Cornel West Calls for End to Israeli Occupation of Palestine at Democrat Platform Meeting in Orlando

At the Orlando Sentinel, "Sanders backers frustrated by defeats at Orlando platform meeting."

The hateful anti-Semitic Rania Khalek was on hand:

Cornel West calls 4 end to Israeli occupation. He says it's South Africa of today & Dem party has been "in denial for too long" #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

Clinton supporters opposes calling for end to Israeli occupation in #DemPlatform. Room erupts in boos.

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina Steve Benjamin is arguing against opposing Israeli occupation and settlements in #DemPlatform.

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

What is with South Carolina politicians' staunch support for Israel?

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

"Democrats, you've been in denial too long." -@CornelWest on #Palestine our "generation's Vietnam, South Africa." #DemPlatform

— Katie Halper (@kthalps) July 9, 2016

The amendment is defeated, supporters of Palestine are shouting that Democrats are in bed with AIPAC. #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

New amendment proposed asks #DemPlatform to call 4 "international effort to rebuild Gaza, which UN warns could be uninhabitable by 2020"

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

Wow, there will be someone speaking in opposition. What kind of person argues against rebuilding an uninhabitable ghetto? #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

Cornel West says over 500 babies were killed by Israel in Gaza and our elites said nothing. #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

If we can't pass this amendment "we're in the same condition this party was in 80 yrs ago" when it denied Jim Crow, says West #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

"Nebraska Democrats believe the people of Gaza need salvation," says another supporter of the amendment #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton supporter says Israelis are not to blame for Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe & amendment "distracts" from 2-states. What?

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

Another Hillary Clinton supporter argues that talking about Gaza in #DemPlatform distracts from Israeli suffering. Unbelievable.

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

These people are being recorded. They will go down in history as blaming an occupied people for their ghettoization. #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

The amendment to rebuild the Gaza ghetto was defeated. People began chanting but I couldn't make out what they said. #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

Water in Gaza's undrinkable. Nearly 2 million ppl are under air/land/sea blockade 4 crime of not being Jewish. Shame on Clinton #DemPlatform

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

It was Marc Stanley, chairman of National Jewish Dem Council, who opposed rebuilding of Gaza bc it "distracts" from Israeli suffering.

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

To Hillary Clinton & her base, merely entertaining the idea that Palestinians are human beings is anti-Israel. https://t.co/kKDRTDDbv2

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

Cornel West: "We're in same condition party was in 80yrs ago when they didn't wanna deal w Jim Crow" #DemPlatform pic.twitter.com/1Yb5CaePTo

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) July 9, 2016

One Boy, Two Men Killed In San Bernardino Triple Shooting

At the SB Sun, "2 men, 1 boy dead in San Bernardino shooting."

It's a 9-year-old boy.

Because Black Lives Matter.

More, at LAT, "9-year old boy, father killed in triple shooting in San Bernardino":

#BreakTheStreetCode contact the #SanBernardino PD if you know the identity of this #killer pic.twitter.com/a3kLhSoogk

— Lt. Travis Walker (@SBPDLTWALKER) July 10, 2016

In line at a liquor store in San Bernardino on Friday night, 9-year-old Travon Williams asked his father to buy him a bag of candy. His father agreed and Travon, like the soon-to-be fifth-grader he was, marked the moment with a jump and a dance out the door beside his dad and another man, an employee recalled.

In the parking lot, just steps away from the door, someone opened fire and then ran.

The child  was killed along with his father, Travon Lamar Williams, 26, and Samathy Mahan, 25, San Bernardino police said.

"It was 30 seconds to kill three people," said store manager Saifaldin Baji.

San Bernardino police said the three were exiting the Superior Liquor & Grocery on Del Rosa Avenue about 9:15 p.m. when a man armed with a handgun approached them from behind and shot all three.

The motive for the shooting is not yet known, but Mahan was a known gang member and was believed to be the intended target, police Sgt. Vicki Cervantes  said. It was unclear what Mahan’s relationship may have been to the boy and his father, she said.

The child’s mother, Ebony Newman, 27, came upon the scene at the liquor store as she and her husband – Travon’s stepfather – and Travon’s two younger sisters were out walking.

She did not realize that her son was one of the victims at first, when someone told her that the dead boy, whose face was covered, was 11 years old.

“I pulled up to the scene, thinking it’s another situation in San Bernardino, and it’s my baby,” she said, crying uncontrollably. “What mom in her mind would think, that’s my baby? This is not right. This is not right.”

More.

Spanish Bullfighter Victor Barrio Gored to Death in Teruel, Spain (VIDEO)

Oh man.

It was painful. You can see the agony of defeat in the man's face.

The bull just sinks his horn into Barrio's side, and kind of grinds it. The man is helpless, clutching his gut and screaming in pain.

Here's another video, "Le torero Victor Barrio, est mort aujourd’hui, encorné à la poitrine, dans la Plaza de Teruel."

And at the Mirror U.K., "Matador is mauled to death in horrifying footage showing first bullfighting fatality in Spain this century."

If they're going to ban bullfighting, maybe this is why: it's too fucking dangerous. Sheesh.

Obama on #Dallas: It's hard to 'untangle the motives of the shooter...' (VIDEO)

Actually, it's not.

He said he wanted to kill white people, especially white cops.

Not hard at all.

But see the clip from Obama's comments at the NATO summit, here.

And more, via CNN:



O again pushes the lie that blacks in the criminal justice system face "disparate" treatment.

Those kind of comments are what's driving the divisions of this nation. There's your division right there.

'By Any Means'

This shit's prolly on O's iPhone.

ScHoolboy Q, agitatin':

You can fuck my bitch, you can have my hoe
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can smoke that kill, you can push that dope
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can steer that wheel, hit the gas and go
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can fuck my bitch, you can have my...

I make a scene around me, hit the corner, Heaven, Hell
I come from pimpin', bangin', baby momma rockin' yayo
Was always Grandma's baby, Moms always kept in veil
I swear my cousin want me bangin', settin'

Nigga fuck all that, tryna go my road
I can take you back nigga, 'round '04
You can do clown dance, I'ma rob that store
You can paint your face, I'ma kick down doors
I'ma shoot my gun, I'ma free my locc
I'ma sell her tongue, I'ma tan that coke
I'ma dark my lungs, I'ma heal my soul
I'ma stack my bread, I'ma cop that boat
I'ma get them M's, I'ma whip that ghost

You can fuck my bitch, you can have my hoe
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can smoke that kill, you can push that dope
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can steer that wheel, hit the gas and go
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can fuck my bitch, you can have my...

