Update
I told Santa all I wanted was 6 extra hours a day for the
rest of December. Apparently I've been bad--no luck so far. Having trouble
getting through everything, including email, so posts are delayed. I have about
60 unread emails, but need to post what I have had time to pull.
Tuesday afternoon, I called the Transplant Coordinator at
the VA and told her I thought I needed an eye appointment, as my cataracts were
getting worse. I assumed maybe in January. Wednesday morning they called while
I was on the way to rehab. My appointment was for 1:30 pm that afternoon. Damn
VA with their appointment delays--took almost 24 hours. But I figured on an
hour and it took three. They will schedule surgery on my left eye which is
20/70 with glasses (the right is still 20/30 with the glasses--they operate
after 20/50 corrected). Also getting me new glasses which will help a little.
Also giving me drops as the pressure is high, but no glaucoma and the retinue
is healthy.
Went shooting with a friend Tuesday morning who is a retired
deputy. Not happy with the heavy trigger pull on my gun--I'm too weak now days.
On the other hand, at 15" I had them all in a circle about 12" wide
center of chest on the silhouette. Not trophy shooting, but not bad given my
eyes and the tremble in my hands (from the drugs, like the cataracts).
Thursday morning I had a call from "The US Government
Grants Department." The caller, Sylvia, had a hard to understand accent,
but I gather the government had randomly selected me to receive $9,280, which
was tax free and wouldn't have to be paid back. I said I'd call her back. she
gave me the umber 253-295-XXXX. My winning code was GG1102. That's a Washington State
This is an excellent memoir of a Marine infantryman in Vietnam . It has
the ring of pure truth to me. Unlike most memoirs, Tornes doesn't leave out
things that don't make him look good. I'm a marine Vietnam
vet, but I was more fortunate than Tornes in that I spent part of my tour on Okinawa , that I was a Radio relay Team chief, and that my
time at Khe Sanh in 1967, including a month in the Ville TAD to the CAC unit,
was fairly quiet. You will understand why the grunts are held in high regard by
all Marines. I saw on the flyleaf that Tornes lived in Wisconsin , so I Googled him. Alas. I found his obit.
He died in 2010 at 64. But he had 47 years after he cheated death in Vietnam . I'm
sorry I can't get to buy him a drink. The book, published in 2004, appears to
be out of print, but used/library copies are available.
General News and Comment
Worth Seeing: Law
Enforcement
Color Analysis Of The "Painting" Feinstein
Sketching The Senate Detain/Interrogate Investigation Report. By Andy
Weddington
Excerpt: With an education in behavioral psychology; 26+
years of professional practice (leading Marines and Sailors); and a lifetime
seriously pursuing the fine art of painting; the following color analysis is
presented - in living color..
Worth reading: America Continues
to Thrive. Even in its current malaise, the U.S.
Excerpt: Germany ’s
first chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, supposedly once said that there was “a
special providence for drunkards, fools, and the United States of America .”
Apparently, late 19th-century observers could not quite explain how the U.S. thrived
when by logic it should not. That paradox has never been more true than today.
(Reckoning Day is coming. ~Bob)
5 Sure Signs
the U.S.
Excerpt: And the fact is, the gap between high- and
low-income groups is the widest it has been in 100 years and the share of U.S. consumers
who call themselves middle class has never been lower. But those aren't the
only signs the economy isn't all that it's cracked up be. In fact, there are
five unmistakable signs the U.S. Economy is teetering on the brink.
Excerpt: Now that he's been handed his third mandate in four
years, Walker
has a decision to make: Will he follow the lead of Republicans in the state
legislature and champion a right-to-work law? The governor has labeled the
initiative "a
distraction," but hasn't
ruled out signing a bill if it ends up on his desk.
Is Law Optional? By Thomas Sowell
Excerpt: The fiasco of "Rolling Stone" magazine's
apology for an unsubstantiated claim of gang rape at a University of Virginia
fraternity house -- and the instant rush to judgment of the university
administration in shutting down all fraternities, when those charges were made
-- should warn us about the dangers of having serious legal issues dealt with
by institutions with no qualifications for that role. Rape is a crime. It
belongs in a criminal justice courtroom. And those found guilty belong behind
bars for a long time.
