Thursday, April 6, 2017
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Seduced...
An Indiana high school teacher and former golf coach met a student for sex in two Indianapolis hotels 22 times since July. Five of those sexual encounters between Robert Chin and his student took place before the girl's 18th birthday. The 40-year-old Avon, Ind., man was held in the Marion County (Ind.) Jail on a felony charge of child seduction.
She began having sex with Chin in July in hotel rooms in Indianapolis, the girl told police. Registry records showed Chin had checked in to the Clarion Hotel 14 times between July and April. Three of those dates were when the girl was 17. Who was at home?
The age of sexual consent in Indiana is 16, but the child seduction law makes it a felony for an adult in a position of trust, including a coach, teacher or pastor, to have sex with a child they supervise who is younger than 18. Just a thought.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Honouring Egypt...
President Trump went out of his way Monday to honor Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, praising the hard-line leader for doing a "fantastic job" and soliciting his help in the fight against terrorism and violent extremists.
"We are very much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt," Trump told Sisi at the White House. "You have a great friend and ally in the United States and in me."
Trump also referenced his own plans for more Pentagon spending to meet the terrorist threat, saying that "we are rejuvenating our military to the highest level ... That’s what we need.”
Seeking to demonstrate a high regard for his guest, Trump brought in reporters and photographers for four separate photo opportunities with him and Sisi. [USA Today-David Jackson]
We agree...
President Trump made clear on Monday that the period of ostracism was over as he hosted Mr. Sisi and pledged unstinting support for the autocratic ruler.
“We agree on so many things,” Mr. Trump said as he sat beside Mr. Sisi in the Oval Office. “I just want to let everybody know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind President el-Sisi. He’s done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt. The United States has, believe me, backing, and we have strong backing.”
If Egypt can be a partner in the battle against international terrorism, then in Mr. Trump’s calculation, that is more important to the United States than concerns over its brutal suppression of domestic dissent.
Nothing could have made Mr. Sisi happier. He arrived from Cairo with a list of financial, security and political requests, but effectively he got what he really wanted in the six minutes that news media photographers were permitted in the Oval Office to record the visit that President Barack Obama had denied him. The picture of the general-turned-president in the White House, hosted by an American leader lavishing praise on him, was the seal of approval he had long craved, the validation of a strongman on the world’s most prominent stage.
[The New York Times- Peter Baker-Declan Walsh]
Favorite...
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has emerged as an early Donald Trump favorite among world leaders. | Getty
Egypt’s military ruler Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was never invited to the Obama White House, where he was viewed as a brutal tyrant with little regard for human rights and democracy.
Michael Crowley- mcrowley@politico.com
I think the writer got the names reversed. Sisi didn't destroy Syria nor provided weapons and killed minorities, children women and young men. Nor did he push 10 million Syrians out of their homes to become refugees. Not to forget that the Obama Administration were in support of the terrorists in Egypt who killed....... Just a thought.
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