Monday Morning (Joe) Recap!

Richard Engel, Young Sam Stein, Donny Deutsche and Dorien Gray, Richard Haas, Mike Barnicle, Michael Weiss, Joy Ann Reid, Mike Allen, Clay Aiken, Elliott Ackerman and Dan Senor are on with Mika today.

ISIS posted a "hit list" online, with alleged personal information on U.S. military personnel. The group is urging its followers in the U.S. to hunt down 100 U.S. military members who have taken part in the fight against ISIS overseas. Julianna Goldman has the latest from Washington. The list urges so-called “lone wolves” to track down and kill the personnel.
The original site has been blocked or taken down, but multiple “mirror” copies remain available online. None of the military personnel are from New York City, but one is a Navy lieutenant from upstate Hillsdale. Others include an Air Force major from Barkhamsted, Conn., and a Navy ship commanding officer from Newport, RI. The list appeared to have been drawn from personnel mentioned in news articles about US-led airstrikes on ISIS, the New York Times reported.

More of concern than a hit list issued by ISIS, is that ISIS is moving in on Yemen which has fast become a battlefield for Saudi Arabia and Iran. Of all the wars that have ravaged the Middle East since the outbreak of the so-called Arab Spring four years ago, the bitter rivalry between the more fanatical adherents of Sunni and Shia Islam has now emerged as the region’s defining conflict.

The deadly series of suicide bomb attacks in Yemen on Friday, which are reported to have claimed the lives of nearly 150 people, is just the latest brutal manifestation of the Sunni-Shia conflict which has resulted in rival forces inflicting widespread bloodshed throughout the Arab world.



Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Bahrain are among the many Middle Eastern states that have been badly affected by the deepening hostility between rival Sunni and Shia factions. And at the heart of a conflict which threatens to transform the political landscape of the modern Arab world lies the deadly rivalry between Saudi Arabia’s Sunni fundamentalist ruling family and Iran’s equally uncompromising Shia-based Islamic revolution.

• US evacuates special forces from Yemen

The Saudis have been on a collision course with their powerful Shia neighbours ever since it was revealed more than a decade ago that the ayatollahs were working on a clandestine programme to develop nuclear weapons. Acquiring an atom bomb would allow Iran to achieve its long-standing ambition to reclaim its position as the region’s undisputed superpower, thereby enabling it to intensify its efforts to export the principles of the Iranian revolution further afield.

Iran’s nuclear ambitions have not surprisingly been bitterly opposed by Saudi Arabia, the Gulf region’s most powerful Sunni state, with the result that both countries are now engaged in fighting a proxy war for supremacy throughout the Arab world.

Yemenis and members of the Houthi militia inspect the scene of a suicide attack a day after it targeted a Houthi mosque in Sana'a, Yemen. And nowhere is this bitter dispute more keenly felt than in Yemen, a nation that holds the unwelcome distinction of being the Arab world’s poorest state. For decades Yemen was regarded by most Arabs as Saudi Arabia’s back garden, such was the influence the Saudi royal family had brought to bear on Yemen’s internal political and economic affairs since the 1930s.

In particular Riyadh demonstrated its stranglehold over Yemeni politics by supporting the rise to power in 1978 of Ali Abdullah Saleh as the country’s powerful president, and then helping in 1990 to negotiate the second reunification of a country that includes the former British protectorate of Aden.

• Yemen president flees palace after jet attack

Under Saleh’s rule Riyadh generally enjoyed cordial relations with the Yemeni government in Sana’a. But two key developments have dramatically changed this cosy arrangement during the past decade. The emergence of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), an off-shoot of Osama bin Laden’s original terror Sunni-based movement which was founded by a group of Saudi dissidents, helped to provoke ethnic, tribal and social tensions that quickly returned the country to a state of open civil war.

These tensions, moreover, were further exacerbated by Iran’s decision to support the Houthi rebels, the Shia minority in the north of the country, a decision that has helped to further destabilise the country after President Saleh was forced from office in the wake of the original Arab uprisings in 2011.

For the past four years the Quds force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have been smuggling weapons to the Houthis, as well as providing expert military training, with the result that the Shia Houthi militia finally succeeded in seizing control of the capital Sana’a last year, forcing the Western-backed president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to seek refuge in Aden.
Last week it was claimed that Tehran was increasing its support for the Houthis with the delivery of a 185 ton shipment of weapons and other military equipment.

