Was anybody surprised when the Department of Justice announced they were not going to prosecute James Comey for leaking confidential documents? What was the underlying excuse for not prosecuting Comey? According to the Washington Examiner, “Justice Department prosecutors declined to go after Comey because of a lack of evidence Comey ‘intentionally’ violated the law….”
That “intent” thing sure sounds familiar. Hillary broke the law and Comey refused to prosecute her because she didn’t intend to break the law. This time Comey broke the law and Justice Department lawyers are refusing to prosecute him because he didn’t intend to break the law. Translation: Comey can’t be prosecuted because he’s above the law. Funny thing though, intent is not a consideration when prosecuting people outside of the swamp. None of Mueller’s victims got off on intent.
China’s currency dropped against the dollar to its lowest level in a decade, prompting President Donald Trump on Monday to accuse China of manipulating its currency.
“China dropped the price of their currency to an almost a historic low,” Trump said in a tweet. “It’s called ‘currency manipulation.’ Are you listening Federal Reserve? This is a major violation which will greatly weaken China over time!”:
China dropped the price of their currency to an almost a historic low. It’s called “currency manipulation.” Are you listening Federal Reserve? This is a major violation which will greatly weaken China over time!
Unlike the United States, which allows its currency to float upward or downward based on market forces, the Chinese government extensively intervenes in the currency market to move the yuan in directions favored by its leaders. During the weekend, the government allowed it to fall to its lowest level in a decade. Currency depreciation makes Chinese exports cheaper abroad so it can undermine the effects of tariffs.
China’s depreciation follows President Trump’s announcement on Thursday that the U.S. would impose a ten percent tariff on the $300 billion or so of Chinese goods exported to the U.S. that are not subject to the 25 percent tariff.
In a statement, the People’s Bank of China, China’s version of the Fed, denied intentionally depressing the currency. It said China will “not engage in competitive devaluation, and not use the exchange rate for competitive purposes and not use the exchange rate as a tool to deal with external disturbances such as trade disputes.”
President Trump addresses nation on mass shootings crisis in speech at the White House, August 5, 2019, screen image via C-SPAN.
President Trump on Monday addressed the mass shootings occurred over the weekend, laying out several avenues Democrats and Republicans can take to make America safer but stopping short of calling for the ban of assault-style weapons.
Trump called for “bipartisan solutions” as he set out four avenues of action: Identifying potential mass shooters before they strike; curtailing violent video games that “celebrate violence”; reforming mental health laws; and strictly limiting firearms to troubled people under “red flag laws.”
“The shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online consumed with racist hate,” Trump said during in a speech from the Diplomatic Room of the White House. “In one voice, our nation must condemn bigotry, hatred and white supremacy,” he said. “These sinister ideologies must be defeated.”
In remarks aimed at stating how his White House will respond to the shootings, Trump said: “We vow to act with urgent resolve.”
“We can and will stop this evil contagion,” he added.
Over the weekend, 30 people were killed and another 53 injured in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in two horrific mass shootings. In El Paso, a 21-year-old gunman opened fire on Saturday morning in a Walmart crowded shoppers, killing 20 and wounding 26 others. In Dayton, a 24-year-old man wearing body armor fired at people in on the streets about 1 a.m. Sunday, killing nine and wounding 27 in less than a minute.
Trump on Monday urged social media companies “to develop tools to identify mass shooters before they strike.”
“The perils of the internet and social media cannot be ignored, and will not be ignored,” he said.
Trump also took at video games, saying they are part of a “culture that glorifies violence. And targeted mental health. “Mental illness and hatred pull the trigger ― not the gun,” he said.
The president said he supports “red flag laws” that allow law enforcement authorities to take away guns from those deemed dangerous. And he directed the Justice Department to propose legislation that would deliver the death penalty to mass shooters, saying this “capital punishment be delivered quickly, decisively, and without years of needless delay.”
While the mainstream media has justifiably reported voluminously about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend, they have glaringly omitted the usual kind of news in Chicago, where another bloody weekend saw seven people murdered and roughly 60 more people wounded by gun violence.
America faces a moral crisis, not a gun control problem. As God and morality are purged from all our institutions, darkness, chaos, evil, and violence grow to fill in the gap. There is no political solution or regulation that will stop these evildoers. Only more armed law-abiding citizens and a true spiritual and moral revival will help reduce these atrocities and protect innocent lives.
The left stopped disciplining children and teaching them accountability.
The left used anti-depressant drugs to “fix” spiritual problems.
The left chased God and prayer out of the public schools.
The left banned the Ten Commandments from the classrooms.
The left removed moral lessons from the curricula.
The left glorified sexual immorality and depravity.
The left promoted abnormality as “normal.”
The left defended the depiction of senseless gun violence and brutal murders in films, media, and video games as “entertainment” and “art.”
The left praised the dangerous gang-culture infecting society as “cultural diversity.”
The left celebrated abortion and the murder of the unborn as “feminist freedom.”
The left denigrated the sanctity of life.
The left ridiculed traditional morality and the Christian faith.
The left encouraged atheism and godless ideologies.
America faces a moral crisis, not a gun control problem. As God and morality are purged from all our institutions, darkness, chaos, evil, and violence grow to fill in the gap. There is no political solution or regulation that will stop these evildoers. Only more armed law-abiding citizens and a true spiritual and moral revival will help reduce these atrocities and protect innocent lives.
