PATHLOGICAL LIAR, XENOPHOBE, MISOGYNIST, DEMAGOGUE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE....DONALD TRUMP.....A Racist, Sexist Lying Con Man Sits Atop The Party Of Lincoln Congratulations, America.

National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post 05/04/2016 09:17 pm ET

Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Let that sink in.

Donald Trump

One year ago, in May 2015, the nation’s political attention was focused on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), who was making the case for immigration reform, including a path to legal status for undocumented residents. At the time, Bush’s message seemed in tune with a new direction for his party. In 2012, the Republican National Committee published a report on how to win the White House in 2016. Key to the plan was expanding the GOP’s appeal to minorities, women and young people.

That’s not exactly what happened.

As a candidate, Trump has encouraged his supporters to beat up members of the Black Lives Matter movement who protest his rallies, calling them “outside agitators,” the term used 50 years ago to describe civil rights activists in the Deep South.

“I love the old days,” Trump said in February. “You know what they used to do to [protesters] like that when they were in a place like this? They’d be carried out on a stretcher.” But Trump’s open racism should come as no surprise. Many people learn how to approach the world from their parents. Trump’s father, Fred Trump, was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1927. None other than the great political songwriter Woody Guthrie singled Fred Trump out as a vicious racist. In the 1970s, Trump and his father were sued by the Justice Department for systematically refusing to rent their apartments to black tenants. A decade later, Trump took out full-page ads calling for the execution of five young black men who were accused — falsely, it turned out — of raping and savagely beating a jogger in Central Park.  

Trump’s racially tinged presidential campaign is part of a continuum that goes back to the 1980s and a refinement of the Southern strategy, a political plan devised by former Reagan campaign guru Lee Atwater and former Nixon aide Roger Stone, according to Trump biographer Wayne Barrett.  more

5,000-1 odds LEICESTER CITY CROWNED BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPION: Captain Burrell hails Leicester City’s & Jamaica's Reggae Boy Wes Morgan.... Fearless Foxes!

 Tuesday, May 03, 2016    

Captain Horace Burrell, the president of the Jamaica Football Federation, has heaped praise on Reggae Boy Wes Morgan and his Leicester City team on achieving their first Barclays Premier League title success.

Leicester City’s defender, Wes Morgan celebrates scoring
the equalising 1-1 goal during the English Premier League football
 match against Manchester United at Old Trafford in Manchester,
 north-west England, on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)OLI SCARFF

The ‘Foxes’, as the club is called, were crowned champions yesterday when dethroned champions Chelsea recovered from two goals down at half-time to draw 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bride, thus leaving Leicester City on an unassailable 77 points, seven more than nearest challenger Tottenham, with only two games (six points) to play for.

They started their campaign with the odds highly stacked against them, but maintained a high level of consistency throughout the season to upset the applecart in what is being described as the most remarkable story in football history.

After almost being relegated last season, the Morgan-captained team demonstrated passion and determination in an impressive fairytale season, battling to 22 victories, 11 draws and losing a mere three games on their way to the maiden title — with two games to spare. “The achievement of Leicester City, and more importantly under the captaincy of Wes Morgan, is simply incredible. This is a moment of history and this is a moment that I am sure they would never want to forget,” Burrell told the Jamaica Observeryesterday.

“This is a team that was almost relegated last time around, and they came in with the odds against them and they have now overturned the odds and have won the league. I think this will not only be good for Leicester, but certainly for Jamaica’s football development.

“Their accomplishment is truly great and congratulations to him (Wes) and the entire team. They have done so well and I believe that the entire community of Leicester City would be celebrating and will continue to celebrate for months and years to come,” he added.

With Morgan, 32, being an instrumental figure in the defensive line for the new English champions, Burrell expressed optimism that this victory will be an inspiration which will signal a turning point in the Reggae Boyz exploits. more

POLICE Commissioner, Dr Carl Williams yesterday disclosed that Jamaica says USA to join hunt..... Americans offer help in tracking missionaries’ killers

BY KIMONE FRANCIS Observer staff reporter francisk@jamaicaobserver.com  Tuesday, May 03, 2016 

POLICE Commissioner Dr Carl Williams yesterday disclosed that Jamaica is receiving help from the United States to track down the killers of two American missionaries whose bodies were found in a remote part of Boscobel, St Mary, between Saturday and Sunday.

