Update
Posting again today as some timely news. ~Bob
General News and Comment
Must Read: National Honor Matters: Countries don’t act
only in a narrow, largely financial definition of self-interest. By Jonah Goldberg
Excerpt: Then some jihadi punks beheaded two Americans
and taunted the U.S.
in the process. The same jihadis conquered and enslaved territories that
Americans fought, bled, and died to liberate. They boasted that they beat us in
a war and vowed — ridiculously — that their flag would fly over our White
House. Lo and behold, it turns out that Americans don’t like that sort of
thing. Attitudes, particularly among the very patriotic and pro-military
tea-party crowd, suddenly and predictably shifted.
Excerpt: At a July fundraising event in Chicago , Mrs. Michelle Obama remarked,
"So, yeah, there's too much money in politics. There's (sic) special
interests that have too much influence." ... The bedrock problem is the
awesome power of Congress. We Americans have asked, demanded and allowed
congressmen to ignore their oaths of office and ignore the constitutional
limitations imposed on them. The greater the congressional power to give
handouts and grant favors and make special privileges the greater the value of
being able to influence congressional decision-making. There's no better
influence than money.
Moulton upends
Tierney, sets sights on GOP’s Tisei
Excerpt: Seth Moulton, a Harvard Business
School North Shore
Issa: Holder aide
caught red-handed
Excerpt: The administration official calling House Oversight
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa’s (R-Calif.) office last week had an odd
request. Could the Justice Department get some help leaking information about
the IRS’s scrutiny of conservative groups? asked Brian Fallon, a top spokesman
for Attorney General Eric Holder. Apparently thinking he had reached the
office of Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md. ), Fallon said the department wanted
congressional staffers to get documents to selected reporters so that officials
could comment on them “before the majority” did. (You can't make this stuff up.
--Barb. Neither surprised nor shocked. SOP for them. ~Bob)
30 minutes by Dr. Ben
Carson
This is an address he gave at a college commencement. It is
a wonderful speech about America ,
and one that a great many people really should hear. I recommend it most
highly. --Del
Justice Department Stonewalling Internal Investigators
http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/09/justice-department-stonewalling-internal-investigators/#ixzz3CwGBykQL
Justice Department Stonewalling Internal Investigators
http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/09/justice-department-stonewalling-internal-investigators/#ixzz3CwGBykQL
Excerpt: These officers “faced restrictions on their access
to certain records available to their agencies that were needed to perform
their oversight work in critical areas,” the letter explained. “Limiting access
in this manner is inconsistent with the IG Act [the 1978 law that created
the inspector general offices], at odds with the independence of Inspectors
General, and risks leaving the agencies insulated from scrutiny and
unacceptably vulnerable to mismanagement and misconduct – the very
problems that our offices were established to review and that the American
people expect us to be able to address.” (Like the Mob, the Community has a
Code of Silence that means authority is to be ignored; the law does not apply
to the Department of Justice. Show me your shocked face. --Barb)
President Obama Rejected From Top NY Golf Courses Over
Labor Day Weekend: Sources. The President was in town over Labor Day weekend
for fundraising events and a wedding in Westchester .
By Jonathan Dienst
Excerpt: The president was in town Aug. 29, a Friday, for
fundraising events in New York and Rhode Island . He had
been scheduled to stay overnight in Westchester
County Washington
Friday night instead of staying over in New
York . (And the cost to taxpayers of him flying home
from the Friday fund raisers, them back Saturday to the wedding was? ~Bob. POTUS in NY for wedding
of WH Chef to MSNBC host, had some spare time....Barb)
Scary: Scientists Successfully Erase Unwanted Memories
http://www.NewsmaxHealth.com/Health-News/erasing-painful-memories-drug-associated-memories-actin-memory-formation/2013/09/11/id/525124/#ixzz3Cw3QxHwO
Excerpt: Until now, erasing painful memories has been a fantasy explored in books and in movies, such as the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." But researchers at The Scripps Research Institute inFlorida have
erased the drug-associated memories of mice and rats. Their success gives hope
to people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and to former addicts
who report intense cravings associated with memories associated with their
addiction — even something as simple as chewing gum once used to alleviate dry
mouth caused by meth. (Easy as erasing emails from an IRS hard drive. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Until now, erasing painful memories has been a fantasy explored in books and in movies, such as the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." But researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in
Dad Was Home With His
4-Year-Old Daughter When the Doorbell Rang. Before He Could Answer It, He
Realized Something Was Very Wrong
Excerpt: Police later found the suspect, identified as
48-year-old Darrell Miller, bleeding and shot on the front porch. He was taken
to the hospital in critical condition, but he later died from his injuries. Miller
had kicked down Rohatsch’s door to gain entry after ringing the doorbell twice,
according to a neighbor. The dad was at home with his 4-year-old daughter at
the time.
