Update
At PT Rehab Friday, I did 20 minutes on the treadmill at 2
mph, then a 2 minute cool down, and 50 reps on each of three other exercises. Same
as Wednesday, except I was able to reduce the O2 level from 2 LPM to 1 LPM and
still stay in the 94% to 96% saturation range.
Slammed Friday, so no news post then. Out of pocket Sunday,
Rehab Monday morning, so next post might be Tuesday. ~Bob
General News and Comment
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Yet the
educational dogma of the day is that you simply cannot expect children who are
not middle-class to do well on standardized tests, for all sorts of
sociological and psychological reasons. Those who think this way are undeterred by the fact
that there are schools where low-income and minority students do in fact score
well on standardized tests. These students are like the bumblebees who
supposedly should not be able to fly, according to the theories of
aerodynamics, but who fly anyway, in disregard of those theories. While there are examples of schools where this happens
in our own time-- both public and private, secular and religious-- we can also
go back nearly a hundred years and find the same phenomenon. Back in 1899, in
Washington, D. C., there were four academic public high schools-- one black and
three white.1 In standardized tests given that year,
students in the black high school averaged higher test scores than students in
two of the three white high schools.2 (I was searching fr a Sowell column
from the 1990s, without luck, and found this interesting piece. I do
not know the date. ~Bob)
Quote
"People who have been arguing for years for the
brotherhood of man are surprised to discover that it is true, especially when
it means that individuals from minority groups can be just as racist as individuals
from the majority." --Thomas Sowell, Barbarians
Inside the Gates.
Judge Orders DOJ to
Release Fast and Furious a List of Documents Withheld From Congress Under Obama
Executive Privilege Claim
Excerpt: “This order forces the Obama DOJ, for the first time, to provide a
detailed listing of all documents that it has withheld from Congress and
the American people for years about the deadly Fast and Furious gun running
scandal,” Judicial Watch released in a statement.
DeLauro proposes 1 cent tax on each teaspoon of sugar in soft drinks
Excerpt: With high rates of obesity, diabetes and
related illnesses prevailing across the United States , U.S. Rep. Rosa L.
DeLauro on Wednesdayproposed the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act, or SWEET Act. It may not
pass in a Republican-dominated House, but the idea of putting a 1-cent tax on
each teaspoon of sugar in soft drinks, as the bill calls for, is “a serious
piece of legislation; it’s not a statement” in a time when people are concerned
about nutrition, said DeLauro, D-3. In the last 30 years “you’ve seen a very
substantial increase in obesity and diabetes in the United States . The statistics are
really pretty extraordinary,” DeLauro said Wednesday. (From my personal
Congress-critter. Imagine having a job where you get to wake up in the morning
and dream of ways to legally steal other people’s money, because you really
care about them, so it’s the right thing to do. --George)
Rethinking the war on poverty. By Jennifer
Rubin
Excerpt: Conservative reformers such as Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-Wis.) argue that anti-poverty programs need to be transformed from a
one-size-fits-all series of federal wealth transfers to a more holistic
approach that focuses on individuals’ specific needs and that aims to end
dependency. Liberals look askance at this notion, suspecting that it is some
sort of excuse for not spending more at the federal level. But, in fact, if we
focus on outcomes, the biggest successes are those programs customized and
administered at the state and local level that encourage aid recipients to
become productive workers.
UN Official: Vietnam
Excerpt: A U.N. official who went to Vietnam to assess
religious freedom in this Southeast Asian country said Thursday that
security agents closely monitored his visit and people he wanted to meet were
harassed and intimidated. (I'm shocked, shocked to read this...that the communists
do not really honor their own constitution's guarantee of freedom of religion? What
a totally amazing thing to hear.... Actually, the shock is that there is
any improvement at all under Hanoi 's
oppressive regime. They have been violating religious freedom since the day
they took over in 1954, we must recognize their consistency in this. And for
denying personal freedoms in general, which has been a fundamental part of
communism forever. Amazing that there are still people who don't understand
this. --Del )
Ben Carson Lays
Groundwork for 2016 White House Bid
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ben-Carson-Elections-2016-President/2014/08/01/id/586329/
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ben-Carson-Elections-2016-President/2014/08/01/id/586329/
Excerpt: Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and popular
conservative writer and campaigner, has announced the formation of a political action committee to explore a possible 2016
presidential bid, The Washington Times reported.
