Update
Five hours at the VA Thursday for pre-op workup. My cataract
surgery has been moved up to Wednesday, January 21. That may interfere with
timely blog posts. Sorry. But so would going blind. ~Bob
Comment on Phishing
For several years I have been getting many calls from
Rachael at Card Services wanting to reduce the percentage on my credit card
bills. I proudly tell her to take my name off their calling list, inform them
that I owe nadda on credit cards and that I will be reporting them to the Do
Not Call Registry. To think that someone a little less savvy would fall for
their schemes is very frightening and it is disappointing that some people
actually believe that the government actually prosecutes violators of the Do No
Call Registry because I've been filing complaints for years and I'm still
getting the phone calls. --Sharon
Book Recommendation: Puller Chronicles Volume 1: Secrets and Mysteries of the Greatest
Marine's Heroic Ancestral Faith by Meriwether
Ball
I would recommend this book to Marines of strong Christian
faith. Meriwether bell has set out to document both LtGen. Puller's genealogy,
but the foundations of his faith. This is not a combat story, but explores
aspects of Puller not included in Jon Hoffman's definitive biography,
General News and Comment
Doom: IRS Complains
About Budget Cuts, Forgets The Back Taxes IRS Employees Owe. By Katie Pavlich
Excerpt: Notice how Koskinen doesn't mention the extra hell
Obamacare rules are putting tax filers through this year... Maybe Koskinen
should ask IRS employees who owe back taxes to pay up in order to help fill the
gap. Or how about avoiding handing
out bonuses worth millions to employees who owe back taxes to the
federal government?
Parents investigated
for neglect after letting kids walk home alone
Excerpt: It was a one-mile walk home from a Silver Spring park on Georgia Avenue on a Saturday afternoon.
But what the parents saw as a moment of independence for their 10-year-old son
and 6-year-old daughter, they say authorities viewed much differently. Danielle
and Alexander Meitiv say they are being investigated for neglect for the Dec.
20 trek — in a case they say reflects a clash of ideas about how safe the world
is and whether parents are free to make their own choices about raising their
children. (I was neglected. Parents are dead so I can't sue. ~Bob)
"In Dog We Trust"
rug to be auctioned for animal group
Government Officials
Cracking Down On Preppers http://www.infowars.com/government-officials-cracking-down-on-preppers/
Excerpt: There are approximately 3 million preppers in the United States
today, and often they appear to be singled out for punishment by bureaucratic
control freaks that are horrified at the thought that there are families out
there that actually want to try to become less dependent on the system. So if
you use alternative methods to heat your home, or if you are not connected to
the utility grid, or if you collect rainwater on your property, or if you
believe that parents should have the ultimate say when it comes to health
decisions for their children, you could become a target for overzealous
government enforcers. Once upon a time, America was the land of the free
and the home of the brave, but now we are being transformed into a socialist
police state where control freak bureaucrats use millions of laws, rules and
regulations to crack down on anyone that dares to think for themselves.
Offenders of the
Western Faith. By Victor Davis
Hanson
Excerpt: Western civilization’s creed is free thought and
expression, the lubricant of everything from democracy to human rights. Even a
simpleton in the West accepts that protecting free expression is not the easy
task of ensuring the right to read Homer’s “Iliad” or do the New York Times
crossword puzzle. It entails instead the unpleasant duty of allowing offensive
expression. ... Unfortunately, when we look to prominent defenders of the
Western faith in free speech, we find too often offenders.
Trey Gowdy Just Gave
a Speech for the Ages and the Democrats were Floored
Excerpt: Rep. Gowdy gave us another example of his ability
when he rose to speak about the dangers of executive overreach and the sad
state of the legislature. He moved the Democrats to jeer and his fellow
Republicans to cheer. It was the best speech of 2015, and though it’s early, it
may still be when 2016 rolls around. Do yourself a favor and listen to his
short speech.
$412 Billion in
Welfare Spending in 2013
Excerpt: America
spent a whopping $412 billion in 2013 on federal welfare programs. That number
is staggering, but especially so compared to welfare spending just 15 years
earlier: in 1998, spending on federal welfare programs cost $225 billion in
today's dollars. Between 1998 and 2013, the United States saw an 83 percent
increase in federal welfare spending.
