In NSA-Intercepted Data, Those Not Targeted Far Outnumber the Foreigners Who Are

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Photo Credit: Washington PostOrdinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S. digital networks, according to a four-month investigation by The Washington Post.

Nine of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations, which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency had cast for somebody else.

Many of them were Americans. Nearly half of the surveillance files, a strikingly high proportion, contained names, e-mail addresses or other details that the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents. NSA analysts masked, or “minimized,” more than 65,000 such references to protect Americans’ privacy, but The Post found nearly 900 additional e-mail addresses, unmasked in the files, that could be strongly linked to U.S. citizens or U.S.residents.

The surveillance files highlight a policy dilemma that has been aired only abstractly in public. There are discoveries of considerable intelligence value in the intercepted messages — and collateral harm to privacy on a scale that the Obama administration has not been willing to address.

Among the most valuable contents — which The Post will not describe in detail, to avoid interfering with ongoing operations — are fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project, double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.

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Montana Newspaper Apologizes for Endorsing President Obama

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Photo Credit: ShutterstockWe’re sorry!

That’s essentially what the Billings Gazette said in a scathing editorial published Friday, which was meant as a public apology for endorsing President Obama in 2008.

“Sometimes, you have to admit you’re wrong,” the editorial stated. “And, we were wrong.”

The paper even pined for the Bush Administration despite calling it a “sub par presidency,” longing for “the good ol’ days when we were at least winning battles in Iraq.”

The piece went on to list eight mistakes the editorial board thinks President Obama has made (as explained by The Washington Examiner):

– The scandal over NSA spying on Americans

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University President Calls Law Requiring Study of Constitution ‘Archaic’

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Photo Credit: Thomas Cooper University of South Carolina president Harris Pastides is refusing to comply with a state law that requires all public universities to teach students about America’s founding documents, including the Constitution, calling it “archaic.” In a bit of irony that is apparently lost on Pastides, USC claims the state law is itself unconstitutional.

Section 59-29-120 of the South Carolina Code requires students be taught the “essentials of the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers,” and goes on to provide that “no student in any such school, college, or university may receive a certificate of graduation without previously passing a satisfactory examination upon the provisions and principles” of those documents. A number of South Carolina universities do not require students to take such courses or pass such an exam—most notably the state’s flagship institution: the University of South Carolina.

When asked about this by a student at an academic forum in 2013, the vice provost of USC, Dr. Helen Doerpinghaus, claimed that while the university did not follow the letter of the law, it did follow the “spirit of the law” by handing out pocket-sized Constitutions on Constitution Day. Under this logic, the university must believe it could teach students chemistry by handing out a copy of the Periodic Table on World Science Day on Nov. 10.

Starting in December 2013, several concerned state legislators wrote to the university asking about this failure. President Pastides responded by saying the law was “archaic” and giving multiple reasons for the university’s noncompliance. He also claimed that about 60 percent of students take a political science or history class that discusses these documents, which, of course, means that approximately 40 percent of students don’t take those classes and do not receive a proper grounding in our founding documents and the principles that animate them.

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Apollo Astronaut: Climate Alarmism Is the ‘Biggest Fraud in the Field of Science’

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Photo Credit: CNS News Climate alarmism is “the biggest fraud in the field of science” and the 97% consensus claim is nonsensical, Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham tells MRCTV in a preview of his presentation at the upcoming Heartland Institute climate conference, July 7-9.

“Since about 2000, I looked farther and farther into it,” Col. Cunningham (USMC, Ret.) tells MRCTV in an exclusive interview. “I found that not one of the claims that the alarmists were making out there had any bearings, whatsoever. And, so, it was kind of a no-brainer to come to the conclusion.”

Cunningham rejects the notion of man-made climate, not only as fact – but also as even qualifying as an actual “theory”:

“In the media, it was being called a theory. Obviously, they didn’t know what it means to be a theory.”

