Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Barker's Newsbites: Wednesday, July 3, 2013


Let's get to it, folks!

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William R. Barker said...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/world/middleeast/egypt.html?hp&_r=0

Egypt’s military on Wednesday deposed Mohamed Morsi, the nation’s first freely elected president, suspending the constitution, installing an interim government and insisting it was responding to the millions of Egyptians who had opposed Mr. Morsi’s Islamist agenda and his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood.

* FIRST OBAMA SUPPORTED THE OUSTER OF OUR ALLY MUBARACK VIA THE "ABAB SPRING" UPRISINGS... KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WOULD PROBABLY TAKE POWER. WHEN THEY DID, OBAMA SUPPORTED MORSI. NOW OBAMA SEEMINGLY SUPPORTS THE MILITARY COUP AGAINST MORSI.

* OBAMA IS A TOTAL INCOMPETENT. HE HAS NO ETHICS - NO PRINCIPLES. HE SIMPLY CAN'T BE TRUSTED... BY ANYONE. AND UNFORTUNATELY HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND SO THIS TRANSLATES TO NO NATION ON EARTH TRULY TRUSTING US ANYMORE.

July 3, 2013 at 4:08 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-02/guest-post-egyptians-love-us-our-freedom

(*SHRUG*)

July 3, 2013 at 4:21 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100861530

U.S. oil prices soared more than 2 percent to a 14-month high above $100 a barrel on Wednesday, following a decline in crude stockpiles and concerns that unrest in Egypt could disrupt oil supplies from the Middle East.

Crude futures rose as high as $102.18 in Asia trade, having tested the $100-mark in the New York session. By mid-day in Europe, Nymex crude was off its highs at $100.97, up 1.38%.

Oil prices have risen more than 5 percent so far this week. Worries about Egypt also boosted Brent crude futures, which rose more than $1 to just above $105 a barrel.

July 3, 2013 at 4:21 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20130702/NEWS05/307020047/Military-closes-cuts-hours-some-swimming-pools

In the sweltering days of summer, members of the military and their families like to cool off by using low-cost swimming pools found on many bases around the world. But this year the annual tradition of swimming laps under the sun and whizzing down waterslides behind heavily protected gates is taking a hit due to automatic budget cuts.

* NO... DUE TO DECISIONS MADE BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. FOLKS... EACH OF YOU HAS A BUDGET TO RUN. YOU RUN IT! WHILE GOVERNMENT PISSES AWAY MONEY LEFT AND RIGHT, THEY ALSO DELIBERATELY PUNISH OUR MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES SO AS TO MAKE A POINT. WELL... THE ONLY POINT I SEE BEING MADE IS THAT WE NEED A REVOLUTION IN THIS COUNTRY TO SWEEP FROM POWER THE INCOMPETENTS AND CRIMINALS PRESENTLY RUNNING AMERICA INTO THE GROUND.

At a naval base that’s home to many sailors in the special warfare community, a large tarp is pulled over the base’s only outdoor lap pool. Lounge chairs are piled in high stacks and what little water was visible in the swimming pool on a recent visit appeared a dark shade of green.

Elsewhere at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story a water park that’s highly popular with the children of service members is open one less day a week this summer. (Some installations are closing their outdoor swimming pools altogether, while many others are reducing hours or opening fewer days each week.)

The pools and water parks are typically open to active-duty personnel, family members, military retirees, Defense Department civilians and their guests.

* THEY SHOULDN'T BE OPEN TO DoD CIVILIANS! MILITARY PERSONNEL GET PERKS LIKE THIS IN LEU OF HIGH PAY; DoD PERSONNEL ARE HIGHLY PAID!

“Everybody’s a little bit emotional,” said Michael Martin, a spokesman for Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. “People are a little upset ... These decisions are tough. They really are. But in the budgetary climate we’re working in, these are the types of decisions we have to make. It’s unfortunate.”

* HAVE ANY CONGRESSIONAL OR EXECUTIVE BRANCH "SERVICES" BEEN CUT? (*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISGUST*)

Most of the reductions are occurring in fleet concentration areas like those in Virginia, San Diego, Hawaii and Japan, he said. At Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval base, two indoor pools remain open but an outdoor pool and a water park have been closed for the season.

