Update
Blog response
Definitely understand the feeling but its something we learn
from day one to continue and never quit and don't give up without a fight. Glad
to hear surgery went well. I have good days and some bad ones still trying to
adapt with being paralyzed I have found some stress relief with adaptive sports
and just completed my first half marathon and actually
going tomorrow to meet with team USA and learn about wheelchair
curling. Even on the days I am bed bound yeah I get little depressed but I
never give up. After my injury I was down for a bit and remembered to improvise,
adapt and overcome so every day I awake I try to make it as good as it is to be
alive and always know it could always be worse. But I look forward to your
email blog and usually save them for bad days and read them all. Hope your
sight continues to get better and thank you for your blog. --R.
My old clothing store
Though they went out of business about 1977, I still
remember these jingles. This is why I always include my middle initial in my
signature. ~Bob
General News and Comment
Worth Reading
Excerpt: So why, in this respect, is the leader of the Free
World wrong and the Islamic militants (assuming for the sake of argument that
the intercept was genuine) right? I think it is because of a confusion about
the nature of certain virtues, bravery among them. Bravery is generally counted
a virtue, something that we admire; while the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
was despicable, something that we deplore. Therefore, we have to deny the
assassins bravery, and call them cowardly, or else we concede that they are, at
least in one respect, virtuous. For what is it to be virtuous except to
exercise one or more of the virtues? But in fact, courage or bravery is not a
virtue irrespective of the circumstances in which it is exercised. Courage in
pursuit of a despicable goal is no virtue, quite the reverse in fact; and most
virtues, indeed, are virtuous only when exercised correctly, that is to say
when in pursuit of laudable goals. There are few that are right in and all
circumstances whatsoever.
Sex trafficking of
young girls for their virginity — what I learned and saw as I visited a remote
Cambodian village with Reverend Franklin Graham and my husband (and a warning –
you may not want to read this – it is tough to stomach). By Greta Van Susteren
Excerpt: Chinese businessmen are the worst offenders when it
comes to sex trafficking in young girls (virgins.) I just left Myanmar (Burma ),
Cambodia and Vietnam and I
was told by multiple sources that Chinese businessmen prey on young girls –
virgins – because they believe it is good business luck to take a girl’s
virginity. Rich Chinese businessmen, more than any other nationality, prey on
young girls in southeast Asia. They pay a top dollar for these young girls and
then do the most unthinkable things to them. They keep them a few days and
abuse them.
Excerpt: Bill Clinton took repeated trips on the
" Lolita Express"—the private passenger jet owned by
billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—with an actress in softcore porn movies
whose name appears in Epstein's address book under an entry for
"massages," according to flight logbooks obtained by Gawker and published today for the first time. The logs also show that
Clinton shared
more than a dozen flights with a woman who federal prosecutors believe procured
underage girls to sexually service Epstein and his friends and acted as a
"potential co-conspirator" in his crimes. .. Virginia Roberts,
claimed in a federal court filing that Epstein recruited her as a "sex
slave" at the age of 15 and "sexually trafficked [her] to
politically-connected and financially-powerful people," including Prince
Andrew and attorney Alan Dershowitz.
Obama's Support of
Free Trade Makes Strange Bedfellows in Florida
Excerpt: Free trade proposals are making strange bedfellows
in the Florida
congressional district with a conservative Republican backing President Barack
Obama and a liberal Democrat pushing back against the White House. In his State
of the Union address on Tuesday night, Obama made the case for free trade even
as he took a shot at its effectiveness in the past. (I've been for free trade
since my economics class in high school with Ben Mark, the only class I got As
in. Ben was the best teacher I had until college, and better than most there.