Excerpt: So there’s a different way to borrow — one that’s
more subtle, harder to see and, therefore, cheaper to do. You still take in
money, pledge to return it, and leave future generations on the hook. But you
call the money you take in “taxes,” not “borrowing.” And you promise repayment
in the form of pension, health care and other benefits, but you don’t record
the present value of those promises as official debt. Social Security is a
prime example. (Don't expect this type of transparency from "the most
transparent administration in history." ~Bob)
Satire:
The Art of Painting Presidential Satire. By
Andy Weddington
Excerpt:
I've no idea who's been commissioned to paint the official portrait of Barack
H. Obama, 44th President of the United
States of America
Illinois Governor:
Rauner (R) 44%, Quinn (D) 39%
Excerpt: Republican challenger Bruce Rauner has edged
further ahead in his battle with Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn for the
governorship of Illinois .
The latest Rasmussen Report telephone survey of Likely Illinois Voters finds
Rauner with a five-point lead – 44% to 39% - over Quinn.
Putin and Obama, the Bobbsey Twins. By James Lewis
Excerpt: For half a millennium the Russian Tsars proudly proclaimed
themselves to be guardians of Christian civilization against barbarian
invasions from the Asian steppes and the Muslim Middle East. Although the Tsars
generally excluded Catholics from their benevolent protection, their claim to
protect European Christianity was not totally wrong. What a really interesting
way to look at what's going on in the world today. --Del )
IRS Gave Lois Lerner a Bonus to Make Her Want to Keep Up
Her Work. By Mark Horne
Excerpt: The
Weekly Standard reports that the IRS gave Lois Lerner a bonus,
specifically a “retention bonus”—an incentive for her to keep her job
harassing, obstructing, and burdening conservative taxpayers whose money
was used to offer her that bonus.
Excerpt: Japan
says it will give Vietnam
six naval ships for patrols in the South China Sea, amid regional tension over
competing maritime claims with China .
The offer, worth 500 million yen (£2.9 million, $5 million), was announced
during a visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to Hanoi .
Excerpt: The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a 2011 law
backed by Republicans requiring voters to show photo identification at the
polls, and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen pledged to use the ruling to
convince a federal appeals panel to put the law into effect for the November
election.
More Money Isn't the
Answer to the VA's Many Problems The VA doesn't have a funding problem—it has a
culture problem of poor management, inefficiency and no accountability.
Garry Augustine's "Aid Veterans Affairs By Nixing Budget Gimmickry" (op-ed,
July 23) suggests the Department of Veterans Affairs' failures in caring for
veterans stem from inadequate funding. This argument is extremely misleading.
Since 2009, the VA's budget has increased by 68% to more than $163 billion
(with a $450 million health-care budget surplus this year), making the VA the
second largest federal department. But additional funding isn't often invested
well. For example, the Government Accountability Office detailed how
construction costs for a new VA facility in Denver ballooned from $328 million to $800
million over eight years. This is typical with VA construction projects which
are 35 months delayed and $360 million over budget on average. Worse,
whistleblowers across the nation report how some VA doctors treat substantially
fewer patients than private-sector providers—sometimes as few as two a day.
This while the VA maintains over 1,000 unfilled physician positions on its
books and VA executives are paid "performance" bonuses based on
fraudulent numbers. The VA doesn't have a funding problem—it has a culture
problem of poor management, inefficiency and no accountability. Fundamentally
reforming the department, not more funding, should be the top priority. We need
a better VA, not a bigger one. It's notable that to support his assertion that
the VA is underfunded, Mr. Augustine cites the department's own estimates.
