Update
Sunday night with friends from Pearl Lake
So I was out-of-pocket much of Sunday and Monday, did not
get through all the email submissions again, but posting what I have. ~Bob
General News and Comment
Antiwar activists
want to be honored instead of vets
I had seen several articles in left wing publications and
blogs from leftists and antiwar nuts all bitching about the 50 year celebration
of our Viet Nam
vets and their sacrifices. But now it's gone big-time with a long note in the NY Times. (Where else?) Check the link
below if you really want to get your BP up and ruin your digestion for the day.
(If the line below gets broken up by your e-mail program, just paste it back
together and put it in your browser and it'll take you to the article.) OK, as
someone has written, the battle begins. I will be writing the NYTimes, by
whatever e-mail I can find for the editors or the lady who wrote the article,
and say in very clear terms that by now anyone who doesn't know that the
victory of the communists in Viet Nam did NOT bring the "liberation and
justice" that all the antiwar people said would happen, and that events
proved only too well that they were actually NOT the good guy nationalists who
just wanted to reunite the country, has been blind and deaf to all the reports
from Viet Nam since April 1975. But the anti-war people weren't really
anti-war, most of them were anti-US and anti-RVN and were fine with war as long
as it got the North to conquer the South. And remember the rejoicing all over
when Saigon fell? And remember the odd silence
that fell right after that, as many tens of thousands were executed and well
over a million people went to "re-education" camps, where quite a few
of them died over the next 18 years? The only publicity that returned to the
subject of Viet Nam
came when the Boat People, so desperate to escape communism and oppression that
they took at least a 25% chance of dying, started to show up all over the
nearby regions. Viet Nam has
remained under oppression ever since, the stories of suppression of religion
and freedom of speech or dissent are a steady flow, and several international
agencies have rated Viet Nam
very badly in terms of oppression and lack of human rights. --Del
The
Commandant's Integrity in Question, Again. By Andy Weddington
Excerpt:
Late last week another matter involving General Amos (and integrity) made
news - his completion of The Basic School.
A Free People? Asset seizures fuel
police spending
Excerpt: Police agencies have used hundreds of millions of
dollars taken from Americans under federal civil forfeiture law in recent years
to buy guns, armored cars and electronic surveillance gear. They have also
spent money on luxury vehicles, travel and a clown named Sparkles. ... The
documents offer a sweeping look at how police departments and drug task forces
across the country are benefiting from laws that allow them to take cash and
property without proving a crime has occurred. The law was meant to decimate
drug organizations, but The Post found that it has been used as a routine
source of funding for law enforcement at every level.
Stop and seize:
Aggressive police take hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists not
charged with crimes
Excerpt: The effort succeeded, but it had an impact that has
been largely hidden from public view: the spread of an aggressive brand of
policing that has spurred the seizure of hundreds of millions of dollars in
cash from motorists and others not charged with crimes, a Washington Post
investigation found. Thousands of people have been forced to fight legal
battles that can last more than a year to get their money back.
Army Refuses To
Release Findings Of Bergdahl Investigation
Excerpt: According to a report in the San Antonio News Express the US Army has completed but
is refusing to release its investigation into the suspected desertion of Army
PFC Bowe Bergdahl who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009. ..... His
release, which was orchestrated and executed by the Obama Administration
without the consent of Congress, swapped Bergdahl for the five most senior
Taliban commanders held in captivity has arguably become the most controversial
prisoner exchange in the history of the country. ... Fox News is
reporting however that the findings will be released to the public, but
only after the November 4 midterm elections. (Hey,
it worked with IRS, Benghazi ....--Barb)
Excerpt: I was really appalled at not only the way she
looked at him but the way she spoke to him -- in an angry way." Other
first-class passengers who witnessed the incident then offered the decorated
service member their seats, but claimed he humbly refused. There are other
reports that the flight attendant shouted at fliers who also asked her to hang
Sgt. Marle's jacket so that it wouldn't wrinkle. (According to article, a first
class passenger did hang the jacket on his seat. If you lack the social graces
or training to be in service to others, don't take the paycheck or the job. I
thought they had schools for stewardesses/stewards....Barb. "Time to
spare? Fly Useless air!" ~Bob)
Excerpt: During a debate in Iowa Saturday, Democratic Senate candidate
Bruce Braley declared, “I’ve never met Michael Bloomberg.” ... Er,
Congressman, either
you’re lying now or your office was lying back in 2010: ... "Joined by
a bipartisan group of current and former elected officials, including Sens. Joe
Lieberman (I-CT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) and New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I), among others, Braley called for
politicians..."