After NAFTA, the number of jobs in both Mexico
and the US
went up. Unfortunately, the gains were throughout the economy, which the losses
were concentrated, producing screaming. it is likely that some of the
anti-NAFTA protesters had jobs because of it but didn't know that. When Hoover signed
Smoot-Hawley against the public advice of 1,000 economists, it collapsed
international trade and turned a recession into the great depression. But
politicians will pander. ~Bob)
Excerpt: The eight states at the heart of the American shale
oil revolution all grew faster than the U.S.
national average over the last decade, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA), underscoring the importance of oil production to the U.S. economy.
Gross domestic product (GDP) attributable to private industry grew at a
compound annual rate (CAGR) of 1.8 percent between 2002 and 2013 for the nation
as a whole, after allowing for inflation. (It wasn't an
"underestimation." It was a lie for political benefit. ~Bob)
Abolish West Point — and the other service academies, too. By
Scott Beauchamp
Excerpt: But they are not the hallowed arbiters of quality
promised by their myths. Their traditions mask bloated government money-sucks
that consistently underperform. They are centers of nepotism that turn
below-average students into average officers. They are indulgences that
taxpayers, who fund them, can no longer afford. They’ve outlived their use, and
it’s time to shut them down. ... Scott
Beauchamp is a veteran and a writer who lives in Portland, Maine Atlantic and Al Jazeera, among other publications.
Excerpt: If there’s one issue that has virtual approval from
everyone, it’s school choice. Beck Research, a Democratic polling firm, found
that nearly 70 percent of Americans support the concept of school choice,
45 percent strongly support it, and only 27 percent oppose it. These
poll results were unveiled at a press conference held by the American
Federation for Children at the National Press Club yesterday. (But the unions
oppose it and the Un-Democrat party is owned by the unions. Just one more area
where the Democrats thwart the will of the people. ~Bob)
Obama to the Nation: Debt, Debt and more Debt. By John C. Goodman
Excerpt: "The shadow of crisis has passed,"
President Obama told us on Tuesday night. “The State of the Union
is strong," he added. But is it really? If you had accumulated a debt that
is more than 20 times the size of your household income, would you say your
household finances were in good shape? Well, that’s where we are as a country.
Under about a dozen federal entitlement spending programs, we have made
promises that we haven’t been willing to pay for. In the process, we are
leaving an enormous financial burden for our children and grandchildren.
Sen. Joni Ernst
learned to 'live within her means' -- on the taxpayer's dime. Michael Hiltzik
Excerpt: The figures come from the Environmental Working
Group's authoritative database of farm supports. Most of the
money, more than $367,000 in mostly corn subsidies, went to Ernst's uncle,
Dallas Culver, and his farm in her home town of Red Oak ,
Iowa . An
additional $38,665 went to her father, Richard Culver, and $57,479 went to her
grandfather, Harold Culver, who died
in 2003. (Reporter called her senate office and no answer. That's
odd--wonder when he called. Her dad got $38k? The whole family is set for life!
But if they depend on federal subsidies, shouldn't they be in favor of food
stamps, so they sell more crops? We should, of course, do away with farm
subsidies, phased in over years. ~Bob)
Wikipedia Bans Five
Editors From Gender-Related Articles
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/23/wikipedia-bans-editors-from-gender-related-articles-amid-gamergate-controversy
Excerpt: Wikipedia’s arbitration committee, the highest user-run body on the site, has banned five editors from making corrections to articles about feminism, in an attempt to stop a long-running edit war over the entry on the “Gamergate controversy”. (Banning feminists; this will get ugly. --GS)
Excerpt: Wikipedia’s arbitration committee, the highest user-run body on the site, has banned five editors from making corrections to articles about feminism, in an attempt to stop a long-running edit war over the entry on the “Gamergate controversy”. (Banning feminists; this will get ugly. --GS)
RED ALERT: Rocket
Fire Could Signal New Offensive on Mariupol
Excerpt: Stratfor has declared a Red Alert over Ukraine
as we watch for signs of a new offensive. We do not yet know Russia ’s
strategic intentions. Reports of rocket fire and potential moves on the city of
Mariupol could simply be an attempt to signal
the danger Russia
could pose to their negotiating partners in the West. It could be an attempt to
extend the pocket separatists supported by Russia
currently hold in eastern Ukraine .