Police report that 48-year-old Randy Hentzel and 53-year-old Harold Nichols rented motorcycles in Ocho Rios, St Ann, and went on a trail on Saturday. Residents later stumbled upon Hentzel’s body after 12:00 pm, face down with the hands bound. Nichols’ body was found sometime after 2:00 pm on Sunday with his head bashed in.

Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams addressing a news
conference yesterday on the killing of two American
 missionaries. He said the Jamaican police were doing
 everything possible to identify and apprehend the
 criminals responsible. Bryan Cummings 

“A high-level investigation has been launched into this matter. Residents have pledged to co-operate fully with the authorities to ensure the perpetrators of this atrocious crime are sought and prosecuted,” Commissioner Williams told journalists yesterday during a hastily called press conference at his office, adding that “expert” investigators have been assigned to the case.

While Williams did not state specifically who the expert investigators were, Joshua Polacheck, the counselor for public affairs at the US Embassy in Kingston, told the Jamaica Observer last night that they would likely be law enforcement officers from multiple US agencies in Jamaica, among them the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the US Marshals Service; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

At his press conference, the police commissioner said that investigators were still ascertaining the basic facts of the case. “Our investigators are on the ground doing their canvassing as we speak…,” he added.

The commissioner said that, while no motive has been established for the killings, he is assuring the nation and the international community that the perpetrators will be brought to justice.

“Yesterday, I called the United States ambassador to Jamaica to update him on the investigation and to assure him that we are doing everything possible to identify the criminals responsible for these brutal acts,” said Williams.

Added to that, he said an autopsy has been scheduled for today to ascertain how the missionaries were killed. more

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (BANK FRAUD) : 26-year-old woman, Jeniqua Johnson, withdraws $1.2m after opening Scotia account with $5,000

BY TANESHA MUNDLE Observer staff reporter mundlet@jamaicaobserver.com  Tuesday, May 03, 2016 

AN aspiring nurse who defrauded the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) of $1.2 million via a cheque, after opening an account with only $5,000, is to know her fate on June 30 when she appears in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

Withdrawal

The 26-year-old woman, Jeniqua Johnson, had also attempted to obtain over $300,000 after lodging three other cheques to BNS.

Johnson pleaded guilty to three counts of attempting to obtain money by false pretense and a count of obtaining money by false pretense yesterday when she appeared in court. Her bail was subsequently extended by Senior Parish Judge Judith Pusey.

She was, however, warned not to return to court without the money to repay the bank. The court heard that in April of last year, Johnson wrote a cheque for $20,000 to pay Islandwide Builders, but the cheque bounced as there was not enough money in her account to cover the sum.

She also wrote two other cheques on May 19 — one for $300,000 to pay the National Water Commission and another for $19,100, to Bryan’s Studio — which also bounced.

The court also heard that Johnson wrote another cheque for $1.2 million on May 29, which she encashed at a branch of Sagicor Bank.

But Attorney Zephania Forest told the court that Johnson did not benefit from the funds and was acting at the behest of an individual whom she had never met.

He said that Johnson, who was a nursing student at a university in Kingston at the time of the offence, was referred to the individual for a job.

She was successful in getting a job, he said, which required her to collect the names of people who were interested in loans, but the business was shut down after the police got wind of its operations.

Forest said following that, the same individual contacted his client and told her that he would be starting a training school to prepare people to work in a call centre and that she should open a company account.

Johnson then went and opened two accounts — one at BNS and the other at Sagicor Bank. more

CRAZY CALLER ? : 19-year-old Felton woman, Kourtney R. Furber charged with calling ex-boyfriend cell phone more than 300 times in one day

A 19-year-old Felton woman was arrested after Milford police say she called a man's cell phone more than 300 times in one day.

Kourtney R. Furber

Court documents obtained by The News Journal indicate that Kourtney R. Furber followed her 18-year-old ex-boyfriend into Milford city limits, "motioning to him to pick up his phone" while repeatedly calling him.

Police were contacted by a man who reported that Furber kept calling his phone on April 18, Sgt. Dwight Young said. The man said he had been contacted more than 300 times, but continued to ignore the calls. Furber then called him at work, harassing him at work until he finally hung up, according to court documents. At one point, the man told police that Furber said "If you can't be with me, you can't be with your kids," according to court documents.

He also reported that Furber tried to run him off the road and threatened to bust his car windows. She also showed up at the man's workplace, where she approached him in the parking lot outside, according to court documents.

Furber was charged with harassment and released on $1,000 unsecured bond.