General News and Comment
Great Satire: Hitler Finds Out About Brian Williams
Why did Brian Williams do it? By Kathleen Parker
Excerpt: These are tough times for NBC’s Brian Williams —
and tougher times for journalism. The NBC newsman
was suspended Tuesday night for six months amid
charges that he misremembered or conflated wartime incidents he reported on
from Iraq and Israel . ...
Many wager that money will determine the answer — Williams makes a bunch for
the network — but the bottom line depends entirely on one crucial question:
Will people ever trust Williams again? (Will I trust him again? Hell, I didn't
trust him in the first place, nor anyone else in most of the media since I came
back from Vietnam
in 67, with NBC pretty much at the bottom. ~Bob)
President Obama lied about gay marriage, Axelrod says. This
is why we’re cynical. By Aaron Blake
Excerpt: Indeed, you'd be hard-pressed to find a
reporter or pundit who wasn't pretty sure that Obama supported gay marriage
prior to when he publicly acknowledged it in 2012 — which is why the
reaction to Axelrod's revelation has been somewhat muted. We all
just assumed he was lying, basically. But at its core, this is a
pretty striking bit of news: An American president's top adviser admitting
that the president deliberately lied to the public about his true
position on an issue of significant currency.
Get 15 or more correct to pass!
25 of 25. I bet 30% of the public can't get 15 of these very
easy questions. ~Bob
Strauss-Kahn: Only 12
sex parties in three years
Excerpt:
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who denies charges of pimping, has told a
court in northern France
that he took part in only a few rare sex parties. He said prosecutors had
greatly exaggerated the frequency of his "licentious evenings". There
had only been 12 in three years, he said. Mr Strauss-Kahn is accused of helping
procure sex workers for a prostitution ring based at a hotel in Lille . ... As he arrived
in court in Lille
earlier, three topless protesters from the Femen activist group jumped on his
car, with "pimps, clients, guilty" painted on their
chests. (Three topless women accost Dominique Strauss-Kahn on his way to
pimping trial. He managed to get phone numbers of two. --Tweet from Mike McNally @notoserfdom
I've had to cut way back on sex parties myself. ~Bob)
Why conservatives should miss Jon Stewart. By Stephen Stromberg
Excerpt: Jon Stewart can be unfair. He can be ideological —
or, to use a more favorable term from recent coverage, passionate — in his
coverage of national and world events. But his
impending departure from the Daily Show desk should sadden you as well
as his legions of liberal fans. He is not just any other ideologue. In fact, a
consistent and crucial piece of his message isn’t ideological at all: The right
and the left should behave with more civility and self-reflection. And in
important moments he has acted on his rhetoric.
Excerpt: Others argue that because income is distributed so
unevenly, justice and fairness require income redistribution. Let's look at
fairness and justice. What constitutes fairness and justice has been debated
for centuries. Widespread agreement has proved to be elusive at best. However,
I think that an important part of an intelligent discussion about fairness and
justice is the recognition that knowing results of a process cannot establish
whether there is fairness or justice.
Gun News
Excerpt: The signs are being strategically placed along all
of the roads leading into the community. They serve as a warning to anyone
considering committing a crime against local residents. The signs aren’t
bluffing. The township supports an active hunting community, meaning many
homes keeps at least one gun. (The VA Hospital, where I go at least three times
a week, worries me. Other than government officials and active members of the
military, I'd think a Jihadist would most love to murder vets, especially of Iraq and Afghanistan . And the VA is a
"Terrorist Empowerment [Gun Free] Zone, so it would be the safest place to
do so. The VA cops are armed, of course, but a little observation will tell you
where they usually are, and an ambush could be set up. They'd rush right past a
guy with a gun under his coat. ~Bob)
Brothers Arrested
Following Home Invasion, Shooting
Excerpt: According to Sergeant John Delaney, just after
midnight, two men began ringing the bell of a home on Webber Street , calling the resident the
wrong name, and threatening to “light up the house”. They eventually kicked
down the door. The resident was home with their three-year-old daughter at the
time. The two men, identified as 24-year-old Jordan Eady and his 22-year-old
brother Jason, refused to leave, and advanced on the homeowner who, feeling
threatened, shot Jordan
in the chest and arm.
