Sunday, September 4, 2016

Melissa Click Cartoons (new job in Spokane, Wash, according to Gonzaga University)




Is that Melissa Click in the middle?

Trump makes first stop in black community, tells Detroit church congregation 'here to listen'

Trump gets 'gracious' reception at Detroit church
Donald Trump on Saturday took his message to African-American voters into the black community, telling a Detroit church congregation that they are “God’s greatest gift to our nation."

Trump made his appeal at the Great Faith International Ministries church, after weeks of trying to appeal to black voters and amid criticism that the Republican presidential nominee has yet to bring his message into black communities across the country.
Trump on Saturday vowed if elected to bring jobs back to those communities, including many with impoverished black neighborhoods, and to provide a better education for the children who live in them.
“But today, I’m here to listen,” said Trump, reading in subdued tones from what he said was a hand-written message. “I mean it from the heart.”
The event, which included Trump being interviewed by the church’s leader, Bishop Wayne Jackson, for his cable TV show, was surrounding by protesters outside. Some argued with police and private security officers about being denied access to the event and chanted, “No hate in the White House.”
Trump told the congregation in his roughly 20-minute speech that African-American churches -- “in the pews and pulpits” -- were the foundation of the civil rights movement and of the Christian faith, while also asking members to work with him to restore America’s once-prosperous urban centers.
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“I want to help you rebuild Detroit, make the city the economic envy of the world,” he said to applause. “Things are going to get better.”
Over roughly the past two weeks, Trump has increased his efforts to appeal to black voters, arguing that the policies of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and those of other Democratic lawmakers have failed residents in many U.S. cities, particularly African-Americans.
“Hillary Clinton-backed policies are responsible for the problems in the inner cities today, and a vote for her is a vote for another generation of poverty, high crime and lost opportunities,” he said at an Aug. 17 rally in Wisconsin. Democratic lawmakers “have ruined the schools. They’ve driven out the jobs. They’ve tolerated a level of crime no American should consider acceptable. … I am asking for your vote so I can be your champion in the White House.”
After making such arguments, he has frequently said on stage: “What the hell do you have to lose with Trump?”
However, critics argue that Trump made the Wisconsin speech, for example, 40 miles away from Milwaukee and that other, similar speeches have been held in such places as Austin, Texas, and Des Moines, Iowa, not areas Trump has highlighted like Chicago’s South Side or west Baltimore.
On Saturday, Trump also seemed to draw attention to the racial divide that separates Americans and the distrust African-Americans have for law-enforcement agencies, underscored by the sometimes violent protests that have followed the recent deaths of black males while interacting in police officers.
“Our nation is too divided,” he said, after arguing about a lack of “trust between citizens.”
Trump was joined at the event by Dr. Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and former 2016 GOP presidential candidate who is black and came from the Detroit area.
After the church event, Carson took Trump to his childhood home.
Trump trails Clinton in most national polls and in the race on win over minority voters.
Trump is also scheduled this weekend to go to Philadelphia to meet with about a dozen business and religious leaders in the city’s black community.

Pence says he, Trump will release tax returns

Pence: Trump will begin a dialogue, relationship with Mexico

Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence says he and running-mate Donald Trump will release their respective tax returns.
The Indiana governor made the vow during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” scheduled to air Sunday.
Pence said he’d release his full returns next week and that Trump would release his following the completion of an IRS audit.
Trump, a wealthy businessman who has been under pressure to release his returns, has repeatedly said he cannot until the audit is complete.
The IRS has said no laws prevents Trump from releasing them.
"Donald Trump and I are both going to release our tax returns," Pence said. "I'll release mine in the next week, and Donald Trump will be releasing his tax returns at the completion of an audit."
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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and running-mate Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine last month released their 2015 returns.

