A LOT of important news today

Update

Things are going well. At rehab Wednesday, I did the usual plus added 30 reps on the lap pull. O2 staying in the 95% to 99% range. Did some baking, worked on a revision of our Condo Association's declaration, Bylaws and Rules (a tedious task), and plowed through a lot of email to create this post. A LOT of important items today. ~Bob

General News and Comment

Must Read: What Has Become of Liberalism? By Jonah Goldberg

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/387009/what-has-become-liberalism-jonah-goldberg

Excerpt: This was always nonsense, but then again so much of the hype about Obama in the early days of his presidency was nonsensical. Still it does contribute to the poignancy of the moment. I’m referring specifically to the Islamic State and their celebration of slavery. MEMRI has excerpts of Facebook chats between British and French supporters of the group as they discuss the great news that you can buy Yazidi women as sex slaves. 

Worth reading: The Obama economy is not working for the Democrats. By Ed Rogers 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/09/03/the-insiders-the-obama-economy-is-not-working-for-the-democrats/

Excerpt: At Milwaukee Laborfest in Wisconsin this past weekend, President Obama spoke about how he and the Democrats believe the American economy has strengthened over the last six years. The president told the crowd that “by almost every measure, the American economy and American workers are better off than when I took office.” That just isn’t true. And a trove of new analysis proves my point.

Worth Reading: Excerpt: The world seems to be falling apart.

http://patriotpost.us/opinion/28797

Excerpt: Only lunatics from North Korea or Iran once mumbled about using nuclear weapons against their supposed enemies. Now Vladimir Putin, after gobbling up the Crimea, points to his nuclear arsenal and warns the West not to “mess” with Russia. The Middle East terrorist group the Islamic State keeps beheading its captives and threatening the West. Meanwhile Obama admits to the world that we “don’t have a strategy yet” for dealing with such barbaric terrorists. Not long ago he compared them to “jayvees.” Egypt is bombing Libya, which America once bombed and then left. (In 2012, Obama famously bragged that he had "Al Qaeda on the run." Looking at the world, it seems to me that in the past five years of Obama, the Islamist militants have civilization on the run. ~Bob)

What your 1st-grade life says about the rest of it

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/29/what-your-1st-grade-life-says-about-the-rest-of-it/

Excerpt: In the beginning, when they knew just where to find everyone, they pulled the children out of their classrooms. They sat in any quiet corner of the schools they could claim: the sociologists from Johns Hopkins and, one at a time, the excitable first-graders. Monica Jaundoo, whose parents never made it past the eighth grade. Danté Washington, a boy with a temper and a dad who drank too much. Ed Klein, who came from a poor white part of town where his mother sold cocaine. (I tell my co-workers…there are 4 factors required for success: talent, desire, encouragement, and resources. See what’s missing here and where the focus of problem solving needs to be…--G)

5 Feminist Myths That Will Not Die: If we're genuinely committed to improving the circumstances of women, we need to get the facts straight. By Christina Hoff Sommers

https://time.com/3222543/5-feminist-myths-that-will-not-die/

Excerpt: Much of what we hear about the plight of American women is false. Some faux facts have been repeated so often they are almost beyond the reach of critical analysis. Though they are baseless, these canards have become the foundation of Congressional debates, the inspiration for new legislation and the focus of college programs. Here are five of the most popular myths that should be rejected by all who are genuinely committed to improving the circumstances of women: (Looking for perfection is always a bit silly, but continuing to look for improvement has always been a part of America. --Del)

The Top 10 Questions About the World's Biggest Problems. By Stephen Walt (professor of international relations at Harvard University)

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/28/stephen_walt_top_ten_questions_about_the_world_putin_ukraine_gaza_iran?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Flashpoints&utm_campaign=2014_FlashPoints%20%5BManual%5D-test-sept2

Excerpt: I'm in Washington today to attend the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. The timing is fortuitous, because I'm pondering a number of big questions these days and I'll be interested to see what some of the nation's best scholars think about them. So for what they may be worth, here are my Top 10 Foreign Policy Puzzles: (The professor has come up with a reasonable summary of major problems in the world. They aren't the only ones, I think that overpopulation and depletion of natural resources are pretty serious, and the decline of much of Western Civilization is no small matter either, but there is no doubt we are all victims of the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times". On number 8, the author is a full believer in AGW and writes as if it's "settled science", which is most certainly is not. On top of which, were the idea correct, there is absolutely NOTHING that human beings can do to stop it at this point, and it will only get worse because we have 6+ billion people on the planet, and more of them are burning oil and coal all the time. The USA could cripple its own industries and raise the cost of living markedly, and achieve nothing but make the carbon credit brokers super rich. I would say the question is, will the near-panic propaganda about "Global Warming" finally die down or not? --Del. He's at Harvard, Del. It's like being a Cardinal--you are required to believe in certain things. AGW is one of them. ~Bob)