Army Officer Turned Away by Security at Entrance of
Daughter’s High School — Want to Guess Why? By Dave
Urbanski
Excerpt: You see, Baker is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.
Army and was in uniform that day — which apparently didn’t conform to the dress
code. “The security guard told him that men and women in uniform weren’t
allowed because it may offend another student,” Baker’s wife Rachel
Ferhadson told WJBK-TV in Detroit .
(Kipling: "Making mock of uniforms that guard you in your sleep, is
cheaper than them uniforms, and they're starvation cheap." ~Bob)
House passes bill to
halt EPA water rule
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/217175-house-passes-bill-to-halt-epa-water-rule#ixzz3Cw1jB81j
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/217175-house-passes-bill-to-halt-epa-water-rule#ixzz3Cw1jB81j
Excerpt: The House passed legislation Tuesday that
would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing a
proposed rule to define its jurisdiction over bodies of water. Passed 262-152,
the bill would prohibit the EPA from using the proposal for any rulemaking
regarding the Clean Water Act. The rule, proposed in March, sought to
clarify which bodies of water, such as wetlands and streams, are subject to
agencies' authority under the act. (DOA in Harry's Whore House. ~Bob)
Biz group: Cost of fed regs eclipses $2 trillion
http://thehill.com/regulation/217245-nations-regulatory-costs-said-to-eclipse-2-trillion#ixzz3CvlbOkHj
http://thehill.com/regulation/217245-nations-regulatory-costs-said-to-eclipse-2-trillion#ixzz3CvlbOkHj
Excerpt:
The National Association of Manufacturers asserted Wednesday that federal regulations cost more
than $2 trillion a year, a total equivalent to 12 percent of the nation’s gross
domestic product. ...“With growing
regulatory compliance burdens, policymakers should be alarmed that our nation’s
smallest manufacturers are being put at a competitive disadvantage within the global
economy,” NAM
Jay Carney joins CNN
Excerpt: CNN has hired former White House press secretary
Jay Carney as a political commentator, the network announced Wednesday.
Carney left his post as President Obama's chief spokesman in June and will
begin his new gig immediately, giving analysis Wednesday night as the
president briefs the nation on his strategy against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria . "Jay's unique
experience as both a journalist and a White House press secretary make him an
invaluable voice for the network as we cover the final two years of the Obama
administration and look ahead to the coming campaigns," CNN Washington
bureau chief Sam Feist said. (Another paid lying gig. Nice work if you can
stomach it. ~Bob)
Tech giants demand
vote on email privacy bill
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/217252-tech-giants-demand-email-privacy-bill-gets-a-vote#ixzz3CvjI2ktR
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/217252-tech-giants-demand-email-privacy-bill-gets-a-vote#ixzz3CvjI2ktR
Excerpt: Google, Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo and scores of other
technology titans are demanding congressional leaders allow a vote on a bill to
grant new privacy protections to people’s emails....The legislation would
update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which allows police to
conduct warrantless searches of people’s emails and other information stored on
the “cloud” that are more than 180 days old. Critics on both sides of the aisle
say the law is antiquated and undermines people’s privacy.
Cheap Politicians. By Thomas
Sowell
Excerpt: However much these and other government officials
may have richly deserved being behind bars, the country does not deserve to
have its confidence in government repeatedly undermined. A country with 100
percent cynicism about its government cannot be governed. And nobody wants
anarchy.
WHAT A COINCIDENCE:
IRS Decides To Audit Breitbart News
Excerpt: I’m sure the innocent IRS just randomly chose to
audit Breitbart News for no particular reason…unless it has something to do
with them blowing the lid off of several of their scandals. Who knows? Check
this out…The company that runs the conservative Breitbart.com news site says
the IRS has selected the network for an audit, in a move company executives
suggest is politically motivated
Race Card News
Worth Reading
Excerpt: My recent column, “Coddling children in Ferguson , MO Peachtree
City , GA. Del )
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
AFL-CIO Vote Slams
Obamacare: It Will Drive
http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/Unions-Health-Care/2013/09/11/id/525201/#ixzz3Cw0usmjE
http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/Unions-Health-Care/2013/09/11/id/525201/#ixzz3Cw0usmjE
Excerpt: The AFL-CIO is ramping up pressure on the Obama
administration to change parts of the health care overhaul law that could
impair benefits for millions of union members. The nation's largest labor
federation approved a strongly worded resolution on Wednesday that
says the Affordable Care Act will drive up the costs of union-sponsored health
plans to the point that workers and employers are forced to abandon them. Some
individual unions have complained about the law's impact for months, but the
resolution marks the first time the AFL-CIO has gone on record embracing that
view. (Clever of those highly-paid union bosses to figure out what I knew in
2009. ~Bob)
Excerpt: One major reason for the enduring opposition is
that the law has violated virtually every
major promise erected in dishonest ideologues' sales pitch. Another is
that an ongoing
parade of unpleasant developments continues to make headlines,
including the recent
revelation that Healthcare.gov was hacked last month.