* GEEZUS...

The lion’s share of the savings comes from not having to hire civilian lifeguards.

* THEN ASSIGN MILITARY PERSONNEL TO LIFEGUARD DUTY! (ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS IF YOU HAVE TO!)

Some members of the military say that part of the appeal of the on-base pools and water parks is that they help provide a unique sense of community for a group of people who frequently move around and have the types of jobs that civilians can’t always identify with. That sense of community is one of the reasons many people choose to stay in the military, they say.

* THE PEOPLE MAKING THESE DECISIONS SHOULD BE TARRED AND FEATHERED.

July 3, 2013 at 4:51 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://cnsnews.com/blog/l-brent-bozell-iii/sequestration-cancels-july-4th

* SERIOUSLY, FOLKS... WHAT A FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT OBAMA IS. SAME APPLIES TO CONGRESS - BOTH SIDES OF BOTH ISLES! AGAIN... WE KNOW THE WASTE IS THERE... WE KNOW HOW BAD IT IS... AND WE KNOW THIS IS A FUCKING STUNT THAT IS HURTING REAL PEOPLE FOR OBAMA'S PERCEIVED POLITICAL BENEFIT.

July 3, 2013 at 4:51 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/study-of-obama-presidential-travel.html

In 2009, President Obama traveled more in his first year than any other President. (Obama spent 41 days traveling to 21 different countries.)

In 2013, the President has made four international trips already - to the Middle East, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Africa – with at least 2 more trips planned to Moscow and Southeast Asia.

Due to opaque reporting by government sources on such expenses, the full cost of the President’s travel is difficult to pin down. The most updated figure on the cost per hour of operating Air Force One is $179,750, but this is just a tiny fraction of a President’s foreign travel plan, which includes back-up aircraft, aerial tankers, motor transport, security and diplomatic personnel, accommodations, and advance teams.

* AND HOOKERS FOR THE ADVANCE TEAMS! DON'T FORGET THAT!

President Obama was accompanied by more than 500 staff (including security) during his 2009 trip to London. At least 200 security agents alone [were] involved in the President’s [recent] Africa trip.

* FOLKS... THIS ISN'T NIT-PICKING. CONNECT THE DOTS! THIS CLOWN... HE AND HIS ADMINISTRATION... JUST JAM THIS SORT OF SHIT DOWN OUR THROATS AND LAUGH. THEY'RE OUT OF CONTROL. AT BEST... AT BEST... IT'S UNSEEMINGLY... DISREPECTFUL TO THOSE BEARING THE BRUNT OF CUTS MADE ONLY TO MAKE POLITICAL POINTS.

The First Lady has also been actively traveling, making trips to Ireland, Africa, Western Europe, and Copenhagen. When flying solo Michelle Obama would likely use a C-40B or C with a cost per flight hour of $19,755-$26,936, or a larger C-32 passenger jet, which has a cost per flight hour of $42,936.

* I WONDER HOW MUCH THE OBAMA ELDEST DAUGHTER'S "SPRING BREAK" TO MEXICO COST US...?

July 3, 2013 at 5:34 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/02/national-intelligence-director-apologizes-for-lying-to-congress

National Intelligence Director Apologizes for Lying to Congress

* THAT'S THE HEADLINE.

* FROM U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT (NOT EXACTLY A RIGHT-WING PUBLICATION...)

The director of National Intelligence apologized in June to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee for lying during a hearing, according to a letter published on the DNI website on Tuesday.

* AND THAT'S IT...? HE "APOLOGIZED." WHAT ABOUT GOING TO JAIL...?!?! WHY ISN'T HE GOING TO JAIL...?!?!

"Mistakes will happen, and when I make one, I correct it," said Clapper, who has served in his current position since August 2010.

* THAT'S... IT...???

* JOHN BOEHNER AND MITCH MCCONNELL - JOINTED BY NANCY PELOSI AND HARRY REID - SHOULD BE CALLING FOR CLAPPER'S ARREST AND CONVICTION. THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW - ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE FECKLESS REPUBLICANS.

