Update
A lot of timely news, so I'm posting despite having 50
unread emails and having had to delete many based on the subject. Sorry to all
why sent items not used. I've been out and about: Britnye in Corn Fest parade
with dancers Thursday evening, Church Boat Trip Friday. Next Corn Fest
Saturday, Church and GOP Picnic Sunday. Came back from the Boat Trip to 167
emails, and I had other work to do besides the blog....Bob
General News and Comment
Book Recommendation: Not With a Bang
But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline. By Theodore Dalrymple
Another terrific collection of essays by Dr. Anthony
Daniels, the British psychiatrist who uses the pen name Dalrymple, published in
2008. He turns his biting wit and insights to the culture in Britain , and by
default, western civilization. In the first section, he reviews the impact on
the culture of famous writers from Johnson to Ibsen. I'ts quite interesting,
but the second section on politics and culture is not to be missed. I will link
to some of the essays, like the one below, when I can find them on line. A
quote from the Preface: "The United States is not immune from
the collapse of confidence that underlies the deep British Malaise. It is as
plentifully supplied as Britain
with intellectuals who indulge in cultural self-doubt, more from a desire to
present themselves to their peers as broad-minded than from any love of truth
or wisdom."
Worth Reading
Excerpt: For the last 40 years, government policy in Britain ,
de facto if not always de jure, has been to render the British population
virtually defenseless against criminals and criminality. Almost alone of
British government policies, this one has been supremely effective: no Briton
nowadays goes many hours without wondering how to avoid being victimized by a
criminal intent on theft, burglary, or violence. An unholy alliance between
politicians and bureaucrats who want to keep prison costs to a minimum, and
liberal intellectuals who pretend to see in crime a natural and understandable
response to social injustice, which it would be a further injustice to punish,
has engendered a prolonged and so far unfinished experiment in leniency that
has debased the quality of life of millions of people, especially the poor.
(Published in his book Not with a Bang,
but a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline.)
Worth Reading
Excerpt:
Here we go again. A short while ago news - clowns have been demanding (the name
of the police officer) - broke from the town of Ferguson, Missouri, about
the police shooting death of Michael Brown. Ah, but the pesky truth is
emerging.
Texas Gov. Perry
indicted for alleged abuse of power for veto threat
Excerpt: A grand jury has indicted Republican Texas Gov. Rick
Perry for abuse of power after the governor allegedly carried out a threat to
veto funding for public corruption prosecutors in the state. Perry, a potential
2016 presidential hopeful and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, is the
first governor of Texas
to be indicted in nearly a century.
Tensions soar as Ukraine
Excerpt: Ukraine
said on Friday it had destroyed part of a Russian armoured column that entered
onto its territory in an incursion that has sent cross-border tensions
rocketing.
Liberal WaPo
Columnist: Obama Policies Helped Cause Ferguson
http://dailycaller.com/2014/08/15/liberal-wapo-columnist-obama-policies-helped-cause-ferguson-fiasco/#ixzz3AVhp2Owg
http://dailycaller.com/2014/08/15/liberal-wapo-columnist-obama-policies-helped-cause-ferguson-fiasco/#ixzz3AVhp2Owg
Excerpt: Liberal Washington Post art critic Philip Kennicott
hit President Obama for urging healing after race riots and a militarized
police response in a St. Louis suburb, arguing that his administration “has
presided over the enlargement of the problem” of a deep distrust in authority. In
a post published Thursday afternoon, Kennicott — who wrote in 2009 that the Obama “Joker” posters were
racist and gushed over the artistic value of a White House PR
photo after Obama’s reelection in 2012 — explicitly accuses Barack Obama of
furthering many of the values and policies used by the St. Louis County Police
Department in their heavy-handed crackdown on largely peaceful protesters.
This is what Ferguson
Excerpt: In discussing the fatal police shooting of Michael
Brown, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jacksonreleased a police report Friday for a robbery he said
Brown committed just minutes before the 18-year-old was shot and
killed by an officer. Jackson later said the initial contact between
officer Darren Wilson and Brown — which ended with Brown’s death on a
Ferguson street last weekend — was not actually connected to the robbery. The family
called the decision to release the report “character assassination.”
