Blog Heap o'Links for May 2018

FEWWWWWEEEEEEE! "All hands on deck!" came the sounds from the loudspeaker as the crew assembled. … "Trump is evil! He breathes! Air is evil!"…

…Thursday and the top story is the succumbing of Trey Gowdy to a bad case of swamp fever. It had been a slow and agonizing illness. That is, slow and agonizing to the American people who once looked to him as a wicked-smart conservative legal eagle and defender of the Constitution.…

…On this day in 1937 Chicago police shot and killed ten labor demonstrators. In actuality most of these so called labor demonstrators were communist agitators.…

…Yet again, the lead story is Spygate and the Mueller witch hunt cum coup attempt.… Meanwhile, the Left is in panic mode…

…On this day in 1932 World War I veterans began to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945. Hoover ordered the Army to clear the camp and MacArthur did so, with fixed bayonets, tear gas and later shooting. Two of the vets and 1 child were killed in the eviction. Hoover ordered MacArthur to stop the attack and MacArthur ignored him.

…First up, in Spygate news, despite reports of FBI agents willing to step forward and testify against Comey, Clapper et al, we have a contradictory report that agents are fearing retribution because of a Congress unable, and perhaps unwilling, to protect them. Meanwhile, as Hillary Clinton dons a parka in 90 degree heat (in training for one of Dante's inner rings, no doubt) Katie Pavlich is reporting that during the campaign, she paid the Russians presumably for opposition research on then-candidate Trump.…

…On this day in 1996 Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, were convicted of fraud. Like always Clinton skated out. All the others except Jim Guy Tucker went to jail. He got probation. Susan McDougal went to jail for contempt of court because she refused to rat out Bubba.

…I'm sure for everyone who had the terrible honor of hanging a gold star flag in their window, every day is Memorial Day. Lest we forget.…

…On this day in 1935 the Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States. But FDR pushed ahead and put out another communist program that did not work.…

… On this day in 1868 the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal by one vote. This impeachment was pure politics as well and it was the first.…

…On this day in 1953 the first public television station in the United States officially began broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.…

…The weekend is here and we have two stories in the lead the broke yesterday. First, there was an apparent terrorist attack at an Indian restaurant in Toronto when an IED exploded and injured 15 people. Two suspects are still on the loose. Second, a good guy with a gun shot and killed a would-be mass shooter at an Oklahoma City restaurant after opening fire on patrons.…

…Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I believe it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.…

…SPYGATE is the big story of the day. From Crooked Hillary to Little Marco and everyone in between who got tagged with a moniker…

…On this day in 1934 Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. The details of how they 'learned' that Bonnie and Clyde would be going down that road have never been told. They had to have been ratted out by someone in the gang.…

…Midweek and as I was aggravating the links for you all, a theme emerged, and that is "the best of times, the worst of times," which all things considered could be construed as "interesting times" per the old Chinese proverb. …

…Midweek and as I was aggravating the links for you all, a theme emerged, and that is "the best of times, the worst of times," which all things considered could be construed as "interesting times" per the old Chinese proverb. …

The Saga:

In a cave complex below Chappaqua Huma gives a deep bow and intones greetings in respectful tones. Fu Manchu returns the bow and the greetings before following Huma deeper into the caves. …

…On this day in 1856 Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beat Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a gutta percha cane in the hall of the United States Senate. Historians say the beating was because of his anti-slavery speech. While that is partially true, the reason for the beating was that Brooks considered the speech to be insulting to his cousin.…

…Top story is one that is continuing from last night, a group of masked gunmen brandishing AK-47s opened fire on a crowd of young people in Marseille. There are reports that a pitched gun battle occurred with gendarmes shortly afterwards and that there may be a hostage.…

…Monday again and yet again we're forced to deal with the aftermath of another school shooting; two actually. Not to diminish the tragedy that befell the victims, their families and friends, but horrible as it is, in the cold light of day it is a local crime story. Nothing more, nothing less.…

…On this day in 1873 Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. Thus Levis were born.

…On this day in 1568 Queen Elizabeth I ordered the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots. She later had her beheaded.

…With all the revelations about FBI subversion, the impending release of the IG report and Friday being the traditional news dump day to sweep dirt under the rag, this day promises not to disappoint. …

The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to provide congressional investigators confidential records on a failed gun-trafficking operation during the Obama administration known as "Fast and Furious"…

…The big story today… NY Times… confirming that the FBI essentially ran a completely illegal spy operation against the Trump presidential campaign. There were no warrants, there was no judge. The FBI at its highest levels went out and spied on a US presidential candidate for the purposes of gathering information that could be used to either sabotage his campaign or to take him out, politically or by prosecution in court.…

…Venezuela’s state-run oil firm PDVSA has bought nearly $440 million worth of foreign crude and shipped it directly to Cuba on friendly credit terms - and often at a loss…

Keith Richards said Tuesday…

…On this day in 1866 the United States Congress established the nickel. The first nickle was the 'shield nickle' and it was very unpopular. But remember, in 1866 a nickle really was worth a nickle. Decades later when I was young a nickle would buy you a soft drink or a candy bar.