Given that the VA is embroiled in a scandal centered on fraudulent numbers and
bad data, he should seek a more credible source to bolster this stale argument.
--Pete Hegseth, CEO, Concerned Veterans for America (Yes, of course there
are always parts of the program that need more people, more equipment, more
facilities, more money. But those are not the key problems that keep the VA
from doing its job in a more timely, efficient, and effective fashion. The
military analogy is simple- getting more or bigger guns won't solve the
problems caused by stupid, lazy, or incompetent generals. Lincoln 's key action to finish off the South
in the Civil War was not just the use of the Draft to get more men in blue
uniforms, it was firing incompetent generals and putting Grant in charge.
But will any reform other than breaking the power of the union of the top civil
servants have any chance of truly fixing things? --Del. The government set up a
system whereby administrators were rewarded for lying and some employees were
paid for doing full time union work, no heath care. People tend to do what they
are rewarded fof. The caregivers from the surgeons to the CNAs at my local VA
have been beyond superb--I wouldn't be alive today without them. ~Bob)
Abandoned Baby With Downs Syndrome Highlights Dark Side of
Surrogacy in Thailand
Excerpt: A surrogate mother in Bangkok is facing unexpected parenthood after
she refused
to abort a surrogate baby after he was prenatally diagnosed with Down
syndrome. Pattharamom Janbua was paid the equivalent of $10,000 to carry a set
of twins for an Australian couple. Following the Down syndrome diagnosis of
Gammy, the male twin, the couple refused to parent him and instead took only
the healthy female twin. A fund has
been set up to assist Pattharamom with the medical costs associated with
raising a special needs child.
Too funny: Richard Dawkins: Islamophobe and Sexist
Excerpt: After making atheist provocateur Richard Dawkins a
deity himself for his vitriolic attacks on Christianity, the left is suddenly
experiencing a case of tightly wound panties over the discovery that Dawkins
doesn’t reserve his misanthropy for Christianity. He also thinks the feminist
focus of “rape culture” is ridiculous and that Islam is violent and dangerous.
This Multi-Million Dollar Scandal Is So Big That It Could
Destroy The Clintons
Excerpt: Already facing a number of setbacks in her
fledgling campaign for the 2016 Democrat presidential nomination, Hillary
Clinton is now at the center of a new scandal. According to recently released
documents from the Department of State, Bill Clinton used his wife’s position
as secretary of state to secure numerous lucrative speaking engagements around
the globe.
Woman Ignores Signs,
Sticks Hand in Lion Cage, Lion Rips Off Finger, Woman Sues Zoo
http://godfatherpolitics.com/16501/woman-ignores-signs-sticks-hand-lion-cage-lion-rips-finger-woman-sues-zoo/
http://godfatherpolitics.com/16501/woman-ignores-signs-sticks-hand-lion-cage-lion-rips-finger-woman-sues-zoo/
Excerpt: The park had signs posted warning people not to try
to touch the animals. Ferguson
ignored the signs; put her hand through the chain link fence to pet a male African
lion when the lion ripped most of her middle finger off. She told the local
media: "I put my hand down there to pet it and it ripped my finger."
Obamacare News
Lawmaker Challenges Top Obamacare Official’s Ties to
HealthCare.gov Contractor. By Melissa
Quinn
Excerpt: Andrew Slavitt, a former executive at the
technology company tasked with “saving” HealthCare.gov and now second in
command at the agency overseeing Obamacare, yesterday ran into sharp questions
from a House panel about a potential conflict of interest in his new role.
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., pressed Slavitt on his previous
job at OptumInsight/QSSI and that company’s continuing involvement with
HealthCare.gov.