New Tack on Unrest
Eases Tension in Missouri
Excerpt: President Obama on Thursday called for an end to
the violence here, denouncing actions both by the police and by protesters.
Hours later, the Missouri
governor, Jay Nixon, ordered the state highway patrol to take over security
operations from local law enforcement.
The Slow, Gradual
Change in America
In the past ten to twenty years, the appearance of the
police in our cities, towns, and counties changed dramatically; the unnerving
suspicion is that the mentality of our police changed as well. ... Let's
include all the proper stipulations: Of course, we all want the police
protected from harm. Yes, they face danger on our behalf. Yes, they need to
defend themselves and us with lethal force at times. Yes, in the face of a
rioting crowd, they need to be able to apply -- and threaten to apply --
sufficient force to quell the riot quickly. But one of the ways we as Americans
responded to 9/11 was to throw gobs of money at first responders, to prepare
police forces large and small to respond to any imaginable horrific emergency
-- a Beslan-style attack on a school, an Oklahoma City–style bombing, heavily
armed criminals like those in the North Hollywood shootout, etc. In theory, this was a good
idea. It may still be a good idea. But it had side effects. One is that the
Department of Homeland Security started popping out military-grade equipment,
weapons, armor, and gadgets like a Pez dispenser, resulting in top-grade hardware in almost
comically small towns: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/03/14/10689730-nh-citys-new-military-muscle-raises-some-hackles
Excerpt: St. Louis , like
nearly everywhere else in the United
States , has grown more multicultural (though
less quickly than many other places). Immigrants to the area have lately come
from Bosnia , India and China . But events in Ferguson demonstrate the
paradox of American diversity: An increasingly multicultural nation remains
deeply divided by race and class.
New Black Panthers
Take Over Ferguson
http://www.infowars.com/black-panthers-take-over-ferguson-fire-department/
Excerpt: Nzinga used the spotlight to engage in a tirade against Obama. “This is a shame that as we speak the president ofUnited
States is talking to Russia ,
he’s talking to China , he’s
talking to North Korea , he’s
talking to Iraq and the Middle East about treating their people better,” he said.
“But as he look out the window at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue , he’s watching the black man,
who built the White House, shot down like dogs.”
http://www.infowars.com/black-panthers-take-over-ferguson-fire-department/
Excerpt: Nzinga used the spotlight to engage in a tirade against Obama. “This is a shame that as we speak the president of
New Black Panthers to
Sharpton, NAACP: "Don't bring your ass to St. Louis
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/08/14/New-Black-Panthers-to-Sharpton-NAACP-Dont-Bring-Your-Ass-To-St-Louis-Telling-Us-Not-To-Fight
Excerpt: "Get your ass out of the way." Nzinga, speaking on the New Black Panthers Blog Talk Radio show earlier in the week, added, "They don't ever want us to feel we should fight, but you can't get free if you don't fight."
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/08/14/New-Black-Panthers-to-Sharpton-NAACP-Dont-Bring-Your-Ass-To-St-Louis-Telling-Us-Not-To-Fight
Excerpt: "Get your ass out of the way." Nzinga, speaking on the New Black Panthers Blog Talk Radio show earlier in the week, added, "They don't ever want us to feel we should fight, but you can't get free if you don't fight."
Children of Chicago
Black Principal Loses
Lawsuit for Racially Targeting White Teacher
http://godfatherpolitics.com/16650/black-principal-loses-lawsuit-racially-targeting-white-teacher/
http://godfatherpolitics.com/16650/black-principal-loses-lawsuit-racially-targeting-white-teacher/
Excerpt: During Everhart’s time at Largo High School
Quote from The Patriot Post
"A general dissolution of principles and manners will
more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the
common enemy." --Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1779
No, Rush Limbaugh did
not say that the leftist worldview drove Robin Williams to suicide. Ace of
Spades
http://minx.cc:1080/?post=351150
Excerpt: Imagine if the media had dropped its stupid, thoughtless Let Us Praise This Man Because He Was a Celebrity impulse and instead got really into the topics of depression, the possibility of cure (which most depressives won't acknowledge, because depression makes you think that you are doomed forever), and, most importantly, the painful and life-changing impact of a suicide on his family.
http://minx.cc:1080/?post=351150
Excerpt: Imagine if the media had dropped its stupid, thoughtless Let Us Praise This Man Because He Was a Celebrity impulse and instead got really into the topics of depression, the possibility of cure (which most depressives won't acknowledge, because depression makes you think that you are doomed forever), and, most importantly, the painful and life-changing impact of a suicide on his family.