The Hire More Heroes
Act is misguided. There is no veterans’ unemployment crisis. By Peter A.
Gudmundsson
Excerpt: Last week, the House of Representatives unanimously
approved the Hire
More Heroes Act, which would exempt businesses from counting newly
hired military veterans toward the 50-worker threshold at which they must
provide health insurance or pay a fine under the Affordable Care Act.
Although the
bill calls veterans “heroes,” it treats them as victims. ...
Americans may be shocked to learn that there is no veterans’ unemployment
crisis. The unemployment rate in 2014 for post-9/11 veterans was 7.2
percent, the lowest level in seven years of tracking these veterans. ... Peter A. Gudmundsson, who was a Marine
artillery officer, is chief executive of RecruitMilitary, a national veteran
recruiting company. (Well, I like that it chips away at Obamacare. ~Bob)
Scott Walker Moves
Toward Presidential Run as ‘New, Fresh Leader.’ By Zeke J. Miller
Excerpt: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker left little doubt
Thursday that he is planning to run for the White House in 2016. Speaking to
the Republican National Committee (RNC) at its winter meeting in San Diego , the
union-busting Midwesterner cast himself as a “new, fresh leader,” laying out a
clear rationale for his candidacy as a blue-state governor with a proven record
of reforming government.
Fracking Saved the
Obama Economy. By Ben Shapiro
Excerpt: It turns out that Obama’s recovery hasn’t been his
recovery at all: it’s been those evil oil and gas companies. As Stephen Moore
of the Heritage Foundation points out, “From 2008 to 2013, the oil and gas industry
created more jobs on net than all other industries combined.” There is a reason
that the fastest growing jobs state over the past several years has been North Dakota , where the
oil and gas boom is centered, thanks to the Bakken formation. And in Texas , the oil and gas
industry growth has powered the state, thanks to the Eagle Ford and the Permian
and Haynesville formations.
Gun News
Alleged Robber Shot
and Killed by Victim in Taco Bell
Excerpt: The suspect, later identified as 21-year-old
Rontavis Holton, told the victim it was a robbery and to drop his pants, the
Broward Sheriff's Office said. “Our victim in this case was himself armed, he
took out his gun and shot the suspect, then he went inside the Taco Bell, told
them what happened and asked them to call police," BSO spokeswoman Keyla
Concepcion said.
Store clerk shoots,
kills robbery suspect in Newark
Excerpt: A clerk at a supermarket shot and killed one person
who was attempting to rob the store Tuesday night, the Essex County
Prosecutor’s Office said.
IMPD: Clerk shoots
suspect during armed robbery
Excerpt: Police say a suspect entered the clothing store
armed and wearing a mask. The robber, later identified as Carlos
Brookins, 34, from Indianapolis ,
demanded money from the employee behind the register. They say the employee
complied, and Brookins started to leave with cash. But then, police say
the employee tried to call 911, and Brookins approached the employee
again. That’s when they say another employee noticed what was going on and shot
Brookins in the head.
Papa John's Pizza
stands by employee who shot armed robber in self defense
Excerpt: Papa John's Pizza is standing by a pizza delivery
woman who opened fire Sunday on an armed robber in an act of self defense. The
pizza franchise told FoxNews.com Thursday the employee, who hasn't been named,
will not be fired from the company.
Race Card News
Union appealing after
Seattle
Excerpt: A white Seattle
police officer was suspended for 15 days without pay after using
racially-charged language while pursuing a black domestic violence suspect
downtown. ... Several minutes into the pursuit, Warren is seen crossing in front of Officer
Hunt's patrol car on foot. Hunt can then be heard yelling, "You're gunna
get your ass shot, boy."
New study claims
microaggressions are linked to shortened life span
Excerpt: The new bugbear for leftist academics and gender
studies majors in elite colleges… and soon to be new hotness with Democrat
politicians… is the idea of “microaggressions.” The basic idea here is that
everyone but Pale Patriarchal Penis People are subjected to a nonstop daily
barrage of unintended racism and sexism.