Colorado welfare
recipients withdraw money in Hawaii, St. Thomas, Vegas. By Arthur Kane
Excerpt: Taxpayers are apparently buying welfare recipients
booze and cigarettes for the road — at times a very exotic road. A
Watchdog.org analysis of a Colorado Department of Human Services welfare ATM
withdrawals database shows that $3.8 million was withdrawn by Colorado welfare recipients outside the
state in the past two years. There were withdrawals at out-of-state liquor
stores and tobacco outlets, as well as vacation destinations like Hawaii , Las Vegas and even
the Virgin Islands , data shows.
Tweet from Washington
Redskins @Redskins
This family of #Redskins fans from
the Zuni tribe are here in Arizona
to watch the team play today
Excerpt: That’s why this picture is so awesome; while Snyder
has been called every name in the book and countless media hacks have come to
refuse to refer to the Redskins as their rightful name, Snyder has taken the
bullying in stride and on Sunday, as he watched his team play football, he
enjoyed the company of Ben Shelly, the president of the Navajo Nation.
Whistleblower: Obama Blocking Voter Roll Cleanup. We
actually have Obamacare because of fraud. By Greg Corombos
Excerpt: With critical midterm elections less than four
weeks away, the failure to scrutinize voter registrations and clean up voter
rolls leaves our system vulnerable to voter fraud, and a Justice
Department whistleblower says the Obama administration is actively trying to
stop states from bringing records up to date and ensure only eligible voters
are casting ballots. J. Christian Adams further asserts that voter fraud does
occur and is indirectly responsible for the passage of Obamacare. (WND, like
NewsMax and some other feeds, always puts the worst possible anti-Obama spin on
their reports, relying too often on hearsay, innuendo and rumors. Often
interesting items, but need further conformation. ~Bob)
After Horrendous Wheelchair Attack Ad, Wendy Davis Uses
Disabled People as Props. By Katie Pavlich
Probably listed as "People Wendy thinks should Have
been aborted." ~Bob
Response from a blog
reader to a Democrat fund-raising email
Hillary, Four brave patriot Americans were killed because
you wouldn't answer their call for help. So I have to ask: at this point, what
difference does it make if I don't answer your call for help??? --George
Quick Check on
Seemingly-Too-Precise Odds of a GOP Senate Takeover. By Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
Nate Silver’s 538.com gives Republicans a 57.9 percent
chance of taking the majority. Ah, if only they had an even 58 percent! The New
York Times puts it at 64 percent. If you’re feeling nervous, there’s always
the Washington Post’s Election Lab, boldly declaring Republicans
have a 94 percent chance of winning the Senate.
Six Democratic-held Senate seats that are most likely to
flip. By Chris Cillizza, Aaron Blake and Sean Sullivan
Excerpt: The six seats most likely to flip party control in
our newest Fix rankings of the Senate are controlled by Democrats, meaning that
Republicans are poised to pick up the seats they need to retake control of the
upper chamber in three weeks. Win those six seats, and Republicans have the
majority. Unless, that is, they lose in Kansas — a real possibility — where
independent Greg Orman and Sen. Pat Roberts (R) are locked in a
tight race. (It’s not clear whom Orman would caucus with if he won. Some have
reported that Orman would caucus with the majority party, but he has been
purposely vague.)
How many billionaires support the Democratic vs. Republican
parties? By Lauren Carroll
Excerpt: We cross-checked the Open Secrets list
of the top 100 individuals donating to outside spending groups in the
current election against the Forbes list of
the world’s billionaires and found that, as of June 19, there were 22
individuals on the Open Secrets list who were billionaires. Of those 22
billionaires, 13 -- or more than half -- gave predominantly to liberal groups
or groups affiliated with the Democratic Party. The other nine gave
predominantly to conservative groups. (A
list of billionaires and how much they donated can be found here.) (This is
older, but worth sharing. Obama having a fund raiser in the home of Billionaire
Rich Richman (really) after blasting the GOP as the party of billionaires,
triggered a search. ~Bob)
Excerpt: On Monday, the liberal magazine New Republic
USS America Joins the
Fleet
Excerpt: After the crew manned the rails, Capt. Robert A. Hall Jr., commanding
officer of USS America, stepped forward to deliver his remarks.