The Great Reset:
Liberals Suddenly Realize Their Ideas Don't Work After All. By Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
Suddenly, we're experiencing the "Great Reset."
... the one where America 's
largely liberal political elites suddenly realize a lot of hard truths that
many voices on the right have been saying all along: A U.S. troop
presence in Iraq Iran
wants nuclear weapons and isn't likely to give them up at the negotiating
table!
Nixon vs. Obama: Yes, Nixon was bad but Obama is worse.
By Roger Stone
Excerpt: Nixon talked about using the IRS to harass his
opponents but there is no evidence that he successfully did so, yet illegal use
of the IRS was among the Articles of Impeachment voted by the House of
Representatives. Obama’s IRS has actually used the IRS to harass conservative
groups. Can you imagine the liberal outcry if IRS officials under Nixon
referred to liberals as “a—holes’ and “crazies”?
Excerpt: Huete is most worried about the environmental
consequences of dredging millions of tons of earth, ripping through the
country's huge Lake Managua – the source of Nicaragua's fresh water — and
plowing under indigenous communities in the path of the canal. A group of
leading national scientists wrote a letter to Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega, demanding to see Wang-sponsored environmental studies supporting the
project — which also includes a deep-water port on each coast, an international
airport and free-trade and tourist zones.
Interesting Novel: Collective
Retribution by D. S. Edwards
I saw a review of this novel. It sounds good, but I have not
read it. Maybe on my Christmas List. ~Bob. Amazon Blurb: When everything America
depends on for everyday life is suddenly taken away? No phones, no electricity,
no automobiles. What will tomorrow bring? What will you eat? How will you get
water? What will happen as your hunger and desperation grow? Will you turn
against your neighbors, your friends? Or will you work together to face the
deadly challenges of everyday life? The United States of America is a
nation on the brink of collapse. With high unemployment, religious extremism,
partisan politics, and civil unrest, mixed with the uncertainty of the global
financial markets, it's just a matter of time before it all comes crashing
down. Some countries are poised, troops at the ready, waiting for this day and
the opportunity to seize it all. Levi Nirschell, family man, rancher, patriot,
and NSA operative has devoted his life to the service of his country. He has
spilled his own blood, time and time again for the cause of liberty and the protection
of the innocent. Now his nation calls on him once more for its salvation. This
time it's different, this time it's not just his life that's at stake. This
time it may cost him everything he holds dear. "Collective
Retribution" is a prophetic look at the coming fall of The United States,
and those who will be the catalyst in bringing about her destruction. Who will
survive? Will America
be rebuilt and return to her former glory? Or will she turn into something
quite different than the Founding Fathers dreamed of? Something ugly-Something
evil.
Excerpt: anybody-but-Rahm movement is growing in Chicago , making big
trouble for Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A new Tribune poll shows his approval rating
has dropped like a stone, and now stands at an anemic 35 percent. Chicago
Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has a 43 to 39 percent lead on him, and
she hasn't even announced a mayoral candidacy yet. (I lived in Crook County , IL
When the lights go
out forever...by Noah Rothman
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/08/13/when-the-lights-go-out-forever/
Excerpt: It strikes many Americans as a fanciful prospect, almost cheesy apocalypse porn, to suggest that something as simple as the destruction of the nation’s power grid could thrust the United States into the dark ages. But those who have investigated this prospect are not rolling their eyes to the threat as are so many of the country’s sophisticates. In The Wall Street Journal opinion pages on Wednesday, former CIA director James Woolsey and CIA veteran and congressional EMP Commission member Peter Vincent Pry warn of the threat posed by an EMP attack on theUnited States .
