OK. Here we go tonight! There is a lot to recap this week. The Donald (Trump) joined the GOP race. The shooting in South Carolina. The fugitives that escaped from the Clinton County Correctional Facility are still at large in the public. And, much, much more have gone down this week.
Even Bill admits to it being not an easy news week but he does start off by talking about how the Pope believes in climate change while saying that it us humans that are the ones damaging it. He also mentions the female being on the ten dollar bill and let me get what I wrote about it this week. There are pictures of samples of some of the ones being considered:
Move over, Hamilton! Treasury to put woman on $10 bill. Usa Today reports that A woman will appear on the $10 bill beginning in 2020, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.
Just which woman is up to you.
Legally, the decision belongs to Jack Lew, but the Treasury secretary said he's seeking public input on which female historical figure should appear on U.S. paper currency for the first time in 119 years.
"We're going to spend a lot of time this summer listening to people," Lew said. A decision could come this fall.
But even then, it will take nearly five years for the new bill to see circulation. That's because of the intricate planning for a redesign that will incorporate new anti-counterfeit measures and tactile features for the blind.
Even then, Alexander Hamilton isn't going away. The first Treasury secretary played a leading role in developing the nation's financial system, and has been on the $10 since 1928. And there he'll remain, either on the reverse side or in a separate series of bills. Also, the 1.9 billion $10 bills now in circulation will likely last another 10 years.
The move spares Andrew Jackson, the 19th century Democrat who occupies the $20 bill. An online petition earlier this year urged the administration to replace Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman by 2020, the 100th anniversary of the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. But Lew said the primary consideration was the security of the currency — and the $10 bill was next in line for an upgrade. Lew said the planning began even before he arrived at Treasury in 2013. President Obama endorsed the idea for a woman on paper currency last year, calling it "a pretty good idea,"
No woman has appeared on new paper currency since Martha Washington on a $1 silver note until 1896. Pocahontas was first, gracing a $20 note beginning in 1865.
By law, no living person may appear on a bill, and George Washington must always remain on the $1.
America wants Harriet Tubman on $20 bill and i agree with that and i agree with (Steve) Rattner whom said the same thing just now on Morning Joe. Alexander Hamilton helped create the Financial System whereas Andrew Jackson ruined our economy at that time.
I honestly am confused about that Rachel whatever story and her being black or not. Like I said just now, I am confused about that story.
And, yes. The GOP are stumped about this latest motivations of why that punk ass kid shot up a church this week even though that kid makes no bones about wanting to start a race riot which BTW, thats very narcisistic to think that one can do that onits own, let alone by shooting up a bunch of people in a church. It makes no sense but again, its delusion.
Bill touches into the Donald Trump starting the campaign this week by saying that Mexico is sending over bad people. As if they send people over to anywhere but anyway, talk about a week filled with narcisim.
Like I said above here, Donald Trump Campaign Offered Actors $50 to Cheer for Him at Presidential Announcement and with that came an audience that he had to pay to be at the event. There were people at that event when he launched his campaign that were not even able to vote. They were from another country.
Donald Trump's big presidential announcement Tuesday was made a little bigger with help from paid actors — at $50 a pop.
New York-based Extra Mile Casting sent an email last Friday to its client list of background actors, seeking extras to beef up attendance at Trump's event.
"We are looking to cast people for the event to wear t-shirts and carry signs and help cheer him in support of his announcement," reads the June 12 email, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. "We understand this is not a traditional 'background job,' but we believe acting comes in all forms and this is inclusive of that school of thought."
The pay was listed as $50 for less than three hours of work. According to the email, Extra Mile was reaching out to potential extras in partnership with Gotham Government Relations and Communications, a New York-Based political consulting group that has worked with Trump in the past. Gotham GR had no comment.
Questions as to whether the Trump campaign had hired extras were first raised Wednesday by anti-Trump activist Angelo Carusone, who came across an Instagram photo showing a man he recognized as a background actor posing at the Trump event. Carusone screengrabbed the photo of the actor, Domenico Del Giacco, and published it in a blog post. The photo shows Del Giacco with a woman, identified in the now-deleted Instagram post as actress Courtney Klotz. (Del Giacco has since deleted his entire Instagram account.)
