Comics, 10-16-19: Dems Furor & Nukes in Turkey

Nancy Pelosi: Refuses to have vote on Trump impeachment inquiry
10-15-19, WashTimes -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats 
will not hold a vote to authorize formal impeachment inquiry against Pres Trump.
Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton were impeached - but first the House voted
10-16-19, Politifact -- The Constitution: "the U.S. House of Representatives "shall have the sole Power of Impeachment."

And the Senate "shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments."A two-thirds vote for conviction means the person is removed from office.  However, the rules and procedures for an impeachment are not written in the Constitution, or in a statute requiring a vote to bring an impeachment inquiry against a president. Therefore, Nancy Pelosi has decided to break tradition and have no  vote.
Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton were impeached but first the House voted. More here

World’s Biggest Pork Producer 'Smithfield' Warns of Possible Bacon Shortage
10-9-19, Bloomberg -- According to Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s biggest pork producer, the U.S. could see tight supplies of bacon, shortages of pork bellies and ham next year as China's pig-killing disease ripples through the global market. Although the hog crisis hasn’t had much impact on the U.S. market yet, that could change. The Asian nation is forced to increase imports, said Arnold Silver, director of raw materials procurement at Smithfield, which is owned by Hong Kong-listed WH Group Ltd. "The Chinese are insatiable in their appetite for pork. Smithfield will prioritize supplying its long-held U.S. customer base before directing meat for export to China."

US Reviewing Options For Pulling Nuclear Bombs Out Of Turkey
10-14-19, TheDrive -- The United States has had those nuclear weapons stored at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey since the 1960s. There are between 150 and 200 total B61s deployed between Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey. Turkey is the only host country that is not part of the alliance's nuclear sharing agreement, which gives the other countries involved access to these weapons, in close coordination with the United States, during a crisis. In a crisis, there are no aircraft actually based in Turkey that could deliver the weapons. 

The U.S. stores nuclear weapons in Turkey
7-19-16, WashPost -- In the 1960's under President Johnson [Dem] the “special [nuclear] weapons” were placed in Turkey as part of a nuclear-sharing agreement among NATO allies including Turkey and the United States. The weapons deal, according to one NATO outline reached in the 1960s holds that:

1. storage of B61 nuclear gravity bombs on land of one nation
2. while other countries will commit to maintaining aircraft capable of delivering them
3. the United States keeps possession of and provides security for the bombs wherever they are

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1966 France orders Americans out of France: Quote by Lyndon Baines Johnson: “Ask him about the Americans buried in France!" 
In 1966 upon being told that France's President Charles DeGaulle had taken his country out of NATO and that all U.S. troops were ordered to be evacuated off of French soil ... The Democrat US President Lyndon Johnson told Secretary of State Dean Rusk that he should ask DeGaulle about the Americans buried in France.

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