The left stopped disciplining children and teaching them accountability.
The left used anti-depressant drugs to “fix” spiritual problems.
The left chased God and prayer out of the public schools.
The left banned the Ten Commandments from the classrooms.
The left removed moral lessons from the curricula.
The left glorified sexual immorality and depravity.
The left promoted abnormality as “normal.”
The left defended the depiction of senseless gun violence and brutal murders in films, media, and video games as “entertainment” and “art.”
The left praised the dangerous gang-culture infecting society as “cultural diversity.”
The left celebrated abortion and the murder of the unborn as “feminist freedom.”
The left denigrated the sanctity of life.
The left ridiculed traditional morality and the Christian faith.
The left encouraged atheism and godless ideologies.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault.
The accounts by two former classmates emerged after police said there was nothing in the background of 24-year-old Connor Betts that would have prevented him from purchasing the .223-caliber rifle with extended ammunition magazines that he used to open fire outside a crowded bar. Police on patrol in the entertainment district fatally shot him less than a minute later.
Both former classmates told The Associated Press that Betts was suspended during their junior year at suburban Bellbrook High School after a hit list was found scrawled in a school bathroom. That followed an earlier suspension after Betts came to school with a list of female students he wanted to sexually assault, according to the two classmates, a man and a woman who are both now 24 and spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern they might face harassment.
“There was a kill list and a rape list, and my name was on the rape list,” said the female classmate.
A former cheerleader, the woman said she didn’t really know Betts and was surprised when a police officer called her cellphone during her freshman year to tell her that her name was included on a list of potential targets.
“The officer said he wouldn’t be at school for a while,” she said. “But after some time passed he was back, walking the halls. They didn’t give us any warning that he was returning to school.”
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Schools officials declined to comment on those accounts, only confirming that Betts attended schools in the district.
The discovery of the hit list early in 2012 sparked a police investigation, and roughly one-third of Bellbrook students skipped school out of fear, according to an article in the Dayton Daily News.
It’s not clear what became of that investigation. Chief Michael Brown in Sugarcreek Township, which has jurisdiction over the Bellbrook school, did not return calls Sunday about whether his agency investigated the hit list.
Though Betts, who was 17 at the time, was not named publicly by authorities at the time as the author of the list, the former classmates said it was common knowledge within the school he was the one suspended over the incident.
Drew Gainey was among those who went on social media Sunday to say red flags were raised about Betts’ behavior years ago.
“There was an incident in high school with this shooter that should have prevented him from ever getting his hands on a weapon. This was a tragedy that was 100% avoidable,” he wrote on in a Twitter post on Sunday.
Gainey did not respond to messages from AP seeking further comment, but the name on his account matches that of a former Bellbrook student who was on the track team with Betts.
Former Bellbrook Principal Chris Baker said he “would not dispute that information” when the Daily News asked him Sunday about the hit list suspension. He declined to comment further to the newspaper and the AP was unable to reach him.
Betts had no apparent criminal record as an adult, though if he had been charged as a juvenile that would typically be sealed under state law.
“There’s nothing in this individual’s record that would have precluded him from getting these weapons,” Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said Sunday.
Not everyone who went to school with Betts had bad things to say. Brad Howard told reporters in Bellbrook on Sunday that he was friends with Betts from preschool through their high school graduation.
“Connor Betts that I knew was a nice kid. The Connor Betts that I talked to, I always got along with well,” Howard said.
Mike Kern, a customer at the gas station where Betts used to work in Bellbrook, said he hasn’t seen Betts in about a year.
“He was the nicest kid you could imagine,” always friendly, Kern said. “I never heard him talk about violence, say a racist word, or anything like that.”
He said they sometimes played trivia at a bar near the gas station, and Betts often knew the answers on questions about current events and pop culture.
“He was real smart,” Kern said. “He knew all the answers.”
Monday morning following horrific, deadly mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas over the weekend, as well as Gilroy, California last week, the networks were eager to pin blame on President Trump for “fueling” the violence with his “hateful rhetoric” against immigrants. What they were not eager to do was point out that the alleged social media accounts of one of these shooters revealed he was a radical leftist, who supported socialism, antifa, and Elizabeth Warren for president.
The Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA) held its 2019 annual convention on July 5-7 in Philadelphia. Just as with last year’s conference — also held in the nation’s birthplace — there was no shortage of extremists sharing the podium. But in contrast to 2018, this time the focus was squarely on the Islamist charge into the political sphere.
Speaking to the 41st annual National Conservative Student Conference held by Young America’s Foundation, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz made a special request of Republicans. “Have fun,” Cruz said, “look, frankly, too many Republicans, too many conservatives, they act like they’ve got a stick inserted somewhere it don’t belong. Like just lighten up and laugh, would…
Was anybody surprised when the Department of Justice announced they were not going to prosecute James Comey for leaking confidential documents? What was the underlying excuse for not prosecuting Comey? According to the Washington Examiner, “Justice Department prosecutors declined to go after Comey because of a lack of evidence Comey ‘intentionally’ violated the law….”
The left used anti-depressant drugs to “fix” spiritual problems.