When reached for comment about the Trump casting call, a person who answered the phone at Extra Mile said, "We don't know anything about that." When pressed about whether this response was a denial of the story, the person said she couldn't comment further and hung up. Additional calls to Extra Mile went unanswered.
Asked if Trump paid anyone to attend the event, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said "no," and that he had never heard of Extra Mile or Gotham GR.
"Mr. Trump draws record crowds at almost every venue at which he is a featured speaker," Lewandowski told The Hollywood Reporter. "The crowds are large, often record-setting and enthusiastic, often with standing ovations. Mr. Trump's message is, 'Make America great again.' "
Del Giacco and Klotz did not respond to a request for comment.
In politics, "astroturfing" is when people are hired to attend a rally or event in order to lend the appearance of grassroots support. They are typically contracted out to political consulting firms, much like Gotham GR. The practice is unsurprisingly considered bad form.
Here's the full email from Extra Mile, with contact information redacted.
Hi there—
We are working helping one of are [sic] associates out at Gotham GR - http://gothamgr.com/ with a big event happening on TUESDAY 6/16/15.
This is an event in support of Donald Trump and an upcoming exciting announcement he will be making at this event.
This event is called “People for a Stronger America.” The entire group is a pro-small business group that is dedicated to encouraging Donald Trump and his latest ventures. This event will be televised.
We are looking to cast people for the event to wear t-shirts and carry signs and help cheer him in support of his announcement.
We understand this is not a traditional “background job,” but we believe acting comes in all forms and this is inclusive of that school of thought.
This event is happening LIVE and will be from 8:45AM-11:30AM. LESS THAN 3 HOURS
This will take place inside / interior.
The rate for this is: $50 CASH at the end of the event.
We would love to book you if you are interested and still available.
Please let us know and we will get back to you with confirmation.
(Donald) Trump also did an interview with Mika and Joe (Scarbourgh) this week. He said that the best POTUS in the last few decades was ironically said to be Bill Clinton. A Democrat. That conversation names, names in every regard too. He goes through to talk about the woes with every GOP candidate. He talks about whom he would name as a cabinet member referring to most of the current ones as being 'weak.' And honestly here, I may agree with that assessment. Mika literally stated to him or suggested to him I should say that it could be in his best interest to paraphrase her please, that he (Donald trump) stop referring to people as losers. That is brilliant stuff and i think his reply to how she suggested he phrase it, was something along the along the lines of it being to long to say. Leave it to Mika to say that to him.
Anyway, interview time on the show. Bernie is indeed tearing up the campaign circuit since he announced his run for the Dem's and for that ultimate goal to win to become the POTUS. He is closing the gap on Hillary Clinton being within 10% of the voters polled in two different polls. Young voters seem to be into Bernie a lot these days. I have backed bernie for years now (http://sustainableaction.wix.com/sustainableaction#!resolved-issues--victroies/cg80) so I am psyched and it does not surpise me that he is making some head way in that campaign. He is real and he is for the people. And, it shows.
I honestly had no clue that he wanted to make all college leveled education free for everyone. That is a very bold platform that will never work as a platform in America. He will get pounced on by that GOP that wants everything privatized so it can make as much money as humanly possible for its owners and borad members.
Bill and him are also talking about the same thing i say all of the time about ISIS. Which is why isn't the Saudi Military and actually, every other military in that region fighting against ISIS. They have hundreds of thousands of people in those military regimes whereas ISIS has like 17,000 to 25,000 people in its military. Why do we have to fight that battle or better yet, be at the helm of that battle? And, listen, I do NOT want to see peoples heads chopped off so to speak, let alone it happen to any Americans and I get that ISIS are bad (almost mafiosa like in that sociopath sort of way because i am not sure what they stand for even to this day; besides if you do NOT agree with them that we should all die) people but still, can't the people in that region police that situation in a productive way? I guess not.
Nice interview.