I make a scene around me, hit the corner, Heaven, Hell
I come from pimpin', bangin', baby momma rockin' yayo

50 Crip, contraband for chips, sold all kinda shit
You know we on, turned that white to stone, just don't call my phone
From scrub to boss, shit my necklace gloss, plus my Bentley cost
You poppin' pills, shit we sellin' pills, pussy sell in heels
Her booty fat, fuck her gluteus max, I'm still that groovy cat
Off 51st, yeah we pushin' work, all my pots is burnt
My section turnt, see my soda rise, dimes be super sized
Say yes to dope, cop that Enz and oh

You can fuck my bitch, you can have my hoe
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can smoke that kill, you can push that dope
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can steer that wheel, hit the gas and go
Get yours, get yours, get yours by any means
You can fuck my bitch, you can have my hoe

I make a scene around me, hit the corner, Heaven, Hell
I come from pimpin', bangin', baby momma rockin' yayo

You can fuck my bitch, you can have my hoe
You can fuck my bitch, you can have my hoe
You can fuck my bitch, you can have my hoe
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You can fuck my bitch, you can have my....

Will the Cycle of Black Violence Change the Election Campaign?

From Cathleen Decker, at the Los Angeles Times, "Analysis: Will the violence across America change the presidential campaign?":

Crises that arise during presidential campaigns often define the candidates.

Will this horrific week prove to be the crucible of the current campaign?

Violence has shuddered through America since Tuesday: First, two controversial shootings by police of African American men, captured on cameras and spread on social media; then the assassination of at least five Dallas police officers and the wounding of others by a sniper after a peaceful march protesting the earlier deaths.

At the very minimum, the bickering between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has been temporarily overshadowed, much as it was less than four weeks ago when a single assailant killed 49 people and wounded more than 50 others in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub.

That pause proved temporary and for all its horror, had little effect on the presidential race.

But in past decades, dramatic disorder has had a political impact. The convulsions of protests and violence in 1968 — albeit occurring in a vastly different country — helped swing the presidential election that year  to the law-and-order candidate, Republican Richard Nixon.

The effect of the latest outbreak may be fully determined only when more specifics are known about the Dallas attack.

Already, however, the three days of shootings have served as a reminder of how events outside the campaign can overwhelm the carefully plotted strategies of the candidates. For a time, at least, the question of whom Trump will pick as a running mate and the details of Clinton’s handling of classified information in her emails while secretary of State seem unlikely to attract much attention.

Whether the effect goes deeper and persists also will depend on how a polarized public — and the candidates — frame the week’s deadly events with their fraught elements of racial tension and maintenance of public order.

Both candidates began shaping their responses — and the public’s view of events — on Friday.

Trump, who cancelled a planned Florida event, has built much of his campaign around the idea that America is no longer “safe.” He couples his denunciations of illegal immigration with claims that American cities are places of danger where his audiences — mostly older, white and nonurban — would rightly fear to walk.

He could benefit if voters see this week’s killings as part of a general picture of national chaos — a crisis of authority requiring a tough response.

In a statement released early Friday, Trump largely cast the events in that vein, saying it was necessary to “restore law and order” and “the confidence of our people to be safe and secure in their homes and on the street.”

But he also used terminology rare for a candidate who has been criticized for months for using divisive racially-inflected rhetoric — and one who regularly lauds police while dismissing complaints about police violence.

He called the shootings by police of African American men in Louisiana and Minnesota “senseless” and said they remind “us how much more needs to be done.”

“Our nation has become too divided,” Trump said, adding that “racial  tensions have gotten worse, not better.”

More.

Tomi Lahren at Politicon

She spoke on the panel with Mary Katharine Ham.

And previously, "Tomi Lahren Calls #BlackLivesMatter 'the New KKK'."

Tomi Lahren Calls #BlackLivesMatter 'the New KKK'

She's taking some flak:

Petition started after @TheBlaze host @TomiLahren called #BlackLivesMatter "the new KKK": https://t.co/T2lGpP1Cbv pic.twitter.com/OEI62e82Oj

— Heat Street (@heatstreet) July 9, 2016

And @TomiLahren weighs in but can't hit the delete button fast enough.@AnnCoulter, come get your daughter. pic.twitter.com/CdDt4xf4HL

— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) July 8, 2016

And she said she was "angry last night' in a follow-up "Final Thoughts":

Kristen Keogh All-Star Weekend Forecast

It was definitely hotter yesterday than on Thursday, when we took in the Dodgers game.

Perfect July weather, at any rate.

Via ABC News 10 San Diego:

Ethics Debated After Dallas Police Use Robot Bomb to Kill Suspect Micah Xavier Johnson (VIDEO)

I don't see a problem at all. If the bomb saved lives, there's your ethics.

At the Los Angeles Times, "Dallas police used a robot to kill a gunman, a new tactic that raises ethical questions."

And at USA Today, "Using robots to kill: Ethics debated after Dallas."

And watch, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Chloe Lattanzi Hits Back at Trolls After Posting Busty Bikini Photo to Instagram

Here's her post at Instagram.

Seems perfectly fine.

But see London's Daily Mail, "'Having big breasts does not make you stupid': Chloe Lattanzi hits back at trolls who insulted her after she posted a busty bikini shot... with another skimpy photo":

Chloe Lattanzi has hit back at trolls who called her stupid after she posted a busty bikini shot on social media on Thursday.

The daughter of Olivia Newton-John ignited an Instagram comment flame war with a photo of herself swimming in a pool wearing a hot pink bikini top that barely contained her ample assets.

Then on Friday, she posted a strongly-worded response next to a new photo of her standing by the pool flaunting her trim figure and busty frame in another bikini.

Genevieve Morton Checks Out Vintage Muscle Cars (VIDEO)

Via Esquire:



BONUS: "Genevieve Morton In Nothing But Body Paint - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2015 (VIDEO)."

Beach Babe at Wiamea Bay (VIDEO)

Awesome.

Playboy Abroad: Adventures with Photographer Ana Dias at the Dead Sea in Israel (VIDEO)

Photos here:

In our latest edition of Playboy Abroad photographer Ana Dias travels to the Dead Sea in Israel. While there she ran into beautiful blonde model Dasha.

And watch the video, "Ana Dias at Work in Israel at the Dead Sea - Playboy Abroad."

Rush Limbaugh Says #BlackLivesMatter is 'Quickly Becoming a Terrorist Group' (AUDIO)

It's good.

Listen, "Rush: #BlackLivesMatter ‘Quickly Becoming a Terrorist Group'."

The Violent Tone of #BlackLivesMatter Has Alienated Even Liberals Like Me

According to Wikipedia, Asra Q. Nomani's a professor of "journalism at Georgetown University and co-director of the Pearl Project, a faculty-student, investigative-reporting project into the kidnapping and murder of her former colleague, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl."

Sounds like a pretty good lady to me, and of course, that's why radical leftists are out to destroy her.

At Heat Street:

The Violent Tone of Black Lives Matter Has Alienated Even Liberals Like Me https://t.co/VjK0DklocX

— Heat Street (@heatstreet) July 9, 2016

DALLAS — Early Thursday evening, in the loud pitch of protests for the Black Lives Matter movement here at Belo Garden Park, at the corner of South Griffin Street and Main Street, a quiet moment went mostly unnoticed. A smiling middle-aged black man, carrying a handwritten placard, “No Justice. No Peace,” stopped to take a photo of a phalanx of several police officers.

