Rain Delay

Misused
On Thursday, federal regulators sued Mr. Corzine in connection with the collapse of the brokerage firm MF Global and apparent misuse of customer money during its final days. Mr. Corzine, a former United States senator and New Jersey governor, ran the firm until its bankruptcy in October 2011. (NYT, 6/27/2013)

After extensive investigation RedStateVT can report that former MF Global CEO, US senator and New Jersey governor Jon Corzine is, in fact, a Democrat. Undoubtedly the New York Times had not been able to determine that fact when this story went to press. In fact, Corzine is a Democrat and a 1%er.


Suppression
The number of homicides on record in New York City has dropped significantly during the first half of the year — to 154 from 202 in the same period last year — surprising even police officials who have long been accustomed to trumpeting declining crime rates in the city.
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Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly attributed much of the drop to a new antigang strategy meant to suppress retaliatory violence among neighborhood gangs. Police officials also credited their efforts at identifying and monitoring abusive husbands whose behavior seemed poised to turn lethal. (NYT, 6/28/2013)

So by "identifying and monitoring" individuals who are likely to commit crimes, criminal activity can be lessened.

Geez, if only there were a way to apply that same strategy to terrorists....... Oh wait, there is, it's called "profiling" and law enforcement is not allowed to do it. That is why Granny gets strip-searched at the airport and Mohammad gets waved through. 


Chances Are
Though President Vladimir V. Putin said this week that “the sooner he chooses his final destination, the better for us and for him,” Mr. Snowden shows no sign of leaving.

The chance that Russia will turn him in has all but vanished, as evidenced by Thursday’s television programs, which were almost certainly produced under Kremlin orders and have a powerful effect on public opinion. Officials here have signaled an openness to granting him political asylum, and each passing day would seem to narrow Mr. Snowden’s options, giving the United States time to negotiate with Ecuador and Venezuela, other countries that may grant him asylum. (NYT, 6/28/2013)

Why is it that those who advocate for open government always end up in Russia, Cuba and Venezuela? All bastions of repression. 

Footholds of Influence

Overtly
After Mr. Tsarnaev’s visit to Dagestan and Chechnya, signs of alienation emerged. One month after he returned to the United States, a YouTube page that appeared to belong to him was created and featured jihadist videos.

Posting such videos alone, without overt threats of violence, should not necessarily sound alarms, some counterterrorism specialists said Monday. (NYT, 4/22/2013)

Because lots of ordinary folks post jihadist videos? 

Maybe some "retraining" of our counterterrorism specialists is in order. 


Issues
Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont and the chairman of the committee, took issue with conservative commentators and Republican lawmakers who suggested that any debate about an immigration overhaul should take into account that the two suspects in the Boston bombing emigrated to the United States from Kyrgyzstan.

“Last week, opponents of comprehensive immigration reform began to exploit the Boston Marathon bombing,” Mr. Leahy said. “Let no one be so cruel as to try to use the heinous acts of these two young men last week to derail the dreams and futures of millions of hard-working people.” (NYT,4/22/2013)

"Last week, proponents of gun control began to exploit the Newtown massacre. Let no one be so cruel as to try to use the heinous act of one young man last week to impugn the reputations of millions of law-abiding gun owners."


Oh Happy Day!
The trustee overseeing MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s bankruptcy sued former Chief Executive Jon S. Corzine and two other executives for their role in the brokerage's collapse. (WSJ, 4/23/2013)

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren railed at Ben Bernacke recently about the lack of prosecutions of financial executives. Problem solved!  Or was she not thinking about Democrats....


Bumper Crop
Howie Carr noted today that the car hijacked by the Boston bombers had a "COEXIST" bumper sticker. That's too funny!