It could, finally, be the opening of an offensive toward Crimea .
Important--WaPo Fact Checker:
Obama’s claim that Iran
Excerpt: We realize that White House speechwriters probably
don’t want to be bothered with technical issues in such a high-profile speech
but here’s a case where some further wordsmithing was needed. This isn’t the
first time. A year ago, in the 2014 State of the Union ,
The Fact Checker handed out Pinocchios when the president claimed that
the inspections allowed under the agreement were “unprecedented.” That’s way
too sweeping a statement. So has progress been halted and the amount of nuclear
material reduced? ... Words have consequences, especially in a State of the
Union address. The president could have claimed that “we’ve slowed the progress
of its nuclear program and reduced its stockpile of the most dangerous nuclear
material.” But instead he choose to make sweeping claims for which there is
little basis. Thus he earns Three Pinocchios. (A fairly technical article but
still understandable to most serious readers. The bottom line is that the
president was wrong in his statements on our efforts to stop Iran 's nuclear program. Where this
is going to go in the long run is a very, very troubling question, with every
scenario that I can think of ranging from grim to horrible beyond description.
--Del )
God Bless America
Legendary actor John Wayne in a clip from 1970 on the TV
variety show he hosted celebrating America ’s history. Many famous
actors and actresses are featured in this video singing God Bless America
including Ann Margaret, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, George Burns,
Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Bing Crosby, Phyllis Diller, Lorne Greene, Bob, Forrest
Lewis, Dean Martin,
William Shatner, Tom Smothers,
and many more. What a classic video this is.
Too Funny: Green Beret Sniper
Hilariously Destroys Michael Moore in Open Letter
Excerpt: If you and I were in the same room, I’d throw you a
smile and gently pat you on the head knowing you’re nothing more than a mouth
breathing, Crisco sweating waste of space not even worthy of being in the
presence of a sniper. It’s almost funny how people like you preach things like
‘acceptance’ and ‘not passing judgment’ or ‘labeling people’, but then are the
first to do so when a person is in some way dissimilar from you.
Important: China
deploying troops to Africa to protect its
investments & nationals
Excerpt: According to David Shinn, a former American
ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso , and an expert on China-Africa
relations, China is
realizing it can’t keep relying on African governments to protect its economic
investment in Africa and the thousands of
Chinese nationals who’ve moved to the continent. China ’s economic growth and
internal stability relies on free and open trade routes. In 2008, when Somali
pirates began abducting merchant ships on a weekly basis—and jacking up
insurance costs—China
joined the international naval mission to stop the hijackers. (Protecting its
nationals, eh? Reminds me a bit of Russia
trying to protect Russians in E. Ukraine . The US is incensed
by that, but no one dares challenge the dragon any more. Funny how we get 2
completely different sets of rules from one country to another.
Of special interest: The Chinese government is signing
security-related partnerships with
Egypt .
Washington DC Egypt
will tend to keep the Al-Sisi government safe against another US-supported
debacle of that kind. What a weird world! --Don Hank)
Excerpt: A reader emailed me directly and told me to look
into the Phoenix
Patriot Foundation. I looked into it and I REALLY liked what I found. And Phoenix isn’t in reference to the city (they’re based out
of San Diego )
but rather the legendary bird that rises from the ashes to live again. Ex
Cinere Surgemus – Out of Ashes We will Rise. Poetically accurate. First off,
this is an organization for vets run by vets. That in itself lends a certain
amount of understanding and intimate knowledge of what the people they are
helping are going through. The creator of the Phoenix Patriot Foundation is
Jared Ogden, graduate of the US Naval Academy and SEAL officer. (The Injured
Marine Semper Fi Fund is also great. The good ones are not spending millions on
TV ads to bring in more cash. ~Bob)
Tweet from Ken Gardner @kesgardner
7 years ago, 13.4 million Americans were unemployed or
underemployed. Today, 17.4 million are. The left calls this “Obama’s recovery.”