One of the officers, a white man, responded with a smile and said, “Wanna take a picture together?”

A Hispanic female officer stepped forward to take the man’s camera phone, while the protestor stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the police officers, his sign visible at his feet, a black police officer on his right and the white officer on his left, all smiling. Beside them, with friends and my son, I smiled. It was a moment of warmth in an unfortunate race war that has polarized America.

In town for a fencing tournament, we had stepped out of dinner moments earlier to the buzz of helicopters overhead. Emergency vehicles wailed nearby. A young man, hustling for money, told us folks were in downtown for a demonstration against police shootings of black men. “Be careful,” he said.

We followed others to the protest, crossing South Griffin Street, to enter the well-manicured Belo Garden Park, where a black man shouted into a megaphone, with about 500 protestors around him. My friend, who is Hispanic, was wary of possible danger, having grown up years ago amid violent anti-dictatorship protests.

We stopped when I spotted the line of police. “We’ll be safe next to the police,” I told my friend. It is a difficult truth to acknowledge: After watching the streets of America burn from Ferguson, Missouri, to Baltimore, we feared violence from the protestors, not the police. Little could we know, we were — metaphorically, at least — in the sniper’s line of fire, with targets on the backs of police, six of them to be injured, five of them to be slain, hours later.

In Belo Garden Park, studying the crowd of demonstrators, I had told my friend: The tenor of the Black Lives Matter movement — with headline moments of storming stages, seizing microphones, sabotaging a gay pride event, expressing rage and even hate to police — had alienated even liberals, like myself, who care deeply about racial justice.

To be sure, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said that the sniper, Micah Xavier Johnson, killed by a police robot with an explosive, had told police negotiators that he wasn’t affiliated with any organization, and the movement officially denounced the murders. But the killings in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Texas reveal there is a needle we must still thread as a nation. We must face the wounds of social injustice with a nonviolent spirit of reconciliation and healing. When I expressed these sentiments on Twitter, not long after bullets flew blocks from where we had stood, some supporters of Black Lives Matter attacked me, particularly co=religionists from my Muslim community, using shaming techniques, like calling me “coon,” “racist,” “mental midget,” propagandist for Islamaphobia and now anti-Black racism,” to attempt to silence me and bully me to “f–k off.”

Keep reading.

It's interesting how much supporters of #BlackLivesMatter have cussed at me while trying to defend their honor. https://t.co/11HDoV49wa

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

Yes, I wanted you to say it. It's NOT okay to dehumanize others in the name of social justice. @HessahP @AbuBishrr

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

This flawed premise that it's okay to incite hate against others is a hallmark of your campaigns @rabiasquared @MuslimMatters @nathanlean

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

FYI Fmr @CAIRNational @RabiaSquared, #AdnanSyed fan, incites folks to "have at it" w/me to "set" me "straight." https://t.co/n742Lq4W8Z

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

#Stalker https://t.co/jGhO2fSeg2

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

Their hopes to smear folks as "Islamophobes" hinges on race wars, @mistahspock. @rabiasquared @MuslimMatters @nathanlean

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

Do you now see how Muslims throwing around the "Islamophobia" smear exploit the race wars for their own agenda? @nonpromqueen

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

I am talking about storming stages, silencing speakers, stopping LGBT parade. I empathize w/the anger but dont agree w/the tactics @tarynj19

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

@AsraNomani Slander, misrepresentation, lies and obfuscation are the traits of @nathanlean

— Stefan Ride (@SRide44) July 9, 2016

Yes, there is real racial injustice, police misconduct. I just dont agree with BLM "tone" so they dehumanize me as "racist" @yepmeister

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

Yes, there is real racial injustice, police misconduct. I just dont agree with BLM "tone" so they dehumanize me as "racist" @yepmeister

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

More cursing. More demands to shut up, as if that is okay. Thank you for proving my point. @PersianCeltic

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

G'night haters unleashed by @MuslimMatters @nathanlean @rabiasquared. W/hate, you prove my concerns on #BlackLivesMatter tactics. #Dallas

— Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) July 9, 2016

The New American Civil War: Leftists Against Conservatives; Black Lives Matter Against Blue Lives Matter; Protesters Against Police

It's #TNACW.

At the New York Times, "A Struggle for Common Ground, Amid Fears of a National Fracture":

Even as political leaders, protesters and law enforcement officials struggled to find common ground and lit candles of shared grief, there was an inescapable fear that the United States was being pulled further apart in its anger and anguish over back-to-back fatal shootings by police officers followed by a sniper attack by a military veteran who said he wanted to kill white police officers.

Just days after the United States celebrated its 240th birthday, people in interviews across the country said that the nation increasingly felt mired in bloodshed and blame, and that despite pleas for compassion and unity, it was fracturing along racial and ideological lines into angry camps of liberals against conservatives, Black Lives Matter against Blue Lives Matter, protesters against the police. Whose side were you on? Which victims did you mourn?

In a televised interview, the executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations blamed President Obama for waging a “war on cops.” On social media, others confronted the discrepancies in the everyday lives of black and white Americans, hoping understanding would lead to conversations and action.

Along the Las Vegas Strip, a sunbaked cross-section of races, backgrounds and political views, tourists and workers said the relentless parade of violence during the week had left them mostly in shock and disbelief. They worried that more would follow.

Police departments across the country took precautions, ordering officers to double up in their patrol cruisers and to work in pairs or teams. Civilians were also on guard. Trey Jemmott, an incoming freshman at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said his mother warned him to be careful before he left for the gym the other night.

“She always told me, being an African-American, you already have strikes against you,” he said. “I just feel like something’s got to change. We thought we were over this.”

At an outdoor food stand on the Strip, three co-workers — black, white and Asian — debated whether the bloodshed would lead to healing or deeper divisions as they talked about their own experiences with the police.

Martin Clemons, 28, said he and other black friends had been frisked for jaywalking across the Strip. Zach Luciano, 23, who is white, said he had never been stopped or had a negative run-in with law enforcement, and had considered becoming a police officer.

“There’s more good cops than bad cops,” Mr. Luciano said. “I wanted to be one of those good ones.”

What the three co-workers shared was a grim view that the country’s divides would not heal anytime soon.

“It’s sad, but this is what the world’s coming to,” Mr. Luciano said...

More.

Sheriff David Clarke Slams President Obama for 'Irresponsible Rhetoric' After Dallas Sniper Attack (VIDEO)

I see a lot of commentators starting to get all mushy and "Imagine"-like in their statements.

I don't think it's a time for idealism, although I often have my flights of fancy. It's time for hard-headed realism and truth-talking.

You'll enjoy (and be reassured by) this video with Sheriff Clark, from Maria Bartiromo's show on Fox Business, "Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke on the sniper shootings of police officers in Dallas."

Also, at Politico, "GOP rips Obama after Dallas police shooting."

BONUS: At the Dallas Morning News, "Dallas chief after sniper attack: 'We don't feel much support most days. Let's not make today most days'."