“If we go back to the warmist hypothesis – not a theory, but, a hypothesis – they’ve been saying from the very beginning that carbon dioxide levels are abnormally high, that higher levels of carbon dioxide are bad for humans, and they thought warmer temperatures are bad for our world, and they thought we were able to override natural forces to control the earth’s temperature. So, as I’ve looked into those, that’s the problem that I’ve found, because I didn’t find any of those to be correct – and, they certainly were not a theory, it was just their guess at what they wanted to see in the data they were looking at.”

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Obama Wants to Force Americans to Pay for Abortion-Causing Drugs Since He Can’t Force Hobby Lobby

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Photo Credit: LifeNews By Steven Ertelt.

So just how is the Obama administration spinning the Supreme Court’s decision today that dealt it a devastating blow? Now that President Barcack Obama can’t force Hobby Lobby and other companies and businesses to pay for abortion-causing drugs, he’s wanting to force Americans to pay for birth control and very early drugs that may cause abortions.

From the Daily Caller:

The White House has quickly converted the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision into a campaign-trail wedge issue, by calling on Congress to continue providing abortion-related drugs to a small number of women who work for Catholic employers.

Because of the court’s decision, women “no longer have access to free contraception coverage… simply because of the religious views held by their bosses,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.

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Photo Credit: Daily Signal After Hobby Lobby, Another Part of the Obamacare Mandate Could Fall

By Elizabeth Slattery.

Today’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, which are for-profit companies, raises questions about the fate of the HHS mandate accommodation for which certain religious non-profit employers are eligible.

Under the accommodation, non-profit employers self-certify to their insurance provider or third-party administrator that they have a religious objection to providing or paying for certain drugs and devices, and this initiates the process of the insurance company or third-party administrator providing the mandated coverage to employees. Just like the HHS mandate itself, this accommodation has been challenged by dozens of employers for violating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which prohibits the government from substantially burdening free exercise unless it can show that the burden is the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling government interest.

In today’s ruling—which deals only with closely held corporations—the existence of this accommodation was proof to a majority of the justices on the Supreme Court that there are less restrictive means for the government to advance the compelling interest behind the HHS mandate. The Supreme Court did not reach whether the accommodation itself complies with RFRA, since it was not an issue addressed by the parties. Further, a hallmark of the Roberts Court is taking incremental steps toward an eventual goal (as it did in recent years with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act). Thus, in the long run, the Court likewise may rule the accommodation violates the free exercise of non-profit groups.

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Photo Credit: APObama Racking Up Judicial Losses

By Ben Wolfgang.

President Obama suffered two final defeats in the Supreme Court on Monday, capping a 2013-2014 term in which the justices delivered several judicial hits to the White House while taking a firm stand against the unchecked power of the state.

The administration’s losses on Obamacare rules and compulsory union dues served as a rebuke on the Supreme Court’s final day after months of judicial decisions to rein in big government on issues such as snooping without a warrant, campaign finance restrictions and Mr. Obama’s recess appointment powers.

Just as damning was the way the court ruled in some of those cases. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. corralled unanimous votes on privacy and recess appointments — cases that dealt stinging defeats to Mr. Obama, himself a lawyer and former lecturer on constitutional law.

In the more than five years that Mr. Obama has been in office, the court has rejected the government’s argument with a 9-0 decision 20 times.

During the eight years each in the administrations of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the government lost on unanimous votes 15 times and 23 times, respectively. That puts the Obama administration on pace to greatly exceed recent predecessors in terms of judicial losses.

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NOAA Quietly Reinstates July 1936 As The Hottest Month On Record

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Photo Credit: REUTERS / NASA / NOAAThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, criticized for manipulating temperature records to create a warming trend, has now been caught warming the past and cooling the present.

July 2012 became the hottest month on record in the U.S. during a summer that was declared “too hot to handle” by NASA scientists. That summer more than half the country was experiencing drought and wildfires had scorched more than 1.3 million acres of land, according to NASA.

