Update
My granddaughter, Britnye wasn't happy with the picture of
Dale and her that I posted. "Grandma took it just as I sneezed," she
said. This one of the three of us is better.
General News and Comment
Must See: Great Ad--This should be shared! ~Bob
In 2008, I fell in love. His online profile made him seem so
perfect. Smart, handsome, charming, articulate – all the right values. I
trusted him. But by 2012, our relationship was in trouble. But I stuck with
him, because he promised he would be better. He's great at promises. He told me
we would be safe. Have you looked at the news? He's in my e-mails, and text
messages, spying on me, but ignoring real threats. He said we'd finally get on
our feet financially. I'll never pay down what he spent. He thinks the only
thing I care about is free birth control. But he won't even let me keep my own
doctor. I know I'm stuck with Barack for two more years. I get that. But I'm
not stuck with his friends. I'm looking for someone who gets that this isn't
about him. It's about us.
The Wit and Wisdom of
Democrats. Robert A. Hall
Excerpt: In addition to the lies and endless broken promises
(every Obama promise comes with an expiration date), there are many comments by
the self-proclaimed intelligentsia that are just amusing. Below are some of
them.
Senator Diane Feinstein's Home--not how the
99% live!
Obama Declines Invitation to Attend Memorial Dedication for
Disabled Veterans. By Debra Heine
Excerpt: For some unexplained reason, the president has
declined an invitation to attend a dedication ceremony in October for a
new memorial honoring American veterans who have been disabled fighting for
their country in wars. According to the Washington Free Beacon, the American Veterans Disabled
for Life Memorial (AVDLM) is the first memorial of its kind, and is set to be
dedicated during a ceremony on Oct. 5 near the National Mall in
downtown Washington , D.C.
A Marxist Mistake?
AFL-CIO Pushes Get Out The Vote For Mid-Terms Under Soviet-Style Symbol
Excerpt: In 1997, shortly after current AFL-CIO president
Richard Trumka, along with then-president John Sweeney, took over the AFL-CIO, America ’s
oldest labor federation lifted
the ban on Communists. Nearly two decades later, as Republicans, Democrats
and Independents gear up for this fall’s mid-term elections, the special
interest group—indirectly funded by union members’ dues—has launched a “get out
the vote” page with a symbol that is eerily reminiscent of the Soviet-era
hammer and sickle. (I'd say a stretch, but when one of Obama's cabinet members
says that Mao--communist murderer of 60M people--is her favorite philosopher,
who knows. ~Bob)
Cops Falsify Speeding
Tickets to Cash in on Overtime
http://lastresistance.com/7375/cops-falsify-speeding-tickets-to-cash-in-on-overtime/
http://lastresistance.com/7375/cops-falsify-speeding-tickets-to-cash-in-on-overtime/
Excerpt: One of the four Houston , Texas
Here We Go Again: Students
Prohibited From Passing Out Constitutions on Constitution Day
Excerpt: Once again, university officials have shown how
progressive and tolerant they are by forcing
Young Americans for Freedom at Pennsylvania State University to remove its
table from a so-called “free speech zone.” The YAF activists’ crime?
Handing out copies of the Constitution on Constitution Day, Sept. 17. (Hey,
Penn state, the Constitution makes the entire county a "free speech
zone." ~Bob)
Excerpt: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced
he is expanding a plan to disarm civilians. Speaking on the International Day
of Peace, Mr Maduro said his government would invest $47m (£29m) and create 60
new disarmament centres. (Tyrants seeking absolute power always want the
population disarmed. ~Bob)
Why Wisconsin won't
become Illinois
Excerpt: But of course, this is the issue. His now-famous
union bargaining reforms of 2011 have incurred the wrath of America 's big
labor unions, which are now eager to defeat him. But anyone who doubts the wisdom of
Walker's reforms — and the self-interested short-sightedness of the public
union bosses — need only look southward to neighboring Illinois.
Excerpt: But here’s the thing: Mary Burke really, really
wanted voters to think her “jobs plan” was an important reason to distinguish
her from her opponent, Scott Walker, and she ought to pay a price for that.
Here’s the
tune Burke was singing back in March: Democratic Gubernatorial challenger,
Mary Burke released her 5 point plan today to create jobs….“I brought Gov.
Walker’s plan from 2010. This is 4 pages. I’ve seen 8th grade term papers that
had more work put into them,” Burke told an audience at Marquette University
Hillary’s $100 Million Hollywood Makeover. By Daniel
Greenfield
Excerpt: The First Secretary of the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia described the reforms which resulted in the Prague Spring as
“socialism with a human face.” The New York Times calls Madam
Secretary, CBS’s extremely expensive prime time contribution to the Hillary
campaign, “Hillary with a human face.”