Obamacare Overruns. By Rich
Galen
Excerpt: From the National Journal's website: "The
Obama administration has spent roughly $840 million onHealthCare.gov, including
more than $150 million just in cost overruns for the version that failed so
badly when it launched last year."
Obamacare Disaster in
California Arnold
Excerpt: California ’s
experience with ObamaCare portends a dubious future for the nation. “The rate
increase from 2013 to 2014, on average, was significantly higher than rate
increases in the past,” said Insurance
Commissioner Dave Jones at a news conference Tuesday. Jones admitted that
Californians endured premium rate increases ranging from 22 percent to 88
percent from last year to this year. “The rate increase from 2013 to 2014, on
average, was significantly higher than rate increases in the past,” Jones
added.
Undocumented Democrat News
Obama readies executive action on immigration. By David Nakamura
Excerpt: President Obama is preparing to announce new
measures that would potentially allow millions of illegal immigrants to remain
in the United States without
fear of deportation, a politically explosive decision that could jolt Washington just weeks
before the midterm elections, according to people who have been in touch with
the White House. ... Though politically charged, such a move would allow Obama to
present a sharp contrast with Republicans — who have remained staunchly opposed
to loosening immigration enforcement — and cement Hispanic support for the Democratic Party for years
to come, supporters said. (well, that tells us what this is about.
Still maintaining restrictions on high-earning professionals and
entrepreneurs--they too often vote Republican! ~Bob)
Excerpt: Although 2,500 miles from the continental United States , Hawaii
has joined the list of states temporarily housing unaccompanied minors from
Central America who have illegally crossed into America through the
U.S.-Mexico border. Who’s paying to transport the minors to Hawaii ? You, the
taxpayer.
The DREAMer and the nightmare: Illegal alien teen charged
in brutal murder of USC engineering student from China. By
Michelle Malkin
Excerpt: Pictured above are the horrified relatives of
Xinran Ji. Ji was 24. He came to America legally to study engineering at USC. Ji is dead. Illegal alien youth
DelCarmen was charged with his heinous murder, along with
several other teen suspects.
Worth Reading : Keeping
America
Excerpt: Editor’s Note: Paty Newman, born to Mexican
immigrants in LA, writes this open letter to illegal aliens. It is the Rule of
Law that has made our country exceptional. The same Rule of Law will protect
you if you want to become an American or a legal resident. The law doesn’t
apply evenly in your country of origin; the consequence of lawlessness is what
made you run away. But now you are asking us to ignore our own laws and
make exceptions that are favorable to you. Be careful what you ask for, you
have personally lived the consequences of “exceptions” to the Rule of Law.
Excerpt: Imagine you’re about to sit down for supper when
suddenly 760 folks show up on your front porch wanting fried catfish and
hushpuppies. You’d be fit to be tied as they say in Tennessee . And Tennessee Governor Bill
Haslam is fit to be tied.
The Loophole is Obama. By Ann Coulter
Excerpt: It's been reported everywhere -- The New York
Times, The Washington Post, Fox News -- that the William Wilberforce Sex
Trafficking Act requires that any non-Mexican children who show up on our
border be admitted and given a hearing. (New York Times, July 7, 2014:
"Immigrant Surge Rooted in Law to Curb Child Trafficking.") The
problem, we've been told, is that a loophole in the sex trafficking law
mandates these hearings -- or "removal proceedings." But there
is no such loophole.
"You're Greener Than Gore" News
The Environmental
Corruption Agency. By Michelle Malkin
Excerpt: The lofty motto of the Environmental Protection Agency is
"protecting people and the environment." In practice, however, EPA
bureaucrats faithfully protect their own people and preserve the government's
cesspool of manipulation, cover-ups and cronyism.