Police and Civilians Run for Cover Amidst Sounds of Sniper Fire in Dallas (VIDEO)

Very intense raw video, at Ruptly, "USA: Police officers and civilians run for cover from sniper as fifth officer dies."

Previously, "Did Black Lives Matter Inspire Dallas Attack Suspect Micah Xavier Johnson? (VIDEO)."

Did Black Lives Matter Inspire Dallas Attack Suspect Micah Xavier Johnson? (VIDEO)

Actually, the suspect told the police, during standoff negotiations, that he wanted to kill white people, especially white cops. And the suspect was upset by the recent police killings of black men. He "expressed anger for Black Lives Matter," according to Dallas Police Chief David Brown.

Was the suspect a member of Blacks Lives Matter? I don't know. But it's clear that the larger leftist, anti-cop environment fostered by BLM is a contributing factor to the violence, for sure.

In any case, see Robert Stacy McCain, at the Other McCain, "DALLAS SHOOTER MICAH JOHNSON: Did #BlackLivesMatter Inspire Terrorist?":

Critics have accused the Black Lives Matter movement of being a hate group that exploits and incites racial animosity. Fanatical supporters of Black Lives Matter flooded Twitter with anti-police messages after Thursday’s shooting, calling for even more violence against police.

“This is the war that Black Lives Matter asked for,” David Horowitz said Thursday night after the deadly attack in Dallas, later asking: “Do you think we have a domestic terrorist threat from the left?”

The anti-police ideology of “Black Lives Matter has historical roots in the radical Left, investigative journalist Matthew Vadum reports...

Continue reading.

My own opinion is that this is entirely on the left. I agree with David Horowitz that the left has its race war. And as I've said repeatedly, it's likely to get worse before it gets better. Frankly, years ago I compared the contemporary American radical left to the Baader-Meinhof Group from the 1970s. Bob Schieffer was on CBS This Morning today, and he asked the $64,000 question: Was the Dallas suspect part of a larger organized movement? He may not have been, but I suspect that we're likely to see an escalation of deliberate, organized violence to match the vicious calculation and brutality seen in Dallas last night. Indeed, as I've noted, before I went out last night to the Dodger game, I predicted some kind of urban unrest coming out of Black Lives Matter and this week's events. It was worse than I expected, but today I'm confident that it's the tip of the iceberg.

In any case, here's Schieffer from earlier today:

WATCH: Raw Video Shows Police Officer Shot and Killed by Suspect in Dallas Attack

I'm not embedding AP's video, which shows the execution-style killing of the police officer. This clip will probably be pulled.

Here, "Dramatic Footage Shows Dallas Officer Shot."

RT has footage of moments before the officer was murdered. This clip probably won't be pulled:

Black Lives Matter Terrorists Murder Dallas Cops

From Matthew Vadum, at FrontPage Magazine, "Is the race war Barack Obama wanted breaking out in Dallas and across America?":

The ambush-style mass shooting of cops in Dallas, Texas, last night makes it clear that it is time for the dangerous, anti-American insurgency called Black Lives Matter to be designated a terrorist organization for fomenting a war against the nation’s law enforcement officers.

As FrontPage went to press early Friday morning, five Dallas area police officers were dead, systematically slaughtered by snipers.

That makes it the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001.

The officers were killed during a demonstration in downtown Dallas against police brutality that leftists say is directed at black Americans as a matter of government policy. Similar marches and rallies took place in other cities, including New York, Oakland, Calif., and Denver, Colo. One suspect has been killed and three others remain in custody. Police have not yet released their identities. [Police now have released the identity of one suspect, Micah Xavier Johnson, who was killed in the standoff.]

Of course, murdering police officers has long been encouraged by activists with the Black Lives Matter cult, with the support of the activist Left. A year ago Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who openly advocates the mass murder of whites, called for “10,000 fearless men” to “rise up and kill those who kill us.” Like many radicals, Farrakhan mischaracterizes Black Lives Matter as a rising civil rights movement.

President Barack Obama, who a decade ago promoted inter-racial warfare in Kenya, has long tried to provoke civil unrest here in the U.S. with his hateful anti-cop rhetoric and his relentless demonization of opponents. His goal is fundamental transformation of the United States. A Red diaper baby who identifies violence-espousing communist Frantz Fanon as an intellectual influence, he has also steadfastly refused to condemn the explicitly racist, violent Black Lives Matter movement. In fact Obama has lavished attention on the movement’s leaders and invited them to the White House over and over again.

Members of the Democratic National Committee expressly endorsed Black Lives Matter, throwing their lot in with black racists and radical Black Power militants. The DNC officially embraced a statement that slams the U.S. for allegedly systemic police violence against black people. A resolution passed by hundreds of delegates at the DNC meeting in Minneapolis last year accuses the nation’s police of "extrajudicial killings of unarmed African American men, women and children."

The Left persists in these lies because, well, that’s what these people do.

According to one analysis, of all the people shot and killed in the U.S. by police so far in 2016, only 24 percent, or 122, were black. Black people are only about 13 percent of the population but they commit around half of all violent crimes. So far this year 47 percent of people shot and killed by police, or 235 individuals, were white.

Only 3 percent, or 13 people shot and killed by police year to date were black and unarmed. The percentage for whites is exactly the same. In other words, police are shooting and killing unarmed blacks and whites at the same rate, Paul Joseph Watson observes.

“There’s no racial disparity,” he says. “Do we have a problem with police brutality in America? Yes, undoubtedly. Is it almost exclusively targeted towards black people as Black Lives Matter claims? No, but the polarizing way in which Black Lives Matter made it all about race has divided the nation and made half of the country completely disinterested.”

Watson addresses “black people,” telling them that “Black Lives Matter is hurting you. It’s doing incredible harm. Martin Luther King achieved justice and civil rights by championing equality and building bridges with white America.”

Black Lives Matter, on the other hand, demands racial segregation, keeps whites out of its meetings, and urges the killing of police, he adds.

Returning to the situation in Dallas, as of 11:45 p.m. Central time, 11 officers from the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system had reportedly been shot. DPD chief David Brown told reporters that two snipers opened fire from elevated positions in downtown Dallas. Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings (D) said the shooting began at 8:58 p.m. local time. Brown added that suspects may have also planted a bomb downtown.

Four of the murdered police officers worked for the DPD. The other deceased officer worked for DART.

The killing spree followed days of media-hyped adverse publicity for police forces in Louisiana and Minnesota.

In its intensifying assaults on American law enforcement the Left seized upon a police-involved death earlier in the week of a notoriously violent criminal in Louisiana who had reportedly menaced an innocent by-stander with a gun.

Recidivist felon Alton Sterling, a black offender well known to local law enforcement, was shot to death by police early Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge following a physical struggle with police in which Sterling may have reached for a weapon. Both officers “believe they were completely justified in using deadly force,” according to the local district attorney.