Outnumbered National
Guardsman Wins Gunfight Against 3 Armed Robbers at Sonic Drive
http://controversialtimes.com/news/video-outnumbered-national-guardsman-wins-gunfight-against-3-armed-robbers-at-sonic-drive-thru/
http://controversialtimes.com/news/video-outnumbered-national-guardsman-wins-gunfight-against-3-armed-robbers-at-sonic-drive-thru/
Excerpt: According to media reports, the man, identified as
23 year old Joseph Toombs, was approached by several suspects at a Sonic
Drive-Thru restaurant in DeKalb County ,
GA
Toombs was able to draw his concealed handgun and open fire.
One of the suspects was hit and the others fled. The suspect who was shot was
taken to an area hospital for treatment, but ultimately died of his injuries.
Race Card News
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Vaccinations Are for the Good of the Nation. Dr. Ben Carson
Excerpt: I have been asked many times throughout the past
week for my thoughts concerning the issue of vaccines. The important thing is
to make sure the public understands that there is no substantial risk from
vaccines and that the benefits are very significant. Although I strongly
believe in individual rights and the rights of parents to raise their children
as they see fit, I also recognize that public health and public safety are
extremely important in our society. Certain communicable diseases have been
largely eradicated by immunization policies in this country. We should not
allow those diseases to return by forgoing safety immunization programs for
philosophical, religious or other reasons when we have the means to eradicate
them. Obviously, there are exceptional situations to virtually everything, and
we must have a mechanism whereby those can be heard.
The Sickeningly Low
Vaccination Rates at Silicon Valley Day Cares
Excerpt: A WIRED investigation shows that some children
attending day care facilities affiliated with prominent Silicon
Valley companies have not been completely vaccinated against
preventable infectious diseases. At least, that’s according to a giant database from the California Department of
Public Health, which tracks the vaccination rates at day care facilities and
preschools in the state. We selected more than 20 large technology and health
companies in the Bay Area and researched their day care offerings. Of 12 day
care facilities affiliated with tech companies, six—that’s half—have below-average
vaccination rates, according to the state’s data.
Obama Lectures
Staples For Limiting Part Time Hours: ’Shame On Them’
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/11/obama-lectures-staples-for-limiting-part-time-hours-shame-on-them/
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/11/obama-lectures-staples-for-limiting-part-time-hours-shame-on-them/
Excerpt: Obama indicated he was tired of hearing about
companies cutting hours and wages from part time employees as a result of
Obamacare. (I bet he is, but not as tired as worker are hearing that their
hours are going to be cut. Obamacare is chock full of examples of the law of
unintended consequences. Obama, of course, knows nothing about economics or
corporations, or he would know that corporate boards have a fiduciary duty to
maximize profits to their shareholders--many of whom are retirees or retirement
funds. ~Bob)
Important: Buried In The Numbers: Obamacare's Costs
Are Climbing, Not Receding. By Sally Pipes
Excerpt: So the law’s overall price tag has declined only
because it’s covering fewer people.
Left unsaid is the fact that Obamacare is set to spend more
per person. If the law is not repealed, Obamacare will shell out $7,740 in
subsidies for every person who gains coverage in 2021. That’s a 7% increase
over the agency’s per-person estimate in 2011. The CBO now projects that the
law will cost
nearly $2 trillion over the next ten years. Obamacare’s subsidies
alone will
cost $1.1 trillion. In 2010, the agency put the cost of the entire law
at $940
billion over its first decade. (Holy Brian Williams, Batwoman, are you
saying Obama lied about the costs going down? ~Bob)
Obamacare’s Neglect
of the Middle Class: The left falsely portrays
Obamacare while attacking Burr-Hatch-Upton. By Jeffrey H.
Anderson
Excerpt: The Huffington Post’s Jeffrey Young and
Jonathan Cohn declare that
“putting together a real Obamacare alternative will take more time — and more
genuine interest — than Republicans have.” In truth, such Obamacare
alternatives are already available to Republicans. These include the 2017
Project’s “Winning Alternative to Obamacare,” which helped Ed
Gillespie almost pull off a huge upset victory in last year’s Virginia Senate
race, and the newly released Burr-Hatch-Upton
alternative, an updated version of last year’s Burr-Coburn-Hatch proposal.