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Excerpt: Coverage of the president's signature legislative
accomplishment has taken a back seat to other issues and international events
in early 2015, but -- as
expected -- the law's woes continue to mount. Central promises
employed to help market Obamacare to a skeptical public have fallen like
dominoes, and the law is actively hurting many
more people than it's helping.
Undocumented Democrat News
'Enough is enough!':
Boehner fills House chamber with high drama as he lashes out against Obama in
high-stakes immigration battle – and throws his own words back in his face. By
David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Excerpt: John Boehner created the first live-action high
drama on the House floor Wednesday, staking out a no-compromise position
on blocking Barack Obama's sweeping immigration plan and reading aloud 22
examples of the president's past claims that he lacked the authority to put it
into action. (Apparently he has decided to stop pussyfooting around with Mr.
Obama and is ready for the war. Since Obama has been off and running doing
whatever he feels like anyhow since the election, it probably makes as much
sense as anything else now. This may get very ugly. --Del )
"You're Greener than Gore" News
The Keystone
Catechism. By George Will
Excerpt: Not since the
multiplication of the loaves and fishes near the Sea of
Galilee has there been creativity as miraculous as that of the
Keystone XL pipeline. It has not yet been built but already is perhaps the most
constructive infrastructure project since the Interstate Highway System. It has
accomplished an astonishing trifecta: It has made mincemeat of Barack Obama’s
pose of thoughtfulness. It has demonstrated that he lacks even a rudimentary
understanding of the most basic economic realities. It has dramatized
environmentalism’s descent into infantilism. (George Will does a superb job
cutting this into bits and pieces. It is now just SO STUPID as to defy belief,
but Mr. Obama is still standing in the road trying to prevent any kind of
progress at all. And the environmentalists are showing themselves to have
become silly children demanding some kind of absolute power over everything. (And
I have been concerned for the environment for many, many years, but I remain
rational about it.) We are about to see another battle begin in the war between
GOP Congress and the President. Hopefully our "emperor" will lose. --Del )
Behind Obama’s
greenhouse emissions math. By Stephen
Stromberg
Excerpt: When you’re setting goals for combating climate
change, a lot depends on when you start. The White
House announced Wednesday new rules on methane, the primary
component in the massive amounts of natural gas that the country produces. The
administration’s goal is to cut methane emissions by 45 percent by 2025, based
on the emissions level in 2012. By contrast, the goal for total greenhouse
emissions — mainly carbon dioxide — is a cut of 28
percent by 2025, based on
the emissions level in 2005. Why use different years as the nation’s
starting point? Because it makes President Obama’s programs look better.
Religion of Peace News
Excerpt: Here’s why America ’s failure
to be represented at the Paris
unity march was so profoundly disturbing. It wasn’t just because President
Obama’s or Vice President Biden’s absence was a horrendous gaffe. More than
this, it demonstrated beyond argument that the Obama team lacks the basic
instincts and judgment necessary to conduct U.S. national security policy in
the next two years. It’s simply too dangerous to let Mr. Obama continue as
is—with his current team and his way of making decisions. America , its
allies, and friends could be heading into one of the most dangerous periods
since the height of the Cold War. (Here’s why America ’s failure
to be represented at the Paris
unity march was so profoundly disturbing. It wasn’t just because President
Obama’s or Vice President Biden’s absence was a horrendous gaffe. More than
this, it demonstrated beyond argument that the Obama team lacks the basic
instincts and judgment necessary to conduct U.S. national security policy in
the next two years. It’s simply too dangerous to let Mr. Obama continue as
is—with his current team and his way of making decisions. America , its
allies, and friends could be heading into one of the most dangerous periods
since the height of the Cold War. (Leslie Gelb is not a conservative. You can
think of him as sort of the distilled essence of the inside-the-Beltway foreign
policy wonk-ish Establishment. Lefty, but not far lefty: former correspondent for
the New York Times, longtime president of the Council on Foreign
Relations, assistant secretary of state in the Carter administration. Most of
the time, you can guess half of his recommendations before he makes
them: close consultation with our allies, international summit, a
multilateral commitment to open lines of communication, good-faith
trust-building gesture . . . He’s the kind of guy who gushed about Obama as a
fresh start and breath of fresh air and so on before he took office. He’s the
kind of guy who spent the past six years giving Obama the benefit of the doubt.