MSNBC lets tax
delinquent Al Sharpton promote Obama's SOTU tax proposals
They forget the Rev. Al has the Black Exemption to obeying
the law. It's racist to expect him to pay taxes like others do. ~Bob
Tweet from Stephen Miller @redsteeze
"I had no idea Scott Walker and his family received Union backed death threats" - Informed journalist
Tweet from Keith White @Keethers
Between Huckabee attacking Beyoncé and Sarah Palin calling
Obama "boy", I'd say GOP minority outreach is going swimmingly.
Gun News
Firearms enthusiasts crash gun buyback to hunt bargains.
By Aalia Shaheed
Excerpt: A recent gun buyback event in Oregon , aimed at curbing the number of
weapons on the street, turned into a planned profit making opportunity for a
group of firearms enthusiasts. ... “A $25 gift card for "high capacity
magazines - like the ones you can buy for $8?” questioned one forum member. ...
Another forum member, named "We-the-People," explained he would be
attending the event to “make $200 profit off of the two junker pistols that I
purchased for the purpose.” (Wish I was there. ~Bob)
Police: Man robbing
grocery store suffers fatal heart attack
Excerpt: Deputies were called to Aldi about 8:50 p.m. Monday
for a reported armed robbery. Police found a man lying face down on the floor
inside the supermarket; witnesses said he had tried to rob the store at
gunpoint.
Burglary Suspect Shot
Dead On Sidewalk
Excerpt: According to police at the scene, two men were
inside the apartment when four armed suspects tried to force their way in
through the front door. One of the men inside was armed and was able to fire
shots. The suspects returned fire and it turned into a full-blown shootout. Three
of the suspects fled, one of them was killed on the scene.
Would-Be Robber Shot
By Victim in Plantation
Excerpt: The victim said he didn't have any money and the
suspect demanded his cellphone and told him to get on the ground. The victim
complied but while he was on the ground he took out his own gun and shot the
would-be robber, officials said.
Race Card News
Excerpt: A Milwaukee woman was left with severe injuries and
covered in blood when she was attacked on December 21st. Police arrested
Derrick Brown, 32, who has a long history of violence. Based on a courtroom
outburst, the attack was motivated purely by racial hatred. ... When he
appeared in court he screamed “God’s wrath in on white America .”
New York Times
Editorial Writer: Majority Of Whites Approve Of Cops Killing Blacks
Excerpt: Brent Staples has a low opinion of white people. Or
more accurately, he thinks white people, at least a “healthy majority” of them,
think police killing black men under any circumstance is just fine “no matter
what.” Staples made the comments on Twitter in response to an article his
colleague at The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, tweeted about reported
errors made in the tragic case of 12-year-old Cleveland resident, Tamir Rice. (The Rice
shooting bothers me a great deal. I think Michael Brown no different than the
white guy killed by a black cop three days later in salt Lake City , except no stores were looted
in his honor. ~Bob)
What Would MLK Think:
Six Killed In St. Louis
Do #BlackLivesMatter when blacks are the killers? ~Bob
Tweet from Meta World Data @Pqlyur1
Leftists be like: "How can I be a racist? I use the #BlackLivesMatter
hashtag like super a lot!
(Black guy I follow. ~Bob)
Blockbuster New Ferguson
Excerpt: Apparently there were at least dozens of immoral,
violent, disgusting people out protesting in the St. Louis area on the night of November 24,
2014. How do I know? Because St.
Louis County
Undocumented Democrat News
Immigration Officers Blast Border Bill: ‘A Global Joke;’
‘Where Is the Outrage?’ By Craig Bannister
Excerpt: “We admit individuals who have no business being
admitted,” the head of the immigration officers’ union said today, blasting
both Pres. Obama’s amnesty and the new border bill. Kenneth Palinkas, President
of the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council representing
12,000 United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) adjudicators
and personnel, says the immigration legislation scheduled to be considered by
the House of Representatives next week puts officers’ mission “in grave peril.”
