There Must Be Something Obama Can Give Putin

Putin rises to the top of Obama's "Who else can I surrender to?"list:

Obama to meet with Putin on Monday

The meeting marks a decision by the administration to engage the Russians despite differences over Ukraine.

Putin's short national nightmare is over:

Obama’s decision to meet with Putin at the U.N.’s annual gathering of world leaders ends a vigorous internal administration debate over the best way to deal with a Russian president who has grown increasingly hostile to the west and whom Obama views with disdain.

Obama ceased communicating with Putin earlier this year as part of a strategy of diplomatic isolation. Obama also concluded that his talks with Putin were not leading to progress in convincing Putin to end his support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine or reverse his March 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Left unmentioned is Putin's annoying habit of bursting out laughing and asking Obama to tell him again, please, just what is this "community organizing?".

The Times editors offered this insight last week:

Mr. Obama considers Mr. Putin a thug, his advisers say, and Mr. Putin considers Mr. Obama weak.

Both right!

AND SPEAKING OF DOCTORED INTELLIGENCE...

The NY Times reports that the lead analyst claiming that Team Obama is insisting on rosy reports fro Iraq is the same guy who back in 2005 denounced Bush's "plan" for occupying Iraq. For you skeptics out there:

“This core group of Iraq analysts have been doing this for a long time,” said Stephen Robb, a retired Marine colonel and a former head of the Centcom Joint Intelligence Center. “If they say there’s smoke, start looking for a firehouse.”

And for the "More things change..." files consider this: Bush, per the left, took us to war on the basis of phony intelligence. Now Obama is keeping us out of an expanded war on the basis of phony intelligence. Blessed are the peacemakers.

Comments

[anonamom]

NYT reporting Boehner steppng down at end of October
No more info than this.

[henry]

WSJ piling on the reporting on Boehner

[Threadkiller]

WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner will resign from Congress and give up his House seat at the end of October, according to aides in his office.

Mr. Boehner was under extreme pressure from the right wing of his conference over whether or not to defund Planned Parenthood in a bill to keep the government open.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/boehner-will-resign-from-congress.html

[anonamom]

My local talk program on our NPR station happens to be talking with Carl Bernstein, who is leaving now to report this story.

So PJ O'Rourke will carry on alone.

[Threadkiller]

Why give up his House seat?

Thin skin about losing the leadership?

[Marlene]

No wonder he was crying yesterday. Looks like he's going to announce soon, the microphones are set up.

[Janet S.]

Wow! Totally resigning from Congress.
There must be some scandal....

[Texas Liberty Gal]

OMG - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/boehner-will-resign-from-congress.html

[Janet S.]

Wow.

[Miss Marple 2]

Boehner IS resigning!

[Threadkiller]

Probably Obama's veto pen got the best of him.

[Sue]

I bet he has cancer.

[Threadkiller]

Maybe the threat of a non-GOPe President was too much for him to handle.

[jimmyk]

Here's the NYT spin (and maybe the FBI's) on classified e-mails:

The FBI is trying "to determine whether aides to Mrs. Clinton mishandled delicate national security information when they communicated with their boss."

There is no evidence that any of the emails — a small portion of some 60,000 that Mrs. Clinton sent or received as secretary of state — were hacked or caused any harm to American interests, and law enforcement officials have said she is not a target of their investigation. But one of the questions they are seeking to answer is whether her aides or other State Department officials broke federal rules or laws when they sent her information. And arriving at an answer will not be simple, given the complex and often conflicting views of just how diplomatically fragile the information conveyed in the emails actually was.

So the fact that she had her own personal e-mail address that she gave her subordinates, rather than the secure government e-mail is just a quibble, I guess. The buck stops with her aides.

[rse]

More cartoons out of UN as well as a confession that data gathered from the Internet of Things and held throughout governments will be used to change the nature of government to meet Un goals. http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/article/addressing-inequality-and-data-divide

I hope we do not end up with an even worse speaker.

[Marlene]

My little birdy just sent a text. He was going to prevent a government shut down and the (insert bad word) would have brought up a motion to vacate the chair. So,he's like,see ya losers.

[Threadkiller]

Bill Hemmer said Boehner is a "Jesuit to the core."

I think he was talking about whether Boehner was going to interrupt the Pope's UN speech.

[Janet S.]

Yeah, Sue....maybe something like that.

Boehner was such a supporter of the tea party movement at the beginning. He'd come speak at small rallies. He's always been pro-life too.

It was kinda weird how he pulled away.

[narciso]

of course, this is why huma signed up mcbride's deputy as her atty, of course it's the ic ig, who turned these things up, so winning the future?

[Threadkiller]

Last week McClintock left the Cacus that pushed Boehner the hardest.

