CLINTON FOUNDATION IN TROUBLE?

The Clinton Global Initiative, the fundraising arm of the Clinton Foundation, has announced it is closing its doors effect April 15^th. 

COMMENTS:

It appears that the millions of dollars in contributions to the foundation are drying up due to the fact that contributions will no longer produce “pay to play” political and monetary favors on the part of the Clintons.  The only question remaining, I suppose, is who is going to end up with all of the money in the foundation’s coffers. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Microsoft is about to stick it to millions of Windows users around the world.  They are saying that Windows 7 doesn’t have the necessary security features and that you must upgrade to Windows 10 immediately.   Why don’t they just fix the security issues?  (Leon ~ Magalia, CA)

A. If you upgrade to Windows 10, some of your Windows-based software will no longer function, which means you also have to buy more new software and they make more money.  I refer to it as a “bend over” marketing ploy.  That’s what happens when corporations get too big and powerful; they stick it to the customer.  Yes, like you, I’m outraged.  When they get that kind of attitude, they should be put out of business.  

Q. I can’t believe my ears.  Military bases are refusing to accept some state-issued identifications to allow access to the bases?   What’s wrong with those states?  (Cooper ~ Providence, RI)

A. The military justifiably requires that state issued i.d. cards have sufficient security measures to back them up as being reliable forms of identification.   Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania and Washington are not now accepted; Illinois, New Mexico and South Carolina are in the process of being added.  Another 16 could potentially be added by the end of the year. 

Q. Do you really think Trump might shut the White House Press Corps down?  (Di ~ Bridgeport, CA)

A. It would not surprise me to see some “attitude readjustments,” but Trump needs the press to communicate above and beyond his Twitter account.   If the press and the media of this country don’t quickly come to the realization that Americans are sick and tired of their bullshit, they are going to have a very rude awakening when we start boycotting their advertisers. 

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“We’ve seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.” ~ Jimmy Wales

TODAY’S VIDEO: 

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5284198018001/?#sp=show-clips

GUNS: DEMOCRAT FLAUNTS HIS IGNORANCE

Florida State Senator Evan Jenne, when discussing a change to Florida’s laws to allow citizens to carry concealed guns in unsecured areas of airports, said armed citizens would create more chaos rather than safety.  He further stepped into the bucket by saying cops might be confused when arriving at a crime scene by who was the good guy and who was the bad guy. 

COMMENTS:

When you obtain a concealed weapons permit, you should learn just how to handle that situation: When the cops arrive, you totally turn control of the scene over to them and immediately let them know you have a permit, you put your weapon down and back away from it and/or, as the case may be, ask them for further instructions.  The last thing you want to do is to get yourself shot in the process or to confuse the cop; disarm that question immediately, because if you are unarmed that’s one less worry the cop has to deal with.  Now, if the distinguished Senator had inquired about the protocol before flapping off at the gums, he probably wouldn’t look so much like a fool. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Why did FOX NEWS anchor Shepard Smith attack Trump?  (Lili ~ San Francisco, CA)

A. Trump took CNN to task over its fake news reporting about a “secret Russian connection” that did not exist.  Smith exclaimed, “Though we at Fox News cannot confirm CNN’s report, it is our observation that its correspondents follow journalistic standards and that neither they nor any other journalists should be subjected to belittling or de-legitimizing by the President-elect of the United States.”  Like ex-FOX diva Megyn Kelly, Smith despises Trump.  He has now come out of the closet in more ways than one. 

Q. Since [today] is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, how do you think he would evaluate Obama’s presidency?  (Gabby ~ Tucson, AZ)

A. I was unable to obtain an answer to that question; King is much too busy spinning over and over again in his grave.   

Q. Why is Obama so relentlessly still trying to destroy Benjamin Netanyahu?  (Sylvester ~ Campbell, CA)

A. Number one, because Netanyahu is Jewish and Muslims hate Jews.  Number two, because Netanyahu had the guts and fortitude to stand up to him and to tell it like it really is with the Iranian nuke program.   

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Nothing in this world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. 

TODAY’S VIDEO: 

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5281473487001/?#sp=show-clips

ILLEGALS SCAMPERING BACK ACROSS THE BORDER

Apparently afraid that they might be sent to prison for being here illegally or that their families might be split up, illegals are leaving the U.S. and returning home.  Mexican cities are preparing for an influx of people returning both voluntarily and through U.S. deportation. 

COMMENTS:

And that is the way that it should be. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Any reaction to Rudy Giuliani being named to head up Trump’s cybersecurity task force?  (Charles ~ Sunnyvale, CA)

A. Before I can answer that, I need your password, fingerprint, DNA and a picture of your eyeball. 

Q. How do you feel about the DOJ opening a probe into whether or not Comey and the FBI used proper procedures during Clinton’s email probes?  (Vicki ~ Glendale, AZ)

A. Don’t get your hopes up; the DOJ is still infested with left-wing liberals who don’t give a damn what the laws say or what is ethically right.   

Q. The liberals want Americans to boycott L.L. Bean because Linda Bean donated to a Trump Super-PAC.  I thought people had a right to speak their minds and exercise their own freedom of choice in political candidates?  (Sebastiano ~ Rosemont, IL)

A. Not according to the liberal playbook.  You deserve 50 lashes with a wet noodle; in fact, they’d probably do a 180 and demand that you be water-boarded.     

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.” ~ Mark Twain, evidently speaking about modern-day “journalists.” 