Just last week, Mark Levin and his vigilant Landmark Legal
Foundation went to court to ask federal district judge Royce Lamberth to
sanction the EPA "for destroying or failing to preserve emails and text
messages that may have helped document suspected agency efforts to influence
the 2012 presidential election." The motion is part of a larger Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to force EPA to release emails and related
records from former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and others "who may
have delayed the release dates for hot-button environmental regulations until
after the Nov. 6, 2012, presidential election." (I've been on this kick
for a while now, as some of you will remember. The rise of the giant federal
bureaucracies that end up feeling and acting as if they are untouchable
bastions of power to be used in whatever manner the current bosses wish has
been pretty obvious for at least a decade, and it is to a major extent independent
of who is in the Oval Office or the Senate or House. Some of the scandals do
relate to politics, like the blatantly Democrat-leaning execs at the IRS,
others are just about corrupt power, as the bonus-seeking "civil
servants" at the VA. The corruption by power has been very well known to
people for centuries, and our Founders were well aware of it, and concerned
about it. But we've really lost the handle on the big federal bureaucracies for
some time now, and the abuses these arrogant jerks put into play cost us all in
various ways. Money is wasted by the billions, people are badly abused more and
more often, and the functions that need to be accomplished are not. I am
hoping and praying that Congress and perhaps our next President will come to
focus on these problems, and man up to the task of reining in the abusive
agencies decisively, for the sake of the nation. We need our government to
serve us, not us serving them, we need important functions to be performed, we
need to avoid gross waste of money, and we need very much to make sure that no
bureaucrat gets to harass, oppress, or in any way mistreat citizens. We are
Americans, and we need to be better than that. --Del )
Excerpt: The study concludes: "Among the papers
expressing a position on AGW, an overwhelming percentage (… 97.1% based on
abstract ratings) endorses the scientific consensus on AGW." Focus on that
conditional phrase, “among the papers expressing a position on AGW.” On page 3
of this study, a simple time series chart shows that OVER HALF of these
articles did NOT express an opinion on AGW at all. Further, the percentage of
these no-opinion climate articles GREW to well over 60% over the period of
study. Meanwhile, the percentage of articles that expressly support the AGW
theory FELL from around 50% to well below 40%.
Religion of Peace News
Israeli soldier
feared kidnapped as IDF names 2 others killed
Excerpt: A Hamas attack on IDF soldiers in southern Gaza , which occurred an
hour and a half after the start of a humanitarian truce, ended with the suspected kidnapping of
a soldier, the IDF said Friday. Second Lt. Hadar Goldin, a 23-year-old Givati
officer from Kfar Saba, was named as the IDF soldier presumed to be abducted by
Hamas. His family has been notified. (Hamas immediately violated the
humanitarian ceasefire they agreed to? Show me your shocked face. ~Bob)
Cease-fire collapses
between Israel
Excerpt: It was the start of a three-day truce, the best
hope yet to end a 25-day-old war that has taken an enormous toll on both
Palestinians and Israelis. On Friday morning, Israeli troops were in the
southern Gaza Strip preparing to destroy a Hamas tunnel, said Israeli military
officials. Suddenly, Palestinian militants emerged from a shaft. They included
a suicide bomber, who detonated his explosive device. In the chaos, two Israeli
soldiers were killed. (With Hamas as with other jihadists, you cannot
negotiate, as they never keep their word. You can only kill them, die or
submit. See http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/011-taqiyya.htm.
~Bob. "It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have
refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a
trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the
wolf." --Thomas Paine)
Hamas Defenders: Don't Call Them Terrorists. By John
Rossomando
Excerpt: By attacking Israeli troops and kidnapping one just
hours into a new ceasefireFriday morning, Hamas guaranteed that the people
it claims to represent in Gaza
will face more casualties as Israeli forces hunt for the terrorist who live
among them. Yet, for Hamas defenders, this is unlikely to change their
descriptions for the group. Despite long-standing terrorist designations by the
United States and European Union, to them Hamas is
a "sovereign government," a political party, a "humanitarian organization" or
a "resistance" movement.