• Iran builds ties with new Yemen regime

The Iranian-backed takeover of northern Yemen certainly represents a major setback for the Saudis, who have a 1,000-mile porous southern border with the Yemenis to protect. The establishment of a pro-Iranian, Shia regime in Sana’s has also been met with deep resentment by the country’s militant Sunni population, which in recent months has seen AQAP - once regarded as the region’s most deadly terrorist organisation by Western intelligence agencies - being replaced by supporters of the Sunni fundamentalist Islamic State (Isil) movement, which in the past year has seized control of large swathes of northern Iraq and Syria.

While there have been reports of tensions between Isil and Aqap, there can be little doubt that Sunni extremists were behind this week’s deadly suicide bomb attacks in Yemen, which were deliberately targeted as Shia mosques in the country frequented by Houthi militiamen, who comprised the majority of the victims. There will inevitably be speculation that the Saudis were in some way involved in the atrocities, particularly as the suicide attacks coincided with the Houthis mounting aerial bombing raids against the Aden headquarters of President Hadi.

The group that claimed responsibility for the attacks, the previously unknown Sana’a branch of Isil, justified its action by claiming “Infidel Houthis should know that the soldiers of Islamic State will not rest until they eradicate them...and cut off the arm of the Safavid (Iranian) plan in Yemen.” No one in Riyadh is going to argue with that. The Saudis have certainly proved adept at protecting their interests against Iranian incursions in the past. When Iran tried to provoke Shia dissidents in the tiny Gulf state of Bahrain to overthrow the kingdom’s Sunni monarchy, the Saudi military quickly intervened to crush the protest movement.

Whether the Saudis initiate a similar military operation in Yemen will depend to an extent on the outcome of the talks currently taking place between the U.S. and Iran over the future of its nuclear programme. U.S.

President Barack Obama is said to be keen to cut a deal with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who yesterday claimed that the talks were taking positive strides and that “there is nothing that cannot be resolved.” But the talks are being viewed with deep scepticism by the Saudis and other countries in the region, including Israel, which fear that Mr Obama is preparing to do a deal that would allow Iran to retain the technical capability to develop nuclear weapons, even if Tehran gives commitments not to do so.

And if that is the outcome then the Saudis will want to have a nuclear deterrent of their own, with the result that a conflict that is currently being fought with proxies might one day escalate in an all-out nuclear war between Sunnis and Shias.The latest atrocity in Yemen, which claimed nearly 150 lives on Friday, appears part of a proxy war between the Middle East's two superpowers.

Obama was interviewed by people at the Huffington Post, including with Sam Stein. He discusses the Middle east Peace Issues with him/them. 

Ted Cruz has also made it official that he is running for POTUS next year and starting today/yesterday. Donny wants to throw up now. He feels that he is un-electible but the official announcement came as Sen. Ted Cruz announces presidential bid with Twitter post, video:


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I'm running for President and I hope to earn your support!

The 30-second video accompanying the tweet featured Cruz speaking over a montage of farm fields, city skylines and American landmarks and symbols, calling on "a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make America great again."

"I'm ready to stand with you to lead the fight," Cruz says as the video concludes. Shortly after midnight Monday, the campaign had launched its website. 

Cruz, the first major candidate to enter the 2016 White House race, had been expected to make the announcement later Monday during a speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He is expected to start his campaign immediately rather than launch an exploratory committee, which many do as a precursor to a campaign. Amy Kremer, the former head of the Tea Party Express, told the Associated Press Sunday that the Republican pool of candidates "will take a quantum leap forward" with Cruz's announcement, adding that it "will excite the base in a way we haven't seen in years."

Other candidates who have been rumored to run for the GOP nomination include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. Following his speech at Liberty, Cruz is scheduled to speak with Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview.

Cruz, 44, a favorite of the Tea Party movement who has made headlines for his conservative stance on immigration, has gone after other Republicans for their more moderate views. In December, Cruz defied party leaders to force a vote on opposing Obama's executive actions on immigration. The strategy failed, and led several of his Republican colleagues to call Cruz out. "You should have an end goal in sight if you're going to do these types of things and I don't see an end goal other than irritating a lot of people," Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch said at the time.

"Cruz is going to make it tough for all of the candidates who are fighting to emerge as the champion of the anti-establishment wing of the party," GOP strategist Kevin Madden told AP. "That is starting to look like quite a scrum where lots of candidates will be throwing some sharp elbows."

