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Relationships
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s relations with the political news media had been tense long before she declared her candidacy in April, and her campaign’s efforts to try and improve those relations have backfired at times. (New York Times, 7/11/2015)

Such efforts to try and improve those relations which include - literally - roping off the press. Funny that the New York Times does not mention that.

From the same article, Big Dog Bill tells us who is really too blame for bad relations between politicians and the press: 

"...Mr. Clinton ultimately put the blame squarely on the political press."

And the fawning lapdog Liberal Media responds: "Hit us again, sir, harder!"


Honesty
This summer insurers must submit rates to state regulators for approval on the ObamaCare exchanges in 2016—and even liberals are shocked at the double-digit requests, or at least the honest liberals are. Under ObamaCare, year-over-year premium increases above 10% must also be justified to the Health and Human Services Department, and its data base lists about 650 such cases so far. (Wall Street Journal, 7/11/2015)

It's working! Obamacare is working!


Nuked
While U.S. and Iranian negotiators gave themselves more time Friday to reach a nuclear deal that could improve the countries’ ties, crowds of Iranians here chanted “Death to America,” just as they have for 36 years. (latimes.com, 7/11/2015)

Coming soon, a nuclear deal with Obama's BFFs: the Iranian mullahs!


Do Black Lives Still Matter?
Now the surge in violent crime — as of Wednesday there had been 155 homicides in Baltimore this year, up from 105 in the same period last year — has made the mayor’s balancing act even trickier: Can she rein in a Police Department with a long history of aggressive, sometimes abusive behavior and at the same time bring crime under control? ... Homicides are higher than a year ago in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, St. Louis and other cities. In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced a 12 percent increase in overall crime, though killings were down slightly. (New York Times, 7/12/2015)

Of course black lives matter. But Liberals are pathologically focused on the occasional death of a black man in police custody - yes, tragic - under ambiguous circumstances. Meanwhile hundreds more are being killed.


Mr. Sanders Goes to the Vineyard
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has risen in the polls thanks in part to his denunciations of the forces of concentrated wealth, drawing thousands of liberals to hear his jeremiads against corporate power in early nominating states and liberal hubs such as Madison, Wis.

But Mr. Sanders quietly stepped off the campaign trail this weekend to visit Martha’s Vineyard, a favorite summer destination of the country’s elite, in order to mix with representatives of some of the same interests he inveighs against in his stump speech. (New York Times, 7/12/2015)

Speaks for itself....

Rarely Heard

Crossed Up
Her Political Majesty finally agreed to give her first national campaign interview Tuesday to CNN, though she still hasn’t crossed the threshold of being interesting. The Clinton campaign is a joyless entourage that behaves as if it’s entitled to the White House in return for her family’s privileged life in government. (Wall Street Journal, 7/8/2015)

Our sources say that this is the last interview that Hillary will give until she is elected. 


Trumpster
Republican Party leaders agonize over the prospect that Donald Trump will mount a third-party candidacy that could undermine their nominee. They fear insulting the white working-class voters who admire him. They are loath to tangle with a threat-flinging firebrand for whom there are no rules of engagement. (New York Times, 7/10/2015)

Donald Trump's sin? He spoke out against illegal immigration. Key word: illegal.

Nothing demonstrates more clearly the state of America today.... 

(And, by the way, Democrat Party leaders have no such similar worries about the effect of Colonel Bernie Sanders.)

Here's Peggy Noonan on the same topic: 

...illegal immigration is a calamity. It is an admission by a nation that it has lost control not only of its borders but of itself. It is no longer functioning as a sovereign nation; it has lost its self-protectiveness and dignity. (Wall Street Journal, 7/10/2015)

Well stated!


Costly
Cost has long been a major obstacle to women getting birth control, and declines in what they pay for contraceptives have the potential to increase access and reduce unplanned pregnancies. (New York Times, 7/8/2015)

As has been documented many times, birth control pills are available for $10 per month. Condoms cost less than a coffee at Starbucks. But the crack investigative journalists at the New York Times have not yet uncovered these facts. That would get in the way of the pre-packaged conclusion that Obamacare has saved the female sex. 

And, by the way, where is Sandra Fluke, America's leading expert on the topic of (free) birth control? 

Sandra? 

Sandy?

Normal Tendencies

Earthbound
Much of the early campaign was about allowing Mrs. Clinton to exist in a safe political space, bringing one of the world’s most famous political faces back down to earth from her days as secretary of state so that voters could forge a bond with her. But over the weekend, a half-dozen protesters created an unpredictable environment for Mrs. Clinton as she marched in a parade in northern New Hampshire. At the same time, her aides sought to give her a buffer so that voters could see her, separating journalists with a rope, creating a series of viral photos that ricocheted through Twitter. (New York Times, 7/7/2015)

Apparently the most powerful woman in the world is really a battered girl-child who needs safe spaces and a calm environment. How is that going to work out for America and the world when Putin starts threatening Poland?


Clearly
Mr. Obama’s daybook is clear as far as the eye can see, save for a briefing Monday afternoon with military commanders at the Pentagon and a meeting on Tuesday with the head of Vietnam’s Communist Party. (New York Times, 7/7/2015)

We're betting that he'll find the time to squeeze in a quick eighteen holes.


Lowdown
The Obama administration on Tuesday will announce an initiative to help low- and middle-income Americans gain access to solar energy, part of a series of steps President Obama is taking to tackle climate change, according to administration officials. (New York Times, 7/7/2015)

Because what the poor want more than anything else in the world are solar panels. No doubt you hear it all the time. Give us solar panels! How come only the rich get solar panels?