Next, on the panel are Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) represents Illinois’s 4th Congressional district. He is currently in his 12th term in office, having been originally elected in 1993. Gutierrez is a leading advocate of immigration reform and serves as the Chair of the Democratic Caucus Immigration Task Force and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force. Twitter: @RepGutierrez. Joy Reid is a National Correspondent for MSNBC. She is managing editor of the news website TheGrio.com and a political columnist for the Miami Herald. Her book, Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide will be published in September. Twitter: @joyannreid. Matt Lewis is a Senior Contributor for The Daily Caller and Contributing Editor for TheWeek.com. He is host of the weekly “Matt Lewis and the News” podcast and author of the forthcoming book, Too Dumb to Fail: How the GOP Won Elections by Sacrificing Its Ideas (And How It Can Reclaim Its Conservative Roots), which will be published in January of 2016. Twitter: @mattklewis
I like Matt Lewis a lot but he is wrong by saying that the church in Charleston was not targeted on purpose and because black people generally attended it. Its famous for it. The kid said that he had to stop the world or maybe it was juts America from being taken over by black people. He said that to the woman that he allowed to leave the church alive. Bill being an atheist has nothing to do with what the kid did down in South Carolina. That is the most asinine argument I have ever heard and again, it makes absolutely no sense. This incident has nothing to do with anyone being against religion.
Next. Guns. We all know how warped the people in the State of Texas are in general. It is very easy to get a gun in that State and you can't get an abortion in some parts of that state unless you drive 600 miles to get it done. And, forget about that 2nd Amendment. That is also an asinine one that makes no sense since we kill so many people in America today by using bullets and guns. It needs to be evolved to in every way. I don't understand Matt Lewis today. What does the fact that it could have been a bomb have to do with some kid with a felony record being able to buy a gun? Bill and his panelists Joy Reid, Rep. Luiz Gutierrez and Matt Lewis continue to discuss gun control in the wake of the Charleston, S.C. church shooting. They also touch into racism in the wake of the Charleston, S.C. church shooting.
Weird segue as Bill says because it is Father's day on Sunday. The what? The dad what? The dad bod is hot? OH good then. My body which is so outta shape today, is deemed as hot. Good for me.
That Dad Bod segment was funny.
Oh Boy. Here we go. The Mid-Show Interview is with none other than Ann Coulter whom as we all know is a conservative journalist and political commentator whose latest book is ¡Adios, America!: The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole. Coulter is the author of 10 New York Times Bestsellers and writes a regular column syndicated by United Press Syndicate. Her latest article is, “First Mary Jo Kopechne, Then America.” Twitter: @AnnCoulter.
She has a book out now with regard to immigration. Her counting about how many illegal people are here in America is avast one because the real number is about 12 Million compared to what she said to be 30 Million People. When in reality, she rounded up two times that amount because she feels that whomever is here in illegal ways, do not fill out surveys. She says we should buy the book. It is her estimate that she sates is a low one. Lets do say that everything she says is true even though it isn't and it is not even remotely based on any real science. Its her estimate that is skewed by double the amount of the real number.
The panelists and her continue to discuss America’s immigration policy. Joy Reid and Rep. Luiz Gutierrez rebut what Ann has to say in a very constructive way. I love Joy Reid so much. She is the best at her job. She makes great points about why people are in America but Ann says it has nothing to do with her points she is trying to make. Ann seems a bit off putting but then again, she always blames any stance against her on the types of people that come to see the show.
The panel is split now with Matt (Lewis) and Ann along with Joy Reid and Luiz Gutierrez. Now they are arguing about whether to use machinery and/or people to pick our fruit (so to speak). They are yelling on top of each other.
Oh My God. She (Ann Coulter) just said that she said something in her book that is very nice about the Puerto Ricans. That is great.
They are now talking about the Pope's stance on climate issues saying that he wishes a politician would talk about it that way.
Samantha Page from ThinkProgress wrote up something this week about the the most outrageous responses to the Pope’s encyclical on climate change. Because the same people that want to now all of a sudden keep religeon out of politics are the ONLY ones that ever bring reliion into politics. Its wild.
The papal encyclical on climate change — highly anticipated and applauded by people who accept and care about the fact that human-caused climate change is threatening our existence — came out Thursday morning. Not everyone was pleased.
In the lead-up to the release of the document (which was leaked earlier this week), climate deniers and conspiracy theorists have railed against Pope Francis, theologian and former chemist, for wading into the “political” issue of taking care of the environment.
The Usual Suspects
The Heartland Institute got out ahead of the curve, publishing a piece titled Is The Global Left Counting on Pope to Split the Catholic Church Over Global Warming? back in May. Take a moment to ponder this:
Has the Left finally come out with a method that will destroy the power of the Church to cause further damage to an already weakened Church, having been busy for years preparing for this moment? Not to be forgotten is the unholy alliance of international communism with the jihadi Islamists.