Congressman McClintock Today Announced His Resignation from the House Freedom Caucus

https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-mcclintock-today-announced-his-resignation-from-the-house

[narciso]

re Colonel Hooker's speculations, the fact that the Baath make so much of the management of Islamic State, doesn't seem to make much impact,

[Rick Ballard]

jimmyk,

It appears Abedin is the target but Mills is in just as deep - as are the briefers who passed stringently classified material without complete documentation. Red Witch simply received and held classified information in contravention of the Espionage Act.

The head of the Coven Espionage Ring is therefore obviously innocent.

[henry]

Well, now we will have open war between the anti-spenders and Obama. Note Obama has the press and pope on his side. This may be a pyrrhic victory for sanity.

[Threadkiller]

A lot of smiling "unnamed sources" heading up and down the hallway next to where Boehner is going to speak.

Every one of the grinning idiots stop and chat with the media who then start typing furiously into their iPhones.

Cspan 2

[Beasts of England]

One down, lots more to go.

[rse]

Jeffrey Sachs on how the UN intends to use data to meet its agenda. http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sdgs-data-collection-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-et-al-2015-09

Now we know why all medical records had to go electronic.

[narciso]

ah jeffrey sachs, part of the james gang, that looted Russia in the 90s,

[narciso]

kevin mccarthy was the one who showed spacey, the tricks for his underwood act,

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/09/25/boehner-to-resign-from-congress-on-october-30th/

[henry]

rse, and why all smart phone "med" apps default on and feed ????

[Threadkiller]

Callers to Cspan agree that Boehner was a useless tool. This is from both the Dem and the GOP lines.

Nobody has mentioned that he was impeded by Obama.

What is with these ignorant callers? Don't they know holding the House and the Senate isn't enough power?

[rse]

Finally, using Big Data to understand the Human Condition . http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/big.2015.0012

Can you tell Fridays are the days I get certain newsletters? I guess they are getting ready for the UN Summit too.

[Beasts of England]

I assume that the Weeper is crying at his press conference?

[Porchlight]

Well. I've been disappointed in Boehner, but I hope for his sake that this isn't health-related.

[rse]

Seriously, even if anyone here is too busy, download what is confessed to on these links and look at over the weekend when you have time. Ths is what Congress, federal agencies, Governors, mayors and city managers are all being taught to do.

[Bad, bad, bad vibrations.]

Uh, J. Sachs advised the Pope prior to the climate announcement, too,

We are watching a putsch.

[rse]

http://www.undatarevolution.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/A-World-That-Counts2.pdf on page 5 (7 of pdf) states that data will be used to close the gap between the public and private sectors.

Doesn't that mean the end of a genuinely private sector? Private providers of government stipulated needs?

[narciso]

well, that's reassuring, clearly a factor in volodya's rise, was the stage coach robbery, that he had a small hand in, but allowed the nomenklatura to become oligarchs and siloviki,

[Threadkiller]

"Boehner will not come to the mic" according to cspan.

[Threadkiller]

They need to put Boehner on suicide watch if he is watching Cspan.

Wow! These guys are harsh.

[Janet]

It hasn't started yet.
a live feed link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIinDt19q2I&feature=youtu.be

[narciso]

this feels like the baccarat table at the beginning of casino royale,

http://dailysignal.com/2015/09/24/obama-xi-to-cautiously-wade-through-talks-of-improved-relations/

[pagar]

"Proposed 15 year plan from the UN to combat poverty and curb global warming has an annual price tag of almost $4.0T. What could go wrong?"

We could save a lot more by closing the UN. It's only current mission seems to be to promote Islam.

[Jane]

YOU WON’T HAVE JOHN BOEHNER TO KICK AROUND ANYMORE: Boehner Will Resign From Congress. This is a sign, I think, that the GOP establishment has finally figured out that the root of Trumpmania is the failure of the Boehner-McConnell Congress to deliver despite the big electoral wins of 2014. But is it too late?

[Jane]

The link, via Insty is to the NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/john-boehner-to-resign-from-congress.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Barry to release 20th 9/11 highjacker.
Is there anyone of sufficient guilt to remain in prison?
How is releasing a murderous unrepentant warrior for AQ not giving aid and comfort to the enemy?

[Threadkiller]

I wonder what happens to the Turley lawsuit against the executive? It was initiated by Boehner and I thought it cleared a major legal hurdle recently.

[Miss Marple 2]

I KNEW this would be a big news day, as I have to leave for work at the food pantry!

And all of the people there are democrats, as I have discovered through past conversations.

I am going to take my iPad along and try to check in if we have a lull.

[narciso]

I'm confuzzled, because that's supposed to be the quahtani lad, who led to the courier, but no there isn't

[Threadkiller]

A ton of people saying the Pope is to be given the credit for Boehner's resignation.