Quote From The Patriot Post
"[W]e still find the greedy hand of government
thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the
spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new
pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and
permits none to escape without tribute." --Thomas Paine, Rights of Man,
1791
Excerpt: “I have a daughter that’s handicapped and she was
asleep on the bottom floor,” Kouba said. “And so for the fear of her being
hurt, motherly instincts kick in and, you know, I worked hard for what I’ve
got. And you’re not going to come and take it away from me.” ... Kouba called
her gun the best Mother’s Day present she’s ever received.
Actually, a great success: The War on Poverty: 50
Years of Failure
The WOP put billions of tax dollars in the pockets of
Democrat-voting do-gooders and bureaucrats, just as intended. ~Bob. Excerpt:
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the War on Poverty.
Since President Johnson proclaimed his unconditional war on poverty, taxpayers
have spent roughly $22 trillion dollars, which, adjusted for inflation, is
three times the cost of all military wars since the American Revolution! Last
year, the government spent $943 billion providing cash, food, housing, and
medical care to poor and low-income Americans. More than 100 million people, or
one-third of the population, receive some type of welfare at an average cost of
$9,000 per recipient. Yet, as of 2013, 14.5 percent of Americans were poor, the
same rate of poverty as in 1967. The definition of poor, as defined by the
Census Bureau, is interesting. It counts a family poor if income falls below a
certain level. Yet it ignores the effect of welfare spending, making the
figures of poor very misleading. For example, 80 percent of poor households
have air conditioning' two-thirds have cable or satellite television; half have
a personal computer; and 40 percent have high-definition televisions. In fact,
less than 2 percent of poor are homeless and only 10 percent live in trailer
homes.
Fence-jumper: Another
victim of 'psych crisis' at Fort
Hood
http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/key-fact-about-white-house-fence-jumper-revealed/
http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/key-fact-about-white-house-fence-jumper-revealed/
Excerpt: Only five months after a senior neuropsychologist
in charge of Fort Hood ’s outpatient psychiatry clinic revealed to
WND a
crisis in psychological testing and treatment at the U.S. Army post, a
decorated war veteran who sought therapy at the installation is now in federal
custody for jumping the White House fence and bursting through the executive
mansion doors. On Sept. 19, Omar J. Gonzalez, a 42-year-old Army veteran who
had deployed to Iraq three times and was injured by a homemade bomb, jumped
over the north fence, sprinted across the lawn and was stopped only after he
entered the White House doors.
Race Card News
Gangsters who fatally
shot Chicago
Excerpt: Gang members in Chicago 's South Side shot a 9-year-old boy
out walking in his neighborhood last month because they thought he was trying
to warn rival gangbangers about their whereabouts, police said. The four men —
Jabari Williams, 22, Michael D. Baker, Paris Denard and Derrick Allmon, all 19
— were out looking to shoot rival gangsters on Aug. 20 when they encountered
9-year-old Antonio Smith Jr. in a yard near his Grand Crossing home, police
said, according to the Chicago Tribune. (Didn't hear much about
this one. When blacks murder whites, or as is far more likely, fellow blacks,
hardly news, because the race baiters can't use it to get power and money and
it doesn't fit the media narrative. But the far less frequent cases of whites
killing blacks get endless coverage, and the race money machine goes into over
drive. They will be talking about Trayvon long after Antonio is forgotten by
all but his grieving family. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Photos from one of the events, however, showed Ferguson police checking
IDs at the door. ... Put another way, nearly 70 percent of
the residents of Ferguson , Missouri
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Excerpt: According to the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, spending on
Medicaid, the jointly funded state-federal welfare program that provides health
benefits to low-income people, increased 6.7 percent in 2013 to $449.5 billion.
And it will keep growing at a fast rate: "Total Medicaid spending is
projected to grow 12.8 percent in 2014 due to increased enrollment of nearly 8
million beneficiaries. Primarily driving the increase in enrollment are states
that chose to expand coverage to adults up to 138 percent of the federal
poverty level. As some states are expected to expand their Medicaid programs
after 2014, an additional 8.5 million people are expected to enroll in the
program by 2016. Medicaid spending is expected to grow by 6.7 percent in 2015,
and 8.6 percent in 2016. For 2016 to 2023, Medicaid spending growth is
projected to be 6.8 percent per year on average." This comprises a massive
increase in welfare dependency. I think it’s a low-ball estimate.
Government Watchdog:
HealthCare.gov Full of Security Risks
Excerpt: The Government Accountability Office is set to
address Congress this week to discuss the federal health insurance website and
cybersecurity. The site -- into which millions of Americans have plugged in
their personal information in order to enroll in health insurance plans --
contains a number of security risks that must be addressed, according to the GAO's
director of information security issues Gregory Wilshusen. Residents in more
than 30 states have shopped for insurance on HealthCare.gov. In order to enroll
in plans, as well as apply for federal tax credits to subsidize the cost of
their insurance, people must enter several pieces of personal information,
including income data and their family members' Social Security numbers. Even
states that run their own exchanges use the federal site for certain purposes.
