Google Effects daylily

Last month I photographed a daylily here in Morton Grove. With some help from Google Effects, here it is tarted up.

MSNBC’s Scarborough on Clinton emails: "She's guilty but we’re not going to charge her"

Joe Scarborough, the host of the morning show on President Obama's favorite cable network, MSNBC, had this to say about the Hillary Clinton email scandal, "She's guilty,but we’re not going to charge her."

FBI director: Dispels 16 months worth of Hillary Clinton’s lies during email investigation

In just fifteen minutes yesterday FBI director James Come dispelled 16 months of lies from Hillary Rodham Clinton.

However, Comey at the end of this scolding of the presumptive Republican nominee said that he would not recommend charging Clinton with crimes. Republicans in the House have asked him to testify as to why not.

FBI director: Clinton sent more than 100 emails with information that was classified

In a bizarre press briefing held yesterday by FBI director James Comey that should have ended with an announcement that he was recommending that charges be filed against Hillary Rodham Clinton, Comey said that over 100 emails were sent by Clinton that were marked classified using her third-rate private email account.

FBI director: Clinton and aides were obligated to protect classified data even if not marked

In his 15 minute condemnation of Hillary Rodham Clinton's "extremely careless" handling of emails while she was Obama's secretary of state, FBI director James Comey said the Clinton and her aides were obligated by law to protect classified information even if it wasn't labeled as such.

In short, Hillary and her cronies, who of course are so much smarter than us, should have known better, Comey said.

I'm still very confused as to why Comey didn't recommend prosecution of Hillary.

Well, when Donald Trump is president his attorney general can reopen the investigation of Clinton.

(Video) FBI director: Clinton and aides were "extremely careless" in handling classified docs

Hillary Clinton's core supporters--about thirty percent of the electorate--would still support her even if FBI director James Comey recommended an indictment for her lack of control over classified material.

But do the sevently percent of the rest want a president who has been "extremely careless" in handling classified documents?

FBI director recommends no charges against Hillary, but says Hillary was reckless with classified materials

After nearly 15 minutes of excoriating Hillary Cllinton for mishandling classified materials--really, it's fair to call her reckless--FBI director James Comey says he is recommending that no charges be filed against the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

Comey does not rule out the possibility that hackers accessed classified materials for Clinton's email server.

And Comey says that Hillary did not turn over all of her emails to FBI investigators

Reckless. Negligent. Irresponsible. That's Hillary Clinton. Is this the type of person we want as president?

If so, then you should vote for Clinton. If not, then choose Donald Trump.

Bloody 4th weekend in Chiraq: 4 dead and least 62 wounded

View from an abandoned
West Englewood home

After much hype that a more diligent Chicago Police Department would confront Chicago's shooting epidemic the numbers say not has much changed. Over Memorial Day weekend six people were murdered in Chiraq and 63 others were shot.

Over the three-day 4th of July weekend 4 people were shot to death in Chicago while 62 more were wounded.

Among the wounded were two children who were playing with fireworks in the West Englewood neighborhood.

Nearly all of this gunplay involves street gangs. So it was refreshing that police spokespersons were talking about gangs rather than guns as they discussed July 4th weekend violence. As I've said before, Chicago has a street gang problem, shootings are a symptom.

Evil fireworks: Saudi jihadi suicide attacks kill three

They don't celebrate July 4th in Saudi Arabia--in fact they don't use that date at all because the Saudis use the Islamic calendar.

Anyway, the Saudis, whose Wahhabi form of Islam is admired by many terrorists, got hit at home today by the wrong kind of fireworks.

And it's still Ramadan.

From the BBC:

A suicide bomber has killed four security officers and injured five others near one of Islam's holiest sites in the Saudi city of Medina, according to the interior ministry.

The bomber detonated his explosives after being stopped outside the Prophet's Mosque, a statement said.

The mosque is the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad and Medina the second-holiest city in Islam after Mecca.

Suicide blasts also struck two other Saudi cities on Monday.

Once the terror genie is let loose it's hard to control. Remember that, Saudi Arabia. Oh, Saudis have been funding jihadis for decades.

There were two other Saudi terror attacks today. A terrorist killed only himself--Yay!--when he detonated his bomb vest outside the US Consulate in Jeddah. And the same happy result occurred in Qatif near a Shi'ite mosque. So there is an upside to today's tragic events.

Barack Obama's "junior varsity team," the Islamic State, is suspected in all three bombings.

(Photos) Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills: Birth of Liberty mosaic--a look back

A year ago posted photos from the Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills: Birth of Liberty mosaic. Click here to take another look.