through main parking lot on his way to gate 11
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 2015
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