(Seems they're not happy. And I learned a long time ago that when you really
want to understand something, get your butt out to where the work is being done
and learn from those doing it. --Del. Obama understands that the more people
who are dependent on government, the more votes for Democrats. What more does
he need to understand? ~Bob)
"You're Greener than Gore" News
The Green Thing.
Anonymous.
Going around the
Net--probably apocryphal, but true: Checking out at the store, a young
cashier suggested to the older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags,
because plastic bags are not good for the environment. The woman
apologized to the girl and said, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back
in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "You see, that's just
our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment
for future generations." The older lady said she was right – her
generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day. The older lady
went on to explain: "Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda
bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to
be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles
over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the ‘green
thing’ back in our day. Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown
paper bags that we reused for numerous things. Most memorable, besides
household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for
our school books. This was to ensure public property (the covers of books
provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribbling and
we were still able to personalize our books on the brown paper covers. Too bad
we didn't do the ‘green thing’ back then. We walked up stairs because
we didn't have escalators in every store and office building. We walked to the
grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we
had to go two blocks. But you’re right, we didn't have the ‘green thing’ in our
day. Back then we washed baby diapers because we didn't have the throwaway
kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in energy-gobbling machinery burning
up 220volts. Wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in those
days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from brothers or sisters (and
cousins), not always new clothing. But you’re right, young lady, we didn't have
the ‘green thing’ back in our day. Back then we had one TV, or radio, in
the house – not a TV in every room. And the TV screen was the size of a
handkerchief, not a screen the size of Montana . In the kitchen we blended and
stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for
us. When we packaged a fragile item to send by mail, we used wadded up
newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then,
we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline to cut the lawn. We used a
push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working, so we didn't
need to go to a health club and run on treadmills operated by electricity. But
you’re right, we didn't have the ‘green thing’ back then. We drank
from a fountain when thirsty instead of using a plastic cup or plastic bottle
every time we drank water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of
buying a new pen, and we replaced the blade in a razor instead of throwing away
the whole razor because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the ‘green
thing back then. Back then, people took the streetcar or the bus, and kids
rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a
24-hour taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van -- that costs what a
whole house did before the ‘green thing.’ We had one electrical
outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power dozens of appliances.
And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from
satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger
joint. But you're right. Isn't it sad how wasteful we old folks were
-- just because we didn't have the ‘green thing’ back then?”
Religion of Peace News
Excerpt: Barack Obama is really, really smart. I know, because
he told me so during his State of the Union address. ... Take how smart the
president has been in combating ISIS (aka ISIL and the Islamic State). On
Tuesday night Mr. Obama informed us that he was asking Congress to pass a
resolution to authorize the use of force against the Islamic State. This comes
precisely a year after our really, really smart commander in chief referred to ISIS as a “jayvee
team.” That prediction was so prescient that the president decided to deceive
us about it.
Obama condemns
Islamic States' purported killing of Japanese hostage in new video
Excerpt: In a video released earlier in the day purportedly
by Islamic State, the extremist group claims it killed one of it two Japanese
hostages -- Haruna Yukawa, a 42-year-old adventurer fascinated by war. (Joining
the many Christian knights who were beheaded after the Horns of Hattin battle
by that most Islamic of heroes, Saladin. Not one knight was willing to save
himself by converting to Islam. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Multiculturalism is one of those buzzwords that
does not mean what it should. The ancient and generic Western study of many
cultures is not multiculturalism. Rather, the trendy term promotes non-Western
cultures to a status equal with or superior to Western culture largely to fulfill
contemporary political agendas. On college campuses, multiculturalism not so
much manifests itself in the worthy interest in Chinese literature, Persian
history, or hieroglyphics, but rather has become more a therapeutic exercise of
exaggerating Western sins while ignoring non-Western pathologies to attract
those who see themselves in some way as not part of the dominant culture.