* LISTEN... I'M NOT SAYING CLAPPER SHOULD ACTUALLY GO TO JAIL. FRANKLY I'D BE HAPPY WITH HIS RESIGNATION IN DISGRACE. BUT THE FACT THAT HE'S NOT EVEN GOING TO LOSE HIS JOB... (*SHRUG*)... THE RULE OF LAW IS A JOKE IN THE COUNTRY. THE CONSTITUTION MEANS NOTHING TO ANY OF THESE SCUM IN WASHINGTON.

July 3, 2013 at 5:49 PM
William R. Barker said...

* FOUR-PARTER... (Part 1 of 4)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/03/us/prosecutors-in-zimmerman-trial-ask-jury-to-disregard-comments.html?partner=MYWAY&ei=5065

Prosecutors in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman scrambled Tuesday to undo damage to their case by one of their leading witnesses, a Sanford police officer who interviewed the defendant hours after he fatally shot Trayvon Martin.

* "DAMAGE TO THEIR CASE" TRANSLATES TO "JUSTICE BEING DONE" AS FAR AS I CAN TELL! (READ ON!)

The witness, Officer Chris Serino of the Sanford police, had testified under cross-examination on Monday afternoon that Mr. Zimmerman seemed to be telling the truth when he said he had fired his gun in self-defense. The officer’s remarks made for a dramatic moment in the trial — and clearly benefited the defense — but drew no immediate objection from the prosecutors.

* BUT WHY SHOULD THEY OBJECT IF THE OBJECT OF THE TRIAL IS TO GET AT THE TRUTH...?

* BEYOND THAT... THEY HAD - AND STILL HAVE - EVERY LEGAL RIGHT TO CROSS-EXAMINE OFFICER SERINO! (WHO - ONCE AGAIN, TO REMIND YOU - WAS ON THE STAND AS A PROSECUTION WITNESS!)

The court then recessed for the day.

But early on Tuesday, citing case law, the prosecution successfully argued that Officer Serino’s comments about Mr. Zimmerman’s truthfulness should be disregarded by the jury. The judge then instructed the jurors, who are being sequestered during the trial, to ignore the officer’s statement — nearly 17 hours after he made it.

(*SNORT*)

* FOLKS... UNDERSTAND... FINDING THE TRUTH... DOING JUSTICE... THAT'S NOT WHAT THE "GAME" IS ALL ABOUT TO THOSE RUNNING THE AMERICAN "JUSTICE" SYSTEM.

Officer Serino’s testimony, in the second week of the trial in Seminole County Court, was the latest setback for prosecutors whose witnesses have repeatedly helped bolster the defense’s case.

(*SNORT*)

Mr. Zimmerman has said he shot Mr. Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, in self-defense after he was attacked on a drizzly night in February 2012. Prosecutors say that Mr. Zimmerman, who identifies as Hispanic, racially profiled Mr. Martin, who was black, and followed the teenager through the town house complex where Mr. Zimmerman lived and Mr. Martin, of Miami, was visiting.

* BUT HE'S NOT BEING CHARGED WITH "RACIALLY PROFILING." (INDEED, IS THERE SUCH A CRIME FOR A PRIVATE CITIZEN...?) NOR IS HE BEING CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT. NOPE... HE'S BEING (UNJUSTLY) CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

* TO BE CONTINUED...

July 3, 2013 at 6:33 PM
William R. Barker said...

* CONTINUING... (Part 2 of 2)

On Monday, jurors watched and listened to audio and visual recordings of a calm and willing Mr. Zimmerman being interviewed by the police shortly after the shooting.

* GOOD! AND HAD THE AUDIO AND VISUAL RECORDINGS INSTEAD SHOWED A HYSTERICAL AND UNWILLING ZIMMERMAN... A GUILTY LOOKING ZIMMERMAN... MY POSITION WOULD BE THE SAME - LET THE JURY SEE ALL THE EVIDENCE! LET EACH SIDE MAKE THEIR BEST CASE!