Emails Prove that IRS Head Ignored "Dirty Money" from Liberal Unions While Persecuting Conservatives!
http://lastresistance.com/7114/emails-prove-irs-head-ignored-dirty-money-liberal-unions-persecuting-conservatives/

Excerpt: The official at the center of the IRS tea party scandal once dismissed complaints that labor unions were not reporting millions of dollars in political activities on their tax forms, according to an email obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Read more at http://lastresistance.com/7114/emails-prove-irs-head-ignored-dirty-money-liberal-unions-persecuting-conservatives/#QxCI69fIKdTiFrGZ.99

Federal judges voice concern about privacy implications of NSA tactics

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/02/panel-federal-judges-voices-concern-about-privacy-implications-nsa-surveillance/?intcmp=latestnews

Excerpt: A panel of federal judges voiced significant concerns Tuesday about the privacy implications of NSA surveillance tactics during a wide-ranging hearing on a legal challenge brought by the ACLU. In an oral argument that was set for less than 30 minutes and lasted nearly two hours, three judges on a panel hearing the case at the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan probed claims by the ACLU that the federal government's collection of data relating to "every phone call made or received by residents of the United States" is illegal and unconstitutional.

More than 57,000 gun-friendly bars, eateries crop up across America: Welcoming armed customers can attract Second Amendment rights activists, deter crime. By Kelly Riddell 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/1/gun-friendly-businesses-bars-restaurants-growing-i/

Excerpt: “This is a Virginia restaurant, and we abide by Virginia state laws, which allow for open carry or concealed carry in a restaurant — so why should I hinder it? It’s our constitutional right to bear arms,” said Bryan Crosswhite, owner of the Cajun Experience. “We definitely see more traffic since we started this. It’s been an overwhelming response.”

In addition to owning a gun-friendly eatery, Mr. Crosswhite has started an organization that lists other pro-Second Amendment companies nationally, called www.2amendment.org. He started the venture this winter and already has 57,000 businesses signed on.

Worth Reading: An eye on the Baltic states? By George F. Will

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-the-putin-threat-to-the-baltic-states/2014/09/03/e4d0b3a0-32dd-11e4-a723-fa3895a25d02_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opin&wpmm=1

Excerpt: The Islamic State is a nasty problem that can be remedied if its neighbors, assisted by the United States, decide to do so. Vladimir Putin’s fascist revival is a crisis that tests the West’s capacity to decide. Putin’s serial amputations of portions of Ukraine, which began with his fait accompli in Crimea, will proceed, and succeed, until his appetite is satiated. Then the real danger will begin. ... So, suppose Putin, reprising his Ukrainian success, orchestrates unrest among the Russian-speaking minorities in Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia. (In a military contest with Russia in that area, we use nukes or we lose. ~Bob)

Dem candidate drops out of Senate race in Kansas against Sen. Roberts

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/04/dem-candidate-drops-out-race-against-kansas-sen-roberts/

Excerpt: The Democratic candidate in the race against Sen. Pat Roberts in Kansas ended his campaign Wednesday, leaving an independent candidate and a Libertarian candidate to face off against the three-term Republican incumbent. ... Roberts' executive campaign manager Leroy Towns called the move a "corrupt bargain" between Democratic leaders and Orman's campaign and said Orman's independent status is "a smoke screen."

