“What made Weinstein exempt from accountability was the fact that he was not just a run-of-the-mill Hollywood progressive, but a well-connected rich political activist who rubbed shoulders with politicians and their families (he hired Malia Obama as a summer intern), funded films that reflected liberal orthodoxies, donated cash to Democratic candidates, and bundled even larger sums for Democrats’ campaigns. By liberal orthodoxy, Weinstein was known as an abject sexist and sexual predator deserving of prison. But also by liberal orthodoxy, his value to the cause for some 30 years outweighed the harm he had done to individuals. The cases of Woody Allen and Roman Polanski are similar:
Their exemptions were predicated on their value for liberal society as progressive artists. If an Al Gore was not a global-warming guru, he might have had far more trouble nullifying the charge, from a working-class female masseuse he had hired to come to his hotel room, that he was a “crazed sex poodle.” A right-wing David Letterman would have faced career consequences for joking about the rape of Sarah Palin’s 14-year-old daughter. The locus classicus of how liberal exemption works is Bill Clinton, who had a long history of targeting vulnerable or young and inexperienced women for both consensual and apparently coerced sexual activity. Clinton, though disbarred and forced to make financial settlements (what Hillary now calls “litigated”), was never called to criminal account. While he was most illiberal to individual women, he was felt to be most liberal on issues relevant to the feminist causes. The journalist Nina Burleigh rather crudely but honestly defined liberal exemption during Bill Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky affair and crisis: I would be happy to give him a #$^%& just to thank him for keeping abortion legal. I think American women should be lining up with their presidential kneepads on to show their gratitude for keeping the theocracy off our backs.
Almost immediately after being exposed as a sexual assaulter, Harry Weinstein wisely understood that his three decades of exemption were exhausted — and now he would be forced to rely on the secondary doctrine of penance. In extremis, Weinstein proved more cynical in his claim to penance than most liberal transgressors: I am going to need a place to channel that anger so I’ve decided that I’m going to give the NRA my full attention. I hope Wayne LaPierre will enjoy his retirement party. I’m going to do it at the same place I had my Bar Mitzvah. I’m making a movie about our president, perhaps we can make it a joint retirement party. One year ago, I began organizing a $5 million foundation to give scholarships to women directors at USC. While this might seem coincidental, it has been in the works for a year. It will be named after my mom and I won’t disappoint her. A desperate Weinstein punched all the liberal buttons — gun control, hating Donald Trump, academic largesse, millions for female directors, even motherhood — in an effort to wipe away his personal sins by devoting himself to cosmic progressive works. I suppose that his offer was also closer to the medieval concept of indulgence — paying money as a form of penance, to avoid divine punishment for bad behavior.”
“Police identified the driver of the vehicle as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, who was born in Uzbekistan and moved to the United States in 2010.
A handwritten note in Arabic recovered near the truck indicated an ISIS allegiance, law enforcement sources said. Sources said the suspect has no immediate direct ties to ISIS.
In 2015, Saipov was was interviewed by federal agents because he was listed as a point of contact for two men whose names were entered into the Counterterrorism and Criminal Exploitation Unit’s list after they came to the U.S. from “threat countries,” overstayed their tourist visas and vanished, a federal official told ABC News. Saipov was never the main focus of these investigations and he was never the subject of his own case file.
Investigators searching Saipov’s online activities have found social media links to people who are or were subjects of terror investigations, sources said; however, it appears that the suspect found ISIS propaganda online and was not part of a terror cell.”
I’m still shocked Obama allowed these known terrorists to walk around free after what they did, but let’s face it, he didn’t want to hold them accountable because he didn’t want to get into the how and why, he and Hillary just wanted it to go away.
“U.S. forces have captured Mustafa al-Imam, a key militant in the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. From CBS News:
The commandos captured the man in Libya just before midnight local time on Sunday and are transporting him back to the U.S., officials told The Associated Press. The suspect is in the custody of the Department of Justice and is expected to arrive within the next two days on a military plane, according to one of the officials.