(Nicely done. --Del )
Tweet from c2 @corrcomm
By all means, let's not do anything about an enemy that
decapitates people and throws gay men off buildings. That would be crazy
Obama's Success Story: Yemen
crisis disrupts U.S. counterterrorism operations, officials say. By Greg Miller and Craig Whitlock
Excerpt: The Obama administration has been forced to suspend
certain counterterrorism operations with Yemen
in the aftermath of the collapse of its government, according to U.S. officials,
a move that eases pressure on al-Qaeda’s most dangerous franchise. Armed drones
operated by the CIA and the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command remain
deployed for now over southern Yemen ,
where al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is
based. But some U.S.
officials said that the Yemeni security services that provided much of the
intelligence that sustained that U.S. air campaign are now
controlled by Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, who have seized control of much
of the capital. ("America ’s
2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama declared Yemen a “success
story” last September. His “small footprint” approach to fighting
jihad was supposedly shown to be superior to prior administration’s more
muscular commitments." http://twitchy.com/2015/01/22/success-story-yemen-government-resigns-as-obamas-triumph-combusts/
~Bob)
President Obama's
'successful' counterterrorism strategy in Yemen
Excerpt: When announcing the US strategy to "degrade
and ultimately destroy" the Islamic State in both Iraq and Syria,
President Barack Obama said he would model it after America's counterterrorism
strategy in Somalia and Yemen, "one that we have successfully
pursued...for years." Immediately after Obama's speech, we at The
Long War Journal questioned the wisdom of describing Somalia and Yemen as "successfully
pursued" counterterrorism operations. Al Qaeda's official branches,
Shabaab in Somalia and al
Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen , remain entrenched in their
respective countries, despite some setbacks here and there. AQAP's core
leadership cadre is intact. And both al Qaeda branches continue to control
territory while working to conduct attacks outside of their countries. (The
Obama Touch--everything turns to BS. ~Bob)
There’s nothing
secular about Boko Haram. By Colbert
I.
Excerpt: But is Boko Haram motivated by economic deprivation
or feelings of victimization? Or is it something else? Something more akin to
violent religious extremism? Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme, prelate of the Catholic
Diocese of Maiduguri, in northeast Nigeria , doesn’t view Boko Haram as
just an opportunistic bunch of hoodlums using religion as cover for their
mercenary exploitation. In an
interview this week with the international Catholic charity Aid to the
Church in Need, Doeme said that, within five years, Boko Haram has decimated
his diocese. Fifty churches have been destroyed, with 200 more abandoned, he
said.
The Moderates: Fatah Facebook Page Incites Terror
Hours After Stabbings
Excerpt: The Palestinian Authority (PA)'s ruling
Fatah party has uploaded a number of posts encouraging incitement against
Israelis and Jews in the past several hours, the Government Press Office
revealed Wednesday. (Will Kerry say Fatah is Un-Islamic? ~Bob)
Un-Islamic? Sydney ’s
Muslim community rallies in Lakemba in response to terror attacks that rocked Paris
Excerpt: SYDNEY ’S
Muslim community has been urged to not turn the other cheek to “insults” and
“attacks” on Islam and the prophet Muhammad. In response to the terror attacks that
rocked Paris
last month, 1000 Muslims gathered in Lakemba last night. Members of the crowd
waved provocative signs that proclaimed “Je suis Muslims” — mimicking a phrase
used in support of slain workers of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo — and
chanted a promise to protect Muhammad and their faith. ... Some of those
present handed out cartoons of a dog urinating on the grave of the Charlie
Hebdo workers gunned down in their Paris
office by Islamic extremists earlier this month. (Will Kerry say Aussie Muslims
are Un-Islamic? ~Bob)
Un-Islamic? Iran
Excerpt: “Death to France ,
death to Israel , death to Britain ,
death to Charlie Hebdo.” Meanwhile, in the Britain on which the protesters
wish death, the BBC is certain that the vast majority of Muslims
reject jihad and embrace the freedom of speech. Where are they marching? (You
can't have a demonstration like this in Iran unless the government
approves. Will Kerry say Iran
is Un-Islamic? ~Bob)
Excerpt: Mandating the removal of headgear of people in
custody is simply a safety move. They could be hiding something under a hat —
or a hijab. That Hamas-linked CAIR would be involved in this case shows that it
has seized upon it as part of its ongoing efforts to weaken law enforcement,
stop all law enforcement scrutiny of Muslims, and secure special privileges for
Muslims in American society.