Obama downplays tarmac row between US, China officials at G20 summit

WH aide, China official have heated words on Obama Asia trip
President Barack Obama said Sunday his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping were “extremely productive” and that the row between U.S. and Chinese officials at the airport upon his arrival shouldn’t be over blown.
Obama said tensions always arise when the White House negotiates how much access the American press will get to the president and foreign leaders overseas. The White House didn’t apologize for pushing to press access because "we don't leave our values and our ideals behind when we take those trips."
"I wouldn't overcrank the significance" of the tensions at the airport, Obama said in a news conference in Hangzhou where global leaders are meeting for a G20 summit.
The summit got off to a contentious start Saturday with Chinese officials reportedly confronting National Security Advisor Susan Rise and other U.S. officials in at least three separate incidents. Reporters on the tarmac said that as soon as Air Force One arrived, a member of the Chinese delegation started screaming at the White House stff.
One reporter described the scene as “a bit of chaos,” as the Chinese official appeared furious about journalists being so near Obama’s arrival, though they purportedly were standing in the area Chinese officials had designated for them.
White House officials reportedly told the Chinese official that the U.S. press corps was staying for the American president arriving on a U.S. aircraft.
When the White House official insisted the U.S. would set the rules for its own leader, her Chinese counterpart shot back, the Associated Press reported.
"This is our country! This is our airport!" the Chinese official yelled.
The exchange with Rice reportedly happened when the Chinese official attempted to prevent her from walking to the U.S. motorcade, as she crossed a media rope line. The official purportedly spoke angrily to her before a Secret Service agent intervened.
Rice responded, but her comments were inaudible to reporters standing underneath the wing of Air Force One. It was unclear if the official, whose name was not immediately clear, knew that Rice was a senior official, not a reporter.
Foreign reporters are often physically prevented from covering sensitive stories, but altercations involving foreign government officials are rare.
U.S. officials also apparently got into a heated exchange with Chinese security official before Obama arrived at China’s West Lake State Guest House, where he met with Chinese President Xi to formally enter their respective countries -- the world's two biggest carbon emitters -- into last year's Paris climate change agreement.
The ceremony included U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and took place ahead of the summit, which officially starts Sunday.
White House staffers and Secret Service officers trying to enter the state guest house separately from reporters were stopped at a security gate and purportedly argued about how many members of the U.S. delegation would be allowed to enter.
"The president is arriving here in an hour," one White House staffer was overheard saying in exasperation.
However, the most heated exchange purportedly occurred between a Chinese security official and a Chinese official helping Americans who got angry about how the guards were treating the White House staff.
“You don't push people,” the Chinese official purportedly yelled in Chinese. “No one gave you the right to touch or push anyone around."
Another Chinese official stepped between the two when the security official purportedly looked ready to throw a punch.
"Calm down please. Calm down," White House official purportedly said.
A foreign ministry official said in Chinese: "Stop, please. There are reporters here.”
Another heated exchange between White House press officers and Chinese officials purportedly occurred minutes later -- over how many American print reporters would be allowed inside the building.
The disagreement continued until about 20 minutes before Obama arrived and purportedly ended with 10 of the reporters being allowed inside, despite White House officials arguing there was plenty of empty space for them to stand at the back of the room.

Fired Mizzou professor Melissa Click hired at Gonzaga University

Once you've had them, cockroaches are hard to get rid of :-)
Former University of Missouri professor Melissa Click has landed a new job nearly 1,600 miles away in Spokane, Wash, according to Gonzaga University's website.
Click is listed on the faculty page of the university's website as a lecturer.
Click was fired from her position as an assistant professor of communications in February, and her appeal of the decision was denied in March. She achieved national attention after video footage of her assaulting a student journalist went viral. Later, video emerged of her yelling profanities at a police officer.
Her confrontation with a student journalist attempting to cover campus protests last November was caught on the journalist’s camera.
Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga, told the Kansas City Star in a written statement that Gonzaga officials knew of Click’s recent history and were confident in welcoming her to the university. The Kansas City Star first reported the hiring.
Click was hired for a one-year, non-tenure track position as a lecturer in the university’s communication studies department, Mermann-Jowiak told the newspaper.
“Dr. Click was hired through an extensive national search process that revealed her to be the most qualified and experienced candidate for the position,” the statement obtained by the newspaper read. “Dr. Click has excellent recommendations for both her teaching and scholarship, which includes an extensive record of publication. We are confident she has learned much from her experiences at the University of Missouri and believe she will uphold the rigorous standards of academic excellence demanded of Gonzaga faculty and students.”


Don't send your kid here unless you want them to be taught by a bunch of IDIOTS.

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