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/08/13/when-the-lights-go-out-forever/
Excerpt: It strikes many Americans as a fanciful prospect, almost cheesy apocalypse porn, to suggest that something as simple as the destruction of the nation’s power grid could thrust the United States into the dark ages. But those who have investigated this prospect are not rolling their eyes to the threat as are so many of the country’s sophisticates. In The Wall Street Journal opinion pages on Wednesday, former CIA director James Woolsey and CIA veteran and congressional EMP Commission member Peter Vincent Pry warn of the threat posed by an EMP attack on the
Marine sniper
involved in controversial video found dead.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20140814/NEWS/308140051/Marine-sniper-involved-controversial-video-found-dead
Excerpt: Richards chose to deploy with 3/2 — his final combat tour — despite the injuries he sustained in 2010 after detonating an improvised explosive device. His foot was nearly severed, and he suffered extensive shrapnel wounds to his throat. Those injuries affected Richards years later, he told Marine Corps Times in 2013, shortly before leaving the Corps.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20140814/NEWS/308140051/Marine-sniper-involved-controversial-video-found-dead
Excerpt: Richards chose to deploy with 3/2 — his final combat tour — despite the injuries he sustained in 2010 after detonating an improvised explosive device. His foot was nearly severed, and he suffered extensive shrapnel wounds to his throat. Those injuries affected Richards years later, he told Marine Corps Times in 2013, shortly before leaving the Corps.
Latest Plan to
Privatize Post Office Hits Unexpected Obstacle: Labor Solidarity. By David
Morris
http://www.nationofchange.org/latest-plan-privatize-post-office-hits-unexpected-obstacle-1407948154
Excerpt: For a decade the USPS has been aggressively shrinking, consolidating, and outsourcing the nation’s postal system. In July 2011 management upped the ante by announcing the rapid closure of 3600 local post offices, a step toward the eventual closing of as many as 15,000, half of all post offices in the nation. A groundswell of opposition erupted.
http://www.nationofchange.org/latest-plan-privatize-post-office-hits-unexpected-obstacle-1407948154
Excerpt: For a decade the USPS has been aggressively shrinking, consolidating, and outsourcing the nation’s postal system. In July 2011 management upped the ante by announcing the rapid closure of 3600 local post offices, a step toward the eventual closing of as many as 15,000, half of all post offices in the nation. A groundswell of opposition erupted.
Ominous News in NYC:
The Return of the Squeegee Men.
http://nypost.com/2014/08/07/squeegee-men-are-back-and-terrorizing-city-streets/
Excerpt: Maria Berrios, 49, who has lived in Midtown near the Lincoln Tunnel for 30 years, was stunned to see a squeegee man at the corner of Dyer Avenue and West 36th Street about two weeks ago.“He looked like he learned how to do it way back in the day. He just picked up his bucket and went back to work,” she said. “I haven’t seen those guys in 20 years. I’m a grandma now — the last time I saw one of them, my kids were in the car.”
http://nypost.com/2014/08/07/squeegee-men-are-back-and-terrorizing-city-streets/
Excerpt: Maria Berrios, 49, who has lived in Midtown near the Lincoln Tunnel for 30 years, was stunned to see a squeegee man at the corner of Dyer Avenue and West 36th Street about two weeks ago.“He looked like he learned how to do it way back in the day. He just picked up his bucket and went back to work,” she said. “I haven’t seen those guys in 20 years. I’m a grandma now — the last time I saw one of them, my kids were in the car.”
