Update
We got in late Wednesday, exhausted, swamped and I'm still
fighting a small lung infection. I'm sorry for the lack of news posts while I
was away at a family funeral in St.
Louis Saturday through Wednesday. I thank all those
who honored my request to hold non-personal e-mails--I had only 550 unread
emails in my in box Thursday morning. You may resume sending all usual emails.
To those who sent email anyway, thanks and I apologize that I had to delete 90%
of them unread, as there are not enough hours in the day to deal with that and
my medical routine. And with what came in today, I have over 100 I haven't
gotten to. ~Bob
General News and Comment
Important: Moody’s Downgrades Chicago
Excerpt: Citing the city’s underfunded pension crisis,
Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Chicago ’s
debt to junk bond status on Tuesday. The Ba1 rating means that Chicago ’s $8.1 billion in debt carries
a substantial credit risk. That credit rating is also just a few levels
above bonds that are in default. (See next article. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Here in the quiet precincts of the stately Mead
manor in exclusive Queens, as the dew gently falls over the mist-shrouded lawns
and the pigeons coo soothingly from the historic-landmarked eaves, it is
sometimes hard to believe, but out there in the workaday world the long and
graceful decay of the American social model is accelerating into a more rapid
and dangerous decline. The core institutions, ideas and expectations that
shaped American life for the sixty years after the New Deal don’t work anymore,
and the gaps between the social system we’ve inherited and the system we need
today are becoming so wide that we can no longer paper them over or ignore
them.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Maryland
might seem a peculiar venue for a blood feud over the future of the Democratic
Party. It is the second-bluest state in the United
States , after Massachusetts ,
according to Gallup ;
its registered Democrats, more than 30 percent of whom are black, outnumber
registered Republicans two to one. Maryland
is home to an immense federal work force and is one of the states most
economically dependent on the federal government. Its gun-control laws are
among the strictest in the nation. In 2012, Maryland
and Maine
became the first states to ratify same-sex marriage by popular vote. Barack
Obama’s statewide margin of victory was roughly 26 points in 2008 and 2012, the
fifth highest in the United
States . The last time the G.O.P. won control
of the Maryland State Legislature was in 1897.
Excerpt: As he faces the pressures of a potential Senate bid
in the nation’s biggest swing state, Florida Rep. Alan Grayson has hurled angry
expletives at reporters and described his likely rival in crude terms during a
tense conversation with the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee. For all of his outbursts, Grayson has been inventive with his slurs.
On Wednesday, he bizarrely accused one reporter of being a “s—-ing robot” — a
phrase that’s sure to become part of his legacy of incendiary remarks, which
include branding a lobbyist a “K Street whore,” likening the tea party to the
Ku Klux Klan and accusing a Christian conservative opponent of being a member
of the Taliban.
Excerpt: A number of foreign donors pledged new support for
Clinton Foundation efforts during a conference in Marrakech last week, raising
questions about the strength of Hillary Clinton's campaign promise to cut off
foreign donations to her family philanthropy while she runs for president. The Kingdom of Morocco
Partisan Hack Stephanopoulos, ABC
‘Newsman,’ Gave $50K to Clinton
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/05/14/partisan-hack-stephanopoulos-abc-newsman-gave-50k-to-clinton-foundation/
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/05/14/partisan-hack-stephanopoulos-abc-newsman-gave-50k-to-clinton-foundation/
Excerpt: ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos has
given $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, charitable
contributions that he did not publicly disclose while reporting on the Clintons or their
non-profit organization, the On Media blog has learned. In both 2013 and 2014,
Stephanopoulos made a $25,000 donation to the 501 nonprofit founded by former
president Bill Clinton, the Foundation’s records show. Stephanopoulos never
disclosed this information to viewers, even when interviewing author Peter
Schweizer last month about his book “Clinton Cash,” which alleges that
donations to the Foundation may have influenced some of Hillary Clinton’s
actions as Secretary of State.
Excerpt: Clintons
are the non-virgins who are never sacrificed, never damaged, never held
accountable. They’re like all the awful kids who toured Willy Wonka’s chocolate
factory with Charlie – only they didn’t get in trouble on the tour, stole the
factory from Charlie and sued Willy for emotional damage and won. How is it
that this family, more than any other, is above suspicion? Why do the world’s
wealthiest people feel compelled to give this family hundreds of millions of
dollars to do charity work for things literally thousands of charities already
do? And why is it that, only a couple of weeks after initial reports of the
appearance of influence peddling, the media has lost interest in that story?