Panel Urges
Overhauling Health Care at End of Life
Excerpt: The country's system for handling end-of-life care
is largely broken and should be overhauled at almost every level, a national
panel concluded in a report released on Wednesday, according to the
New York Times. According to some, the system is geared toward towards simply
doing more toward the end of life which can be costly and not consistent with
what the patients actually want. A report by a nonpartisan committee that was
appointed by the Institute
of Medicine
Undocumented Democrat News
Vitter: Obama Admin
‘Bending Over Backwards To Give Obamacare To Illegal Immigrants’
Excerpt: “The Obama Administration is bending over backwards
to give Obamacare to illegal immigrants — but won’t protect hard working
American citizens who are losing their health care coverage,” Vitter said. “The
Obama administration has been granting deadline extensions, making excuses, and
turning a blind eye to falsified documents by illegal immigrants.”
"You're Greener than Gore" News
The Crumbling
Climate-Change Consensus: Extremists’ rhetoric heats up as
their case falls apart. By John Fund
Excerpt: Naomi Klein, author of a new book on the
“crisis,” This
Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, said, “I have seen the
future, and it looks like New Orleans
after Hurricane Katrina.” In her new book she demands that North America and Europe pay reparations to poorer countries to compensate
for the climate change they cause. She calls her plan a “Marshall Plan for the
Earth” and acknowledges that it would cost “hundreds of billions if not
trillions of dollars.” But she has an easy solution on how to pay for it: “Need
more money? Print some!” What’s a little hyperinflation compared to “saving the
planet”? (They are of course economically ignorant. ~Bob)
Coal must be part of America
Excerpt: Along with oil and natural gas, coal is an
essential part of the energy tripod that keeps the American economy the largest
in the world. In fact, coal is still America ’s most abundant energy
resource. As recently as 2009, it accounted for almost 25 percent of total U.S. energy
consumption and was the origin of more than half the electricity produced in
this country.
Obama's energy policy
is not science -- it's an ideological crusade, By Sen. Mitch Mcconnell
Excerpt: There's a right way and a wrong way to go about
protecting the environment, and anyone familiar with the Obama administration’s
record has had a front-row seat on how not to go about this vital but delicate
task. Not unlike its approach to Obamacare, the administration has used a
regulatory sledgehammer when a mere scalpel would have done the job. Here’s
why: For those in the Obama administration, it is less about balancing
environmental concerns with economic growth than it is about crushing forms of
energy they don’t like — like coal.
Memo to Leonardo DiCaprio: Climate Change ‘Reforms’ Would
Hurt People. By Scott Blakeman
Excerpt: The truth is the dire
predictions that were once made by climate change alarmists haven’t
come to fruition. Data simply does not show that the climate has been
getting warmer,
wetter or wilder at the accelerating pace some predicted it
would. All the climate summits in the world and all the marches and rallies may
ironically increase the collective carbon footprint, but they won’t change
reality. However, drastic measures taken to combat climate change could harm
economic growth. Increased environmental regulations, carbon
taxes and cap-and-trade schemes
all harm the economy. (What does DiCaprio care? He's so rich that while
doubling energy costs may mean the poor go without heat and food, it won't
bother him in the least. ~Bob)
No surprise: Climate Marchers Leave Trail of Trash
EVERYWHERE. Check Out the Top Tweets…
Excerpt: Hundreds-of-thousands marched in New York on Sunday as they got together to
“raise awareness” over the need for global government intervention on the issue
of “climate change.” A-listers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo joined
the crowd and marched. When the self-congratulations died down, however, what
was left was a gigantic pile of trash that, inarguably, is far from “green.”
(the only recent demonstrations I've seen where they picked up after themselves
were the Tea Party rallies. The left expects the government to come clean up
the mess they make. ~Bob)
Religion of Peace News
Must Read: The Once & Future Christendom: From
death of the West—to knights of the West. By James P. Pinkerton
Excerpt: With apologies to the frankenfood-fearers and polar
bear-sentimentalizers, the biggest danger we face is the Clash of
Civilizations, especially as we rub against the “bloody borders” of Islam. What
if, in the coming century, we lose that clash—and the source of our civilization?
What if Muslims take over Europe ? What if
“Eurabia” indeed comes to pass? Would Islamic invaders demolish the Vatican , as the Taliban dynamited Afghanistan ’s
Buddhas of Bamyan in 2001? Or would they settle merely for stripping the great
cathedrals of Europe of all their Christian
adornment, rendering them into mosques? And what if the surviving non-Muslim
population of Europe is reduced to subservient
“dhimmitude”?
