Update
On Sunday, 9/21, we took the granddaughter, Britnye (14) and
grandson, Dale (2.5) to the bi-annual Green Country Cheese Days Parade in Monroe . (On the way
there, I had a usual coughing spell as the new lung cleared mucus, and the
little guy asked, "You OK, Am-Pa?") Monroe is the county seat, a small city, with
a square, courthouse and Civil war monument in the center of an agricultural,
cows and cheese making area. Nice to be someplace where most folks stood when
the flag went by. There were many excellent, large high school bands. (When we
lived in South Jersey , 97-02, my high school,
8 miles from Philly, which had a great band when I was a student, was fielding
about nine kids.) Outside Milwaukee and Madison , Wisconsin is America
like it used to be.
With Sunday at the parade and Saturday at a flea market, I
didn't pull as much for the blog from my email and news feeds as usual, but
there is some good stuff here. ~Bob
Britnye holding Dale at the parade
General News and Comment
Hillary's
"Plumbers" Hid Benghazi
Excerpt: : Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
promised "unfettered access" to the Benghazi Accountability Review
Board. But it turns out that promise may be as much a lie as the inflammatory
video story. We were not impressed by the methods or findings of the
Accountability Review Board (ARB) after the terrorist attack on our Benghazi diplomatic
mission on Sept. 11, 2012, starting with not interviewing the person where the
buck was supposed to stop, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (When the
Watergate debacle began, Nixon and his people were not very good at all in
getting it covered up, and the investigation inevitably uncovered the truth. Not
so the case with Benghazi ,
where the misdirection, obfuscation, and outright lies worked well enough to
keep the public from ever getting really involved and angry. Of course, in
Nixon's case the media were on him like white on rice, while for Hillary and
Obama, the media were totally friendly and are still not exactly eager to
report objectively on something that should be a huge story, the death of an
American Ambassador. --Del )
Mayor: New high
school won't be named after President Obama
Excerpt: Mayor Rahm Emanuel backed off Thursday from naming
a new elite high school after President Barack Obama amid ongoing criticism
from African-Americans who felt the honor inappropriate for a school slated for
a wealthy, predominantly white part of the Near North Side. (The debating team
would have needed teleprompters, but the golf team would have been unbeatable.
~Bob)
55-year-old Willmar
Excerpt: He cut an impressive figure in his Army dress blues
and his high and tight haircut. His uniform bore the medals and awards of a war
hero: Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, a Ranger
Tab, Master Jump Wings. Telling folks he was a command sergeant major in the
Army, he made his way around various VFWs and American Legion posts in
west-central Minnesota .
Rapist Who Can't Bear Prison to Be Euthanized. Belgian
killer didn't want parole but couldn't bear prison. By Rob Quinn
Excerpt: Frank Van Den Bleeken, a Belgian man in prison for
multiple rapes and a rape-murder, has decided he wants to die and authorities
have decided they can grant that request. Van Den Bleeken, 50, has been in
prison for nearly 30 years and has declined to seek parole because he believes
his uncontrollable urges make him a danger to society, but he says he can no
longer bear prison conditions and his own "unbearable psychic
suffering," AFP reports. (Wow, I hadn't realized that they were
mercy killing so many people in Belgium . And not just people
suffering with terminal conditions, you can just decide to opt out if you
believe your life is just not worth living, and in fact is somehow unbearable. I
am shocked, but I guess this is part of what comes with secularization of a
society. --Del )
Excerpt: “You can see that these doctors, who are highly
trained people, got themselves infected,” said Dr. Lee Hieb, former president
of the Association of American
Physicians and Surgeons. “So sending troops into an area, if they’re
dealing one-on-one with a patient, they’re not going to be able to protect
themselves very well. It’s not easy to [prevent transmission], because you get
tired and you get careless and you make some simple mistakes. All it takes is
one virus particle.”
Worth Reading : U.S.
Capt USN(Ret), Chairman, Combat Veterans For Congress PAC
Excerpt: In the Middle East, for the past 3 years, Obama has
avoided exercising traditional US leadership in the world community to mobilize
support for the prevention of the continued slaughter of Christians (by his
inaction, by taking no action, he has signaled ISIL that it is safe to continue
slaughtering Christians. Obama continues to state almost daily, that there will
be no boots on the ground in the Middle East; ISI has become emboldened by his
telling them what he will not do. Instead of inserting boots on the ground with
small Special Operations units in the Levant of what used to be Iraq, to
coordinate command & control, US air operations & strikes, and
gathering of actionable intelligence, and instead of putting 3000 military
boots on the ground along the southern border to stem the massive influx of
Illegal Immigrants, drug smugglers, human smugglers, and terrorist flooding
across the southern border, Obama is executing a very dangerous plan to deploy
3000 US military personnel to the Ebola infected jungles of Liberia. Obama has
placed the 3000 military personnel under the command of the State Department
not the Defense Department. (Check out www.combatveteransforcongress.org.
