Laugh of the Day: Chris Plante says SECDEF Ashton Carter, unlike Mattis, never made it to Rolling Thunder because . . .

. . . he was too busy organizing his sock drawer.

In Oklahoma 7 other presidential contenders since 2004 got the OK above Hillary

John McCain  2008:    960,165 votes
George Bush   2004:    959,792
Donald Trump 2016:   949,136
Mitt Romney   2012:   891,325
John Kerry       2004:   503,966
Barack Obama 2008:   502,496
Barack Obama 2012:   443,547
Hillary Clinton 2016:   420,375

Trump crushed Hillary 2.25:1 coming in third.

Hillary didn't just lose Ohio, she placed last there from 2004

Barack Obama 2008:   2,940,044 votes
George Bush    2004:   2,859,768
Donald Trump 2016:   2,841,005
Barack Obama 2012:   2,827,709
John Kerry       2004:   2,741,167
John McCain   2008:   2,677,820
Mitt Romney   2012:   2,661,437
Hillary Clinton 2016:  2,394,164

Hillary bombed in North Dakota, coming in 8th out of 8 from 2004

Donald Trump 2016:   216,794 votes
George Bush   2004:   196,651
Mitt Romney   2012:   188,163
John McCain   2008:   168,887
Barack Obama 2008:   141,403
Barack Obama 2012:   124,827
John Kerry       2004:   111,052
Hillary Clinton 2016:    93,758

Trump crushed Hillary 2.3:1.

In Missouri Hillary was the losingest loser, coming in 8th out of 8 from 2004

Donald Trump  2016:  1,594,511 votes
Mitt Romney    2012:  1,482,440
George Bush    2004:   1,455,713
John McCain   2008:   1,445,814
Barack Obama 2008:   1,441,911
John Kerry       2004:   1,259,171
Barack Obama 2012:   1,223,796
Hillary Clinton 2016:   1,071,068

In Louisiana Hillary was the biggest loser in 12 years

Donald Trump 2016:  1,178,638 votes
Mitt Romney   2012:  1,152,262
John McCain   2008:  1,148,275
George Bush    2004:  1,102,169
John Kerry       2004:     820,299
Barack Obama 2012:     809,141
Barack Obama 2008:     782,989
Hillary Clinton 2016:     780,154

Hillary's performance in Kentucky was the worst in 4 elections

Donald Trump 2016: 1,202,971 votes
Mitt Romney   2012: 1,087,190
George Bush    2004: 1,069,439
John McCain   2008: 1,048,462
Barack Obama 2008:   751,985
John Kerry       2004:   712,733
Barack Obama 2012:   679,370
Hillary Clinton 2016:   628,854

Trump beat Hillary in Kentucky 1.9:1.

I guess we all died a little in that damn war

Here.

Hillary 2016 came in last in Kansas behind John Kerry 2004

George W. Bush 2004: 736,456 votes
John S. McCain  2008: 699,655
Mitt Romney      2012: 689,809
Donald J. Trump 2016: 671,018
Barack Obama    2008: 514,765
Barack Obama    2012: 439,908
John Kerry          2004: 434,993
Hillary Clinton    2016: 427,005

Who knew there were so many Russians working to steal the election from Hillary in Iowa?

Barack Obama 2008: 828,940 votes
Barack Obama 2012: 822,544
Donald Trump 2016: 800,983
George Bush:  2004: 751,957
John Kerry      2004: 741,898
Mitt Romney  2012: 730,617
John McCain  2008: 682,379
H. R.  Clinton 2016: 653,669

When it comes to Hillary Clinton, Arkansas knows best

Donald Trump 2016: 684,872 votes
Mitt Romney 2012:   647,744
John McCain 2008:   638,017
George Bush 2004:    572,898
John Kerry 2004:       469,953
Barack Obama 2008: 422,310
Barack Obama 2012: 394,409
Hillary Clinton 2016: 380,494

Mencken: No decent man would accept a degree he hadn't earned . . . honorary degrees are for riffraff

Mark "open borders" Zuckerberg

John "served in Vietnam" Kerry

Frank Bruni of The New York Times

Fourth Quarter GDP By Presidential Term

Third Quarter GDP By Presidential Term

Second Quarter GDP By Presidential Term

Lock him up: FBI under Comey committed hundreds of 4th Amendment privacy violations

From the story here:

For instance, a ruling declassified this month by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) chronicles nearly 10 pages listing hundreds of violations of the FBI’s privacy-protecting minimization rules that occurred on Comey’s watch.

The behavior the FBI admitted to a FISA judge just last month ranged from illegally sharing raw intelligence with unauthorized third parties to accessing intercepted attorney-client privileged communications without proper oversight the bureau promised was in place years ago.

First Quarter GDP By Presidential Term

The trend for second quarter GDP doesn't look good for Trump

Melania and Ivanka in Saudi Arabia vs. at The Vatican: Capisce?

In Saudi Arabia

At The Vatican

Laugh of the Day: Harvard-Harris poll has Trump job approval at 45%, Comey at 40%

Heh, heh.

Story here.