[henry]

Apparently Boehner's exit is stepping on the Pope's UN stepping on Obama's welcome of Xi TV wise.

[rse]

"Governments, through the legal systems they enforce, are the ultimate guarantors, of the common good."

Oh, Kim. I think I am going to be sick.

[henry]

Dow up 160.

[Jane]

What we don't want is McCarthy to take his position.

[narciso]

yes, there's something upside down, in that remark,

http://twitchy.com/2015/09/24/ann-romney-deserves-an-apology-michelle-obama-met-pope-francis-in-a-2000-dress/

[Janet]

Uncertain times...maybe we should all put on a life jacket just to be safe.

[rich@gmu]

>>>We are watching a putsch.

Posted by: Bad, bad, bad vibrations. | September 25, 2015 at 10:12 AM<<<

you know what is odd, is that I was thinking the very same thing as I was sipping on my morning coffee and thinking about CH's comment earlier.

a deep sense of creeping doom and that it is already done.

[henry]

rse, why did I read that UN thing you linked? They want sharing, as in they get my stuff and work product and I get bupkis. Move the UN HQ to Benghazi and drop our membership and contribution.

[Beasts of England]

I'd guess this about his health, or that of a loved one. No earthly way that anyone with enough clout to matter gives a big whoop about the will of the people or their constituents. The timing doesn't speak to that at all. And I hope I'm wrong, but I'm probably not.

[rich@gmu]

Iggy-

the hits keep on coming. Was he the one that was turned away at Orlando? (maybe narciso recalls but there were a few "20th Hijackers").

[Childhood's End.]

Relax, it is imposed, unnatural, and cannot stand. I feel sorry for the children, though.

[Threadkiller]

I have become so cold with my feelings toward GOP leadership.

If he says it is health related, I will have to struggle to believe him.

[narciso]

no that was the fellow I was referring to, from the crowder clan of the nejd, one recent book about fl 93, says another fellow Hassan Rahmi, was the one,

[Threadkiller]

Uncertain times...maybe we should all put on a life jacket just to be safe.

It will be safer in Syria pretty soon.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

rich, I'm pretty sure you know what I meant.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Could someone shoot Richard Branson who says he's prepared to shoulder the short term cost of moving from cheap, useful energy to the useless, expensive variety?

Billionaires are always willing to shoulder the costs of new boondoggles they can profit from and which eat up >1% of their billions even if they don't.
It's the poor whose shoulders get crushed.

[henry]

Ig, why hasn't he paid to convert England from his own pocket as an example to the rest of us? Simple, he's not an idiot and knows it wont work. Spending our tax money suits his marketing needs for up-twinkles.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

If OrangeDrank is taking attention away from Che's natterings to the UN tools, I'd like to buy Johnny a drink.

[Porchlight]

Well, according to what I'm reading, he wanted to resign awhile back but after Cantor got booted he figured he'd better wait until McCarthy was ready to step in. (It will be McCarthy, you can bank on that.)

It doesn't sound health-related to me. I doubt it had anything to do with the Pope, either, except that he waited until after the address to Congress to announce, so as not to step on it.

[Art in Newport]

But why resign his seat in the House? Did he not want to just be a face in the crowd after being the head man? Health issues?

I guess we'll know soon enough.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

I agree with Jane on McCarthy.

[James D]

All I want to know is, can we get rid of McTurtle next?

[Janet]

Speaker isn't coming...he went out the back door.

[henry]

Art, moving from a CEO spot to a random cubicle is not a natural act. Our lurking unit expects him to replace the head of the Chamber of Cronies (the other half of Crony - Control over GOPe)

[James D]

I agree with CH and Jane re: the next speaker.

[narciso]

well that would be a logical move,

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/24/bitter-truce-fox-news-ailes-furious-at-national-reviews-rich-lowry-for-forcing-fox-to-cede-moral-high-ground-to-donald-trump/

did they serve loafer at the commissary,

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

OrangeDrank had no leadership skills, which was the primary strike against him. How many times did he go on the gab shows compared to the Reid-Pelosi Insane Clown Cadre? They are Exhibits A & B that you don't have to have a functioning cortex to get in front of the camera as part of your job. He was a miserable failure in that regard plus he had no regard for his party members compared to the donks.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Break out the tiny violins; lefty jackass who made Independence Day and White House Down finds new flick, Stonewall, boycotted for daring to make a white dude the protagonist.
Sexual deviants of color are telling him go make sweet homosexual love to himself for not checking his white privilege at the bath house door.