(And Rep. Tom Price, MD, has had a good bill for years, ignored by the media as
the claim there are no GOP alternatives. ~Bob)
Religion of Peace News
Yeah, Well, But What
About The Crusades? By Kevin DeYoung
http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2015/02/09/what-about-the-crusades/
Excerpt: Yet, for all the times we’ve lamented the Crusades,
how many of us know more than two sentences about them? Isn’t it wise to know
at least a little something about the Crusades before we borrow them to get an advanced degree in self-recrimination? A few years ago I
picked up a copy of The New Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas F.
Madden, a history professor at Saint
Louis University
Worth Reading
Excerpt: In his ignorant and bigoted remarks to religious
leaders this week, President Obama parroted jihadi propaganda. Bored (when not
annoyed) by facts, the president referred to the Crusades and the Inquisition
as evidence of the horrors religion can wreak. That kind of talk emboldens the
Islamist line that Christian bad behavior justifies the Middle
East ’s bad behavior even today. The president knows as little
about history as he does about warfare, and even less about religion. But he’s
not alone. With the Left’s successful destruction of history instruction in our
schools and universities, even “well-educated” creatures of Washington accept
the Arab fantasy that the cultural incompetence, practical indolence, and
spiritual decay of the entire Middle East stems from Richard Coeur de Lion’s
twelfth-century swordplay.
The Kurds need weapons, now. By David Ignatius
Excerpt: The Kurds were rocked by the extremist push toward
their capital of Irbil
last August, he says. But they regrouped. As the peshmerga advanced, its
commanders were able to call in air support from the U.S.-led coalition. They
pushed the Islamic State back from Irbil and
Makhmur, from the Mosul Dam, from Rabia on the Syrian border, and most recently
from the area I visited in southwestern Kurdistan .
But success is bringing a dilemma. Who will finish the fight in the north by
recapturing Mosul ?
The Kurds don’t want the job; they have regained most of the territory they
lost and know their entry into the Sunni Arab city of Mosul would cause political problems. The
Iraqi military and a Sunni tribal militia are getting U.S. training,
but they aren’t ready for such a big fight. President Obama has ruled out U.S.
ground troops.
Important: Obama’s war
authorization request is way too broad. And the damage has already been done.
By Greg Sargent
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/02/11/obamas-war-authorization-request-is-way-too-broad-and-the-damage-has-already-been-done/
Excerpt: A mere six months after combat operations began
against the Islamic State, the White House today formally requested that
Congress authorize combat operations against the Islamic State. The full text
of the resolution proposed by the Obama administration is right
here. Some Democrats criticized the
proposal as too broad and too vague. They are right. Several critics I spoke to
note that, in its current form, at least, it would not only do little to limit
Obama right now, but could also leave the next president with enormous war-making
latitude — whether he or she is a Democrat or a Republican. (Hard choices. we
surely need to destroy ISIS . But we don't need
Obama making more countries into chaotic terrorist havens as he did Libya . ~Bob)
Obama Asks Congress To Rubber Stamp Endless War. By Conn Carroll
Excerpt: President Obama officially asked Congress to
rubber-stamp his six-month-old war against the Islamic State Wednesday, dubbing
the proposed Joint
Resolution an "Authorization for Use of Military Force." "The
so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses a threat to the
people and stability of Iraq ,
Syria , and the broader
Middle East, and to U.S.
national security," Obama wrote in a letter addressed to Congress.
"Although existing statutes provide me with the authority I need to take
these actions," Obama continued, "I have repeatedly expressed my
commitment to working with the Congress to pass a bipartisan authorization for
the use of military force (AUMF) against ISIL." (Bipartisan. n. finding
someone to share the blame. The Obama Dictionary. ~Bob)
Tweet from John Schindler @20committee
If the White House wanted to convey they don't take jihadism
seriously, & have a weird soft spot for Islam, what would they do
differently?