Excerpt: In all my 84 years, I cannot recall a time when
most Americans wanted war. That is something we should be proud of. But wars
are not always optional. ... But all this make-believe has come back to haunt
him, as make-believe often does. Make no mistake about it, make-believe wins
elections – and winning elections is Obama’s thing. The big problem is that the
things that win elections are not the things that win wars.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: The overriding belief of the Obama administration
is that there is not really a radical Islamic movement that seeks to destroy
the present nation-state order in the Middle East ,
form some sort of caliphate out of the mess, and then marshal the region’s
population and resources to attack the West.
Obama’s war advisers
not instilling confidence on Islamic State strategy
Excerpt: President Obama’s war Cabinet is not instilling
confidence in the public about his “no boots on the ground” strategy to defeat
the Islamic State now anchored in two countries and in more than a dozen towns.
In congressional testimony last week, officials’ predictions for how the
mission would succeed one day repeatedly were couched in big “ifs.”
Islamic State attack
on Iraqi base leaves hundreds missing, shows army weaknesses
Excerpt: The army base in Iraq ’s
western Anbar province had been under siege by Islamic State militants for a
week, so when a convoy of armored Humvees rolled up at the gate, the Iraqi
soldiers at Camp Saqlawiyah
But this was no rescue attempt. The vehicles were driven by
militants on suicide missions, and within seconds on Sunday the base had become
a bloody scene of multiple bombings.
Let the Bombing in Syria
The U.S.
began bombing ISIL targets in Syria
yesterday. The New York Times reports, "The latest campaign opened with multiple
strikes before dawn that focused on the Islamic State’s de facto capital, the
city of Raqqa ,
and on its bases in the surrounding countryside. Other strikes hit in the
provinces of Deir al-Zour and Hasaka, whose oil wells [ISIL has] exploited to
finance its operations." And ABC News notes, "American airstrikes in Syria have taken out members of a shadowy al
Qaeda unit known as the Khorasan Group who were planning 'imminent' attacks
against targets including the U.S. "
After bombing a seventh Islamic nation (mostly without congressional approval),
our Nobel Peace Prize-winning commander in chief will address the nation today,
and he'll take his case to the UN later this week. Joe Biden warned us if we voted for Mitt
Romney, we'd end up at war in Syria Raqaa , Syria
Islamic State: “We
will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women, by the
permission of Allah.” By Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.org
Excerpt: This message, full of threats and murder, boasting
and Qur’an quotations (all the citations in this piece are from the Qur’an), has just been released. Even just a cursory reading shows the
absurdity of blandly asserting that the Islamic State’s ideology has nothing to
do with Islam. Tony Blair is right: the free world does need to confront this
ideology.
This could be the next target of the Islamic State. By
Claude Salhani
Excerpt: For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State,
Syria and Iraq were a good
place to start their campaign, but in order to survive and prosper it knew from
the outset that it had no choice but to set its sights on the ultimate prize:
the oil fields of Saudi
Arabia . It is in that direction that the
battle for control of the world’s largest oil fields is currently heading.
The Guns of August.
By Jonathan Spyer
The elusive figure
Excerpt: Only Osama bin Laden and several top
commanders knew the truth. Now, more than 13 years later, one of those
commanders is back and perhaps more dangerous than ever. On Sept. 11, 2001,
Muhsin al-Fadhli had been barely more than a boy, aged 19. But today the
steely-eyed 33-year-old operative is in Syria , leading a group of
clandestine al-Qaeda operatives called “Khorasan,” which some American
officials said may
be more dangerous in some respects than the Islamic State.
Casualties in bomb
blast near Egypt
Excerpt: Initial reports said at least four people - two
policemen and two civilians - were killed. ... The Islamist violence at first
targeted mostly police and the army in the Sinai peninsula ,
but has recently spread to other regions including the capital. The militants
say they are taking revenge for the hundreds of Islamists killed and thousands
detained in a crackdown on the Brotherhood.
Yea! Israel
Excerpt: Two Palestinians suspected of the abduction and
murder of three Israeli teenagers in June have been killed by Israeli forces, Israel 's
military says. A spokesman said troops searching for Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer
Abu Aisha surrounded a building in the West Bank city of Hebron where they were hiding. (One of the
teens was an American citizen. But Obama doesn't care. ~Bob)
At least 36 killed in
shootout with Islamists in northeast Nigerian town
Excerpt: Fighters from Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko
Haram stormed the northeastern town of Mainok
on Friday, sparking a gun battle that killed at least 36 people and continued
into Saturday, two security sources said.
N.Y. Jury Finds Arab
Bank Liable for Terror Financing
Excerpt: A New
York federal jury on Monday found Arab
Bank liable for enabling terrorist attacks by Hamas by
routing money to the players involved. It's a landmark decision – in the first
trial of its kind against a financial institution under the Anti-Terrorism Act–
which advocates already are hoping will have a deterrent effect.
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