According to the article, the Pope’s stance on global warming is part of a left-wing communist conspiracy to… do something. You can read the whole thing here.
Steve Milloy, co-founder of the conservative Free Enterprise Action Fund, offered up a plethora of shocked tweets, calling the pope a communist and saying climate change is not real.
In another tweet, Milloy asked, “Dear Red Pope: Which plants and animals have not adapted to whatever climate change may have occurred? Example?”
Let us take this one for you, Pope Francis. How about the koala and lemur? Or the wolverine? Orfalcons and butterflies? Or maybe this list of 1,400 other animals threatened by climate change?
The Politicians
Most climate-denying politicians — even Catholics like GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio — are treading lightly around the encyclical, but are mostly saying that climate change is a political, not moral, issue. Catholic presidential candidate Jeb Bush, though, waded right in, telling reporters earlier this week that the pope should butt out of policy conversations.
“I hope I’m not going to get castigated for saying this by my priest back home,” Bush said, “but I don’t get my economic policy from my bishops or my cardinals or my pope.”
Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources concurred. “No, I’m sorry, it’s a political issue,” he told the AP. “Most people have their minds made up on this issue, so any more rhetoric about the issue doesn’t really add a heck of a lot more to it.”
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, maintained the perspective that climate change is a belief, not a scientific fact, and said he disagreed with “the pope’s philosophy on global warming.”
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), side-stepped the content of the pope’s position,saying, “I respect his right to speak out on these important issues.”
Candidate Rick Santorum stepped into the fray last week, saying he was more qualified to talk about climate change than the pope — despite the pope’s background in science.
“The church has gotten it wrong a few times on science,” Santorum told radio host Dom Giordano. “We probably are better off leaving science to the scientists, and focusing on what we’re really good at, which is theology and morality.”
The International Coal Contingent
The long arm of the coal industry shaped reactions across the world. In Poland, a largely Catholic nation that is also dependent on the coal industry for jobs and power, one newspaper called the encyclical anti-Polish. “The new encyclical is already being interpreted as an ‘anti-coal’ document,” conservative newspaper Rzeczpospolita wrote “In the Vatican one can also hear voices that this encyclical is ‘anti-Polish’.”
Polish Parliamentarian Andrzej Jaworski told Yahoo! News that “the Polish energy sector not only should, but must be based on coal. We can’t turn our backs on coal production, building coal mines, or building coal power plants.”
Gerard Henderson, an Australian climate denier, told the Australian Broadcast Company that the encyclical was written because the pope has writers. “There’s a kind of encyclical writing group, they gotta write something, so this is what they’re writing,” Henderson said.
Coming from another coal-dependent nation, Henderson took issue with the encyclical’s content as well. “If you’re an Australian, it’s not good news,” he said. “I mean, the Pope seems to think we should get rid of coal, we should downplay gas… he thinks that our standard of living should decline.”
The Far Out
“If he really cares about the poor, the last thing he should be doing is endorsing this nonsense,” Breitbart’s James Delingpole told British news show Daily Politics. As ThinkProgress has previouslyreported, the world’s poorest people are disproportionately at risk to the effects of climate change.
During a Fox News discussion of the encyclical, talking head Greg Gutfield pointed out that the pope “came out against the Charlie Hebdo attacks! He criticized the cartoonists!” It was unclear how that was related to the encyclical, but the whole rant is worth watching.
Over at the Daily Caller, the encyclical was framed as a rejection of abortion. The outlet interviewed anti-abortion advocate John-Henry Weston, who pointed out that the pope said that environmentalism did not justify abortion. Weston also focused on two of the pope’s environmental advisers.
“Jeffrey Sachs is an explicitly abortion-promoting population control fanatic. And how can the Vatican work with this man when they believe abortion to be murder?” Westen said. “But Schellnhuber, the German is even worse. He’s on record as suggesting the earth has a carrying capacity of under 1 billion people. What he proposes to do with the other six billion is anyone’s guess.”
PS: My parents took me to see George Carlin at the Valley Forge Music fair back in the 70's. Andy Kaufman opened that show.
Regardless of it all happening this crazy week, please stay in touch!