Father Protests
Islamic Indoctrination in Florida Curriculum –
School District Justifies It with Support of
Terror Group
http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/02/father-protests-islamic-indoctrination-florida-curriculum-school-district-justifies-support-terror-group/
http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/02/father-protests-islamic-indoctrination-florida-curriculum-school-district-justifies-support-terror-group/
Excerpt: Seminole County ’s Lyman
High School
Rick Perry gets it, slams Obama for ‘random’ comments.
By Jennifer Rubin
Excerpt: President Obama and the White House were content
for a couple days to let it be known that the president did not consider a
jihadist attack on a kosher market in France to be directed at Jews. The
president’s jaw-dropping assertion had actually been made when the interview
was pre-recorded some time ago. But neither he nor the White House, until a
Twitter storm descended, realized he had said something remarkably stupid, and
yet revealing. Both the State Department and White House spokespeople, after
vigorously defending the president’s original remarks, late Tuesday eventually
gave way and started to insist the president knew all along the motive of the
kosher market killings was anti-Semitism. That’s about as believable as the
notion the killing of four Jews in a kosher market was “random.” We now know
what the president really thinks, and to many, it is horrifying.
(Obama thinks Jihadists murder like low-info voters vote--randomly. ~Bob)
Ansar al Sharia Libya
leader met with Osama bin Laden, followed his 'methodology'
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/02/ansar_al_sharia_liby_2.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/02/ansar_al_sharia_liby_2.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
Excerpt: Shortly before his own death
in a US airstrike on Jan. 31, Harith al Nadhari, a senior sharia official
in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), recorded an audio eulogy for
another slain jihadist, Mohammed al Zahawi. Ansar al Sharia Libya confirmed earlier in the month that
Zahawi, the group's leader, had died of wounds he suffered while fighting in Benghazi . And Nadhari wanted to make it clear that al Qaeda considered
Zahawi to be a "martyr." Nadhari's audio recording, which was released
via Twitter on Feb. 6, has been translated by the SITE Intelligence Group. Like
other Ansar al Sharia leaders in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia,
Zahawi had an al Qaeda pedigree. In Yemen , Ansar al Sharia is
merely a front for AQAP.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/02/us_military_confirms.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
Excerpt: The US military confirmed that it killed the
Islamic State's deputy emir for 'Khorasan province' in an airstrike in
southern Afghanistan on Feb. 9, and the head of Shabaab's external
operations and intelligence branch in a separate drone
strike in southern Somalia on Jan. 31. The US continues to
rely on airstrikes as the core of its effort to defeat jihadist groups
worldwide. The confirmation of the deaths of Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim, who was
appointed the deputy governor of the Islamic State's Khorasan province in January,
and Yusuf Dheeq, the chief of Shabaab's Amniyat, or intelligence service, was disclosed in a
briefing yesterday by Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby.
Excerpt: Yesterday, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral
John Kirby cast a positive light on jihadists from the Taliban and al Qaeda who
have been released from Guantanamo
and have returned to wage jihad. The topic came up in the discussion of an
airstrike that killed Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim, a senior Taliban commander who was
detained at Guantanamo from 2001 to 2007, released to Afghan custody and freed
in 2009, and returned to the Taliban shortly afterward to assume the role of a
senior military commander up until his defection to the Islamic State earlier
this year. ... Kirby's statement that Khadim's death should be viewed as a
positive is cold comfort to the hundreds of Afghans, Americans, and Coalition
personnel who were killed while Khadim commanded forces in southern Afghanistan .
The jihadist was able to operate for more than six years as a top level Taliban
commander and has the blood of thousands on his hands. (When the President
gives you shit for policy, you can't make lemonade. A shit sandwich is the only
option. ~Bob)
Better Late than Never?
Excerpt: It appears that Islam Web,
a popular website owned by Qatar 's
Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, may have been
responsible for the rationale used by the Islamic State to burn alive a
Jordanian pilot captive. On February 7, 2006, the widely accessed Arabic
website issued Fatwa No. 71480, titled "The Burning of Ias bin Abdul
Yalil by Abu Bakr." The fatwa, or Islamic decree, concluded that burning
people as a form of punishment is permissible. Ironically, hours after the
Islamic State burned the pilot alive, Fatwa No. 71480 was removed from Islam Web.
