Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Another Schocker!

One of the youngest members of Congress is out. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL)  is caught up in a federal investigation.

With another scandal in the midst, the party that claims themselves as the better governance has now another seat missing a member. The Michael Grimm fiasco has died down. Grimm got busted by the FBI after allegedly taking bribes. He once threatened to toss a reporter over the Capitol balcony.

Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) sparked a fire after he admitted he attended a White extremist event when he was a nobody.

He managed to skate by this scandal. Now here comes the third youngest member of Congress facing a huge scandal.

Young gun Aaron Schock (R-IL) decided to bounce before the Department of Justice serves him a meal ticket.

According to his official government website, Schock is who represents the 18th District of Illinois, a historic region of the country that is home to Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. First elected to Congress in 2008, Rep. Schock was re-elected in 2010, 2012, and 2014. 
Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) can't govern his party. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) can't control his spending.
Schock currently serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which is the oldest committee of the United States Congress and the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives. In the 114th Congress, Schock was appointed to sit House Committee on the Budget. He concurrently holds a seat on the House Administration Committee. 

As a Senior Deputy Republican Whip, Schock is responsible for assisting House Republican leadership in crafting legislative strategy and floor votes. Schock is also a member of the House Republican Conference Advisory Committee. As the first Member of Congress born in the 1980s, 

Schock has raised the profile of young leaders in the Republican Party and has built a record of working on a bipartisan basis with young elected officials at the local, state and federal level. A principled legislator, Schock has forged alliances with conservative groups and Democratic colleagues alike. 
This is the lawmaker's Washington office.
In the 113th Congress, Schock sponsored legislation to expand religious liberty exemptions under Obamacare that sailed through the House of Representatives with no opposition. He has worked to pass legislation that helps surviving military families, strengthens the middle class, and creates economic opportunities for all Americans. He’s also sponsored legislation to provide charitable organizations with greater opportunities to raise funds and continue their important work of meeting community needs.

Schock is one of the media's favorite sons. He was featured in Men's Health showing off them abs.

But also he's gotten a lot of attention from the law after Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington reported that he's not clocking in his expenses. 

In February 2015, the Washington Post reported that Schock's congressional offices had been lavishly redecorated in a style inspired by the television show about English aristocrats, Downton Abbey.

From Wikipedia, the lawmaker's troubles began when he ducked and dodged. 

In response to that story, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) file a complaint that alleged Schock may have received an improper gift. CREW's executive director Anne Weismann stated: "Again and again, Rep. Schock's seeming obsession with his image impedes his ability to conduct himself in [an] ethical manner."

Schock dismissed the criticism with the statement "Haters gonna hate", which was in turn criticized for its apparent flippancy. Schock later stated he intended to pay the decorator. Schock had previously spent campaign money on workout DVDs.
A real snow job.
Further media scrutiny of congressional expenditure reports showed that Schock had spent over a $100,000 in government funds on office decorating and renovations between January 2009 and late 2014, mostly during his first term. Other media reported Schock had charged thousands of dollars for private flights, legal expenses, new cars, tickets to the Super Bowl and Country Music Awards, as well as cufflinks, massage, "gold equipment" and cigars.

 to his government-funded office account. The Associated Press accessed the location metadata on Schock's Instagram photos and correlated it with private flight records to identify flights that did not correspond to his campaign finance disclosures. In response, Schock's office stated it had begun an internal review of the reimbursements.

An aide to Congressman Schock resigned after it was revealed the aide had made racist remarks on Facebook, calling for people to "gentrify" black neighborhoods and comparing black passersby to "animals" from the National Zoo.

In March 2015, further exposures of spending and disclosure irregularities, showed that Schock had accepted money from an outside group, the Global Poverty Project, to cover the cost of bringing a photographer on an all-expenses-paid trip to India organized to discuss sanitation and access to clean water. 

The Associated Press also reported that much of Schock's personal wealth had been built with the assistance of political donors.

Prominent conservative commentators began calling for Schock's replacement.

The conservative magazine National Review called him "a crook" and stated: "Politics shouldn’t be a ticket to a celebrity lifestyle on the public's dime. For a man who has enjoyed such a short and undistinguished career, Illinois's Representative Aaron Schock (R.) has sure packed in a lot of corruption."

On March 17, 2015, Schock announced his resignation from Congress, effective March 31

Schock, insurgent Jason Amash (R-MI), insurgent Lee Zedlin (R-NY), insurgent Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), insurgent Jason T. Smith (R-MO), insurgent Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL), insurgent Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) are the youngest members of Congress.

Stallmigo Tom Cotton (R-AK) is the youngest member of the Senate. 

He is the only member under 40.

Criminal Tried To Hide In The Black!

Born stupid or just plain stupid. Who knows?