Voters Should Be More
Concerned About Hillary's Lies. By Dan Gilmore
Excerpt: Despite what the Clinton Foundation hopes will
appear to be a continued emphasis on transparency, people wishing to understand
which foreign governments contributed to the “charity” continue to face
difficulty — even after the foundation announced it would re-file its taxes
because of “errors.” Meredith McGehee, policy director for the Campaign Legal Center
I think it is
very illustrative of the importance we Americans attach to things that Tom
Brady will almost certainly pay a MUCH higher penalty for the under-inflated
footballs that "no one can prove he had anything to do with" (or the
NFL would've banned him for life instead of merely penalizing him $4M+ [he is
suspended without pay for 4 games at $1M+ per game]) and violating no
laws than Hillary will be penalized for using a private email server
illegally and erasing and obliterating her hard drive to obstruct justice by
preventing its being searched, both of which she admits to. How sad to think
the NFL puts more importance on its credibility and appearance of integrity
than one of our great political parties. This is particularly so when the
relative possible impacts of the infractions is considered; under-inflated
footballs may or may not have made a difference to winning or losing a game of
amusement. Weep for our country. Ron P.
Russ Feingold to challenge Ron Johnson for US Senate next year
http://host.madison.com/news/local/russ-feingold-to-challenge-ron-johnson-for-us-senate-next/article_59a3d149-055e-5a70-84b3-dc9cb888b3e6.html
Excerpt: Russ Feingold announced Thursday he will run to
reclaim the U.S. Senate seat he lost five years ago to Republican Ron Johnson,
fulfilling the hopes of Democrats who have been pushing for the liberal to
return to political office.
Train approached
curve at 106 mph, twice the limit
Excerpt: The Amtrak train that derailed here Tuesday night
was traveling 106 mph, more than twice the authorized speed, as it
approached a sharp bend in the tracks, the National Transportation Safety Board
said Wednesday. The engineer applied the emergency brakes, but the action was
too late. The train was still moving at 102 mph when it hit the curve
about three seconds later and the engine and all seven cars derailed.
Liberals Jump To Spend More Of Your Money After Deadly
Amtrak Crash. By Katie Pavlich
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/05/14/liberals-jump-to-spend-more-of-your-money-after-deadly-amtrak-crash-n1998882
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/05/14/liberals-jump-to-spend-more-of-your-money-after-deadly-amtrak-crash-n1998882
Excerpt: In light of Monday's deadly Amtrak train crash,
liberals are jumping at the opportunity to spend more of you money on the
railroad line in the name of "safety investment." Yesterday the White
House touted President Obama's calls to increase Amtrak funding by $1 billion
in his latest budget. (Never let a crisis go to waste. ~Bob)
Democrats Exploit
Train Wreck to Derail Republicans. By Mark Alexander
Excerpt: Regarding the Philadelphia
train crash, the blood of the seven dead was not dry on the tracks before
Democrats attempted to convert this tragedy into political capital. (Never mind
that the train was going 100mph in a 50mph zone. ~Bob)
Another Deadly Train
Derailment Happened at Frankford Junction 71 Years Ago
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Another-Deadly-Train-Derailment-Happened-at-Frankford-Junction-71-Years-Ago-303557531.html#ixzz3a4s9gUxV
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Another-Deadly-Train-Derailment-Happened-at-Frankford-Junction-71-Years-Ago-303557531.html#ixzz3a4s9gUxV
Excerpt: Frankford Junction, the scene of Tuesday night’s deadly Philadelphia derailment of Amtrak
Regional 188, has seen devastation before. On Labor Day, 71 years ago, the
Congressional Limited careened
off the tracks with 541 passengers on board including many service
members on leave. Seventy-nine passengers were killed and 117 were injured in one of the worst
rail disasters of its day. (Same route, same curve in tracks. You think they
would've straightened the tracks/changed the route after that.....Barb)
Excerpt: The Soviet Red Army would eventually be responsible
for three quarters of Germany 's
WWII casualties, but at a cost of approximately 9 million dead of its own
combatants. Nevertheless, the Allied defeat of the Axis powers is more
complicated than just the monumental and heroic sacrifice of the Soviet
soldier. World War II started largely because the Soviet Union had had assured
Hitler that the two powers could partner up to divide Poland . With
his eastern rear thus secure, Hitler then would be free to fight a one-front
war in the West against the European democracies. The Soviet
Union only entered the war after it was double-crossed by Hitler
in June 1941. Before the surprise German invasion, the Soviets had
supplied Germany with
substantial fuel, food and metals to help it bomb Great Britain into submission. For
all practical purposes, Russia
had been Nazi Germany's most useful ally.
Friendly Reminder: Pork Barrel Spending Jumped 55 Percent
From Last Year. By Matt Vespa
Excerpt: Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has
released their Pig Book,
which concludes that since the earmark moratorium imposed in 2011, they have
found wasteful pork in at least 12 appropriations bills. While the number of
earmarks dropped from 109 in 2014 to 105 in 2015, the cost jumped 55.6 percent.
In FY 2014, there were $2.7 billion in earmarks, while this year we’ll see $4.2
billion in pork.