The benefit of the doubt just ran out. --Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt, http://www.nationalreview.com/newsletters)
Excerpt: While we may want to believe "the pen is
mightier than the sword," the deadly and cowardly January 7th attack
on the Paris
offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by three Muslim
terrorists seeks to send us a contrary message. Unfortunately, it was the
newspaper's use, twice, of its pen in publishing a cartoon of the Prophet
Muhammad, along with a more recent caricature of ISIS
leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, that brought a deadly response by Islam's ruthless
sword.
Excerpt: A Malian man who saved several hostages during the
attack on a kosher market in Paris
by hiding them in a refrigerator will be given French citizenship. French Interior
Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday that Lassana Bathily will be given
naturalized French status, and the government will honor him during a ceremony
on Jan. 20. Bathily, a 24-year-old Malian citizen who is also Muslim, was
working in the Hyper Cacher kosher market in the Vincennes
neighborhood of Paris
when a gunman entered the building on Jan. 9, killing four. (Good. Be a death
sentence if he had to go back to Mali . ~Bob)
Creeping Shari'a: Duke Univ to blare
Muslim call to prayer across campus as Brotherhood group chants
Excerpt: Is this not a form of terrorism? First it was
the Muslim Life center on campus. Now the entire campus.
via Muslim
call to prayer to sound at Duke University :: WRAL.com.
That was quick: Duke bows to pressure, cancels weekly
Muslim call to prayer
Excerpt: Duke
University Del )
Excerpt: The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that
five Yemeni terror suspects held at Guantanamo
Bay
Belgian security
forces kill 2 terrorist suspects in shootout
Excerpt: Belgian counterterrorism police raided sites across
the country Thursday, killing two suspected terrorists who allegedly had been
planning an imminent attack, as European nations stepped up security in the
wake of last week’s violence in Paris .
(Okay, blood sausages for the Belgians today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Boudin
~Bob)
More counterterrorism
raids reportedly underway in Belgium
Excerpt: More counterterrorism operations were reportedly
underway in Belgium late
Thursday, hours after police killed at least two in raids aimed at jihadists
returning from Syria
who were planning to launch a "Belgian Charlie Hebdo" attack,
authorities said.
Belgian news site L'Avenir, as well as Le Soir and France24,
reported that the government prosecutor's office said a dozen operations have
been launched against suspects across Belgium ,
in Verviers , Brussels and Hal-Vilvoorde. Some of those
targeted in the raids are known to have returned recently from Syria .
Excerpt: The US
killed seven "militants," including two Uzbeks, in the second drone
strike reported in Pakistan 's
tribal areas so far this year. The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or
Reapers fired two missiles at a compound in the village
of Wacha Dara in South
Waziristan earlier today, Dawn reported. Four more militants are reported to
have been wounded in the airstrike.
Excerpt: While discussions of Iran 's
growing strategic threat focus almost exclusively on its nuclear capabilities
and objectives, Tehran 's massive ballistic
missile arsenal poses a clear and present danger to both the oil installations
of the Persian Gulf monarchies and to the
Western military presence in the region. This in turn has prompted members of
the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to acquire air defense and ballistic missile
defense (BMD) systems at various levels and in various configurations. At the
same time, endemic inter-gulf rivalries (e.g., the growing rift between Riyadh and Doha )
have left these nations highly vulnerable to Iranian missile threats.
Prosecutor: Argentinian
President Plotted to Cover Up Iranian Role in AMIA Bombing
Excerpt: An Argentinian prosecutor is suing Argentinian
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and the Argentinian government for
allegedly covering up Iranian involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA
Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, the Algemeiner reports.