TODAY’S VIDEO: 

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5279846720001/?#sp=show-clips

ELLITISM 101: RUBIO SPEAKS OUT

Florida’s Senator and former presidential candidate Marco Rubio made his political philosophies clear when he went after Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State Wednesday during confirmation hearings.  Tillerson responded to a question by saying he would not classify Vladimir Putin as being a “war criminal.”  “I would want to have much more information before reaching a conclusion,” Tillerson said.  Rubio expressed dismay at Tillerson’s response and cited a litany of things Putin has done which should qualify him to be called a war criminal. 

COMMENTS:

If Marco still thinks he is God’s gift to America, I wonder why he didn’t win the Republican nomination.  Nor will he if he runs again in either 2020 or 2024. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Did you notice that daughter Sasha was noticeably missing from Obama’s farewell lecture the other night?  (Fergie ~ Elsinore, CA)

A. Actually, I didn’t watch it; I had far better things to do, such as watching tortoise races on Animal Planet.  Word has it that she was home studying for a science exam and dissecting frogs. 

Q. What’s your opinion on the Senate confirmation hearings so far?  (Shannon ~ Casper, WY)

A. So much drama, so little substance.   

Q. VW has pleaded guilty in its emissions scandal.  So, why are they allowed to continue doing business in this country?  (Spike ~ Socorro, NM)

A. Does it bug you?  Are you suffering from too many beetles?  They’re going to pay $4.3 billion in fines and penalties.  That money can be used to purchase four hammers and nine toilet seats for the Pentagon.   

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“The relentless invisible storm of radio signals and electronic particles, the hustle and bustle and the billions of petrol explosions in the engine blocks of trucks and cars seem to churn up the molecules of life and heaven so violently that the beautiful fogs are unable to hold together like they once did.” ~ Michael Leunig

TODAY’S VIDEO: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b38CMTpE6c

ANARCHISTS: WE WILL DESTROY TRUMP’S INAUGURATION

Well-funded and highly organized radical leftist groups are planning civil disobedience including possible Washington D.C. riots during Trump’s inauguration.  Protests and marches will start January 14^th and last until at least Inauguration Day.  “We are planning to shut down the inauguration, that’s the short of it,” says Legba Carrefour, a spokesperson for DisruptJ20.  “We’re pretty literal about that, we are trying to create citywide paralysis on a level that I don’t think has been seen in D.C. before. We’re trying to shut down pretty much every ingress into the city as well as every checkpoint around the actual inauguration parade route.”

COMMENTS:

It is so sad and so scary to contemplate such lawlessness in the United States. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. The Russians reportedly successfully hacked the DNC and John Podesta’s computers.  But, when the FBI was investigating Clinton’s emails, it was repeatedly denied access to these same computers.  Why was that so and why didn’t they do something about it?  (Herman ~ Tyler, TX)

A. Neither the DNC nor John Podesta wanted the F.B.I. to know what was on their computers, and the F.B.I. didn’t do anything about it because Comey was taking orders directly from the White House and Loretta Lynch.  By the way, there is no indication as of this date that the contents of those computers included pornographic pictures. 

Q. I understand there are a lot of problems with chicken right now.  Tons of it was undercooked and some 2,300 pounds of it had plastic pieces in it.  It seems as if there is always some problem with commercial chicken products.  Why?  (Olive ~ Lancaster, PA)

A. It's a fowl problem.  I think that processing plant might be missing a plastic garbage can.  I agree that whenever there’s a problem with meat in the food chain, it’s usually with chicken or hamburger meat.  They are both mass produced and packaged; I suspect the process is not monitored carefully enough internally and the U.S.D.A. is not inspecting processing often enough or thoroughly enough.  Maybe they’re liberal Democrats trying to take out their frustrations on conservative Trump voters.   

Q. I know some doubt has been cast on the purchase of Yahoo by Verizon.   Do you think it will through and will it be successful?  (Milo ~ Manchester, CA)

A. Yahoo has failed its customers from a security standpoint and I’ve heard nothing to indicate to me that they are doing enough, if anything, about it.  I’ve not had particularly good relationships with Verizon in the three times I was with them, and they’re not highly rated by anyone.  I think they both know they are in the doldrums, because they plan to change their name to Altaba.  I don’t look forward to any significant improvement unless they have a wholesale change in management from top to bottom. 

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.” ~ William Bernbach

TODAY’S VIDEO: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vI7ioGpYU8

OBAMA SEIZING CONTROL OF ELECTIONS?

A report in INFOWARS.COM says that the federal government Department of Homeland Security will now take control of the election processes, a role historically and constitutionally left up to the individual states.  The move “allows for information to be withheld from the public when state, local and private partners meet to discuss election infrastructure security – potentially injecting secrecy into an election process that’s traditionally and expressly a transparent process,” according to the AP.   

COMMENTS:

We need to recognize if for what it really is: an overt, top-secret attempt to arrange for a future dictatorship and overthrowing of the U.S. government. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. The liberals are rabid over the fact that Florida’s Governor Rick Scott contacted President-Elect Trump instead of President Obama about the Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting.  Why do you think he did that?  (Benji ~ Shreveport, LA)

A. Because he wanted to notify someone who cared. 

Q. Should Planned Parenthood be defunded?  (Lyle ~ Beaumont, TX)

A. They are receiving taxpayer dollars from you and me for performing abortions and selling fetal body parts.  That is beyond criminal behavior as far as I am concerned, and I don’t want MY tax dollars supporting them.  Furthermore, the argument that they do provide beneficial services to teens and others doesn’t wash; that’s like saying Charles Manson should have gotten off because he took in wayward strangers.   

Q. At this point, what do you think Trump will be remembered for in future history books?  (Mandy ~ Hunters Point, CA)  

A. The greatest hat salesman of all time. 

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” ~ Marcus Garvey

TODAY’S VIDEO: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFvOq6b_CSU