~Bob)
Mary Burke's jobs
plan copied portions from other Democratic candidates
http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mary-burke-s-jobs-plan-copied-portions-from-other-democratic/article_060be455-2b20-5b48-9584-95cbef897c5c.html
http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mary-burke-s-jobs-plan-copied-portions-from-other-democratic/article_060be455-2b20-5b48-9584-95cbef897c5c.html
Excerpt: Portions of gubernatorial
candidate Mary
Burke’s jobs plan were copied from previous proposals of other
Democratic candidates, and her campaign has cut ties with the consultant
responsible, the campaign acknowledged Friday. (To be accurate, they should
call it "Mary Burke's Ex-Consultant's Plagiarized Jobs Plan." ~Bob)
Who would have guessed? Weed-Smoking Teens 60 Percent
Less Likely to Finish
High School
Excerpt: According to a new set of studies published in a paper in the British
journal The Lancet Psychiatry, teenagers who smoke pot daily are 60 percent
less likely than nonusers to finish high school. The studies of adolescent
cannabis use also show that daily users under age 17 were 60 percent less
likely to finish college than teens who didn’t smoke at all, seven times more
likely to attempt suicide and eight times more likely to use illegal drugs at
some point in their lives.
Excerpt: On Friday, the 19th of September 2014,
anti-self-defense group North Carolinians Against Gun Violence will
hosted a “Memorial Service” for Nigel Scarlett, who was killed by
gunfire on December 11th of 2011. ... Conspicuously absent will be any mention
of the fact that Nigel Scarlett was a convicted felon. Previously convicted of Assault with a
Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury, plus a wide assortment of misdemeanors
including illegally carrying a concealed firearm, Mr. Scarlett is sadly typical
of homicide victims.
New Jersey
City
Excerpt: Some people are actually saying that this will
save lives. That’s always the excuse they use when they want to ban something.
It’s for the children
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Excerpt: Obamacare in Minnesota
is called MNSure. The state had the usual problems (worse, I believe, than in
most states) getting its system and its web site up and running. Once the
enrollment period got underway, the dominant insurer turned out to be
PreferredOne. Reportedly offering the lowest premiums in the nation,
PreferredOne signed up nearly 60% of all MNSure participants. So it was a
bombshell when PreferredOne announced earlier this week that it will no longer
participate in the state’s exchange, saying that “continuing to provide this
coverage through MNsure is not sustainable.” It seems a foregone conclusion
that this will lead to higher premiums, at a minimum. PreferredOne’s decision
also calls into question the economic viability of the Obamacare
model. (Someone else has noticed what is going on in MN. --Del )
Excerpt: Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel has just announced that he
plans on dying at age 75 and implies that the rest of us should work toward
achieving this too. Dr. Emanuel, brother of Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, is a
major advocate of universal health care and was a key advisor to the president
on formulating the Affordable Care Act, or as we know it, Obamacare. Indeed, a
few years ago, Emanuel was accused by Betsy
McCaughey and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, among others, of
favoring euthanasia and death panels for individuals. (Over 75? You are
considered "advanced age" these days. Slightly demented? Just be a
DNR and get it over with and quit wasting $$. Used to be the gov provided extra
precautions for the feeble minded and handicapped. Remember that pile of
prostheses at Auschwitz ? --Barb)
Undocumented Democrat News
474 Illegals From
Terrorism-Linked Countries Apprehended In 2014 Alone
Excerpt: U.S.