Former Secret Service
Agent Calls Obama ‘A Petulant Child’
Excerpt: An Admin official who declined to be identified
said security requirements for the Pres or VP might have been distracting from
the march. The Secret Service fired back, saying they were never even asked to prepare for an Obama trip to Paris . And now, a former
Secret Service agent has joined the fray, referring to Obama’s staff as
“amateur hour” and saying the President was simply “acting like a petulant
child.”
The Antisemitic
Derangement. By Jeff Jacoby
Excerpt: “If 100,000 Jews leave, France
will no longer be France .
The French Republic Israel from France . The
following year nearly 3,400 French Jews emigrated; in 2014 approximately 7,000
left. For the first time ever, France
heads the list of countries of origin for immigrants to Israel , and the
ministry of immigration absorption expects another 10,000 French Jews to arrive
in 2015.
Excerpt: Satellite images of Nigerian towns attacked by Boko
Haram show widespread destruction and suggest a high death toll, Amnesty
International says. They show some 3,700 structures damaged or destroyed in
Baga and Doron Baga last week, the human-rights group said. Nigeria 's
government has disputed reports that as many as 2,000 were killed, putting the
toll at just 150.
Why Obama Did Not
March. Jack Cashill sees consistent message in president's decision to watch
football
Excerpt: Simply put, Obama was not about to pass up the
NFL’s most watchable weekend – all four of my teams won, by the way – to march
for a cause he does not believe in. From his emergence on the national scene in
2004, Obama has been all about suppressing speech. As the titular head of the
various progressive sub-cults – black, Hispanic, environmental, feminist,
socialist, gay, and (bizarrely) Muslim – he has either endorsed or ignored any
number of assaults on speech by his subalterns.
Obama Dedicated To
Islamist Ascendency. Erik Rush says president 'finds all of this jihadi mayhem
positively delicious'
Excerpt: It is obvious that Europe is suffering for their
folly of the last few decades in allowing Muslims to immigrate to their
nations: “No-go” areas in France, pedophiliac sex-slave rings in Britain, a
rape epidemic in Sweden and anti-Semitic demonstrations – all these are the
byproducts of this Islamist ascendancy....When addressing the Paris attack, in
his trademark closeted Islamist fashion, President Obama refused to associate
the gunmen with Islam in any way, avoiding use of the words “Islam,” “radical
Islam,” “Muslim,” “jihad” or “Shariah.” This should be no surprise, however,
coming from the man who catalyzed the Arab Spring, orchestrated the Muslim
Brotherhood takeover of Egypt ,
set Libya ablaze
and who funded, armed and trained the terror group ISIS. (Black author. --Barb)
Cameroon says Chad to
send large military contingent to fight Boko Haram
Excerpt: Chad
will send a large number of troops to neighboring Cameroon
to help it fight increasing incursions from Boko Haram Islamist militants
attacking from Nigeria ,
the Central African nation's president said on Thursday. The announcement by
President Paul Biya did not specify how many troops Chad
will send, but comes a day after the Chadian government said it will actively
help Cameroon
fight Boko Haram militants.
Libya: Cemetery of British
war victims destroyed by Muslim Mob
Backlash. By Jonah
Goldberg, The Goldberg File
By the way, how much have you heard about the anti-Muslim
backlash over the last decade and a half? Well, here’s a fun fact. In every
year since 9/11 the number of anti-Jewish hate crimes in the U.S. has
dwarfed anti-Muslim hate crimes. In 2001 -- you know, the year when the World Trade
Center America is
anti-Semitic, far from it. It’s easily the most philo-Semitic country in the
world, save for Israel
(and if you spent time listening to Israelis criticize themselves, you’d
consider that a debatable proposition). But when was the last time you heard a
reporter from the New York Times fret over the need to be careful
lest we encourage an anti-Semitic backlash?
The Folly of
‘Fundamentalism.’ When it comes to “religious extremism,”
religion matters. By Kevin D.
Williamson
Excerpt: As the slaughter at the offices of Charlie
Hebdo in Paris
reminds us, the phrase “religious extremism” is useless in that it is almost
entirely devoid of content. It matters — and it matters a great deal — which
religion is under consideration. The world does not have much of a problem with
Quaker extremism, Mormon extremism, African Methodist Episcopal extremist,
Reform Jewish extremism, Zen Buddhist extremism, Southern Baptist extremism, etc.
