{"id":17787,"date":"2015-11-26T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T16:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2015-11-26T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T16:58:51","slug":"on-the-edge11262015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/26\/on-the-edge11262015\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge–11\/26\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday my first baby steps were most unsteady, and I would have nosedived without help.  It was too late for the shower.  I did most of my research last night, because I want to finish early.  I have a couple friends coming, and we\u2019ll eat in the caf\u00e9 on the first floor of the hospital.  Rush mode engaged.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From FAIR<\/a>: <\/font>CNN host Michael Smerconish (Huffington Post, 11\/23\/15<\/a>) brought onto his November 21 show former CIA officer Michael Scheuer, who said that if the US is going to go after ISIS, it should<\/p>\n

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take out every piece of infrastructure\u2014hospitals, universities, irrigation systems\u2014that make it impossible [sic] for the Islamic State to raise money, to provide electricity, sanitation, potable water. Do exactly what we did to the Germans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Asked by the CNN host whether the US public would tolerate the \u201cso-called innocent civilian death count,\u201d Scheuer replied: <\/p>\n

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They should. What\u2019s the difference? They\u2019re not Americans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here is the peak of Republican love.  Kill a Muslim for Republican Supply-side Jesus (the polar opposite of the real Jesus).<\/font> <\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Chalk up another win for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and in fact, another win for the American consumer. In this case, it’s members of the military who have new protections<\/a> from predatory lenders. The CFPB worked with the Pentagon to develop new rules for how the military discretionary allotment system works. Military personnel can designate a portion of their paycheck to be paid automatically to financial institutions or to people, and previously had no legal protections if they used those automatic payments for personal property\u2014vehicles, appliances and consumer electronics. That’s where unscrupulous companies could exploit them. <\/p>\n

The new rules shut down that loophole, and will only allow the automatic payments for “the purpose of savings, insurance premiums, mortgage or rent payments, support for dependents, or investments.” That’s one of the final loopholes closed by the CFBP\u2014the agency that Republicans want to gut\u2014for military personnel who have been big targets for consumer fraud. With all these protections, the CFPB has recovered over $98 million for thousands of service members. You know, the troops Republicans supposedly have so much respect and feeling for. <\/p>\n

As of the agency’s third birthday back in July, it had recovered more than $4.6 billion<\/a>\u2014yes billion for consumers harmed by illegal practices by financial institutions. <\/p>\n

No wonder Republicans have never stopped trying to hobble the CFPB!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>Fox News host Megyn Kelly denounced the scene of a young African American protester standing in front of a police officer during a peaceful protest in Chicago following the announcement that police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with the first-degree murder of an African American teen. <\/p>\n

Protests erupted in Chicago following the release of a video<\/a> showing the shooting death of 17 year old Laquan McDonald. Fox News covered the peaceful protest noting the silent protest of one young black man looking at a police officer. Fox’s Megyn Kelly interrupted her show to comment on the protester, arguing that the protestor was not “appropriate,” because the police officer “hasn’t done anything wrong.” From the November 24 edition of Fox News’ The Kelly File<\/em>: <\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n