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 BUBBA SAYS SPEECHES TO CONTINUE: ‘I GOTTA PAY OUR  BILLS’ -   Former President Bill Clinton reportedly raked in $104.9m for paid speeches in the first 12 years after he left office, including some that have triggered accusations of payola for favors from his wife’s State Department. But despite those worries, he will continue to give speeches for sums as much as $500,000, telling NBC News “I gotta pay our bills.” The network, which formerly employed Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, joined Clinton on a trip for donors to his family’s scandal-scarred foundation to get a look at the charitable work done by the group. The former president rejected allegations of pay-for-play in pure Clintonian fashion: he said the foundation never said anything “knowingly false.” This, combined with presumptive Democratic nominee Hilly Clinton’s “dead broke” debacle, suggests that the former first family has Romnesian levels of difficulty in talking about their vast fortune.  -Fox News  

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 Bubba took more than two dozen trips on uranium deal billionaire’s jet -  WaPo: “Clinton has also gained regular transportation, borrowing [Frank Giustra’s] plane 26 times for foundation business since 2005, including 13 trips in which the two men traveled together. The numbers on Clinton’s use of the plane, never previously reported, were provided by a spokeswoman for Giustra. … The MD-87 aircraft is a full-size passenger jetliner with comfortable seating areas and a private bedroom. The doors have gold-colored fixtures, and an art collection hangs on the walls. … Clinton has said that he was aware of Giustra’s pending purchase while in Kazakhstan but did not discuss it or do anything to help its progress. … Giustra said it was ‘beyond ludicrous’ to suggest that Clinton engaged on the deal, in part because the former president has very little interest in business. ‘You have to understand something about Bill Clinton. He doesn’t care about that stuff,’ Giustra said. ‘His eyes would glaze over.’”  -Fox News  

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 Colombia oil deal, too -   WaPo: “A few weeks after returning from Kazakhstan in 2005, Giustra attended his first meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. There, he was introduced to the leader of another country where he had business interests: Álvaro Uribe of Colombia. … The Colombia connections of the Clintons and their patron, Giustra, were evident in June 2010. Bill Clinton and Giustra had flown in together on the businessman’s jet, while Hilly Clinton had arrived for an official visit as secretary of state. The three dined together in Bogota. The next morning, Bill Clinton met privately with Uribe at the presidential house. A few hours later, Hilly Clinton held her own meeting with the Colombian leader. In a subsequent televised interview, she announced that she was inclined to support a much-sought-after free-trade deal with Colombia — a reversal in position since her 2008 presidential campaign.”  -Fox News  

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 The $6 billion question -   Chris Cillizza asks: “Is Hilly Clinton honest enough to be president. That question — phrased in a thousand different ways but always with the same doubts in mind — sits at the heart of a campaign that will span the next 18 months and on which billions of dollars will be spent.”
          “It means that Hilly Clinton has been part of the political establishment for many, many years.  I have known Hilly for some 25 years.  I respect her and I like her, but I think what the American people are saying…[is] maybe it’s time for a real political shakeup in this country and go beyond establishment politics.” –Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to ABC News.   -Fox News  

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 Benghazi testimony looms -   Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., told USA Today that Hilly Clinton’s testimony on the 2012 Benghazi attacks and subsequent doctored talking points has tentatively been set for May 18. Gowdy said he also wants to hear from National Security Advisor Susan Rice and nObama administration spokesman Ben Rhodes.  -Fox News  

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 Almost Half Of nObamaCare Exchanges Struggling Financially  

(Randy DeSoto) - Nearly half of the nObamaCare state exchanges face financial troubles, according to a new report...The Washington Post reports that some of the factors contributing to the woes include high costs and less-than-anticipated enrollment: Currently, there are 17 state exchanges with the rest of the states using healthcare.gov. Some states, like Minnesota, Vermont, and Hawaii, are considering handing over some or all the functions of their exchanges to the federal government. Oregon abolished its state exchange in March. The nObama Administration has admitted it has no back-up plan in place.       http://www.westernjournalism.com/report-almost-half-of-obamacare-exchanges-struggling-financially/?utm_source=MailChimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=top-story&utm_campaign=DailyEmail05.05.15