Michelle Obama Stumps
for Democrat Candidate... but Doesn't Even Know His Name!
Excerpt: Don’t you love when a politician (or in this case
the wife of a politician) campaigns for a candidate that they quite obviously
know NOTHING about? For me it provides one of the very best reasons to support
a candidate! (Sarcasm) ... Watch the fun as Michelle Obama repeatedly
mispronounces Iowa Democrat candidate for Senator Bruce Braley’s name…
apparently she thought she was stumping for Bruce B-A-I-L-E-Y. (Thanks
Michelle/ Michael. --JB)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2791273/US-eyes-sale-NYs-Waldorf-hotel-Chinese-firm.html#ixzz3G4JA1e17
Excerpt: Concerned about potential security risks, the U.S. government is taking a close look at
last week's sale of New York 's
iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel to a Chinese insurance company. U.S. officials
said Monday they are reviewing the purchase of the Waldorf by the
Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group, which bought the hotel from Hilton
Worldwide for $1.95 billion. Terms of the sale allow Hilton to run the
hotel for the next 100 years and call for 'a major renovation' that officials
say has raised eyebrows in Washington ,
where fears of Chinese eavesdropping and cyber espionage run high.
Ebola and Enterovirus News
The Texas Nurse Who
Contracted Ebola Was Wearing a Protective Suit. She’s Not the First Western
Health Professional to Have a Suit Fail Her.
Excerpt: As news erupted Sunday morning that a female nurse in Texas had been infected with Ebola,
perhaps the most frightening part of the story was the revelation that she came
in contact with the first U.S. Ebola patient during his second hospital visit —
meaning she didn’t catch the virus unawares, before health workers knew the man
had Ebola.
Rather, she was fully dressed in a protective suit
— gown, gloves, mask and shield — when she interacted with the man who
since died of his Ebola infection.
CDC chief on second
Ebola case: There was a breach in protocol
Excerpt: State officials revealed Sunday morning
that a health care worker from the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Duncan
during his second visit to the hospital but was in full protective gear when
they did so, said David Varga of the Texas Health Resource. Frieden said the
CDC is taking four steps going forward: making sure the worker is cared for
safely and effectively; identifying the worker's contacts; treating all health
care workers who cared for Duncan as having potentially been exposed; and
conducting a full investigation of the procedures in place to protect health
care workers who treat Ebola patients. (He is assuming there was a breach
according to his logic. However, virologists are noting that the more
transmissions, the more the virus can evolve and that it may become transmittable
other than ways previously known, i.e., airborne. His talking points to not
cover this scenario, naturally. Regime speak for the sheeple. --Barb)
CDC head criticized
for blaming nurse's Ebola infection on 'protocol breach'
Excerpt: Texas and
CDC officials say that the nurse was wearing the recommended personal
protective gear for handling an Ebola patient, including a gown, gloves, mask,
and eye shield. However, one expert told Reuters that gear only offers a
minimum amount of protection, especially when the disease enters its final
phases. Sean Kaufman, president of an Atlanta-based firm that helps train
hospital staff, said that caregivers may need to add more layers of protection
in the patient's final days, such as double gloves, a respirator, or even a
full bodysuit.
Residents outraged as
items taken from Dallas apartment
where Ebola 'patient zero' became ill are incinerated at Texas
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2790064/residents-outraged-items-taken-dallas-apartment-ebola-patient-zero-ill-incinerated-texas-plant.html#ixzz3Fx8twxPf
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2790064/residents-outraged-items-taken-dallas-apartment-ebola-patient-zero-ill-incinerated-texas-plant.html#ixzz3Fx8twxPf
The ashes of items taken from the Dallas apartment
where the man who died from the Ebola virus first became ill will be taken to
a Louisiana
hazardous waste landfill for burial. The linen, bedding and carpet taken from
the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan got sick were taken to the Veolia
Environmental Services incinerator in Port Arthur , where they were
destroyed Friday. Beaumont-Port Arthur officials say they're upset that
Veolia didn't advise them that potentially contaminated material was being
shipped into the area for destruction. (Reportedly killed at 100 degrees; Ebola
came from the swamps...sending residue to a landfill in LA.....? --Barb. An
incinerator is a LOT hotter than 100 degrees. ~Bob)
CDC Didn't Monitor
Anyone Who Came In Contact With Duncan
Excerpt: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was not
actively monitoring anyone who came in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the
Liberian man who brought Ebola into the U.S. , subsequent to September 28.