Wealthy musicians,
athletes exploit tax loopholes to drive up rates for rest of us. Watchdog
senator’s report raises questions about Kanye West, Lady Gaga tax-exempt
foundations
Excerpt: The tax code is so peppered with special giveaways
that companies
such as Facebook end up getting
refunds, and high-profile athletes and artists use their tax-free foundations
to give friends jobs while avoiding taxes — all leading to higher income tax
rates for the rest of us, Sen. Tom Coburn charges
in a new report being released Tuesday.
Warren Forgets Who Created Subprime Mortgages. From The Patriot Post
such as Facebook end up getting
refunds, and high-profile athletes and artists use their tax-free foundations
to give friends jobs while avoiding taxes — all leading to higher income tax
rates for the rest of us, Sen. Tom Coburn charges
in a new report being released Tuesday.Warren Forgets Who Created Subprime Mortgages. From The Patriot Post
Barbie of the Left, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), told a
group of Democrat donors in the Boston
area that the subprime mortgage crisis unfairly "targeted" minority
families looking to buy a home. She also lambasted what she saw as an unholy
alliance between Wall Street and government, with people moving from -- in
leftist eyes -- the evil corporate banks into government work, tainting the
vaulted work of orchestrating plebeians' lives. Politico reports, "She
ascribed some of the problem to a worsening climate of economic opportunity for
African-Americans than existed even a decade ago, according to attendees. And
she said that the mortgage crisis affected black and Hispanic families more
heavily, describing those groups as being 'targeted.'" Warren neglected to mention those subprime
mortgages were created by the government -- Democrats, in particular -- and
then the government forced banks to adopt risky lending practices as a way to
encourage minority homeownership. So were minorities "targeted"?
Absolutely. By Democrats.
‘Narrative Journalism’
Is Leaving Wreckage, Pain, and Tragedy in Its Wake. By Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
What makes “narrative journalism” different from, say,
factual journalism is that narrative journalism is determined to tell you a
very simple, one-sided morality tale with a hero and a villain, or a victim and
a villain. Trayvon Martin was a good kid walking home with Skittles, and George
Zimmerman was Yosemite Sam. Michael Brown was a “gentle giant” and Darren
Wilson was a racist, trigger-happy cop. The Rolling Stone story
featured a young girl and these monsters at a fraternity alongside callous,
heartless university administrators. And anything that gets in the way of that
narrative gets ignored or downplayed. And the audience or readership comes to
believe that this is a slam dunk, that it’s obvious what happened. The
difference is that life isn’t a one-sided narrative. At some point, that other
side of the story either comes to light or impacts events. Inside a jury room,
all of those contrary pieces of evidence get aired. Grand jurors see a very
different story than the folks who watch Al Sharpton’s show, and thus they come
to a decision that to that audience is absolutely unthinkable.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: From the details of Rigoberta Menchú’s memoir, to
Tawana Brawley’s supposed rape, to the O. J. “If it doesn’t fit, you must
acquit” myth, to the open-and-shut case of the hate-crime crucifixion of
Matthew Shepard by savage homophobes, to Dan Rather’s fake but accurate
National Guard memo, to the Duke lacrosse team’s supposed racist raping, to
Barack Obama’s autobiographic interludes with his girlfriend, to Scott
Beauchamp’s “true” stories of American military atrocities in Iraq, to Lena
Dunham’s purported right-wing sexual assaulter at Oberlin College (home of the
2013 epidemic of pseudo-racist graffiti), to the pack of University of Virginia
fraternity rapists on the loose, to “Hands up, don’t shoot,” we have come to
appreciate that facts and truth are not that important, if myths can better
serve social progress or the careers of those on the correct side of history.
(My brother in high school had a poster quoting Hitler calling for "Law
and Order." When I pointed out the quote was bogus, he said, "well,
he could have said it." But conservatives do it as well I receive all
sorts of lies about Obama. I try to screen them out, as they discredit our
side. The senders choose not to believe refutations on say, snopes.com, saying
it's a liberal site, despite it exposing many lies about Sarah Palin by the
left, among others. ~Bob)
In the states, the GOP is in its best position since the
Great Depression. By Aaron Blake
Excerpt: State legislatures: Republicans control more than
4,100 out of 7,383 seats -- about 56 percent. That's their highest since 1920,
according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. They also control
69 out of the 99 state legislative chambers (including Nebraska , which is technically nonpartisan
and has only one chamber, but which is for all intents and purposes under GOP
control) -- the highest since at least 1900, which is the oldest data NCSL
has.