 States, energy industry push to kill ban on oil exports  

(John Scicliao) - States, industry and energy security advocates are converging on Washington this week to add strength to a growing effort in Congress to kill a federal ban on oil exports...The centerpiece of the week's push will be an "Energy Exports Summit" on Tuesday organized by a group representing Western state attorneys general and a relatively new organization called the Energy Independence Coalition. The summit follows the start of efforts in both the House and Senate to repeal the ban. American Petroleum Institute CEO Jack Gerard joined a growing contingent of House Republicans and Democrats last week to tout a bill to repeal the ban, which the lawmakers and the industry see as a barrier to advancing the market for U.S. crude oil abroad.       http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/states-energy-industry-push-to-kill-ban-on-oil-exports/article/2563984?utm_campaign=Conservative%20Inbox:%20Top%205&utm_source=Conservative%20Inbox:%20Top%205%20-%2005/05/15&utm_medium=email

 Baltimore and the Betrayal of Black Dignity  

(Bruce Thornton) - Baltimore is the latest American city to become a stage for the farce that is our national racial discourse. The swift, politicized indictment of 6 police officers for the death of Freddie Gray––which brought down, for now, the curtain on this performance by abandoning all the canons of procedural justice–– is a fitting end to this sorry spectacle...The winners of this shameful display are obvious, as they always are after these riots. Local thieves, gangsters, and thugs; bourgeois white “anarchists” out on a lark; junior-high posers indulging adult-sanctioned destruction; well-heeled black politicians fanning the flames and leveraging the violence for career advancement; race-baiting vultures like Al Sharpton, and the sensationalist national media all benefitted. Most important, the false narrative of a national conspiracy of racist cops itching to murder innocent black men was yet again perpetuated by race hustlers and their progressive enablers.       http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/bruce-thornton/baltimore-and-the-betrayal-of-black-dignity/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=49c98d2d18-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-49c98d2d18-156509103

 Disunity in Asia is an opportunity for China  

(Michael Mazza) - The US and Asia have just been through two busy weeks of diplomacy. The annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) wrapped up in Kuala Lumpur last week...just as Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicked off a weeklong stay in the US Against the backdrop of Chinese military expansion and Beijing’s launch of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in the face of US opposition, this summitry came at a crucial time. Before the Asean summit, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said he would push for a joint statement denouncing China’s menacing island-building in the South China Sea. He didn’t get it. Asean members agreed that “We share the serious concerns expressed by some leaders on the land reclamation being undertaken in the South China Sea, which has eroded trust and confidence and may undermine peace, security and stability”—but this careful language didn’t condemn or even name China. It didn’t suggest any united front among Asean’s 10 member states.        http://www.aei.org/publication/disunity-in-asia-is-an-opportunity-for-china/?utm_source=paramount&utm_medium=email&utm_content=AEITODAY&utm_campaign=050515

 More VA cover-ups  

(washingtonexaminer.com) - It should be quite clear by now that the bureaucracy of the Department of Veterans Affairs needs a drastic purge. Its perfidy became obvious about a year ago when Americans learned that various officials had been gaming the system in order to preserve their own performance bonuses and give the appearance that veterans were getting timely care...The practice was widespread and many were complicit as veterans died and suffered in silence without the medical treatment they were promised. Since then, a great many other problems in the agency have been revealed, including cover-ups of lethal infections at VA facilities, hospitals that consume resources and serve no patients, and pill mills. The Washington Examiner's Luke Rosiak recently reported on how one patient died. It occurred after a doctor at a VA facility in Puerto Rico performed an unnecessary procedure without consulting the patient's primary physician. The doctor was subsequently given a slap on the wrist and then promoted. As it happens, he may have performed the procedure in order to help his wife, a medical trainee whom he was supervising, gain the experience.       http://www.http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/more-va-cover-ups/article/2563857?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest%20PMI&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest%20PMI%20-%2005/04/15&utm_medium=email/more-va-cover-ups/article/2563857?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest%20PMI&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest%20PMI%20-%2005/04/15&utm_medium=email

 The Texas Terror Connection To Congressman Keith Ellison’s  

(gopthedailydose.com) - An Islamist radical recruited to Somalia from Minneapolis inspired the would-be “Texas Terror” killers, who were gunned down in Garland, Texas Sunday night by a sharp-shooting law enforcement officer before they could carry out their mass-murder plot at an art exhibit sponsored by First Amendment heroine Pamela Geller...It’s just the latest example of how and why Minneapolis—and specifically the congressional district of Muslim Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)—has become ground zero for the threat to the United States from Islamist terror groups such as ISIS and Al-Shabaab.AsMinnesota CBS affiliate WCCO reports:       http://gopthedailydose.com/2015/05/05/the-texas-terror-connection-to-muslim-congressman-keith-ellisons-minneapolis-district/