Christie buys $300K of food & booze with NJ expense
account. By Mark Lagerkvist
Excerpt: Chris Christie’s expense account tells a story of
appetite and ambition, one that pits government waste against the New Jersey governor’s
waistline. Christie spent $360,000 from his state allowance during his five
years in office. More than 80 percent of that money, or $300,000, was used to
buy food, alcohol and desserts, according to a New Jersey Watchdog analysis of
records released by the governor’s office.
Slogan: Make the USA
like Baltimore
Excerpt: Former Maryland
governor Martin O'Malley, who has been ramping up for a potential White House
bid, plans to make an announcement about his political future on May 30 in
Baltimore, aides said Wednesday.
School responds after
York Co. senior asked to take down American flag
http://www.wnem.com/story/29059451/american-flag-stirring-controversy-at-high-school#ixzz3a7nEDaGz
http://www.wnem.com/story/29059451/american-flag-stirring-controversy-at-high-school#ixzz3a7nEDaGz
Excerpt: A high school in York County
Thursday morning, several students, parents, and
veterans protested the incident, many setting up across from school grounds
waving flags.
Obama Criticizes
Private Schools While Sending His Daughters to Private Schools
http://godfatherpolitics.com/22380/obama-criticizes-private-schools-while-sending-his-daughters-to-private-schools/#
http://godfatherpolitics.com/22380/obama-criticizes-private-schools-while-sending-his-daughters-to-private-schools/#
Excerpt: I was driving along, listening to the radio, when I
heard President Obama condemn rich folks for sending their children to
non-government (private) schools. ... He’s not alone: [Rahm] Emanuel, who
served in the White House as President Obama’s chief of staff for a few years,
and his wife have chosen, according to a local radio station CBS News 2 in Chicago , to send their three children to the
prestigious University of Chicago
Laboratory Schools in Hyde Park . It’s
the same school that President Obama’s daughters attended when they lived in Chicago . Sasha and Malia
Obama now
attend the private Sidwell
Friends School
Excerpt: But as a local Illinois lawmaker, then-state Sen. Barack
Obama did, in fact, enact an “urban” agenda on education and housing. Bill
Ayers, the former fugitive and still unrepentant domestic terrorist/member of
the Weather Underground turned educator, founded the Chicago Annenberg
Challenge with a $50 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation. Just three
years out of law school, Obama chaired the newly formed CAC board from 1995 to
1999, spending millions to “improve” Chicago
public schools. In all, CAC distributed more than $100 million from 1995 to
2001 to improve Chicago
schools. Rather than fund the schools directly, Ayers required schools to work
with “external partners,” who focused on political radicalism.
Political Turmoil
Returns to Burundi
Excerpt: Then on Wednesday, a general took to the airwaves
to declare that Mr. Nkurunziza had been ousted, leading to celebrations in the
capital but adding to a long list of coups and coup attempts that have
bedeviled this nation since independence in 1962. Members of the opposition say
that under the Constitution, presidents are allowed only one renewal of a
five-year term, so Mr. Nkurunziza is barred from running again.
Why Americans Are Abandoning Religion
Excerpt: Churches, in an effort to avoid losing
government-guaranteed tax-exempt status, stopped speaking out about secular
assaults on religious freedom. They stopped speaking against candidates who
embraced the murder of the unborn or the corruption of the marital institution
via governmental embrace of “alternative family structures.” Instead, they suggested
that church was for barbecues, get-togethers, date nights, and the occasional
Psalm-reading session.
Lying, Inc. Lying is
insidious. When it becomes institutionalized at the top, cynicism and
lawlessness follow below. By Victor Davis Hanson
http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/lying-inc/#ixzz3a9MIWQ8U
http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/lying-inc/#ixzz3a9MIWQ8U
Excerpt: ... "I don’t necessarily believe anymore that
the driver of the car in a handicapped space who suddenly exits and bounds
across the parking lot is always handicapped, or any more disabled than I was
after a recent head, neck, and knee injury from a bad bicycle accident, for
which walking, not sitting was clearly the better course of
rehabilitation. Lying is insidious. When it becomes institutionalized at
the top, cynicism and lawlessness follow below." (So many pull up in
F-150s, Jeeps, SUVs, Escalades with high stepdowns into handicapped spaces/fire
lanes and jump out and walk/run into whereever, obviously NOT handicapped; some
look like football players. Many are black. Does black skin makes some more
important than others; makes rules not apply as they do to others; some lives
matter more than others; hence, the elimination of the fiber of the law and the
degradation of society, promoted by current regime. It's just reparation, eh? --Barb.
Hardly limited to blacks. ~Bob)
10 members of
Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government
Excerpt: The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid
trip to a conference in Baku , on the Caspian Sea , in 2013 for 10 members of Congress and 32
staff members, according to a confidential ethics report obtained by The
Washington Post. Three former top aides to President Obama appeared as speakers
at the event. ... The lawmakers who took the trip were Reps. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.),
Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.), Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), Rubén Hinojosa (D-Tex.),
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), Michelle Lujan Grisham
(D-N.M.), Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Ted Poe (R-Tex.) and then-Rep. Steve
Stockman (R-Tex.).