Lawyers in Love
Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was sentenced to death for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing, filed a preliminary motion Monday for a new trial.

The filing in Federal District Court was a procedural motion, described by the lawyers as merely a “place holder,” but it was a prelude to an appellate process that is expected to drag on for years.

“A new trial is required in the interests of justice,” wrote Mr. Tsarnaev’s lawyers, who include the death penalty expert Judy Clarke. (New York Times, 7/7/2015)

"Drag on..." "Interests of justice..." Where to begin?

Former Democrat Senator Jim Webb: Another white guy enters race for Democrat presidential nomination

With the entrance of Webb, the Democrats are now running four white men for president. In addition to Webb, these include Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley and Hillary Clinton. If Joe Biden revives his presidential comedy tour, the number will grow to five. 

Where is the diversity?


Seekers
Health insurance companies around the country are seeking rate increases of 20 percent to 40 percent or more, saying their new customers under the Affordable Care Act turned out to be sicker than expected. Federal officials say they are determined to see that the requests are scaled back. (New York Times, 7/4/2015)

It's working! Obamacare is working!


Of the 10.2 million people who obtained coverage through federal and state marketplaces this year, 85 percent receive subsidies in the form of tax credits to help pay premiums. (New York Times, 7/4/2015)

And has been reported previously, 79% of the people who are getting their health care paid for by someone else like it! 

Obamacare is working!

The Bernie Sanders "No Deodorant Tour" Rolls On

Mr. Sanders contributed pieces only sporadically. He interviewed a “labor agitator” and an old-time farmer, and he wrote some articles about health, including one in which he cited studies claiming that cancer could be caused by psychological factors such as unresolved hostility toward one’s mother, a tendency to bury aggression beneath a “facade of pleasantness” and having too few orgasms.

“Sexual adjustment seemed to be very poor in those with cancer of the cervix,” he wrote, quoting a study in a journal called Psychosomatic Medicine. (New York Times, 7/3/2015)

As we have said many times about Colonel Sanders: It is best to just let him talk.

Liberals...this is your guy. 

Obama establishes relations with Cuba, breaks ties with Israel

Scott Walker’s Hard Right Turn in Iowa May Hurt Him Elsewhere (New York Times headline, 7/2/2015)

By Contrast Hillary Clinton's Hard Left Turn Will Not Hurt Her Anywhere (RedStateVT headline, 7/2/2015)


The Protractor
She engaged in a protracted struggle to get her fax machine to work. (New York Times, 7/2/2015)

If Hillary can't work a fax machine maybe she is not qualified to be president.


Forbidden
ObamaCare putatively forbids IPAB (Independent Payment Advisory Board) from rationing or restricting care. But to adapt Humpty Dumpty, rationing means what IPAB chooses it to mean. As progressive single-payer champion Howard Dean explained in these pages (“The Affordable Care Act’s Rate-Setting Won’t Work,” July 28, 2013), IPAB will de facto determine which procedures and drugs get covered by setting reimbursement rates. IPAB will be able to restrict treatments by reducing rates to levels at which no doctor could provide care. (Wall Street Journal, 7/2/2015)

Our dear Liberal friends are obsessed with Sarah Palin. Sometimes they can talk of nothing else. In fact, they have engaged in a singular 'War on Woman' against Palin. Notwithstanding being elected the governor of Alaska, our snobbish friends somehow deem her to be not intellectual enough. Palin, of course, was the one who first exposed the Obamacare death panels which absolutely infuriated Liberals. 

An outrageous lie they cried! 

Then Obamacare guru Ezekiel Emanuel wrote an article about how no one should live beyond age seventy-five and what did we hear? Crickets.

So anyway, here the WSJ makes clear how Obamacare will ration healthcare. In a word: death panels. OK, that's two words. Just like Sarah Palin!

The Card of Contempt

Radio Radio
On several occasions, Mrs. Clinton clearly appeared concerned about possible disconnect with the White House.

“I heard on the radio that there is a Cabinet mtg this am,” she wrote aides on June 8, 2009. “Is there? Can I go? If not, who are we sending?” (It turned out it was not a cabinet meeting but one for lower-level officials.)

Four days later, she emailed aides after showing up for a 10:45 a.m. meeting at the White House only to be told it was canceled. “This is the second time this has happened,” she wrote. “What’s up???” (New York Times, 7/1/2015)

The article is entitled "New Trove of Hillary Clinton’s Emails Highlights Workaday Tasks at the State Department" probably to discourage you from reading anything so mundane. 

We read it anyway and found this bombshell! Hillary did not know when Obama was having meetings, including Cabinet meetings! Apparently Obama was keeping her in the dark.

Anyone else think this is just incredible?

Why, given the crickets we are hearing from the Liberal Media we are starting to wonder if they might even be biased.....


Living on a Prayer
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who officially entered the race Tuesday, won’t have to endure the negative impacts of an artist’s disapproval, according to POLITICO, as he got permission from rocker and fellow New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi to use his music during his upcoming run at the White House.

Christie formally launched his campaign Tuesday from his former high school in Livingston, New Jersey, and played Bon Jovi’s “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.”

That’s okay, according to the New Jersey icon, who told POLITCO through his publicist: “My friendships are apolitical, and yes, I absolutely gave him permission to use my songs.” (Breitbart.com, 7/1/2015)

Adult of the week: Jon Bon Jovi.

To show our appreciation we are going to buy some Bon Jovi songs on iTunes today.