"He's awfully good at making promises that he knows the GOP can't keep and pushing for unachievable goals, but he seems very popular with right wing," added veteran Republican strategist John Feehery. "Cruz is a lot smarter than the typical darling of the right, and that makes him more dangerous to guys like Scott Walker and Rand Paul." 

In recent weeks, Cruz has already come under fire over his own citizenship. Two former Justice Department lawyers said last week there is no doubt the Canadian-born senator is eligible to run for the White House. "There is no question that Senator Cruz has been a citizen from birth and is thus a 'natural born Citizen' within the meaning of the Constitution," Neal Katyal, acting solicitor general in the Obama administration, and Paul Clemente, solicitor general in the President George W. Bush administration, wrote in a joint article.

Anti-Cruz "birthers" challenged his citizenship status because he was born in Canada. However, two years ago, Cruz released his birth certificate showing his mother was a U.S. citizen born in Delaware, presumably satisfying the requirements for presidential eligibility as a "natural born citizen." Last month, Cruz addressed the citizenship issue during a question-and-answer session with moderator Hannity at the Conservative Political Action Conference.  “I was born in Calgary. My mother was an American citizen by birth,” Cruz said.  “Under federal law, that made me an American citizen by birth. The Constitution requires that you be a natural-born citizen.”

With a little more than a year and half to go before the 2016 election, speculation is heating up that several presidential contenders will soon officially throw their hats into the ring. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who enjoys a wide lead among potential Democratic candidates despite the recent uproar over her use of a personal email account while leading the State Department, is expected to announce her candidacy next month. The Associated Press contributed to this Ted Cruz report.

I do NOT think Ted Cruz is part of a so called clown show, but he is not getting the GOP nod after that primary. He is very good but he will be there to shake things up on that side of the aisle. I love how he sticks to his guns but still, he is not winning that primary by any means of it and BTW, why is it OK for him to run? After all, everything the GOP said about Obama's mom not having him at birth in the United States and everything relating to it, is what Ted Cruz's situation is for real. His mom had him in Canada. Yet, he is embraced by the same people that would lie about Obama's birthplace not being in America. Therefore, what they lied about with Obama is true with Ted Cruz but again, that is perfectly just fine because there is no rumblings about it. 

Bill Karins reports the weather forecasts and its not good. Areas in the West will be way too hot and areas in the east will be way too cold. It is snowing in Chicago now. 

I hate that story about the woman reporter that died of a brain aneurysm which I think happened on the air. That story freaked me out when I read it and more Morning Papers are about the 7 kids that died in a fire in Brooklyn last Friday night. It was evidently because of a hot plate left on that malfunctioned and i assume they are from Israel. I think the panels says that they are being flown back to Israel today. Sports Illustrated reports that Chris Borland will pay back some of his bonus money. He is the guy that retired at the young age of 24 years old. Actually, he is paying back 3/4's of bonus money. The pope was handed a pizza and those gamblers in Atlantic City that won money because of un-shuffled decks of cards get to keep the money. 

Mika's dad spoke at the Brussels forum about the Russia and Ukraine situation and their (Russia) push for super power control. 

Richard Haas is on to discuss the distrustful relationship between us and Israel. Notably about Bibi Netanyahu and with our current POTUS (Obama). I love it when that Israeli Ambassador guy says over and over that Netanyahu never said what he said about the two state solution or not but as of today, Netanyahu does support one ( a two state solution with Palestine). 

Richard Haas reconfirms what Richard Engel said earlier in that Yemen is the next Syria. To me, Yemen has been a mess for years. Remember that Jeremy Scahill Documentary film (Dirty Wars), he made no bones about it and I also said a couple times last week that I need to get to better know what is actually going down in Syria. The Islamic state vs. the Islamic Shiats which begs me to ask, Is ISIS not Iraq's greatest threat today? Iraq is also a mess but for other reasons like because of us invading it without and end result policy. We left that country high and dry after we burnt it down. Its been a free for all because of it and ever since we left it. 

No more 'race together' will no longer be written on every Starbucks cups which begs me to ask another question that who the hell would think that would have been a good marketing tool? Dorian brings up the great point that his company has a huge racial divide or maybe not divide, but lack of people of color with it staffers. I forget what else he said but I take to his point. I can care less about it but its not needed. It was unnecessary. 