Why do most Jews stay
with Obama? By Arnold Steinberg
http://pjmedia.com/blog/why-do-most-jews-stay-with-obama/
Excerpt: At the risk of irreverence, I would suggest that Jews in Europe should have been less trusting and better armed, and maybe God now wants American Jews to support the Second Amendment and oppose gun control. Jews have long been seduced into generational mythology. It’s true that many European Christians hated Jews and collaborated with the Gestapo, as did many Polish Catholics, and the Polish government which oppressed Jews. But the Christian tradition inAmerica is
different, and also Catholics here are not hostile to Jews. Given the support
for Israel
among evangelical Christians, conservatives still cannot understand how “prayer
in schools” sent alarm bells to some Jews who irrationally saw the
slippery slope of a theocracy.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/why-do-most-jews-stay-with-obama/
Excerpt: At the risk of irreverence, I would suggest that Jews in Europe should have been less trusting and better armed, and maybe God now wants American Jews to support the Second Amendment and oppose gun control. Jews have long been seduced into generational mythology. It’s true that many European Christians hated Jews and collaborated with the Gestapo, as did many Polish Catholics, and the Polish government which oppressed Jews. But the Christian tradition in
Why can bishops
organize to condemn foodbanks but not genocide? By Archbishop Cranmer
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2014/08/why-can-bishops-organise-to-condemn.html
Excerpt:After the Holocaust, the whole of civilisation united behind two simple words: "Never Again". If the free world is not prepared to eradicate the Islamist evil spreading over the desert sands and pouring onto our polite and tolerant streets, the fate of the Christians of Mosul and the Yazidis of Sinjar surely awaits the genteel parishioners of Tower Hamlets. It is already unfolding inFrance , Germany and the Netherlands . It is naive to believe
that England 's
mannerly history of relatively bloodless revolution can be sustained against
the genocidal, anti-Semitic, anti-Christian pogroms of the Islamic State
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2014/08/why-can-bishops-organise-to-condemn.html
Excerpt:After the Holocaust, the whole of civilisation united behind two simple words: "Never Again". If the free world is not prepared to eradicate the Islamist evil spreading over the desert sands and pouring onto our polite and tolerant streets, the fate of the Christians of Mosul and the Yazidis of Sinjar surely awaits the genteel parishioners of Tower Hamlets. It is already unfolding in
Student Debt
Threatens the Safety Net Of Elderly Americans. By Natalie Kitroeff
http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-12/more-elderly-americans-are-struggling-with-student-loan-debt?campaign_id=yhoo
Excerpt: Until his Social Security check arrived nearly $300 lighter last June, Eric Merklein, 67, had no idea that he was carrying outstanding student debt. Merklein eventually learned that the government was taking money from his Social Security payments to repay loans he took out roughly four decades ago; he had thought they were paid. Merklein was unemployed, and the garnishment amounted to one-sixth of his total monthly income.
http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-12/more-elderly-americans-are-struggling-with-student-loan-debt?campaign_id=yhoo
Excerpt: Until his Social Security check arrived nearly $300 lighter last June, Eric Merklein, 67, had no idea that he was carrying outstanding student debt. Merklein eventually learned that the government was taking money from his Social Security payments to repay loans he took out roughly four decades ago; he had thought they were paid. Merklein was unemployed, and the garnishment amounted to one-sixth of his total monthly income.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/08/ky_school_district_drops_federal_lunch_program.html
Excerpt: There are a lot of smiling young faces in the Fort Thomas , KY USA Today: Lunch at Fort Thomas
Independent Schools may include more French fries, fewer vegetables and larger
portions this year. One thing that won't be on the menu: federal dollars.
LAPD Misclassifying
Violent Crimes, Deflating Crime Statistics. By William Bigelow
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/08/10/LAPD-Underestimates-Violent-Crimes
Excerpt: Every year, the LAPD’s 21 divisions are instructed to meet certain goals for serious crimes. Det. Tom Vettraino, who spent 31 years with the LAPD, said, "Whenever you reported a serious crime, they would find any way possible to make it a minor crime. We were spending all this time addressing what the crime should be called, instead of dealing with the crime itself. It's ridiculous."
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/08/10/LAPD-Underestimates-Violent-Crimes
Excerpt: Every year, the LAPD’s 21 divisions are instructed to meet certain goals for serious crimes. Det. Tom Vettraino, who spent 31 years with the LAPD, said, "Whenever you reported a serious crime, they would find any way possible to make it a minor crime. We were spending all this time addressing what the crime should be called, instead of dealing with the crime itself. It's ridiculous."
Obamacare News
The Obama Administration Has Little to Tout About
Obamacare. By Edmund Haislmaier
Excerpt: But what makes this item interesting is it reveals
how little the administration actually has to tout about Obamacare and how far
it must reach to manufacture a success story. ... That works out to $43.78 a
person, or HHS’ figure of $80 per household for 4.1 million households. In
other words, HHS is crowing that Obamacare benefited 2 percent of Americans by
getting them small refunds from their insurers.