Although even with graphic video footage of the shooting it’s not entirely clear what happened as the two cops and Sterling struggled, the Left is moving full speed ahead portraying the deceased career criminal as a martyr slaughtered by the evil system that rules a hopelessly racist America.

The Left reveres thugs. It jumped on the bandwagon promoting the lie that Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo., and Trayvon Martin of Sanford, Fla., were innocent angels unjustly cut down by white executioners. The truth, as we now know, is that both young black men were killed in self-defense by the white men they intended to harm...

Keep reading.

All the racial healing...

Following-up, "Race War: 5 Officers Killed in Sniper Ambush Attack During #BlackLivesMatter Protests in Dallas."

Here's Jon Gabriel:

My favorite part about the Obama era is all the racial healing.

— jon gabriel (@exjon) November 24, 2014

And also, from Michelle Malkin:

#FlashbackFriday What Assata taught me ===> https://t.co/kMXlLJeWCJ

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 8, 2016

"The left’s sick fetish for cop-killers is still going strong after four decades of violence..." https://t.co/zPXoFqBIEE via @MichelleMalkin

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 8, 2016

Race War: 5 Officers Killed in Sniper Ambush Attack During #BlackLivesMatter Protests in Dallas

Well, I knew something was going to happen last night. Sadly, it was even worse than I predicted at my post, "Heading Out to Dodger Stadium."

Here's Heather Mac Donald's book, which should see some brisk sales today, considering, The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe.

I was having a great time at the ballgame. Dodger Stadium is a relaxing place. I was sitting there thinking that if we could just set aside our ideological battles and enjoy baseball together, things would get better. Silly me to sit there all dreamy and idealistic while white cops were being gunned down by a Black Lives Matter sympathizer in Dallas. I guess I have to step back into the real world again, and I hope my predictions aren't quite so accurate.

Some photos from last night:







I'll be blogging about events throughout the day. Thanks for reading.

Heading Out to Dodger Stadium

I'm taking my son to see the San Diego Padres at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

I'm going with my now-retired colleague Greg Joseph and his son Eric.

Eric's a director of an after-school program and we're taking a bus full of kids up to the game. It's going to be cool.

At any rate, I'll have more blogging late tonight or tomorrow.

Meanwhile, check out Heather Mac Donald's new book, The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe.

I think there's going to be rioting tonight. Probably in Minneapolis, and perhaps all over, if the Black Lives Matter thugs are able to foment an uprising.

Deal of the Day: Hoover Shoulder Vac Pro Backpack Vacuum [BUMPED]

Cool vac.

At Amazon, Hoover Commercial C2401 Shoulder Vac Pro Backpack Vacuum with 1-1/2-Inch Attachment Kit.

Also, The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King Extended Editions) [Blu-ray].

Plus, Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season.

More, Alonzo Hamby, Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century.

Ellen Meiksins Wood, The Pristine Culture of Capitalism: A Historical Essay on Old Regimes and Modern States.

And H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900.

BONUS: Max Hastings, The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945.

WATCH: Raw Video Shows the Moment Police Shot and Killed Alton Sterling

This is graphic.

Content warning, at Ruptly, "USA: Footage shows moment police shoot Alton Sterling dead *GRAPHIC*."

Previous blogging at my "police brutality" tag.

Why Trump Will Win In November

From David Horowitz, at FrontPage Magazine, "It’s national security, stupid":

In elections generally - but this one in particular - things are not always what they seem. Take the apparent exculpation of Hillary by FBI director James Comey. The Democrats responded with a statement that the issue had now been “resolved” because the target had not been indicted. But not so fast. The failure to indict was not an exoneration, and what the public witnessed - the secret meeting between the head of Justice and the target’s husband, the job offer to her would-be prosecutor, and the FBI’s  dossier of her misdeeds – was in effect a second trial, and it came with a conviction. The former Secretary of State had lied to Congress and the public, and not about private matters like sexual escapades with interns. She had lied about national security matters, and was reckless in handling secrets that affect the safety of all Americans. Worse, the fact she appeared to be getting away with a serious crime was a dramatic confirmation of Trump’s campaign narrative: the system is corrupt, the fix is in, I will change all this.

The Comey episode also turned a lot of Republican heads – most notably Paul Ryan’s – that had been openly skeptical of Trump’s candidacy, and lukewarm in endorsing his campaign. Until that moment, the failure of some Republicans to rally behind the Republican nominee, indeed to refrain from seconding Democrat attacks, has been the chief weakness of Trump’s candidacy. When Trump objected to an obviously biased judge – a member of “La Raza” and opponent of securing the border – Ryan and other Republicans joined the Democrats in the ludicrous charge that Trump was a racist. (What Republican candidate in the last thirty years have the Democrats not slandered as racist?) But Ryan is not attacking Trump now. Instead he is calling on officials to remove Hillary’s security clearance – a strong signal to voters that she is not fit to be commander-in-chief, and a powerful reinforcement of Trump’s campaign theme.

At the moment, Trump is in a virtual dead heat with Hillary, which is remarkable considering the slanderous attacks on his character not only by Democrats but by the chorus of #NeverTrump Republicans who have also called him a sexist and xenophobe, and have compared him to Mussolini and Hitler. These negatives have hurt him but will ultimately fail for the same reason that the anti-Trump attacks in the primary failed. Trump is not an unknown quantity. He has been in front of the American public for thirty or forty years. Nothing in the public record would validate the charge Trump is a racist, let alone Hitler. Consequently these negatives are unlikely to over-ride the actual issues when voters make the judgments that will determine the election. At the same time, the obviousness of the slanders merely serves to confirm Trump’s narrative that corrupt elites fear him and will do anything to prevent him from upsetting their apple carts.

The reason Trump will win in November is that national security is at the top of voter concerns and Trump has been a strong advocate on this front. Beginning with his promise to build a wall, made national security issues – vetting Syrian Muslim refugees, rebuilding the military, “bombing the sh-t” out of ISIS and naming the enemy – have been centerpieces of his campaign. Of course he has also had help from the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino and Orlando, and from a feckless Obama who refuses to recognize the Islamist threat. But so did Mitt Romney, who had Benghazi and Fort Hood and the same feckless commander-in-chief to work with. Romney, however, chose not to do so. He took the war issue off the table when he embraced Obama’s foreign policy in the third presidential debate and never tried to make it central again.

 Since World War II no Republican has won the popular vote in a presidential election where national security has not been a primary issue. The one seeming exception is Bush’s victory in 2000. But Bush did not win the popular vote even though he was able to get the necessary majority in the electoral college.  In this election, Trump has instinctively seized the high ground on national security. He has put the disasters of Obama’s Middle East retreats front and center, and s challenged the crippling denial of the commander-in-chief and his failure to take appropriate measures to defeat our enemies at home and abroad.

