July 6, 2016 - Pensito

Un-Indicted, Not Innocent

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

She should have known the cover-up would come back to bite her,
And the investigation would make Hillary look like a liar.
According to the FBI’s Comey,
She’s neither innocent nor not-guilty,
It’s no exoneration, but hey, at least they didn’t indict her.

U.S. to Leave 8,400 Troops in Afghanistan

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

8,400

Number of American troops President Obama said on Wednesday that he planned to leave in Afghanistan, “deferring a decision to cut the deployment to 5,500, and underlining that the United States will remain militarily entangled there for the foreseeable future,” reports the New York Times

Silver Predicting a Clinton Win

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

77%

The percentage chance that FiveThirtyEight’s latest forecast gives Hillary Clinton to win the election.

Trump Runs Veep Search Like ‘The Apprentice’

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

Mr. Trump’s approach to choosing a vice president — publicly testing them in the court of public opinion — feels oddly similar to the approach the candidate took on his reality television show, The Apprentice. Moving away from his initial hope to unveil the running mate at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland starting on July 18, Mr. Trump is instead maximizing the drama, and public attention, around his vice-presidential selection process.

— New York Times

Trump Praises Saddam Hussein

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, right? He was a bad guy. Really bad guy. But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didn’t read them the rights, they didn’t talk — they were a terrorist, it was over. Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism. You want to be a terrorist, you go to Iraq. It’s like Harvard.

>h2>— Donald Trump, quoted by Politico.

Another U.S. Recession Looks Likely

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

60%

Chance of a U.S. recession occurring in the next 12 months, according to Deutsche Bank. “The calculations attach the highest probability to a contraction since the financial crisis,“ reports the Wall Street Journal.

Rubio Predicts Another Clinton Scandal Will Emerge

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

It’s only a matter of time before the next shoe drops and the nexus of corruption and controversy that has surrounded Hillary Clinton throughout her time in public office produces yet another scandal for the American people to endure.

— Sen. Marco Rubio, in a Facebook post.

Presidential Race Polls Showing Inconsistency — Again

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

41% to 40%

Results of a new Morning Consult survey, which finds that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are nearly tied in the race for the White House. For comparison, the HuffPost Pollster average shows Clinton ahead by roughly six points, 46% to 40%.

Clinton Maintains Lead Over Trump Nationally

July 6, 2016 Buck Banks

46% to 40%

Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump nationally, according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll. Interesting finding: “Sixty-one percent report feeling alarmed about the election, swamping the 23% who are excited. Few are bored: Just 9%.”

Day: July 6, 2016

Un-Indicted, Not Innocent

U.S. to Leave 8,400 Troops in Afghanistan

8,400

Number of American troops President Obama said on Wednesday that he planned to leave in Afghanistan, “deferring a decision to cut the deployment to 5,500, and underlining that the United States will remain militarily entangled there for the foreseeable future,” reports the New York Times

Silver Predicting a Clinton Win

77%

The percentage chance that FiveThirtyEight’s latest forecast gives Hillary Clinton to win the election.

Trump Runs Veep Search Like ‘The Apprentice’

— New York Times

Trump Praises Saddam Hussein

Another U.S. Recession Looks Likely

60%

Chance of a U.S. recession occurring in the next 12 months, according to Deutsche Bank. “The calculations attach the highest probability to a contraction since the financial crisis,“ reports the Wall Street Journal.

Rubio Predicts Another Clinton Scandal Will Emerge

It’s only a matter of time before the next shoe drops and the nexus of corruption and controversy that has surrounded Hillary Clinton throughout her time in public office produces yet another scandal for the American people to endure.

— Sen. Marco Rubio, in a Facebook post.

Presidential Race Polls Showing Inconsistency — Again

41% to 40%

Results of a new Morning Consult survey, which finds that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are nearly tied in the race for the White House. For comparison, the HuffPost Pollster average shows Clinton ahead by roughly six points, 46% to 40%.

Clinton Maintains Lead Over Trump Nationally

46% to 40%

Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump nationally, according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll. Interesting finding: “Sixty-one percent report feeling alarmed about the election, swamping the 23% who are excited. Few are bored: Just 9%.”

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

Numerati

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.