Mysterious Fake Cellphone Towers Are Intercepting Calls All Over The US

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-fake-cellphone-towers-intercepting-162645809.html

Excerpt: The point is: we don't really know whose they are," Goldsmith said to Popular Science.....In an amazing coincidence, police departments in a handful of U.S. cities have been operating "Stingray" or "Hailstorm" towers, which — you guessed it — conduct surveillance on mobile phone activity. They do that by jamming mobile phone signals, forcing phones to drop down from 4G and 3G network bands to the older, more insecure 2G band

Ukraine’s President Announces Ceasefire Agreement with Russia

http://pjmedia.com/andrewmccarthy/2014/09/03/ukraines-president-announces-ceasefire-agreement-with-russia/

Excerpt: Poroshenko is over a barrel. Russia has stepped up its campaign, and the Obama administration responded with a clear signal that the United Statesand the West would provide no meaningful support to Ukraine – a signal reaffirmed last week when President Obama refused to call Putin’s aggression an “invasion” and stressed that a U.S. military confrontation with Russia was unthinkable. Ukraine’s army is in retreat and it cannot compete with Russia’s invasion forces. (With friend/allies like US, who needs enemies? Ahh, that "flexibility." --Barb)

Race Card News

Eric Holder: A More Dangerous Race-Card Hustler Than Al Sharpton. By Larry Elder

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/28796

Excerpt: It’s one thing to watch race hustlers like the Rev. Al Sharpton bellowing, “No justice, no peace.” But when the attorney general of the United States makes false but racially incendiary claims about today’s alleged “pernicious racism,” we are in uncharted territory.

Holder complains about different prison rates, different school expulsion rates and longer prison sentences for black boys and men compared to white boys and men. He equates “equal rights” with “equal results.” (The writer is one of those uppity black conservatives. ~Bob)

The other racism

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/sthompson/140123

Excerpt: Americans know of the Aryan Nations, "skin heads," Neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), and similar groups of white people who, for any number of reasons, harbor grave animosity toward other Americans. More specifically, these groups are known for their racial hatred of blacks. It is a rabid hatefulness that lessens the bearer's humanity. There exists, however, a hesitancy to examine similar racial hatred in American blacks. Not only is there a hesitancy to examine such hatred, but it is forbidden even to voice its existence. I will voice that existence here, because it needs to be voiced. The existing notion among some leftist black activists that a person cannot be racist if he is of a minority race without power is laughable.

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks against death penalty at Yale

http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140902/the-rev-al-sharpton-speaks-against-death-penalty-at-yale

Excerpt: Among mostly Yale University undergraduate students, the Rev. Al Sharpton spoke Tuesday on how he is against the death penalty, explaining execution does not resolve problems. Speaking Tuesday evening at Woolsey Hall, Sharpton, head of the National Action Network, said the death penalty doesn’t resolve any justice, and suggested life in jail as a possible solution. The event was held by the Yale Political Union. (I can think of one problem it could solve…--G. My position as a senator was that it should be like a barber shop: Two chairs, no waiting. ~Bob)

The ‘War on Black People’: But Who Is Winning?. By Colin Flaherty

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/colin-flaherty/the-war-on-black-people-but-who-is-winning/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dc0908281b-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-dc0908281b-156414477

Excerpt: St. Louis is now Ground Zero for the “war on black males”: So named by Spike Lee after a white cop shot a black teenager, unleashing ten days of riots and rage and free shopping in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. But here is what Spike Lee did not say: Black people are winning the war. At least in St. Louis. Black-on-white crime is an everyday fact of life in this once vibrant city. And more and more people — the ones who are left, anyway — are wondering why local media refuse to tell the truth about it.

Speed Kills Racial Profiling Study. By Ann Coulter 

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ann-coulter/speed-kills-racial-profiling-study/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dc0908281b-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-dc0908281b-156414477

Excerpt: But Wines revives the canard about blacks being disproportionately targeted in traffic stops. There actually is a study for that. ... Blacks constituted 25 percent of all speeders and they were 23 percent of drivers stopped for speeding. Controlling for age and gender, blacks sped at about twice the rate of whites.

Obamacare/Government Healthcare News

Important: “Interoperability” of Electronic Health Data Is a Unicorn. By John R. Graham 

http://healthblog.ncpa.org/interoperability-of-electronic-health-data-is-a-unicorn/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HA#more-38915

Excerpt: Having spent $26 billion of taxpayers’ money since 2009 inducing hospitals and physicians to install electronic health records (EHRs), many champions of the effort are dismayed that the EHRs are not interoperable. That is, they cannot talk to each other — which was the whole point of subsidizing the effort. ... But what do these EHRs do? What they do not do is talk to each other. According to the same review, “only 10 percent of ambulatory practices and 30 percent of hospitals were found to be participating in operational health information exchange efforts.”