'Horses need jobs
too': New York
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/08/new-york-horse-carriage-drivers-protest-proposed-ban
Excerpt: “Go green with real horsepower,” read one sign.
“Share the road, horses paved the way,” read another. “Clip clop clip clop, the
ban on horses has to stop,” rhymed another picket sign. (Libs ask, "Do
horses belong in NYC traffic?" Well, do bicyclists or motorcycles belong
in NYC traffic? Do pedestrians belong in NYC traffic? How about drunks, stoned,
psychopaths, homeless and those wearing signs saying the end of the world is at
hand? Do they belong in NYC traffic? Who gets to be in NYC traffic? Those with
the Mark of DB? --Barb)
Delays plague Hillary
Clinton's State Dept. files
Excerpt: The State Department is among the U.S.
government's worst-performing federal agencies under the Freedom of Information
Act. There is no direct evidence that political considerations in a
Democratic presidential administration have delayed the release of files about
the party's leading contender for 2016. But the agency's delays, unusual even
by government standards, have stoked perceptions about what could be taking so
long. (Emphasis added. This is currently the #1 story in HuffPo’s online news.
As often as AP has supported the Democrats in general and the Clintons in particular, someone there at
AP must be really upset to go public like this. One of the requests has
been pending since 2010. Too bad the House of Representatives can’t get this
sort of attention from HuffPo when documents are withheld from it. --Ron P.)
Congressional leaders hammer out deal to allow pension
plans to cut retiree benefits. By Michael A.
Fletcher
Excerpt: A measure that would for the first time allow the
benefits of current retirees to be severely cut is set to be attached to a massive
spending bill, part of an effort to save some of the nation’s most distressed
pension plans. The rule would alter 40 years of federal law and could affect
millions of workers, many of them part of a shrinking corps of middle-income
employees in businesses such as trucking, construction and supermarkets.
Excerpt: At the end of the 19th century, Theodore Herzl and
Max Nordau realized that Jews had no future in Europe .
They understood that enlightenment and emancipation hadn’t put an end to
Jew-hatred, and progressive politics wouldn’t either. Europe ,
they saw, gave the Jewish people two options: total assimilation or death (and
later history showed that even assimilation wouldn’t save them). The
catastrophe that actually befell the Jews of Europe was more severe than Herzl
had imagined in his worst nightmares. The Jewish state that he inspired
ultimately came to be, as he accurately predicted, but unfortunately it
happened too late to save most of the European Jews.
You're Just a Cop. For
what it's worth.
Excerpt: Our Law Enforcement Officers are being murdered as
well as laying down their lives on duty every 58 hours. They are being shot
while sitting at traffic lights. Executed in coffee shops and on their lunch
breaks. Lured into ambushes and blown away while removing debris from the
roadway, or while responding to an alarm call which was a set up. They are
being killed in their own driveways, while off duty. They are being shot inside
their own precincts. If celebrities or professional athletes were being
targeted, shot and murdered to the tune of one dead every 58 hours there would
be an instant demand for answers and protection. There would be a national cry
to stop the violence before it impacted reality TV or sports center. (Can't
really add too much to this other than there is a lot of hatred for law
enforcement out there, and it's not all coming from African Americans.
--MasterGuns)
Worth Reading Washington
Excerpt: The three students agreed to be interviewed on the
condition that The Post use the same aliases that appeared in Rolling Stone
because of the sensitivity of the subject. They said there are mounting
inconsistencies with the original narrative in the magazine. The students also
expressed suspicions about Jackie’s allegations from that night. They said the
name she provided as that of her date did not match anyone at the university,
and U-Va. officials confirmed to The Post that no one by that name has attended
the school. (How in the name of Tawana Brawley can Rolling
Stone quote people without contacting them? -- Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt)
The "77 Cents on
the Dollar" Myth
Excerpt: According to the BLS, full-time female workers made
just 82.1 percent of the median weekly earnings of comparable male workers in
2013. What's responsible for that wage gap? It's not discrimination, says
Perry. He delves into the details of the BLS report, first noting that men tend
to work more hours than women. Of full-time workers (those working at least 35
hours per week), just 14.3 percent of women worked at least 41 hours in 2013,
compared to 25.5 percent of men. Similarly, 6.3 percent of men worked 60-hour
weeks, compared to just 2.7 percent of women. By comparing women who work
40-hour weeks to men who work 40-hour weeks, women actually earn 89.6 percent
of male earnings. Age plays another role: comparing workers between the ages of
25 and 34, women actually earn 89.4 percent of what comparable male workers
earn.