According to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in 2012, the “average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above the 20th century average, marking the warmest July and all-time warmest month on record for the nation in a period of record that dates back to 1895.”

“The previous warmest July for the nation was July 1936, when the average U.S. temperature was 77.4°F,” NOAA said in 2012.

This statement by NOAA was still available on their website when checked by The Daily Caller News Foundation. But when meteorologist and climate blogger Anthony Watts went to check the NOAA data on Sunday he found that the science agency had quietly reinstated July 1936 as the hottest month on record in the U.S.

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TARGETED: The Gun Control Agenda

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A Documentary Film Treatment

A BRIEF HISTORY

Guns; they’ve been an integral part of the fabric of America since even before 1776. Since their invention, guns have always been fundamental to the establishment of new nations, the sustenance of men and women, and the protection of lives, homes and property. When the Pilgrims fled tyranny and came to America they brought their families, their Bibles and their guns. With these, they helped to establish a nation built upon Biblical freedoms.

After the American Revolution, the leaders of the nation wrote a document, our Constitution, that guaranteed the protection of the Rights of the People “to keep and bear arms,” stating that that right “shall not be infringed,” with one express purpose. To make sure that the people of our new nation never had to fear tyrannical governments again, giving them the ability to always defend themselves.

THE PROBLEM

Yet one of the most pressing and hot-button legislative issues of the day is the topic of gun control. Although it isn’t a new debate, after the most recent mass shootings in Aurora, CO and Newtown, CT, laws regulating gun ownership and
Presidential executive orders restricting the Second Amendment have again risen to the forefront of American politics. These regulations, bans and laws are meant to “protect” American citizens from further threats of gun violence, but there are some questions that need to be asked.

Statistically speaking, the restriction of guns and gun ownership does not make people safer. Look at Australia; after the gun bans imposed there, armed robberies went up 69%, assaults with guns have gone up 28%, gun murders have gone up 19% and home invasions are up 21%. It seems as though gun control hasn’t succeeded there. In our nation’s capital, Washington D.C., the government enacted a gun ban in 1976. “The D.C. gun ban… prohibited anyone other than law-enforcement officers from carrying a firearm in the city. Residents were even barred from keeping guns in their homes for self-defense.1” After this ban was enacted, violent crime escalated more than 200% between 1976 and 1993. This appears to show fairly conclusively that the regulation and restriction of guns doesn’t work… especially when you compare these numbers with the statistics of a nation like Switzerland. Violent crime there is almost non-existent, with 40 gun-related homicides in 2010, as opposed to the 11,078 gun murders in the U.S.) “Although there is more per capita firepower in Switzerland than any place in the world, it is one of the safest places to be.

To the delight of Americans who support the right to keep and bear arms, Switzerland is the proof in the pudding of the argument that guns don’t cause crime.”

So the question needs to be asked. If gun control is meant to keep us safe, why hasn’t it worked? And if gun control works, shouldn’t the violent crime rates, and those specifically relating to guns, plunge? It seems that our lawmakers are intelligent enough to understand these statistics. So why don’t they?

In 1938, the Nazi regime enacted The German Weapons Act. These were some of the stipulations.

• All citizens who wished to purchase firearms had to register with the Nazi officials and have a background check

• It gave Nazis unrestricted power to decide what kinds of firearms could, or could not be owned by private persons.

• The types of ammunition that were legal were subject to control by bureaucrats.

Sound familiar? President Obama’s gun control plan includes each and every one of these measures, and then some. His executive orders and new laws aren’t meant to reduce gun violence; the gun-control legislation is about just that… control. He’s already shown himself to be a Socialist, so it should be of no surprise that he wants to take our guns. Why? Because when you disarm a citizenry, you’ve left them defenseless and without protection against tyranny. We believe that behind the President’s movement is an agenda; an agenda to disarm and enslave the American people.

