HotAir Daily Express 05/28/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Bank Accounts May Risk Losing FDIC Insurance]( [Get Your Copy of the Ultimate Gold and Silver Buyers Guide for Beginners]( [New Law Cracks Down on Right to Use Cash]( [Le Spiderman? Hero saves toddler hanging from Paris balcony]( 5/28/2018 11:01:28 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments A Malian immigrant may have a new job with the Paris fire department, and an official new nationality. Parisians have already taken Mamoudou Gassama to their hearts after his brave, reckless rescue of a toddler hanging off a balcony in the 18th [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Poland would like a permanent U.S. military base]( 5/28/2018 9:31:59 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Word has leaked out that Poland has delivered a proposal requesting a permanent American military base in their country and they’re willing to put up a couple of billion dollars to help make it happen. What should have been a fairly normal [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Memorial Day: “The widow and the orphan”]( 5/28/2018 8:01:16 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As another Memorial Day dawns, I’m reminded that around this time last year Ed Morrissey asked the question, Have we forgotten the meaning of Memorial Day? I was doing some reading on the subject over the weekend and found that worries over a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Robotic restaurant servers are already here]( 5/27/2018 8:01:00 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments For quite some time now we’ve been discussing the possibility that a steadily and rapidly increasing minimum wage could drive many employers, particularly in the food and beverage industry, to look at automation and robotics to replace human [More...]( ---------------------------------------------------------------  [Bank Accounts May Risk Losing FDIC Insurance](  [Get Your Copy of the Ultimate Gold and Silver Buyers Guide for Beginners](  [New Law Cracks Down on Right to Use Cash]( [Bishop Michael Curry: from royal wedding to White House protest]( 5/27/2018 6:01:37 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments The current bishop of the Episcopal Church, Michael Curry, had quite the busy week. Last Saturday he spoke, dare I say entertained, during the royal wedding of Prince Harry and his biracial American bride, Meghan Markle. His sermon performance left [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Spain’s government is on the verge of major upheaval]( 5/27/2018 4:01:20 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Most of the news out of Spain lately has centered on their problems with the runaway province of Catalonia and their secession-minded government. The recent Catalan elections didn’t alleviate that situation to speak of so trouble is still [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rudy: To a large extent Trump’s attacks on Russiagate are about shaping public opinion in case of impeachment]( 5/27/2018 2:01:02 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments This is of a piece with Trump allegedly telling Lesley Stahl that he attacks the media relentlessly so that people will be less likely to believe them when they break bad news about him. It’s not that he’s always wrong in complaining [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [If you’re hitting the road, stop to check the ethanol levels in your gas]( 5/27/2018 12:31:57 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Plenty of people are traveling this weekend, as with most Memorial Day celebrations. One thing you’ll notice is that gas prices are higher this week. This happens pretty much every year and the trend is currently being amplified by growing [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Inside, outside, and all in: Sunday reflection]( 5/27/2018 11:01:33 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This morning’s Gospel reading is Matthew 28:16–20: The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [That Kim-Moon meeting left a lot to be desired]( 5/27/2018 9:31:00 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments When I wrote about the meeting between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in yesterday I suggest we should probably temper our expectations as to what might come of it. Now that we’ve heard from Moon and gotten his report of what took place, I’m [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sunday morning talking heads]( 5/27/2018 8:01:16 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Only three things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and Rudy Giuliani making news during a Russiagate interview. He’s the star guest on the Sunday shows today, joining Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” to explain why the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Crossfire Hurricane: Is the code name a reference to Christopher Steele?]