Cruz: "Our
Friends No Longer Trust Us and Our Enemies No Longer Fear Us." By Daniel Doherty
Excerpt: “We’re gathered here today to talk about one of the
greatest resources that America ’s
traditionally enjoyed, which is the power of friendships across the globe,” he
began.
“One of the sad legacies we’ve seen over the last six years
is the fraying of friendships and alliances across the world,” he continued.
“Today, the consequences of the Obama/Clinton foreign policy is that our friends
no longer trust us and our enemies no longer fear us. That is profoundly
dangerous for America
and is profoundly dangerous for the world.”
Gun News
57,000 Businesses
Have Now Put Up This Sign… And Liberals Are Going Crazy
Obama--gun salesman of the century: Growing Public
Support for Gun Rights. More Say Guns Do More to Protect Than Put People at
Risk
Excerpt: For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research
Center
Wisconsin Police
Chief Wants Residents to Voluntarily Have Their Homes Searched for Guns
Excerpt: In an effort
to “raise awareness” of “gun violence,” the police chief in Beloit , Wisconsin
Race Card News
Interesting: Conversation with a black lady
Blog Comment on this post: You would perhaps appreciate
this, then. Years ago, at a Boston hospital
where I worked, I was once sitting in a lounge area with a new hire from Poland . Well, a
black employee there begins in on the "you whites - slavery - you don't
understand" rant. The Pole, Jurek, waits until he has wound down, then
replies calmly that Poles have been enslaved and re-enslaved for well over a
thousand years. And concluded with, "You blacks are
amateurs." --Christopher
Excerpt: -"New
York City has lost more officers in the line of duty
than any other department, with 697 deaths. Texas has lost 1,675 officers, more than any
other state." In fact, while citizens have been rallying in Ferguson , Missouri , and New York , in just the
past month, a dozen cops have been killed across our country by murderous thugs
or unfortunate accidents in the line of duty.
Eric Garner’s Widow
Answers Whether Death Was a ‘Black and White Thing,’ Says What Nobody Else Will
Excerpt: In a session with Meet the Press, Esaw Garner laid it all out in a brave
interview that went against the popular narrative. She stated that her
husband’s death is not “a black and white thing,” but that she felt he was
murdered unjustly. Similar sentiments were already asserted by NY
Daily News, which reported last week that the NYPD officer who
applied the choke hold was overseen by a black sergeant.
Democrat Calls Ben
Carson Supporters “Ignorant” and “Like a Lynch Mob”
Excerpt: If you ever needed evidence that liberals HATE
black conservatives, Rep. Hank Johnson should be proof enough. In an interview
with Michael Smerconish of the Michael Smerconish Show, he said some pretty inflammatory things about Ben Carson,
his supporters and other black conservatives. (He's got to be delusional. --JB)
‘It’s the MLK
building, you idiots!’ Berkeley mob loots, vandalizes [photos]
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Worth Reading Washington
Post
Excerpt: I was elated — for Jim’s survival and for Obama’s
victory. I looked forward to one of Obama’s major campaign promises: to provide
national healthcare reform so Americans with a pre-existing condition could get
insurance. ... As it happened, the 2008 election was the first time Jim and I
were bitterly divided on candidates. Jim foresaw healthcare reform as an
addition to the federal deficit more worrisome than any health benefit.
Excerpt: The bill once again bans using federal funding to
perform most abortions; blocks the use of local and federal funding for
abortions in the District of Columbia ;
and blocks the use of federal dollars for abortions for federal prisoners.
Republicans say that there's also new language directing the secretary of
health and human services to ensure that consumers shopping for health-care
coverage on the federal exchange can tell whether a plan covers abortion
services. ... The law is still funded, but there's no new money for it. There's
also no new ACA-related funding for the Internal Revenue Service and the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the two agencies most responsible
for implementing the law. The bill also would cut the budget of the Independent
Payment Advisory Board -- what Republicans have called "the death
panel" -- by $10 million. (I know we want Congressional Republicans to get
rid of Obamacare, including perhaps by defunding the mechanisms that make the
law work. But whittling down IPAB is a decent start. --Jim Geraghty, Morning
Jolt)
The Gruberization of
the Democratic Party. By Ed Rogers ,
Washington
Excerpt: After all, remember that then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
famously told us we had to wait until the law passed to find out what was in
it. Well, in that regard, she is right. Obamacare does appear to be the gift
that keeps on giving. We just keep finding out more and more about the law’s harsh
consequences. Most recently, we have seen how Obamacare disincentivizes the
practice of medicine and how this affects doctors in America . An AP story included the fact that already, “Nearly 1 in 5
Americans lives in a region designated as having a shortage of primary care
physicians, and the number of doctors entering the field isn’t expected to keep
pace with demand.”