…Evidently, some fake RINO stooge from California named Jeff Denham is leading a drive to get a discharge petition in the House that would bring a DACA Amnesty bill to the floor for a vote. Naturally, the sneaky CoC-whore waited until after yesterday's primaries to move ahead with this sellout. Although fellow Californian Kevin McCarthy seems to be taking the spineless "splunge" position, Steve Scalise is standing firm in fighting this disgusting, traitorous momzer's move.…

…according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, what they mean by God varies a lot.…

…The modern church has gorged itself on temporal, forgettable, fashionable things. As a result, everything about this era of the church, in this part of the world, will be lost to decay.…

…spent five years dealing with what she thought were chronic allergies… it was not until Nebraska Medicine’s Dr. Christine Barnes finally decided to test the fluid itself that the leak was finally discovered. It was corrected with a relatively minor surgical procedure on April 23…

Illinois police claim if marijuana is legalized, they'll have to kill their police dogs

…One week after the century-old Boy Scouts of America announced it was changing its name and its mission to accept girls at all levels of scouting, its single biggest participant announced Tuesday that it was cutting ties to the Scouts.…taking one-fifth of the Scouts membership with it. …The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

…Tuesday's here and the top story for today is the historic move of our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, which effectively is an official recognition by us of that city as that country's capital. The Romulus and Remus of Joo-hate around the world - Leftism and Islam - have reacted predictably by spewing hatred and violence at both the President and the state of Israel. So in other words, a day ending in "Y" with the exception that for once we have a President who doesn't give a damn about what the world thinks and does what is both morally right and in the best interests of the nation. Bravo.…

"I think based on each of those individuals' lack of success in this entire process, on foreign affairs, they would probably be the last three people that we would look to for advice and counsel in whether or not we had made the right decision."

…And what an absolutely historic day it is. The US embassy in Israel has officially opened in that nation's capital, Jerusalem, almost 51 years after the IDF liberated the city from Jordan during the Six Day War.…

…On this day in 1985 police bombed the MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. The MFM decried this act by the police up and down but they never mention that this radical group of green crazies had already killed one police officer and the neighbors wanted them gone and the police were trying to evict them when the standoff started. But the MFM never mention this.

…On this day in 1846 the Donner Party of pioneers departed Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and and very limited cannibalism by some of the party on already dead bodies.…

…the lead stories once again involve PDT's major foreign policy coups with the scrapping of the sham Iran sellout and the truly historic summit with North Korea's Whoa, Fat!…

…On this day in1773 The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade. This inevitably led to the colonies switching to coffee.…

…President Trump's major foreign policy coups are front and center this Thursday morning.…

…in the lead is President Trump's pulling America out of the insane, disastrous and unconstitutionally passed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more commonly known as the Iran Nuke Deal Sellout.…

…in the lead is the revelation that ex-Secretary of State John Kerry has been actively lobbying foreign governments in clear violation of the Logan Act to try and save the Iran Nuke Deal Sellout.…

…Here comes the weekend and in the lead for this Friday is the Mueller Witch Hunt/Deep State coup against the President and the citizenry.…

…The Mueller Witch Hunt dominates this morning but for the lead, I have chosen a not unrelated essay by Michael Ledeen, in which he rips former CIA chief Michael Hayden's anti-Trump op-ed screed in Slim's Slimes.…

…In Caputo’s closing statement obtained by the Washington Examiner, he said the panel's investigation “forced” his family out of their home and “crushed” his children due to mounting legal costs associated with the inquiry.

"Today, I can’t possibly pay the attendant legal costs and live near my aging father, raising my kids where I grew up,” Caputo said. “Your investigation and others into the allegations of Trump campaign collusion with Russia are costing my family a great deal of money — more than $125,000 — and making a visceral impact on my children."…

…Midway through the week and like PPNG herpes on a $5 buck crack whore, the Mueller Witch Hunt roars back onto the front page.…

…On this day in 1956 the polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk was made available to the public. … Polio used to be common back in the 50s and this vaccine virtually eradicated it in the US. But with the influx of people from these third world shit-holes I would not be surprised to see it return.…

…It's a May-Day for the Iran Nuke Deal Sellout.…