Todd M. Siebert: The WIRE: Your week in review

Friday, 1 July 2016

The WIRE: Your week in review

From Ottawa to Istanbul — and most points in between — it’s time for a look back at the week that was. Personal Liberty Digest^® presents: The WIRE!

While the Obama Administration held to their policy of not identifying them as such, Islamic terrorists launched a deadly attack on Turkey’s Ataturk Airport in Istanbul.

I didn’t know the NRA had a Turkish chapter.

President Obama did find time to make remarks on the terrorists, whom he has dismissed as the “J.V.” and claimed they’re “degraded.” The lame duck did promise to “do what’s necessary to protect our people” from more Islamic terrorism.

And I’m gonna get on it, right after I figure out what to call them.

After refusing to offer condolences to the victims of the Islamic-terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the Democrats offered plenty of thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Istanbul atrocity.

So now you get religion? Wonder what changed?

According to the House report on the Benghazi massacre, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slept through the attacks. While her “friend,” Ambassador Stevens, and men of honor were assassinated, Nana hit the snooze button. That’s some friend.

If she doesn’t get her daily 18 hours of sleep, she’s a real monster.

Also revealed in the report, Hillary defied Obama’s order to curtail working with war profiteer Sidney Blumenthal. But at least the really important stuff stayed safe.

Like Blumenthal’s bank account.

The nation’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Loretta Lynch — meeting privately with the husband of the central figure — Hillary Clinton — in an ongoing FBI investigation, a figure who has the endorsement of the law enforcement official’s boss — President Barack Obama. But I’m sure it was all above board, right?

Poor Bubba thought the Bunny Ranch had gone way downhill.

Official stonewalling for Nana continued this week when the State Department asked for an extension to produce more of the old girl’s correspondence from her tenure as secretary of state.

How long? Um, can we have an extension on answering that?

Former Clinton crony, United Nations diplomat and suspected corrupto-crat John Ashe died recently in a “weightlifting accident” (or a heart attack, depending on the source). His demise arrived just days before his trial — which could have been embarrassing for the Clintons — was set to begin. But there’s no such thing as the “Clinton Curse.”

“That’s what I said.” — Vince Foster

Hillary Clinton’s consigliere, Huma Abedin, was apparently fairly talkative with investigators looking into Clinton’s illegal email server; oddly uncharacteristic for a Clinton team known for taking the 5th.

“Next time you’re feeling chatty, I’ll ‘introduce’ you to my friends, John and Vince.”

Obama joined his North American counterparts, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for a North-of-the-border confab this week. Nieto was just glad to be somewhere safe for once.

“It’s been lonely since Obama let all my countrymen move to the U.S.”

Trudeau made us all queasy when he suggested the relationship between the three amigos is a “bromance.”

If the handshake is any indication, the relationship is still new.

During Obama’s address to Canadian Parliament, members of the audience cheered “Four more years!”

Hell, you can keep him forever if you want. (Trust me, you don’t.)

Obama did find time to work on important matters, like playing with cereal and a toy dog, and making bracelets for the kids at Buzzfeed.

No plans for a “Reasons Obama is a disgrace” listicle; Buzzfeed can’t afford the bandwidth.

The three Democrat members of the Federal Election Commission held a secret vote this week to punish Fox News for leaning too far to the right for their tastes.

The Republican members could retaliate, but nobody’s watching MSNBC anyway.

The Supreme Court struck down a Texas law requiring abortionists to be real doctors with hygienic clinics.

What could possibly go wrong?

A New Jersey elementary school called the police after a 3rd grader claimed another student was racist for identifying a baked treat as a “brownie.”

If a kid says “blackboard” they call the National Guard.

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced this week that the U.S. military was lifting a ban on transgendered people serving in the armed forces.

“Now I’ll never get a ‘section 8.’ Oh well, there’s always SEAL Team 6!”

After the Democrat Party’s appalling anti-Civil Rights stunt of last week, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan played to his strengths — by caving to them and calling for a vote next week on gun rights.

Spend the weekend learning about the Constitution. Your copy is probably wherever you left your spine.

Armed citizens stopped mass shootings in Maine and South Carolina this week. Oddly, the media failed to report much on either incident.

The bad guys didn’t even have AR-15s.

Rumor has it that the KKK wants to stage a “comeback” as the Democrat-founded racist hate group marks their 150th anniversary.

If they start looting now, maybe they can catch up with Black Lives Matter by the time they mark their 200th.

Speaking of racist hate groups: while police watched from their “safe space,” members of the racist hate group “By Any Means Necessary” assaulted a gathering of “fascists” in Sacramento; reportedly even stabbing some of them.

Pro tip: if you’re trying to murder people — even fascists — to silence them; you’re the fascist.