Obamacare's Destruction of Primary Care Doctors Continues.
By Katie Pavlich
Excerpt: Before Obamacare was pushed through Congress in
2010 by Democrats unwilling to consider opposition voices to the legislation,
conservatives and doctors repeatedly warned the bill would destroy the ability
for physicians to properly function inside a government controlled system.
Those warnings went unheeded and now patients and those in need of medical care
are experiencing even less access to primary care doctors specifically assigned
to them under new healthcare regulations. ... A survey this year by The
Physicians Foundation found that 81 percent of doctors describe themselves as
either over-extended or at full capacity, and 44 percent said they planned to
cut back on the number of patients they see, retire, work part-time or close their
practice to new patients.
Another Lawsuit
Challenging Obamacare
Excerpt: Among the many lawsuits challenging Obamacare is
Coons v. Lew, a case contending the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)
-- a creation of the Affordable Care Act -- is unconstitutional. IPAB is a
15-person board whose job is to make recommendations to keep Medicare costs
down. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Congressman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) explain
how the board works: . .. The plaintiffs in Coons v. Lew have asked
the Supreme Court to hear their case, calling IPAB "a group of
unelected and unaccountable administrative officials who exercise an
unprecedented amount of unchecked authority over the health care
industry."
The Little Sisters of
the Poor Just Fought Another Battle
Excerpt: Today the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver will hear oral
argument in the Little Sisters of the Poor’s challenge to the Obamacare
abortion-inducing drug mandate “accommodation.” The case, made famous by
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s injunction almost one year ago, challenges
an “accommodation” the
Obama administration has offered to religious non-profit organizations allowing
them to avoid directly providing or paying for healthcare coverage of
potentially life-ending drugs and devices.
Undocumented Democrat News
Seven More States Join Suit Against Obama's Amnesty
Bringing Total To 24. By Conn Carroll
Excerpt: e list of states now suing Obama over his
unilateral amnesty now includes: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi,
Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Lots of issues polled--worth reading: Bloomberg Poll: Heavy Public Opposition to Obama's
Executive Amnesty. By Guy Benson
Excerpt: As for Obama’s decision to take executive action to
give some illegal immigrants temporary legal status, 56 percent say they
don’t approve, while 39 percent are okay with it and 5 percent aren’t
sure.
Obama Makes Up Bible
Verse To Justify Immigration Power-Grab
Excerpt: He said the following in Nashville yesterday, while ineptly
defending his completely unconstitutional executive amnesty: “I think the good
book says don’t throw stones in glass houses” Obama says. #um This
is a new level of dishonest narcissism, even for Obama: Shut up and let him do
whatever he wants, because God said so. ("Again, the devil took
him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and
their splendor. 9 "All this I will give you," he said,
"if you will bow down and worship me." 10 Jesus said to
him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord
your God, and serve him only.’[e]” Mathew4:1-11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4:1-11
--Barb)
"You're Greener than Gore" News
Obama's Epic Climate
Change Deal With China
Falls
Excerpt: Remember a few weeks ago, when Barack Obama
triumphantly declared a deal with China to cut greenhouse gas
emissions? We expressed deep skepticism at the time. As it turns out, our
skepticism was warranted. When Obama struck his epic climate deal with Chinese
President Xi Jinping, we suggested the American leader was engaged in
self-delusion while the Chinese were laughing at us. Nothing would stop China from
moving full speed ahead with its economic development plans that rely heavily
on cheap and abundant fossil fuels. (I wondered how long it would take for the
fantastic progress Mr. Obama had made with China , for the sake of the
planet, to fall apart. Not long at all, it seems. It's gone completely to
pieces already, and that has been noticed by people elsewhere, see the Reuters
article. This has always been about extorting money from the "bad
guys" who have been burning fuels in higher quantity until recently,
which of course is the USA
and other Western industrialized nations. People don't seem to realize that in
effect, this is China and India and
others saying "if you want us to go along with the idea of reducing
emissions, you have to pay for it". When if they really believed in the
need to reduce emissions, they'd be as eager as the believers in the West to do
it on their own. But no, what they want are many billions, trillions really,
from the USA
and EU, to fund the buildup of their own power grid and industrial base. While
they, please remember, have been creating ecological disasters of huge
proportions in their own nations, the pollution in China has reached levels
that make the LA smog days look like a walk in the park. Truth is, the best
thing the West can do is leave them alone and take care of our own needs and
capacities, and absolutely don't hamstring our own industries and national
finances by paying extortion to these very polished gangsters. --Del. The deal was a
success. Obama got the photo ops and the worshipful stories in the kneepad
media. ~Bob)
Religion of Peace News
Obama’s foreign
policy plans collide with wars abroad and politics at home
Excerpt: Within hours of the report’s release Tuesday, Obama
and one of his most trusted advisers released what appeared to be dueling
statements about its conclusions. The president said the Senate Intelligence
Committee’s investigation had revealed actions “contrary to our values.” His
CIA director, John Brennan, countered that the same techniques had helped “save
lives.”