Worth Reading : Clueless
in Gaza
Excerpt: More significant is the consternation of America ’s Arab
partners, starting with the president of the Palestinian Authority. Mahmoud
Abbas was stunned that Kerry would fly off to Paris
to negotiate with Hamas allies Qatar
and Turkey in talks that excluded the PA and Egypt . The
talks also undermined Egypt’s cease-fire proposal, which Israel had accepted and
Hamas rejected (and would have prevented the vast majority of the
casualties on both sides).
Genocide of
Christians takes a back seat to hating Israel
Excerpt: There's something familiar about what's happening
to Christians in the Middle East and North Africa .
Over the last ten years, we've heard the news of church burnings, rapes,
kidnappings and mass murders. All these have taken place at
the hands of Muslim Jihadists in the Mideast and North
Africa . Yet, nothing has been as stirring as the void that was
filled by the Obama-led evacuation of US forces in Iraq . ISIS, an organized militia of
Sunni Muslims, conquered a large swath of Iraq
and Syria in just weeks
after the last US
combat soldier left. Many of their weapons were abandoned US issue,
trucks and tanks. (Somehow we're not getting a lot of coverage of the mounting
attacks on Christians all over most of the Middle East and Africa . In Sudan
and Nigeria the Muslim
murderers have been slaughtering Christians for over a decade now, and those
aren't the only places in Africa with such
situations. I think the US
should be arming Christians in some places and training them as well, so they
can fight back against those who come to kill them or drive them out. The UN is
utterly incapable of handling any of this stuff, they don't send anyone in to
protect the Christians and if they did, they'd still just stand by and watch them
get killed as they did during massacres in Rwanda
and Yugoslavia .
US troops are the only ones who will actually face up to armed enemies and
engage with deadly force when it's called for. Sometimes I think US troops are
the only ones who really know how to fight at all, look at the Iraqi Army which
has had so many well equipped units, trained for years, drop their weapons
(which are much better than the invaders have) and run when faced with a much
smaller crowd of opponents whose heaviest weapons are some pickup trucks with
.50 cal MG on them. (Totally vulnerable to anyone with a rifle and the
ability to hit a man at 200 yards.) What a mess that is, maybe a lot of Arab
Muslims deserve and somehow need to be ruled by brutal dictators and religious
fanatics? I can only feel sorry for the women. But meanwhile, we have publicity
poured at us about the deaths of Gazans, who are dying because the Hamas guys
living among then cannot bring themselves to stop launching rockets for more
than 90 minutes even when they've agreed to a 3 day ceasefire, while far more
Christians have been slaughtered in the parts of Syria and Iraq where the new
caliphate has been declared, and they didn't do anything at all to put
themselves in harms way. I don't understand why Christian pogroms aren't worth
any attention or serious condemnation in the world media. This is more than
frustrating or maddening, it's really a basis for rage. And maybe a
message that it's time for Christians to express rage and demand better of the
media and our leaders. --Del )
Excerpt: The Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed reports yesterday
that the Kingdom received eight Saudi individuals from Yemen wanted
for their involvement in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This Yemeni
deportation of Saudi AQAP fighters is the first handover of terrorists active
in Yemen to Saudi Arabia
since February, when Yemeni security officials announced that they had handed over 29 Saudi AQAP
fighters to the Kingdom.
Jews Can Shoot. By
Mark Tapson
Excerpt: "Everywhere genocide has prevailed, it was
superseded by requiring the registration of guns followed by the confiscation
of guns. . . .Whether it is an attack on our way of life by the government or
being attacked by a criminal in the street or attempting to break into our
homes, the attacker is far less likely to succeed if he knows that there will
be resistance from an armed citizen."