One officer testified that Mr. Zimmerman had shown no trace of malice or ill intent.

* FOLKS... THEY'RE TRYING TO RAILROAD ZIMMERMAN. THERE'S SIMPLY NO DOUBT! INDEED, THERE NEVER HAS BEEN.

After prosecutors probed inconsistencies in Mr. Zimmerman’s story — he said that Mr. Martin had jumped out of the bushes, although no bushes were found at the place he indicated — two police officers who took the stand said that the discrepancies were slight and that the broad narrative of self-defense offered by Mr. Zimmerman remained largely unchanged.

(*SHRUG*)

Mark Osterman, a federal air marshal who described Mr. Zimmerman as “the best friend I’ve ever had,” and who wrote a book about the shooting, recounted on Tuesday what Mr. Zimmerman told him about the events of Feb. 26, 2012, the day of the killing. Osterman’s account largely matched what Mr. Zimmerman — who was photographed bleeding after the killing — told the police. There was one exception: Mr. Osterman’s contention that, according to Mr. Zimmerman, Mr. Martin had grabbed his gun but that he managed to get it back. That contradicted Mr. Zimmerman’s account to the police, in which he said Mr. Martin seemed to be reaching for his gun.

* ZIMMERMAN'S STORY IS THE ONE I'M INTERESTED IN - NOT OSTERMAN'S.

Other pieces of testimony may also have reflected poorly on Mr. Zimmerman. Officer Serino, who took the stand again on Tuesday, said the expletives that Mr. Zimmerman used as he was pursuing Mr. Martin connoted ill will — a necessary component in a second-degree murder conviction.

* HE MEANS THE EXPLETIVES ZIMMERMAN HIMSELF SAID HE UTTERED. WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ZIMMERMAN'S STORY. (*SNORT*) WELL IF ZIMMERMAN'S STORY IS PLAUSIBLE - AND CERTAINLY IT IS - THEN A FEW "EXPLETIVES" CERTAINLY INDICATE NOTHING MORE THAN FRUSTRATION. BUT, HEY... MAKE OF IT WHAT YOU WILL. AGAIN... THE FULLER THE STORY THE BETTER!

* TO BE CONTINUED...

July 3, 2013 at 6:34 PM
William R. Barker said...

* CONTINUING... (Part 3 of 4)

The police officers were also clearly disturbed that Mr. Zimmerman, a community watch volunteer, seemed to have pursued Mr. Martin on foot after a police operator had told him he need not do so.

* "SEEMED TO..." IN ANY CASE, ZIMMERMAN HAD EVERY RIGHT TO KEEP MARTIN IN SIGHT. GEEZUS... IT WAS ZIMMERMAN WHO CALLED THE POLICE! ZIMMERMAN CLEARLY WANTED TO BE THERE WHEN POLICE GOT TO THE SCENE TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION; NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT!

Last week, a young woman who had been on the phone with Mr. Martin that night testified that he told her he was being followed by a “creepy” man, and that she later heard her friend crying, “Get off, get off.”

* WOW...! NOTICE HOW THE TIMES REPORTER/EDITOR TOTALLY SCRUB THE INFAMOUS "CRACKER" REFERENCE? WHAT ELSE HAVE THEY SCRUBBED?

* SERIOUSLY, FOLKS... HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?!

* AS TO WHAT SHE HEARD... IT'S WHAT SHE *CLAIMS* SHE HEARD. (*SMIRK*) WOULD SHE LIE FOR HER FRIEND MARTIN? YEP... I CERTAINLY BELIEVE SHE WOULD. CAN I PROVE IT? NOPE... BUT NEITHER CAN SHE PROVE THE VERACITY OF HER CLAIM.

One of the clearest witness accounts of the fight that proved damaging to the prosecution came from John Good, a neighbor of Mr. Zimmerman’s. He testified last week that he saw a person in dark clothes on top of and repeatedly striking someone light skinned who was lying on the ground and wearing red or white. Mr. Zimmerman was wearing a red jacket that night.

Jurors also heard Tuesday from Dr. Valerie Rao, a medical examiner in Jacksonville, Fla., who concluded after studying photos that Mr. Zimmerman’s injuries were “very insignificant”...