Undocumented Democrat News

Voters Strongly Oppose Obama's Amnesty Plan for Illegal Immigrants

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/august_2014/voters_strongly_oppose_obama_s_amnesty_plan_for_illegal_immigrants

Excerpt: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 62% of Likely U.S. Voters oppose the president granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants without the approval of Congress. Just 26% are in favor of Obama's plan, while 12% are undecided. (Which is why he won't act until after the November election. ~Bob)

"You're Greener Than Gore" News

Important: Electricity prices rise most since 2009. By Zack Colman 

http://washingtonexaminer.com/electricity-prices-rise-most-since-2009/article/2552694

Excerpt: Electricity prices for the first half of the year increased the most in a year-over-year basis since 2009, according to the Energy Department's statistics arm. U.S. power prices are up 3.2 percent, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. (Obama and the Green Progressives stick it to the poor and working class again. And, of course, you too. ~Bob)

Yes, solar is booming, but ... By Robert Bryce

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/yes-solar-is-booming-but-robert-bryce-1.9207529

Excerpt: Since 2011, the amount of energy produced by the solar sector has more than doubled. But amidst the solar frenzy, we must remember the critical issue of scale. Indeed, despite solar's rapid growth, its output is still being dwarfed by the ongoing growth in hydrocarbons.

That fact can easily be proven by comparing the surge in solar-energy production with the remarkable growth in domestic oil output. 

Don't Cut Carbon, Just Adapt to Climate Change

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=24817&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DPD

Excerpt: The Obama administration has been focused on mitigating carbon emissions, writes Edward Lazear of the Hoover Institution, rather than adapting to climate change (such as planting crops that can withstand high heat). The mitigation approach is not cost-effective, and it will have no impact on the world's warming. Lazear explains that the entire world emitted 31 gigatons of carbon dioxide in 2012, led by China (responsible for 25 percent of the emissions) and the United States (responsible for one-sixth of the emissions). China's carbon emissions have increased each year, a trend that puts the country on track to emit 99 gigatons of carbon by 2014 -- three times the amount the entire world emits today. But according to Lazear, the 99-gigaton estimate is unrealistic, because countries increase their energy efficiency as they develop. Even so, with no emissions growth, by 2041 China would emit the same amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the entire globe today.

Religion of Peace News

Worth Reading: Urgent Memo For The President - Re: ISIS. By Andy Weddington

http://acoloneloftruth.blogspot.com/2014/09/urgent-memo-for-president-re-isis.html

Excerpt: Sir, disturbed by the grisly beheading of a second American, Mr. Steve Sotloff - by the barbarians of ISIS (whom you refer to as ISIL) - I could not sleep peaceably last night (think George Orwell).

Obama's ISIS Strategy

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/09/03/guest_host_mark_steyn

Excerpt: This was Obama's war and Obama has lost it. It's a failed state in which jihadists are running around seizing commercial airliners. If Bush had done this it would be on the front page of every newspaper.

Former CIA Operative: Yes, ISIS is in The U.S. By Katie Pavlich

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/09/03/former-cia-operative-yes-isis-is-in-the-us-n1886689?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm 

Excerpt: "What are your sources telling you about ISIS and any cells in the United States?" Tapper asked. "The people who collect tactical intelligence on the ground, day-to-day, and this isn't Washington, but people collecting this stuff say they're here, ISIS is here, they're capable of striking. 

What to do About ISIS? Constructing Strategy, Weighing Options. By Mark Safranski http://zenpundit.com/?p=39502

Excerpt: ISIS or the Islamic State “Caliphate” is the focus  of a great deal of discussion

and demands for action from the United States – and also inaction – from many quarters. What is to be done? That is a famous question. In matters of geopolitics and strategy, it is more fitting to begin with “Should something be done?”. We need to define the problem before rushing toward solutions. What is ISIS/ISIL/IS and does it threaten the United States and American interests?: (Really excellent article. --Del)

Sotloff Family Furious With White House… And The Nyt Buried It

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/09/03/nyt-buries-sotloff-family-furious-with-white-house?utm_source=e_breitbart_com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+September+4%2C+2014&utm_campaign=20140904_m122005919_Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+September+4%2C+2014&utm_term=More

Excerpt: The family of Steven Sotloff, the latest American journalist beheaded by ISIS, is reportedly "outraged" at the Obama administration for "deliberate leaks" they interpret as "an attempt to absolve the administration of inaction." 