The officials said the mission was approved by President Donald Trump and done in coordination with Libya’s internationally recognized government. The officials, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly to the matter and demanded anonymity, would not say where exactly he was captured.
Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson promised justice for the families who lost loved ones:
“The United States will continue to support our Libyan partners to ensure that [the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria] and other terrorist groups do not use Libya as a safe haven for attacks against United States citizens or interests, Libyans, and others,” Trump’s statement said, stressing that he plans to pursue the other “perpetrators of the heinous attacks.”
“To the families of these fallen heroes: I want you to know that your loved ones are not forgotten, and they will never be forgotten,” he added.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday echoed that they will continue to track down those responsible for the attack.
“The Department of State family continues to mourn the loss of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith, and Tyrone Woods, and we will spare no effort to ensure that justice is served for these dedicated Americans and public servants,” Tillerson said in a statement.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that his arrest is a huge step for the investigation and also promised justice. From CNN:
“We will never forget those we lost — Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Ambassador Christopher Stevens — four brave Americans who gave their lives in service to our nation. We owe it to them and their families to bring their murderers to justice,” Sessions said in a statement.”
I found this interesting. Pelosi wants the Dems to run in 2018 as the party to check Trump’s excesses even as the Rs ran as a counterbalance to Obama in 2010 and 2014.
She doesn’t want to hear impeachment talk that could motivate Trump’s base.
In the end I think deficit concerns among the Rs will kill the tax cut/reform bill. That failure may well cost Paul Ryan his job. I think he has already had enough of the current situation.
Wandering Views 
Liberal penance and absolution. All is forgiven or overlooked, if it’s for the liberal cause.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453245/liberal-insurance-supporting-progressive-causes-absolution-moral-wrongs
“What made Weinstein exempt from accountability was the fact that he was not just a run-of-the-mill Hollywood progressive, but a well-connected rich political activist who rubbed shoulders with politicians and their families (he hired Malia Obama as a summer intern), funded films that reflected liberal orthodoxies, donated cash to Democratic candidates, and bundled even larger sums for Democrats’ campaigns. By liberal orthodoxy, Weinstein was known as an abject sexist and sexual predator deserving of prison. But also by liberal orthodoxy, his value to the cause for some 30 years outweighed the harm he had done to individuals. The cases of Woody Allen and Roman Polanski are similar:
Their exemptions were predicated on their value for liberal society as progressive artists. If an Al Gore was not a global-warming guru, he might have had far more trouble nullifying the charge, from a working-class female masseuse he had hired to come to his hotel room, that he was a “crazed sex poodle.” A right-wing David Letterman would have faced career consequences for joking about the rape of Sarah Palin’s 14-year-old daughter. The locus classicus of how liberal exemption works is Bill Clinton, who had a long history of targeting vulnerable or young and inexperienced women for both consensual and apparently coerced sexual activity. Clinton, though disbarred and forced to make financial settlements (what Hillary now calls “litigated”), was never called to criminal account. While he was most illiberal to individual women, he was felt to be most liberal on issues relevant to the feminist causes. The journalist Nina Burleigh rather crudely but honestly defined liberal exemption during Bill Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky affair and crisis: I would be happy to give him a #$^%& just to thank him for keeping abortion legal. I think American women should be lining up with their presidential kneepads on to show their gratitude for keeping the theocracy off our backs.
Almost immediately after being exposed as a sexual assaulter, Harry Weinstein wisely understood that his three decades of exemption were exhausted — and now he would be forced to rely on the secondary doctrine of penance. In extremis, Weinstein proved more cynical in his claim to penance than most liberal transgressors: I am going to need a place to channel that anger so I’ve decided that I’m going to give the NRA my full attention. I hope Wayne LaPierre will enjoy his retirement party. I’m going to do it at the same place I had my Bar Mitzvah. I’m making a movie about our president, perhaps we can make it a joint retirement party. One year ago, I began organizing a $5 million foundation to give scholarships to women directors at USC. While this might seem coincidental, it has been in the works for a year. It will be named after my mom and I won’t disappoint her. A desperate Weinstein punched all the liberal buttons — gun control, hating Donald Trump, academic largesse, millions for female directors, even motherhood — in an effort to wipe away his personal sins by devoting himself to cosmic progressive works. I suppose that his offer was also closer to the medieval concept of indulgence — paying money as a form of penance, to avoid divine punishment for bad behavior.”