The health care worker who tested positive for Ebola after caring for Duncan was
only "self monitoring" for symptoms. ...That group of 48
did not include people who came in contact with Duncan after
he checked into Dallas ' Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital
NBC chief medical
correspondent accused of violating Ebola quarantine to visit her favorite soup
restaurant - forcing the entire crew into mandatory isolation
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2790507/nbc-chief-medical-correspondent-accused-violating-ebola-quarantine-visit-favorite-soup-restaurant.html#ixzz3G4I5Z9d1
Excerpt: The NBC News crew exposed to Ebola were forced into mandatory quarantine after chief medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman violated their voluntary isolation to visit her favorite soup restaurant, reports revealed. The 62-year-old was one of seven people ordered to cut off all human contact for 21 days on Friday as doctors treat the station's cameraman Ashoka Mukpo for the deadly disease. It emerged this weekend that the crew would have been allowed more freedom if it weren't for Snyderman's alleged trip to Peasant Grill in Hopewell Boro,New
Jersey , last Thursday.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2790507/nbc-chief-medical-correspondent-accused-violating-ebola-quarantine-visit-favorite-soup-restaurant.html#ixzz3G4I5Z9d1
Excerpt: The NBC News crew exposed to Ebola were forced into mandatory quarantine after chief medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman violated their voluntary isolation to visit her favorite soup restaurant, reports revealed. The 62-year-old was one of seven people ordered to cut off all human contact for 21 days on Friday as doctors treat the station's cameraman Ashoka Mukpo for the deadly disease. It emerged this weekend that the crew would have been allowed more freedom if it weren't for Snyderman's alleged trip to Peasant Grill in Hopewell Boro,
Ebola Lessons From
Down Under: Quarantines And Containment Work
Excerpt: Rather than apply common sense public health
measures, the president is applying a healthy dose of politics in response to
Ebola. This past July, the administration had no problem suspending flights to and from Israel . But not
for Ebola.
A professor in U.S.
Excerpt: And now, in what may plant further seeds of
mistrust and suspicion, a major Liberian newspaper, the Daily Observer,
has published an article by a Liberian-born faculty member
of a U.S. university
implying the epidemic is the result of bioterrorism experiments conducted by
the United States Department of Defense, among others. And while some
commenting on the article were critical, the number who praised it was telling.
“They are using” Ebola, wrote one, “for culling the world population
mainly Africa for the…purpose of
gaining control of the Africans resources criminally.” (Like the race baiters
claiming the US
created AIDS. Unfortunately, millions are stupid enough to believe it. ~Bob)
West Africans flee
Ebola, head to SA
Excerpt: Meanwhile, as reported by News24 on Saturday, the
UN special envoy on Ebola says the number of cases is probably doubling every three to four weeks and the response
needs to be 20 times greater than it was at the beginning of October. David
Nabarro warned the UN General Assembly on Friday that without the
mass mobilisation of the world to support the affected countries in West
Africa, "it will be impossible to get this disease quickly under control,
and the world will have to live with the Ebola virus forever"....More than
4 000 people have died of the disease since the start of the outbreak, the
worst to date.
US Marines land in
Ebola hot zone
Excerpt: Also on Thursday, Liberian police used batons
and rattan whips to disperse 100 protesters outside the National Assembly,
where lawmakers were debating granting President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf more powers
beyond those contained in a state of emergency declared in August....Liberian
state radio announced that Senate elections scheduled for next week would be
postponed. No new date was given....The US military is working to build medical
centres in Liberia and
may send up to 4 000 soldiers to help with the Ebola crisis. (300
boots to 4000? Figure the disease parameters. Above sounds like a Regime dream,
does it not? Expanded presidential powers, martial law, no elections.....Yeah,
keep those borders wide open. --Barb)
Excerpt: Waste disposal from Thomas Eric Duncan, the
Liberian man who brought Ebola into the U.S. ,
won't be brought to Louisiana if
one of the state's officials has his way. Louisiana Attorney General Buddy
Caldwell is filing a temporary restraining order to keep Ebola waste, even if
it is incinerated, out of his state. Caldwell is
attempting to block the incinerated waste from Duncan 's
apartment from going into a Louisiana landfill,
where it was ultimately supposed to be disposed of, according to KHOU. (Playing on fears. If incineration doesn't kill
the virus, we are doomed anyway. ~Bob)
Michigan toddler dies
of enterovirus D68, a pernicious strain of a spreading virus
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/11/health/michigan-enterovirus-68-death/index.htmlAs
of Friday, the CDC and state public health laboratories had documented 691
cases of enterovirus D68 in 46 states and the District of Columbia . Five patients who died
had the virus strain, even if it's not certain all of them died because of it.