Obama Called ISIS ‘Jayvee’ When the Intel Said They Were Already Varsity

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/09/02/obama-called-isis-jayvee-when-the-intel-said-they-were-already-varsity/

Excerpt: The intelligence community is pushing back, saying that the growing ISIS threat has been included in the Presidential Daily Brief over the past year. A former Pentagon official confirms to Fox News that detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of ISIS was included in the PDB, or the President’s Daily Brief, for at least a year before the group took large swaths of territory beginning in June. The official, who asked not to be identified because the PDB is considered the most authoritative, classified intelligence community product providing the President with analysis of sensitive international events, said the data was strong, and “granular” in detail, adding a policy maker “…could not come away with any other impression: This is getting bad.”

Saudi king warns of terrorist threat to Europe, US. By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Sameer Yaacoub

http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-attack-kills-9-iraq-094724934.html

Excerpt: The king of Saudi Arabia has warned that extremists could attack Europe and the U.S. if there is not a strong international response to terrorism after the Islamic State group seized a wide territory across Iraq and Syria. While not mentioning any terrorist groups by name, King Abdullah's statement appeared aimed at drawing Washington and NATO forces into a wider fight against the Islamic State group and its supporters in the region. 

Official: American May Be Key in ISIS Social Media Blitz. By Michele Mcphee and Brian Ross

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/09/official-american-may-be-key-in-isis-social-media-blitz/

Excerpt: An American college graduate from Boston, who has been on the run from the FBI for years, is suspected of joining ISIS and leveraging his computer skills to spread the Iraqi terror group’s propaganda on social media, a senior law enforcement official told ABC News.

State Department Won't "Label" ISIS So They're Attacking Fox News Instead. By Katie Pavlich 

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/09/04/state-department-wont-label-isis-so-theyre-attacking-fox-news-instead-n1887340?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm

Excerpt: Last night on the O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly said State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki is in over her head and Deputy Spokeswoman Marie Harf is really upset about it. Keep in mind Harf and Psaki both speak on behalf of Secretary of State John Kerry. 

Fears Grow Over American Terrorist 'Wannabes' Trying to Join ISIS

http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/ISIS-Americans-jihadists-Islamic/2014/09/04/id/592620/#ixzz3CNOCxSyH 

Excerpt: As the conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS) intensifies, a small group of young Americans have been seeking to join extremist groups in the Middle East, intent on fighting against U.S. interests. At least seven "wannabes" have been arrested in the last 15 months after trying to travel to join the militant groups, while an eighth — a former police officer from North Carolina — was arrested on an unrelated charge after unsuccessfully attempting to join ISIS in Syria, according to NBC News.  (He's saying that because if you accept the Sharia, etc, as the word of God, it will lead you directly to becoming a jihadist, dedicated to the spread of Islam by any means necessary. He has just explained what it means to be a Muslim IF you accept those parts of the sacred books. All Muslims accept the Quran as the word of God, but not all accept the Sharia, Sunna, etc, also as the word of God, if they don't, they don't have to see being Muslim as the same as being jihadist. --Del)

The moderate rebels: A needle in a haystack

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/moderate-rebels-needle-haystack

Excerpt: If the nature of the Free Syrian Army’s name was ambiguous since its inception in 2011, it is clear today that it is nothing but a label for media consumption. … Announcing their FSA affiliation was a mere pathway to receiving foreign support. Funders - most notably Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait’s Salafis - were keen on the Islamist identity of the groups receiving support without requiring them to announce it publicly.

U.S.-Backed Free Syrian Army Operating Openly with ISIS, Al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/09/03/us-backed-free-syrian-army-operating-openly-with-isis-al-qaedas-jabhat-al-nusra/

Excerpt: As soon as weapons shipments from the CIA were arriving in Syria, the FSA weapons caches were being raided by jihadist groups, including ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra, the official al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, under very suspicious circumstances. … But by April of this year, the Obama adminstration’s CIA weapons spigot was turned back on, with the FSA now receiving heavy weapons, including anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles. And in late June, President Obama asked Congress for $500 million to arm and train the FSA. (Remember also Liz O’Bagy outed as an agent for the Syrian rebels, quickly hired by Sen. John McCain, despite her false credentials….Barb)

