Report: Kerry secretly meeting to save Iran deal, undermine Trump

John Kerry was a traitor when he gave comfort and aid to the enemy during the Vietnam War when he lied to Congress about atrocities committed American soldiers during that conflict.

And he's a traitor now has he works with rogue state Iran--he met with their foreign minister last week in an effort to rescue the deeply flawed Iran nuclear deal, one that President Trump may scrap this week.

From Da Tech Guy: Will 2018 be the year of glamour shots for the Democrats?

Shallowness is devouring the loyal opposition. From my past at Da Tech Guy: Will 2018 be the year of glamour shots for the Democrats?

Morton Grove's Doughboy Monument with magnolias

If you are anywhere near Morton Grove today head over to the municipal library where you'll see my town's World War I Doughboy Monument graced by magnolia blossoms.

Of course this is the centennial year of the end of the First World War.

The Dukes of Stratosphear-The Mole From The Ministry

XTC had a psychedelic alter ege. the Dukes of Stratosphear. In this quintessentially English video--filmed outside an English manor, the blokes from Swindon, in a tip of the hat to the "I Am The Walrus" segment of the otherwise worthless Beatles movie, Magical Mystery Tour, the Dukes perform "The Mole From The Ministry."



From my post at Da Tech Guy:

(Review) XTC: This Is Pop

CNBC’s Sara Eisen On 3.9% Unemployment: "That is a wow number."

Yesterday the new jobless numbers were released--and unemployment is down to 3.9 percent.

CNBC's Sara Eisen had this to say, "That is a wow number."

Priceline CEO says Detroit is a top destination

Blogger near Detroit

last autumn

Your beloved Blogger Laureate of Illinois is always ahead of the curve. After all, I've vacationed twice in Detroit in the last four years.

From the Detroit News:

Pack your bags, America. Detroit is emerging as a top travel destination.

Brett Keller, CEO of the Priceline, said the online travel agency has seen an interesting rise in travel in Detroit and Cleveland during an interview with "CBS This Morning" on Friday.

Keller, in his first network interview since he became CEO in 2016, said Detroit is a fast-growing market that many could drive to during their summer vacations.

"This year, we've seen an interesting rise in some urban locations, specifically, in Detroit and Cleveland," Keller said during the interview. "Think they're going through a bit of a renaissance. There's a lot of interesting new culture happening, new restaurants, breweries, night scenes..."

And yes, the urban exploration, what the haters call "ruin porn."

Fake news exposed: Trump rips NBC over botched story on wiretap

More fake news from the Trump-hating establishment media.

From Fox News:

President Trump blasted NBC as “wrong again” early Friday over its erroneous report suggesting the phone lines of his attorney Michael Cohen had been wiretapped in the weeks leading up to the FBI raid on his properties.

“NBC NEWS is wrong again! They cite ‘sources’ which are constantly wrong. Problem is, like so many others, the sources probably don’t exist, they are fabricated, fiction! NBC, my former home with the Apprentice, is now as bad as Fake News CNN. Sad!” Trump tweeted.

NBC NEWS is wrong again! They cite “sources” which are constantly wrong. Problem is, like so many others, the sources probably don’t exist, they are fabricated, fiction! NBC, my former home with the Apprentice, is now as bad as Fake News CNN. Sad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2018

The president’s tweet came after NBC News issued a correction to its original report released Thursday. Initially, the outlet reported that Cohen’s phones were wiretapped prior to the FBI raiding his home, office and hotel room last month.

But NBC later said other officials clarified that investigators were only logging phone numbers, but not listening in.

ATF agent shot in head on Chicago's South Side, suspect at large

Abandoned home, Back

of the Yards

There is bad news out of the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

From ABC Chicago:

An ATF agent was critically wounded in a shooting on Chicago's South Side early Friday morning.

The agent was on a federal mission with Chicago police assisting when shots rang out near West 45th Street and North Hermitage Avenue in the city's Back of the Yards neighborhood.

The initial calls of shots fired come in around 3:15 a.m. Authorities requested a medical escort to transport him to Stroger Hospital.

"We got shots fired by police. We have an ATF agent shot. He's the one going to the fire station right now," an officer said in the call.

The suspect is still at large.

The gangs of the Back of the Yards are armed with high-powered weapons.

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(Photos) The abandoned homes of Chicago's violent Back of the Yards neighborhood

Clinton: Being a capitalist probably hurt me because so many Dems are socialists

Hillary Clinton expressed a rare display of truth she told an interviewer that she her campaign was probably hurt--in the primary cycle of course--because she is a capitalist and so man Democrats are socialists.

That's something to ponder when you vote in the November midterms

Rudy Giuliani: I'm sorry Hillary, but you're a criminal

While the news cycle is dominated by reports that then-candidate Donald Trump reimbursed his attorney, Michael Cohen, for the $130,000 non-disclosure agreement payment paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels, left out of reporting on Rudy Giuliani's revelations is that he had something very interesting to say about Hillary Clinton.

"I'm sorry, Hillary, I know you're very disappointed you didn't win," the former New York City mayor said, " but you're a criminal."

Of Clinton's mishandling of classified information, "James Comey fixed the whole case."