Madeline's case is not yet counted in this tally. There will be more cases, and
perhaps more deaths, in the coming weeks, officials said.
Democrats Blame
Republicans For Ebola
Excerpt The progressive tax-exempt charity group Agenda
Project Action Fund produced a new Web ad directly blaming Republicans for
“cutting” funding to fight the disease. Its press release reads: Today the Agenda Project Action Fund
launched “Republican Cuts Kill,” a multi-pronged blitzkrieg attack that lays
blame for the Ebola crisis exactly where it belongs– at the feet of the
Republican lawmakers. Like rabid dogs in a butcher shop, Republicans have
indiscriminately shredded everything in their path, including critical programs
that could have dealt with the Ebola crisis before it reached our country. (Goebbels
would be proud of these frothing-at-the-mouth liberals who will use any
calamity to further their control on the witless, stoned, or tuned out who
hardly tune in--or to gain a vote--which is really what it is ALL about;
continuing a failing regime to complete the destruction of America . The obverse of what they
claim. (They probably don't know what that word means.) --Barb)
What is Enterovirus
EV-D68, the disease causing alarm in the Midwest ?
Excerpt: A respiratory virus that has sent hundreds of
children to hospitals in Missouri is
causing alarm across the Midwest and
beyond. Ten states have contacted the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention for help investigating clusters of the virus that's being blamed for
the illness. Health officials say they're still figuring out what's going on. (This
from CNN 09/09/14. List of states with the Enterovirus Now 46 cases and
backlog of testing....so data not accurate. Or they know but they can't
say. --Barb)
Map: Enterovirus D68
in the United States
Gee, wonder what the next wave of illegals due in October
will bring? --Barb
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Worth Reading
http://healthblog.ncpa.org/ironies-abound-walmart-associates-who-lose-their-benefits-can-buy-obamacare-policies-at-walmart/#?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HA%23more-39248
Excerpt: Walmart stands out as the poster child of Obamacare’s perverse
consequences. Last week, the giant retailer announced that
it is dropping benefits for workers who put in fewer than thirty hours per
week, which is the definition of part-time according to Obamacare. This will
affect about 30,000 U.S.
workers. For the remaining “associates” still eligible for benefits, their
premiums will jump 19 percent, from $18.40 to $21.90 per pay period. Project
2017′s Jeff Anderson has dug
up an embarrassing letter published by Walmart in 2009, which
championed Obamacare: …touting “the promise of reduced health care cost
increases” that would come from “health care reform.” Walmart and friends
wrote, “We are for shared responsibility,” opined that “health care costs more
because we don’t cover everyone,” and said that “losing coverage pushes people
already dealing with financial hardship to the verge of financial collapse.” The
real reason Walmart was so eager to have Obamacare passed was so that it could
socialize the health costs of part-time workers by dropping their benefits:
Thanks to Obamacare, Health Costs Soared This Year. By Robert Moffit
Excerpt: For starters, everyone now knows that federal
officials are challenged when it comes to setting up a website. But they’ve
demonstrated the ability to dole out a huge amount of taxpayers’ money for
millions of people signing up for Medicaid, a welfare program. And they’ve
proved they can send hundreds of millions of federal taxpayers’ dollars to
their bureaucratic counterparts in states, like Maryland
and Oregon ,
that can’t manage their own exchanges. But there are many other lessons to be
gleaned from Year One of Obamacare. Here are three of the most important ones. 1.
Health costs jumped—big time.
Obamacare -- Bad for
Employers, Bad for Employees
Excerpt: Small businesses are mobilizing against Obamacare
as November’s midterm elections approach.