US military confirms Shabaab's emir was target of airstrike

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2014/09/us_military_confirms_shabaabs.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29

Excerpt: Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon's press secretary, provided some additional details on last night's airstrike on Shabaab, al Qaeda's official branch in Somalia. Shabaab's emir, Ahmed Abdi Godane, a.k.a. Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, was the target of the strike, which included both drones and manned aircraft, Kirby confirmed. And the strike hit a Shabaab "encampment" south of Mogadishu

Pakistani military claims 910 'terrorists,' 82 soldiers killed in North Waziristan operation

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LongWarJournalSiteWide/~3/iSjF7VFqQ2w/pakistani_military_c_5.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Excerpt: The Pakistani military claimed that 910 "terrorists" and 82 soldiers have been killed since it launched an operation against the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and allied jihadist groups in North Waziristan in mid-June. Dismissing the military's claims as "complete lies," a Taliban splinter group denied that hundreds of jihadists had been killed and said training camps and bomb factories were moved before the operation was launched.

Missing Libyan Jetliners Raise Fears of Suicide Airliner Attacks on 9/11

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/missing-libyan-jetliners-raise-fears-of-suicide-airliner-attacks-on-911/

Excerpt: Islamist militias in Libya took control of nearly a dozen commercial jetliners last month, and western intelligence agencies recently issued a warning that the jets could be used in terrorist attacks across North Africa.

WFB’s Bill Gertz: Obama Administration ‘Trying to Play Down’ Missing Libyan Airliners

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/wfbs-bill-gertz-obama-administration-trying-to-play-down-missing-libyan-airliners/

Excerpt: “It seems like the State Department, the Obama administration, is trying to play down these reports, but the people I talked to were fairly concerned about them,” Gertz said. “Again, they are trying to locate these jets. I don’t think the CIA has a full handle on where all of the aircraft from the airlines were. T

Muslim Man Massacres 186 Christian Children, And Then Says, “I Don’t Feel Guilty”

http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/09/muslim-man-massacres-186-christian-children-says-dont-feel-guilty/

Excerpt: Nurpashi Kulaev, the only surviving Muslim jihadist who took part in the Beslan Massacre, in which 186 Christian children were killed, has affirmed that he feels no guilt for his crime, saying:

Indian states on alert after al Qaeda announces local wing

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/04/us-india-qaeda-idUSKBN0GY2EM20140904?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2AMorning%20Brief&utm_campaign=2014_MorningBrief9.4.14

Excerpt: India put several provinces on heightened alert on Thursday after al Qaeda announced the formation of a wing of the militant group in India and its neighborhood, a senior government official said. In a video posted online, al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri promised to spread Islamic rule and "raise the flag of jihad" across the "Indian subcontinent".

Why I’m Unsubscribing From the New York Times

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/183412/why-im-unsubscribing-to-the-new-york-times

Excerpt: I am a lifelong Democrat, a political liberal, a Reform rabbi, and for four decades, until last week, a New York Times subscriber. What drove me away was the paper’s incessant denigration of Israel, a torrent of articles, photographs, and op-ed columns that consistently present the Jewish State in the worst possible light.

Israel is the Safest Place for an Arab in the Middle East. Byy Anat Berko

http://www.investigativeproject.org/4556/israel-is-the-safest-place-for-an-arab-in

Excerpt: A while ago we went to get the car fixed in one of the Arab villages in Israel's northern coastal plain near where my husband was born. The area is a microcosm of Jewish-Arab coexistence, characterized by the kind of easy relations between good neighbors. The repair shop is run by a man named Muhammad, who welcomed us into his office and offered us Turkish coffee with cardamom, in the best Arab tradition. Despite the complex situation in the Gaza Strip, there was no tension in the air.

Israel and a Tale of Two British Exports. By Kenneth Levin

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/kenneth-levin/israel-and-a-tale-of-two-british-exports/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3ff3b64fa9-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-3ff3b64fa9-156594593

Excerpt: Arguably the UK’s most successful domestically produced export to Israel has been parliamentary democracy. Arguably its most successful domestically produced export to the Arab world has been the anti-Semitic blood libel, the claim that Jews use the blood of non-Jewish children to bake their Passover matzah or for other ritual purposes. What is curious is that there are so many in Britain for whom the latter “achievement” resonates more and finds expression in new domestic iterations of this hoary, murderous British creation. (I'd like to believe the average Briton does not buy into this, but given the dominance of the elite, the media, the universities and the craven kowtowing to Muslims in Britain, I'm afraid they have been poisoned beyond saving. This seems to already have happened in Ireland and Scotland. Cordially, Larry Greenberg)

Would I lie to you? By David Harris
http://www.investigativeproject.org/4555/would-i-lie-to-you

Excerpt: So it's time to look at some dirty secrets, foreign correspondent edition.

