Subscribe (RSS)Blog Heap of Links for the day 17 April 2018
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North Korea
Ahead of a summit next week between North Korean premier Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, lawmakers from the neighboring states were thought to be negotiating the details of a joint statement that could outline an end to the military conflict between the two countries.
Pyongyang and Seoul have technically been at war since the 1950-1953 Korean conflict ended with a truce — and not a peace treaty.…
After 65 years - what could have suddenly changed?
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US Judicial Branch
…Just read through the opinion, and Gorsuch was right. I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't 9-0. Gorsuch actually made a very judicially conservative ruling.…
An interesting analysis I was tempted to quote in full, but it's a bit long.
12:01pm CDT Tue 2018 Apr 17 :MW
Breitbart is Here
…On this day in 1969 Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. He was a Palestinian muzzie who was let into the country on a visa and supposedly shot Kennedy because of US aid to Israel. He was originally sentence to death but CA's death penalty was killed for a while by stupid black robes and his sentence was commuted to life. The mean time served for first degree murder in CA is about 33 years. It has now been almost 50 years since he was convicted.…
Vic has his links to share and we're glad he does.
10:00am CDT Tue 2018 Apr 17 :MW
…The big story this Tuesday is the outing of Sean Hannity as Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen's unnamed client.… You know what, let Mueller stay where he is and keep doing what he's doing. In the end, he will wind up as disgraced and discredited as James Comey.…
JJ dons his armor early to fight his way through the news and bring home the prime stuff. All for you.
8:23am CDT Tue 2018 Apr 17 :MW