Undocumented Democrat News
Strange Bedfellows
Unite Against Executive Amnesty. By Tony Lee
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/08/14/Strange-Bedfellows-Unite-Against-Exec-Amnesty
Excerpt: As President Barack Obama gets closer to possibly enacting massive executive amnesty, liberals and conservatives concerned about executive overreach have strangely united against him. In a New Republic article, Jonathan Cohn observed that Ross Douthat of the New York Times, who has warned about Obama's "Caesarism" and the media's enabling of it; Bloomberg's Megan McArdle; and the left-wing Jonathan Chait, the New York magazine writer who said liberals may look back on it "with regret," have agreed on an issue for one of the first times and have all expressed serious concerns in recent weeks.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/08/14/Strange-Bedfellows-Unite-Against-Exec-Amnesty
Excerpt: As President Barack Obama gets closer to possibly enacting massive executive amnesty, liberals and conservatives concerned about executive overreach have strangely united against him. In a New Republic article, Jonathan Cohn observed that Ross Douthat of the New York Times, who has warned about Obama's "Caesarism" and the media's enabling of it; Bloomberg's Megan McArdle; and the left-wing Jonathan Chait, the New York magazine writer who said liberals may look back on it "with regret," have agreed on an issue for one of the first times and have all expressed serious concerns in recent weeks.
"You're Greener Than Gore" News
Population Controllers
Call Babies “Carbon Legacies,” a Threat to the Environment. By Wesley J. Smith
Excerpt: I guess it takes global warming hysteria to get the
bioethics movement to criticize what is known in the trade as “artificial
reproductive technologies” or ART. But now, in the ever more
radical Journal of Medical Ethics, Cristina Richie, of Boston College’s
Department of Theology, argues that these technologies should be regulated to
limit the number of children–called “carbon legacies,” as a means of fighting
climate change.
Religion of Peace News
Excerpt: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has resigned, in
a move observers hope will end a political crisis in Baghdad . Haider al-Abadi, a deputy speaker of
parliament, has been asked by Iraq 's
president to form a government. (time to cash in the Swiss bank account. ~Bob)
Obama says militant
siege broken – but Iraq
Excerpt: President Obama announced Thursday that U.S.-led
airstrikes have broken the siege by Islamic militants against religious
minorities who were trapped on a mountain in northern Iraq -- but made clear the U.S. mission in the region is not
over yet. The president, in brief remarks from Martha's Vineyard where his
family is on vacation, said he expects the specific operation at Mount Sinjar
ISIS massacres 80
Yazidis in northern Iraq town, say Iraqi officials
Excerpt: The Kurdish-speaking ethnic and religious group,
which numbers in the hundreds of thousands in Iraq ,
has been persecuted in the north by Islamic State militants, with at least 500
killed prior to Friday's news, according to Iraq 's human rights minister. The
latest killings came just a day after President Obama said U.S. air
strikes and humanitarian aid drops on Sinjar mountain, where thousands of
Yazidi have been stranded in an Islamic State siege had been ended.
Excerpt: Every time Barack Obama thinks he has succeeded in
establishing restraint as the central doctrine of his foreign policy, a new
outburst of chaos in the Middle East draws him
back in. In 2011, fears that Libya 's
Moammar Kadafi would massacre opponents led the United States into an air war. In
2013, Syria 's
use of chemical weapons against civilians almost drew Obama into another. Now
it's Iraq , where the
president thought he had disentangled the United States , only to see a new
threat arise in the form of the terrorist army of the Islamic State.
Quote from Ace of
Spades
"Obama is essentially now in the position of fighting a
war while pretending to not be fighting a war, because of The Base. That should
go well for all of us!"
'When people are
dying, you must come back from vacation': French foreign minister seems to slam
Obama for golfing while Iraq
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724271/When-people-dying-come-vacation-French-foreign-minister-slams-Obama-golfing-Iraq-burns.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724271/When-people-dying-come-vacation-French-foreign-minister-slams-Obama-golfing-Iraq-burns.html
Excerppt: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has a
message about Iraq
for Barack Obama: Get back to the White House and do something. 'I know it is
the holiday period in our Western countries,' Fabius told a radio interviewer
Tuesday in France ,'
but when people are dying, you must come back from vacation.'