We’ve seen, over the past few decades, scattered paroxysms of Hindu extremism
and Sikh extremism (India), Buddhist violence (Burma), quasi-Christian cult
violence (Uganda, Sudan), etc., but the big show in terms of violent extremism
is the never-ending circus of jihad.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: White House spokesman Josh Earnest says, “We have
chosen not to use that label [of radical Islam] because it doesn’t seem to
accurately describe what happened.”
What happened was the slaughter last week at the satirical
French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The sound of the terrorists’ gunfire was
punctuated by shouts of “Allahu akbar!” and “We have avenged the prophet
Mohammed!” Since no one questions the sincerity of these declarations, that
alone should settle the issue of whether Islam had anything to do with the
attack. And for normal people it would. The problem is that the White House’s
position is categorical denial.
After three years of
research in texts of 10 biggest religions linguist concludes: Islam is the most
violent religion. By Nicolai Sennels
Excerpt: “For three years a Danish linguist has analyzed the
basic texts of 10 religions. She concludes that the texts of Islam stand out by
encouraging terrorism and violence more than other religions. … Furthermore,
the Quran contains hundreds of calls to fight against followers of other
faiths. ‘If it is true that many Muslims view the Quran as God’s own words that
can not be interpreted or rephrased, we have a problem.'” (Yup. ~Bob)
Obama:
Charlie Who? Our president seems to have forgotten that the war is
still on. The Islamists haven’t. By Charles
Krauthammer
Excerpt: On Sunday, at the great Paris rally, the whole world was Charlie. By
Tuesday, the veneer of solidarity was exposed as tissue thin. It began
dissolving as soon as the real, remaining Charlie Hebdo put out its
post-massacre issue featuring a Muhammad cover that, as the New York
Times put it, "reignited the debate pitting free speech against
religious sensitivities.” Again? Already? Had not 4 million marchers and 44
foreign leaders just turned out on the streets of Paris to declare “No” to
intimidation, and to pledge solidarity, indeed identification (“Je suis
Charlie”), with a satirical weekly specializing in the most outrageous and
often tasteless portrayals of Muhammad?
The religion of
peace? By Nicolai Sennels, psychologist
Excerpt: The terrorist watch site, TheReligionOfPeace.com,
has kept track of all jihad attacks since September 11, 2001, when 19 devoted
Muslims steered two jumbo jets into the World Trade
Center
PA Documents Detail
Payments to Terrorists
Excerpt: Official Palestinian Authority policy provides
monthly payments for convicted terrorists held in Israeli jails. The longer the
sentence, the more the terrorist's family receives. A jury saw the document outlining that policy Thursday during
testimony in a $1 billion civil trial brought by American victims of terrorist attacks in
Israel between 2002 and 2004. The attacks were carried out by branches of the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Palestinian Authority (PA), their
employees or others who received assistance from the groups. (Murder a Jew, set
your family up. ~Bob)
Suppose Islam Had a
Holocaust and No One Noticed. By Daniel
Greenfield
Excerpt: Survivors described the Islamic State setting up
efficient killing teams and massacring everyone while shouting “Allahu Akbar”. “For
five kilometers (three miles), I kept stepping on dead bodies until I reached
Malam Karanti village, which was also deserted and burnt,” one survivor
said. There’s a word for that. It’s genocide.
2015: Muslim Masters,
Infidel Slaves. By Jack Kerwick
Excerpt: Agents of the Racism-Industrial-Complex (RIC) are
forever wailing from the rooftops over the fact that whites once enslaved
blacks in America .
But there are some crucial facts that they omit from the narrative of White
Oppression and Black Victimhood. First, from the mists of time until the
18th century, slavery had been a universal institution, endorsed by
religious and non-religious moralists alike. The very word “slave” stems from
“Slav,” which in turn derives from the Slavish people’s experience of having
been enslaved en masse by North African Muslims.
*****
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.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304815980&sr=1-5
For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s
eleven books are listed here:
http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-book-published.html.
His blog of political news and conservative comment is www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com.
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