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 Hamas Accused of Burning Down Salafist Mosque (investigativeproject.org) - An Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate accused Hamas of destroying one of its mosques in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Jerusalem Post reports...On Monday, an ISIS-affiliated organization reportedly detonated an explosive devicenear Hamas' security headquarters used to train police recruits. These developments indicate rising tensions exist between Hamas and groups affiliated with the Islamic State in Gaza. Before Monday's bombing, the ISIS affiliate threatened various Hamas security officers, publishing some of their names and photos, after Hamas arrested several Salafist jihadi supporters. The ISIS affiliate called on "all of our soldiers" to act against Hamas if the Salafist prisoners were not released. "Hamas and its security forces have 72 hours from the release of this statement to free all Salafist (jihadist) prisoners...all options are open to us to respond to Hamas," read the statement. http://www.investigativeproject.org/4846/hamas-accused-of-burning-down-salafist-mosque

(coachisright.com) - It is laughable that the District of Columbia, the most powerful City state in the world, puts the phrase, “Taxation without Representation” on its automobile license plates...Their whining is ridiculous. The government of the District of Columbia is the federal government of the United States of America and because of this the District of Columbia is omnipotent. It is we, the people of the United States who suffer Taxation without Representation. Supposedly acting in our name, because it funds almost everything to one extent or another, the federal government puts its hand into our lives multiple times a day; yet it never seems to demand an end to the libertine, unfettered lifestyles of the people it forces us to support. When it comes to the conduct of people in our inner cities, minorities, poor Whites and illegal aliens we are not even allowed to ask how the money Washington steals from us to buy their votes is spent. This is truly “Taxation without Representation.”        http://www.coachisright.com/as-american-taxpayers-all-we-have-is-taxation-without-representation/

 Contrary To Bill’s Claim, Clintons Obtained To $7.4M Capital Gains  

(Chuck Ross) - Bill Clinton’s claim that he and Hilly have paid “almost no capital gains” in the past 15 years was put in doubt Monday following reports showing the former first couple booked nearly $400,000 in capital gains between 2000 and 2006...But a Daily Caller analysis shows the Clintons may have incurred vastly more capital gains than that: between $2 million and $7.4 million. “Over the last 15 years, I’ve taken almost no capital gains and I’ve given 10 percent away,” Bill Clinton said in an interview with NBC that aired on Monday. Buzzfeed and The New York Times fact-checked that by analyzing the power couples’ publicly available IRS filings. According to filings for the period between 2000 and 2006 — the only years available — the Clintons reported $371,000 in capital gains, mostly from the sale of property. But Hilly Clinton’s 2007 Senate financial disclosure report shows the couple may have recorded capital gains as much as 20 times larger than that.        http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/04/contrary-to-bills-claim-the-clintons-obtained-up-to-7-4-million-in-capital-gains/?utm_source=Liberty_Headlines_Is_Giving_Your_Site_Free_Traffic_for_Now&AID=7236

The Scooby Doo Needs An Overhaul

     (burtprelutsky.com) - When Hilly Clinton decided to give her campaign vehicle a cutesy pie name, I can only imagine that she and Bill preferred that the media would say that they were throwing people under the Scooby Doo rather than under the bus.

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     After all, it is impossible for a Democrat to run for president without leaving a wake of people with tire tracks on their carcass. In 2008, let us remember, nObama tossed his friend and religious mentor, Jeremiah Wright, under the wheels once we all began to hear the vile remarks that Rev. Wright had spewed for 20 years while the nObamas sat savoring every reprehensible word in a front row pew.

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     That same year, when former V.P. candidate Geraldine Ferraro, at the time serving as a major advisor to Mrs. Clinton, said what everyone was thinking -- namely, that nObama would not have been running for the presidency if he hadn’t been black -- Hilly didn’t even wait for the bus to slow down before giving her the old heave-ho.

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     In the meantime, the Clinton scandals keep piling up at a rate that makes nObama look like an underachiever. It now appears that not only did the Clintons clean up during her term as Secretary of State, but they went so far as to allow the Russians to wind up owning about a third of our uranium output, thus providing Iran with as much as they need to build not only a nuclear bomb, but a nuclear arsenal.

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     The idea that Mrs. Clinton might actually succeed nObama in the White House makes my blood run cold. It would say something, something really awful, about America’s voters if they saw fit to replace nObama’s empty suit with Hilly’s equally empty pantsuit.
     The question that leaps to mind about the Clintons is whether there is anything at all they won’t do for money. When you see how low these two older people have stooped in their pursuit of dollars, euros, pesos and rubles, you have to wonder if they have ever heard that you can’t take it with you. Or is it just possible that they, along with such elderly creeps as George Soros and Warren Buffet, have discovered a loophole?