Police Officers:
Morale Is Low In Departments Across The Country
Excerpt: Law enforcement officers at Washington , D.C. Del )
Monty Python's Flying
Coppers focus on so-called 'crimes' that most people do not consider illegal.
By Richard Littlejohn
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3063525/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Monty-Python-s-Flying-Coppers.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3063525/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Monty-Python-s-Flying-Coppers.html
Excerpt: The 21st-century police ‘service’ seem to model
themselves on Monty Python, concentrating on so-called ‘crimes’ that most
people wouldn’t consider against the law, while conspicuously refusing to do
the job they’re paid for. Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary reported that
the police were telling the public to investigate crimes themselves. For
instance, burglary and vandalism victims were expected to check CCTV evidence
and interview neighbours before troubling the Old Bill. Many officers had
‘given up’ investigating what he called ‘high volume’ crimes and concluded:
‘Effectively, what’s happened is that a number of crimes are on the verge of
being decriminalised.’
The Obama administration stops at nothing to reward union bosses. By Hector Barreto
Excerpt: Big Labor and the Obama administration scored a big
victory on May 5. It happened when Senate Republicans failed to secure a
two-thirds majority to override the president's veto of legislation that would
have reversed the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) "ambush"
election rule.
Excerpt: For a long time, there was a bipartisan consensus
for free trade. President George H.W. Bush, a Republican, negotiated the North
American Free Trade Agreement, and Democrat Bill Clinton got it passed. It
prevailed in the Senate in 1993 with the support of 27 Democrats and 34
Republicans. The consensus wasn't unanimous by any means, but it was broad
enough to steadily advance the cause. Tuesday's Senate vote against considering
a bill to give President Barack Obama "fast-track authority" for
trade deals suggests those days are gone. Only one Democrat supported it, with
42 opposed -- led by Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. (Free trade builds economies,
but hurts union bosses. ~Bob)
Democrats 2016:
Sanders Now Clinton
Excerpt: “Inevitable.” That’s the word often used to
describe Hillary Clinton and the 2016 Democratic nomination. Can anyone beat
her? Anything’s possible, but the odds appear quite low. Still, her most
threatening intraparty opposition could prove to be a man who isn’t even
technically a Democrat (yet, anyway): independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont , a
self-identified “democratic socialist.” We see him as a potential thorn in Clinton ’s side, and to
reflect that, we are moving Sanders to the top of the non-Clinton tier in our
presidential rankings for Democrats.
Excerpt: Obama raised some eyebrows by calling Warren wrong on the facts and dismissing her
opposition with
this jab: "Elizabeth
is, you know, a politician like everybody else." Serious shade. Here,
the American Left's erstwhile hottest political crush takes a shot at the
American Left's current hottest political crush, and some on the Left are
reflexively resorting to identity
politics demagoguery to fight back. Because of course they are: National
Organization for Women (NOW) president Terry O'Neill on Wednesday called President
Obama's critique of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sexist. (As I predicted,
racism is out, sexism is in. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Where you stand on fast-tracking the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) trade deal is quickly becoming an ideological litmus test on
the American left. But to some governments outside the United States , the TPP is already a litmus test
of a much more consequential kind — of American seriousness in Asia . The stakes in the TPP debate are a lot
higher than the trade deal’s potential economic benefits. The view from Singapore ,
a trading partner and a party to TPP negotiations, is that this is “a critical
moment,” Grace Fu, a senior Singaporean diplomat, told me last week.
Hillary Clinton’s worries mount. By Jennifer Rubin
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/05/13/hillary-clintons-worries-mount/?wpisrc=nl_popns&wpmm=1
Excerpt: It’s only Wednesday, but it’s already been a lousy
week for Hillary Clinton. Trying to ride the populist tiger, remain silent on
key issues and not be a target in the inequality wars would be a hard balancing
act for any politician, but for one without much political grace and a
problematic record, she has her hands full. The populist wave washed over the
White House yesterday with a shellacking from President Obama’s own party on
the trade agenda. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), as she did on banking and
on the president’s nominee for the No.
3 spot at Treasury, drove the debate and stood up to the president —
from the left. Clinton
did not have the nerve to do so or to bolster the president, once again showing
that her caution paralyzes her and makes her irrelevant.
Social Insecurity:
The Looming Crisis. By Jim Harrington
Excerpt: For years, actuaries, financial analysts and policy
wonks have warned that Social Security is doomed to crash. Contrary to rosy
predictions a decade ago that this popular government program has a funded
lifetime of 33 more years and won’t sink into the red until 2017, Social
Security actually went red
in 2010 and will go
broke in 2024.
In 1983, the Social Security trustees predicted that reforms
would maintain the program’s solvency through 2048. Even they’ve changed their
tune, though they won’t admit it’s as moribund as it actually is.