Thanks to nearly eight years of a party in power that refuses to secure our borders and is more interested in disarming law-abiding Americans than confronting the terror threat in our midst, national security is now a primary issue on the minds of all Americans. Donald Trump speaks to those concerns in a way that the damaged and compromised Hillary cannot. Her fingerprints are all over the disastrous Obama policies in the Middle East. National security is an issue that crosses party lines and also gender lines. Even more important, it is an issue that unifies the Republican coalition, whose current disunity is Trump’s greatest weakness. With the fallout from Hillary’s server fail as a backdrop, Trump should be able to bring his party together at the upcoming convention, and go on to secure a victory in November.

Philando Castile Character Assassination?

Following-up on my previous post, which has all the links to the debate I've been discussing, "Black Deaths and Police Brutality, Caught on Video."

I still think the Minnesota shooting was an unjustified use of force, and frankly, I don't see why it's necessary to assassinate the guy's characters. Same thing for Alton Sterling, although he was clearly resisting arrest. It's not to say that background is irrelevant, and of course I'd never be one to feed into the Black Lives Matter propaganda program of lies.

But still, this isn't my first reaction. See Cernovich on Twitter, linking Charles C. Johnson. It's nasty dirty politics. I guess somebody's gotta do it:

BREAKING: #PhilandoCastile From #FalconHeightsShooting Was Crips Gang Memberhttps://t.co/zNSZRZGBxj

— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) July 7, 2016

Nina Agdal Checks Out Vintage Cars at Coney Island Mermaid Parade (VIDEO)

She's vintage, lol.

Via Sports Illustrated:

Black Deaths and Police Brutality, Caught on Video

I wanna re-up my post from yesterday, where I expressed my misgivings on the issue of police brutality. Where the Alton Sterling case had some gray areas (IMHO), the Philando Castile case in Minnesota is very different. It looks like the cops just opened fire for no reason (see Bearing Arms).

Here's yesterday's post, "Update on Alton Sterling Shooting."

And previously, "Police Officer Fatally Shoots Driver in Falcon Heights, Minnesota; Aftermath Video Posted."

And now here's Sarah Kendzior, who I linked yesterday. She's good.

At Toronto's Globe and Mail, "Black deaths, police brutality, caught on video: No justice, only sequels":

My latest for @globeandmail: Black deaths, police brutality, caught on video: No justice, only sequels https://t.co/ZNGaz7KeEL

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 7, 2016

In 1991, when video was released of Rodney King being beaten by Los Angeles police officers, Alton Sterling of Louisiana was 12 years old. Philando Castile of Minnesota was seven.

The King video was supposed to provide irrefutable evidence of what black Los Angeles residents had been describing for decades: systematic, racist police brutality. Now, many assumed, the violence black Americans had long endured from police would not be denied. Now, finally, officers would have to face legal repercussions.

But instead, the officers who abused Mr. King walked free. And today, videos of Mr. Sterling and Mr. Castile being killed by police officers circulate online, joining videos of police officers killing Laquan McDonald of Chicago, Walter Scott of North Carolina, and Eric Garner of New York, among others.

The legacy of the Rodney King video was not justice, but sequels.

Mr. Sterling died at 37. Mr. Castile died days before his 33rd birthday. They left behind children, parents, and friends. They were men who loved and were loved. Today their loved ones, in the midst of grief, are tasked with not only proving these men’s innocence, but vouching for their basic humanity. Advocates of Sterling and Castile will fight to put the officers who killed Sterling and Castile on trial, knowing Sterling and Castile were on trial their whole lives in the court of public opinion. Their very existence as black men is considered, in the eyes of many Americans, evidence of their guilt.

Police officials and media will publicize criminal records – as they already have for Mr. Sterling – to try to justify a killing that had nothing to do with his previous low-level offences. They will assassinate Mr. Castile’s character, as they consistently assassinate the character of even the youngest African-Americans – children like 12-year-old Tamir Rice, killed by a police officer while playing in a park.

They will do anything to make people turn away from the videos, the proof, the pain.

They know that no documentation will bring justice if the audience is willfully blind – seeing only what they want to see. What many want to see is justification for black death...

Keep reading.

Trump Endorsements

After this week, lots of folks bit the bullet and endorsed Donald Trump. The FBI's refusal to indict Hillary was the last straw.

Here's Bruce Kesler, at Maggie's Farm, "You can’t avoid the truth, sad as it may be: Trump is the only revolution we’ve got."

And Peter Ingemi, at Da Tech Guy's Blog, "Donald Trump or Civil War, I Choose Trump."

Police Officer Fatally Shoots Driver in Falcon Heights, Minnesota; Aftermath Video Posted

Well, it's the summer of black police brutality videos, I guess.

At the New York Times, "Philando Castile Shooting in Minnesota Leads Governor to Seek U.S. Investigation."

CBS News Minnesota's posted the 10:00 minute video, and blacked out the bloody images of the victim. But he's definitely dying, "Video: Police Shooting Aftermath Live On Facebook."

And, at Memeorandum, "Police Fatally Shoot Man During Traffic Stop, Aftermath Video Posted."

ICYMI: Roger Scruton, Fools, Frauds and Firebrands

This book's like a handbook for the postmodern left.

I'm keeping it handy as I read a lot of the hardcore Marxist literature.

Here, Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left.

Tomi Lahren Interview: Sexual Assault Survivor and 2nd Amendment Advocate Kimberly Corban (VIDEO)

She spoke at Politicon.

Great legs.

And watch, at the Blaze, "Joining me now, sexual assault survivor and Second Amendment advocate, Kimberly Corban."

Pamplona Bull Run 2016 (VIDEO)

Well, the running actually looks kinda fun, and take a good look, because who knows how long this will continue? Leftists are ramping up their protests.

From the other day, "Animal Rights Activists Poured Artificial Blood Over Themselves in Pamplona, Spain (VIDEO)."

It's PETA, "RUNNING OF THE BULLS - PAMPLONA - BULL FIGHT PROTEST - PETA."

And via Euronews:

Emily Ratajkowski Poses for Harper's Bazaar

At London's Daily Mail, "Emily Ratajkowski poses NAKED atop a horse for Harper's Bazaar."

BONUS: Flashback, "EMILY RATAJKOWSKI WET SHOWER TOPLESS OUTTAKES."

Muslim Immigration to the West Threatens Women (VIDEO)

It's Ayaan Hirsi Ali, for Prager University.

And her recent book, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now.

Kim Strassel Talks About The Intimidation Game

A great interview, at the Daily Signal.

And here's her book, The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech.

Devin Brugman Shares Bikini Photos from Greek Vaction on Instagram

Looks like a fan account.

And she should have fans, dang!

Devin Brugman puts on a busty display in sexy triangle bikini https://t.co/ZgCLK3csy7

— Devin Brugman Daily (@DevBrugmanDaily) July 6, 2016

And from yesterday, "Natasha Oakley Speaks Out."

David Horowitz, Unholy Alliance

A great book.

A classic.

Here, Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam And the American Left.

Deal of the Day: Dremel 3-Tool Craft & Hobby Maker Kit [BUMPED]

At Amazon, Dremel 2290 3-Tool Craft & Hobby Maker Kit with 200-Series Rotary Tool, Engraver & Butane Soldering Torch.