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     ♦ Speaking of Russia, every time I hear Barack nObama, hanoi John Kerry or Josh Earnest, refer to those working on the nuclear deal with Iran as our negotiating partners, I feel the bile rising through my esophagus. In what universe, would America ever regard the likes of Russia and China as honest brokers? Would anyone with a brain in his head ever enter into a partnership with individuals who carried even the tiniest percentage of baggage those two nations cart around?

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     But, then, who else but someone with the anti-American mindset of nObama would ever pretend Iran will abide by an agreement that required the Ayatollah Khamenei to change his evil aspirations even slightly?

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     Nothing nObama does that proves harmful to America’s best interests surprises me. That is why, with a straight face, the schmuck can refer to the U.N. as a community of nations. How many times do we have to be reminded that the U.N.is a collection of well-dressed thugs representing the worst despots the world has to offer? If this is a community, it’s one in which no rational person would ever choose to live.

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     ♦ Some Republican presidential contenders are being derided about not being specific enough about what they’d do if elected. To which I say, whoever is elected in 2016 won’t be taking office for another 21 months. A lot can happen between now and then. I can assure you that in May, 1999, George W. Bush had no idea that he’d wind up being a wartime president.

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     Also, the next president, assuming it’s a Republican, will have his or her hands full just trying to undo the damage nObama and Holder have wreaked on the economy, on race relations and on America’s relationships with friends and foes around the world.

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     Like a cleanup crew that shows up after a natural disaster, the first order of business will be clearing out the rubble. Only then can architects, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, interior decorators and gardeners, get to work with reconstruction plans.

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     ♦ On the other hand, Republicans can only be trusted so far and no farther. For instance, what is the point of having a Senate controlled by the GOP if ten of the louts break ranks in order to confirm Loretta Lynch, who should have been voted down if only because she was Eric Holder’s hand-picked successor? But if that wasn’t enough, the fact that during her confirmation hearings, she announced that Barack nObama’s amnesty edict was based on solid constitutional grounds should have spelled her doom.

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     In case you missed hearing the names of the 10 ignoramuses, they were, in alphabetical order: Kelly Ayotte (NH), Thad Cochran (MS), Susan Collins (ME), Jeff Flake (AZ), Lindsey Graham (SC), Orrin Hatch (UT), Ron Johnson (WI), Mark Kirk (IL), Mitch McCon-nell (KY) and Rob Portman (OH). Re-elect these oafs at your own and America’s peril.

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     ♦ When it comes to the Republican contenders, I am still mystified that Dr. Ben Carson continues to hover near the top in the polls. But, then, I don’t know why anyone thinks that having a medical background is good preparation for politics. Ron Paul was a doctor, after all, and I’m convinced he’d have done more good if he’d made house calls instead of House votes. And I would prefer that his son re-hang his own shingle or at least stay put in the Senate and not get within a country mile of the Oval Office.

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     Judging by some of Carson’s statements about gun ownership, homosexuality and Jesse Jackson, I’m not sure he could even pass a conservative litmus test. It doesn’t help that he wasn’t even a registered Republican until 2014. He only joined then because he was considering making a run for the White House, and regarded it strictly, he admitted, as “a pragmatic move.”

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     If Maryland resident Dr. Carson is looking to dip his toe into politics, why not run to replace retiring Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)? That is an election he could probably win.

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     ♦ After mentioning in a recent piece that I liked Carly Fiorina, some people reminded me that it was her ill-fated decision to merge Hewlett Packard with Compaq, which didn’t pan out, and was the reason that the H-P board of directors removed her as CEO.

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     It so happens that I don’t expect a candidate for president to be omniscient. Mrs. Fiorina made a business decision and it wound up costing her. That’s life in the business world. She didn’t whine about it. She didn’t insist they only fired her because she’s a woman. She behaved like a grown-up, accepted her severance check and moved on.

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     Just imagine how much better life would be for all of us if our politicians had to pay for their mistakes and not simply utter the four most meaningless words in the English language: “I take full responsibility.”

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     Wouldn’t it be heavenly if politicians had to pay a price for nObamaCare; for pulling all our troops out of Iraq, thus rolling out the bloody red carpet for ISIS; for sending the national debt soaring to 18 trillion dollars; for turning the IRS dogs loose on Tea Party patriots; and for allowing four Americans to be massacred in Benghazi and then lying about it?

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     Carly Fiorina made one lousy business decision and paid for it with her job. When politicians make their endless number of mistakes, we’re the poor saps who pay for it.

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