Obama Rips Fox: "We're
Going To Have To Change How The Media Reports'
Excerpt: For going on seven years we have learned three
things about President Obama: 1) He loves the poor so much he continues to
create more of them. 2) He loves the poor so much he does everything in his
power to keep them poor. 3) He doesn’t see the opposition as loyal, but as bad
players — his enemy. ...We’re used to this Obama, the forever-partisan who has
never seen himself as president of all the people but only of those who worship
him. What was most revealing about the president’s comments was his expressed
desire to “change how the media reports.” (Fox news ripped again. Show me your
shocked face. There is one loose cow from the corral of ObamaPravda, or US
Media Pool. Internet control coming soon. The Iron Curtain lives. Gee, and
Hillary wants to change religion and how we believe and practice faith.....Pick
your totalitarian in chief. --Barb)
United States Federal
Regulatory State is Larger than India's Economy
Excerpt: In January 2015, the Congressional Budget Office
(CBO) reported outlays for fiscal year (FY) 2014 of $3.5 trillion and projected
spending for FY 2015 at $3.656 trillion. The CBO projected that spending would
reach $4 trillion by 2017, whereas President Barack Obama's federal budget
proposal for FY 2016 already seeks $3.999 trillion in discretionary,
entitlement, and interest spending. High debt and deficits notwithstanding, $4
trillion in annual spending will soon be the new normal.
Rising Dragon News
Excerpt: China
will ensure that all key public areas are covered with video surveillance
cameras by 2020 to fight crime and ensure social stability, the government said
on Wednesday, part of a broader push to step up security in response to violent
unrest. China
has already taken a series of measures to prevent attacks by extremists,
including plans for an anti-terrorism law that would give the government
broader surveillance powers and offering to pay for tips about violent plots.
Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi begins key China
Excerpt: Indian PM Narendra Modi has begun a three-day visit
to China
as the two countries seek to boost economic co-operation. Mr Modi has met
Chinese President Xi Jinping in Xian, capital of Mr Xi's home province of Shaanxi ,
and will later travel to Beijing and Shanghai .
Gun News
Mugging victim opens
fire on suspects; one shot, two flee
Excerpt: Two men are on the loose and a third suspect is in
the hospital after an alleged robbery victim fought back. A woman was
approached by three men as she returned home from work in the 3300 block of W. 34th Street
around 1 a.m. Friday. The men tried to rob her, but the woman fought back. ...
Her father wanted his only daughter to be licensed to carry so she could
protect herself. "Honestly, I mostly carry it because my dad wanted me to.
Now I'm glad I listened," Crystal
said.
Excerpt: Police Captain Thomas Bell said the homeowner first
thought her husband was returning home early, but then heard banging, screaming
and breaking glass. Bell
said the woman fired three shots through the door, hitting the man in the head,
shoulder and upper chest.
Police: Homeowner
shoots suspect during home invasion
Excerpt: "I heard a few gunshots and then a couple of
minutes later, I heard a knock on my door," said neighbor Sharmel
Doberson. "She was like 'Mel, Mel Mel, call 911. Some guy just broke into
my house. He had me and my old man and my daughter held down at gunpoint."
Police: Gwinnett robbery
victim shoots assailants, kills one
Excerpt: A robbery victim turned the tables on his
assailants late Monday night, shooting and killing an alleged robber during a
home invasion at an apartment complex in Gwinnett County
Race Card News
Charges Filed After Investigators Spot Unexpected Culprits
on Video Allegedly Looting During Baltimore
Excerpt: The Maryland Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services has suspended two correctional officers without pay after
they were caught on video allegedly looting a 7-Eleven store during violent
riots in Baltimore last month. The video reportedly shows the two officers,
identified as Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard, leaving the convenience store
with merchandise.
N.J. teacher fired
over students' 'get well' letters to convicted cop killer
Excerpt: As its meeting stretched past midnight, the Orange school board on Wednesday voted to terminate the
employment of a third-grade teacher for allowing her students to write
"get well" letters to a convicted cop killer.
The Left's Twisted
Concern for Premature Black (Voter) Deaths. By Nate Jackson
Excerpt: “Blacks die sooner than whites. How many votes has
this cost Democrats?” So headlined The
Washington Post over the weekend. It’s not so much that black lives matter, you
see, as blackvotes matter to Democrat politicians. (Questions no one
is asking: Men, who are more likely to vote Republican, die seven years sooner
than women. How many votes has that cost Republicans? ~Bob)
Black Lives Don’t
Matter
Why are Cops accused of racist brutality when arresting a
black criminal by scrutiny of the suspect’s education level, available area
jobs and white privilege when the thug runs, assaults the officer or resists
arrest? Why a rush to defend black criminals over cops before any evidence is
in; contending Police are guilty until proven innocent? More importantly why do
Black lives (only) matter to the Media when it’s a black criminal killed by a
white cop and not the high death rate of (Black on Black) killings? Where’s the
Media defending the white NYC police officer, Brian Moore, who was just shot in
the head and died at the hand of a black thug?