Out of the woodwork comes the controversial racial agitator who wrote White Girl Bleeds Alot. He's promoting another book detailing his ongoing obsession with racial based criminal acts committed by Black people.

The conservative agitators are promoting this asshat Colin Flaherty's new book Don't Make The Black Teens Angry and How We Enable It. This is another book he's devoted to making conspiracy theories about racial violence being on the rise. He complains that the junk food media isn't covering Black on White criminal acts. 

The racist right is obsessed with these stories. They find some pitiful outrage over a local criminal act on White people. It's nothing new. They complain constantly about how Black America's grievances are overblown by President Barack Obama, Rev. Perm and others.

Who cares? 

Crime is crime.

It's not a Black or White thing. It's a legal and illegal thing.

If you want to support this asshat visit his YouTube website and stomach his videos.

The LA Times report that a man tried to duck the law by spraying on paint to disguise himself as Black man. Jose Espinoza must have figured out that he's a wanted man. He was on the radar for theft and warrants.

Extremist Colin Flaherty.
He was spotted by the law in a stolen ride. So instead of making it a year in the iron college, he goes for five to ten. He pulls an elude trick and tries to duck the law.

After he exits his ride, he runs.

I guess in his possession was a can of spray paint. Espinoza sprays himself Black and jumps into someone's apartment. 

The tips lead to an apartment. So the Madera County Police search the apartment and notice a Black male in a suspicious way. They wanted to find out who he was. I guess the paint ran down this fool's face because after a few minutes of confrontation, he confessed to who he was.

Okay, no guns were pulled. No body was injured. Cops got their suspect. A Hispanic man who tried his best to duck the law by being a Black man.

He's in lock up awaiting trial. He's also going to face the judge on a charge of snatching up a woman's purse.

See the point of this story tell you that this asshat Colin Flaherty and the racist right assures you that one Black criminal represents all of Black America. 

If there are non-Black criminals, its ignored because it doesn't fit these racial extremists agenda.

Azealia Banks: I Hate Them __________ Conservatives Bitching About Obama!

Azealia Banks is bait for the conservative agitators. She called them racist in Playboy. Expect this to get coverage.

Rapper and model Azealia Banks has totally pissed the junk food media. She makes it clear, she is no fan of the conservative lawmakers in Washington. She's so fed up with the way the country is going, she threatened to leave.

In a interview with Playboy, Azealia Banks went off. She said that the world is fucked up and she's placing the blame on the feet of conservatives.

"I hate everything about this country", she told Playboy.

"Like, I hate fat White Americans. All the people who are crunched into the middle of America, the real fat and meat of America, are these racist conservative white people who live on their farms. Those little teenage girls who work at Kmart and have a racist grandma. [You know] that's really America."

She often goes on the internet talking shit about people. She managed to spark a feud with Iggy Azelea, the Australian born rapper and model. She also dished out feuds with New Zealand singer Lorde, Lil' Kim, T.I. and other entertainers.

Some of the remarks are based on her thoughts of racism in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting and how the racist right attacked Brown.

"It's always about race. Lorde can run her mouth and talk shit about all these other bitches., but y'all aren't saying she's angry. If I have something to say, I get pushed into the corner.

"Really, the generational effects of Jim Crow and poverty linger on. As long as I have my money, I'm getting the fuck out of here and I'm gonna leave y'all to your own devices.

"In American society, the game is to be a nonthreatening black person. That's why you have Pharrell and Kendrick Lamar saying, 'How can we expect people to respect us if we don't have respect for ourselves?'"

This controversial entertainer is never shy from expressing her feelings about this country.

U.Md. president condemns racist and sexist 2014 email

U.Md. president condemns racist email

Fraternities- Bastion of Elite Privilege and exclusion.

Student Suspended From Maryland Frat After Allegedly Sending Racist, Sexist Email


By Alison Vingiano

Less than a week after members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity were expelled for a racist chant captured on video, a University of Maryland frat is under fire for a racist and sexist email sent more than a year ago.
The email, from a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, was written in January 2014, according to a statement from the University’s president, and included “vulgar language.”
The email also reportedly contains “racial slurs referring to black, Indian and Asian women,” a local NBC affiliate reported. The sender of the email also allegedly alluded to raping women during the frat’s annual rush week.
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Here's the e-mail.  (Trigger Warning):
"Regardless of the rush shirt let's get rachet as f*** during rush week. My d**k will be sucked and f***ed in compound basement whether you guys like it or not. Don't invite any n****r gals or curry monsters or slanted eye ch***s, unless they're hot. Ziggy you're [sic] girl can come she's cool. Remember my n***as, erect, assert, and insert, and above all else, f*** consent ... d**ks untouched."
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It's sad, but it's typical of frats around the country.  They're bastions of elitism and exclusivity in an increasingly multiracial and multi ethnic nation.  Those people can't stand diversity.  They lash out in racist, ethnocentric slurs and revel in sexism.  S.B. and Lilvoka condemn the racist/sexist hatred cultivated in frats and in the media/academia in general.