Obamacare's bill for small businesses? Big bucks, fewer
jobs. By Dan
Mangan
Excerpt: Obamacare is taking a toll on small businesses,
according to a new analysis of the effects of the health-care reform
law, which found billions of dollars in reduced pay and hundreds of
thousands fewer jobs. Take-home pay at small businesses was trimmed by some
$22.6 billion annually because of the Affordable Care Act and related insurance
premium hikes, researchers at the American Action Forum, a center-right think tank headed by
former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, found in
a report released Tuesday.
Excerpt: India ’s
recently elected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will visit the United States
later this month. One of the sticking points in the U.S.-India relationship is
weakness in India ’s
laws governing intellectual property (IP). The Global
Intellectual Property
Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
ranks 25 countries in its Global IP Index, and India comes in last place. Indian
growth will continue to lag as long as this persists, as researchers have
demonstrated the positive relationship between IP protection and a country’s
prosperity. One of India ’s
weak spots is patent protection for new prescription drugs. New research also
shows, counterintuitively, that this limits patients’ access to new medicines.
Undocumented Democrat News
Feds Force Public
Schools To Enroll Illegal Immigrant Children With No Medical Screening
http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/10/feds-force-public-schools-to-enroll-illegal-immigrant-children-with-no-medical-screening/#ixzz3Cw4UIEQz
http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/10/feds-force-public-schools-to-enroll-illegal-immigrant-children-with-no-medical-screening/#ixzz3Cw4UIEQz
Excerpt: According to the National Center U.S. locations
to live with relatives or, in some cases, to live as foster wards. The children
then enroll in local, taxpayer-funded public schools with no questions asked —
by law. (Your kids are legal, so need screening to protect the health of the
illegals. ~Bob)
"You're Greener than Gore" News
An unusually cold Arctic summer has resulted in almost a
million more square miles of ocean covered with ice compared to the same time
last year, bucking predictions that global warming would result in the
disappearance of the ice cap by 2013. According to MailOnline, Arctic sea ice
averaged 2.35 million square miles in August 2013 compared to the low point of
1.32 million square miles recorded in September 2012. ...There is no doubt
the warming of the 1980s and 1990s has stopped," Anastasios Tsonis of
the University of Wisconsin
Religion of Peace News
Obama Ready to
Authorize Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria
Excerpt: But Mr. Obama is still wrestling with a series of
challenges, including how to train and equip a viable ground force to fight
ISIS inside Syria , how to
intervene without aiding President Bashar al-Assad, and how to enlist potentially
reluctant partners like Turkey
and Saudi Arabia .
... Mr. Obama has resisted military engagement in Syria for more than three years,
out of fear early on that arming the rebels who oppose Mr. Assad would fail to
alter the balance in the civil war while more direct military intervention
could have spillover effects in the volatile region.
Obama tells leaders
he doesn't need their vote for ISIS campaign
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/217181-obama-tells-leaders-he-doesnt-need-their-vote-for-isis-campaign#ixzz3CviVPWXb
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/217181-obama-tells-leaders-he-doesnt-need-their-vote-for-isis-campaign#ixzz3CviVPWXb
Excerpt: President Obama told congressional leaders at a
White House meeting on Tuesday he doesn’t need their authorization to
expand his military campaign against Islamic terrorists....Polls show that
confidence in Obama’s foreign policy is eroding just as anxiety over the threat
posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) has peaked. Seven in 10 Americans believe the group has the
ability to launch an attack against the United States , according to a CNN
poll released Monday, while just 30 percent say Obama has presented a
clear plan for dealing with the group. (doesn't want to be like Bush, who had
Congressional approval, including many of the Democrats who looked at the same
intel Bush had. It might make Congress think they were a co-equal branch of
government. ~Bob)
Obama's foreign
policy approval at record low ahead of speech
http://thehill.com/policy/international/217246-obamas-foreign-policy-approval-at-record-low-ahead-of-prime-time-speech#ixzz3Cvhj10pF
http://thehill.com/policy/international/217246-obamas-foreign-policy-approval-at-record-low-ahead-of-prime-time-speech#ixzz3Cvhj10pF
Excerpt: Only 32 percent of Americans support President
Obama's foreign policy decisions as the focus shifts to his prime-time speech
that will outline a strategy to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and
Syria (ISIS). The all-time low was recorded by an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released late Tuesday. A
majority of Americans, 61 percent, believe it is in the national interest to
take military action against ISIS . ...A
stunning 94 percent of Americans have heard about the murder of journalists
James Foley and Steven Sotloff by Islamic militants, the highest percentage of
any news item in the past five years for the poll.