Trench coats and panamas have given way to sat phones and moral ambiguity. An ideal starting point in understanding this media ambiguity – and its occasional, sinister undertones and implications for us – is the Israel-Hamas war. The penny should have dropped well before today's Gaza crisis. No later than April 11, 2003, in fact. That day, CNN admitted in the New York Times that it hid and manipulated reality, though the wording was more delicately self-regarding.

Nigeria's Boko Haram 'seize Banki town near Cameroon'

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29048394?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2AMorning%20Brief&utm_campaign=2014_MorningBrief9.4.14

Excerpt: Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the town of Banki, which borders Cameroon, after government troops fled, residents say.

The military has not yet commented on the latest town to reportedly fall to the insurgents in recent weeks.

Important: Morphing Into ‘Conventional Army,’ Boko Haram Poised to ‘Explode Any Day, Like ISIS’ Terrorist group's new "caliphate" makes lightning-fast gains, closing in on a state capital that, if seized, would tear Nigeria apart and create a huge al-Qaeda base.

http://pjmedia.com/blog/morphing-into-conventional-army-boko-haram-poised-to-explode-any-day-like-isis/?singlepage=true

Excerpt: As the world’s attention is captured by the terrifying determination and bloody modus operandi of the Islamic State, an al-Qaeda affiliate that declared a caliphate last week is sweeping across northeast Nigeria with lightning-quick efficiency and equally brutal means in a bid to break up the most populous nation on the continent. (The Nigerian government never took the steps they should have at least two years ago to bring the army up to that district and really smash these guys. They let the cancer grow, and now it's turned into a big tumor, and still growing. We can only hope the Nigerian President now becomes deadly serious about saving his country and brings every bit of military power he can muster to go after Boko Haram all-out, blast them to pieces and take no prisoners. Nothing else has any chance of stopping this horrible mess. --Del)

Whistleblower of UK Child Rape Rings Ignored; Sent to Diversity Class Instead. By Christine Rousselle

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2014/09/03/whistleblower-of-uk-trafficking-rings-ignored-sent-to-diversity-class-instead-n1886881

Excerpt: An estimated 1,400 girls were groomed, abused, and raped between 1997 and 2013 by gangs of mostly Pakistani men. Some of the horrific reports of abuse include stories of being gang raped and doused with gasoline. Perhaps equally troubling are reports that the abuse was uncovered in 2001—and instead of being addressed by police and appropriate authorities, the whistleblower was instead sent to diversity training after she revealed the ethnicity of the rapists in her report. (To progressives, child rape is a part of the beauty of diversity, all cultures being equally valid. ~Bob)

Muslims Sexually Enslaving Children: A Global Phenomenon. By Raymond Ibrahim

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/raymond-ibrahim/muslims-sexually-enslaving-children-a-global-phenomenon/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dc0908281b-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-dc0908281b-156414477

Excerpt: As shocking as the Muslim-run sex ring in Rotherham, England may seem to some—1,400 British children as young as 11 plied with drugs before being passed around and sexually abused in cabs and kabob shops—the fact is that this phenomenon is immensely widespread. In the United Kingdom alone, it’s the fifth sex abuse ring led by Muslims to be uncovered. Some years back in Australia, a group of “Lebanese Muslim youths” were responsible for a “series of brutal gang rapes” of “Anglo-Celtic teenage girls.”

Kissinger’s Warning and Recommendations for ‘A World in Flames’

http://pjmedia.com/spengler/2014/09/03/kissingers-warning/

Excerpt: Under the headline “The World in Flames,” Henry Kissinger warns in a London Sunday Times op-ed of the consequences of state failure and anarchy in the Muslim world. Read it carefully: Kissinger reviews the collapse of America’s idea of exporting democracy during the Arab Spring and its dire consequences. He suggests that the US needs to work with Russia to put out the fire: Participants in the contests search for outside support, particularly from Russia and the US, in turn shaping relations between them.