The Morning Report 4/20/17

Good morning, kids. Well, the big news is the exit of Bill O'Reilly from Fox News after a 21-year run pretty much at the top. I used to sort of like him, and then grew tired of him, but aside from my personal feelings, it's a shame he had to go this way. Beyond the surface-level details of what he may or may not have done, the undercurrent of internal Fox power struggles as well as the fodder for bashing Republicans and conservatives are the other angles worthy of exploration. In other news, Jason Chaffetz has somewhat surprisingly decided not to seek re-election in 2018, which means Egg McMuffin will Tossoff his hat into the ring and become our savior. Oh joy, oh bliss. I've also linked to an article about Bill Gates warning about the dangers of a bioterrorism attack. I think his angle is more about shystering government money for pandemic prevention, but this kind of a threat is nightmare fuel, for sure. I had a long conversation with a doctor friend of mine and he basically told me in shocking detail just how easy it would be for terrorists to kill millions of us. Suffice it to say, I will not be saying any more on that subject publicly. Lastly, there was a gigantic SMOD that came within a cosmic red mish hair's distance from the Earth yesterday, and whizzed by us at 73,000 mph. One of these days, boy. Anyway, links from around the world, across the nation and up your street. Have a better one and remain blessed.

• O'Reilly Firing Latest Indicator of Major Rift Between Murdoch and Sons Over Fox's Future
  
• Good Roger Simon: Is O'Reilly's Firing Really About Trump?
  
• Report: 300 Marines Being Sent to Afghan Taliban Stronghold
  
• New Immigration Hawk DHS Hires Enrage Leftists, Open Borders Establishment
  
• SoS Tillerson Warns Unchecked Iran As Bad As North Korea, And . . .
  
• . . . Administration Mulls Re-Imposing All Iran Sanctions, Dismantling Obama Nuke Deal Sellout
  
• Bill Gates: Bio-Terrorism Could Wipe Out Millions in Less Than a Year
  
• McMuffin, Others Scramble to Capture Chaffetz's Seat Come 2018
  
• Ossoff-ied Thinking Dept.: PBS Last October, "Clinton May Have a Chance in Dark Red Georgia!"
  
• Berkeley Cancels Coulter, Coulter Going Anyway
  
• Theresa May Takes Smart Gamble with Snap Vote Call
  
• A Friendly Reminder That Trade Protectionism Cuts Both Ways
  
• How a Huff-Po Hoax Revealed the Left's Ultimate Plan
  
• When Will Useless Foreign Aid Spending End?
  
• 73,000 MPH Gibraltar-Sized SMOD Passes Within 1 Million Miles of Earth

posted by J.J. Sefton at 06:50 AM

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