Plus, Save on Building Supplies.

And, Home & Kitchen Markdowns - Kitchen & Dining - 50% Off or More.

Also, from Heather Mac Donald, The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe.

Harry Stein, No Matter What...They'll Call This Book Racist: How our Fear of Talking Honestly About Race Hurts Us All.

David Limbaugh, The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic.

And Patrick Garry, Conservatism Redefined: A Creed for the Poor and Disadvantaged.

BONUS: Kim Strassel, The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech.

Update on Alton Sterling Shooting

The Daily Beast has a very graphic video of the shooting, via Memeorandum, "New Video Emerges of Alton Sterling Being Killed by Baton Rouge Police."

Obviously, information is scarce, but like with the death of Eric Garner in New York, the police can sometimes be seriously fucked up. While there's no "epidemic" of police killings of "unarmed black men," I'm upset with a lot of these deaths, and I can see how they fuel the leftist assault against law enforcement.

And I don't care if the guy Alton Sterling was a convicted molester, or whatever people are saying. The video sure looks like excessive force. You can see the man start to bleed out at the clip. He was shot right in the chest, so no doubt he didn't last long.

Police work is a nasty, ugly line of business. I used to hate cops when I was a kid, because they hassled me and profiled me. But I don't hate them so much anymore. I distrust them with my liberty, but I do know that most of them are decent individuals who mean well, and often are placed in unwinnable circumstances.

In any case, here's Bob Owens at Bearing Arms, "Most of What You’re Reading About Alton Sterling is Written byy Idiots" (via Memeorandum):

Here’s what really happened, based upon what we actually know.

* Police were called to a Baton Rouge (Louisiana) convenience store on a “man with a gun” call.
* Officers made contact with Alton Sterling at the convenience store because he matched the description provided by the caller.
* Officers had a conversation that led to a confrontation with Alton Sterling. We do not know the details of this conversation.
* A person in a nearby car began (badly) recording with a low-quality cell phone camera just as officers stepped back and fired a taser at Alston Sterling.
* You can distinctly hear the crackle of the X26 taser. It fires a second time. Alton Sterling is unmoved by either taser attempt.
* Up until this point, Sterling has been passively non-compliant, at least while on camera.
* An officer tackles Alton Sterling, and once Sterling is on the ground he starts actively resisting officers.
* The officer who fired the taser is able to secure Sterling’s left arm with great difficulty, and pins it under his legs.
* The other officer, the one who tackled Sterling, is attempting to control Sterling’s right arm, but it is out of camera view behind the bumper of the car.
* The officer who tackled Alston Sterling yells “He’s got a gun!” Sterling is seen still actively resisting. We still cannot see Alton Sterling’s right arm as the tackling officer fights to control him.
* The officer who had twice tasered Sterling draws his handgun to retention. He presumably issues the warning to Alton Sterling face to face: “Hey bra! You f*cking move, I swear to God.”
* Two shots are fired, and the cell phone video loses focus and goes back inside the car.
* Several other shots are heard.

These are the only real facts that we know.

More.

If the investigation, which is now going to be run through Washington, reveals that Sterling was reaching for, or holding, his weapon, it's most likely his killing would be justified. But see Owens' post for the last analysis on that point.

Now, see Sarah Kendzior, your classic progressive intellectual (who nevertheless is quite good at her reporting):

My piece from May on real "Ferguson effect": police who murder are not punished but rewarded https://t.co/0xDe4xPiE1 pic.twitter.com/4KzWqBJMdo

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 6, 2016

Scroll through her feed for more.

Previously, "Alton Sterling Shot by Police After Scuffle Outside Convenience Store in Baton Rouge (VIDEO)."

Follow-Up on Michelle Fields Interview with Steve Malzberg

First page of Michelle Field's book (Barons of the Beltway: Inside the Princely World of Our Washington Elite — and How to Overthrow Them), where she alleges Corey Lewandowski nearly pulled her to the ground at the Donald Trump event. She flatly denied making the allegation in the book when called out by Steve Malzberg on Newsmax, and then she quit the interview. But it's right there. If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a liar. And that's a bald-faced lie.

Sad.

Here's the initial report, "Michelle Fields Abruptly Ends Interview When Called Out by Steve Malzberg on Corey Lewandowsk Lies (VIDEO)."

J. Kael Weston, The Mirror Test

Obama's going to leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan, which is about the most decent thing he's done all year.

More on that later.

Meanwhile, here's J. Kael Weston's new book, The Mirror Test: America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hillary Clinton Expanding College Plan to Offer 'Free' Tuition to Millions

"Free" college.

She's really feeling the Bern on this one.

Remember, Sanders' full program, education plus universal health care, etc., was pegged at more than $18 trillion over ten years.

Let's hope Crooked Hilary doesn't go that far, sheesh.

At WSJ (via Memeorandum):

In a bid to win over rival Bernie Sanders and his supporters, Democrat Hillary Clinton is expanding her college plan to offer free tuition to millions of families, a modified version of what Mr. Sanders pushed during his presidential campaign and a major concession.

The new plan will offer free tuition at public schools to students in families earning up to $85,000 a year at first, with that threshold increasing to $125,000 by 2021.

Mr. Sanders welcomed the plan as “a revolutionary step forward.”

Speaking to reporters, he applauded her move as “very, very significant” and said the new plan combines the best of both candidates’ ideas. But he continued to hold off an endorsement for Mrs. Clinton, who has the Democratic nomination in hand. “This is one issue—there are other issues,” he said.

Throughout their primary campaign, Mrs. Clinton argued that her college affordability plan was superior. Her proposal guaranteed that families wouldn’t have to borrow money to attend college, but insisted that students and their parents contribute what they could afford. She described this as a way to make sure everybody had “skin in the game.”

In a statement, Mrs. Clinton sidestepped the political imperatives in revising her plan and continued to talk about her policy in terms of “debt-free” college, as opposed to Mr. Sanders’s more sweeping vision of “tuition-free” school.


“American families are drowning in debt caused by ever-rising college costs and it is imperative that the next president put forward a bold plan to make debt-free college available to all,” she said.

It is not clear how many additional families would get free tuition under the modified version compared with the original Clinton plan. The campaign also didn’t say how much the new version would cost or how she would pay for it...

"Tuition-free."

"Debt-free."

What difference does it make? It's going to be a massive taxpayer-funded boondoggle either way.

And to be clear, I support free community college education. It was free back in the 1970s in California, and it was designed as affordable for everyone. But even that's going to be hard to finance in this day and age. I'd like to see more affordability, more federal grants, and so forth. But no doubt it's going to cost a lot. Young people are being deceived if they think they're going to get a 100 percent free ride. It ain't going to happen.

Keep reading.

Italian Coast Guard and Navy Intercept 4,500 Refugees During Operations in the Mediterranean (VIDEO)

They should pick up these "refugees" and dump them in Germany, and the chancellor's office.