I am still lagging because of last nights Maryland loss. I was pissed off. the officiating was awful. case in point that even though star guard for the team, MeloTremble was knocked out of the game with a head injury because of a kick by his own teammate, he hit the ground many times in that game. There was also a travel brigade by West Virginia. I have never seen a team walk so much in decades. I think they were called for it one time and Tremble was called for a travel when he merely fakes everyone out so much, that even the ref thought he walked. West Virginia was also throwing up bombs and making them. If they did not make it, they would snag the rebound. It was awful to watch but then again, if yesterday would have been a pre cursor to how the team would have played next week vs say a Kentucky team, well we would have been blown off the court. Tremble left the game with over 5 minutes left in it. No one else on the team could dribble the ball up court. The West Virginia team stole the ball 8 times in the last 5 minutes of the game. It was awful and I am bummed out today. 

Shameless was great though and I fell asleep during the John Oliver show but I have it recorded now. I will watch it later. I saw a great movie called 'The Top 5.' I loved it. I was surprised how good it is and I saw Exodus over the weekend. It was pretty good. I thought that Nicolas Cage movie 'Alive in the Light' or something sucked. I did not want to see a deteriorating Nick Cage character. I wish he would have kicked some ass and I guess he did in some regard but he looked frail in that movie while doing it. I did not like that movie. I forget what else i saw too this weekend. Oh, I saw 'Kidnapping Mr. Heineken.' I was falling asleep during it but it was pretty good too. 

Anyway, Jim (I can't spell his last name; sorry) is at the Pentagon now reporting to us about the 'ISIS threat." He is also talking about how the ISIS people hacked into the military system to get those names on that 'hit list.' That alleged 'hit list' targets U.S. Soldiers but that report there about them (ISIS) hacking into our system is most likely false. 

Next, Three Fort Lauderdale Police officers have been fired and another has resigned after an internal affairs investigation uncovered an extensive exchange of racially-insensitive material among the law enforcers.

Addressing reporters Friday afternoon, Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley said the investigation revealed 31-year-old Officer Jason Holding, 25-year-old Officer Christopher Sousa and 29-year-old Officer James Wells have been terminated. A fourth officer, 22-year-old Alex Alvarez, has tendered his resignation of his own accord.

Adderley said the officers engaged in "sustained department misconduct and ... conduct unbecoming of a police officer" which "involved racist text message exchange among themselves."

Adderley added Alvarez was responsible for a video that he described as "racially biased." According to authorities, Alvarez's edited the iMovie clip as an "Uncle Al Films" production to make it seem like a trailer for a fictitious movie called "The Hoods." When asked to elaborate about the content of the video, Adderley said, "There is someone with a hood, KKK, in the video."

The clip includes other racially charged images, including a doctored photo of President Barack Obama with grills over his teeth and photos of black men staring down the barrel of gun and being bitten by a dog. "The four officers' conduct was inexcusable, and there is zero tolerance for this type of behavior in the Fort Lauderdale Police Department," said Adderley.

"I am very disappointed, disgusted and shocked by this incident," said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler. "The inappropriate, racist behavior exhibited by those involved is unacceptable and reprehensible. It violates the trust we place in our law enforcement officers."

"It's extremely unfortunate that these acts of racism and hatred took place," said Fort Lauderdale City Manager Lee Feldman. The president of the Fort Lauderdale/Broward chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said she was disturbed by the video. "It's obviously deplorable, said Marsha Ellison. Police said the video came to light in October 2014 after Alvarez's former fiancée e-mailed it to Adderley, triggering the internal affairs investigation.

"When I observed the video, I was disgusted," said Seiler, adding the content in the video was "extremely disrespectful." Even though Alvarez resigned prior to the firing of the other three officers, Seiler said, "I can promise you, if the other one hadn't resigned, he would have been terminated."

Feldman expressed his gratitude toward Alvarez's fiancée. "I'd also like to thank the complainant for coming forward," he said. The investigation also yielded many pages of text messages between the four officers that are also racially biased and homophobic. The officers would mix in the N-word with jokes about killing. Officer Wells, for instance, referred to someone as a "Retarded Brown."