Jewish outrage as
ship named after SS war criminal arrives in Europe
Excerpt: Leaders of Jewish communities and Holocaust
memorial groups in Britain
and the Netherlands have
reacted with rage and despair at the arrival in Rotterdam of the world’s biggest ship, the
Pieter Schelte, named after a Dutch officer in the Waffen-SS. The
vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, said:
“Naming such a ship after an SS officer who was convicted of war crimes is an
insult to the millions who suffered and died at the hands of the Nazis. We urge
the ship’s owners to reconsider and rename the ship after someone more
appropriate.” (Jewish outrage? Where just a little goische outrage? The largest
ship in the world is named for an SS officer -- a Nazi but a "good
businessman" -- by a son stamped from the same mold, and is arranged to
arrive in Europe at this time of remembrance? Beheadings
of such Nazis are very much in order, of course, and still too much to expect
-- but maybe a sunken ship? I am not a SEAL, but I am ready to slip a yarmulke
in the pocket of an old flight suit and help some tough guys make the arrival
of that ship in Rotterdam , a ship named for a
monster by a monstrous son, even more unforgettable than the Charlie Hebdo
massacre in Paris . As
historian Michael Ledeen has pointed out, when Jews fight and are seen to be
ready to fight by cowardly anti-Semites, many such problems quietly diminish
and ultimately disappear. Why men of goodwill do not join the Jews in an effort
to bring some modicum of courage to the godless, politically correct, morally
relativistic and vastly corrupt sheep of Europe ,
is not a mystery. They are so few, so self-absorbed and, mainly, so afraid that
they will lose their club memberships if they are whispered to be a "Jew
lover," that they turn a blind eye to horror and a deaf ear to slander. I
saw it in the highest European societies of the rich and titled years ago, and
it has grown. The ship's name and visit will not be reported here, unless it is
sunk. So it may be time for Jews to ease out of Europe, taking their brains,
their talents, their assets, and their courage to Israel . Armageddon is coming. --CN)
V&A in row over
self-censorship after Muhammad image is taken down
Excerpt: The Victoria and Albert museum has attempted to
conceal its ownership of a devotional image of the prophet Muhammad, citing
security concerns, in what is part of a wider pattern of apparent
self-censorship by British institutions that scholars fear could
undermine public
understanding of Islamic art and the diversity of Muslim traditions. Similar
images have been shown in exhibitions across Europe and America without
prompting outrage, much less protests or a violent response. Made by Muslim
artists for fellow Muslims, they come from a long but often overlooked
tradition. British museums and libraries hold dozens of these images, mostly
miniatures in manuscripts several centuries old, but they have been kept
largely out of public view.
37-month prison
sentence possible for Turkish teen over Erdoğan insult
Excerpt: A 16-year-old boy, who was detained on charges of
insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, may receive a 37-month prison
sentence, his lawyer has announced. The teenager, identified only by his
initials M.E.A, was taken away from his school in the Central Anatolian province of Konya
last month and remained under custody for two days, in a move that many saw as
an attempt to intimidate the opposition in Turkey .
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