Despite Report,
Voters Still See Value in CIA Interrogation Tactics
Excerpt: On the heels of the Senate’s scathing report on the
Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation practices, nearly half of U.S. voters are in favor of the harsh tactics
used and think they elicited valuable information that helped the United States . Forty-seven
percent (47%) of Likely U.S. Voters believe waterboarding and other aggressive
interrogation techniques should be used to gain information from suspected
terrorists.
Cheney:
Democrats' CIA Report Is 'Full of Crap.' From The Patriot Post
Former Vice President Dick Cheney laid into the Senate
Intelligence Committee's report on CIA interrogations Wednesday, calling the
"deeply flawed" report a "terrible piece of work," and
concluding that it's "full of crap." He asserted the CIA's enhanced
techniques, such as waterboarding, provided actionable intelligence that proved
"vital in the success of keeping the country safe from further
attacks." For example, he said, "We've got Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
who was the mastermind of 9/11, who has killed 3,000 Americans, taken down the
World Trade Center, hit the Pentagon, would have taken out the White House or
the Capitol building if, in fact, it hadn't been for the passengers on United
93. He is in our possession, we know he's the architect, and what are we
supposed to do? Kiss him on both cheeks and say, 'Please, please tell us what
you know?' Of course not. We did exactly what we needed to do to catch those
who were guilty on 9/11 and to prevent a further attack, and we were successful
on both parts." The most important question, Cheney argued, is this:
"What are you prepared to do to get the truth against future attacks
against the United States ?"
On that score, he concluded, "The CIA did one hell of a job."
As US tears itself
apart over torture of terrorists, let's just remember who we're up against:
ISIS throws man off roof to his death for being gay – and strings up ‘rapists’ in
the streets
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868419/Thrown-roof-gay-ISIS-release-chilling-new-images-brutal-execution-man-guilty-sodomy.html#ixzz3LVIyePC5%20
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868419/Thrown-roof-gay-ISIS-release-chilling-new-images-brutal-execution-man-guilty-sodomy.html#ixzz3LVIyePC5%20
Excerpt: Chilling new images released by ISIS militants show
a group of fighters throwing a man off the roof of a building for being gay -
as others pictures emerge of bloodied 'rapists' being strung up in the streets
of the same town. Moments before he is flung to his death, a mob of at least
eight men can be seen atop of the building that is believed to be somewhere in
northern Iraq .
Excerpt: Across Europe and America ,
governments and intelligence officials are struggling to address the problem of
Western Muslims who join the jihad in Syria – and then come back home
again. But in the process, they may be missing the bigger threat: the ones who
never left.
Nephew of Israeli
Teens' Murderer Attempted Terrorist Attack
Excerpt: Israeli security forces thwarted another terrorist
attack, arresting two Palestinians outside the Tekoa community in the West Bank on Tuesday, according to a Jerusalem
Post report. One of the suspects. Muhammed Abu Eisha, is the
nephew of the terrorist Amar Abu Eisha, suspected of kidnapping and killing
three Israeli youth – Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frenkel, and Gilad Shaar – in
June.