If Netanyahu Loses, The Righties Will Blame Obama!

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Fighting for another shot at being prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping that the people turn out for him. Obviously Jon Voight, Chuck Norris and that annoying conservative agitator are praying that Israelis vote for Netanyahu.

The conservative agitators and that FN network quote anonymous sources claiming that President Barack Obama and his allies are trying to defeat Netanyahu. There are some in Washington whispering to the junk food media that they'll investigate the White House for meddling in the affairs of Israel. Some are claiming that our taxpayer dollars are funding Netanyahu's opposition.

It's also noted they accuse the White House of threatening to shoot down (our taxpayer funded) Israeli jets if they attempt to attack Iran.

Really?

Isaac Herzog (12675983573).jpgOnce again, why do the Republicans believe shit off the internet?

It's not feasible to cover it. If it's not being featured in Reuters, the AP or AFP, then it's bogus!

Today is St. Patrick's Day in the United States. Over in Israel, it's their national elections.

The embattled prime minister is hoping to earn a third term. But it may be the end of his reign if the opposition can muster enough support.

The Joint Session of Congress attempt was a bust.

Netanyahu just admitted that he has no interest in creating a Palestine state.

He calls his opponents a bunch of "Arab lovers".

And this is the adult in the room according to that annoying conservative agitator.

But all that aside, this fool can still win.

You don't underestimate the power of the American conservatives. They are throwing money and their support for a warmongering, anti-Islam, possibly anti-Black foreign leader who sole mission is to drag the U.S. into war with Iran thereby sparking World War III.

Isaac Herzog the co-leader of the Zionist Union is hoping to secure a strong victory. The party is more moderate on issues such as relations with the Gaza Strip and West Bank. They are willing to allow the talks between Iran go forth and also improve relations with the U.S.

Earlier this month, the Republicans invited Netanyahu to speak at the Joint Session without approval from the president. Then 47 Republican senators lead by Stallmigo Tom Cotton (R-AR) wrote to the Iran leaders warning them they'll attack if Iran continues to make a nuclear weapon.

If we continue to elect leaders like this one, we're destined for doom. It's time to turn the page.

We need to get things done. It's time to work with Iran for a peaceful solution.

Monday, March 16, 2015

GOP Senate Delays AG Pick Loretta Lynch Confirmation!

The delay of Loretta Lynch for the position of Attorney General of the United States is being dragged by inept Republican controlled Senate.

Over 70 days since taking back Congress, Republicans have continued their march onward to sabotage President Barack Obama's final two years in office.

Now we're over five months since the president announced his replacement for their sworn enemy Attorney General Eric Holder. In November as a token of good will, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was willing to give the Republicans an opportunity to debate the confirmation of Holder's successor.

It seems like Reid should have just forced a vote on the floor.

U.S. District Attorney Loretta Lynch of New York is the predecessor. She will be the new AG if the Senate confirms her. But something seems to be getting in the way. Like partisan politics and a party that's so bitter at the fact the president embarrassed them yet again.

Stallmigo Tom Cotton (R-AR) has proven to the public that Majority Leader Mitch the Turtle (R-KY) is an inept leader. He was going to bring this confirmation vote up this week. Now it may take another month before Lynch could finally be confirmed.

Obviously, it's not going to happen anytime soon. Because the Senate is debating over a human trafficking bill that may have language that deals with rape and abortions. Democrats want that put in the bill. Republicans want that stripped out. According to the Majority Leader, this is the most important thing to do before any confirmation votes.

The Turtle confirms to CNN that the will pass the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. The bill, which would establish a fund for victims of human trafficking, had bipartisan support until Democrats learned it contained language that restricted federal funds for abortion. Reid, currently the Minority Leader has said the bill will not pass as long as it contains the language.

"I had hoped to turn to her next week, but if we can't finish the trafficking bill, she will be put off again," McConnell said, referring to Lynch, on CNN's "State of the Union."

Lynch appears to have enough support to earn confirmation in the Senate, and Democrats have been pushing Republicans to bring up her nomination.

In a statement released after McConnell's appearance on CNN, Reid said that in stalling Lynch's nomination, Republicans were showing an inability to govern.
The Turtle will delay confirmation of AG pick Loretta Lynch once again.
“Senator McConnell should keep his word and bring Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch up for a vote this week. By continuing to stall Lynch's nomination Republicans are failing yet another basic test of their ability to govern. Lynch is extraordinarily qualified and there is no procedural excuse for further delay. Lynch's nomination can be brought to the floor at any time," Reid's office said in a statement. "There is nothing stopping the Senate from confirming Lynch and continuing to debate the trafficking bill this week, except Senator McConnell's unwillingness to bring her nomination up for a vote."