THE CALL TO ACTION

This film is meant to expose that agenda, studying conclusively the motives for gun control in America, and taking a hard look at the Second Amendment, with interviews with experts in the fields of Law & Government, and experts in the gun control debate, showing that many of our legislators don’t have our safety in mind; they simply want control. And what better way to get it than to take our guns? As stated above, the Second Amendment was put in the Constitution to
guarantee Americans the right to keep and bear arms for the “protection of a Free State.” The Founding Fathers understood the concept of tyranny better than almost any others in American History. And so they should. They had lived through it, fought against it, bled because of it, and died to root it out. They wanted to secure the freedom for which they had spent themselves, for their posterity. Since 1776, generations of Americans have fought to continue to protect these freedoms, and until now, we’ve successfully defended them.

The legacy left to us continues to be one of the greatest and most crucial parts of the fabric of a free America. So when a government comes to take our freedoms, they come to destroy that legacy. We will not give up our guns, we will not give up our rights, and we will not give up our freedoms. But we as Americans have a responsibility to defend them against the onslaught of tyranny in the land, and this film will motivate viewers in some of the most fundamental ways that we can protect the freedoms that we have been blessed with.

We will encourage the viewers to become involved politically in the issue of gun control. As Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” We cannot look at the breakdown of our freedoms, and simply sit back, thinking that others will fight against tyrannies. We must think, fight and vote according to our principles, and our principles must be in line with the Constitution of the United States- the highest government in the land.

We will also urge people to purchase guns. While small, it is still a step towards advancing the reconstruction of freedom in the area of gun control. There is nothing that the Left wants less than for Americans to mobilize by voting Constitutionally, and for freedom loving Americans to keep themselves prepared by purchasing and owning firearms. And finally, the only way that we can continue to win the fight is by teaching and training the next generation in these principles. We cannot expect that there will be true change, unless the legacy of freedom continues to grow, and continues to be passed down to the next generation. This is a fight that we must win, but it can only win if we teach freedom to those that will come after us.

And as Charlton Heston said… “From my cold dead hands.”

1: https://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/how-washington-d-c-s-gun-ban-led-to-a-crime-wave-in-the-80s/
2: https://www.stephenhalbrook.com/articles/guns-crime-swiss.html/
3: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130122064614AAVZHUM

Target Audience

There are several demographics within our target audience. We want to challenge those who have at least a minimal understanding that we as Americans have a fundamental Constitutional and moral right to bear arms. The groups that we
are targeting are as follows:

1. People that believe in the 2nd amendment, but also believe that some laws that regulate firearms and gun ownership are permissible, as long as Americans are still allowed to freely purchase and own guns. 


2. For those who see an erosion of the 2nd amendment but don’t know what to
do to stop that erosion.

3. Those who are beginning to be persuaded to an anti gun view by the media, or current events, such as mass shootings,
murders, accidental gun deaths etc.

What Will Make This Film Timely?

Gun control is in the news almost every day. The news media presents a bias against guns and works at trying to convince people to agree with them. Targeted will combat the ideology that says taking away the rights of gun owners will protect people, and reveal that instead, gun control is an agenda; an agenda about control.

What Will Make This Film Strong

Targeted will be substantiated by statistics, interviews with constitution experts, law enforcement, historians, leaders in the gun control debate, as well as showcasing the stories of real life Americans that have saved lives by having a gun. The film will have very tangible action steps for viewers to do to save not just the 2nd amendments but the entire constitution as well.

Mobilization

This film will have several pieces of the mobilization effort for our viewers to act upon, in order to uphold and fight for the liberties that we have been blessed with, and that are under attack. Through the course of this film, we will encourage people to not only talk about freedom, but to mobilize, act and engage in the battle for our freedom. There are very attainable and tangible actions that they can take to keep and fight for our liberty, freedom and the Constitution.