* SHE ALSO WAS FORCED TO ADMIT - UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION - THAT SHE NEVER PERSONALLY EXAMINED ZIMMERMAN NOR SAW HIS WOUNDS THAT NIGHT!

* FOLKS... WE'VE SEEN THE PHOTOS! (AND RECALL THAT THE MSM INITALLY TRIED TO HIDE THOSE PHOTOS... TRIED TO CLAIM THERE WERE NO VISABLE WOUNDS.) AGAIN, FOLKS, HERE'S WHAT'S SO TROUBLING: THIS IS CLEARLY A POLTICAL TRIAL AND ZIMMERMAN IS THE TARGET OF THOSE IN POWER BOTH IN GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA.

...and “not life threatening,” and that scrapes on the back of his head could have come from just one strike against the sidewalk.

* THE FACT THAT ONE... TWO... THREE STRIKES TO THE HEAD MAY HAVE LEFT ZIMMERMAN WITH "NON-LIFE THREATENING" WOUNDS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW ZIMMERMAN WOULD RATIONALLY BE REACTING DURING THE FIGHT - KNOWING THAT THE FOURTH OR FIFTH OR SIXTH BLOW COULD WELL KILL HIM!

* RAO'S TESTIMONY WAS CLEARLY SIMPLY A PROSECUTION STUNT OF LITTLE OR NO PROBATIVE VALUE.

* TO BE CONTINUED...

July 3, 2013 at 6:35 PM
William R. Barker said...

* CONCLUDING... (Part 4 of 4)

Her testimony cast doubt on Mr. Zimmerman’s claim that Mr. Martin struck him repeatedly, banging his head on the pavement, causing him to fear for his life.

* NO... NOT TO ME IT DIDN'T! (*SNORT*) SPEAK FOR YOURSELVES, NYT REPORTER AND NYT EDITOR!

But under cross-examination by Mark O’Mara, one of Mr. Zimmerman’s lawyers, Dr. Rao conceded that Mr. Zimmerman’s injuries could have come from multiple blows.

* AGAIN... RAO WAS AN ACTRESS PLAYING A ROLE FOR THE PROSECUTION. SHE WAS WEARING HER IDEOLOGICAL AND CAREER HAT - NOT HER MEDICAL HAT.

Mr. O’Mara also noted that Angela Corey, the special prosecutor in the case, had recommended that Dr. Rao be appointed, although she insisted that had no bearing on her testimony.

(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*) FOLKS... FOLKS... AMERIKA 2013.

The state also presented a television interview from 2012 with Mr. Zimmerman by Sean Hannity, the Fox News host, in which Mr. Zimmerman recounted his version of events before adding, “I feel that it was all God’s plan,” as Mr. O’Mara squirmed by his side.

* SO...?

The Sanford police did not charge Mr. Zimmerman in the killing, citing insufficient evidence and Florida’s expansive “stand your ground” law, but that decision provoked national protests. Six weeks later, after Ms. Corey was assigned to the case, Mr. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder.

* AGAIN... THIS IS A POLITICAL PROSECUTION - SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN IN AMERICA... BUT SEEMS PAR THE COURSE IN AMERIKA.

But many legal experts said this week that the state had overreached and that it should have filed manslaughter charges. The jury can still find Mr. Zimmerman guilty of manslaughter, but it would fall to the prosecutors to argue for that result without appearing to concede a weakness in their case.

* AND THIS TOO SHOWS HOW WEIGHTED THE LAW IS IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT. IF YOU'RE TICKETED FOR GOING 90 mph IN A 65 mph ZONE AND YOU'RE FOUND INNOCENT SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO CONVICT YOU OF GOING 66 mph IN THAT ZONE?

* FOLKS... THEY CHARGED HIM WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. IF HE'S FOUND NOT-GUILTY THEN THAT SHOULD BE IT. THE STATE SHOT IT'S LOAD. THIS AMOUNTS TO DOUBLE-JEOPARDY!

July 3, 2013 at 6:35 PM

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