Late last month, the National Federation of
Independent Business, one of
the most influential small business organizations in the country, withdrew its
past support of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who is running for reelection,
because of her backing of the Affordable Care Act. The NFIB promises that
it will be “out in force” campaigning for her Republican opponent, Bill
Cassidy. Small businesses — not to mention their workers — have good reason to
be miffed.
Video: Watch Obama
Lovers Mark Begich and Mark Pryor Scurry Like Rodents From Jason Mattera’s
ObamaCare Questions
Excerpt: Two senators who made promises regarding the
Affordable Care Act that turned out to be falsehoods refused to answer
questions after being confronted by bestselling author and journalist Jason
Mattera.
Undocumented Democrat News
Mexican Government
Subsidizes Illegals’ DACA Applications To Avoid Deportation
Excerpt: The government of Mexico is
actively subsidizing attempts by their citizens to avoid deportation from
the United States .
Illegal aliens who want to apply for inclusion in President Barack Obama’s
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, have to submit an application
to switch their status from illegal to temporarily legal; that application
costs $465 to process. Many people eligible for DACA
consideration cannot afford the application fee, so the Mexican government has
stepped up to cover the cost. (When illegals get American jobs, they funnel
income back to Mexico .
--Barb)
"You're Greener
than Gore" News
Excerpt: “Initial analysis
indicates that four primary climate change phenomena are likely
to affect the Department’s activities: Rising global temperature,
changing precipitation pattern, increasing frequency or intensity of extreme
weather events, rising sea levels and associated storm surge,” the report
states. “…The changing climate will affect operating environments and may
aggravate existing or trigger new risks to U.S. interests.” The report
complies with a 2013 executive order in which President Obama ordered
agencies to prepare the U.S. “for
the impacts of climate change.” (Weather patterns being engineered; saw
operation today over N FL and S GA that had over 25 chemical trails (not dissipating
like con trails) in a crosshatch pattern that looked like Harris tweed weaving.
######### They call themselves Spiders because of the webs they weave in the
sky. Others commented on them as well. --Barb. Can't say I believe the
chemical trails thing without verification. But I am glad the Pentagon got
around to this--19 years after the last recorded warming. ~Bob)
Religion of Peace News
Excerpt: It may or may not be dishonorable for former high
administration officials like Panetta and Gates to hype their books by dropping
tidbits of sensational criticism of their former boss while he’s still in
office (I think it might well be wrong for a variety of reasons), but Burton
was absolutely quiet when Paul O’Neill and Scott McClellan became liberal
heartthrobs for the minute of fame they got for trashing the president who
appointed them, while he was still in office. And if Burton is worried about
criticism of a sitting president by high officials during times of crisis, did
he say much when Senator Barack Obama demagogued the surge by declaring that it
was a failure and bound to make Iraq worse while thousands were in the field
fighting for their lives? Or did Burton object
to Hillary Clinton’s accusation that General David Petraeus, who was in charge
of tens of thousands of Americans fighting Islamists in Iraq , was a
veritable liar (her “suspension of disbelief” comment)? Not so much. (If
God said that Obama was not perfect, liberals and the media would attack him as
a racist. ~Bob)
Air Force Pilots Say
They're Flying Blind Against ISIS
Excerpt: Within the U.S. Air Force, there’s mounting
frustration that the air
campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq is moving far more slowly than
expected. Instead of a fast-moving operation with hundreds of sorties flown in
a single day—the kind favored by many in the air service—American warplanes are
hitting small numbers of targets after a painstaking and cumbersome process.
The single biggest problem, current and former Air Force officers say, is the
so-called kill-chain of properly identifying and making sure the right target
is being attacked. At the moment, that process is very complicated and painfully
slow.
Excerpt: Leaders in Iraq ’s
western Anbar province pleaded Saturday for U.S.
ground forces to halt the relentless advance of ISIS, while hundreds of
kilometers away in the city of Kobani ,
Kurdish fighters desperately struggled to hold off the advancing extremist
group. The situation in Anbar, just to the west of Baghdad , is “very bad,” the president of
Anbar Provincial Council told CNN by phone on Saturday.