Cop’s Lives Matter
Too. By David L. Goetsch
Excerpt: It is only May and already 11 police officers in America
have been gunned down by vicious killers. The latest two—Officers Benjamin Deen
and Liquori Tate—were shot while making a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg , Mississippi
New details emerge
after deadly playground attack
Excerpt: During that time, one witness, who wants to
remain anonymous, said the suspect was lurking around the corner.
That person tells FOX 17 the 12-year-old, who police identify as
Jamarion Lawhorn, came out and asked to borrow a phone. That’s
when Lawhorn called 911 and turned himself in. (Event from 2014, in Michigan . Michael
Verkerke, who was stabbed to death while playing, was 9 and white. Followup
story indicates 12-year-old black male has been ruled competent to stand trial
as an adult in 2015. They have to be carefully taught.....Barb)
The Only Way to End
Institutional Racism is to End the Democrat Party
Excerpt: The only way to end institutional racism in America is
to banish the Democrat party and any future political entity Progressives might
rebrand themselves as. Contrary to what minorities have been brainwashed to
believe, it is the Democrat Party – not the Republicans – who have a rich and
enduring history of racism in America . Democrats were the party
of slavery.
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Federal taxpayers spent a shocking total of $5.4
billion — with a B — on grants to establish what ended up being just 13 state
Obamacare exchanges. In some states the failures have been spectacular enough
to embarrass officials and imperil political careers, and in far too many
places, Republicans who should have known better went along. It’s an object
lesson in keeping your fingerprints off the other party’s very bad ideas, ...
Tiny Vermont
got $200 million and built a site so bad that they may pull the plug later this
summer. Minnesota
is also considering shutting down; they got $189 million. Hawaii ’s site is hemorrhaging cash, despite
getting $205 million from the feds, and is likely to shut down if state legislators
say no to an emergency $28 million bailout request.
Out-Of-Pocket
Spending Surges Under Obamacare
Excerpt: The growth in health care spending has slowed down
and President Obama wants America
to know his health care law gets the credit. Or maybe the blame, because one
reason for that slowdown is that people are spending more out of their own
pockets. Health care actuaries say that when people have to spend more out of
pocket for health care, they tend to spend less elsewhere. And when a third
party—employers, health insurers or the government—insulates consumers from the
cost of care they tend to spend more. Out-of-pocket spending on health care
declined for decades—until the Affordable Care Act kicked in:
Undocumented Democrat News
Excerpt: Three counties in the Washington
region have received among the highest numbers of unaccompanied minors
fleeing Central America since January, according to the federal Office
of Refugee Resettlement. Fairfax , Prince George ’s and Montgomery
counties have taken in more children from the recent
border surge than all but five other cities and counties across the
nation, largely due to their sizeable populations of Central American
immigrants.
Fairfax County
Board raises property taxes … again. By Pat Herrity
Excerpt: Today, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
voted 7 to 3 to raise taxes on Fairfax
County
Fairfax County Schools: How will FCPS go from a
nearly $8 million shortfall in school year 2015-16 (FY 2016) to a projected
shortfall of more than *$100 million in school year 2016-17 (FY 2017)?
Excerpt: For the past two years, FCPS has been projecting
and communicating the anticipated shortfall of more than $100 million for
school year 2016-17 (FY 2017). The cost drivers for the school year 2016-17 (FY
2017) budget include both items outside of FCPS' control, like retirement and
enrollment increases, and providing competitive compensation for our teachers.
The cost drivers include: a growing student population with diverse needs. (All
conservatives deserve a throw pillow embroidered with “I TOLD YOU SO” on their
couches. -- Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
http://www.nationalreview.com/newsletters)
With robust
Excerpt: The volume of remittances received in Latin America
last year topped the previous high of $65 billion reached in 2008, the
Inter-American Development Bank said Tuesday, crediting an improving U.S. economy.
Defense Funding Bill Shouldn’t Allow Illegal Immigrants to
Enlist in the Military. Rep. Dave Brat
Excerpt: Despite the fact that the U.S. House of
Representatives has voted down repeated attempts to encourage the recruitment
of illegal immigrants into the military, we are seeing yet another attempt to
encourage such recruitment recently inserted into a must-pass defense funding
bill. Even worse, the push to recruit illegal immigrants is happening at a time
when U.S.
citizens are being downsized from the military or turned away by recruiters.
"You're Greener than Gore" News
Frac Sand Safe
Despite What Environmentalists Say
Excerpt: Studies conducted by regulatory bodies and research
groups have conclusively shown silica sand mining operations do not increase
the concentrations of silica sand particles in the ambient air downwind of such
operations. Water use data show silica sand mining operations consume a small
fraction of statewide water resources. The existing local, state, and federal
regulatory structure is designed to ensure silica sand mining - and myriad
other industrial operations - is conducted in a manner that ensures compliance
with air and water quality standards, and thus protects human health and the
environment. The increase in silica and sand mining has had a substantial
economic and employment benefits in the states that have benefited from the
silica sand mining boom. Silica sand mining is an important part of the larger,
recent revolution in domestic energy production, by which the United States is producing
ever-increasing amounts of affordable clean energy by tapping into a huge
supply of heretofore-untouched resources.