( 5/26/2018 8:31:08 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Earlier this month the NY Times published a lengthy article on “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. One revelation in the story was the code name itself, which the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Baltimore FOP blames State’s Attorney Mosby in death of police officer]( 5/26/2018 7:01:56 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments This is one of those “local news stories” that you probably haven’t heard much about in the national media, but it’s a tragedy which may compound itself. On Monday of this week, Baltimore County police officer Amy Caprio, a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hillary Clinton calls the electoral college “troubling”]( 5/26/2018 5:31:45 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Using the occasion of receiving this year’s Harvard’s Radcliffe Medal, Hillary Clinton once again launched an attack on our country’s Electoral College. You may remember an interview in 2017 when she voiced her opinion that the Electoral [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Publix caves to David Hogg, will suspend donations to pro-gun politician]( 5/26/2018 4:01:36 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments They’re suspending all political donations temporarily while they reevaluate their policy or whatever but that’s a fig leaf to justify cutting off pro-gun gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam, to whom Publix has donated big bucks over the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Merkel: The US pushes us closer to China]( 5/26/2018 2:31:35 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments German Chancellor Angela Merkel still isn’t showing any signs of warming up to the Trump administration, seemingly running her own European version of the #RESIST movement. She’s not on the same page in terms of military spending by her [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Californians are willing to repeal the gas tax, but…]( 5/26/2018 1:01:27 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As we discussed previously, a massive new gas tax passed by the California state legislature appeared to finally be a bridge too far for most residents of the state. A movement began to repeal the tax by referendum and a petition to do so quickly [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump, Hatch: American held hostage by Maduro on his way home]( 5/26/2018 11:31:31 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments So that’s what Sen. Bob Corker was doing in Venezuela. Nicolas Maduro had held American Joshua Holt as a political prisoner for almost two years after traveling to Venezuela to marry a woman he met online. Holt is on his way back to the US [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [An unexpected North-South Korean summit]( 5/26/2018 10:01:05 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments So is the on again, off again summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un… on again? There was a surprise announcement from the DMZ today, showing Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in once again greeting, hugging and smiling in the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump makes it easier to fire deficient govt workers… finally]( 5/26/2018 8:31:08 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The latest executive order news coming out of the White House addresses some long overdue questions about government workers and their unions. Efforts to not only shrink the size of government but to remove ineffective or misbehaving workers have [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: FBI agent who interviewed Flynn prepared to testify he appeared forthcoming]( 5/25/2018 9:21:48 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The 2nd FBI agent who, along with Peter Strzok, interviewed Michael Flynn about contacts with Russia’s ambassador is willing to testify to what he heard. Journalist Sara Carter reports Special Agent Joe Pientka is prepared to offer his [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Mr. President, commute this man’s sentence]( 5/25/2018 8:41:27 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Something for you to chew on to start the long holiday weekend. If you’re not in the mood to read, no problem. There’s a radio segment at the link too. Matthew Charles was convicted of drug and weapons charges in the mid-90s. He already [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Exit polls: Ireland votes for abortion — and it’s not close]( 5/25/2018 8:01:24 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Most people foresaw a loss for the pro-life movement in Ireland, but not in a landslide. The official count of today’s vote to repeal the constitutional amendment banning abortion will not start until tomorrow, but an exit poll conducted by [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Faculty jobs cut, staff told they are at risk of layoffs at Evergreen State University]( 5/25/2018 7:21:51 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Earlier this week I highlighted a piece at the Wall Street Journal which warned layoffs were coming to Evergreen State College. Yesterday, Campus Reform reported that the layoffs have already begun: John Carmichael, the chief of staff and secretary [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Feds lost track of nearly 1,500 illegal immigrant children placed with “sponsors”]( 5/25/2018 6:41:08 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments This story won’t really get rolling until Trump is asked about it and says something about how if you don’t want your child disappeared and trafficked by people who took custody of them from the U.S. government, you shouldn’t be [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] NBC [Syria may not have declared entire chemical arsenal, OPCW says]( Wash Times [After North Korea recommits to denuclearization, Trump says summit “will happen”]( NBC [Jeff Flake: GOP needs to stand up to Trump more forcefully]( CNN [“Spiderman” granted French citizenship after rescuing child from Paris balcony]( Guardian [Famous men toppled by #MeToo movement plot their redemption]( Bret Stephens [Elon Musk, the Donald of Silicon Valley]( Philip Bump [What the legal process looks like for an immigrant child taken away from his parents]( Quinta Jurecic [The moments after Trump tweets]( NYT [The evangelical fight to win back California]( Fox News [The $100,000 Levis]( New Scientist [Dentists can smell your fear]( Cockburn [CNN is struggling in the age of Trump. 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