No way Barry can give Alaska back to Putin; we have to have a high arctic to erect our new Kolyma in for political prisoners, also known as white heterosexual males, once he gives Guantanamo to Fidel.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Ailes vs NR: nuke them from orbit STAT!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

-- Move the UN HQ to Benghazi and drop our membership and contribution.--

If Trump shouts that from the rooftops, it would resonate to the point it might be very hard to stop him.

[Ben]

More victims under the Bus. Shallow pool for your remaining endorsement and fickle loyalties. Whom shall you send? as Isaiah learned from his shallow pool.

[Beasts of England]

Speculation: Congress agrees to avert shutdown by funding PP - Boehner's head offered in exchange.

[DebinNC]

McCarthy only came to the House in 2007. Being second in command so soon seems unusual. Did Boehner appoint McCarthy, whose distinct includes Bakesfield, CA, to his post? Or was McCarthy elected by members too?

[narciso]

plausible notion, one can discard any notion of principle,

still on sabbatical, Dana,

[rse]

For Dr J--improving the STEM workforce through academic equity http://static.politico.com/8c/3c/79ac689c4666b76c261aab4907ae/report-on-stem-workforce.pdf

Calculus, organic chemistry, physics--none of these are equitable so none of these can be taught traditionally anymore. Effectively caps knowledge and innovation.

I noticed on the A World That Counts UN report they thank Microsoft on page 2.

[Extraneus]

Which is sadder, yellow or orange?

[Beasts of England]

Nothing will ever cap knowledge and education, rse.

[GUS]

Of course Boehner's demise is CONSERVATIVES fault.

[Old Lurker]

I hope so, Gus.

[Extraneus]

Oh Fraulein...

[GUS]

Run Weeping Johnny Run!!!!

This man had plenty of power to fix things and take Obama down several pegs. He chose to SMOKE GOLF and SUNBATHE.

Good riddance.

[Beasts of England]

You have to wonder how that animal pictured above lacks such impulse control. You can neither reason with nor assimilate garbage.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Johnny B's departure must be Top Men's reaction to the polling numbers of all these meddlesome outsiders and not just Trump. They've already tried to get their hit men at Politico to do what they can but the disenchantment with the GOPe careerists continues. Maybe McCarthy will try a few meaningless show votes on things they halfheartedly support as a "see what we tried" exercise in hogwash.

Telling the Gas Chamber of Kommerce to try their luck with Rodham and Weekend at Bernie's, on the other hand...

[DebinNC]

WaPo on Jeb's response to a SC town hall question yesterday:

"Look around this room," a man told Bush, who spoke to a mostly white crowd. "How many black faces do you see? How are you going to include them and get them to vote for you?" asked the man, who was white.

Bush pointed to his record on school choice and said that if Republicans could double their share of the black vote, they would win the swing states of Ohio and Virginia.

"Our message is one of hope and aspiration," he said at the East Cooper Republican Women’s Club annual Shrimp Dinner. "It isn't one of division and get in line and we'll take care of you with free stuff. Our message is one that is uplifting -- that says you can achieve earned success."

Reaction from blacks has not been kind.

[jimmyk]

McCarthy was elected by the House Republicans. From what I've read, he's a great networker, and glad-hander, which is how he has risen so quickly. He seems to be pretty conservative, but from how he operates I would be surprised if he is very different from Boehner in his approach (if he becomes Speaker).

[GUS]

He'll have so much more time to golf with Obama.

Which is nice.

[Extraneus]

Reaction from blacks has not been kind.

Mine was pretty positive.

[rse]

Beasts-look at that report. I just finished it and it is worse than I think I have ever seen put into language in one place.

I actually disagree with you and so do off the record comments by profs at some of the nation's most prestigious schools. They all tell me quietly that our 'best' students just do not know much factually anymore.

My high schooler has apparently decided to skip her high school graduation. Part of it is nager over the refusal for 4 years to teach anything while married teachers have affairs with other teachers and get pregnant while all still teaching and teachers having affairs with students and no one stopping it.

Apparently the final straw was the graduation gown rental charge of $150. She is guessing a big part of that is going in someone's pocket. It was $50 4 years ago at her sibling's graduation and they kept gown.

[GUS]

The fact that no blacks were there to see Jeb says a hell of a lot more about blacks, than it does about Jeb Bush.

Black America has been bought by the left. Every single day the left hammers a new wedge. THAT is the PROBLEM. The left has sold a tale of America that is false, and the MEDIA and INSTITUTIONS including schools have FED the FALSE NARATIVE. To capitulate to a racial hate mongering group like BLACK LIVES MATTER is a perfect example.

[DebinNC]

Assuming Kasich gets to choose Boehner's replacement, who could he choose that would help his POTUS bid? Person has to be an Ohioan who's alive and plausibly sane. Ken Blackwell?

[new lurker]

Deb, Why on earth do you think Kasich gets to choose Boehner's successor?