Warning Graphic Images – Death Toll has climbed over 50 60 70 77.  Over 150 injured. A large box truck (pictured below) has rammed into a massive crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice France.  Initial media reports are claiming dozens of people have been killed and also the possibility of an additional exchange of gun fire between police and the truck occupants.

German TV has video of Jihadist Truck approaching roadblock then speeding through to begin mowing down crowd.  Police firing into cab of vehicle – VIDEO HERE – Video below as truck engages with crowd.  – Again, unsettling – watch with caution:
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Video Live-Stream of the RNC Rules Committee Meeting (On Going):

Two months ago we first mentioned how the national head-to-head “media polling” would eventually have to be walked back to find alignment with reality.
The various presentations by NBC (Mark Murray), ABC, CBS, FOX (Daron Shaw), NYT and WSJ are all structurally useless.  Media polls are simply ‘agenda polls‘, put out by media operations and fraught with the same ideological biases and intents as their mainstream broadcasts.
The latest Rasmussen poll shows Trump over Clinton 44/37, and with Independent voters: Trump leads Clinton 43/30:

During the same two months months Hillary Clinton has outspent Donald Trump 300:1 on advertising.  The Clinton’s intense campaign spending is not increasing her support among voters. (more…)

When supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg targeted Donald Trump with her personal attacks and invectives many people were stunned.
Many pundits and Legal-types were aghast, because the ramifications were/are considerable given the number of executive branch legal issues that end up in SCOTUS.  Under a President Trump, Ginsburg’s clear bias would mean solid arguments she would have to recuse herself from any cases originating within a Trump administration.
But from Justice Ginsburg’s perspective she has nothing to lose.   Ginsburg is all in for Hillary Clinton to win the election.  Ginsburg is not going to remain on the court in 2017.  Ergo the “recuse issue” is moot. The next POTUS is going to select Gingsburg’s replacement.  The walk-back is face saving for the cause only.

“On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” Justice Ginsburg said in a statement on Thursday. “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect.” (link)

Closing arguments concluded today in the bench trial of Lieutenant Brian Rice.  Prosecutors called 12 witnesses over four days, and Rice’s defense team called four witnesses.  Judge Barry Williams has stated he will issue his verdict Monday at 10:00am.
After the prosecution finished laying out their case Judge Williams threw out the 2nd degree assault charge stating the state had failed to provide enough evidence to support the charge.
The remaining charges against Lt. Rice were: involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office.  Rice is the highest ranking officer of the six charged in the case.

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Quinnipiac has released its latest Battleground State Polling (full pdf below).  The polling is for the states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.  Donald Trump beats Hillary Clinton head-to-head in each state’s poll.
However, the shock data -sure to turn heads- is the reality of third party candidates hurting Hillary Clinton far more than Donald Trump:

Yeah, I know, it takes a few minutes to gain your breath after you stop laughing.
Not only does this mean the best laid plans of the #NeverTrump crew have backfired, but it also means Team Clinton will now have to work diligently to get rid of Gary Johnson and Jill Stein if she is to have any remote possibility of winning the general election.
‘Splodey does not seem to adequately give enough emphasis to the stompy feet anxiety sure to be upsetting the globalists.  This is the best summer election ever.
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Against the backdrop of the Minnesota police chief stating today that Ms. Reynolds claims do not match reality…. and having looked at the video hundreds of times, I’m in agreement with Treeper Nettles who first identified the tri-fold wallet of Philando Castile in the left front pocket of his sweat pants.

When you correct the orientation of the video image (to eliminate mirrored orientation) and then point out the visible location of the hand gun you get this: (more…)