Car bombs kill 38 in
Shiite areas of Baghdad
Excerpt: A series of car bomb attacks in Iraq ’s capital killed 38 people in
Shiite areas Saturday, authorities said, after Islamic militants killed a
journalist who was abducted while working for a local television network in a
Sunni province. The attacks come as Iraq
faces its greatest challenge since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops, as militants from the Islamic State
group now hold vast areas of the country and neighboring Syria . (The
vast majority of the victims of Allah-Murder are other Muslims. ~Bob)
ISIS militants take
Iraq army camp, at least 30 dead as bombs grip Baghdad
Excerpt: Militants with the Islamic State group on Monday
claimed control of a key military training camp in Anbar province -- which
Iraqi officials called a "tactical retreat" -- as a spate of deadly
bombings shook Baghdad, hitting mostly Shiite neighborhoods and leaving at
least 30 dead.
Report: Merger
Of ISIS And Al-Qaeda Could Cripple
Civilized World
Excerpt: For example, recent reports suggested that ISIS and al-Nusra Front are together planning the
war against the US-led alliance. The al-Qaeda affiliated Khorasan group
in Syria that was
also targeted in the recent air attacks declared a few days ago in an audio
message that it had joined ISIS . Add to
that the Taliban in Pakistan who
are hopping on board the ISIS train and
you have a potential jihadi World
War III. (Bolding mine. JV team, right. Skip those intel briefings and play
more golf. --Barb)
Quebec jihadist may
return to Canada to carry out terrorist attacks: Source close to CSIS
Excerpt: Abderraouf Jdey, a Quebec jihadist wanted by the FBI to the
tune of $5 million, is among the Canadian terrorists abroad who authorities
fear may return home to carry out attacks, a source close to CSIS told QMI
Agency. The FBI has offered a $5-million reward for any info leading to Jdey, a
Tunisian-born Montrealer suspected of attempting to commit terrorist attacks in
Canada and the U.S.
Iran warns of risk to
Israel's security should US seek overthrow of Assad
Excerpt: Hossein Amir Abdollahian was quoted by Iranian
media, in what would be a rare confirmation of Iran-US discussions over Isis,
as saying Iran had warned Washington that Israel
would be at risk should the US
and its allies seek to topple the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, while
fighting the extremist group. Iran
has backed Assad in Syria ’s
three-year civil war. The US
has called for Assad to resign and rules out co-operating with his government.
Germany: “There
are by now legal proceedings against more than 200 suspects in connection to
Islamic State.” By Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.org.
Excerpt: How very odd. There are “thousands” of suspected jihadis in London alone, and over
in Germany ,
200 active investigations of Muslims in connection with the Islamic State.
Whence this epidemic of misunderstanding of Islam? Can’t Barack Obama and John
Kerry and David Cameron and Theresa May do something about this? After all, it
is so clear to them that the Islamic State and jihad terror have nothing to do
with Islam — surely they will find it easy to convince all these Muslims from Britain and Germany of that fact, no?
Mosque arson in Germany
Excerpt: The Turkish casual worker has confessed
to having committed the arson attack at the Cologne Central Mosque on
Venloerstraße on 3 February. His trial before the district court started
Wednesday. (And he is accused of arson attacks on two other mosques. He was
angry about how he was treated at Qur’an school. If he hadn’t confessed, there
is no doubt that his arson attack on the mosque would have been central to a
campaign against “Islamophobia” — a campaign designed to intimidate people into
thinking it wrong to oppose jihad terror. In the U.S. , Hamas-linked CAIR and other
Muslims have not hesitated to stoop even to fabricating “hate crimes,”
including attacks on mosques. CAIR and other groups like it want and need hate
crimes against Muslims, because they can use them for political points and as
weapons to make people afraid to speak out about the jihad threat. -- Robert
Spencer, JihadWatch.org.)
Excerpt: The Taliban ambushed an Afghan military convoy in
the once-peaceful northern province
of Sar-i-Pul Laghman
Valley Sar-i-Pul City
Excerpt: If you ask Israeli defense officials today about
Islamic State (IS) and Al-Nusra Front members in Syria ,
and the risk they pose to Israel ,
expect one answer with two layers. ... Eventually, however, these organizations
will pose a very real threat to Israel ,
and the smart thing to do is to prepare for it now, the officials say.
You Can’t Stop
Genocide Without Killing Civilians. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: To the professional pacifist these numbers appear
to disprove the morality of war, any war, but they were the blood price that
had to be paid to stop two war machines once they had been allowed to seize the
strategic high ground. There was no other way to stop the genocide that Germany and Japan
had been inflicting on Europe and Asia except
through a way of war that would kill countless civilians. A refusal to fight
that war would not have been the moral course.
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