Iraqi army takes back 4 cities in Salaheddine
Excerpt: The Iraqi army has regained control over four
cities in Salaheddine from the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant "
(ISIL), the Ministry of Defence said Thursday (August 14th). Over the past two
weeks, "the army managed to clear four new cities in Salaheddine province
-- al-Dhuluiya, al-Ishaqi, al-Mutassim and Balad -- and is now in full control
of them", said army commander in Salaheddine Lt. Gen. Sabah al-Fatlawi.
All-woman battalion
ready to fight Islamic State.
http://nypost.com/2014/08/14/kurdish-women-take-up-arms-against-islamic-state/
Excerpt: Hundreds of mothers, sisters and daughters have taken up arms and devoted their lives to protectingIraq ’s
Kurdish population against the threat of the Islamic State. Known as the women
peshmerga of the 2nd Battalion, the group is made up of 550 female fighters led
by Col. Nahida Ahmad Rashid, Barcroft reports.
http://nypost.com/2014/08/14/kurdish-women-take-up-arms-against-islamic-state/
Excerpt: Hundreds of mothers, sisters and daughters have taken up arms and devoted their lives to protecting
When the going gets
tough in Iraq, Obama calls on Biden
http://washingtonexaminer.com/when-the-going-gets-tough-in-iraq-obama-calls-on-biden/article/2551912
Excerpt: Of course, the present situation in Iraq is
not exactly the rosy picture Obama painted ahead of the 2012 election. Al Qaeda
is definitely alive and kicking, the Iraqi government is embroiled in a messy
regime change, and the ultra-violent terrorist group Islamic State is on the
move, slaughtering all who stand in its way.... Now, as Iraq devolves even further into violence
and disorder, Obama, who is vacationing on Martha's
Vineyard , has delegated the chore of resolving the crisis to Vice
President Joe Biden. (Send in the Clown. Sent to South America to stem the illegals and used
open-ended language suggesting some of them would stay....More came. Including
adults in fatigues carrying arms....Barb)
Chip Off the Old
Block. By Mark Steyn
Excerpt: They can't wait to chop your head off and then zip
the video footage all around the world. In the old days, when you decapitated
somebody, the best you could do was stick his head on a spike on the edge of
the village, and hope for good word of mouth from those terrified locals with
an eye for the telling detail. Now you can saw through somebody's neck or stone
a woman to death in the Sunni Triangle and, thanks to your Verizon or O2
account, your friends back in London or
Frankfurt or Chicago can
see it instantly! (The children have to be carefully taught, as the song
goes.....Graphic image. --Barb)
Voters Think Iraq
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/issues/voters_think_iraq_may_already_be_lost
Excerpt: Most voters approve of U.S.
military airstrikes in Iraq
but still think radical Islamic insurgents are likely to take control of the
country.
Sixty percent (60%) of Likely U.S. Voters approve of
President Obama’s decision to launch U.S.
airstrikes to help the democratically-elected government fight al-Qaeda-led
militants who threaten to take over Iraq .
Excerpt: Cyprus
is a beautiful island. But it has never recovered from the Turkish invasion of
1974. Turkish troops still control nearly 40 percent of the island – the most
fertile and formerly the richest portion. Some 200,000 Greek refugees never
returned home after being expelled from their homes and farms in Northern Cyprus . The capital of Nicosia remains divided. A 112-mile
demilitarized “green line” runs right through the city across the entire
island.
Palestinian Authority
Envoy Calls for Israel
Excerpt: Israel 's
"annihilation" is in progress and "the new generation in Iran will certainly witness our victory over Israel ," the Palestinian Authority's envoy
to Iran told Gaza
supporters Tuesday, reported the Algemeiner website. "The U.S. and the Western countries have created a
fake regime in Palestine
to get rid of it and have supplied it with the most advanced weapons,"
said Salah al-Zawawi.