One text reads, "Jimmy, what would Big Dad do to that [expletive]?" The reply: "Get that [expletive] from under the wagon and that [expletive] lover in the wagon." "They felt, in their words, it was a joke," said Adderley. While under investigation, Holding said, "I'm not singling out African-Americans," claiming he used the N-word because it's common in "hip hop culture." Nevertheless, Alvarez's fiancée told investigators her former boyfriend thought "black people should be slaves," and that he was obsessed with the "KKK."

"At the end of the day, I think we took the only appropriate action we could have taken, and that was to terminate these officers," said Seiler. While the Fort Lauderdale Fraternal Order of Police said the officers deserve their due process, the group's president, Jack Lokeinsky, also released a statement which reads, "The Fraternal Order of Police is a multicultural organization which does not tolerate racism. Our officers take great pride in our commitment to diversity. Our dedicated officers have positive relationships with residents in every community we serve."

Adderley said, in light of the new video, every officer in the department will be required to attend a diversity class each year, and there will be additional screening of new hires. "I think our door's open. We welcome anyone who has a complaint. We would encourage them to come forward so that we can address them." The investigation comes on the heels of other incidents that have placed a spotlight on the department. Late last year, 90-year-old Arnold Abbott was cited multiple times for feeding the homeless on Fort Lauderdale Beach after a recently passed city ordinance requiring a permit, bathrooms and a place to wash hands during homeless feedings. The citations come with the threat of jail time. Abbott is currently fighting them in court.

In addition, Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Victor Ramirez was suspended with pay after he was caught on cell phone video slapping Bruce Laclair, a homeless man he'd asked to leave a bus terminal, Feb. 22. Moreover, in 2012, NAACP accused the department of citing and arresting a disproportionate number of African-Americans. In light of the video and texts, Ellison is calling for a federal investigation into the police department. "We believe that the Department of Justice needs to come in and do an investigation to check if there was criminal activity, civil rights violations, and to determine if there's a pattern of practice going on within the police department," she said.

Seiler acknowledged the bad press the department has been garnering in recent months, but maintained the video and texts are not evidence of larger issues in the department. "Certainly, the city has take a couple of bullets, if you will, on a couple of issues, but at the end of the day ... that is not a reflection, in my mind, of a problem within the police department. It's a reflection of a few bad apples in a bunch."

Members from the group Dream Defenders came to the police department Friday afternoon to say that, even though they're happy with city officials' quick actions regarding the four officers, there is still work that needs to be done. Activist Iris Nevins told 7News she wasn't surprised by Alvarez's video. "Not at all. There is nothing to be surprised about, and the fact that so many people are surprised is just indicative of the fact that so many people are ignorant to the reality of the world that we live in," she said.

Activist Jasmen Rogers also expressed disappointment. "We live this every day. We're just trying to figure out how to make it stop so that my future children don't have to be standing on the steps of anybody's police department," she said. Adderley said he has placed all police officers on high alert, adding the department has a plan in place in case there's any community outcry.

I forgot about Robert Durst already. His bond hearing is today in NOLA. Its about his weapons charges and does he not get charged of having more than a quarter pound of bud? I think his law firm is claiming that any arrest for the Los Angeles murder charge is without probable cause. Plus, the prosecutor interviewed Durst for 6 hours without his (Durst) lawyer having the ability to fly in from Texas. That is not that smart and some legal expert said that the prosecutors need to be on it or they will lose the case. This is not that great of a start for them. As a matter of fact, if their case is based on the HBO show, that is not that much of proof of the actual murder. 

Also, Jeb Bush is aiming his sites at winning in Florida. Mike Allen from POLITICO is reporting about it. 

And, the New York Times reports that the email controversy with Hilary Clinton do not shed any light with regard to the Benghazi issue. Her acting that way merely resurrected the issues with the gung ho Benghazi conspiracy freaks. I am sensing most people are over it or consider that issue to be a none one. As Sam Stein said, it reconfirms what i say in that she created the problem herself. It was so stupid and this was also unnecessary. 

Clay Aiken is on soon to talk about his 'Runner Up' documentary film that is about his election / political bid. I like Clay Aiken but I really got to him more on The Apprentice. I never saw American Idol. I would watch it if it were easy to view.