Obama does not accept
war for what it is. By Eliot A. Cohen
Excerpt: Therein lies the difference between Lincoln and
Obama, which explains much of the wreckage that is U.S.
foreign policy in Gaza and
elsewhere today. Lincoln
accepted war for what it is; Obama does not. The Gaza war is
a humanitarian tragedy for Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire. It is
also a barbaric conflict, as leaders of Hamas hide their fighters behind
children while baiting their enemy to kill innocents. But first and foremost,
it is a war, a mortal contest of wills between two governments and two
societies.
'Child Murderers':
Outrage at sick note pinned to the front of synagogue in Surrey in response to
war in Gaza as anti-Semitic attacks soar by a third in Britain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2712851/Anti-Semitic-attacks-soar-Britain-Jewish-safety-body-warns-abuse-wake-Gaza-invasion.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2712851/Anti-Semitic-attacks-soar-Britain-Jewish-safety-body-warns-abuse-wake-Gaza-invasion.html
Excerpt: A rabbi was attacked by four Muslim teenagers
outside a Jewish boarding school in Gateshead
in one of the most serious incidents. In Belfast ,
bricks were thrown at the city’s only synagogue, smashing windows on two
consecutive nights. Groups of Asian men chanted ‘Heil Hitler’ as they drove
through a Jewish area of Manchester ,
throwing missiles at passers-by. (Most comparisons to Der Fuhrer for political reasons are ridiculous. My brother had an
anti-Nixon poster in his room when in high school of a bogus Hitler quote about
"Law and Order." His defense was, "Hitler could have said
it." But when you chant Heil Hitler...~Bob)
Excerpt: On the other hand, don’t you think that if the Jews
had shouted “Down with Muhammad” or some such, that the police would have
stepped in and hauled them before the Human Rights Commission?
“UN Condemns Israel’s
Latest War Crime: Not Sharing Iron Dome with Hamas,” by Thomas Rose
Excerpt: Among the UN’s long bill of particulars against the
beleaguered Jewish state comes the almost unbelievable accusation that Israel’s
refusal to share its Iron Dome ballistic missile defense shield with the
“governing authority” of Gaza – i.e. Hamas, the terror group created
to pursue the extermination of the Jewish state and now waging a terrorist war
against it – constitutes a war crime against the civilians of Gaza.
Vue apologises after
families 'barred from cinema for not being MUSLIM'
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/vue-apologises-after-families-barred-3943677
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/vue-apologises-after-families-barred-3943677
Excerpt: But as he tried to enter the Vue Cinema on
the site, which includes dozens of bars and licenced restaurants, he said he
was turned away by a burly security guard. Asked why, shocked Leon
says he was told by staff the films showing were only for couples and families
celebrating the end of Islamic festival Eid.
Seattle: Muslim who said gays should be “exterminated” gets
ten years for arson at gay nightclub. By Robert Spencer
Excerpt: In another report from February,
we learn that an informant told the FBI before this attack that Musab
Mohamed Masmari may be planning “terrorist activity,” and that Masmari “opined
that homosexuals should be exterminated.”
Belgium: Doctor refuses to help 90-year-old woman because
she is Jewish — “Go to Gaza.” By Robert Spencer
Excerpt: The last time it was this bad in Europe ,
it ended in mass murder. Today the “Palestinians,” the darlings of the
international media and “human rights community,” call openly for a new genocide of the Jews, and nonetheless
never lose favor with the intelligentsia and elites.
Excerpt: The security forces said on Wednesday they
have arrested three suspected suicide bombers, among them two female teenagers,
10-year-old Hadiza Musa and 18-year-old Zainab Musa.
Excerpt: The international media will probably report this
as a craven Israeli assault on a health clinic. In reality, the UNRWA clinic
housed the opening of a jihad weapons smuggling tunnel. Here again, we see the
UN being used by the jihadis — did UN officials know about this? This makes
three UN schools and a health clinic aiding active jihad warfare — no one at the
UN was aware of or on board with this? There needs to be a full investigation,
and the defunding of the UN if it is found to be enabling war against a
sovereign state. But this is the age of Obama, and there will be no such
investigation.