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Sadly, we have our own version. All is forgiven if you win the Republican presidential nomination.
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Christian compromise and blind eye doesn’t only concern our current president, either.
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Once again it seems some signs were missed, or ignored, by the Obama FBI and HS.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/nyc-terror-suspect-seemed-proud-attack-official-says-123503133–abc-news-topstories.html
“Police identified the driver of the vehicle as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, who was born in Uzbekistan and moved to the United States in 2010.
A handwritten note in Arabic recovered near the truck indicated an ISIS allegiance, law enforcement sources said. Sources said the suspect has no immediate direct ties to ISIS.
In 2015, Saipov was was interviewed by federal agents because he was listed as a point of contact for two men whose names were entered into the Counterterrorism and Criminal Exploitation Unit’s list after they came to the U.S. from “threat countries,” overstayed their tourist visas and vanished, a federal official told ABC News. Saipov was never the main focus of these investigations and he was never the subject of his own case file.
Investigators searching Saipov’s online activities have found social media links to people who are or were subjects of terror investigations, sources said; however, it appears that the suspect found ISIS propaganda online and was not part of a terror cell.”
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It’s about time.
I’m still shocked Obama allowed these known terrorists to walk around free after what they did, but let’s face it, he didn’t want to hold them accountable because he didn’t want to get into the how and why, he and Hillary just wanted it to go away.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/10/u-s-seizes-key-militant-in-benghazi-attack/
“U.S. forces have captured Mustafa al-Imam, a key militant in the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. From CBS News:
The commandos captured the man in Libya just before midnight local time on Sunday and are transporting him back to the U.S., officials told The Associated Press. The suspect is in the custody of the Department of Justice and is expected to arrive within the next two days on a military plane, according to one of the officials.
The officials said the mission was approved by President Donald Trump and done in coordination with Libya’s internationally recognized government. The officials, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly to the matter and demanded anonymity, would not say where exactly he was captured.
Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson promised justice for the families who lost loved ones:
“The United States will continue to support our Libyan partners to ensure that [the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria] and other terrorist groups do not use Libya as a safe haven for attacks against United States citizens or interests, Libyans, and others,” Trump’s statement said, stressing that he plans to pursue the other “perpetrators of the heinous attacks.”
“To the families of these fallen heroes: I want you to know that your loved ones are not forgotten, and they will never be forgotten,” he added.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday echoed that they will continue to track down those responsible for the attack.
“The Department of State family continues to mourn the loss of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith, and Tyrone Woods, and we will spare no effort to ensure that justice is served for these dedicated Americans and public servants,” Tillerson said in a statement.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that his arrest is a huge step for the investigation and also promised justice. From CNN:
“We will never forget those we lost — Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Ambassador Christopher Stevens — four brave Americans who gave their lives in service to our nation. We owe it to them and their families to bring their murderers to justice,” Sessions said in a statement.”
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Question
What is “Anti-terror” funding?
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I found this interesting. Pelosi wants the Dems to run in 2018 as the party to check Trump’s excesses even as the Rs ran as a counterbalance to Obama in 2010 and 2014.
She doesn’t want to hear impeachment talk that could motivate Trump’s base.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/01/trump-impeachment-talk-pelosi-244336
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In the end I think deficit concerns among the Rs will kill the tax cut/reform bill. That failure may well cost Paul Ryan his job. I think he has already had enough of the current situation.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/01/tax-reform-plan-republican-infighting-244418
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Look! My people (the 2% of the 13%) have been having meetings.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/11/01/concerned-conservatives-aiming-to-build-a-trump-resistance-call-for-gop-to-protect-mueller/?utm_term=.4bf692e4bc76
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