Border Patrol agents have apprehended at least 474 aliens from terrorism-linked
countries attempting to sneak into the country
illegally this year alone, according to a leaked document obtained by Breitbart Texas. (Just
hard working people seeking [to take a] better life. ~Bob)
"You're Greener than Gore" News
Helle Tryggedson's home taken over by 200 bats, authorities
powerless due to protected status of the flying rodents.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/09/11/200-bats-invade-Danish-womans-home/3251410450014/
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/09/11/200-bats-invade-Danish-womans-home/3251410450014/
Excerpt: Tryggedson said local officials told her they couldn't remove the bats because they are a
protected species in Denmark ,
so she sought the help of Lars Bruun Hansen with the Danish Nature Agency. (In
the worldwide contest to see which country's environmentalists are the most
wacko, Denmark
has to be a contender. ~Bob)
Religion of Peace News
Former head of Marine
Corps: ‘Not a snowball’s chance In hell’ Obama’s plan succeeds
Excerpt: A former Marine Corps
Commandant told an audience that President Obama’s strategy to defeat Islamic
State militants doesn’t have a “snowball’s chance in hell” of succeeding Speaking
at a conference in Washington, General James Conway, who served as the 34th
Commandant of the Marine Crops at the end of the Bush administration and
beginning of the Obama administration, said that he was skeptical that the U.S.
had reliable ground forces in Iraq, the Daily Caller reported Friday. (Of course the general didn't say
things like this when he was CMC, but then his immediate superior was SecNav,
whose immediate superior was Mr. Obama, so it would have been inappropriate (or
suicidal) to really contradict the President. Now he is free to do what's
right. --Del )
Mark Levin: ‘You
Actually Have A Revolt Going On With The Top Generals And Obama’ [VIDEO]
Excerpt: Obama does not view this as a military action. ....
For him, the truth is it’s about politics. It’s about containing this issue
politically for him so he can focus on fundamentally transforming America .”
(Remember that flexibility on the hot microphone; cutting our military,
decreasing our protective missiles, and now overflights and strafing runs by
the Russians on US
airspace x2. You figure it out, sheeple. The voices in the wilderness are
wailing like prophets from the Bible so detested now. See how well the Evil One
protects you after his gifts/bribes disappear and turn into empty ash and he
has your soul. --Bob)
Mark Steyn: Obama Has
‘No Interest In Driving A Stake’ Through ISIS
Excerpt: He wants to neutralize them as an issue in
November,” said the bestselling author. “He wants to seen to be appearing to do
just enough to make ISIS go off the front
pages.”... “It would have been fascinating if they were doing D-Day now, and no
Democrats showed up at the beaches of Normandy because they were all at some
fundraiser.”
Excerpt: Here’s a national-security riddle: How can
President Obama provide limited military support on the ground to help “degrade and ultimately destroy” the
Islamic State without formally violating his pledge not to send U.S. combat
troops? The answer may lie in the legal alchemy known as “Title 50.” Title 50 of the U.S. Code regulates the activities
of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Pretending we're not at war: Presidents no longer ask
Congress to declare war when ordering the military into action. That suits most
Americans just fine. By William Falk
Excerpt: When is a war not a war? U.S.
fighter planes are attacking ISIS forces in Iraq
and will soon do so in Syria ,
which meets the common-sense criteria for war. But the U.S. Constitution and
the War Powers Resolution of 1973 both require specific congressional
authorization for war, and President Obama isn't asking Congress for
permission.
Islamic State murders
Christian children who refuse submission to Islam
Excerpt: A message from Anglican Mainstream to supporters on
September 18 said that in a town captured by the Islamic State, Muslim
militants are going house to house and asking the children to denounce Jesus.
According to Anglican Mainstream, a missionary wrote to say that so far no
children have apostasized. However, all of them were killed by the Muslims for
their witness, even while their parents were left unharmed. (Unverified--but
sounds like them. ~Bob)
49 Turkish hostages
held by ISIS freed, prime minister says
Excerpt: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said
Saturday that 49 hostages who were seized by Islamic militants in Iraq have been freed and safely returned to Turkey , ending Turkey 's most serious hostage
crisis. ... Their release contrasts with the recent beheadings of two U.S. journalists and a British aid worker by the
Islamic State group, but it wasn't immediately clear what Turkey had done
to secure the safe release of the hostages. (Not clear? Turkey refused
to join Obama's anti-ISIS coalition...and was rewarded. ~Bob)
Christianity in Iraq
Excerpt: In the part of his Sept.
10 speech on confronting the Islamic State that probably drew the
least attention, President Obama mentioned the need to help Christians and
other minorities, expelled from cities and villages in northern Iraq , return
from where they came. “We cannot allow these communities to be driven from
their ancient homeland,” he said. Obama got that wrong. Christians, of whom
around 120,000 have taken refuge in Iraqi
Kurdistan, will not be going home even if their tormentors suddenly disappear.