Wind energy myths
spun by lobbyists and salesmen. By Mary Kay Barton
Excerpt: A recent letter in my local paper by American Wind
Energy Association representative Tom Vinson is typical of wind industry sales
propaganda. It deserves correction. This is the reality: Industrial wind energy
is a NET LOSER – economically, environmentally, technically and civilly. Let’s
examine how. Economically. New York State has some of the highest electricity rates in
the United States
– a whopping 53 percent above the national average. This is due in large part
to throwing hundreds of billions of our taxpayer and ratepayer dollars into the
wind. High electricity costs drive people and businesses out of the state, and
ultimately hurt poor families the most.
Religion of Peace News
Worth Reading
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418201/first-and-half-amendment-victor-davis-hanson
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418201/first-and-half-amendment-victor-davis-hanson
Excerpt: Every time the West has
forgotten that fact — from putting on trial cranky Socrates or incendiary Jesus
to routinely burning books in the Third Reich — we have come to regret what
followed. Censorship, of course, is never branded as extreme and dangerous, but
rather as a moderate and helpful means to curb the hate speech of a bald,
barefooted crank philosopher who pollutes young minds and introduces wacky and
dangerous cults, or a hatemonger who whips innocent people in front of a temple
in between his faked and hokey miracles, or traitorous Jews who scribble and
call their first-grade art the equivalent of Rembrandt or their perverted
sexual fantasies the stuff of Hegel. Banning free expression is never presented
as provocative, but always the final act of an aggrieved and understandably
provoked society.
Excerpt: Now, as he gathered Arab leaders over dinner at the
White House on Wednesday and prepared to meet with them at Camp
David on Thursday, he faced a perverse consequence: Arabia and many
of the smaller Arab states are now vowing to match whatever nuclear enrichment
capability Iran
is permitted to retain.
Excerpt: What if you threw a summit and nobody came? Barack
Obama learned that the hard way–when four of the six Persian Gulf heads of
state he invited to Camp David stood him up. The
point of Obama’s summit was to calm fears about his potential nuclear deal with
Iran .
The potential deal created some strange bedfellows worldwide: uniting
often-contentious Middle Eastern nations, and creating a bipartisan push for
changes in Congress, who all feel the deal, as-is, will have a disastrous
effect on the Middle East.
Excerpt: The five senior Taliban Commanders released from
Guantanamo (GITMO) in exchange for the return of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl are
set to be freed from their “luxurious” confinement in Qatar effective June 1. These five hard-core terrorists are Mullah
Norullah Noori, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Mohammad Fazl, Khairullah Khairkhwa and
Mohammend Nabi Omari. They were classified as some of the most dangerous
Taliban commanders held at GITMO, according to Thomas Joscelyn of The Long War Journal.
(Who would possibly have anticipated this could happen, that five of the most
dangerous men, sworn mortal enemies of every American, would end up free as
birds to go back to doing their best to lead their devotees in terrorism,
murder, and of course, killing any Americans possible? What a shock! Well, who,
that is, besides several million of us who looked at the trade for Bergdahl and
knew instantly that the five murderers would eventually end up back on the
battlefield, only now more respected than ever for having escaped Gitmo. Thank
you, Mr. President. Will you now send the drones to take these guys out ASAP? Probably
not, that would really offend some people over there. --Del )
51-Year-Old Actor
Michael Enright Joins Kurdish Militia To Fight Isis
Excerpt: Michael Enright is one of the several hundred
Westerners who have traveled to Iraq
and Syria
to join Kurdish combat units and fight the Islamic State. He’s an unusual
volunteer in several respects: he’s 51 years old, the first time he handled a
gun was at a shooting range right before he left for Syria , and he is almost
certainly the only YPG fighter who has appeared in movies with Tom Cruise
and Johnny Depp.
Pirates: Five Iranian boats
fire shots in the Persian Gulf . By Barbara Starr,
CNN Pentagon Correspondent
Excerpt: Five Iranian boats fired shots across the bow of a Singapore flagged cargo vessel in the Persian
Gulf on Thursday in an attempt to potentially stop the ship, a U.S. official
told CNN. For the first time, the incident brought another Persian
Gulf nation into the recent rising maritime tensions in the
region. It is not yet clear if any of the rounds hit the Alpine Eternity. (Muslim
Pirates go back many centuries, may have caused the decline of Rome . See: Mohammad
& Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy by Emmet Scott. http://www.amazon.com/Mohammed-Charlemagne-Revisited-History-Controversy/dp/0578094185/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331580331&sr=1-1 ~Bob)
Excerpt: The Taliban claimed credit for an attack that
killed 14 civilians, including 9 foreigners, at the Park Palace Hotel in Kabul that started last
evening and ended this morning. The assault is the latest in a string of
attacks that have targeted civilians at upscale hotels in the Afghan capital.