Wife: Slayings of 3
in N. Carolina motivated by parking spat
Excerpt: A woman whose husband is accused of shooting three
people at a North Carolina
condominium complex says the man was motivated by a parking dispute, not the
victims' faith.
A Muslim advocacy organization had asked authorities to
address speculation — much of it on social media — about possible religious
bias in Tuesday's shooting of the three Muslims.(He can explain his motive when
we put the noose over his head. ~Bob)
Leftist: Vehement Atheist’ Charged With Executing 3
Muslim Students
Excerpt: Though no motive for the shooting has been confirmed, local
media is reporting that social media sites connected to Hicks might offer a
clue. Hicks is a self-described “anti-theist” who lashed out against all
religions. Apparently he is associated in some way with United Atheists of
America and uses social media to lash out at both “radical Christians and radical
Muslims.” He also describes himself as a fan of atheist author
Richard Dawkins. ... According to his Facebook “likes,” Hicks is a man of the left:
His Facebook Likes included the Huffington Post, Rachel Maddow, the Southern
Poverty Law Center, Freedom from Religion Foundation, Bill Nye “The Science
Guy,” Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gay Marriage groups and similar progressive pages.
(The media will try to make him a conservative Republican, wait and see. ~Bob)
Excerpt: By creating the special envoy, Kerry can
bolster U.S. efforts
to address discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) communities overseas. The appointee will be an openly gay
career diplomat, the State Department said in a statement. (See the 2014 story
from Iran ,
below. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Iran
executed two gay men on Sunday for the crime of “perversion” and has sentenced
a third individual to death for “insulting the prophet,” according to human
rights activists tracking the situation.
Learning from Iraq
Excerpt: The Obama administration is considering slowing its
planned withdrawal from Afghanistan
for the second time, according to U.S.
officials, a sign of the significant security challenges that remain despite an
end to the U.S.
and NATO combat mission there. Under the still-evolving plans, Army Gen. John
F. Campbell, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, could be
given greater latitude to determine the pace of the drawdown in 2015 as foreign
forces scramble to ensure Afghan troops are capable of battling Taliban
insurgents on their own, the officials said.
Egyptian TV host:
Nobody dares admit that the Islamic State’s crimes are based on Islamic
sources. By Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.org
Excerpt: Will the international media and Barack Obama now
excoriate Ibrahim Issa for “blaming all Muslims for the crimes of a few,” which
is their knee-jerk accusation to anyone who dares suggest that Islamic sacred
texts contain incitement to hatred and violence? Will an investigation be
opened into “Islamophobia” on Egyptian television?
Excerpt: Dr. Mark Christian,
founder of Global Faith Institute, knows Islamic history too well, being
an apostate from the Muslim faith himself. Having experienced the true nature
of Islam firsthand as a devout Imam, Dr. Christian penned a fiery open letter
to the American leader, which he graciously provided to Mad World News,
that includes a blunt history lesson in the unchanging goal of ancient Islam:
Islamic State Disfigure 15 Women With Acid: The women were
accused of not wearing the niqab. By Hazhar Mamuzini
Excerpt: Mamuzini said al-Khansa militants disfigured the
women by pouring acid on their faces.
Excerpt: Armed rebels in Yemen ’s
capital of Sanaa seized U.S.
embassy vehicles Wednesday after diplomats fled the country over growing
unrest. Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren confirmed that the vehicles were
taken by Houthi rebels after embassy personnel and U.S. Marines guarding the
embassy evacuated.
73% of Muslims in France
Excerpt: The survey, published by the “Journal of Ethnic and
Migration Studies”, supported by the Dutch daily De Morgen revealed that half
of Belgian Muslims are considered fundamentalists. In reaching this
conclusion, the respondents answered “yes” or “no” to three statements: –
Muslims must return to the roots of the faith. - There is only one
interpretation of the quran.
One of FBI's most
wanted terrorists killed in Philippines
Excerpt: Philippines
security forces killed one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists during an
otherwise disastrous mission in the south of the country last month, DNA tests
indicate.
*****
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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