White House Hosts
Syrian Activist Who Sees AQ-Tied Rebels as Moderate. By Ravi
Kumar
Excerpt: Fresh from congressional approval to arm and train Syrian rebel
groups fighting the vicious Islamic State terrorist group, the White House met
this week with Syrian American advocates to discuss how to proceed. But one of
the people consulted is on record defending and sympathizing with Syrian rebels
tied to al-Qaida.
More Israeli female
soldiers fought in Gaza
Excerpt: About 50 Israeli women served inside Gaza , the highest number
yet during an Israeli conflict. But their prominence has renewed debate about
the position of women in the nation’s army, with critics saying the percentage
of combat roles filled by women — about 3.3 — is too low for a military that
prides itself on being one of the world’s only with mandatory service for men
and women. (I'd bet those demanding more are not demanding that their own
daughters go. ~Bob. Israeli society is, by our standards, liberal, and demands
equality between the genders. So there are those who want to see women right up
front with the men in combat. The Army resists this, because people who have
been in close combat know there will be special problems then. And no one wants
to think of what will happen to any woman Israeli soldier captured by the
maniacs. So there are women up towards the front, according to this, 3.3% of
the combat roles are filled by women, and none of those are in infantry units,
they are in other combat units, maybe tanks or artillery. So now the activists
are pushing harder for women to be more in combat. How far this will go, I
can't say. Maybe until there are women up front and the bloody price gets paid,
or one is captured and found raped to death with her nose and breasts cut off,
as happened way back when Israel
was founded. If I were an Israeli I would be happy to see women serving, but I
would never want my daughter to be in the infantry or any other unit that is
involved in close combat. --Del )
Excerpt: The Pakistani military killed a senior commander
for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan
during recent fighting in North Waziristan .
The commander had been released from a prison in Afghanistan ,
according to a statement from the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan , which
announced his death.
Off to see the
Virgins
Forgets to throw grenade.
4 Possible Terrorists
May Have Tried to Enter US Through Texas-Mexico Border, Says House National
Security Subcommittee Chairman
Sketchy. ~Bob. Excerpt: The chairman of the House
subcommittee on National Security said that he had heard reports that four
individuals connected to Middle East
terrorists groups have tried to cross the southern border and have been
apprehended.
Iranians sentenced to
91 lashes for Pharrell 'Happy' video
Excerpt: The six Iranian singers who were arrested for
appearing in a viral video dancing to Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy” have been
sentenced to six months in prison and 91 lashes. (Apparently, Allah is a prick.
How could you worship such a God? ~Bob)
Pakistani academic
accused of blasphemy shot dead in Karachi
Except: A Pakistani academic known for promoting liberal views
on Islam has been shot dead by gunmen – two years after being accused of
committing blasphemy in a speech he made in the US . Dr Muhammad Shakil Auj, Dean of
the faculty of Islamic Studies at the University of Karachi U.S. , of
course, he would long ago have been dismissed as a “hatemonger” and a “bigot.”
--Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.org.)
The Case for a
Unified Kurdistan . By Daniel Pipes
Excerpt: Is a united and independent Kurdistan a prospect we
should welcome, or a dangerous idea that would create more problems in the Middle East than it would solve? Philip Jenkins, a
distinguished professor of history at Baylor
University , sees the prospect of a
grand Kurdistan , with Iraqi, Syrian, Turkish,
and Iranian components, as "actively terrifying." I'd like to assure
him that it also has the potential to be benign.
Dem Rep: 40 American ISIL Fighters Have Already Returned to
the United States
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dem-rep-40-american-isil-fighters-have-already-returned-to-the-united-states/
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dem-rep-40-american-isil-fighters-have-already-returned-to-the-united-states/
Excerpt: Rep. Tim Bishop (D., N.Y.) warned during a recent
speech that up to 40 radicalized U.S.
citizens who have fought alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL
or ISIS) have already returned to the United States , where they could
pose a terrorist threat. (Tracked? I'd feel better with "rounded up and
shot." ~Bob)
Obama’s Go-To
‘Moderate Islamist.’ His appointment to a Department of
Homeland Security council has been dropped. By Andrew C.
McCarthy
Excerpt: On Monday, I had a follow-up to
last week's column on why members of the Obama administration and other
transnational progressives deny that the Islamic State is Islamic — viz.,
because they want to ally with what they call “moderate Islamists.” If
Americans grasp that “moderate Islamists” and violent jihadists share
the same basic ideology, such an alliance becomes politically untenable. Case
in point: The curious tale of Mohamed Elibiary, the Obama administration’s
go-to “moderate Islamist” for counterterrorism advice.
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