In a separate statement, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the United States simply couldn't afford not to have Lynch confirmed.

“For months and months, Republicans have failed to move forward with‎ her nomination using any excuse they can, except for any credible objection to her nomination itself. It's time for Republicans to stop dragging their feet on Loretta Lynch," Schumer said in a statement. "Loretta Lynch, and the American people, don't deserve this. At a time when terrorists from ISIS to Al-Shabaab threaten the United States, the nominee to be attorney general deserves an up or down vote.”



Sunday, March 15, 2015

Tom Cotton: _______ Iran!

Stallmigo Tom Cotton (R-AK) is trying to outcrazy Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY).

The controversy over Republican senators threatening Iran is getting airplay. Many felt that their decision to write a letter undermining the Six Party talks was a bad idea.

Stallmigo Tom Cotton (R-AR) has spearheaded this letter and managed to wrangle up the Majority Leader, the Pro Tempe and former 2008 U.S. Republican presidential nominee to sign on it.

Cotton is the junior United States Senator from Arkansas. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 2013 until 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a U.S. Army veteran and a lawyer. Cotton was the Republican nominee for the 2014 U.S. Senate race in Arkansas, and won the election, defeating incumbent Democrat Mark Pryor. At age 37, he is the youngest current U.S. Senator.

Three potential candidates for the Republican nomination signed on to the letter.

I am shocked that Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), and Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) jumped on this bandwagon. They usually have some form of common sense.

Richard Shelby (Ala.)
Jeff Sessions (Ala.)
Dan Sullivan (Alaska)
John McCain (Ariz.)
John Boozman (Ark.)
Tom Cotton (Ark.)
Cory Gardner (Colo.)
Marco Rubio (Fla.)
Johnny Isakson (Ga.)
David Perdue (Ga.)
Mike Crapo (Idaho)
Jim Risch (Idaho)
Mark Kirk (Ill.)
Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
Joni Ernst (Iowa)
Pat Roberts (Kansas)
Jerry Moran (Kansas)
Mitch McConnell (Ky.)
Rand Paul (Ky.)
David Vitter (La.)
Bill Cassidy (La.)
Roger Wicker (Miss.)
Roy Blunt (Mo.)
Steve Daines (Mont.)
Deb Fischer (Neb.)
Ben Sasse (Neb.)
Dean Heller (Nev.)
Kelly Ayotte (N.H.)
Richard Burr (N.C.)
Thom Tillis (N.C.)
John Hoeven (N.D.)
Rob Portman (Ohio)
Jim Inhofe (Okla.)
James Lankford (Okla.)
Pat Toomey (Pa.)
Lindsey Graham (S.C.)
Tim Scott (S.C.)
John Thune (S.D.)
Mike Rounds (S.D.)
John Cornyn (Texas)
Ted Cruz (Texas)
Orin Hatch (Utah)
Mike Lee (Utah)
Shelley Moore Capito (W.V.)
Ron Johnson (Wis.)
Mike Enzi (Wyo.)
John Barrasso (Wyo.)

Cotton wrote and sent a letter to the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran, signed by 47 of the Senate's 54 Republicans, attempting to cast doubt on the Obama administration's authority to engage in nuclear-proliferation negotiations with Iran.

Within hours, commentators suggested that the letter prepared by Cotton constituted a violation of the Logan Act.

Questions also were raised as to whether it reflected a flawed interpretation of the Treaty Clause of the United States Constitution.
I've been a senator for years, never in my time serving would I do something as reckless as the senator from Arkansas done.
President Barack Obama mocked the letter, referring to it as an "unusual coalition" with Iran's hard-liners as well as an interference with the then-ongoing negotiations of a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.

In addition, during a Vice News Interview, President Barack Obama said "I'm embarrassed for them, for them to address a letter to the Ayatollah the Supreme Leader of Iran, who they claim is our mortal enemy and their basic argument to them is: don't deal with our president, because you can't trust him to follow through on an agreement... That's close to unprecedented."

Iran's Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, responded to the letter by saying "[the Senators'] letter in fact undermines the credibility of thousands of such mere executive agreements that have been or will be entered into by the US with various other governments". Zarif added that "change of administration does not in any way relieve the next administration from international obligations undertaken by its predecessor in a possible agreement about Iran's peaceful nuclear program". He continued, "I wish to enlighten the authors that if the next administration revokes any agreement with the stroke of a pen, as they boast, it will have simply committed a blatant violation of international law".

The controversial stallmigo doing a victory lap on GOP Faces The Nation. He gets testy with the statements of Secretary of State John Kerry.

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