1. Purchase a gun.

While this is a small thing to do, it will still make a difference to purchase a gun, as this is really the antithesis of what those opposed to firearms want us to do.

2. Become a member of, and actively support the NAGR, GOA, your local and state gun organizations.

By becoming a member of a gun organization that is actively involved in non compromising efforts to keep our right to bear arms.

3. Seek out and support your public ofcials that hold to the liberties of America.

In order to keep our freedoms, we must do diligence in studying and researching political candidates that desire to uphold the law of our land, the Constitution and working to elect them in whatever ways possible.

4. Train and teach the next generation about our Constitution, freedom and liberties.

Read and understand the documents that gave us the liberties and freedoms that the US has had since it’s inception. Read true history, and shun those who would desire to revise and change the truth about America.

Working Mobilization into the Film

1. As the story of the film unfolds, questions will be asked of the viewer about the viewers involvement with the issues and the solutions.

2. All of the mobilization will be presented as a part of the solution, giving the viewer the ability to see them as attainable.

3. At some strategic locations around the country we will have film hosts with sign ups at the the showings, and a challenge that will correspond with the mobilization solutions presented in the film. This will allow people to be actively involved in the efforts, and will help to jumpstart the solutions. This can be an ongoing effort.

Production Period
Pre-Production March – November, 2013
Production December – May, 2014
Post-Production June, 2014-September 2014

Documentary/Journey Style

Targeted will be a journey documentary, following the story of an nineteen year-old filmmaker as he sets out to discover the original intent of the Second Amendment as written by our Founding Fathers, in opposition to the current trend of gun enforcement, gun bans and strict gun regulations, and exposing what our future, as Americans, might hold if the bureaucrats succeed in taking our guns. Through the course of the film, we will have testimony from experts in Constitutional law, experts in the gun control controversy, from law enforcement and from American people who love our country and our Constitution, as well as examining the successes and failures of other nations with both stricter gun control and freer gun policies.

Production Budget- (Fully Funded)

$192,385- Pre-production/equipment, staffing, marketing
$ 44,700- Production/travel
$ 22,000- Post-production/music, marketing, replication
$259,085- Total

Marketing/Distribution

1. Targeted road tour will be launched to take the films to several key locations
across the United States ending in Washington DC. The tour will have several purposes:
A. To take the message of the film to crucial locations
B. To serve as a means of marketing for the film’s release
C. To guarantee income for the film
2. Wintons Motion Pictures will launch a grassroots online campaign utilizing social
networking sites and the official “Targeted” website to raise awareness.
3. At a chosen time, Wintons Motion Pictures will find a film distributing company to
distribute the film. Wintons Motion Pictures sold there distribution rights of there first film
Rescued to Vision Video.
4. Wintons Motion Pictures will market several organization with a pro gun stance and enlist
their help in marketing. 


Estimated Length: 60-90 minutes

Finances/Funding

Targeted will work on funding in multiple ways;

1. Investors
2. Film Partners through a funding campaign
3. Official Targeted web site
4. Gun Organizations that donate money to the film

Release Projection: September 17, 2014 Constitution Day (227 years ago the Constitution was signed)

Final Statement

It is the desire of Wintons Motion Pictures to produce a compelling film that will impact American citizens, and help them to see that our current Administration, as well as anti-gun groups, have a very clear agenda in desiring to take away our Second Amendment right to bear arms. Not only will we expose that agenda for what it truly is, but we will give clear answers to help combat the tyranny in our government, and to combat those who wish to take away our right to bear arms.

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Copyright © 2013 Wintons Motion Pictures / www.targetedthemovie.com

Wintons Motion Pictures / Phone: 530-356-5235 / Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Wintons Motion Pictures
Randy Winton, Producer
Jesse Winton, Director, Writer
Erik Weir, Partner
Bill Reeves, Partner

Major Lawsuit Over Senate Race 'Shenanigans'

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Photo Credit: WNDBy James Simpson.