Hamas Admits
Deporting Foreign Journalists Who Filmed Rocket Launches
Excerpt: Hamas now says it deported foreign journalists from
Gaza for
documenting rockets launches from civilian areas, according to a video translated by the Middle East Media Research
Institute (MEMRI). In an interview with Mayadeen TV, Isra Al-Mudallal, head of
foreign relations in the Hamas Information Ministry, confirms that Hamas
security personnel would confront journalists suspected of filming its terrorist
operations.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: While I was on a visit to Toronto recently, police arrested 17 men, the
oldest of them 43 but most much younger, on charges of plotting a terrorist
attack. They wished, apparently, to blow up the parliament in Ottawa and publicly behead the prime
minister. Cops caught them in the process of buying three times as much
material for explosives as Timothy McVeigh used in the Oklahoma City bombing. Reporting the arrests,
the New York Times called the men “South Asians”—though one of them
was an Egyptian, two were Somali, and most had been born in Canada —thus concealing by an
inaccurate euphemism the most salient characteristic of the alleged plotters:
that they were all Muslims. The Canadian police, emasculated and even stupefied
by the exigencies of political correctness (the modern bellwether of virtue),
said that the 17 came from such diverse backgrounds that they were unable to
discern anything in common among them. (Published in his book Not with a Bang, but a Whimper: The Politics
and Culture of Decline.)
Worth Reading : Hiroshima's
Lessons for the War on Terror. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: In the summer of '45, the United States concluded a war that had come to
be seen by some as unwinnable after the carnage at Iwo
Jima with a bang. On August 6th, the bomb fell on Hiroshima . And then on the 9th, it was Nagasaki 's turn. Six days
later, Japan ,
which had been preparing to fight to the last man, surrendered.
Fourteen dead as
peacekeepers battle militants in Somali capital. By Abdi Sheikh
Excerpt: African peacekeepers and Somali troops battled
militants in a suburb of Mogadishu
on Friday, launching a joint offensive that killed at least 14 people, police
said.
Excerpt: The moment they noticed she was gone, her parents
phoned the police and her brother spread the word on Facebook. The next
day, June 22, Moezdalifa was stopped at the airport in Dusseldorf ,
from where she planned to fly to Turkey
and – like thousands of other European Muslims before her – to cross the border
into Syria .
It is hard to imagine a 15-year-old girl, raised in the luxury and opportunity
of Europe , running away to join an insurgency
abroad, choosing to exchange friends and family for a life on the battlefield
of a violent civil war.
Negotiations continue
with Taliban to end violence in Helmand
Excerpt: Negotiations between Taliban militants and Afghan
officials continue in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan
NY City Cabbie
Convicted of Arranging Honor Killings
Excerpt: A veteran New York City taxi driver originally from Pakistan was
convicted of two honor killings he arranged to avenge his family’s
“humiliation.” Mohammed Choudhry, 61, who drove a cab in New
York for more than 20 years, had forced his 23-year-old daughter,
Amina Ajmal, into an arranged marriage in Pakistan in 2012.
Swastika Flyers
Placed at Jewish-Owned Businesses Near UCLA. BY Jeff Dunetz
http://www.truthrevolt.org/israel-revolt/swastika-flyers-placed-jewish-owned-businesses-near-ucla
Excerpt: "He then turned to Rabbi Boruch Cunin at Chabad House near UCLA for spiritual counseling and guidance, who said he was struggling to understand how such a thing could happen here in the Southland. “In the center of Westwood to receive a leaflet with swastikas that says ‘Watch out’, ‘Be careful’, ‘You’ll see’, ‘Wanted’, and all of the rest of these threats,” said Cunin."
http://www.truthrevolt.org/israel-revolt/swastika-flyers-placed-jewish-owned-businesses-near-ucla
Excerpt: "He then turned to Rabbi Boruch Cunin at Chabad House near UCLA for spiritual counseling and guidance, who said he was struggling to understand how such a thing could happen here in the Southland. “In the center of Westwood to receive a leaflet with swastikas that says ‘Watch out’, ‘Be careful’, ‘You’ll see’, ‘Wanted’, and all of the rest of these threats,” said Cunin."
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