Via Ruptly:

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair Responds to Chilcot Inquiry Report (VIDEO)

As promised, following-up from earlier, "U.K. Chilcot Report Offers Devastating Critique of Tony Blair and the Iraq War," and "FLASHBACK: Tony Blair Testimony Before the Chilcot Inquiry in 2010 (VIDEO)."

Plus, updates at Telegraph UK, "Chilcot report: Tony Blair takes 'full responsibility' for Iraq war as Jeremy Corbyn 'apologises sincerely on behalf' of Labour party":

“The decision to go to war in Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power in a coalition of over 40 countries led by the USA, was the hardest, most momentous, most agonising decision I took in 10 years as British prime minister.

“For that decision today I accept full responsibility, without exception and without excuse. I recognise the division felt by many in our country over the war and in particular I feel deeply and sincerely – in a way that no words can properly convey – the grief and suffering of those who lost ones they loved in Iraq, whether the members of our armed forces, the armed forces of other nations, or Iraqis.

“The intelligence assessments made at the time of going to war turned out to be wrong. The aftermath turned out to be more hostile, protracted and bloody than ever we imagined. The coalition planned for one set of ground facts and encountered another, and a nation whose people we wanted to set free and secure from the evil of Saddam, became instead victim to sectarian terrorism.

“For all of this I express more sorrow, regret and apology than you may ever know or can believe.”

The full video is here, "[Full speech] Tony Blair speaks after publication of Chilcot report."

Charles Krauthammer: Hillary Clinton's a 'Non-Criminal Liar'

That's the conclusion from listening to FBI Director Comey's remarks yesterday, says Dr. K.

Watch, from Fox News' Special Report, "The political ramifications of the FBI's Clinton decision."

Also at the video: Kirsten Powers and Mercedes Schlapp.

FLASHBACK: Tony Blair Testimony Before the Chilcot Inquiry in 2010 (VIDEO)

Following-up from earlier, "U.K. Chilcot Report Offers Devastating Critique of Tony Blair and the Iraq War."

It turns out Tony Blair gave a public speech today, and he apparently got choked up. I'll look for the video clip shortly and update.

Meanwhile, here's his initial testimony to the committee of inquiry, at ODN, "The day Tony Blair gave evidence to the Iraq war inquiry."

Natasha Oakley Speaks Out

She's one of the A Bikini A Day ladies.

The other is the mind-blowing Devin Brugman.

At Harper's Bazaar:

Natasha Oakley Speaks Out About Body Shamers https://t.co/l27QnJ5h9S pic.twitter.com/7jVqTVzSl0

— Harper's Bazaar (@harpersbazaarus) July 5, 2016

More, at London's Daily Mail, "Wish you were here! Natasha Oakley and Devin Brugman continue their envy-inducing holiday in Greece and show off their incredible curves in sexy swimwear."

Three Sylmar High School Baseball Players Enlisted in the Army

A great story.

One of those little nuggets of news that rekindle your faith in the goodness of America.

Remember, we're constantly bombarded with how terrible we are by the left. When I see a story like this, of young people resisting the left's nihilist culture, I want to shout it from the rooftops.

At LAT, "'Go Army' more than a motto for Sylmar High baseball players":

Mario Xavier Cruz, Robert Jaime and Erick Aleman. Coached by Ray Rivera. 'I've always wanted to serve my country' https://t.co/6pfoJYIh3Z

— Angel Rodriguez (@ajrod) July 1, 2016

When Mario Xavier Cruz and Robert Jaime, baseball teammates at Sylmar High, look up into the sky on the Fourth of July and see fireworks bursting in the air, their thoughts may turn emotional.

Jaime leaves July 11 for Army boot camp at Fort Jackson, S.C. Cruz leaves the same day for Fort Sill, Okla.

Another Sylmar teammate, Erick Aleman, left June 20 for boot camp at Fort Benning, Ga.

“I’m very proud,” Sylmar baseball coach Ray Rivera said. “Three players off one team.”

Rivera doesn’t act like an Army drill sergeant — though his preseason conditioning sessions are pretty tough and he’s got an Army haircut. But the coach does offer a clear message to any player who shows up.

“I tell them everything we do here is geared for preparing you for life,” he said.

And the players agree that baseball has helped prepare them for Army life.

“Playing baseball really influenced me to join,” Aleman, a pitcher, said in an email before he left. “Baseball gave me the personal courage and confidence to join. The skills that I learned, I will use throughout my military career and life.”

Said Cruz: “Baseball takes a lot of discipline and you have to be mentally tough.”

Aleman was first to sign up, then he started talking to Cruz and Jaime. Soon, they were all in.

“I’ve always wanted to serve my country,” said Jaime, an all-East Valley League catcher who batted .437 and also starred as a wrestler. “I always looked up to soldiers and saw how much respect they got.”

Rivera, who has been Sylmar's coach for 14 seasons, had other players join the military but never this many from one team.

“All three of them could have gone to college,” he said...

Keep reading.

Alana Blanchard Surfing the Gold Coast, Australia (VIDEO)

She's a cool chick.

Brazil Ramps Up Security Before Rio Olympics (VIDEO)

My wife was saying last night that she wouldn't go.

And you can see why!

Watch, at CBS News This Morning, "Rio police battle security crisis as Olympics loom."

That's an excellent report. Brazil's deploying twice as many police and security personnel than Britain did for the London games in 2012.

Theresa May Once Called the Tories the 'Nasty Party' (VIDEO)

Interesting.

Watch, at the Telegraph UK, "Theresa May in 90 Seconds: Who is the woman bidding to be the next Prime Minister?"

And ICYMI, "Theresa May Wins First Round of Conservative Party Leadership Vote."

Alton Sterling Shot by Police After Scuffle Outside Convenience Store in Baton Rouge (VIDEO)

This story's trending on all the morning news programs, and at Memeorandum, "Video captures white Baton Rouge police officer fatally shooting a black man, sparking outrage."

Alos at USA Today, "Protests break out after Baton Rouge police fatally shoot man."

More, at the Baton Rouge Advocate, "Baton Rouge NAACP leader calls for police chief to resign after Alton Sterling shooting."

And watch, at ABC News:

Kid at Basketball Camp Falls to the Floor After Seeing Stephen Curry (VIDEO)

This is fantastic!

At AP, "Basketball camper drops to floor after meeting Steph Curry."

And watch, at the Warriors' Twitter feed, "Some lucky basketball campers got the surprise of a lifetime."

German Leftist Selin Gören Lied to Police About Being Raped by Islamic Refugees

Because she didn't want to "encourage racism."

Seems like this kind of thing's becoming pretty common over there.

Now she's apologized.

At Jihad Watch, "Germany: Leftist pol raped by Muslim migrants, lied to police to avoid encouraging racism":

“She now says people must never ‘twist the truth’ even if it is politically expedient to do so.” If the Left in the aggregate took her advice, it would have to close up shop. Lying because it is politically expedient is the hallmark of the Left’s approach to the Muslim migrant inundation, and to the jihad threat in general.

Keep reading.