Yawn. It's what they do. Congo
Excerpt: A Ugandan Islamist rebel group committed human
rights abuses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last year that may
amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a U.N. report
published on Wednesday. The Allied Democratic Forces killed at least 237
civilians in the last quarter of 2014, including 65 women and 35 children, the
U.N. human rights office said in a statement.
Excerpt: Palmyra , one of the
archaeological jewels of the Middle East, is said to be under threat from
Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria .
The Jihadists seized buildings on the eastern edge of the adjacent city of Tadmur on Thursday, but
their push was reportedly halted by the Syrian army.
Al-Qaeda’s
Assassination Campaign Against ‘Blasphemous’ Bloggers. From the terror
organization's dangerous new chapter: "Next target is loading... Stay
tuned!"
Excerpt: As Westerners come under fire for drawing cartoons
of Muhammad, Bangladeshi bloggers are being killed with hatchets for professing
disbelief in the Islamic prophet or simply promoting a secular society. And as
the West is focused on locating ISIS
operatives and cells, al-Qaeda’s new chapter in southeast Asia is conducting
the assassinations at an alarming rate — three victims in less than three
months. Ananta Bijoy Das, a science writer whose numerous books included one on
evolution, was hacked to death by four men wielding machetes and
cleavers Tuesday as he went to work in the city of Sylhet .
Why Shiite Expansion
Will Be Short-Lived
Excerpt: The sectarian conflict in the Middle
East can neatly be divided into two sides: Sunnis and Shiites. Or
so it would seem. The reality, it turns out, is more complicated. Sunni unity is a
myth – the countries that constitute the Sunni camp are divided over a
variety of issues. And the Shiites, whose power has grown since the early
1990s, nonetheless suffer from the inescapable constraints of being a minority
population.
Gunmen kill seven in
attack on Muslim council in Afghan south: police
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-gunmen-kill-seven-in-attack-on-muslim-council-in-afghan-south-police-2015-5?IR=T
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-gunmen-kill-seven-in-attack-on-muslim-council-in-afghan-south-police-2015-5?IR=T
Muslims killing Muslims for Allah. ~Bob
45 killed in
terrorist attack on bus in Karachi
Excerpt: At least 45 people were killed and 11 people were
injured in an attack on a bus carrying members of Ismaili community near
Safoora Chowrangi in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi .
Sindh Police Inspector General Ghulam Haider Jamali said
that 60 people were on board the bus when gunmen opened fire and killed 43
passengers on the spot, killing the bus driver first. (The Ismailis provoked
them by being Ismailis, you see. How dare they poke them in the eye in such a
way? Didn’t they realize that their being Ismaili was offensive to these
jihadists? They have no one to blame but themselves. So goes the reasoning of
those who blame us for the jihad attack on our free speech event in Texas . --Robert Spencer,
JihadWatch.org.)
Girding for the long
haul of terror. America
Excerpt: Two seemingly unconnected recent events but in
reality intimately connected are sure signs that the war on terrorism is being
lost. Of course, we must begin with that old Chinese adage: When a fish starts
rotting, it stinks first from the head. President Obama has undeclared the war
on terrorism, refusing even to name the enemy. But it takes two to tango — and
the Islamic terrorists cling to their effort to inflict hurt on the United States whenever
and now, alas, wherever, they can. The recent attack in Garland , Texas , revealed what the general public only had guessed:
There are resident terrorists — some U.S. born, others naturalized
citizens, some of Muslim descent, others converts to Islam — ready to spring
into action. (Yes, yes, yes, it's time we reacted to all the propaganda
that washes over the world daily from our enemies, and start replying with our
own inputs, propaganda based on truth, not ideology and deception. When people
hear nothing but the ceaseless condemnations of The Great Satan, the corrupt
imperialist Crusader bastards, yadda-yadda, they of course soak in at least
some of it. At least hearing some contrary inputs will let the more intelligent
people question the lies broadcast about us, and lessen the level of resentment
and victimization they have been indoctrinated into. It is a battle for minds
too, and not engaging in it at all just cedes victory to our mortal enemies. --Del )
Church? Not the Mosque? New statistics show FGM on
the rise in UK
Excerpt: The church is being asked to raise the issue of
Female Genital Mutilation in its communities, as new statistics show the
illegal practice is an increasing problem in the UK .
Data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre
identified 578 new cases in March in England . This brings the total
figures up to nearly 4,000 in the UK since the data started to be
recorded in September. 60 of these cases are in under-18s.
*****
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five
terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the American Republic.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304815980&sr=1-5
For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s
eleven books are listed here:
http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-book-published.html.
His blog of political news and conservative comment is www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com.
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