Another Anti-Polio
Worker Is Killed in Pakistan
Excerpt: A pair of unidentified gunmen killed a polio
vaccinator in central Pakistan on Tuesday
in yet another assault on workers who are part of a government effort to curb
the disease.
Obama’s Christmas Gift to ISIS and Al Qaeda. By Daniel
Greenfield
Excerpt: That must be why Obama decided to give ISIS, Hamas
and Al Qaeda an early Christmas present by freeing their followers from Guantanamo Bay
and dispatching them to Uruguay .
Why Uruguay ?
It’s one of several South American countries run by Marxist terrorists.
Excerpt: Despite Hezbollah’s involvement in international
terrorism and its designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the United States , the Presbyterian Church USA
(PCUSA) has had extensive contacts with the organization according to a federal
complaint filed by the legal advocacy group, Shurat HaDin , Israel
The Real Islam:
Islamic State releases pamphlet justifying sex slavery of infidel women. By
Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.org
Excerpt: The seizure of Infidel girls and their use as sex
slaves is sanctioned in the Qur’an. According to Islamic law, Muslim men can
take “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50). The Qur’an says:
“O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast
paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom
Allah hath given thee as spoils of war” (33:50). 4:3 and 4:24 extend this
privilege to Muslim men in general. The Qur’an says that a man may have sex
with his wives and with these slave girls: “The believers must (eventually) win
through, those who humble themselves in their prayers; who avoid vain talk; who
are active in deeds of charity; who abstain from sex, except with those joined
to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess,
for (in their case) they are free from blame.” (Qur’an 23:1-6) The rape of
captive women is also sanctioned in Islamic tradition:
6 Guantanamo
detainees transferred to Uruguay
Excerpt: The Defense Department announced on Dec.
7 that six Guantanamo detainees had
been transferred to Uruguay .
Four of the six are citizens of Syria ,
one is a Tunisian, and the sixth is from the Palestinian-controlled
territories. In its final recommendations, issued in January 2010, President
Obama's Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended that all six be transferred
"to a country outside the United
States that will implement appropriate
security measures."
Excerpt: Confirmation that Iran
has joined the air campaign against Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Syria won muted praise from U.S. officials
last week. And that development has increased anxiety among Israeli defense
officials that budding cooperation between Tehran
and Washington will lead to dangerous
comprises about Iran 's
nuclear program and inadequate action confronting the Islamic Republic's global
terrorist network.
Excerpt: In a newly
released pamphlet on female slaves, answers are given as to whether
female slaves can be beaten, raped and released or not. The fact that the
ideology of Islam promotes slavery is revolting enough, but then to push the
idea of raping them, including those who are pre-puberty, is even more
devilish. Among the questions asked was whether or not female slaves that had
not reached puberty could be raped. According to the pamphlet, “It is
permissible to have intercourse with the female slave who hasn’t reached
puberty if she is fit for intercourse; however if she is not fit for
intercourse, then it is enough to enjoy her without intercourse.”
Islamic jihadis
murdered seven people every hour in November 2014. By Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.org
Excerpt: The victims were murdered by people who believed
themselves to be acting in accord with the texts and teachings of Islam, at a
time when Western leaders and mainstream media demand that everyone believe
that this has nothing to do with Islam, and brands you a “bigot” and a “racist”
if you dare think otherwise. This willful ignorance and complacency hinders our
ability to deal with this problem realistically, which essentially ensures that
we will one day look back on the carnage of November 2014 as the good old days
when there was peace.
The Real War on Women: Mass polygamy in UK
Excerpt: Polygamy is being practised on an “enormous” scale
within the British Muslim community without any official attempt to stop it, it
has been claimed.
A new study of the lives of Muslim women concludes that
large numbers are being denied basic legal
rights by being trapped in religiously sanctioned “marriages” which are not
recognised in British law.
Hillary Clinton Got
The Benghazi
Excerpt: Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knew the
Obama White House’s Benghazi talking
points BEFORE Ben Rhodes even sent them around to administration officials.
Hillary Clinton used the administration’s exact talking point blaming the
attack on a YouTube video before Obama’s White House speechwriter Ben Rhodes
sent them around to other administration officials. As Rhodes prepares
to leave the White House before he can be called to testify in front of Rep.
Trey Gowdy’s select committee on the attack, a new timeline emerges that puts
the video in Secretary Clinton’s hands.
*****
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five
terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming
Collapse of the American
Republic
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