Elliott Ackerman has an article entitled 'Draft The Rich' in Time Magazine. He is also the author of 'Green on Blue' and this story in Time seems like its a good one. I get what he is saying about that so called strategy. I wish i went into the military and I agree with (Mike) Barnicle in that I think some form of military should be mandated in the United States. I know that would never happen in anyone's lifetime, but again, I wish I was in the military rather than me partying the way i did it. But then again, I started to think this way in the last five to seven years. That was when I started to respect our military people and it was honestly after I saw that HBO series, 'Generation Kill. I grew up thinking that military people were grunts or sheep that do what everyone tells them to do but that was the first time that I noticed how brilliant, quick and smart witted some of our military people act. 

Mika just pulled back talking about some non news story. That is great although I wonder which one it was (or maybe not). 

Man am I tired today. I woke up at 3AM and never really went back to sleep even though I lied around for a couple more hours. But then again, I most likely passed out at like 1130 or so. I did get a few hours of dead sleep but it was on my couch and not in the bed. This is going to be a long ass week. I can sense it. Even though i got so caught up and even ahead with work over the weekend, I still have an endless amount of work to eventually get done. A lot will fall on me this week but then again, if I can culminate with a few huge things, i will be loving but i have blinders on knowing that its me. That would highly be unlikely and anything i want to end per se, i bet will linger onward. Because again, its me. 

Well that segment showing the NCAA highlights was a victory of sort. They did not show the highlights from the Maryland loss to West Virginia. (Villla) Nova lost. VA (Virginia) lost. Somehow UCLA is still in it as we segue into the morning Joe Futbal Frenzy (without Joe on the set too). As you all know, I know nothing about futbol. All I know is that Phish plays at the Denver Futbol stadium pretty much every labor day weekend for years now and including this on in September.

Dan Senor is on soon. There was a huge gasp by the panel about what he thinks about the Netanyahu / Obama relationship. or, maybe it was about the results in last week's election over in Israel. 

I do NOT think Liz Warren will run although I bet she gives a thought to taking on the Veep role. I doubt a female / female ticket and great for Sam (Stein). He mentions why the New York Times does not mention Bernie Saunders and Martin O'Malley who are running on the dem side. They will shake things up with Hilary. Especially, in debates. I would like it if (Elizabeth) Warren ran as the Vice President to then poise herself to become the POTUS in future elections. For her to run now would be a bit too much I think for the American people. The right winged element would not stop mentioning the true liberal agenda and so it would be hard for her to defend that in a general election today. We (America) are not quite there yet but having a female as the POTUS could be the something that is the right time. I can safely say that no one on the GOP side will win. Not anytime soon. Even the numbers show all around that its her election to lose (and win). Honestly, I maintain that if a Chris Christy did well in those debates, he could become the front runner again but it will take being in the global eye making claims in a sound way. Not harsh but sound. All of the GOP'ers have great holes with their platforms so the Dem's should be able to pick it a part. Hilary really has none. Even her biggest one is having the Clinton name and I am not sure why that became a bad thing. Those numbers show Bill has a huge amount of popularity but he does have a past. But then again, what does that have to do with Hilary? I bet the House of Cards marriage is like that one minus the gay story line. I can't imagine that Bill ever dabbled with other men. But what i mean is that arranged marriage that is purely based on politics. 

Ramble on and lets get into it with Dan (Senor). I have a great feeling he will be blasting the POTUS. Interesting points about him (Obama) congratulating the Iranian President after that election and Putin when he won his election. I never put that together. But the race baiting issue and whatever politicking went on for him to win is fair game and such a non story. It was good politics for better or worse. Whaddyagonnado? Her goes (Mike) Barnicle's rebut to it and another great point in that there are five other nations involved in these Iran Nuclear Arms deal and when did it become named the Nuclear Arms deal? Dan telling Mike Barnicle to slow down is very condescending. That was actually a rather short segment. Mika ends it Bryzinski style by saying that it is time to roll up the sleeves and to take it outside. I guess telling Mike (Barnicle) to slow down are fighting words but if anyone said that to me in some meeting or in some social situation, I could feasibly (depending on my mood) tell the to f%$k off afterward.

I will say that I need to wake by ass up today. I am taking today's work day very easy even though I'll get a ton done. But when I get it done is when I get it done. 

LOL, Mika just meowed when bringing up Meerkat again today. 

BTW, I just noticed that not one candidate for the POTUS that announced that they were running first, has won an election since 1952. Bloomberg reported that stat. 

Anyway, Welcome to The Working Week and regardless of it all, Please stay in touch!

PS: I have had my Voice recognition on while it recorded entire conversations of mine. Let alone there being the chance to 'butt' meerkat something by mistake.......