{"id":3590,"date":"2016-06-08T18:26:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T23:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueberrytown.com\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2016-06-08T18:27:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T23:27:51","slug":"ugly-linkage-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueberrytown.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/08\/ugly-linkage-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugly linkage"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re sitting in Newark Airport after a long five days, and it is definitely time for Ugly Linkage<\/a>. Please remain calm.<\/p>\n

\nShe Who Must Be Obeyed<\/del> Is Not Trump may be poised, careful in her choice of words, and completely free of animosity toward Mexican-American judges, but she has a lot of explaining to do<\/a> even according to Salon<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Among all the rivers of money that have flowed to the Clinton family, one seems to raise the biggest national security questions of all: the stream of cash that came from 20 foreign governments who relied on weapons export approvals from Hillary Clinton\u2019s State Department.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Federal law designates the secretary of state as \u201cresponsible for the continuous supervision and general direction of sales\u201d of arms, military hardware and services to foreign countries. In practice, that meant that Clinton was charged with rejecting or approving weapons deals \u2014 and when it came to Clinton Foundation donors, Hillary Clinton\u2019s State Department did a whole lot of approving.<\/p>\n

While Clinton was secretary of state, her department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to Clinton Foundation donors. That figure from Clinton\u2019s three full fiscal years in office is almost double the value of arms sales to those countries during the same period of President George W. Bush\u2019s second term.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hillary’s defense: “One or two” donations “may have slipped through the cracks.” We shit you not<\/a>.
\nAll of which reminds of this beautiful Austin moment:<\/p>\n

\n\"El<\/a><\/p>\n

\nCredit: Somebody random on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking of which, egads<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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We asked Americans to describe the candidates in one word\u2026 and, um\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/S1RN62fpFA<\/a> via @aedwardslevy<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/uDttmkDnwj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) June 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n