BloggeRhythms

Nothing much new in the “news” today, but things still look pretty good for Republicans in general. That’s because, for some strange reason, Democrat politicians, and their supporters in the press and elsewhere, don’t ever seem to use the brains they were born with.

 

Michael Crowley @politico.com writes that, “Buoyed by the success of his nuclear deal with Iran, President Barack Obama is preparing to move aggressively on other long-delayed priorities, including a major climate change summit this winter and his elusive quest to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.”

 

Reading the preceding paragraph makes one think that the writer is either a flack paid by the administration to spin its agenda, or is simply too dumb to grasp what transpired in the Iran deal’s slim passage in the Senate.

 

To repeat the statistics, posted here yesterday, “a disapproval resolution for the agreement fell just two votes short of the 60 needed to move forward. That means that only 42 senators voted for it, while 58 didn’t.

 

“As far as the voting public's concerned, only two in 10 Americans support the deal. Another three in 10 simply say they “don't know,” while 49 percent oppose it altogether and opposition far outpaces support.

 

“While political independents as a group have become increasingly critical vote-wise in national elections, they too are strongly against the deal. 47% disapprove, only 31% are in favor, and another 23% say they don’t know.”

 

And now, today, it appears that while only Democrats voted in favor of the deal, Iran played them for the suckers that it depended on all along. Obviously, by their arrogant actions during the negotiations, Iran fully and correctly expected those Democrats would blindly follow a leader working his own agenda, as usual.

 

Then, this morning, a Reuters article reports that, “Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said on Saturday.”

 

What’s even more incredible is that: “The comments cast doubt on previous assessments from some Western analysts who said the country had a low supply and would sooner or later would need to import uranium, the raw material needed for its nuclear program.”

 

And these “expert” scientists are the one’s the administration depended on for determining Iran’s current and future capability, nuclear weapon-wise. As it now turns out, the White House could have gotten the same, if not better, analysis from Curly, Moe and Larry.  

 

However, we need not worry because: “Any indication Iran could become more self-sufficient will be closely watched by world powers, which reached a landmark deal with Tehran in July over its program. They had feared the nuclear activities were aimed at acquiring the capability to produce atomic weapons – something denied by Tehran.” 

 

Anyone who believes that those “world powers” will be able to closely watch or control anything Iran does might be interested in buying a bridge I own that connects Manhattan to Brooklyn.  

 

Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi summed the situation up perfectly, saying through the state news agency IRNA: "I cannot announce (the level of) Iran's uranium mine reserves. The important thing is that before aerial prospecting for uranium ores we were not too optimistic, but the new discoveries have made us confident about our reserves." 

 

Coming back to the subject of facts and reality disproving political spin as delivered by the administration and supported by ally’s in the press, the Iranian miscalculation isn’t the only mistaken objective noted today.

 

It’s also going to be interesting to watch how the POTUS handles what’s projected to be one of the coldest winters in history this coming season. Thanks to the Polar Vortex and shifting pull of polar strength. But since for this administration, politics always outweighs reality, we’ll all find out how his global-warming warnings sound when delivered through chattering teeth in freezing temperatures.   

 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

 

The Associated Press via foxnews.com, reports that: “Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had the right to delete personal emails from her private server, the Justice Department told a federal court.

 

“Lawyers for the government made the assertion in a filing this week with the U.S. District Court in Washington, part of a public records lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group that seeks access to Clinton's emails.”

 

What’s hard to ascertain in this case, is why the Justice Department is so pleased with the probability that “personal emails” might be excluded from judicial scrutiny, treating the situation as if it was a victory.  

 

“Because: “She has said that she sent and received about 60,000 emails during her four years in the Obama administration, about half of which were personal and deleted. The others were turned over to the State Department.” Which means there are still 30,000 chances that she violated the law, as suspected by the Inspector General and Trey Gowdy’s committee in Congress.

 

Leading to the ongoing question: “Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this?  

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

Adios