Excerpt: The US
air campaign to help Iraqi and Kurdish forces break the Islamic State's siege
of Amerli benefited the Hezbollah Brigades, a Shia militia that is supported by
Iran and is listed by the US government
as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group. The Hezbollah Brigades is the
second Shia militia involved in killing US soldiers to have taken advantage of US airpower to
gain territory.
A Mismanage-able Problem: Obama’s belief
that he can “manage” the Islamic State may collide with reality. By Andrew C. McCarthy
Excerpt: President Obama says he intends to shrink the
al-Qaeda-spawned Islamic State into a “manageable problem.” Perhaps we’ll learn
more about how when he speaks to the nation on Wednesday evening. Still, the
question presses: Is he the manager for the job?
WE’RE SCREWED: Josh
Earnest Says Americans Should Trust Obama to Take Care of Them Against ISIS
Excerpt: Oh, thank goodness. I’m so glad that Josh Earnest
can reassure us that the President who stood in front of the whole world and
told them he didn’t have a strategy against ISIS
will protect us from them. Check this out…White House Press Secretary Josh
Earnest suggested that Americans should not be concerned about ISIL attacking
the United States, suggesting that they trust President Obama to keep them
safe.
Excerpt: According to the Committee website, Assistant
Secretary for Diplomatic Security Greg Starr, Independent Panel on Best
Practices Chairman Mark J. Sullivan and former Assistant Secretary for
Infrastructure Protection for the Department of Homeland Security Todd Keil
will be the witnesses.
New Media Win: Mohamed
Elibiary Out At DHS Following Breitbart Exposé
Excerpt: Elibiary was found to be openly supportive of brokering
a partnership with the global Muslim Brotherhood terror movement, according to
a report by National Security expert Ryan Mauro. He is also a close friend and
confidant of former Holy Land Foundation president Shukri Abu Baker, whose
organization was founded as a financing operation for Hamas, the Palestinian
wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is a U.S.-designated terrorist
organization....In 2011, he was accused by Texas officials of downloading
classified information that he had access to because of his position at DHS,
then manipulating the data to try and smear Texas Governor Rick Perry as an
"Islamophobe."
Has The New York
Times Just Provided Proof Of Muslim Brotherhood Influence Operations In
The United States
Excerpt: The New York Times has provided a very
important glimpse into a new era of foreign-government influence operations in
the United States .
Those who raised concerns about it in the past should now feel vindicated. But
if members of Congress or the Department of Justice decide to dig deeper into
this issue, their investigation cannot stop at influence-buying of US think
tanks but must look into every aspect of America’s national security
apparatus. (Infiltration of DOD, DHS, TSA, "DOJ" most likely
FEMA, WH....Purging of top military personnel with knowledge of Muslim
history/ops. --Barb. Nick Diamos: "Never
attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity." ~Bob)
Terrorist threats
worry Americans
Excerpt: President Obama met with his counterterrorism
advisers Tuesday to prepare for the thirteenth anniversary of
the September 11 attacks, as a new poll suggests Americans are more
worried about another terrorist attack than at any point since 2001. Lisa
Monaco, the president's national security czar, has spent the past several
months meeting with counterterrorism and homeland security officials across the
government to "review our security posture in light of not only this
anniversary but the range of global threats we face," White House press
secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement. That effort includes reevaluating
counterterrorism procedures following the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria .
(He showed up for a meeting? He has been cited as saying he wish the US had
another 9/11 because of the wonderful feeling of cooperation from all. Yet he
race baits and stirs division, never missing any opportunity...unless a hapless
white has been brutalized or killed by a black. Holder and the VP jet can stay
home on that. The American people are right to fear the ability of the Regime
to serve and protect ALL citizens. Remember, they ignored the Russian info on Boston bombers....Barb.
Smart strategy would be to lay low on 9/11, then hit a week or two later when
we have relaxed. ~Bob)
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/217248-republican-several-hundred-americans-have-joined-isis#ixzz3Cvk0nqjb
Excerpt: “Several hundred” Americans might have traveled to Syria to fight with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a House Republican saidWednesday....A Homeland Security Department official said Americans and Westerners pose a "short-term" threat to the U.S. “I do believe it could be short-term and long-term threat to the
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