Excerpt: Yet another open call for genocide of the Jews,
airing on Hamas’s TV channel. Where is the international media? Too busy
repeating Hamas propaganda to take any notice.
German police arrest
18-year-old after attack on synagogue
Excerpt: Prosecutor Hans-Joachim Kiskel said the nationality
of the arrested suspect was not clear but added that the man had told
authorities he was Palestinian.
Suicide bombers kill
at least six in Nigeria
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140729/suicide-bombers-kill-at-least-six-nigeria-mosques
Excerpt: Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in northeast Nigeria 's
Yobe state late Tuesday killing at least six people and injuring several
others, witnesses told AFP blaming the Boko Haram Islamists.
Excerpt: Firasat has been sent back to Spain , where he faces deportation to Pakistan . In Pakistan , he
would certainly be killed. “The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that Firasat
should be expelled from the country, being a security threat.” But it is not
actually Imran Firasat who is the security threat; it is the Muslims who might
become violent because of the uncomfortable truths that Firasat tells about
Islam. The Spanish authorities, however, are unable or unwilling to
confront them. If there were any justice in the regime in Washington , Firasat would be able to get asylum in the United States .
But there isn’t. (Not the kind f Immigrant Democrats want here. ~Bob)
Catholic League Chief
Speaks Out on Obama's Eid al-Fitr Message. By Sandy Fitzgerald
Excerpt: Catholic League President Bill Donohue is slamming
President Barack Obama for his statement commemorating the end of the Muslim
Ramadan observance, saying Obama doesn't "stand with people of all
faiths." Obama's brief statement, issued earlier this week to send best
wishes to Muslims during the Eid al-Fitr celebration, said that the observance
reminds him and wife Michelle "of the many achievements and contributions
of Muslim Americans to building the very fabric of our nation and strengthening
the core of our democracy." Further, Obama said he and his wife
"stand with people of all faiths, here at home and around the world, to
protect and advance their rights to prosper, and we welcome their commitment to
giving back to their communities." (Mr. Obama must really think that this
country had a significant number of Muslims living here from the time the
Pilgrims (who would have thrown a Muslim into the ocean) arrived here, who did
a lot of contributing to the founding of the nation and its progress since
then. Maybe that happened on some other planet, but not on this one. But he
unfailingly compliments them on every possible occasion and talks about their
building "the very fabric of our nation", the evidence for which is
nonexistent. When is the last time he said something complimentary to Catholics
or Baptists or Quakers or any Christian group or Christians in general? I can't
recall any such occasion. Meanwhile, Christian communities that have been in
place in the Middle East since the fall of Constantinople are being driven out
or wiped out, and I have yet to hear him say a word about it. John Kerry has
done the most magnificent job of being counterproductive with Israel and
Hamas that one could have ever imagined, bringing our status in the Middle East
to even lower than low. One starts to wonder if this Administration will ever
get anything right, or even close.But it's OK, the fundraisers are still there,
the golf courses are still there, and the gourmet food service at the White
House is still there, so our President will never be bored. --Del )
From 2002: Whosoever Blesses Them: The intifada and
its defenders. By Larry Miller
Excerpt: The Palestinians want their own country. There's
just one thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made up word. Israel was called Palestine for two thousand years. Like
"Wiccan," "Palestinian" sounds ancient but is really a
modern invention. Before the Israelis won the land in war, Gaza
was owned by Egypt , and
there were no "Palestinians" then, and the West Bank was owned by Jordan , and
there were no "Palestinians" then. As soon as the Jews took over and
started growing oranges as big as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to
the "Palestinians," weeping for their deep bond with their lost
"land" and "nation." So for the sake of honesty, let's not
use the word "Palestinian" any more to describe these delightful
folks, who dance for joy at our deaths until someone points out they're being
taped. (This still goes around the net attributed to Dennis Miller. ~Bob)
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