In the summer of 2015, Gov. Bentley and his then-wife Dianne had an argument at the couple’s private residence in Tuscaloosa over Gov. Bentley’s refusal to sever ties with Mrs. Mason, his top political advisor-turned-mistress.

As a result of the argument, Gov. Bentley left the residence in his pickup truck and drove toward the couple’s beach house in Ft. Morgan, Alabama. According to the sources, this happened on multiple occasions, leaving the governor’s security detail to decide whether to chase after him, or let him go.

When the governor arrived at his beach house, he realized that in his rush to leave, he had forgotten his wallet.

At that point, he ordered one of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) helicopters to deliver it to him, which it did.

The sources each said that current ALEA head Stan Stabler was involved in facilitating the delivery.

Stabler succeeded Spencer Collier as head of ALEA after Bentley fired Collier, his longtime friend, last month.

Collier has said he and other members of state law enforcement were fired for cooperating with an investigation by the attorney general’s office.

Bucky wrote:it's almost like power corrupts

SK790 wrote:

After more than seven hours of debate spread over two days, the Missouri Senate endorsed a plan requiring a top Planned Parenthood official to comply with a subpoena seeking information on how the organization disposes of fetal remains.

On a 24-8 vote, senators agreed to move forward with contempt proceedings against Mary Kogut, the CEO of Planned Parenthood of St. Louis and Southwest Missouri and Dr. James Miller of Pathology Services Inc. The vote was along party lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats opposed.

A 12-year-old girl asked Putin who he would choose to save first from drowning, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan or Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko, both heads of countries with which Russia has pointedly difficult relations.

Putin replied, “If a person is determined to drown, it’s impossible to save them.”

Another young caller from central Russia asked Putin what he would want if he had three wishes?

Putin said it was best not to rely on fairy-tale characters

“Do you remember there was a little song in the Soviet times, “No one will help us. Not God, not a tsar, not a hero,’” he said, adding that it was best not to wait for miracles.

A woman caller told Putin she understood that his former wife, Lyudmila, had recently remarried and wondered whether he himself wouldn’t soon marry again and “give Russia a first lady.”

Putin joked he thought that might affect oil prices, but declined to answer.

The Russian leader said work was more important right now, but added, “Maybe one day I’ll be able to satisfy your curiosity.”

SK790 wrote:Hillary Declared $250,000 In In-Kind Contributions on FEC Report

The Clinton campaign, which did not respond to multiple requests for comment before publication, contacted the Washington Free Beacon after the story was published and said the amounts listed were in-kind contributions to the campaign from Clinton.

“Those are in-kind donations from Hillary Clinton, not payments to her. Sorry for the slow response,” said campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin.

The campaign said the FEC requires in-kind contributions to be posted under expenditures and contributions even though no money is being disbursed from the campaign.

Warszawa wrote:Imo a lot of dem ads are going way overboard on the women/ minority angle. Actually it might be smart tactic but as a white male its kind of annoying

Monkeyboy wrote:Clinton net favorability ratings are still dropping among dems.

http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-m ... w-low.aspx


I'm sure that won't hurt turnout. Will the base show up in November?

Monkeyboy wrote:Clinton net favorability ratings are still dropping among dems.

http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-m ... w-low.aspx


I'm sure that won't hurt turnout. Will the base show up in November?