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New video has surfaced showing Joe Biden addressing troops at a military base instructing them to "clap for that, you stupid bastards."
The clip, which is only 15 seconds and hasn't any other context than the former Vice President's words, shows Biden and wife Dr. Jill Biden standing before a room of troops.
"Notwithstanding what you might have heard about me," Biden said, "one, I have very good judgement, I married Jill, and two, I appointed Johnson to the Academy, I just want you to know that. Clap for that, you stupid bastards."
Was Biden trying to imitate John Wayne or some sort of "tough guy" character? Whatever it was, it did not land with the troops.
If it's a joke, it should be noted that the establishment press has been reporting every single joke Trump has uttered since 2016 as if he was serious.
© Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump
The president on Friday is expected to roll out details of what the campaign is calling the "Platinum Plan," which details "opportunity," "security," "prosperity," and "fairness" for the Black Community. The president is expected to say Friday, according to remarks exclusively obtained by Fox News:
"For decades, Democrat politicians like Joe Biden have taken Black voters for granted. They made you big promises before every election — and then the moment they got to Washington, they abandoned you and sold you out. The Democrats will always take Black voters for granted until large numbers of Black Americans vote Republican."The president is expected to tout the plan as "a bold vision that we can and will achieve over the next four years."
Sergej Magnitsky
"Currently, the investigation is conducting a new probe into the Magnitsky case. We have not been acquainted with the materials of the probe, however, I think that it is related to the version of the lawyer's poisoning by a military-grade poisoning agent. This version was first voiced during a press conference at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office in 2018," the attorney said.
Comment:
- Russian prosecutors: 'Highly likely' that Magnitsky was poisoned by toxic chemicals on Bill Browder's orders
- Projection: Bill Browder responds to Russia's accusation he may be involved in 4 assassinations
- [UPDATE] Magnitsky lawyer "falls" from the fourth floor of his apartment building, seriously injured ahead of court date
- The real Bill Browder story (part one): What US/UK media won't tell you about billionaire lobbyist's dubious narrative
© Getty Images/Park Tae-hyun-Korea/Pyeongyang Press CorpsN. Korean soldiers look to Panmunjom, South Korea • N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un
North Korea, an already secretive and isolated country, has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by sealing itself off from the world even further, instituting tight border controls. It's therefore difficult to know how they are coping with things.
Yet in the midst of the silence, some equally unpleasant news emerged this week. It was reported that a South Korean fisheries official had crossed into the North's territory by boat. Soldiers responded by capturing him, shooting him and burning his body with oil. Understandably, the abrupt news of the ugly killing provoked disgust and outrage in Seoul, and was a massive slap in the face to a pro-peace administration which has been tolerant towards Pyongyang. Only days before the incident, South Korean leader Moon Jae-in had called for a formal end to the Korean War. Who wouldn't be mad at this turn of events?
Yet the unfortunate news was met with an equally unusual response on North Korea's part. Its supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, swiftly issued an official apology to the South, saying the killing was a "disgraceful affair" and that he was "very sorry" for the incident and for "disappointing" his neighbour.
© Reuters/Tom BrennerU.S. Attorney General William Barr
The dossier compiled by British spy Christopher Steele, paid through the firm Fusion GPS by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, was used by the FBI to obtain a warrant to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page in October 2016, prior to the presidential election. The warrant was renewed after Donald Trump was elected president and finally expired sometime in late 2017.
In a redacted two-page memo made public on Thursday by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), the US Department of Justice reveals that Steele's "primary sub-source" (PSS) had been under FBI investigation in 2009 as a possible Russian agent. The FBI team going after Trump (Crossfire Hurricane) became aware of this in December 2016 and interviewed the PSS in January 2017 - then renewed the Page FISA warrant three more times anyway.
© Carlos Barria/ReutersSupreme Court: US flag at half mast following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
After delivering lectures about political norms for the entirety of the Trump era — often with good cause — much of the Left is now threatening to kneecap an important institution of American government on a partisan vote in an act of ideological vengeance.
If the Republican Senate confirms a Trump appointee to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat right before or after the election, progressives say Democrats, if they sweep in November, should retaliate by packing the Supreme Court.
This would do vastly more damage to the governing structure of the country than anything Donald Trump has said or done, but respectable center-left outlets like The New Yorker and Vox have run pieces advocating it and Democratic leaders are making fraught "all options on the table" statements.
Comment: A 'Trump win'...raises the possibility of "mass unrest and political violence across American cities." How is that different from now?
© GOPUSA/Joshua Roberts/Getty Images/KJNSenator Rand Paul • Dr. Anthony Fauci
Then the video deals with Dr Fauci. This segment starts at [02:49] and is important.
The Senator believes that herd immunity has taken hold in New York to explain why there are no new virus cases or deaths now in New York, after the state suffered the worst damage from COVID-19 of any single jurisdiction in the world (over 33,000 deaths).
This second video is much more in-depth and with much more searching and serious questions. This is good to watch for perspective and information.
© Getty Images / Darrian TraynorVictoria Premier Daniel Andrews looks on during the daily coronavirus (COVID-19) briefing on August 05, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia.
There is an old political adage that politicians should never establish an inquiry unless they know the likely outcome.
Evidence presented this week at an inquiry into Victoria's Covid-19 second wave, established by Premier Dan Andrews, suggests that he may have failed to heed this advice. That evidence was so damning of Andrews that calls for him to resign have reached fever pitch and the Victorian opposition has foreshadowed a motion of no confidence in him.
Andrews is due to give evidence to the inquiry on Friday, and only an extraordinary performance can end the crisis that has engulfed him.
Andrews established the inquiry in July in a cynical attempt to shut down criticism of his government's decision to employ inexperienced security guards to supervise Victoria's Covid-19 hotel quarantine regime. It was the catastrophic failure of this regime that led to Victoria's second wave, despite Andrews instituting some of the most draconian lockdown restrictions in the world.
These include police being able to enter properties without a warrant, and arrest people for not wearing their face masks properly or for posting things on social media that contradict the dear leader, as a pregnant woman found out.
Comment: Health Minister Mikakos has resigned. Dan Andrews threw her under the bus and claimed she was the one 'accountable' for the hotel quarantine scheme. He should follow her, but that is unlikely.
At least the opposition is still calling for his resignation:
Meanwhile, Victoria's opposition is calling for Mr Andrews to follow Ms Mikakos and resign. "It's about time this Premier took responsibility for what he's done to this state. It's about time he followed Jenny Mikakos out the door and give Victoria a fresh start," opposition leader Michael O'Brien said on Saturday.More like, "I don't take responsibility for being a spineless tyrant."
Mr Andrews, however, dismissed the calls, stating: "I don't run from problems and challenges".
Sure, this inquiry uncovered stunning incompetence at all levels, but still, it is operating on the assumption that someone needs to be held accountable for causing this "second wave" (which amounts to more of a pond ripple caused by a small pebble than a wave), not the stunning malevolence of a government adopting totalitarian policies and treating its own citizens like chattel in some communist hellhole.
© AP/Tampa Bay Times/John Pendygraft
The order specifically lifts COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants.
Restaurants can now operate at a minimum of 50% capacity -- meaning they are fully open. Gov. DeSantis says if local governments try to restrict the reopening of any restaurant, they need state's approval.
Phase 3 also states that bars, pubs and nightclubs that derive more than 50 percent of sales from alcohol should operate at full capacity with limited social distancing protocols.
Since the state's number of cases peaked in July, the number of new infections have steadily declined.
Comment: View President Trump's plan on Scribd.