True the Vote, the citizens initiative pursuing “free and fair elections for all Americans,” and 13 other plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Mississippi Secretary of State and the Republican Party of Mississippi over the June 24 primary election runoff in which Sen. Thad Cochran edged tea-party challenger Chris McDaniel.

The lawsuit asks the court to grant immediate access to voting records to inspect for possible illegal voting. It asserts that “defendants failed to properly abide by federal election record maintenance and open records provisions codified in the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Records made partially available to the plaintiffs indicated ‘double-voting’ from Democratic to Republican primaries – potentially diluting votes in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.”

The complaint explains that the National Voter Registration Act supersedes Mississippi law.

“All we are asking is that the Mississippi State Republican Party follow the law; allow their designated county representatives to inspect the poll books and ballots, give them the review time they are permitted by law, and allow them to uphold their responsibility to Mississippi voters … True the Vote has been inundated with reports from voters across Mississippi who are outraged to see the integrity of this election being undermined so that politicos can get back to business as usual. Enough is enough,” said True the Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht.

McDaniel won the June 3 state GOP primary with a margin too small (about 1,500 votes) to avoid a runoff. Cochran won the runoff with 7,000 votes, allegedly by convincing thousands of black Democrats to cross over and vote for him in the runoff.

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Democrat Pastor Accuses Thad Cochran Campaign of Vote-For-Pay Scheme

By Matthew Boyle.

Photo Credit: Gotnews.comA black Mississippi pastor has emerged to claim Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) campaign paid “thousands” of Democrats $15 each to vote in the June 24 GOP runoff – and that he was part of the scheme.

Rev. Stevie Fielder, an associate pastor at First Union Missionary Baptist Church in Meridian, Mississippi, says Cochran’s campaign “told me to offer blacks $15 each and to vote for Thad.”

Fielder, who was paid by freelance journalist Charles C. Johnson for the story, provided a new outlet launched by Johnson—GotNews.com—with four text messages from a person purporting to be Cochran campaign staffer Saleem Baird.

The messages cite an official Cochran campaign email address—[email protected]—and include detailed discussions of the campaign providing envelopes of money to distribute to people who vote.

“Send me individual names and amounts along with home address to [email protected] and I’ll have money separated in envelopes at the office waiting for you,” one message, sent three days before the runoff, says.

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The U.S. Politicos Kissing Up to Russia (Including Our Very Own…)

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Photo Credit: Maxim ShipenkovWashington’s celebration of U.S.-Russian relations quickly turned into a pity party for the Kremlin’s die-hard American apologists…

Speaker after speaker, with few exceptions, denounced American policy towards Russia, defended the actions of Vladimir Putin, and ferociously attacked anyone who disagreed with them. The discussions took place at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, with an after party at the Embassy…

The American system was represented, by two, state-level American politicians there: Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell and Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.

Both men were recruited to gush about the importance of U.S.-Russian relations for their respective state economies, and warn against any moves that might set those relations back. “The first question I’m always asked is can I see Russia from my house,” Treadwell joked in reference to the former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, before getting to the more serious business. “Do not forget: we are neighbors because people will be affected.” Tell that to the Ukrainians.

Ritchie took to the stage to complain about how a “U.S.-Russia Innovation” forum originally scheduled to take place in St. Paul in March was “frozen” by the State Department as a result of Russia’s invasion of Crimea. “You don’t call them and tell dinner’s off because Washington called and said, ‘cancel dinner,’” he said. Apparently, Russia’s blatant overthrow of the European security order shouldn’t interfere with Midwestern hospitality.

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WATCH: Joan Rivers Calls President “Gay,” Michelle Obama “Tr*nny”

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Asked by a street reporter whether a gay president or a female president will take office first, Rivers replied, “We already have it with Obama.”

“You know Michelle is a tr*nny,” she went on. “A transgender. We all know.”

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